The 2018 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 11th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Ice Palace in

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from 6 to 13 January 2018. The USA won for the seventh time, for the first time defeating someone other than Canada in the gold medal game. Sweden took silver, while Canada took bronze beating host Russia. The Russians beat Canada in the preliminary round, marking another first. On 4 January 2018, the

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announced that all entry tickets would be free as part of their program.

Top Division

Preliminary round

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Group A

Group B

Relegation round

The third and fourth placed team from Group B will play a

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series to determine the relegated team.

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

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All-star team * Goaltender: Anna Amholt * Defencemen:

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, Alexie Guay * Forwards: Taylor Heise, Ilona Markova, Markenna Webster Source
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/small> Best players selected by the directorate * Best Goalkeeper Anna Amholt * Best Defenseman Gracie Ostertag * Best Forward Taylor Heise Source
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Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Division I

Division I A

The Group A tournament was held in

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from 8 to 14 January 2018. Having just been relegated to Division I in 2017, Japan entered the tournament with something to prove, handily winning all five matches in regulation and reclaiming their place in the Top Division. Despite eking out a

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win against

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, Norway amassed the fewest points and were relegated to Division I Group B. Best players selected by the directorate * Best Goalkeeper: Ena Nystrøm * Best Defenseman: Nadia Mattivi * Best Forward: Theresa Schafzahl Source
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/small> Best players of each team selected by the coaches * Leoni Geifes ( D) * Míra Seregély ( F) * Nadia Mattivi ( D) * Remi Koyama ( F) * Ena Nystrøm ( G) * Lívia Kúbeková ( F) Source
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Statistics

=Scoring leaders

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=Goaltending leaders

= (minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA =

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; Sv% =

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Division I B

The Group B tournament was held in

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from 6 to 12 January 2018.

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won the tournament with a +27

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and were promoted to Division I Group A. With only one point earned in five games, Australia was relegated to Division I Group B Qualification. Danish defenceman Amanda Refsgaard was the highest scoring player of the tournament, notching 4 goals and 6 assists. Seven of the highest scoring players were Danish, including all five of the top ranked players. The leading scorer from a team other than Denmark was forward

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of France, who ranked sixth overall with 4 goals and 2 assists. Denmark also topped the charts on the goaltending front, with goaltenders Martine Terrida and

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ranking first and second in both goals against average (GAA) and save percentage (Sv%). Goaltender Martyna Sass of

recorded the highest time on ice at 258 minutes, nearly fifteen minutes more than any other goaltender at the tournament. Best players selected by the directorate * Best Goalkeeper: Martyna Sass * Best Defenseman: Amanda Refsgaard * Best Forward

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/small> Best players of each team selected by the coaches * Emily Davis-Tope ( F) * Fu Chunyang ( D) *

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( G) * Jemma Wallis ( D) *

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Statistics

=Scoring leaders

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=Goaltending leaders

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Division I B qualification

The Group B Qualification tournament was held in

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from 30 January to 4 February 2018. The

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won promotion to Division I Group B. Best players selected by the directorate * Best Goalkeeper:

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* Best Defenseman: Romy Brouwers * Best Forward: Joanna Rojas Source
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/small> Best players of each team selected by the coaches * Marta Martín ( D) * Zhanel Kozgulova ( D) * Joanna Rojas ( F) * Maree Dijkema ( F) * Melisa Figenli ( F) Source
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Statistics

=Scoring leaders

= ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes''
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=Goaltending leaders

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References

{{Women's ice hockey tournaments IIHF World Women's U18 Championships 2017–18 in Russian ice hockey 2017–18 in women's ice hockey 2018 in Russian women's sport International ice hockey competitions hosted by Russia Ice hockey in Moscow Oblast IIHF World Women's U18