2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
Dates	8–15 January, 2016
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Meridian Centre Seymour-Hannah Centre (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (5 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	113  (5.38 per game)
Attendance	34,520  (1,644 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Alina Müller
MVP	Valeria Tarakanova

The 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships was the ninth World Women's U18 Championship. The tournament was played in St. Catharines, Canada.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	0	16:1	9
2.	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	17:6	6
3.	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	5:13	3
4.	Czech Republic	3	0	0	0	3	2:20	0

8 January 2016 16:00

United States

6–0 (2–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Czech Republic

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 584

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	35	Shots	7

8 January 2016 19:30

Canada

5–2 (2–0, 3–2, 0–0)

Russia

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 3,564

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	18

9 January 2016 16:00

Russia

0–6 (0–0, 0–4, 0–2)

United States

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 1,707

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	2 min
	11	Shots	46

9 January 2016 19:30

Canada

11–0 (3–0, 7–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 3,389

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	13

11 January 2016 16:00

Czech Republic

2–3 (0–1, 0–2, 2–0)

Russia

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 797

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	20

11 January 2016 19:30

United States

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Canada

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 4,016

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	34

Group B

Pl.		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1.	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	13:4	6
2.	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	14:4	6
3.	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	9:5	6
4.	France	3	0	0	0	3	1:24	0

8 January 2016 12:00

Finland

11–1 (2–0, 5–0, 4–1)

France

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 3,521

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	55	Shots	7

8 January 2016 14:00

Sweden

5–1 (3–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Switzerland

Seymour-Hannah Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 471

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	20

9 January 2016 12:00

Switzerland

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 578

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	19

9 January 2016 14:00

Sweden

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

France

Seymour-Hannah Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 406

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	49	Shots	13

11 January 2016 12:00

Finland

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 2,635

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	22

11 January 2016 14:00

Switzerland

6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

France

Seymour-Hannah Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 211

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	49	Shots	7

Relegation series

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

12 January 2016 12:00

Switzerland

5–1 (2–1, 0–0, 3–0)

France

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 224

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	5

14 January 2016 12:00

France

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 537

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	9	Shots	42

Final round

Quarterfinals

12 January 2016 16:00

Czech Republic

2–3 (0–0, 2–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 444

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	17

12 January 2016 19:30

Russia

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Finland

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 1011

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	17

Semifinals

14 January 2016 16:00

United States

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 711

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	9

14 January 2016 19:30

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Russia

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 2,819

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	12

Fifth place game

14 January 2016 12:00

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Finland

Seymour-Hannah Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 187

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	29

Bronze medal game

15 January 2016 16:00

Russia

1–2 (0–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Sweden

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 1,192

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	32

Gold medal game

15 January 2016 19:30

United States

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT 1–0)

Canada

Meridian Centre, St. Catharines Attendance: 5,516

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	23

Final standings

United States Canada Sweden 4 Russia 5 Czech Republic 6 Finland 7  Switzerland 8 France

2015 IIHF Women's U-18 World Champions  United States Fifth title

Relegated to the 2016 Division I

Division I

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I

Division I "A"

Was played in Miskolc, Hungary 10–16 January, 2016.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	5	5	0	0	0	18	2	+16	15
Germany	5	3	1	0	1	19	8	+11	11
Slovakia	5	3	0	1	1	18	9	+9	10
Norway	5	2	0	0	3	14	12	+2	6
Hungary	5	1	0	0	4	4	24	−20	3
Denmark	5	0	0	0	5	2	20	−18	0

Promoted to the 2017 Top Division

Relegated to the 2017 Division I Qualification

Division I Qualification

Was played in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria, January 7 to 11, 2016. The teams were divided into two groups of four where the winners played off against each other for promotion to the 2017 Division I tournament. The top six teams remain in the newly titled Division 1 B, Romania and Australia were relegated to the new Division I B Qualication tournament.

Group A Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Austria 3 3 0 0 0 20 1 +19 9 Kazakhstan 3 2 0 0 1 20 7 +13 6 China 3 1 0 0 2 12 11 +1 3 Romania 3 0 0 0 3 3 36 −33 0

Group B Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Italy 3 3 0 0 0 15 3 +12 9 Great Britain 3 2 0 0 1 7 6 +1 6 Poland 3 1 0 0 2 14 7 +7 3 Australia 3 0 0 0 3 2 22 −20 0

Seventh place game

11 January 2016 11:45

Romania

6–7 SO (3–1, 2–2, 1–3) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Australia

Nockhalle, Radenthein

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	48

Fifth place game

11 January 2016 15:15

China

5–2 (1–0, 4–0, 0–2)

Poland

Nockhalle, Radenthein

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	15	Shots	35

Bronze medal game

11 January 2016 12:00

Kazakhstan

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Great Britain

Eis Sport Arena, Spittal an der Drau

Game reference
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	27

Gold medal (promotion) game

11 January 2016 15:30

Austria

3–2 (1–2, 1–0, 1–0)

Italy

Eis Sport Arena, Spittal an der Drau

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	9

External links

• AllSportDB.com Event page
• IIHF.com 2016 events index
• Hockey Canada page
• Eurohockey page

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