2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2024 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Switzerland
Dates	6–14 January 2024
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (9 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	22
Goals scored	141  (6.41 per game)
Attendance	10,858  (494 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Chloe Primerano
MVP	Chloe Primerano

The 2024 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 16th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey.

Top Division

The Top Division tournament was played in Zug, Switzerland, from 6 to 14 January 2024.

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	3	0	0	0	29	1	28	9	Quarterfinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	9	12	−3	6
3	Czechia	3	1	0	0	2	9	12	−3	3
4	Germany	3	0	0	0	3	1	23	−22	0

6 January 2024 12:00

Finland

3–2 (0–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Czechia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 214

Game reference
				Referees: Elizabeth Mantha Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Erika Greenen Eva Mária Moleková
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	30

6 January 2024 20:00

Canada

11–0 (3–0, 6–0, 2–0)

Germany

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 473

Game reference
				Referees: Mariko Dale Tijana Haack Linesmen: Marine Dinant Zóra Gottlibet
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	68	Shots	4

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7 January 2024 16:00

Finland

6–0 (2–0, 0–0, 4–0)

Germany

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 312

Game reference
				Referees: Laura White Karin Williner Linesmen: Britt Kösters Jamie Monard
	4 min	Penalties	37 min
	46	Shots	6

7 January 2024 20:00

Czech Republic

1–8 (0–1, 1–4, 0–3)

Canada

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 346

Game reference
				Referees: Tijana Haack Julia Kainberger Linesmen: Zóra Gottlibet Johanna Oksanen
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	24	Shots	41

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9 January 2024 16:00

Germany

1–6 (0–3, 1–0, 0–3)

Czechia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 123

Game reference
				Referees: Ida Henriksson Karin Williner Linesmen: Britt Kösters Jennifer Vicha
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	10	Shots	46

9 January 2024 20:00

Canada

10–0 (2–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 346

Game reference
				Referees: Kaisa Ketonen Laura White Linesmen: Maren Frøhaug Erika Greenen
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	58	Shots	7

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	19	2	17	9	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	12	8	4	6
3	Slovakia	3	0	1	0	2	6	14	−8	2
4	Switzerland (H)	3	0	0	1	2	3	16	−13	1

6 January 2024 16:00

Sweden

6–1 (3–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1,128

Game reference
				Referees: Brandy Dewar Julia Kainberger Linesmen: Johanna Oksanen Adrienn Paulheim
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	25

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7 January 2024 12:00

United States

7–1 (0–1, 1–0, 6–0)

Slovakia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 378

Game reference
				Referees: Ida Henriksson Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Maren Frøhaug Jennifer Vicha
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	63	Shots	10

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8 January 2024 16:00

Slovakia

3–6 (1–2, 2–1, 0–3)

Sweden

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 193

Game reference
				Referees: Mariko Dale Elizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Marine Dinant Eva Mária Moleková
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	57

8 January 2024 20:00

United States

8–1 (2–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 914

Game reference
				Referees: Brandy Dewar Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Jamie Monard Adrienn Paulheim
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	15

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10 January 2024 12:00

Sweden

0–4 (0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

United States

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 572

Game reference
				Referees: Mariko Dale Tijana Haack Linesmen: Zóra Gottlibet Johanna Oksanen
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	35

10 January 2024 16:00

Switzerland

1–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) ([OT: 0–1)

Slovakia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1,011

Game reference
				Referees: Julia Kainberger Elizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Marine Dinant Jamie Monard
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	27

Playoff round

Winning teams will be reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:

1. Higher position in their group
2. Higher number of points in preliminary pool play
3. Better goal differential
4. Higher number of goals scored
5. Better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2023 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship).

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	Canada	A	1	9	+28	29	1
2	United States	B	1	9	+17	19	3
3	Sweden	B	2	6	+4	12	2
4	Finland	A	2	6	−3	9	4
5	Czechia	A	3	3	−3	9	5
6	Slovakia	B	3	2	−8	6	6
7	Switzerland	B	4	1	−13	3	7
8	Germany	A	4	0	−22	1	8

Quarterfinals

11 January 2024 10:00

Sweden

2–4 (1–2, 0–0, 1–2)

Czechia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 308

Game reference
				Referees: Brandy Dewar Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Erika Greenen Jamie Monard
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	30

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11 January 2024 13:30

Finland

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 265

Game reference
				Referees: Tijana Haack Karin Williner Linesmen: Zóra Gottlibet Eva Mária Moleková
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	19

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11 January 2024 17:00

Canada

6–0 (2–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 477

Game reference
				Referees: Ida Henriksson Laura White Linesmen: Maren Frøhaug Britt Kösters
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	54	Shots	3

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11 January 2024 20:30

United States

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Germany

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 189

Game reference
				Referees: Mariko Dale Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Adrienn Paulheim Jennifer Vicha
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	58	Shots	7

Semifinals

13 January 2024 15:00

Canada

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Czechia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 523

Game reference
				Referees: Ida Henriksson Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Zóra Gottlibet Johanna Oksanen
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	12

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13 January 2024 19:00

United States

4–2 (1–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 481

Game reference
				Referees: Tijana Haack Elizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Maren Frøhaug Jamie Monard
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	44	Shots	16

Relegation game

13 January 2024 11:00

Switzerland

2–1 (0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Germany

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 412

Game reference
				Referees: Brandy Dewar Julia Kainberger Linesmen: Marine Dinant Erika Greenen
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	26	Shots	21

Fifth place game

14 January 2024 11:00

Sweden

4–1 (1–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 121

Game reference
				Referees: Laura White Karin Williner Linesmen: Eva Mária Moleková Jennifer Vicha
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	43	Shots	30

Bronze medal game

14 January 2024 15:00

Canada

8–1 (3–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Finland

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 616

Game reference
				Referees: Brandy Dewar Tijana Haack Linesmen: Jamie Monard Johanna Oksanen
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	52	Shots	12

Gold medal game

14 January 2024 19:00

United States

5–1 (2–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Czechia

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 1456

Game reference
				Referees: Julia Kainberger Elizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Marine Dinant Erika Greenen
	31 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	20

Division I

Main article: 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Egna, Italy from 6 to 12 January 2024.

Group B

The tournament was held in Jaca, Spain from 8 to 14 January 2024.

Division II

Main article: 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Heerenveen, Netherlands from 15 to 21 January 2024.

Group B

The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 8 to 14 January 2024.

External links

• Official website of IIHF

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