2023 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2023 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–15 January 2023
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (7th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	130 (6.19 per game)
Attendance	11,604 (553 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Nela Lopušanová (12 points)
MVP	Nela Lopušanová
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The 2023 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 15th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey which took place in Östersund, Sweden, January 8–15, 2023.

Top Division

The Top Division tournament is played in Östersund, Sweden from 8 to 15 January 2023.^[1]

Match officials

Ten referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[2]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	15	3	+12	9	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	15	7	+8	6
3	Sweden (H)	3	1	0	0	2	11	11	0	3	Quarterfinals
4	Finland	3	0	0	0	3	2	22	−20	0

8 January 2023 16:00

United States

6–3 (1–1, 2–1, 3–1)

Sweden

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 760

Game reference
	Annelies Bergmann	Goalies	Ida Henriksson	Referees: Jennifer Berezowski Jenna Janshen Linesmen: Krityna Hájková Breana Kraut
	Lindsay (Jordan, Scannell) (PP) – 06:28 1–0 1–1 15:38 – Rehn (Hallbeck) (SH) Taber (St. Martin, Healy) (PP) – 28:03 2–1 2–2 34:47 – Hallin (Jungåker) (PP) Compton (Lalonde) – 36:31 3–2 DiGirolamo (Avar, Lalonde) – 45:11 4–2 Scannell (Klepinger, Healy) (PP) – 50:33 5–2 5–3 51:54 – Natt och Dag (Svensson, Hallin) McCarthy (ENG) – 59:04 6–3
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	32

8 January 2023 20:00

Canada

8–0 (2–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Finland

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 338

Game reference
	Arianne Leblanc	Goalies	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Referees: Taylor Hanvelt Anna Kuroda Linesmen: Caroline Butt Melanie Gotsdiner
	Kraemer (Pais) – 03:59 1–0 Kraemer (Law, Venusio) – 12:13 2–0 Lunney (Alexander) – 28:32 3–0 Hurry (Murphy, Kraemer) (EA) – 39:01 4–0 Grober (Law) – 39:34 5–0 Stonehouse (Law, Graham) – 44:00 6–0 Graham (Stonehouse) – 51:48 7–0 Caron (Grober, Baxter) (PP) – 56:26 8–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	48	Shots	9

9 January 2023 16:00

United States

8–1 (2–0, 3–1, 3–0)

Finland

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 182

Game reference
	Layla Hemp	Goalies	Suvi Saarinen Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Referees: Sintija Čamane Veronica Lovensnö Linesmen: Alexia Cheyroux Britt Kösters
	Scannell – 02:56 1–0 Taber (Dunne, Kim) – 14:13 2–0 2–1 23:02 – Pelkonen (Salonen) Scannell – 24:11 3–1 Scannell – 24:48 4–1 Dunne (Scannell, Hall) (PP) – 30:58 5–1 Kim (St. Martin) (PP) – 46:56 6–1 Hall (Lindsay, Dunne) (PP) – 54:55 7–1 McCarthy (DiGirolamo, Scannell) – 58:19 8–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	20

9 January 2023 20:00

Sweden

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Canada

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 972

Game reference
	Felicia Frank	Goalies	Hannah Clark	Referees: Vanessa Anselm Ida Henriksson Linesmen: Anina Egli Leonie Ernst
	Svensson – 02:50 1–0 1–1 07:36 – Pais 1–2 34:07 – Law (Venusio, Stonehouse) (PP) Jungåker) (Raunio) (PP2) – 39:33 2–2 2–3 44:58 – Kraemer (Aubin) (PP) 2–4 59:45 – Kraemer (ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	28 min
	45	Shots	31

11 January 2023 16:00

Finland

1–6 (0–1, 1–3, 0–2)

Sweden

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 1,125

Game reference
	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola Suvi Saarinen	Goalies	Felicia Frank	Referees: Jenna Janshen Zuzana Svobodová Linesmen: Wang Hui Natalia Witkowska
	0–1 13:17 – Hellman (Rehn, Bergeby Hallbeck) Vanhanen (Berg) – 26:32 1–1 1–2 27:54 – Andersson (Utbult, Lindeberg) 1–3 33:20 – Svensson (Lindqvist, Sohrner) 1–4 39:21 – Jungåker (Ålenius) 1–5 40:59 – Svensson (Markström, Lindeberg) (PP) 1–6 43:11 – Lindqvist (Markström, Svensson)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	36

11 January 2023 20:00

Canada

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

United States

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 337

Game reference
	Hannah Clark	Goalies	Annelies Bergmann	Referees: Jennifer Berezowski Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Melanie Gotsdiner Kristina Hájková
	0–1 31:15 – Dunne Kraemer (Pieckenhagen, Pais) – 32:43 1–1 Pais (Pieckenhagen, Lunney) – 34:57 2–1 Kraemer – 43:12 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	11

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechia	3	3	0	0	0	12	6	+6	9	Quarterfinals
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	0	1	13	8	+5	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	5	8	−3	3	Relegation round
4	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	5	13	−8	0

8 January 2023 12:00

Czechia

3–2 (0–2, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 179

Game reference
	Michaela Hesová	Goalies	Talina Benderer	Referees: Vanessa Anselm Veronica Lovensnö Linesmen: Alexia Cheyroux Anina Egli
	0–1 05:36 – Eggli (Herzig) 0–2 06:44 – Gaberell (Wey, Baechler) (PP) Narovcová (Malicka, Slavíčková) – 44:04 1–2 Hujová (Velinská, Vocetková) – 47:02 2–2 Mazancová (Vaníčková) – 58:42 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	11

8 January 2023 14:00

Slovakia

6–3 (2–1, 1–1, 3–1)

Japan

Östersund Arena B, Östersund Attendance: 143

Game reference
	Lívia Debnárová	Goalies	Ririna Takenaka	Referees: Sintija Čamane Ida Henriksson Linesmen: Leonie Ernst Britt Kösters
	Lopušanová (Tóthová) – 09:08 1–0 1–1 14:17 – Numabe (Chujo, Murakami) Karkošková (Lopušanová) – 19:57 2–1 Dobiášová (Tóthová, Krákorová) – 20:16 3–1 3–2 29:51 – Murakami (Umemori, Chujo) (EA) Dobiášová (Lacková, Krákorová) – 48:22 4–2 Dobiášová (Tóthová, Krákorová) – 50:37 5–2 5–3 55:55 – Ito (Murakami) (EA) Lopušanová (PS) – 58:11 6–3
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	25

9 January 2023 12:00

Japan

1–5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Czechia

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 126

Game reference
	Madoka Sekiguchi	Goalies	Michaela Hesová Barbora Dalecká	Referees: Hollie Neenan Zuzana Svobodová Linesmen: Wang Hui Natalia Witkowska
	0–1 18:06 – Pištěková (Plosová, Vaníčková) (PP) 0–2 24:28 – Plosová (Šapovalivová) 0–3 39:33 – Vocetková A. Tada (Umemori) – 43:22 1–3 1–4 44:23 – Velinská (Hujová) 1–5 59:34 – Šapovalivová (Plosová, Pištěková)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	35

9 January 2023 18:00

Slovakia

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Östersund Arena B, Östersund Attendance: 137

Game reference
	Lívia Debnárová	Goalies	Talina Benderer Margaux Favre	Referees: Jenna Janshen Anna Kuroda Linesmen: Caroline Butt Breana Kraut
	0–1 08:56 – Rossel (Capezzali) Lopušanová (SH) – 21:53 1–1 Dobiášová (Lopušanová, Macková) – 24:17 2–1 Lopušanová – 27:57 3–1 Lopušanová (Tóthová) – 44:11 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	31 min
	28	Shots	19

11 January 2023 12:00

Czechia

4–3 (2–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Slovakia

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 186

Game reference
	Michaela Hesová	Goalies	Lívia Debnárová	Referees: Sintija Čamane Taylor Hanvelt Linesmen: Anina Egli Britt Kösters
	Šapovalivová (Hujová) (PP) – 03:17 1–0 1–1 12:28 – Lopušanová (SH) Juříčková (Vocetková) (PP) – 12:43 2–1 Hotová (Čabelová, Vaníčková) – 35:37 3–1 3–2 45:38 – Blichová (Stern) (PP) Plosová (Brichová, Čabelová) (PP) – 51:25 4–2 4–3 58:34 – Dobiášová (Lopušanová)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	20

11 January 2023 18:00

Switzerland

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Japan

Östersund Arena B, Östersund Attendance: 132

Game reference
	Talina Benderer Margaux Favre	Goalies	Ririna Takenaka Madoka Sekiguchi	Referees: Vanessa Anselm Anna Kuroda Linesmen: Caroline Butt Leonie Ernst
	Baechler (Inkamp, Wey) – 04:07 1–0 Rossel – 46:39 2–0 2–1 59:54 – Umemori (Tanabe)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	15

Relegation round

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

12 January 2023 16:00

Switzerland

5–0 (1–0, 0–0, 4–0)

Japan

Östersund Arena B, Östersund Attendance: 171

Game reference
	Talina Benderer	Goalies	Madoka Sekiguchi	Referees: Jennifer Berezowski Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Alexia Cheyroux Breana Kraut
	Herzig – 19:06 1–0 Gaberell (Balzer, Inkamp) – 41:03 2–0 Meriguet (Gaberell) (EA) – 44:52 3–0 Balzer (Wey, Langenegger) (ENG) – 57:47 4–0 Aymon (ENG) – 58:50 5–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	21

14 January 2023 18:00

Japan

1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

Östersund Arena B, Östersund Attendance: 103

Game reference
	Ririna Takenaka	Goalies	Talina Benderer	Referees: Sintija Čamane Jenna Janshen Linesmen: Alexia Cheyroux Leonie Ernst
	0–1 12:31 – Baechler (Wey, Rossel) (PP) Odermatt – 31:32 1–1 1–2 51:33 – Baechler
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	20

Final round

Teams will be reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:^[3]

1. tier of the group;
2. position in the group.

Rank	Team	Group	Pos
1	Canada	A	1
2	United States	A	2
3	Sweden	A	3
4	Finland	A	4
5	Czechia	B	1
6	Slovakia	B	2

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					14 January
					1  Canada (OT)	3
	12 January
					4  Finland	2
	3A  Sweden	6
									15 January
	2B  Slovakia	1
									1  Canada	10
									3  Sweden	0
					14 January
					2  United States	1
	12 January
					3  Sweden	2			Third place
	4A  Finland	3
									15 January
	1B  Czechia	2
									2  United States	5
									4  Finland	0

Quarterfinals

12 January 2023 16:00

Sweden

6–1 (2–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 528

Game reference
	Felicia Frank	Goalies	Lívia Debnárová	Referees: Taylor Hanvelt Zuzana Svobodová Linesmen: Kristina Hájková Wang Hui
	Andersson (Lindeberg, Gustafsson) (PP) – 07:09 1–0 1–1 09:27 – Lopušanová (Donovalová) (PP) Raunio (Jungåker, Hedqvist) (PP) – 12:50 2–1 Leijonhielm (Natt och Dag, Hallin) – 23:32 3–1 Natt och Dag (Markström, Raunio) – 30:40 4–1 Hedqvist (Hallin) – 40:29 5–1 Svensson (Markström) – 47:50 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	49	Shots	12

12 January 2023 20:00

Finland

3–2 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2)

Czechia

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 228

Game reference
	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Goalies	Michaela Hesová	Referees: Ida Henriksson Veronica Lovensnö Linesmen: Melanie Gotsdiner Natalia Witkowska
	Salonen (Varjonen, Keränen) (PP) – 08:26 1–0 1–1 40:44 – Plosová (Šapovalivová) 1–2 46:07 – Vocetková (PP) Vanhanen – 52:27 2–2 Salonen (Varjonen, Vanhanen) (PP) – 54:27 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	29

Semifinals

14 January 2023 16:00

United States

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Sweden

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 2,122

Game reference
	Annelies Bergmann	Goalies	Felicia Frank	Referees: Vanessa Anselm Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Breana Kraut Natalia Witkowska
	DiGirolamo (McCarthy) – 17:16 1–0 1–1 24:12 – Jungåker (Raunio, Hedqvist) (PP2) 1–2 26:44 – Lindeberg (Markström) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	27

14 January 2023 20:00

Canada

3–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT:1–0)

Finland

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 311

Game reference
	Hannah Clark	Goalies	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Referees: Veronica Lovensnö Zuzana Svobodová Linesmen: Anina Egli Melanie Gotsdiner
	Stonehouse (Pais) – 09:47 1–0 1–1 31:56 – Vanhanen (Schalin) 1–2 40:08 – Salonen (Vanhanen) (PP) Law (Pais) – 52:38 2–2 Law – 67:32 3–2
	18 min	Penalties	2 min
	41	Shots	26

Fifth place game

14 January 2023 12:00

Czechia

6–3 (4–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Slovakia

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 146

Game reference
	Barbora Dalecká	Goalies	Lívia Debnárová Soňa Kubániová	Referees: Ida Henriksson Anna Kuroda Linesmen: Caroline Butt Britt Kösters
	Šapovalivová (Vaníčková, Hotová) – 00:10 1–0 Brichová – 00:31 2–0 Prošková (Wojnarová) – 01:07 3–0 Vocetková (Čabelová, Narovcová) – 08:47 4–0 Prošková (Čabelová) – 33:01 5–0 5–1 37:34 – Lopušanová (Tóthová) Šapovalivová (Plosová, Slavíčková) (PP) – 51:51 6–1 6–2 54:03 – Lopušanová (Tóthová) 6–3 54:23 – Blichová (Lacková)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	19

Bronze medal game

15 January 2023 16:00

United States

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Finland

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 678

Game reference
	Annelies Bergmann	Goalies	Kerttu Kuja-Halkola	Referees: Sintija Čamane Veronica Lovensnö Linesmen: Melanie Gotsdiner Breana Kraut
	Dunne (Klepinger, Fanale) – 17:05 1–0 Taber (Scannell) – 34:31 2–0 Distad (Avar) – 36:24 3–0 Lalonde (Lindsay) – 50:29 4–0 Fanale (Dunne, Klepinger) (ENG) – 57:58 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	23

Gold medal game

15 January 2023 20:00

Canada

10–0 (5–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Östersund Arena A, Östersund Attendance: 2,700

Game reference
	Hannah Clark	Goalies	Felicia Frank Ida Henriksson	Referees: Jennifer Berezowski Zuzana Svobodová Linesmen: Kristina Hájková Natalia Witkowska
	Kraemer (Law) – 5:16 1–0 Kraemer (Murphy) – 5:41 2–0 Aubin (Murphy, Pickering) – 9:14 3–0 Grober (Baxter, Murphy) (PP) – 10:01 4–0 Kraemer (Pais) – 12:00 5–0 Aubin (Pieckenhagen) – 23:54 6–0 Lunney (Graham) – 25:11 7–0 Alexander (Lunney) – 28:29 8–0 Pieckenhagen (Hurry) – 40:52 9–0 Kraemer (Venusio, Hurry) (PP) – 49:17 10–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	21

Awards and statistics

Awards

Best players selected by the Directorate Position Player Goaltender Felicia Frank Defenceman Mira Jungåker Forward Nela Lopušanová Source: IIHF[4]

All-Star team Position Player Goaltender Felicia Frank Defenceman Mira Jungåker Molly Jordan Forward Nela Lopušanová Pauliina Salonen Caitlin Kraemer MVP Nela Lopušanová Source: IIHF[5]

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Nela Lopušanová	5	9	3	12	+5	2	F
2	Caitlin Kraemer	5	10	1	11	+10	6	F
3	Margaret Scannell	5	4	4	8	+4	4	F
4	Alex Law	4	3	4	7	+8	2	F
5	Emma Pais	5	2	5	7	+13	0	F
6	Adéla Šapovalivová	5	4	2	6	+2	2	F
7	Hilda Svensson	6	4	2	6	+2	2	F
8	Joy Dunne	5	3	3	6	+2	6	F
8	Tereza Plosová	5	3	3	6	0	2	F
10	Ema Tóthová	5	0	6	6	+5	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− =

Leading goaltenders

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

Rank	Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Hannah Clark	247:32	5	1.21	103	95.15	1
2	Talina Benderer	240:38	5	1.25	90	94.44	1
3	Annelies Bergmann	236:54	8	2.03	117	93.16	1
4	Michaela Hesová	212:17	8	2.26	78	89.74	0
5	Felicia Frank	251:26	11	2.62	105	89.52	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Canada	5	4	1	0	0	28	5	+23	14	Champions
2	A	Sweden (H)	6	3	0	0	3	19	23	−4	9	Runners-up
3	A	United States	5	3	0	0	2	21	9	+12	9	Third place
4	A	Finland	6	1	0	1	4	7	32	−25	4	Fourth place
5	B	Czechia	5	4	0	0	1	20	12	+8	12	Fifth place game
6	B	Slovakia	5	2	0	0	3	17	20	−3	6
7	B	Switzerland	5	3	0	0	2	12	9	+3	9	Avoided Relegation
8	B	Japan	5	0	0	0	5	6	20	−14	0	Relegated to the Division I A

Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Ritten, Italy from 9 to 15 January 2023.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany	5	3	1	1	0	10	4	+6	12	Promoted to the 2024 Top Division
2	Italy (H)	5	2	1	1	1	8	5	+3	9[a]
3	France	5	2	1	1	1	11	8	+3	9[a]
4	Hungary	5	2	1	0	2	11	10	+1	8
5	Austria	5	0	1	2	2	6	11	−5	4
6	Norway	5	1	0	0	4	8	16	−8	3	Relegated to the 2024 Division I B

Group B

The tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 10 to 15 January 2023.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Denmark	4	4	0	0	0	19	3	+16	12	Promoted to the 2024 Division I A
2	Poland (H)	4	3	0	0	1	15	3	+12	9
3	Spain	4	1	1	0	2	6	9	−3	5
4	South Korea	4	1	0	1	2	5	12	−7	4
5	Chinese Taipei	4	0	0	0	4	2	20	−18	0
–	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn; relegated to the 2024 Division II A

Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 21 to 27 January 2023.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Australia	5	4	0	0	1	16	7	+9	12	Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2	Latvia	5	2	2	0	1	14	7	+7	10[a]
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	1	1	9	9	0	10[a]
4	Great Britain (H)	5	3	0	1	1	11	8	+3	10[a]
5	Turkey	5	0	1	0	4	6	11	−5	2
6	Mexico	5	0	0	1	4	6	20	−14	1	Relegated to the 2024 Division II B

Group B

The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 26 January to 1 February 2023.^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	0	35	5	+30	15	Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2	Belgium	5	3	1	0	1	22	13	+9	11
3	Iceland	5	2	1	1	1	15	14	+1	9
4	New Zealand	5	2	0	0	3	19	14	+5	6
5	Bulgaria (H)	5	1	0	1	3	15	21	−6	4
6	Estonia	5	0	0	0	5	1	40	−39	0

References

External links

• Official website of IIHF