The Swiss women's national under-18 ice hockey team (; ; ) is one of two national under-18

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teams of

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. The team is organized by the

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(SIHF) and represents Switzerland at the

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's U18 Women's World Championship and other international tournaments and events.

U18 Women's World Championship record

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2025 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship. Head coach: Melanie Häfliger
Assistant coaches: Colin Muller, Evelina Raselli, Silvano Brasi (goaltender) : * Team biometrics * Average age: 16 * Average height: * Average weight:

Head coach history

List is restricted to coaches who were officially named to the head coach position for one edition or more of the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship. Top division tournament unless otherwise noted. * Jorg Toggwiler: 2008, 2009 * Dominik Schar: 2010-D1, 2011, 2012 * Georgios Mourouzidis: 2013-D1, 2014-D1A * Andrea Kroni: 2015, 2016, 2017 * Steve Huard: 2018, 2019 * Florence Schelling: 2020 * Melanie Häfliger: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Captaincy history

As of 2025, only two players have served as team captain for more than one IIHF U18 Women's World Championship tournament: Sarah Forster, in 2010 and 2011, and Naemi Herzig, in 2024 and 2025. * 2008:

Anja Stiefel Anja Michaela Stiefel (born 9 August 1990) is a Swiss retired ice hockey forward and two time Olympian with the Swiss national ice hockey team. International career Stiefel was selected to represent Switzerland in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She ...

* 2009:

Laura Benz Laura Benz (born 25 August 1992) is a Swiss ice hockey defender. International career Benz was selected for the Switzerland national women's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She played in all five games, scoring a goal. Benz has a ...

* 2010: Sarah Forster * 2011: Sarah Forster * 2012: Phoebe Stänz * 2013: Stephanie Lehner * 2014: Reica Staiger * 2015: Simone Minder * 2016: Kaleigh Quennec * 2017: Noemi Ryhner * 2018:

Stefanie Wetli Stefanie Wetli (born 4 February 2000) is a Swiss ice hockey player and member of the Swiss national ice hockey team, currently playing with the HT Thurgau Ladies of the Swiss Women's League. Wetli represented Switzerland in the women's ice h ...

* 2019: Lena Marie Lutz * 2020: Julina Gianola * 2023: Elena Gaberell * 2024: Naemi Herzig * 2025: Naemi Herzig

Player awards and honors

World Championship

Top Division

Best Forward
''Selected by the tournament directorate.'' * 2016:

Alina Müller Alina Müller (born 12 March 1998) is a Swiss ice hockey forward for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. She played college ice hockey at Northeaster ...

Best Goaltender
''Selected by the tournament directorate.'' * 2019: Saskia Maurer All Star Team
''Selected by members of the media. Note that All Star honors were not awarded during 2008 to 2012 nor in 2014 and 2017.'' * 2016: Alina Müller (F) * 2019: Saskia Maurer (G) Top-3 Players on Team
''Selected by the coaches.'' * 2008: Sophie Anthamatten (G),

(D),

Sara Benz Sara Benz (born 25 August 1992 in Zürich, Switzerland) is a Swiss ice hockey forward, who shoots left. International career Benz was selected for the Switzerland national women's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She played i ...

(F) * 2009: Sophie Anthamatten (G), Laura Benz (D), Evelina Raselli (F) * 2011: Tamara Klossner (G), Lara Stalder (F) * 2012: Phoebe Stänz (D), Nicole Gubler (F), Isabel Waidacher (F) * 2015: Tess Allemann (F),

Andrea Brändli Andrea Brändli (born 5 June 1997) is a Swiss ice hockey player and member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team, Swiss national team, currently playing with the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey, Ohio State Buckeyes in the Wes ...

(G), Alina Müller (F) * 2016: Rahel Enzler (F), Alina Müller (F), Shannon Sigrist (D) * 2017: Saskia Maurer (G),

Lisa Rüedi Lisa Rüedi (born 3 November 2000) is a Swiss ice hockey player and member of the Swiss national team, currently playing in the Swiss Women's League (SWHL A) with the ZSC Lions Frauen. She served as captain of the ZSC Lions during the 2020–2 ...

(F), Noemi Ryhner (F) * 2018: Rahel Enzler (F), Lisa Rüedi (F),

(D) * 2019: Lara Christen (D), Saskia Maurer (G), Alicia Pagnamenta (F) * 2020: Lara Christen (F), Emma Ingold (F), Caroline Spies (G) * 2022: Alessia Baechler (D), Alina Marti (F), Alena Lynn Rossel (D) * 2023: Alessia Baechler (D), Talina Benderer (G), Ivana Wey (F) * 2024: Talina Benderer (G), Sonja Inkamp (D), Ivana Wey (F) * 2025: Naemi Herzig (F), Sonja Inkamp (D), Norina Müller (F)

Division 1

Best Defenseman
''Selected by the tournament directorate'' * 2010: Lara Stalder Best Forward
''Selected by the tournament directorate'' * 2010: Sara Benz * 2013: Alina Müller * 2014: Alina Müller Best Goaltender
''Selected by the tournament directorate'' * 2014: Andrea Brändli Best Player on Team
''Selected by the coaches.'' * 2013: Karin Williner (D) * 2014: Dominique Rüegg (F)

References

Notes

{{Women's national U18 ice hockey teams I Women's national under-18 ice hockey teams