The 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships was the sixth

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and was hosted in

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. It began on December 29, 2012, with the gold medal game played on January 5, 2013.

Top Division

Preliminary round

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Group A

Group B

Relegation round

The teams played a best-of-three series. With Russia winning the first two meetings, a third one wasn't necessary and Germany was relegated to Division I in 2013. ''All times are local (

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Final round

''All times are local (

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Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

Scoring leaders

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Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate: *Best

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: Minatsu Murase *Best

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*Best

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: Katherine Schipper Source
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Division I

Qualification tournament

The qualification tournament was played in

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, from 27 October to 1 November 2012. The top two teams were promoted to Division I of this year, and the third team was promoted to Division I of next year, because starting in 2014 one team will be promoted from the qualification tournament and will wait until the following year to play in Division I.

Final tournament

The 2013 Division I final tournament was played in

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, from 2 to 8 January 2013.Division I Statistics
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References

External links

Official website
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