2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

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2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Tournament details
Host nation  United States
Dates 5 – 12 January 2015
Teams 8
Venue(s) HarborCenter (in 1 host city)
Champions  United States (4 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 21
Goals scored 101  (4.81 per game)
Attendance 13,788  (657 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Sarah Potomak
MVP Flag of Canada Sarah Potomak

The 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships was the eighth World Women's U18 Championship. The top division tournament was played in Buffalo, United States, from 5 to 12 January 2015. Twenty nations played in three levels, with promotion and relegation for the top and bottom teams at each level.

The United States won their fourth title defeating Canada in overtime in the Gold medal game, with Jincy Dunne scoring on the power play. This was the eighth consecutive final between the two nations, evening their all-time records. The Bronze medal game was also a rematch from the previous year, this time the Russians defeated the Czechs earning their first ever medal at this level.

In Division I play the French earned their first ever promotion to the top level. They opened the tournament with a shootout win over Norway and won the rest of their games earning a trip to St. Catherines for 2016.[1]

Format

The preliminary round is divided into two pools that placed the top four seeds into Group A, and the bottom four in Group B. The top two finishers in Group A advances directly to the semifinals, while the two remaining teams and the top two in Group B will play a quarterfinal round. The bottom two teams from Group B will play a relegation series to determine the one team that gets relegated.[2]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–5).

Group A

Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1.  United States 3 2 1 0 0 12:2 8
2.  Canada 3 2 0 1 0 11:5 7
3.  Russia 3 1 0 0 2 6:11 3
4.  Czech Republic 3 0 0 0 3 2:13 0
5 January 2015
15:30 		Russia  3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1) 		 Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1
5 January 2015
19:00 		Canada  1–2 SO
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–2) 		 United States HarborCenter Rink 1
6 January 2015
15:30 		Canada  3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1) 		 Russia HarborCenter Rink 1
6 January 2015
19:00 		United States  3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0) 		 Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1
8 January 2015
15:30 		Czech Republic  1–7
(1–1, 0–4, 0–2) 		Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada HarborCenter Rink 1
8 January 2015
19:00 		United States  7–1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia HarborCenter Rink 1

Group B

Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1.  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 8:5 6
2.  Finland 3 2 0 0 1 7:5 6
3.  Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 5:5 6
4.  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 5:10 0
5 January 2015
12:00 		Sweden  3–2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1) 		 Japan HarborCenter Rink 1
5 January 2015
16:00 		Finland  0–2
(0–0, 0–2, 0–0) 		 Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 2
6 January 2015
12:00 		Sweden  4–0
(3–0, 0–0, 1–0) 		 Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 1
6 January 2015
16:00 		Japan  2–4
(2–0, 0–2, 0–2) 		 Finland HarborCenter Rink 2
8 January 2015
12:00 		Japan  1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2) 		 Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 1
8 January 2015
16:00 		Finland  3–1
(0–1, 3–0, 0–0) 		 Sweden HarborCenter Rink 2

Relegation series

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

9 January 2015
12:00 		Switzerland  2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0) 		 Japan HarborCenter Rink 1
11 January 2015
12:00 		Japan  2–3 SO
(0–1, 2–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Switzerland HarborCenter Rink 2

Final round

Quarterfinals

9 January 2015
15:30 		Russia  4–3
(0–3, 1–0, 3–0) 		 Finland HarborCenter Rink 1
9 January 2015
19:00 		Czech Republic  4–3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–2) 		 Sweden HarborCenter Rink 1

Semifinals

11 January 2015
15:00 		Canada  3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Russia HarborCenter Rink 1
11 January 2015
19:00 		United States  5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1

Fifth place game

11 January 2015
15:30 		Sweden  0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1) 		 Finland HarborCenter Rink 2

Bronze medal game

12 January 2015
15:00 		Russia  5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0) 		 Czech Republic HarborCenter Rink 1

Gold medal game

12 January 2015
19:00 		United States  3–2 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
OT: 1–0 		 Canada HarborCenter Rink 1

Final standings

Gold medal icon.png  United States
Silver medal icon.png  Canada
Bronze medal icon.png  Russia
4  Czech Republic
5  Finland
6  Sweden
7   Switzerland
8  Japan

 2015 IIHF Women's U-18 World Champions 

United States
Fourth title

Relegated to the 2016 Division I

Division I

Main article: 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I

Division I 'A'

The Division I 'A' tournament was played in Vaujany, France, from 4 to 10 January 2015.[3]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 France 5 4 1 0 0 21 9 +12 14
 Norway 5 3 1 1 0 14 9 +5 12
 Slovakia 5 2 0 1 2 18 24 −6 7
 Germany 5 2 0 0 3 20 15 +5 6
 Hungary 5 2 0 0 3 10 13 −3 6
 Austria 5 0 0 0 5 6 19 −13 0
Promoted to the 2016 Top Division Relegated to the 2016 Division I Qualification

Division I Qualification

The Division I Qualification tournament was played in Katowice, Poland, from 19 to 25 January 2015.[4] Denmark won all five games in their debut, earning promotion to the Division I 'A' tournament for 2016.

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Denmark 5 5 0 0 0 29 2 +27 15
 Italy 5 4 0 0 1 11 8 +3 12
 Poland 5 3 0 0 2 21 12 +9 9
 Kazakhstan 5 1 1 0 3 6 14 −8 5
 China 5 1 0 1 3 3 19 −16 4
 Great Britain 5 0 0 0 5 3 18 −15 0
Promoted to the 2016 Division I

References

  1. ↑ French fly to Canada
  2. ↑ detailed format and tie-breaking procedure
  3. ↑ Division I statistics
  4. ↑ Division I Qual. statistics

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