The 2013 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships was the sixth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship and was hosted in Finland. It began on 29 December 2012, with the gold medal game played on 5 January 2013.
Top Division
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2). Group A
Group B
Relegation round The teams played a best-of-three series. With Russia winning the first two meetings, a third one wasn't necessary and Germany was relegated to Division I in 2013.
All times are local (UTC+2).
Final round
All times are local (UTC+2).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final rankings
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 Katherine Schipper 5 5 8 13 +9 4 FW Yelena Dergachyova 5 4 5 9 +8 6 FW Amy Menke 5 3 6 9 +8 2 FW Emma Nuutinen 5 5 3 8 +6 10 FW Megan Wolfe 5 4 4 8 +9 0 FW Anna Shokhina 5 6 1 7 +5 8 FW Catherine Dubois 5 4 3 7 +7 2 FW Grace Zarzecki 5 3 4 7 +4 0 FW Jincy Roese 5 2 5 7 +11 0 D Halli Krzyzaniak 5 2 5 7 +7 8 DGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
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 GA GAA Sv% SO Kimberly Newell 180:11 3 1.00 96.00 1 Sidney Peters 180:58 2 0.66 95.24 2 Minatsu Murase 189:16 6 1.90 94.55 2 Franziska Albl 246:40 13 3.16 91.39 0 Eveliina Suonpää 238;31 11 2.77 90.52 1TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Minatsu Murase Best Defenceman: Halli Krzyzaniak Best Forward: Katherine Schipper Source:
Division I
Qualification tournament The qualification tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 27 October to 1 November 2012. The top two teams were promoted to Division I of this year, and the third team was promoted to Division I of next year, because starting in 2014 one team will be promoted from the qualification tournament and will wait until the following year to play in Division I.
Final tournament The 2013 Division I final tournament was played in Romanshorn, Switzerland, from 2 to 8 January 2013.
References
External links Official website Division I tournament Division I Qualification tournament