The 2020 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the 13th
IIHF U18 Women's World Championship
The IIHF U18 Women's World Championship, officially the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship, is an annual ice hockey tournament for national women's under-18 (U18) ice hockey teams, administered by the International Ice Hockey Federa ...
in ice hockey.
Top Division
Match officials
9 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
* Henna Åberg
* Darya Abrosimova
*
Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
*
Kelly Cooke
* Drahomíra Fialova
* Elena Ivanova
* Gabriela Malá
* Vanessa Morin
* Svenja Strohmenger
;Linesmen
* Liv Andersson
* Magdaléna Čerhitová
* Stephanie Cole
* Polina Danilova
* Marine Dinant
*
Kendall Hanley
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* Amy Lack
* Justine Todd
* Wang Hui
Preliminary round
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Group A
Group B
Relegation round
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a
best-of-three
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series to determine the relegated team.
Final round
Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:
#tier of the group;
#position in the group.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
Statistics
Scoring leaders
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus Plus–minus, ±, +/−, or variants may refer to:
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; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF
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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
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; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutout
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Source
IIHF
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Awards
Best players selected by the Directorate
*Best
Goaltender
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:
Anna Alpatova
*Best
Defenceman
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:
Nelli Laitinen
*Best
Forward:
Kristi Shashkina
Source
IIHF
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Media All-Stars
*MVP:
Kristi Shashkina
*Goaltender:
Anna Alpatova
*Defencemen:
Sanni Rantala /
Kendall Cooper
*Forwards:
Lacey Eden /
Laura Zimmermann /
Jenna Buglioni
Source:
Division I
Group A
The tournament was held in
Füssen
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,
Germany
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from 3 to 9 January 2020.
Group B
The tournament was held in
Katowice
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,
Poland
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from 2 to 8 January 2020.
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Division II
Group A
The tournament was held in Eindhoven
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, Netherlands
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from 25 to 28 January 2020.[
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Group B
The tournament was held in Mexico City
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, Mexico
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from 28 January to 2 February 2020.[
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