The 2016 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the ninth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
Top Division The Top Division tournament was played during 8 to 15 January 2016 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Match officials Six referees and nine linesmen were selected for the tournament. of Sweden was the tournament chairperson.
Referees Brandy Dewar Lisa Grison Kaisa Ketonen Michaela Kiefer Marie Picavet Melissa Szkola
Linesmen Bettina Angerer Daniela Kiefer Jessica Leclerc Lisa Linnek Danielle McGurry Stina Nilsson Anna Nygård Justine Todd Sueva Torribio Rousselin
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Relegation round The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
Final round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final rankings
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate Best Goalkeeper Emma Söderberg Best Defenseman Cayla Barnes Best Forward Alina Müller
Source: IIHF
Media All Stars Goalkeeper Emma Söderberg Defenceman Cayla Barnes Defenceman Jessica Adolfsson Forward Fanuza Kadirova Forward Ashton Bell Forward Alina Müller Most Valuable Player Valeria Tarakanova Source: IIHF
Statistics Scoring leaders
PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Alina Müller 5 7 2 9 +5 10 2 Natalie Snodgrass 5 6 1 7 +8 6 3 Fanuza Kadirova 6 5 2 7 +1 0 4 Rahel Enzler 5 1 6 7 +4 0 5 Jessica Adolfsson 6 1 6 7 +2 6 6 Rebecca Gilmore 5 4 2 6 +6 0 6 Petra Nieminen 5 4 2 6 +4 2 8 Celine Tedenby 6 4 2 6 +2 6 9 Ashton Bell 5 3 3 6 +6 0 10 Jenniina Nylund 5 2 4 6 +2 4GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Alex Gulstene 181:47 3 0.99 95.45 1 2 Tiia Pajarinen 179:36 4 1.34 93.33 0 3 Emma Söderberg 240:00 7 1.75 93.27 0 4 Vanessa Bolinger 279:36 6 1.29 91.04 2 5 Valeria Tarakanova 288:40 14 2.91 90.07 1TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF
Division I
Group The Division I tournament was played in Miskolc, Hungary during 10 to 16 January 2016.
Division I Qualification The Division I Qualification tournament was played in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria during 7 to 11 January 2016. The teams were divided into two groups of four where the winners played off against each other for promotion to the 2017 Division I Group A tournament. The teams ranking second through sixth remained in the newly titled Division I Group B and were joined by the relegated team from the 2016 Division I tournament. As the lowest ranking teams, Romania and Australia were relegated to the new Division I Group B Qualification tournament.
Austria won the tournament and gained promotion to the 2017 Division I Group A tournament.
Group A
Group B
References
External links AllSportDB.com Event page IIHF.com 2016 events index Hockey Canada page Eurohockey page