The 2019 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the 12th IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Obihiro Arena in Obihiro, Japan from 6 to 13 January.

Top Division

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+9).

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 ranking

Statistics

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Elisa Holopainen 6 5 3 8 +2 6 2 Makenna Webster 5 3 3 6 +4 0 3 Alexie Guay 5 2 4 6 +2 8 4 Ilona Markova 6 2 4 6 0 0 4 Viivi Vainikka 6 2 4 6 +2 2 6 Maddi Wheeler 5 1 5 6 +4 2 7 Kristýna Kaltounková 6 0 6 6 +6 8 8 Natálie Mlýnková 6 5 0 5 +6 10 9 Abbey Murphy 5 4 1 5 +5 8 10 Yelizaveta Shkalyova 6 4 1 5 0 2 GP = 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)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASASv%SO 1 Saskia Maurer 308:58 8 1.55 154 94.81 1 2 Julie Pejšová 358:42 7 1.17 110 93.64 1 3 Skylar Vetter 301:34 8 1.59 103 92.23 1 4 Erica Jaskari 313:29 9 1.72 111 91.89 1 5 Tindra Holm 185:34 10 3.23 96 89.58 0 TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate Best Goaltender: Saskia Maurer Best Defenceman: Alexie Guay Best Forward: Elisa Holopainen Source:

Media All-Stars MVP: Raygan Kirk Goaltender: Saskia Maurer Defencemen: Alexie Guay / Nelli Laitinen Forwards: Elisa Holopainen / Katy Knoll / Ilona Markova Source:

Division I

Group A The Division I Group A tournament was held in Radenthein, Austria from 7 to 13 January 2019.

Group B The Division I Group B tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 6 to 12 January 2019.

Group B Qualification The Division I Group B Qualification tournament was held in Jaca, Spain from 12 to 18 January 2019. For 2020 it was decided to create a Division II and split the teams into two groups. The teams that did not make the semifinals were essentially relegated to Division II B.

5th–7th place playoffs

Championship playoffs

References