2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2019 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	6–13 January 2019
Teams	8
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	93 (4.43 per game)
Attendance	7,174 (342 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Elisa Holopainen (8 points)
Official website
iihf.com/en/events/2019/ww18

The 2019 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship is the twelfth Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. It is played at the Obihiro Arena in Obihiro, Japan from 6 to 13 January.

Top Division

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	8	4	+4	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	8	11	−3	3	Quarterfinals
4	Sweden	3	0	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

6 January 2019 13:00

Sweden

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Canada

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Tindra Holm	Goalies	Mahika Sarrazin	Referees: Gabriela Malá Ramona Weiß Linesmen: Kristin Moore Linnea Sainio
	0–1 11:36 – Calabrese (Wheeler, Markowski) 0–2 28:51 – Serdachny (J. Gosling, Markowski) (PP) G. Johansson (Mogren, Forsberg) – 31:57 1–2
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	10	Shots	34

6 January 2019 17:00

United States

3–2 (1–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Russia

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Skylar Vetter	Goalies	Daria Gredzen	Referees: Anniina Nurmi Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Zita Gebora
	Webster (Bilka, Winn) (PP) – 04:55 1–0 1–1 05:58 – Markova (Mezentseva) O'Brien (Webster) – 22:51 2–1 Shearen (Eden, Nicholson) – 25:33 3–1 3–2 36:59 – Mezentseva (Markova) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	21

7 January 2019 13:00

Sweden

3–5 (0–1, 1–1, 2–3)

Russia

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 170

Game reference
	Tindra Holm	Goalies	Anna Alpatova	Referees: Kaylen Erchul Élizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Marie-Pierre Jalbert Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 05:47 – Shkalyova (Mezentseva, Markova) Olsson (Bouveng) – 27:34 1–1 1–2 30:02 – Shkalyova (Markova, Golovkina) Ljungblom (Bouveng) (PP) – 40:34 2–2 2–3 44:06 – Shkalyova (Lopukhova, Savonina) Bouveng – 51:02 3–3 3–4 56:38 – Akhmetova (Luchnikova, Shashkina) 3–5 58:37 – Ponyatovskaya (Savonina)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	32

7 January 2019 17:00

Canada

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

United States

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 490

Game reference
	Raygan Kirk	Goalies	Skylar Vetter	Referees: Daria Ermak Tijana Haack Linesmen: Anna Hammar Linnea Sainio
	J. Gosling (Wheeler) – 17:54 1–0 Cote (N. Gosling) – 21:26 2–0 2–1 24:08 – Petrie 2–2 24:22 – Murphy (Winn) 2–3 43:41 – Murphy (O'Brien)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	23

9 January 2019 13:00

Russia

1–5 (0–3, 0–1, 1–1)

Canada

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 240

Game reference
	Daria Gredzen Anna Alpatova	Goalies	Raygan Kirk	Referees: Anna Kuroda Jestina Vichorek Linesmen: Amy Lack Kristin Moore
	0–1 16:07 – Guay (Cooper) (PP) 0–2 16:43 – Cherkowski (Weiss) 0–3 17:32 – Shirley (Cooper, Guay) (PP) 0–4 21:32 – Grant (Wheeler, Guay) Shkalyova (Mezentseva) (PP) – 43:21 1–4 1–5 44:45 – Markowski (Cherkowski, Wheeler) (PP2)
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	11	Shots	42

9 January 2019 17:00

United States

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 280

Game reference
	Skylar Vetter	Goalies	Amanda Johansson	Referees: Élizabeth Mantha Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Zita Gebora Diana Mokhova
	Eden (Zanon, Hartmetz) (EA) – 32:37 1–0 Knoll (Murphy, Bernard) (PP) – 41:48 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	17

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	0	8	4	+4	9	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3	Relegation round
4	Japan (H)	3	0	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

6 January 2019 14:30

Finland

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Japan

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 1,064

Game reference
	Erica Jaskari	Goalies	Reika Sasaki	Referees: Kaylen Erchul Tijana Haack Linesmen: Marie-Pierre Jalbert Amy Lack
	Holopainen (Vainikka, Laitinen) (PP) – 17:44 1–0 1–1 18:56 – A. Sasaki (Wajima, M. Tsutsumi) Holopainen (Vainikka) – 36:13 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	19

6 January 2019 18:30

Czech Republic

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 117

Game reference
	Julie Pejšová	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Daria Ermak Jestina Vichorek Linesmen: Anna Hammar Diana Mokhova
	0–1 09:50 – Zimmermann (Pagnamenta, Leemann) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	9

7 January 2019 14:30

Czech Republic

4–2 (1–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Japan

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 586

Game reference
	Julie Pejšová	Goalies	Reika Sasaki	Referees: Anniina Nurmi Ramona Weiß Linesmen: Zita Gebora Kristin Moore
	Mlýnková – 08:43 1–0 1–1 30:58 – Suzuki (Shiga, Nomura) (PP) Haasová (Exnerová, Kaltounková) – 32:20 2–1 Mlýnková (D. Pejšová, Kotounová) – 38:55 3–1 3–2 56:38 – A. Sasaki (M. Tsutsumi) Čajanová – 58:31 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	31

7 January 2019 18:30

Switzerland

2–4 (0–0, 0–2, 2–2)

Finland

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 147

Game reference
	Saskia Maurer	Goalies	Erica Jaskari	Referees: Anna Kuroda Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Diana Mokhova
	0–1 24:51 – Liikala (Kaila, Seikkula) 0–2 38:46 – Holopainen (Vainikka) Neuenschwander – 42:16 1–2 Christen (Zimmermann) (PP) – 43:16 2–2 2–3 53:07 – Vainikka (Holopainen) 2–4 54:54 – Timonen (Seikkula)
	2 min	Penalties	12 min
	9	Shots	28

9 January 2019 14:30

Japan

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 702

Game reference
	Rei Halloran Reika Sasaki	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Tijana Haack Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Anna Hammar Linnea Sainio
	0–1 11:54 – Pagnamenta (Zimmermann) Shiga (Ito, Sato) (PP2) – 24:30 1–1 1–2 30:52 – Ingold (Pagnamenta) (SH)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	15

9 January 2019 18:30

Finland

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 109

Game reference
	Erica Jaskari	Goalies	Julie Pejšová	Referees: Kaylen Erchul Daria Ermak Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Svenja Strohmenger
	Holopainen (Laitinen, Rantala) (PP) – 24:07 1–0 1–1 57:04 – Haasová (Kaltounková) Yrjänen (Seikkula) (ENG) – 59:26 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	25

Relegation round

The third and fourth placed team from Group B will play a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

10 January 2019 14:30

Czech Republic

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Japan

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 238

Game reference
	Julie Pejšová	Goalies	Reika Sasaki Rei Halloran	Referees: Anniina Nurmi Ramona Weiß Linesmen: Marie-Pierre Jalbert Svenja Strohmenger
	D. Pejšová (Kaltounková) – 03:07 1–0 Škrdlová (Seroiszková, Dýcková) – 04:06 2–0 Mazancová (Kaltounková) – 35:25 3–0 Mazancová (Haasová, Kaltounková) – 36:58 4–0 Mlýnková (Dýcková, Čajanová) – 46:49 5–0 Hanzlíková (Seroiszková) (PP) – 54:52 6–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	9

12 January 2019 14:30

Japan

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 783

Game reference
	Reika Sasaki	Goalies	Julie Pejšová	Referees: Tijana Haack Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Zita Gebora Diana Mokhova
	0–1 04:54 – Haasová (Mazancová, Kaltounková) Sonoya (Sato) – 22:57 1–1 Ito (Wajima) – 45:12 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	15

13 January 2019 13:00

Czech Republic

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Japan

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 746

Game reference
	Julie Pejšová	Goalies	Reika Sasaki	Referees: Kaylen Erchul Daria Ermak Linesmen: Marie-Pierre Jalbert Amy Lack
	Mlýnková (Seroiszková) – 23:13 1–0 Jandušíková (Sýkorová, Škrdlová) – 46:39 2–0 Mlýnková – 58:42 3–0 3–1 59:28 – Ito (Suzuki) (EA)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	18

Final round

Quarterfinals

10 January 2019 14:30

Sweden

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 140

Game reference
	Tindra Holm	Goalies	Erica Jaskari	Referees: Anna Kuroda Élizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Zita Gebora Amy Lack
	0–1 22:54 – Rantala (Holopainen, Vainikka) (PP) Thuvik (Forsgren) – 38:44 1–1 T. Johansson (Waxin, Antonsson) (PP) – 57:32 2–1 2–2 58:08 – Laitinen (EA) 2–3 65:34 – Holopainen (Yrjänen)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	30

10 January 2019 18:30

Russia

2–1 GWS (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Switzerland

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Daria Gredzen	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Gabriela Malá Jestina Vichorek Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Anna Hammar
	Shashkina (Namestnikova) (PP) – 10:17 1–0 1–1 56:08 – Christen (PP)
	Shkalyova Markova Pushkar Tsatsyna Mezentseva Pushkar Ponyatovskaya Pushkar Mezentseva Provorova	Shootout	Ingold Christen Vallario Leemann Zimmermann Ingold Pagnamenta Leemann Zimmermann Christen
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	18

Semifinals

12 January 2019 13:00

United States

7–1 (4–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Finland

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Skylar Vetter	Goalies	Erica Jaskari Aino Laitinen	Referees: Daria Ermak Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Marie-Pierre Jalbert
	Knoll (Bilka, Samoskevich) – 02:43 1–0 Bilka (Knoll) – 05:51 2–0 Murphy (Webster) – 08:09 3–0 Petrie (Knoll) (PP) – 19:36 4–0 Knoll (Petrie) – 43:47 5–0 Samoskevich (Bard, Hartmetz) (PP) – 48:15 6–0 Webster (Monihan) – 50:09 7–0 7–1 56:08 – Liikala (Yrjänen, Nuutinen)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	18

12 January 2019 17:00

Canada

4–3 OT (1–1, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Russia

Obihiro Arena 1

Game reference
	Raygan Kirk	Goalies	Daria Gredzen	Referees: Kaylen Erchul Ramona Weiß Linesmen: Amy Lack Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 09:03 – Savonina (Luchnikova) (PP) Kelly (Trevors, MacEachern) – 11:49 1–1 Guay (Wheeler, Calabrese) – 21:28 2–1 2–2 27:46 – Markova (Savonina, Volf) (PP) J. Gosling (Guay) (PP) – 39:36 3–2 3–3 51:51 – Provorova (Shkalyova, Markova) (PP) Serdachny (PP) – 60:44 4–3
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	13

Fifth place game

12 January 2019 18:30

Sweden

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Obihiro Arena 2 Attendance: 152

Game reference
	Amanda Johansson	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referees: Anna Kuroda Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Kristin Moore Linnea Sainio
	0–1 02:18 – Ingold (Zimmermann, Surdez) Ljungblom (Waxin, Olsson) – 02:56 1–1 Blom (Ljungblom, Thuvik) (PP) – 25:25 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	31	Shots	12

Bronze medal game

13 January 2019 13:00

Russia

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Finland

Obihiro Arena 1 Attendance: 140

Game reference
	Daria Gredzen Anna Alpatova	Goalies	Erica Jaskari	Referees: Élizabeth Mantha Jestina Vichorek Linesmen: Anna Hammar Kristin Moore
	0–1 22:59 – Vainikka (Laitinen, Holopainen) 0–2 23:32 – Suoranta (Ahlskog, Seikkula) 0–3 59:56 – Liikala (Seikkula) (PP, ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	19

Gold medal game

13 January 2019 17:00

United States

v

Canada

Obihiro Arena 1

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Source: IIHF

Division I

Group A

The Group A tournament is being held in Radenthein, Austria from 7 to 13 January 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	4	3	1	0	0	20	3	+17	11	Promotion to Top Division
2	Slovakia	4	3	0	0	1	9	8	+1	9
3	Hungary (E)	4	2	0	1	1	10	8	+2	7
4	Italy (E)	4	1	1	0	2	9	15	−6	5
5	Denmark (E)	4	1	0	1	2	8	12	−4	4
6	Austria (H, R)	4	0	0	0	4	2	12	−10	0	Relegation to Division I B

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2019. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host; (R) Relegated

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 6 to 12 January 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	5	4	0	1	0	18	2	+16	13	Promotion to Division I A
2	Norway	5	3	1	1	0	14	4	+10	12
3	Great Britain (H)	5	2	1	1	1	7	7	0	9
4	Poland	5	2	1	0	2	12	14	−2	8
5	China	5	1	0	0	4	6	16	−10	3
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	0	5	5	19	−14	0	Relegation to Division I B Qualification

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Group B qualification

The Group B Qualification tournament is being held in Jaca, Spain from 12 to 18 January 2019.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	0	15	0	+15	3	Semifinals
2	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Turkey	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	−15	0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2019. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	+2	3	Semifinals
2	South Korea	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Spain (H)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
4	Mexico	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2019. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

	5−7th place semifinal				Fifth place
	16 January
	A3
					18 January
	B4
					B3

	Semifinals				Final
	16 January
	A1
					18 January
	B2
	16 January
	B1
	A2
					Third place
					18 January