2015 U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

	U18 women's ice hockey world championship
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	Winner: USA

The 8th ice hockey world championships of the U18 women of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of the year 2015 in the age group of the under-eighteen year olds (U18). A total of 20 national teams took part in the three tournaments of the top division and division I and qualification for the same between January 4th and 25th, 2015 .

Overview U18 women’s world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Buffalo	0Jan 5, 2015 - Jan 12, 2015	8th	13,788	21st	657
Division I.	Vaujany	0Jan. 4, 2015 - Jan. 10, 2015	6th	4.166	15th	277
Division I Qual	Katowice	Jan 19, 2015 - Jan 25, 2015	6th	2,300	15th	153

Participants, venues and periods

• Top Division: January 5th to 12th, 2015 in Buffalo , New York , USA

Participants: Finland, Japan, Canada (defending champions) , Russia, Sweden, Switzerland (promoted) , Czech Republic, USA

• Division I: January 4-10 , 2015 in Vaujany , France

Participants: Germany, France, Norway, Austria (promoted) , Slovakia, Hungary (relegated)

• Division I qualification: January 19-25 , 2015 in Katowice , Poland

Participants: People's Republic of China, Denmark (newcomer) , Great Britain (relegated) , Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland

Top division

2015 World Cup for U18 women
Number of nations	8th
World Champion	United States
silver	Canada
bronze	Russia
Relegated	Japan
Venue (s)	Buffalo , New York , USA
opening	5th January 2015
Endgame	January 12, 2015
spectator	13,788 (657 per game)
Gates	101 (4.81 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Valery Tarakanova
Best defender	Jincy Dunne
Best striker	Sarah Potomak
Most valuable player	Sarah Potomak
Top scorer	Sarah Potomak (9 points)

The U18 World Cup of the top Division took place from 5 to 12 January 2015, American Buffalo in the State of New York instead. The games were played in two halls of the HarborCenter with a capacity of up to 1,500 seats. A total of 13,788 spectators attended the 21 tournament games, which corresponded to an average of 657 per game.

Eight national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two performance-graded groups of four teams each. The two groups are composed according to the positions of the national teams at the 2014 World Cup according to the following key:

Group A	Group B
Canada (1)	Finland (5)
USA (2)	Sweden (6)
Czech Republic (3)	Japan (7)
Russia (4)	Switzerland (9)

mode

After the group games in the preliminary round, the group first and second in group A qualified directly for the semi-finals. The third and fourth in the same group reached the quarter-finals. In group B, this applied to group first and second. The teams in the quarterfinals each played a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The third and fourth in Group B contested a best-of-three round for seventh place and relegation to Division IA.

Venues

Buffalo , New York
Buffalo World championship venue	HarborCenter Hall I Capacity: 1,800	Exterior view of the HarborCenter
	HarborCenter Hall II Capacity: 150

Preliminary round

Group A

January 5, 2015 3:30 p.m. (local time)

January 5, 2015 9:30 p.m. ( CET )

Russia

3: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Czech Republic

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 351

January 5, 2015 7:00 p.m.

January 6, 2015 1:00 am

Canada

1: 2 n.P. (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

United States

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 1,800

January 6, 2015 3:30 p.m.

January 6, 2015 9:30 p.m.

Canada

3: 2 (2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Russia

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 522

January 6, 2015 7:00 p.m.

January 7, 2015 1:00 am

United States

3: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) game report

Czech Republic

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 902

January 8, 2015 3:30 p.m.

January 8, 2015 9:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

1: 7 (1: 1, 0: 4, 0: 2) game report

Canada

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 512

January 8, 2015 7:00 p.m.

January 9, 2015 1:00 am

United States

7: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 2: 0) game report

Russia

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 1,636

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	2	1	0	0	12: 02	8th
2.	Canada	3	2	0	1	0	11: 05	7th
3.	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	06:11	3
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	0	0	3	02:13	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier

Group B

January 5, 2015 12:00 p.m. (local time)

January 5, 2015 6:00 p.m. (CET)

Sweden

3: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1) game report

Japan

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 186

January 5, 2015 4:00 p.m.

January 5, 2015 10:00 p.m.

Finland

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0) game report

Switzerland

HarborCenter Hall II, Buffalo Spectators: 227

January 6, 2015 12:00 p.m.

January 6, 2015 6:00 p.m.

Sweden

4: 0 (3: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Switzerland

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 356

January 6, 2015 4:00 p.m.

January 6, 2015 10:00 p.m.

Japan

2: 4 (2: 0, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Finland

HarborCenter Hall II, Buffalo

January 8, 2015 12:00 p.m.

January 8, 2015 6:00 p.m.

Japan

1: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2) game report

Switzerland

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 316

January 8, 2015 4:00 p.m.

January 8, 2015 10:00 p.m.

Finland

3: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 0: 0) game report

Sweden

HarborCenter Hall II, Buffalo Spectators: 249

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	8: 05	6th
2.	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	7: 05	6th
3.	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	5: 05	6th
4th	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	5:10	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

The relegation round was held in the best-of-three mode. This is where the third and fourth placed in Group B met. The team that won two of a maximum of three games stayed in the World Cup group, the loser was relegated to Division I.

January 9, 2015 12:00 p.m. (local time)

January 9, 2015 6:00 p.m. ( CET )

Switzerland

2: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Japan

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 232

January 11, 2015 12:00 p.m.

January 11, 2015 6:00 p.m.

Japan

2: 3 n.P. (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 2

Switzerland

HarborCenter Hall II, Buffalo Spectators: 323

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

United States

5

A4

Czech Republic

4th

A4

Czech Republic

0

B1

Sweden

3

A1

United States

3

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

3

A3

Russia

4th

A3

Russia

1

3rd place match

B2

Finland

3

A4

Russia

5

A3

Czech Republic

1

Play for 5th place

B1

Sweden

0

B2

Finland

3

Quarter finals

January 9, 2015 3:30 p.m. (local time)

January 9, 2015 9:30 p.m. ( CET )

Russia

4: 3 (0: 3, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

Finland

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 514

January 9, 2015 7:00 p.m.

January 10, 2015 1:00 am

Czech Republic

4: 3 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 2) game report

Sweden

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 552

Play for 5th place

January 11, 2015 3:30 p.m.

January 11, 2015 9:30 p.m.

Sweden

0: 3 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Finland

HarborCenter Hall II, Buffalo Spectators: 304

Semifinals

January 11, 2015 3 p.m.

January 11, 2015 9:00 p.m.

Canada

3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Russia

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 1,061

January 11, 2015 7:00 p.m.

January 12, 2015 1:00 am

United States

5: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Czech Republic

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 1,430

3rd place match

January 12, 2015 3 p.m.

January 12, 2015 9:00 p.m.

Russia

5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0) game report

Czech Republic

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 515

final

January 12, 2015 7:00 p.m.

January 13, 2015 1:00 am

United States

3: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1, 0; 0, 1: 0) Match report

Canada

HarborCenter Hall I, Buffalo Spectators: 1,800

statistics

Best scorers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Sarah Potomak	Canada	5	5	4th	9	+8	4th
Becca Gilmore	United States	5	2	7th	9	+4	6th
Melissa Samoskevich	United States	5	6th	2	8th	+6	6th
Fanusa Kadirova	Russia	6th	5	3	8th	+5	0
Jincy Dunne	United States	5	3	5	8th	+4	0
Elizabeth Giguère	Canada	5	3	4th	7th	+7	6th
Anna Shochina	Russia	5	3	4th	7th	+7	0
Anniina Kaitala	Finland	5	2	4th	6th	+3	0
Sanni Hakala	Finland	5	5	0	5	+1	4th
Alina Mueller	Switzerland	5	5	0	5	± 0	4th

Best goalkeepers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Andrea Brändli	Switzerland	5	310: 00	8th	1	94.94	1.55
Anni Keisala	Finland	4th	240: 00	5	1	94.74	1.25
Kaitlin Burt	United States	4th	225: 51	4th	0	92.31	1.06
Marlène Boissonnault	Canada	4th	245: 51	7th	0	91.95	1.71
Valery Tarakanova	Russia	6th	328: 02	15th	0	91.85	2.74

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	United States
2	Canada
3	Russia
4th	Czech Republic
5	Finland
6th	Sweden
7th	Switzerland
8th	Japan

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion USA

Cayla Barnes , Grace Bizal, Grace Bowlby, Brittany Bugalski, Kaitlin Burt , Samantha Davis, Jincy Dunne, Mikaela Gardner , Becca Gilmore, Alyssa Gorecki, Caitrin Lonergan , Patricia Marshall, Presley Norby, Kenzie Prater, Abby Roque, Melissa Samoskevich , Sophia Shaver , Sophie Skarzynski, Natalie Snodgrass, Mekenzie Steffen, Paige Voight, Alex Woken Trainer: Joel Johnson

Silver Canada

Lindsay Agnew, Marlène Boissonnault, Kristen Campbell, Samantha Cogan, Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout, Lindsay Eastwood, Maddy Field , Jaycee Gebhard, Élizabeth Giguère, Micah Hart , Christian Higham, Ryleigh Houston, Melissa Hunt, Shae Labbe, Alyson Matteau, Rhyen McGill, Kristin O'Neill , Sarah Potomak , Josiane Pozzebon, Sarah Quaranta, Stephanie Sucharda, Kaitlin Tse Trainer: Cassandra Turner

Bronze Russia

Polina Bolgarewa , Yekaterina Dobrodejewa , Margarita Dorofeeva, Landysch Faljachowa , Marija Gamowa, Lijana Ganejewa , Alesja Gimasetdinowa , Fanusa Kadirowa , Dijana Kanaeva , Elizabeth Kondakova , Kristina Korotkich , Yekaterina Lichatschowa , Yekaterina Lobova , Nina Pirogov , Alsu Rachimowa , Anna Schofield China , Alevtina Schtarjowa , Darja Seredina , Darja Subok , Valerija Tarakanowa , Anastassija Tschistjakowa , Darja Terjoschkina Trainer: Alexander Ulyankin

Relegated to Division I:	Japan
Promoted to the top division:	France

Awards

Player trophies

Award	Player	team
Best goalkeeper	Valery Tarakanova	Russia
Best defender	Jincy Dunne	United States
Best striker	Sarah Potomak	Canada
Most valuable player	Sarah Potomak	Canada

All-Star Team

Attack:	Sarah Potomak - Melissa Samoskevich - Fanusa Kadirowa
Defense:	Jincy Dunne - Micah Hart
Goal:	Valery Tarakanova

Division I.

2015 World Cup for the U18 women division I
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	France
Relegated	Austria
Venue (s)	Vaujany , France
opening	4th January 2015
Final day	January 10, 2015
spectator	4,166 (277 per game)
Gates	89 (5.93 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Emilie Kristiansen
Best defender	Lenka Čurmová
Best striker	Estelle Duvin
Top scorer	Estelle Duvin (13 points)

The tournament of Division I was from 4 to 10 January 2015 in the French Vaujany discharged. The games took place in the Patinoire Vaujany with a capacity of 900 spectators . A total of 4,166 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 277 per game.

venue

Vaujany , France

Vaujany World championship venue

Venue

Patinoire Vaujany Capacity: 900

Exterior view of the Patinoire Vaujany

January 4, 2015 12:00 p.m. (local time)

Austria

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Hungary

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 70

January 4, 2015 3:30 p.m.

Norway

1: 2 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

France

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 422

January 4, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Slovakia

7: 3 (1: 1, 3: 0, 3: 2) game report

Germany

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 95

January 5, 2015 3:30 p.m.

Hungary

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report

Norway

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 114

January 5, 2015 7:00 p.m.

France

8: 3 (2: 0, 3: 1, 3: 2) game report

Slovakia

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 438

January 6, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Germany

6: 2 (1: 1, 4: 0, 1: 1) game report

Austria

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 264

January 7, 2015 12:00 p.m.

Hungary

7: 1 (3: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

Slovakia

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 40

January 7, 2015 3:30 p.m.

Austria

2: 3 (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3) game report

Norway

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 74

January 7, 2015 7:00 p.m.

France

4: 3 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2) game report

Germany

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 479

January 8, 2015 2 p.m.

Norway

5: 4 n.P. (1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Slovakia

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 173

January 9, 2015 3:30 p.m.

Germany

7: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 3: 0) game report

Hungary

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 182

January 9, 2015 7:00 p.m.

France

5: 1 (3: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1) game report

Austria

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 726

January 10, 2015 12:00 p.m.

Germany

1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1) game report

Norway

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 172

January 10, 2015 3:30 p.m.

Slovakia

3: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 0: 0) game report

Austria

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 187

January 10, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Hungary

1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

France

Patinoire Vaujany, Vaujany Spectators: 730

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	France	5	4th	1	0	0	21: 09	14th
2.	Norway	5	3	1	1	0	14: 09	12
3.	Slovakia	5	2	0	1	2	18:24	7th
4th	Germany	5	2	0	0	3	20:15	6th
5.	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	10:13	6th
6th	Austria	5	0	0	0	5	06:19	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: promoted to the top division , relegated to qualification to Division I.

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division I:	Japan
Promoted to the top division:	France
Relegated to qualification for Division I:	Austria
Promoted to Division I:	Denmark

Qualification for Division I.

Qualification of the U18 juniors for the 2015 World Cup in Division I.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Denmark
Venue (s)	Katowice , Poland
opening	19th January 2015
Final day	January 25, 2015
spectator	2,300 (153 per game)
Gates	73 (4.87 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Eugenia Pompanin
Best defender	Josefine Hansen
Best striker	Kamila Wieczorek
Top scorer	Michelle Weis Kamila Wieczorek (13 points each)

The qualifying tournament for Division I is from 19 to 25 January 2015 in the Polish Katowice discharged. The games took place in Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita” with a capacity of 1,182 spectators . A total of 2,300 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 153 per game.

venue

Katowice , Poland

Katowice World championship venue

Venue

Lodowisko Spodek "Satelita" Capacity: 1,182

Exterior view of the Spodek complex

January 19, 2015 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Kazakhstan

2: 1 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

People's Republic of China

Lodowisko Spodek "Satelita", Katowice audience: 100

January 19, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Denmark

9: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 3: 0) game report

Great Britain

Lodowisko Spodek "Satelita", Katowice audience: 100

January 19, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Italy

5: 1 (4: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0) game report

Poland

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice spectators: 300

January 21, 2015 1 p.m.

Great Britain

0: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Italy

Lodowisko Spodek "Satelita", Katowice audience: 100

January 21, 2015 4:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

0: 5 (0: 3, 0: 0, 0: 2) game report

Denmark

Lodowisko Spodek "Satelita", Katowice audience: 120

January 21, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Poland

6: 1 (3: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice audience: 310

January 22, 2015 1 p.m.

Denmark

6: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 4: 0) game report

Italy

Lodowisko Spodek "Satelita", Katowice audience: 50

January 22, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Poland

9: 0 (4: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0) game report

People's Republic of China

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice audience: 110

January 22, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Great Britain

1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2) game report

Kazakhstan

Lodowisko Spodek "Satelita", Katowice audience: 40

January 24, 2015 1:00 p.m.

Italy

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

Lodowisko Spodek "Satelita", Katowice audience: 50

January 24, 2015 4:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Great Britain

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice Spectators: 60

January 24, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Poland

1: 5 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 3) game report

Denmark

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice audience: 500

January 25, 2015 1:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Italy

Lodowisko Spodek "Satelita", Katowice audience: 50

January 25, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Great Britain

1: 4 (1: 2, 0: 2, 0: 0) match report

Poland

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice audience: 350

January 25, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 3) game report

Denmark

Lodowisko Spodek “Satelita”, Katowice Spectators: 60

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Denmark	5	5	0	0	0	29: 02	15th
2.	Italy	5	4th	0	0	1	11: 08	12
3.	Poland	5	3	0	0	2	21:12	9
4th	Kazakhstan	5	1	1	0	3	06:14	5
5.	People's Republic of China	5	1	0	1	3	03:19	4th
6th	Great Britain	5	0	0	0	5	03:18	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shootout , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division I.

Ascent and descent

Relegated to qualification for Division I:	Austria
Promoted to Division I:	Denmark

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championship 2015 (overview)
• 2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup
• 2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2015 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2015 U18 Juniors Ice Hockey World Championship

Web links

• Website of the International Ice Hockey Federation (English)