2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships was the sixth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Finland. It began on December 29, 2012 with the gold medal game played on January 5, 2013.[1]

2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Jääkiekon nuorten naisten maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2013 (Finnish)
Unga kvinnors ishockey-VM 2013 (Swedish)
Tournament details
Host country Finland
DatesDecember 29 – January 5
Teams8
Venue(s)Versowood Areena, Arena Vierumaki (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored133 (6.33 per match)
Attendance6,164 (294 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Katherine Schipper
(13 points)
MVP Katherine Schipper
2012
2014

Top Division

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

     Teams advanced to Semifinals
     Teams advanced to Quarterfinals
     Teams played in the Relegation round

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Canada 330001519
 Finland 32001766
 Hungary 30102392
 Germany 300123121
29 December 2012
15:30
Germany 2–3
(0–0, 1–1, 1–2)
 FinlandVersowood Areena
Attendance: 758
29 December 2012
17:30
Canada 4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 HungaryArena Vierumaki
Attendance: 154
30 December 2012
15:00
Germany 1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
 HungaryArena Vierumaki
Attendance: 73
30 December 2012
17:30
Finland 0–4
(0–2, 0–2, 0–0)
 CanadaVersowood Areena
Attendance: 827
1 January 2013
15:00
Canada 7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 GermanyArena Vierumaki
Attendance: 114
1 January 2013
17:30
Hungary 0–4
(0–3, 0–1, 0–0)
 FinlandVersowood Areena
Attendance: 574

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 United States 330002509
 Sweden 310117154
 Czech Republic 310027173
 Russia 301029162
29 December 2012
12:00
Sweden 3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)
 Czech RepublicVersowood Areena
Attendance: 153
29 December 2012
14:00
United States 7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0)
 RussiaArena Vierumaki
Attendance: 148
30 December 2012
14:00
Czech Republic 0–10
(0–5, 0–2, 0–3)
 United StatesVersowood Areena
Attendance: 215
30 December 2012
18:30
Sweden 4–5 OT
(2–1, 1–1, 1–2)
(OT: 0–1)
 RussiaArena Vierumaki
Attendance: 135
1 January 2013
14:00
United States 8–0
(4–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 SwedenVersowood Areena
Attendance: 174
1 January 2013
18:30
Russia 4–5
(2–3, 1–1, 1–1)
 Czech RepublicArena Vierumaki
Attendance: 155

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).

2 January 2013
16:00
Russia 5–3
(3–0, 1–2, 1–1)
 GermanyArena Vierumaki
Attendance: 64
4 January 2013
17:30
Germany 3–4 OT
(1–1, 1–2, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1)
 RussiaArena Vierumaki
Attendance: 106

Final round

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      B1  United States 10  
  A2  Finland 3     B3  Czech Republic 0    
  B3  Czech Republic 5         B1  United States 1
      A1  Canada 2
      A1  Canada 7    
  B2  Sweden 4     B2  Sweden 2   Third place
  A3  Hungary 0   B3  Czech Republic 0
  B2  Sweden 4

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

2 January 2013
14:30
Sweden 4–0
(3–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 HungaryVersowood Areena
Attendance: 78
2 January 2013
18:30
Finland 3–5
(2–2, 0–0, 1–3)
 Czech RepublicVersowood Areena
Attendance: 633

Semifinals

4 January 2013
14:30
Canada 7–2
(2–0, 2–1, 3–1)
 SwedenVersowood Areena
Attendance: 287
4 January 2013
18:30
United States 10–0
(4–0, 3–0, 3–0)
 Czech RepublicVersowood Areena
Attendance: 216

Fifth place game

4 January 2013
14:00
Finland 3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)
 HungaryArena Vierumaki
Attendance: 142

Bronze medal game

5 January 2013
14:30
Sweden 4–0
(3–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicVersowood Areena
Attendance: 345

Final

5 January 2013
18:30
United States 1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)
 CanadaVersowood Areena
Attendance: 813

Final standings

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 Schipper55813+94FW
Yelena Dergachyova5459+86FW
Amy Menke5369+82FW
Emma Nuutinen5538+610FW
Megan Wolfe5448+90FW
Anna Shokhina5617+58FW
Catherine Dubois5437+72FW
Grace Zarzecki5347+40FW
Jincy Dunne5257+110D
Halli Krzyzaniak5257+78D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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 Newell180:1131.0096.001
Sidney Peters180:5820.6695.242
Minatsu Murase189:1661.9094.552
Fraziska Albl246:40133.1691.390
Eveliina Suonpää238;31112.7790.521

TOI = 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:

Source: IIHF.com

Division I

Qualification tournament

The qualification tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 27 October to 1 November 2012.[2] 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.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 France 5400114512
 Slovakia 54001271112
 Great Britain 530022199
 Italy 521021098
 China 5101313204
 Kazakhstan 500053340
Qualified for 2013 Division I Qualified for 2014 Division I

Final tournament

The 2013 Division I final tournament was played in Romanshorn, Switzerland, from 2 to 8 January 2013.[3]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Japan 5410018714
  Switzerland 5301117610
 France 5300211119
 Norway 5300210109
 Slovakia 510048123
 Austria 500057250
Promoted to the 2014 Top Division Relegated to the 2014 Division I Qualification

References

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