The 2023 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the 15th IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey which took place in Östersund, Sweden, 8–15 January 2023.
Top Division The Top Division tournament was played in Östersund, Sweden from 8 to 15 January 2023.
Match officials Ten referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Jennifer Berezowski Zuzana Svobodová Vanessa Anselm Hollie Neenan Anna Kuroda Sintija Čamane Ida Henriksson Veronica Lovensnö Taylor Hanvelt Jenna Janshen
Linesmen Wang Hui Kristina Hájková Caroline Butt Leonie Ernst Alexia Cheyroux Britt Kösters Natalia Witkowska Anina Egli Melanie Gotsdiner Breana Kraut
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1).
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 Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:
tier of the group; position in the group.
Rank Team Group 1 A 1 2 A 2 3 A 3 4 A 4 5 B 1 6 B 2
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Awards and statistics Awards
Best players selected by the Directorate Position Player Goaltender Felicia Frank Defenceman Mira Jungåker Forward Nela Lopušanová Source: IIHF
All-Star team Position Player Goaltender Felicia FrankDefenceman Mira Jungåker Molly JordanForward Nela Lopušanová Pauliina Salonen Caitlin Kraemer MVP Nela Lopušanová Source: IIHF
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
RankPlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS 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; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF
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.
RankPlayerTOIGAGAASASv%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
Division I
Group A The tournament was held in Ritten, Italy from 9 to 15 January 2023.
Group B The tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 10 to 15 January 2023.
Division II
Group A The tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 21 to 27 January 2023.
Group B The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 26 January to 1 February 2023.
References
External links Official website of IIHF