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2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the inaugural junior female world ice hockey championship. It was held from 7 to 12 January 2008, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The championship is the junior ice hockey version of the women worlds, held under the auspices of the IIHF.

2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
DatesJanuary 7–12
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  United States (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored168 (8.4 per game)
Attendance9,872 (494 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Marie-Philip Poulin (14 points)
2009 →

The inaugural competition featured two groups of nations in round robin play, followed by playoffs. There were eight national teams.

Teams edit

See also: 2007 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Qualification

The following teams participated in the championship:

Format edit

The eight participating teams are divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams will play each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group will proceed to the medal round, while the remaining teams will play in the placing games.

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC–7).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Canada (H) 3 3 0 0 0 38 3 +35 9 Semifinals
2   Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 10 16 −6 6
3   Germany 3 1 0 0 2 7 15 −8 3 5–8th place semifinals
4   Finland 3 0 0 0 3 5 26 −21 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
January 7, 2008
19:30		Finland  2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0-1)		  GermanyNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 102
Game reference
Referee:
  Mary Anne Gage
January 7, 2008
19:45		Canada  11–2
(4–0, 4–1, 3–1)		  Czech RepublicFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 976
Game reference
Referee:
  Marie Picavet
January 8, 2008
19:30		Finland  3–5
(2–2, 1–2, 0–1)		  Czech RepublicNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 106
Game reference
Referee:
  Joy Tottman
January 8, 2008
19:45		Germany  1–10
(0–2, 1–4, 0–4)		  CanadaFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,024
Game reference
Referee:
  Utsumi Mamiko
January 9, 2008
19:30		Czech Republic  3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)		  GermanyNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 121
Game reference
Referee:
  Anu Hirvonen
January 9, 2008
19:45		Canada  17–0
(6–0, 8–0, 3–0)		  FinlandFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,052
Game reference
Referee:
  Danyel Howard

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 0 28 2 +26 9 Semifinals
2   Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 20 7 +13 6
3    Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 7 17 −10 3 5–8th place semifinals
4   Russia 3 0 0 0 3 2 31 −29 0
Source: IIHF
January 7, 2008
16:00		Sweden  4–1
(3–0, 1–0, 0–1)		   SwitzerlandNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 98
Game reference
Referee:
  Utsumi Mamiko
January 7, 2008
16:15		United States  11–0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0)		  RussiaFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 452
Game reference
Referee:
  Anu Hirvonen
January 8, 2008
16:00		Sweden  14–0
(4–0, 5–0, 5–0)		  RussiaNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 52
Game reference
Referee:
  Danyel Howard
January 8, 2008
16:15		Switzerland  0–11
(0–5, 0–1, 0–5)		  United StatesFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 401
Game reference
Referee:
  Kateřina Ivičičová
January 9, 2008
16:00		Russia  2–6
(0–1, 1–3, 1–2)		   SwitzerlandNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 57
Game reference
Referee:
  Marie Picavet
January 9, 2008
16:15		United States  6–2
(1–1, 2–1, 3–0)		  SwedenFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 397
Game reference
Referee:
  Mary Anne Gage

Placement round edit

Bracket edit

5–8th place semifinals 5th place
      
A3   Germany 2
B4   Russia 1
A3   Germany 4
A4   Finland 1
B3    Switzerland 2
A4   Finland 7 7th place
B3    Switzerland 4
B4   Russia 1

5–8th place semifinals edit

January 11, 2008
16:00		Germany  2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)		  RussiaNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 64
Game reference
Referee:
  Utsumi Mamiko
January 11, 2008
19:30		Switzerland  2–7
(1–2, 0–3, 1–2)		  FinlandNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 61
Game reference
Referee:
  Kateřina Ivičičová

7th place game edit

January 12, 2008
9:30		Switzerland  4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)		  RussiaNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 54
Game reference
Referee:
  Anu Hirvonen

5th place game edit

January 12, 2008
13:30		Germany  4–1
(3–0, 0–1, 1–0)		  FinlandNorma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 76
Game reference
Referee:
  Danyel Howard

Final round edit

Bracket edit

Semifinals Finals
      
A1   Canada 7
B2   Sweden 1
A1   Canada 2
B1   United States 5
B1   United States 8
A2   Czech Republic 0 Third place
B2   Sweden 2
A2   Czech Republic 4

Semifinals edit

January 11, 2008
16:15		United States  8–0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)		  Czech RepublicFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 483
Game reference
Referee:
  Marie Picavet
January 11, 2008
19:45		Canada  7–1
(2–0, 4–0, 1–1)		  SwedenFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,628
Game reference
Referee:
  Joy Tottman

Bronze medal game edit

January 12, 2008
16:00		Sweden  2–4
(0–0, 0–1, 2–3)		  Czech RepublicFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 512
Game reference
Hanna Emanuelsson
Valentina Lizana		GoaliesKateřina BečevováReferee:
  Mary Anne Gage
Linesmen:
  Kelli O'Brian
  Kerri Rumble
0–125:26 – Polenská (Povová, Dvořáková) (PP)
Myrén (Östberg, Holmbom) (SH) – 42:051–1
Jordansson (Enström) – 47:542–1
2–249:38 – Manhartová (Tomigová, Horáková)
2–356:47 – Manhartová (Tomigová)
2–459:44 – Polenská (PP, ENG)
12 minPenalties12 min
23Shots23

Gold medal game edit

January 12, 2008
19:30		Canada  2–5
(0–2, 1–2, 1–1)		  United StatesFather David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 2,156
Game reference
Delayne BrianGoaliesAlyssa GroganReferee:
  Joy Tottman
Linesmen:
  Marina Konstantinova
  Alice Stanley
0–112:12 – Mangene (Ammerman)
0–218:48 – Ammerman (Decker)
0–322:29 – Coyne (Erickson)
0–428:14 – Decker
Prevost (Rougeau) (PP) – 38:171–4
Jones (Prevost) – 42:202–4
2–552:16 – Kessel (PP)
12 minPenalties10 min
28Shots27

Ranking and statistics edit

Final ranking edit

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B   United States 5 5 0 0 0 41 4 +37 15 Champions
2 A   Canada (H) 5 4 0 0 1 47 9 +38 12 Runners-up
3 A   Czech Republic 5 3 0 0 2 14 26 −12 9 Third place
4 B   Sweden 5 2 0 0 3 23 18 +5 6 Fourth place
5 A   Germany 5 3 0 0 2 13 17 −4 9 Fifth place game
6 A   Finland 5 1 0 0 4 13 32 −19 3
7 B    Switzerland 5 2 0 0 3 13 25 −12 6 Seventh place game
8 B   Russia 5 0 0 0 5 4 37 −33 0
Source: https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/156/
(H) Host

Scoring leaders edit

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
  Marie-Philip Poulin 5 8 6 14 +15 4 FW
  Camille Dumais 5 5 9 14 +8 0 FW
  Amanda Kessel 5 4 7 11 +10 2 FW
  Natalie Spooner 5 3 8 11 +8 0 FW
  Brooke Ammerman 5 6 4 10 +8 4 FW
  Ashley Cottrell 5 5 5 10 +10 0 FW
  Tara Watchorn 5 4 6 10 +9 0 DF
  Brianne Jenner 5 6 3 9 +7 2 FW
  Alena Polenská 5 6 3 9 −2 0 FW
  Carolyne Prevost 5 6 3 9 +8 0 FW

Source: IIHF

Leading goaltenders edit

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 SA GA GAA Sv% SO
  Alyssa Grogan 240:17 53 4 1.00 92.98 1
  Sophie Anthamatten 299:30 218 24 4.81 90.08 0
  Valentina Lizana 180:15 72 8 2.66 90.00 1
  Julia Zorn 275:31 100 12 2.61 89.29 0
  Delayne Brian 210:05 53 8 2.28 86.89 0

Source: IIHF

Tournament awards edit

Best players selected by the directorate:

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Hockey Canada - IIHF Directorate Awards and Most Valuable Player - IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship". Hockeycanada.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-01-13.

References edit

External links edit

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