2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2020 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 13th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey.

2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
Dates26 December 2019 – 2 January 2020
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  United States (8th title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played21
Goals scored86 (4.1 per game)
Attendance7,538 (359 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Russia Kristi Shashkina
(8 points)
MVPRussia Kristi Shashkina
Website
iihf.com/en/events/2020/ww18

Top Division

Match officials

9 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[1]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 2 1 0 0 9 4 +5 8 Semifinals
2  United States 3 2 0 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Russia 3 1 0 1 1 6 6 0 4 Quarterfinals
4  Finland 3 0 0 0 3 4 12 −8 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
26 December 2019
12:30		Canada 3–2 OT
(1–0, 1–0, 0–2)
(OT: 1–0)		 RussiaVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 298
Game reference
Ève GasconGoaliesAnna AlpatovaReferees:
United States Kelly Cooke
Switzerland Drahomíra Fialova
Linesmen:
Sweden Liv Andersson
China Wang Hui
Naud (Labad, Cherkowski) – 19:001–0
Paul (Wheeler) – 23:552–0
2–150:35 – Korzhakova (Luchnikova)
2–253:49 – Shashkina (Korzhakova, Luchnikova)
Gosling (Buglioni) – 63:123–2
8 minPenalties8 min
36Shots19
26 December 2019
16:30		United States 4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)		 FinlandVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 311
Game reference
Skylar VetterGoaliesKiia LahtinenReferees:
Russia Darya Abrosimova
Canada Vanessa Morin
Linesmen:
Russia Polina Danilova
Canada Justine Todd
Murphy (Winn) (PP) – 10:361–0
1–111:38 – Yrjänen (Sundelin, Rantala) (PP)
Van Wieren (Eden) – 33:402–1
Wethington (Zanon, Nicholson) – 39:593–1
Guilday (Eden) – 40:374–1
6 minPenalties8 min
51Shots10
27 December 2019
12:30		Finland 1–4
(1–1, 0–0, 0–3)		 CanadaVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 378
Game reference
Aino LaitinenGoaliesKayle OsborneReferees:
United States Kelly Cooke
Germany Svenja Strohmenger
Linesmen:
Sweden Liv Andersson
United States Kendall Hanley
0–105:16 – Bochna (Buglioni)
N. Laitinen (Rantala, Yrjänen) (PP) – 19:211–1
1–246:53 – Kettyle (Picard)
1–352:37 – Wheeler (Cherkowski)
1–454:55 – Lussier (Wozniewicz) (ENG)
8 minPenalties14 min
13Shots31
27 December 2019
16:30		United States 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 RussiaVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 292
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Amanda ThieleGoaliesYulia VolkovaReferees:
Finland Henna Åberg
Czech Republic Gabriela Malá
Linesmen:
Slovakia Magdaléna Čerhitová
Belgium Marine Dinant
Huber (EA) – 54:311–0
4 minPenalties4 min
25Shots20
29 December 2019
12:30		Canada 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 United StatesVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 719
Game reference
Ève GasconGoaliesSkylar VetterReferees:
Finland Henna Åberg
Russia Darya Abrosimova
Linesmen:
Russia Polina Danilova
Belgium Marine Dinant
Cherkowski (Wheeler) – 00:201–0
Picard – 54:232–0
2–159:58 – Eden (Webster, Zanon) (PP2, EA)
12 minPenalties6 min
38Shots28
29 December 2019
16:30		Russia 4–2
(1–1, 3–1, 0–0)		 FinlandVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 320
Game reference
Anna AlpatovaGoaliesKiia LahtinenReferees:
Switzerland Drahomíra Fialova
Canada Vanessa Morin
Linesmen:
Norway Stephanie Cole
United States Kendall Hanley
Luchnikova (Shashkina) – 01:461–0
1–117:24 – N. Laitinen (Rantala, Yrjänen) (PP)
1–220:56 – Rantala (N. Laitinen) (PP)
Shashkina (Butorina) – 21:502–2
Shashkina (Luchnikova) – 24:463–2
Markova (Akhmetova) – 36:394–2
16 minPenalties6 min
19Shots30

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3   Switzerland 3 0 1 1 1 4 6 −2 3 Relegation round
4  Slovakia (H) 3 0 1 0 2 6 11 −5 2
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
26 December 2019
16:30		Switzerland 2–1 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 Czech RepublicVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2
Attendance: 99
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Caroline SpiesGoaliesJulie PejšováReferees:
Finland Henna Åberg
Russia Elena Ivanova
Linesmen:
Slovakia Magdaléna Čerhitová
Norway Stephanie Cole
0–116:56 – Haasová (Habartová)
Marti (Christen) – 43:101–1
Zimmermann (Christen, Leemann) – 60:282–1
4 minPenalties4 min
22Shots23
26 December 2019
20:30		Sweden 4–2
(0–0, 3–0, 1–2)		 SlovakiaVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 543
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Ida BomanGoaliesLaura MedviďováReferees:
Czech Republic Gabriela Malá
Germany Svenja Strohmenger
Linesmen:
Belgium Marine Dinant
United Kingdom Amy Lack
L. Johansson (Forsgren, G. Johansson) – 27:221–0
Svensson (Albinsson, L. Johansson) (PP) – 34:032–0
Thuvik (Ahlm, Hall) – 38:323–0
Blom (G. Johansson, Grundström) – 56:034–0
4–156:37 – Kapičáková (Halušková, Vysokajová) (PP)
4–259:52 – Leskovjanská
10 minPenalties8 min
36Shots24
27 December 2019
16:30		Czech Republic 3–1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 SwedenVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2
Attendance: 100
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Viktorie ŠvejdováGoaliesIda BomanReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Switzerland Drahomíra Fialova
Linesmen:
Russia Polina Danilova
United Kingdom Amy Lack
Haasová (Kaltounková) – 04:461–0
1–132:10 – Svensson (L. Johansson) (PP)
Kalová (Mazancová, Škorpíková) – 47:402–1
Kaltounková (Čajanová, Haasová) – 58:353–1
6 minPenalties6 min
32Shots23
27 December 2019
20:30		Switzerland 2–3 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 2–1)
(OT: 0–1)		 SlovakiaVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 527
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Caroline SpiesGoaliesLaura MedviďováReferees:
Russia Darya Abrosimova
Canada Vanessa Morin
Linesmen:
Norway Stephanie Cole
China Wang Hui
0–136:03 – Štetiarová (Dobošová)
Leemann (EA) – 50:061–1
1–254:23 – Halušková (Matejková)
Surdez (Frey) – 55:452–2
2–362:52 – Matejková
6 minPenalties18 min
23Shots20
29 December 2019
16:30		Sweden 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2
Attendance: 99
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Ida BomanGoaliesCaroline SpiesReferees:
Russia Elena Ivanova
Germany Svenja Strohmenger
Linesmen:
Slovakia Magdaléna Čerhitová
Canada Justine Todd
Silén (Lindberg) – 10:551–0
T. Johansson (Markström) (ENG) – 58:392–0
14 minPenalties2 min
21Shots9
29 December 2019
20:30		Slovakia 1–5
(0–1, 0–2, 1–2)		 Czech RepublicVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 1,248
Game reference
Laura Medviďová
Nikola Zimková		GoaliesJulie PejšováReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
United States Kelly Cooke
Linesmen:
Sweden Liv Andersson
United Kingdom Amy Lack
0–108:34 – Kaltounková (Hanzlíková, Čajanová) (PP)
0–225:05 – Mazancová (SH)
0–339:34 – Haasová (Kaltounková, D. Pejšová)
0–450:49 – D. Pejšová (Gruntová) (EA)
Halušková (Vysokajová) (PP) – 54:381–4
1–559:52 – Hrubanová (Bartáková, Gruntová)
8 minPenalties8 min
20Shots33

Relegation round

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

30 December 2019
20:30		Switzerland 4–1
(4–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 SlovakiaVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Caroline SpiesGoaliesLaura Medviďová
Nikola Zimková		Referees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Germany Svenja Strohmenger
Linesmen:
United States Kendall Hanley
China Wang Hui
Staub (Zimmermann, Leemann) (PP) – 06:371–0
Zimmermann (Zogg, Gianola) – 09:372–0
Zimmermann (Leemann, Christen) (PP) – 13:423–0
S. Bachmann (Leemann) – 15:514–0
4–153:53 – Halušková (Matejková, Jašková) (PP, EA)
2 minPenalties8 min
27Shots10
1 January 2020
16:30		Slovakia 1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)		  SwitzerlandVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Nikola ZimkováGoaliesCaroline SpiesReferees:
Russia Darya Abrosimova
Czech Republic Gabriela Malá
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Amy Lack
China Wang Hui
Dobošová (Lahová) – 04:151–0
1–124:58 – Marti (Ingold, Frey) (PP)
1–236:46 – Zimmermann (Surdez)
6 minPenalties6 min
17Shots18

Final round

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:[2]

  1. tier of the group;
  2. position in the group.
RankTeamGroupPos
1 CanadaA1
2 United StatesA2
3 RussiaA3
4 FinlandA4
5 Czech RepublicB1
6 SwedenB2

Bracket
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
1 January
1
 Canada		4
30 December
4
 Finland		1
4A
 Finland		3
2 January
1B
 Czech Republic		1
1
 Canada		1
2
 United States (OT)		2
1 January
2
 United States		3
30 December
3
 Russia		0 Third place
3A
 Russia		4
2 January
2B
 Sweden		0
3
 Russia		6
4
 Finland		1

Quarterfinals
30 December 2019
16:30		Finland 3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 Czech RepublicVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 213
Game reference
Kiia LahtinenGoaliesJulie Pejšová
Viktorie Švejdová		Referees:
Russia Darya Abrosimova
Russia Elena Ivanova
Linesmen:
Sweden Liv Andersson
Canada Justine Todd
Rantala (Sundelin) – 07:551–0
Nuutinen – 19:532–0
Yrjänen – 25:023–0
3–147:38 – Haasová (Škorpíková)
6 minPenalties14 min
33Shots12
30 December 2019
20:30		Russia 4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 SwedenVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 193
Game reference
Anna AlpatovaGoaliesIda Boman
Ebba Svensson Träff		Referees:
Switzerland Drahomíra Fialova
Czech Republic Gabriela Malá
Linesmen:
Norway Stephanie Cole
Belgium Marine Dinant
Glukhareva (Boriskova) – 06:291–0
Korzhakova (Luchnikova, Shashkina) – 18:252–0
Shashkina (Luchnikova, Petina) – 40:333–0
Ponyatovskaya (Shashkina , Shashkina) (PP) – 42:474–0
10 minPenalties8 min
32Shots19

Semifinals
1 January 2020
12:30		Canada 4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 FinlandVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 316
Game reference
Ève Gascon
Kayle Osborne		GoaliesKiia LahtinenReferees:
United States Kelly Cooke
Switzerland Drahomíra Fialova
Linesmen:
Belgium Marine Dinant
United States Kendall Hanley
Picard (Messier) – 06:111–0
Buglioni (Legros) – 07:122–0
Bochna (Messier, Buglioni) – 19:283–0
3–144:46 – N. Laitinen (Sundelin, Rantala) (PP)
Cooper – 49:114–1
14 minPenalties10 min
30Shots15
1 January 2020
16:30		United States 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 RussiaVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 456
Game reference
Amanda ThieleGoaliesYulia VolkovaReferees:
Canada Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Canada Vanessa Morin
Linesmen:
Sweden Liv Andersson
Canada Justine Todd
Lobdell (Simms, Biotti) – 07:161–0
Eden (Burgen) – 10:102–0
Gentry (Simms) – 32:473–0
12 minPenalties2 min
33Shots15

Fifth place game
1 January 2020
20:30		Czech Republic 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 SwedenVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 152
Game reference
Viktorie ŠvejdováGoaliesIda BomanReferees:
Finland Henna Åberg
Russia Elena Ivanova
Linesmen:
Slovakia Magdaléna Čerhitová
Russia Polina Danilova
0–148:35 – T. Johansson (Silén, Karlsson)
8 minPenalties4 min
22Shots35

Bronze medal game
2 January 2020
12:30		Russia 6–1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 FinlandVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 137
Game reference
Anna AlpatovaGoaliesKiia LahtinenReferees:
United States Kelly Cooke
Canada Vanessa Morin
Linesmen:
United States Kendall Hanley
Canada Justine Todd
Glukhareva (Boriskova) – 12:441–0
Ponyatovskaya (Glukhareva, Butorina) – 18:182–0
Glukhareva (Markova) – 28:363–0
Markova (Lifatova, Shkalyova) – 43:104–0
4–145:35 – Salonen (Rantala, Tervonen)
Sviridova (Shkalyova, Markova) – 54:245–1
Glukhareva (Shashkina) – 59:086–1
4 minPenalties4 min
29Shots26

Gold medal game
2 January 2020
20:30		Canada 1–2 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 United StatesVladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1
Attendance: 937
Game reference
Ève GasconGoaliesSkylar VetterReferees:
Finland Henna Åberg
Russia Elena Ivanova
Linesmen:
Slovakia Magdaléna Čerhitová
Russia Polina Danilova
0–114:38 – Murphy (PP)
Paul (Naud) (PP) – 45:381–1
1–276:52 – Zanon (Nicholson)
8 minPenalties12 min
32Shots34

Final ranking
Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  United States 5 3 1 0 1 11 4 +7 11 Champions
2 A  Canada 5 3 1 1 0 14 7 +7 12 Runners-up
3 A  Russia 6 3 0 1 2 16 10 +6 10 Third place
4 A  Finland 6 1 0 0 5 9 23 −14 3 Fourth place
5 B  Sweden 5 3 0 0 2 8 9 −1 9 Fifth place game
6 B  Czech Republic 5 2 0 1 2 10 8 +2 7
7 B   Switzerland 5 2 1 1 1 10 8 +2 9 Advance in Relegation
8 B  Slovakia (H) 5 0 1 0 4 8 17 −9 2 Relegation to Division I A
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Scoring leaders
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1Kristi Shashkina Russia6448+64
2Sanni Rantala Finland6257–52
3Polina Luchnikova Russia6167+46
4Hana Haasová Czech Republic5415+62
4Laura Zimmermann  Switzerland6415+46
6Kristina Glukhareva Russia6415+30
7Lacey Eden United States5235+54
8Sinja Leemann  Switzerland5145–12
9Romana Halušková Slovakia5314–30
10Nelli Laitinen Finland6314–42

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
1Viktorie Švejdová Czech Republic151:4620.797597.330
2Skylar Vetter United States195:2741.238095.000
3Anna Alpatova Russia243:1261.4811194.591
4Ève Gascon Canada258:4661.399693.740
5Ida Boman Sweden298:5691.8112993.022

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

Source: IIHF

Source: IIHF

Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Füssen, Germany from 3 to 9 January 2020.[3]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Germany (H) 5 4 1 0 0 18 2 +16 14 Promotion to Top Division
2  Japan 5 4 0 0 1 20 3 +17 12
3  Hungary 5 1 1 2 1 10 9 +1 7
4  France 5 2 0 0 3 5 16 −11 6
5  Italy 5 1 1 0 3 10 18 −8 5
6  Denmark 5 0 0 1 4 5 20 −15 1 Relegation to Division I B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Group B

The tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 2 to 8 January 2020.[3]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Norway 5 3 0 2 0 13 7 +6 11[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to Division I A
2  Austria 5 3 1 0 1 14 3 +11 11[lower-alpha 1]
3  China 5 2 2 0 1 12 10 +2 10
4  South Korea 5 1 1 0 3 7 12 −5 5
5  Poland (H) 5 1 0 1 3 8 9 −1 4[lower-alpha 2]
6  Great Britain 5 1 0 1 3 5 18 −13 4[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Division II
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Austria 1–2 Norway
  2. Great Britain 1–5 Poland

Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 25 to 28 January 2020.[3]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 0 0 10 7 +3 8 Promotion to Division I B
2  Netherlands (H) 3 2 0 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Australia 3 0 1 0 2 6 8 −2 2[lower-alpha 1]
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 2 1 6 11 −5 2[lower-alpha 1]
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Kazakhstan 2–3 (OT) Australia

Group B

The tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 28 January to 2 February 2020.[3]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 18 3 +15 9
2  Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 5 11 −6 6
3  Mexico (H) 3 1 0 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Finals Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 February
 
 
 Spain (OT)2
 
2 February
 
 New Zealand1
 
 Spain7
 
1 February
 
 Turkey0
 
 Turkey4
 
 
 Mexico2
 
Third place
 
 
2 February
 
 
 New Zealand3
 
 
 Mexico6

References
  1. "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  2. "Tournament Format". IIHF. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  3. "World Championships – World Women U18". IIHF. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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