2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

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2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
DatesJanuary 7–12
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored168 (8.4 per game)
Attendance9,872 (494 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Marie-Philip Poulin (14 points)
2009 →

The 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the inaugural junior female world

IIHF
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The inaugural competition featured two groups of nations in round robin play, followed by playoffs. There were eight national teams.

Teams

See also: 2007 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Qualification

The following teams participated in the championship:

Format

The eight participating teams are divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams will play each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group will proceed to the medal round, while the remaining teams will play in the placing games.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–7).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada (H) 3 3 0 0 0 38 3 +35 9 Semifinals
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 10 16 −6 6
3  Germany 3 1 0 0 2 7 15 −8 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Finland 3 0 0 0 3 5 26 −21 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
January 7, 2008
19:30
Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 102
Game reference
Referee:
Canada Mary Anne Gage
January 7, 2008
19:45		Canada 11–2
(4–0, 4–1, 3–1)		 Czech RepublicFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 976
Game reference
Referee:
France Marie Picavet
January 8, 2008
19:30
Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 106
Game reference
Referee:
United Kingdom Joy Tottman
January 8, 2008
19:45		Germany 1–10
(0–2, 1–4, 0–4)		 CanadaFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,024
Game reference
Referee:
Japan Utsumi Mamiko
January 9, 2008
19:30
Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 121
Game reference
Referee:
Finland Anu Hirvonen
January 9, 2008
19:45		Canada 17–0
(6–0, 8–0, 3–0)		 FinlandFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,052
Game reference
Referee:
United States Danyel Howard

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 28 2 +26 9 Semifinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 20 7 +13 6
3   Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 7 17 −10 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Russia 3 0 0 0 3 2 31 −29 0
Source: IIHF
January 7, 2008
16:00
Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 98
Game reference
Referee:
Japan Utsumi Mamiko
January 7, 2008
16:15		United States 11–0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0)		 RussiaFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 452
Game reference
Referee:
Finland Anu Hirvonen
January 8, 2008
16:00
Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 52
Game reference
Referee:
United States Danyel Howard
January 8, 2008
16:15		Switzerland 0–11
(0–5, 0–1, 0–5)		 United StatesFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 401
Game reference
Referee:
Czech Republic Kateřina Ivičičová
January 9, 2008
16:00
Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 57
Game reference
Referee:
France Marie Picavet
January 9, 2008
16:15		United States 6–2
(1–1, 2–1, 3–0)		 SwedenFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 397
Game reference
Referee:
Canada Mary Anne Gage

Placement round

Bracket

5–8th place semifinals 5th place
      
A3  Germany 2
B4  Russia 1
A3  Germany 4
A4  Finland 1
B3   Switzerland 2
A4  Finland 7 7th place
B3   Switzerland 4
B4  Russia 1

5–8th place semifinals

January 11, 2008
16:00
Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 64
Game reference
Referee:
Japan Utsumi Mamiko
January 11, 2008
19:30
Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 61
Game reference
Referee:
Czech Republic Kateřina Ivičičová

7th place game

January 12, 2008
9:30
Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 54
Game reference
Referee:
Finland Anu Hirvonen

5th place game

January 12, 2008
13:30
Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 76
Game reference
Referee:
United States Danyel Howard

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals Finals
      
A1  Canada 7
B2  Sweden 1
A1  Canada 2
B1  United States 5
B1  United States 8
A2  Czech Republic 0 Third place
B2  Sweden 2
A2  Czech Republic 4

Semifinals

January 11, 2008
16:15		United States 8–0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 483
Game reference
Referee:
France Marie Picavet
January 11, 2008
19:45		Canada 7–1
(2–0, 4–0, 1–1)		 SwedenFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,628
Game reference
Referee:
United Kingdom Joy Tottman

Bronze medal game

January 12, 2008
16:00
Polenská (Povová, Dvořáková) (PP)
Myrén (Östberg, Holmbom) (SH) – 42:051–1
Jordansson (Enström) – 47:542–1
2–249:38 – Manhartová (Tomigová, Horáková)
2–356:47 – Manhartová (Tomigová)
2–459:44 – Polenská (PP, ENG)
12 minPenalties12 min23Shots23

Gold medal game

January 12, 2008
19:30
Coyne (Erickson)
0–428:14 – Decker
Prevost (Rougeau) (PP) – 38:171–4
Jones (Prevost) – 42:202–4
2–552:16 – Kessel (PP)
12 minPenalties10 min28Shots27

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  United States 5 5 0 0 0 41 4 +37 15 Champions
2 A  Canada (H) 5 4 0 0 1 47 9 +38 12 Runners-up
3 A  Czech Republic 5 3 0 0 2 14 26 −12 9 Third place
4 B  Sweden 5 2 0 0 3 23 18 +5 6 Fourth place
5 A  Germany 5 3 0 0 2 13 17 −4 9 Fifth place game
6 A  Finland 5 1 0 0 4 13 32 −19 3
7 B   Switzerland 5 2 0 0 3 13 25 −12 6 Seventh place game
8 B  Russia 5 0 0 0 5 4 37 −33 0
Source: https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/156/
(H) Host

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Canada Marie-Philip Poulin 5 8 6 14 +15 4 FW
Canada Camille Dumais 5 5 9 14 +8 0 FW
United States Amanda Kessel 5 4 7 11 +10 2 FW
Canada Natalie Spooner 5 3 8 11 +8 0 FW
United States Brooke Ammerman 5 6 4 10 +8 4 FW
United States Ashley Cottrell 5 5 5 10 +10 0 FW
Canada Tara Watchorn 5 4 6 10 +9 0 DF
Canada Brianne Jenner 5 6 3 9 +7 2 FW
Alena Polenská
 5 6 3 9 −2 0 FW
Canada Carolyne Prevost 5 6 3 9 +8 0 FW

Source: IIHF

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
United States Alyssa Grogan 240:17 53 4 1.00 92.98 1
Switzerland Sophie Anthamatten 299:30 218 24 4.81 90.08 0
Valentina Lizana
 180:15 72 8 2.66 90.00 1
Germany Julia Zorn 275:31 100 12 2.61 89.29 0
Canada Delayne Brian 210:05 53 8 2.28 86.89 0

Source: IIHF

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Hockey Canada - IIHF Directorate Awards and Most Valuable Player - IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship". Hockeycanada.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-01-13.

References

External links

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