The 2018 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the 11th

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in ice hockey. It was played at the Ice Palace in

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from 6 to 13 January 2018. The

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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

''All times are local (

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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

Taylor Heise

All-star team

* Goaltender: Anna Amholt * Defencemen:

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, Alexie Guay * Forwards: Taylor Heise, Ilona Markova, Makenna Webster Source:

Best players selected by the directorate

* Best Goalkeeper Anna Amholt * Best Defenseman Gracie Ostertag * Best Forward Taylor Heise Source:

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Goaltending leaders

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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.

Division I B

The Group B tournament was held in

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from 6 to 12 January 2018.

Division I B Qualification

The Group B Qualification tournament was held in

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from 30 January to 4 February 2018.2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I B Qualification statistics
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References

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