The 2019 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 12th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Obihiro Arena in

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from 6 to 13 January.

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

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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; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Awards

*Best players selected by the directorate: **Best

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**Best

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: Alexie Guay **Best

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**Goaltender:

**Defencemen: Alexie Guay /

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**Forwards:

/ Katy Knoll /

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Division I

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in

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from 7 to 13 January 2019.

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in

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from 6 to 12 January 2019.

Group B qualification

The Group B Qualification tournament is being held in

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from 12 to 18 January 2019. For 2020 it was decided to create a Division II and split the teams into two groups. The teams that did not make the semifinals were essentially relegated to Division IIB.

References

{{Women's ice hockey tournaments IIHF World Women's U18 Championships 2018–19 in Japanese ice hockey 2018–19 in women's ice hockey International ice hockey competitions hosted by Japan Sport in Hokkaido IIHF World Women's U18