2016 U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

	U18 women's ice hockey world championship
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	Winner: USA

The 9th ice hockey world championships of the U18 women of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of the year 2016 in the age group of the under-eighteen year olds (U18). Between January 7 and 16, 2016, a total of 22 national teams took part in the three top division tournaments, as well as division I and qualification for the same.

Overview U18 women’s world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	St. Catharines	0Jan 8, 2016 - Jan 15, 2016	8th	34,520	21st	1,644
Division I.	Miskolc	Jan 10, 2016 - Jan 16, 2016	6th	1,660	15th	110
Division I Qual	Spittal on the Drau Radenthein	0Jan 7, 2016 - Jan 11, 2016	8th	3,993	16	249

Participants, venues and periods

• Top Division: January 8-15, 2016 in St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada

Participants: Finland, France (promoted) , Canada, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic, USA (defending champion)

• Division I: January 10-16 , 2016 in Miskolc , Hungary

Participants: Denmark (promoted) , Germany, Japan (relegated) , Norway, Slovakia, Hungary

• Qualification for Division I: January 7-11, 2016 in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein , Austria

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

Top division

2016 World Cup for U18 women
Number of nations	8th
World Champion	United States
silver	Canada
bronze	Sweden
Relegated	France
Venue (s)	St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada
opening	January 8, 2016
Endgame	15th January 2016
spectator	34,520 (1,644 per game)
Gates	113 (5.38 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Emma Söderberg
Best defender	Cayla Barnes
Best striker	Alina Mueller
Most valuable player	Valery Tarakanova
Top scorer	Alina Müller (9 points)

The U18 World Cup of the top Division took place from 8 to 15 January 2016 Canadian St. Catharines in the state of Ontario instead. The games were played in two halls, the Meridian Center and the Seymour-Hannah Center , with a capacity of up to 1,500 seats. A total of 34,520 spectators attended the 21 tournament games, which corresponded to an average of 1,569 per game.

Eight national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two performance-graded groups of four teams each. The two groups were composed according to the positions of the national teams at the 2015 World Cup according to the following key:

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

St. Catharines , Ontario
Meridian Center Capacity: 5,300	St. Catharines World championship venue	Seymour-Hannah Center Capacity: 1,500
Exterior view of the Meridian Center

Preliminary round

Group A

January 8, 2016 4:00 p.m. (local time)

January 8, 2016 10:00 p.m. ( CET )

United States

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

Czech Republic

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 584

January 8, 2016 7:30 p.m.

January 9, 2016 1:30 am

Canada

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

Russia

Meridian Center, St. Catharines spectators: 3,564

January 9, 2016 4:00 p.m.

January 9, 2016 10:00 p.m.

Russia

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

United States

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 1,707

January 9, 2016 7:30 p.m.

January 10, 2016 1:30 am

Canada

11: 0 (3: 0, 7: 0, 1: 0) game report

Czech Republic

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 3,389

January 11, 2016 4:00 p.m.

January 11, 2016 10:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 797

January 11, 2016 7:30 p.m.

January 12, 2016 1:30 am

United States

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

Canada

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 4,016

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	0	16: 01	9
2.	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	17: 06	6th
3.	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	05:13	3
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	0	0	3	02:20	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 8, 2016 12:00 p.m. (local time)

January 8, 2016 6:00 p.m. (CET)

Finland

11: 1 (2: 0, 5: 0, 4: 1) game report

France

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 3,521

January 8, 2016 2:00 p.m.

January 8, 2016 8:00 p.m.

Sweden

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

Switzerland

Seymour-Hannah Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 471

January 9, 2016 12:00 p.m.

January 9, 2016 6:00 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Finland

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 578

January 9, 2016 2:00 p.m.

January 9, 2016 8:00 p.m.

Sweden

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

France

Seymour-Hannah Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 406

January 11, 2016 12:00 p.m.

January 11, 2016 6:00 p.m.

Finland

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

Sweden

Meridian Center, St. Catharines spectators: 2,635

January 11, 2016 2:00 p.m.

January 11, 2016 8:00 p.m.

Switzerland

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

France

Seymour-Hannah Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 211

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	13: 04	6th
2.	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	14: 04	6th
3.	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	09: 05	6th
4th	France	3	0	0	0	3	01:24	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 12, 2016 12:00 p.m. (local time)

January 12, 2016 6:00 p.m. ( CET )

Switzerland

5: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 3: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

France

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 224

January 14, 2016 12:00 p.m.

January 14, 2016 6:00 p.m.

France

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

Switzerland

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 537

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

United States

4th

A4

Czech Republic

2

B1

Sweden

0

B1

Sweden

3

A1

United States

3

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

4th

A3

Russia

3

A3

Russia

0

3rd place match

B2

Finland

0

A3

Russia

1

B1

Sweden

2

Play for 5th place

A4

Czech Republic

3

B2

Finland

1

Quarter finals

January 12, 2016 4:00 p.m. (local time)

January 12, 2016 10:00 p.m. ( CET )

Czech Republic

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

Sweden

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 444

January 12, 2016 7:30 p.m.

January 13, 2016 1:30 am

Russia

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

Finland

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 1,011

Play for 5th place

January 14, 2016 12:00 p.m.

January 14, 2016 6:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Finland

Seymour-Hannah Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 187

Semifinals

January 14, 2016 4:00 p.m.

14 January 2016 22:00

United States

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

Sweden

Meridian Center, St. Catharines Spectators: 711

January 14, 2016 7:30 p.m.

January 15, 2016 1:30 a.m.

Canada

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

Russia

Meridian Center, St. Catharines spectators: 2,819

3rd place match

January 15, 2016 4:00 p.m.

January 15, 2016 10:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Sweden

Meridian Center, St. Catharines spectators: 1,192

final

January 15, 2016 7:30 p.m.

January 16, 2016 1:30 a.m.

United States

3: 2 a.d. (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Canada

Meridian Center, St. Catharines spectators: 5,516

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
Alina Mueller	Switzerland	5	7th	2	9	+5	10
Natalie Snodgrass	United States	5	6th	1	7th	+8	6th
Fanusa Kadirova	Russia	6th	5	2	7th	+1	0
Rahel Enzler	Switzerland	5	1	6th	7th	+4	0
Jessica Adolfsson	Sweden	6th	1	6th	7th	+2	6th
Becca Gilmore	United States	5	4th	2	6th	+6	0
Petra Nieminen	Finland	5	4th	2	6th	+4	2
Celine Tedenby	Sweden	6th	4th	2	6th	+2	6th
Ashton Bell	Canada	5	3	3	6th	+6	0
Jenniina Nylund	Finland	5	2	4th	6th	+2	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
Alex Gulstene	United States	3	181: 47	3	1	95.45	0.99
Tiia Pajarinen	Finland	3	179: 36	4th	0	93.33	1.34
Emma Söderberg	Sweden	4th	240: 00	7th	0	93.27	1.75
Vanessa Bolinger	Switzerland	5	279: 36	6th	2	91.04	1.29
Valery Tarakanova	Russia	6th	288: 40	14th	1	90.07	2.91

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion USA

Cayla Barnes , Grace Bowlby, Sydney Brodt , Emily Brown, Jesse Compher , Becca Gilmore, Alex Gulstene, Taylor Heise, Natalie Heising, Crystalyn Hengler, Makayla Langei, Beth Larcom, Patricia Marshall, Presley Norby, Emily Oden, Gracie Ostertag, Catherine Skaja , Natalie Snodgrass, Taylor Wente, Madeline Wethington, Alex Woken, Grace Zumwinkle Trainers: Joel Johnson

Silver Canada

Lindsay Agnew, Ashton Bell, Annie Berg, Jaime Bourbonnais , Marie-Pier Coulombe, Codie Cross, Édith D'Astous-Moreau, Julia Edgar, Jalyn Elmes, Céline Frappier, Kayla Friesen, Ryleigh Houston, Victoria Howran, Olivia Knowles, Emma Maltais , Stephanie Neatby, Kristin O'Neill , Sheridan Oswald, Amy Potomak , Malia Schneider, Sophie Shirley , Saroya Tinker, Daryl Watts Trainer: Lisa Haley

Bronze Sweden

Jessica Adolfsson , Linnéa Andersson , Kajsa Armborg , Ebba Berglund , Matilda af Bjur , Mariam El-Mahmadi , Emma Eriksson , Sara Hjalmarsson , Wilma Johansson , Ellen Jonsson , Felicia Linder , Sofie Lundin , Emma Murén , Solveig Neunzert , Ida Nikula , Maja Nylén Persson , Hanna Olsson , Ida Press , Sofia Reideborn , Emma Söderberg , Celine Tedenby , Moa Wernblom , Felizia Wikner-Zienkiewicz Trainer: Ylva Martinsen

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

Awards

Player trophies

Award	Player	team
Best goalkeeper	Emma Söderberg	Sweden
Best defender	Cayla Barnes	United States
Best striker	Alina Mueller	Switzerland
Most valuable player	Valery Tarakanova	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Ashton Bell - Alina Müller - Fanusa Kadirowa
Defense:	Cayla Barnes - Jessica Adolfsson
Goal:	Emma Söderberg

Division I.

2016 World Cup for the U18 women division I
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Japan
Relegated	Denmark
Venue (s)	Miskolc , Hungary
opening	January 10, 2016
Final day	January 16, 2016
spectator	1,660 (110 per game)
Gates	75 (5.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Ayu Tonosaki
Best defender	Tatiana Ištocyová
Best striker	Emily Nix
Top scorer	Emily Nix Millie Sirum (8 points each)

The Division I tournament was held from January 10th to 16th, 2016 in Miskolc , Hungary . The games took place in Miksolci Jégcsarnok , which has a capacity of 1,304 . A total of 1,660 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 110 per game.

venue

Miskolc , Hungary

Miskolc World championship venue

Venue

Miksolci Jégcsarnok Capacity: 1,304

Exterior view of the Miksolci Jégcsarnok

January 10, 2016 12:30 p.m. (local time)

Denmark

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

Japan

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc Spectators: 55

January 10, 2016 4:00 p.m.

Germany

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

Norway

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc spectators: 110

January 10, 2016 7:30 p.m.

Hungary

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

Slovakia

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc spectators: 350

January 11, 2016 12:30 p.m.

Japan

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

Germany

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc Spectators: 45

January 11, 2016 4:00 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Denmark

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc Spectators: 40

January 11, 2016 7:30 p.m.

Norway

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

Hungary

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc spectators: 150

January 13, 2016 12:30 p.m.

Norway

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

Slovakia

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc Spectators: 85

January 13, 2016 4:00 p.m.

Denmark

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

Germany

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc Attendance: 65

January 13, 2016 7:30 p.m.

Japan

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

Hungary

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc spectators: 120

January 14, 2016 12:30 p.m.

Norway

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

Denmark

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc Spectators: 55

January 14, 2016 4:00 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Japan

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc Spectators: 90

January 14, 2016 7:30 p.m.

Germany

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

Hungary

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc spectators: 100

January 16, 2016 12:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Germany

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc Spectators: 95

January 16, 2016 4:00 p.m.

Japan

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

Norway

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc Spectators: 50

January 16, 2016 7:30 p.m.

Hungary

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

Denmark

Miksolci Jégcsarnok, Miskolc spectators: 250

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	18: 02	15th
2.	Germany	5	3	1	0	1	19: 08	11
3.	Slovakia	5	3	0	1	1	18: 09	10
4th	Norway	5	2	0	0	3	14:12	6th
5.	Hungary	5	1	0	0	4th	04:24	3
6th	Denmark	5	0	0	0	5	02:21	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 IA:	France
Promoted to the top division:	Japan
Relegated to Division IB:	Denmark
Promoted to Division IA:	Austria

Qualification for Division I.

Qualification of the U18 juniors for the 2016 World Cup in Division I.
Number of nations	8th
Climbers	Austria
Venue (s)	Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein , Austria
opening	January 7, 2016
Final day	January 11, 2016
spectator	3,993 (249 per game)
Gates	120 (7.5 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Siye He
Best defender	Nadia Mattivi
Best striker	Theresa Schafzahl
Top scorer	Malika Aldabergenowa (12 points)

The qualification tournament for Division I was held from January 7th to 11th, 2016 in the Austrian villages of Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein . The games took place in the ice sports arena with a capacity of 500 spectators and in the Nockhalle with a capacity of 300 spectators . A total of 3,993 spectators attended the 16 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 249 spectators per game.

Venues

Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein , Austria

Spittal an der Drau Radenthein Venue of the qualification

Venues

Ice sports arena Capacity: 500

Nockhalle Capacity: 300

Preliminary round

Group A

January 7, 2016 12:00 p.m. (local time)

Kazakhstan

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

People's Republic of China

Ice sports arena, Spittal an der Drau Spectators: no information

January 7, 2016 3:30 p.m.

Austria

12: 0 (3: 0, 5: 0, 4: 0) game report

Romania

Ice sports arena, Spittal an der Drau Spectators: no information

January 8, 2016 12:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

15: 0 (5: 0, 3: 0, 7: 0) game report

Romania

Ice sports arena, Spittal an der Drau spectators: 150

January 8, 2016 3:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

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

Austria

Ice Sport Arena, Spittal an der Drau Spectators: 590

January 10, 2016 12:00 p.m.

Romania

3: 9 (0: 0, 1: 6, 2: 3) game report

People's Republic of China

Ice sports arena, Spittal an der Drau spectators: 110

January 10, 2016 3:30 p.m.

Austria

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

Kazakhstan

Ice Sport Arena, Spittal an der Drau Spectators: 625

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Austria	3	3	0	0	0	20: 01	9
2.	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	20: 07	6th
3.	People's Republic of China	3	1	0	0	2	12:11	3
4th	Romania	3	0	0	0	3	03:36	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

Group B

January 7, 2016 11:45 a.m. (local time)

Poland

11: 0 (6: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

Australia

Nockhalle, Radenthein spectators: 110

January 7, 2016 3:15 pm

Italy

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

Great Britain

Nockhalle, Radenthein spectators: 110

January 8, 2016 11:45 am

Poland

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

Great Britain

Nockhalle, Radenthein spectators: 120

January 8, 2016 3:15 pm

Australia

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

Italy

Nockhalle, Radenthein Spectators: no information

January 10, 2016 11:45 a.m.

Great Britain

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

Australia

Nockhalle, Radenthein spectators: 120

January 10, 2016 3:15 pm

Italy

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

Poland

Nockhalle, Radenthein spectators: 250

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	15: 03	9
2.	Great Britain	3	2	0	0	1	07: 06	6th
3.	Poland	3	1	0	0	2	14: 07	3
4th	Australia	3	0	0	0	3	02:22	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

Finals

Game for 7th place

January 11, 2016 11:45 (local time)

Romania

6: 7 n.P. (3: 1, 2: 2, 1: 3, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Australia

Nockhalle, Radenthein spectators: 130

Play for 5th place

January 11, 2016 3:15 pm

People's Republic of China

5: 2 (1: 0, 4: 0, 0: 2) game report

Poland

Nockhalle, Radenthein Spectators: no information

3rd place match

January 11, 2016 12:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Great Britain

Ice sports arena, Spittal an der Drau spectators: 300

final

January 11, 2016 3:30 p.m.

Austria

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

Italy

Ice Sport Arena, Spittal an der Drau Spectators: 736

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IB:	Denmark
Promoted to Division IA:	Austria

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championship 2016 (overview)
• 2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup
• Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2016
• Ice Hockey World Cup 2016 for the U20 Juniors
• Ice Hockey World Championship 2016 for the U18 juniors

Web links

• Website of the International Ice Hockey Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Div. I Qual. In: iihf.com. Retrieved January 12, 2016 .