2014 U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

	U18 women's ice hockey world championship
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	Winner: Canada

The 7th ice hockey world championships of the U18 women of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2014 in the age group of under-eighteen year olds (U18). Between March 18 and April 4, 2014, a total of 19 national teams took part in the three tournaments of the top division as well as division I and qualification for the same.

The world champion was the fourth time the team of Canada, which could defeat the arch-rivals from the United States with 5: 1 in the final. It was already the third world title in a row for the Canadians. After relegation in the previous year, the German team finished the tournament of Division I in third place and thus missed the direct return to the top division. The beneficiaries of this situation were the Swiss women, who secured the top spot in Division I and returned to the top division after a two-year absence. The team from Austria succeeded in qualifying for Division I, which means that the team qualified for the Division I tournament the following year.

Overview U18 women’s world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Budapest	23 Mar 2014 - Mar 30 2014	8th	9,088	21st	432
Division I.	Feet	29 Mar 2014 - Apr 4, 2014 0	6th	2,150	15th	143
Division I Qual	Krynica-Zdrój	18 Mar 2014 - March 23 2014	5	2,042	10	204

Participants, venues and periods

• Top Division: March 23-30, 2014 in Budapest , Hungary

Participants: Finland, Japan (promoted) , Canada (defending champion) , Russia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Hungary, USA

• Division I: March 29 to April 4, 2014 in Füssen , Germany

Participants: Germany (relegated) , France, Great Britain (promoted) , Norway, Switzerland, Slovakia

• Division I qualification: March 18-23 , 2014 in Krynica-Zdrój , Poland

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

Top division

2014 World Cup for U18 women
Number of nations	8th
World Champion	Canada
silver	United States
bronze	Czech Republic
Relegated	Hungary
Venue (s)	Budapest , Hungary
opening	March 23, 2014
Endgame	March 30, 2014
spectator	9,088 (432 per game)
Gates	111 (5.29 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Klára Peslarová
Best defender	Jincy Dunne
Best striker	Taylar Cianfarano
Top scorer	Sarah Potomak (9 points)

The U18 world championship of the top division took place from March 23 to 30, 2014 in the Hungarian capital Budapest . The games were played in two halls of the Jégpalota with a capacity of up to 2,048 seats. A total of 9,088 spectators attended the 21 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 432 per game.

Eight national teams took part, playing in two groups of four teams each. According to the positions of the national teams at the 2013 World Cup , the two groups were composed according to the following key:

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

Canada secured the world championship title, winning the final with a clear 5-1 win over arch rivals USA. It was the fourth title win for the Canadians and the third in a row. The Canadians were the new record world champions. The bronze medal was won by the Czech Republic with a narrow 1-0 victory over Russia, which Canada was only defeated in the semi-finals in extra time . Finland and Sweden secured places 5 and 6. In the relegation round, the hosts Hungary had to make their way to Division I in the best-of-three series against newly promoted Japan.

In the individual awards, the Americans Taylar Cianfarano was named best striker and Jincy Dunne was named best defender. Cianfarano was also the tournament's top scorer with six goals. Czech Klára Peslarová was named the best goalkeeper. The top scorer was the Canadian Sarah Potomak , who scored nine points . When it came to assists, the Japanese Haruka Toko led with six.

mode

After the group games - each team played three of them - the first two of the group qualified directly for the semi-finals. The runners-up and thirds in the group each played a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The fourth of the group games played a best-of-three round for seventh place and relegation to Division I.

Venues

Budapest
Jégpalota Hall I Capacity: 2,048	Budapest World championship venue	Jégpalota Hall II Capacity:

Preliminary round

Group A

March 23, 2014 2:00 p.m. (local time)

Czech Republic

4: 3 n.P. (2: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Finland

Jégpalota Hall II, Budapest Spectators: 125

March 23, 2014 6:00 p.m.

Canada

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

Japan

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 245

March 24, 2014 2 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Japan

Jégpalota Hall II, Budapest Spectators: 96

March 24, 2014 3 p.m.

Finland

0: 7 (0: 2, 0: 5, 0: 0) game report

Canada

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 115

March 26, 2014 2 p.m.

Japan

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

Finland

Jégpalota Hall II, Budapest Spectators: 132

March 26, 2014 3:00 p.m.

Canada

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

Czech Republic

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 202

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	19: 01	9
2.	Czech Republic	3	1	1	0	1	07: 09	5
3.	Finland	3	1	0	1	1	07:13	4th
4th	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	04:14	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 , relegation round qualifier

Group B

March 23, 2014 2:30 p.m. (local time)

Sweden

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

Hungary

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 1,620

March 23, 2014 5:30 p.m.

United States

6: 1 (2: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) game report

Russia

Jégpalota Hall II, Budapest Spectators: 146

March 24, 2014 5:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Russia

Jégpalota Hall II, Budapest Spectators: 149

March 24, 2014 6:30 p.m.

Hungary

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

United States

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 1,115

March 26, 2014 5:30 p.m.

United States

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

Sweden

Jégpalota Hall II, Budapest Spectators: 142

March 26, 2014 6:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Hungary

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 1,645

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	0	20: 01	9
2.	Russia	3	2	0	0	1	09: 08	6th
3.	Sweden	3	1	0	0	2	06:13	3
4th	Hungary	3	0	0	0	3	02:15	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 , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

The relegation round was held in the best-of-three mode. Here the fourth placed in group A and the fourth 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.

March 27, 2014 6:30 p.m. (local time)

Japan

4: 3 (1: 0, 3: 2, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 0

Hungary

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 620

March 29, 2014 3:00 p.m.

Hungary

0: 6 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 4) Match report as of: 0: 2

Japan

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 850

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

B1

United States

3

A2

Czech Republic

3

A2

Czech Republic

1

B3

Sweden

0

B1

United States

1

A1

Canada

5

A1

Canada

1

B2

Russia

3

B2

Russia

0

3rd place match

A3

Finland

1

B2

Russia

0

A2

Czech Republic

1

Play for 5th place

B3

Sweden

2

A3

Finland

3

Quarter finals

March 27, 2014 3:00 p.m. (local time)

Russia

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

Finland

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 120

March 27, 2014 5:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Sweden

Jégpalota Hall II, Budapest Spectators: 129

Play for 5th place

March 29, 2014 5:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Finland

Jégpalota Hall II, Budapest Spectators: 122

Semifinals

March 29, 2014 2 p.m.

Canada

1: 0 a.d. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Russia

Jégpalota Hall II, Budapest Spectators: 150

March 29, 2014 6:30 p.m.

United States

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

Czech Republic

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 225

3rd place match

March 30, 2014 3 p.m.

Russia

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

Czech Republic

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 200

final

March 30, 2014 6:30 p.m.

United States

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

Canada

Jégpalota Hall I, Budapest Spectators: 940

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	+7	0
Taylar Cianfarano	United States	5	6th	2	8th	+8	0
Rui Ukita	Japan	5	5	2	7th	+2	2
Victoria Bach	Canada	5	4th	3	7th	+7	0
Emma Nuutines	Finland	5	3	4th	7th	−1	2
Lauren Tomboy	Canada	5	3	4th	7th	+7	4th
Haruka Toko	Japan	5	1	6th	7th	+3	2
Ève-Audrey Picard	Canada	5	5	1	6th	+8	4th
Lexie Laing	United States	5	3	3	6th	+8	0
Chisato Miyazaki	Japan	5	2	4th	6th	+3	0

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
Shea Tiley	Canada	3	183: 09	1	2	98.63	0.33
Nadezhda Morozova	Russia	5	224: 02	4th	0	96.23	1.07
Klára Peslarová	Czech Republic	6th	345: 00	9	2	95.08	1.57
Sarah Berglind	Sweden	3	179: 33	8th	0	93.44	2.67
Ayu Tonosaki	Japan	4th	199: 11	9	1	93.23	2.71

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Victoria Bach , Brie Bellerive , Samantha Cogan, Samantha Fieseler , Micah Hart , Jessica Healey , Karly Heffernan, Alexandra Labelle, Stéphanie Lalancette, Rebecca Leslie , Ainsley MacMillan, Hannah Miller , Hailey Noronha, Ève-Audrey Picard, Kaila Pinkney , Sarah Potomak , Kassidy Sauvé, Lauren Spring , Brooke Stacey , Shea Tiley , Lauren Wildfang , Breanne Wilson-Bennett Trainer: Laura Schuler

Silver USA

Brooke Ahbe, Sydney Baldwin , Grace Bizal, Kaitlin Burt , Taylar Cianfarano, Jincy Dunne, Becca Gilmore, Megan Keller , Kenzie Kent, Lexie Laing , Caitrin Lonergan , Patricia Marshall, Erin O'Neil , Maliya Rodgers, Maddie Rolfes , Abby Roque, Melissa Samoskevich , Sophie Skarzynski, Tori Sullivan , Baylee Wellhausen, Taylor Williamson, Grace Zarzecki Trainer: Jeff Kampersal

Bronze Czech Republic

Debora Bartošová , Tereza Brotánková , Kateřina Bukolská , Dominika Forejtová , Libuše Holá , Samantha Kolowratová , Dominika Lásková , Aneta Ledlová , Martina Mašková , Kristyna Pátková , Barbora Patočková , Dana Pelikánová , Klára Peslarová , Vendula Přibylová , Aneta Tejralová , Tereza Topolská , Tereza Vanišová , Dominika Vopravilová , Magda Walicová , Kateřina Zechovská , Martina Zedníková , Anna Zíková Trainers: Jan Fidrmuc

Relegated to Division I:	Hungary
Promoted to the top division:	Switzerland

Awards

Player trophies

Award	Player	team
Best goalkeeper	Klára Peslarová	Czech Republic
Best defender	Jincy Dunne	United States
Best striker	Taylar Cianfarano	United States

Division I.

2014 World Cup for the U18 women division I
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Switzerland
Relegated	Great Britain
Venue (s)	Fuessen , Germany
opening	March 29, 2014
Final day	April 4, 2014
spectator	2,150 (143 per game)
Gates	77 (5.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Andrea Brändli
Best defender	Anniken Olafsen
Best striker	Alina Mueller
Top scorer	Alina Müller (12 points)

The tournament of Division I was from March 29 to April 4, 2014 in the German feet held. The games took place in the 3,691-seat arena of the Federal Center for Ice Hockey and Curling . A total of 2,150 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 143 per game.

After two years in Division I, the Swiss women just managed to get back to the top division. In doing so, they outperformed the surprisingly performing French and Germany, which had been relegated the previous year. Germany and Switzerland initially showed no nakedness on the first three match days and were at the top of the table with nine points each. At this point, France were already four points behind, but surprisingly defeated the Germans on matchday four, while Switzerland also won their fourth game. The Germans therefore needed a win in the regular playing time of 60 minutes in the final tournament encounter, but they did not succeed. With a 3-2 win in extra time, the Germans slipped to third place, while the French also overtook them with eleven points thanks to the direct comparison they won. Switzerland took first place with 13 points. The British had to accept the direct relegation, who finished last without winning points.

venue

Fuessen , Germany

Feet World championship venue

Venue

Federal Center for Ice Hockey and Curling Capacity: 3,691

Exterior view of the arena of the Federal Training Center

March 29, 2014 12:30 p.m. (local time)

Slovakia

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

France

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 100

March 29, 2014 4:00 p.m.

Great Britain

0:10 (0: 3, 0: 4, 0: 3) game report

Germany

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 200

March 29, 2014 7:30 p.m.

Norway

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

Switzerland

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 150

March 30, 2014 4:00 p.m.

France

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

Great Britain

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 100

March 30, 2014 7:30 p.m.

Germany

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

Norway

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 100

March 31, 2014 7:00 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Slovakia

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 150

April 1, 2014 12:30 p.m.

Great Britain

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

Norway

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 100

April 1, 2014 4:00 p.m.

Switzerland

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

France

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 100

April 1, 2014 7:30 p.m.

Germany

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

Slovakia

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 150

April 2, 2014 7:00 p.m.

France

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

Germany

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 150

April 3, 2014 4:00 p.m.

Norway

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

Slovakia

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 100

April 3, 2014 7:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Great Britain

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 150

April 4, 2014 12:30 p.m.

France

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

Norway

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 100

April 4, 2014 4:00 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Great Britain

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 100

April 4, 2014 7:30 p.m.

Germany

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

Switzerland

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 400

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Switzerland	5	4th	0	1	0	19: 04	13
2.	France	5	3	1	0	1	16:10	11
3.	Germany	5	3	1	0	1	20: 08	11
4th	Norway	5	2	0	0	3	11:14	06th
5.	Slovakia	5	1	0	1	3	07:10	04th
6th	Great Britain	5	0	0	0	5	04:31	00

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:	Hungary
Promoted to the top division:	Switzerland
Relegated to qualification for Division I:	Great Britain
Promoted to Division I:	Austria

Qualification for Division I.

Qualification of the U18 juniors for the 2014 World Cup in Division I.
Number of nations	5
Climbers	Austria
Venue (s)	Krynica-Zdrój , Poland
opening	March 18, 2014
Final day	March 23, 2014
spectator	2,042 (204 per game)
Gates	55 (5.50 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Katarzyna Fijoł
Best defender	Annika Fazokas
Best striker	Kamila Wieczorek
Top scorer	Kamila Wieczorek (11 points)

The qualifying tournament for Division I is from 18 to 23 March 2014 in the Polish Krynica held. The games took place in the 3,000-seat hala widowiskowo-sportowa . A total of 2,042 spectators attended the ten tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 204 per game.

In the qualification Austria prevailed sovereignly, which had only been relegated in the previous year and thus managed the direct promotion.

venue

Krynica-Zdrój , Poland

Krynica-Zdrój Venue of the qualification

Venue

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa w Krynicy-Zdroju Capacity: 3,000

Exterior view of the Hala widowiskowo-sportowa

March 18, 2014 2:00 p.m. (local time)

People's Republic of China

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

Austria

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa, Krynica-Zdrój spectators: 100

March 18, 2014 5:30 p.m.

Poland

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

Italy

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa, Krynica-Zdrój spectators: 421

March 19, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Poland

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa, Krynica-Zdrój spectators: 315

March 20, 2014 1:00 p.m.

Italy

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

People's Republic of China

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa, Krynica-Zdrój spectators: 56

March 20, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Austria

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

Kazakhstan

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa, Krynica-Zdrój Spectators: 98

March 21, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Poland

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

Austria

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa, Krynica-Zdrój spectators: 523

March 22, 2014 1:00 p.m.

Italy

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

Kazakhstan

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa, Krynica-Zdrój Spectators: 73

March 22, 2014 4:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

3: 6 (2: 2, 0: 1, 1: 3) game report

Poland

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa, Krynica-Zdrój spectators: 315

March 23, 2014 1:00 p.m.

Austria

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

Italy

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa, Krynica-Zdrój spectators: 85

March 23, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

People's Republic of China

Hala widowiskowo-sportowa, Krynica-Zdrój spectators: 56

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Austria	4th	4th	0	0	0	21: 03	12
2.	Poland	4th	2	1	0	1	13: 08	08th
3.	People's Republic of China	4th	1	1	0	2	11:15	05
4th	Italy	4th	0	1	1	2	05:12	03
5.	Kazakhstan	4th	0	0	2	2	05:17	02

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:	Great Britain
Promoted to Division I:	Austria

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Cup 2014 (overview)
• 2014 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup
• Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2014
• 2014 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Cup
• Ice Hockey World Cup 2014 for the U18 juniors

Web links

• Website of the International Ice Hockey Federation (English)