2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I

The 2013 World Women's U18 Championship Division I final tournament was played in Romanshorn, Switzerland, from 2 to 8 January 2013.[1] Japan won the tournament and after two years in Division I they returned to the Top Division.

2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates2 – 8 January 2013
Teams6
Final positions
Champions  Japan (2nd title)
Runner-up   Switzerland
Third place  France
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored71 (4.73 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Japan Ayuko Aoki (7 points)
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Qualification tournament edit

The qualification tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 27 October to 1 November 2012.[2] The top two teams, France and Slovakia, were promoted to Division I of this year, but starting in 2014 one team will be promoted from the qualification tournament and will wait until the following year (2015) to play in Division I. Though not indicated at the time of the tournament, the 2014 schedule indicates that Austria was relegated to the qualification level, and Great Britain was promoted.

Final standings edit

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  France 5 4 0 0 1 14 5 +9 12 Qualified for 2013 Division I
  Slovakia 5 4 0 0 1 27 11 +16 12
  Great Britain 5 3 0 0 2 21 9 +12 9 Qualified for 2014 Division I
  Italy 5 2 1 0 2 10 9 +1 8
  China 5 1 0 1 3 13 20 −7 4
  Kazakhstan 5 0 0 0 5 3 34 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]
  • The game Kazakhstan – Italy was forfeited (0–5) because the Kazakh team arrived too late.

Final tournament edit

Final standings edit

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
  Japan 5 4 1 0 0 18 7 +11 14 Promoted to the 2014 Top Division
   Switzerland 5 3 0 1 1 17 6 +11 10
  France 5 3 0 0 2 11 11 0 9
  Norway 5 3 0 0 2 10 10 0 9
  Slovakia 5 1 0 0 4 8 12 −4 3
  Austria 5 0 0 0 5 7 25 −18 0 Relegated to the 2014 Division I Qualification
Source: [citation needed]

Results edit

All times are local (CETUTC+01).

2 January 2013
13:00
France  0 – 4
(0-1, 0-1, 0-2)
  JapanEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 77
Game reference
2 January 2013
16:30
Norway  4 – 2
(0-1, 2-1, 2-0)
  AustriaEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 103
Game reference
2 January 2013
20:00
Slovakia  1 – 2
(0-2, 1-0, 0-0)
   SwitzerlandEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 374
Game reference

3 January 2013
16:30
Japan  2 – 1
(2-0, 0-0, 0-1)
  SlovakiaEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 78
Game reference
3 January 2013
20:00
Switzerland  1 – 2
(0-0, 1-1, 0-1)
  NorwayEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 388
Game reference
4 January 2013
19:00
Austria  2 – 3
(1-0, 0-1, 1-2)
  FranceEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 94
Game reference

5 January 2013
13:00
Slovakia  1 – 2
(1-2, 0-0, 0-0)
  NorwayEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 103
Game reference
5 January 2013
16:30
Austria  2 – 6
(0-3, 2-1, 0-2)
  JapanEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 95
Game reference
5 January 2013
20:00
Switzerland  3 – 0
(0-0, 0-0, 3-0)
  FranceEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 391
Game reference

6 January 2013
16:30
Japan  3 – 2 GWS
(1-0, 1-2, 0-0)
(0-0, 1-0)
   SwitzerlandEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 403
Game reference
7 January 2013
15:30
Norway  0 – 3
(0-0, 0-2, 0-1)
  FranceEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 87
Game reference
7 January 2013
19:00
Austria  1 – 3
(0-2, 0-0, 1-1)
  SlovakiaEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 62
Game reference

8 January 2013
13:00
France  5 – 2
(3-0, 0-0, 2-2)
  SlovakiaEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 187
Game reference
8 January 2013
16:30
Japan  3 – 2
(0-1, 1-0, 2-1)
  NorwayEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 143
Game reference
8 January 2013
20:00
Switzerland  9 – 0
(2-0, 4-0, 3-0)
  AustriaEZO Eissportzentrum Oberthurgau, Romanshorn
Attendance: 352
Game reference

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