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{{Infobox international hockey competition
 | tourney_name = Women's Ice Hockey<br>World Championships
 | year = 2018
 | country = France
 | country2 = Italy
 | country3 = Slovenia
 | country4 = Spain
 | country5 = Bulgaria
 | num_teams = 29
 | venues = 5
 | cities = 5
 | prevseason = [[2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships|2017]]
 | nextseason = [[2019 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships|2019]]
}}

The '''2018 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships''' were the 20th such series of tournaments organised by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the [[2019 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships|2019 competition]]. For the 2018 program, there was no relegations, only promotions, to raise the total at the top level up to ten nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihfworlds2017.com/en/news/ww-grows/|title=Women's Worlds grow|date=19 May 2017|work=iihfworlds2017.com|access-date=19 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522233158/https://www.iihfworlds2017.com/en/news/ww-grows|archive-date=22 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Championship (Top Division)==
The Top Division tournament was not held due to the [[2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament|2018 Olympics]].

==Division I==
{{main|2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I}}

===Division I Group A===
The Division I Group A tournament was played in [[Vaujany]], [[France]], from 8 to 14 April 2018.<ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/657/index.html Division I A statistics]</ref>

===Division I Group B===
The Division I Group B tournament was played in [[Asiago]], [[Italy]], from 8 to 14 April 2018.<ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/658/index.html Division I B statistics]</ref>

==Division II==
{{main|2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II}}

===Division II Group A===
The Division II Group A tournament was played in [[Maribor]], [[Slovenia]], from 31 March to 6 April 2018.<ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/659/index.html Division II A statistics]</ref>

===Division II Group B===
The Division II Group B tournament was played in [[Valdemoro]], [[Spain]], from 17 to 23 March 2018.<ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/660/index.html Division II B statistics]</ref>

===Division II Group B Qualification===
The Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]], from 4 to 9 December 2017.<ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/661/index.html Division II B Q statistics]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.iihf.com/ Official website of IIHF]

{{IIHF Women's Ice Hockey championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:2018 in ice hockey|World Ice Hockey Championships - Women's]]
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