2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2017 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the tenth Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. The tournament was played in Přerov and Zlín, Czech Republic. For the third straight year the United States defeated Canada for the gold, winning their sixth title overall. Russia defeated Sweden for the bronze, reversing the outcome of the previous year.

2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	PSG Aréna Zlín, Zimní stadion Přerov (in 2 host cities)
Dates	7–14 January 2017
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	88 (4.19 per game)
Attendance	11,919 (568 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Lisa Rüedi (6 points)
Website	[1]

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	0	10	3	+7	8	Advance to semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	0	10	2	+8	7
3	Russia	3	0	1	0	2	5	11	−6	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Sweden	3	0	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

7 January 2017 15:30

United States

6–1 (2–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Russia

PSG Arena, Zlín Attendance: 264

Game reference
	Alex Gukstene	Goalies	Diana Farkhutdinova Valeria Merkusheva	Referee: Henna Aberg Linesmen: Magali Anex Stephanie Gagnon
	Murphy (Degeorge, Drake) – 08:14 1–0 Heising (Linser) – 08:48 2–0 Barnes (Wente) – 20:55 3–0 Wente (Skaja) – 31:43 4–0 Barnes (Heising, Wethington) (PP) – 47:21 5–0 Linser (Ostertag) – 51:06 6–0 6–1 59:34 – Beloglazova (Shirokova)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	15

7 January 2017 19:30

Canada

5–1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Sweden

PSG arena, Zlín Attendance: 239

Game reference
	Danika Ranger	Goalies	Anna Amholt	Referee: Radka Ruzickova Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Zuzana Svobodova
	0–1 03:18 – Olsson (Ljungblom) Bell (Vasko) – 25:12 1–1 Buckles (Shirley) – 29:59 2–1 Maltais (Knowles, Buckles) (PP) – 37:46 3–1 Knowles (James-Mitchell) – 40:17 4–1 Watts (Maltais) – 51:42 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	17

8 January 2017 15:30

Canada

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Russia

PSG arena, Zlín Attendance: 233

Game reference
	Edith D'Astous-Moreau	Goalies	Valeria Merkusheva	Referee: Samantha Hiller Linesmen: Liv Andersson Jenni Heikkinen
	Vasko (Beres) – 08:25 1–0 1–1 24:19 – Bratisheva (Orlova) 1–2 28:10 – Starovoitova (Shatalova) Veillette, (David) – 28:48 2–2 Potomak (Shirley) (PP) – 45:44 3–2 Pettet (Shirley, Potomak) – 52:29 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	45	Shots	14

8 January 2017 19:30

Sweden

0–4 (0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

United States

PSG arena, Zlín Attendance: 176

Game reference
	Sofia Reideborn	Goalies	Lindsay Reed	Referee: Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Magali Anex Charlotte Girard
	0–1 13:12 – Drake (Petrie) 0–2 29:51 – Linser (Compher, Heising) 0–3 30:44 – Barnes (Zumwinkle, Oden) (PP) 0–4 37:23 – Heising (Barnes)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	61

10 January 2016 15:30

United States

0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

PSG arena, Zlín Attendance: 486

Game reference
	Alex Gulstene	Goalies	Danika Ranger	Referee: Katerina Timglas Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Zuzanna Svobodova
	0–1 61:57 – Bell
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	30

10 January 2017 19:30

Russia

2–1 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Sweden

PSG arena, Zlín Attendance: 191

Game reference
	Valeria Merkusheva	Goalies	Sofia Reideborn	Referee: Samantha Hiller Linesmen: Magali Anex Jamie Fenstermacher
	0–1 57:15 – Lundin (Bouveng, Bergstrom) Pirogova (Starovoitova) – 58:10 1–1
	Bolgareva Starovoitova Pirogova Bratisheva	Shootout	Olsson Ljungblom Tedenby Wikner-Zienkiewicz
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	30

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	2	0	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic (H)	3	1	1	1	0	8	7	+1	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	6	6	0	5	Advance to relegation round
4	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

7 January 2017 16:15

Czech Republic

3–2 (1–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Japan

Zimní stadion Přerov, Přerov Attendance: 1,825

Game reference
	Kristýna Bláhová	Goalies	Ayu Tonosaki	Referee: Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Liv Andersson Magdalena Cerhitova
	Erbenová (Vozdecká, Mlýnková) – 19:50 1–0 1–1 31:02 – A. Sato (Koyama) 1–2 39:19 – Yamashita (Suzuki, Tsutsumi) (PP2) Kaltounková (Lerchová, Exnerová) – 42:09 2–2 Mlýnková (Machalová) – 50:22 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	22	Shots	25

7 January 2017 20:15

Finland

3–1 (2–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Zimní stadion Přerov, Přerov Attendance: 148

Game reference
	Jenna Silvonen	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referee: Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Jessica Lundgren
	Nylund (Aro) (PP) – 07:34 1–0 Nylund (Vesa, Melotindos) – 18:19 2–0 2–1 24:29 – Enzler Melotindos (Vesa) – 26:59 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	17

8 January 2017 16:15

Switzerland

3–2 GWS (2–0, 0–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Zimní stadion Přerov, Přerov Attendance: 2,230

Game reference
	Saskia Maurer	Goalies	Kristýna Bláhová	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Magdalena Cerhitova Jessica Lundgren
	Ryhner (Sigrist) – 02:32 1–0 Rüedi (Ryhner, Vallario) – 15:38 2–0 2–1 38:58 – Cornová (Škrdlová, Neubauerová) (PP) 2–2 51:37 – Erbanová
	Christen Rüedi	Shootout	Mlýnková Hymlárová Neubauerová
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	46

8 January 2017 20:15

Finland

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Zimní stadion Přerov, Přerov Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Jenna Silvonen	Goalies	Ayu Tonosaki	Referee: Radka Ruzickova Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Zuzana Svobodova
	Nieminen (Kahra, Nousiainen) – 20:31 1–0 Nieminen – 46:36 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	21

10 January 2017 16:15

Czech Republic

3–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 1–2) (OT: 1–0)

Finland

Zimní stadion Přerov, Přerov Attendance: 1,584

Game reference
	Kristýna Bláhová	Goalies	Sanni Ahola	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Liv Andersson Stephanie Gagnon
	Mlýnková (Hymlárová, Erbanová) (PP2) – 23:04 1–0 1–1 46:22 – Nousiainen (Nieminen) 1–2 50:17 – Nylund (Allinen, Laitinen) (PP) Kaltounková (Neubauerová) – 57:16 2–2 Erbanová (PP2) – 61:02 3–2
	18 min	Penalties	24 min
	33	Shots	26

10 January, 2017 20:15

Japan

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

Zimní stadion Přerov, Přerov Attendance: 103

Game reference
	Mei Sato	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referee: Henna Aberg Linesmen: Magdalena Cerhitova Jenni Heikkinen
	0–1 21:44 – Zimmermann Tsutsumi (A. Sato, Yamamoto) – 25:35 1–1 1–2 40:26 – Ryhner (Rüedi, Sigrist) (PP)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	18

Relegation series

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team, Japan was relegated

11 January 2017 20:15

Switzerland

5–2 (1–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Japan

Zimní stadion Přerov Attendance: 98

Game reference
	Saskia Maurer	Goalies	Ayu Tonosaki Mei Sato	Referee: Radka Ruzickova Linesmen: Jenni Heikkinen Jessica Lundgren
	Rüedi (Ryhner) – 11:00 1–0 1–1 14:17 – Koyama (A. Sato) Rüedi (Enzler) – 24:15 2–1 Rüedi (Ryhner, Enzler) – 25:40 3–1 Sigrist (Berta) – 45:59 4–1 Berta (Vallario) (PP) – 52:04 5–1 5–2 54:05 – Ogawa (Tsutsumi)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	34

13 January 2017 12:00

Japan

1–2 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Switzerland

Zimní stadion Přerov Attendance: 112

Game reference
	Mei Sato	Goalies	Saskia Maurer	Referee: Samantha Hiller Linesmen: Liv Andersson Magdalena Cerhitova
	0–1 03:14 – Christen Ito (Koyama) – 36:56 1–1
	Ito Koyama Tsutsumi A. Sato Suzuki Tsutsumi A. Sato Koyama A. Sato	Shootout	Rüedi Enzler Ryhner Wetli Zimmerman Berta Enzler Schlegel Enzler
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	20

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Canada

6

A4

Sweden

2

A4

Sweden

2

B1

Finland

1

A1

Canada

1

A2

United States

3

A2

United States

6

A3

Russia

2

A3

Russia

0

B2

Czech Republic

0

Third place

A3

Russia

2

A4

Sweden

0

Quarterfinals

11 January 2017 16:15

Russia

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Zimní stadion Přerov Attendance: 1,496

Game reference
	Valeria Merkusheva	Goalies	Kristýna Bláhová	Referee: Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Magdalena Cerhitova Stephanie Gagnon
	Braitisheva – 31:20 1–0 Provorova (Pirogova, Starovoitova) (PP2) – 39:10 2–0
	70 min	Penalties	43 min
	22	Shots	33

11 January 2017 20:15

Sweden

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Finland

PSG Aréna Zlín Attendance: 186

Game reference
	Anna Amholt	Goalies	Jenna Silvonen	Referee: Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Magali Anex Jamie Fenstermacher
	Olsson (Tedenby, Neunzert) (PP) – 13:39 1–0 Afbjur (Olsson) – 30:53 2–0 2–1 43:38 – Parkkonen (Nieminen, Holopainen) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	16

Semifinals

13 January 2017 16:00

United States

6–0 (2–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Russia

Zimní stadion Přerov Attendance: 406

Game reference
	Lindsay Reed	Goalies	Valeria Merkushev Diana Farkhutdinova	Referee: Radka Ruzickova Linesmen: Jessica Lundgren Zuzana Svobodova
	Zumwinkle (Degeorge) – 03:39 1–0 Zumwinkle – 10:05 2–0 Wente (Heise) – 21:01 3–0 Skaja (Wente) – 23:56 4–0 Zumwinkle (Barnes) (PP) – 33:05 5–0 Heising (Degeorge, Barnes) (PP) – 37:17 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	51	Shots	6

13 January 2017 16:00

Canada

6–2 (1–0, 2–2, 3–0)

Sweden

PSG Aréna Zlín Attendance: 266

Game reference
	Edith D'Astous-Moreau	Goalies	Sofia Reideborn	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Jenni Heikkinen
	Hobson (Vorster) (PP) – 04:11 1–0 Fillier (Maltais) – 26:13 2–0 Shirley – 28:39 3–0 3–1 29:59 – Bouveng (Olsson) 3–2 37:01 – Bergstrom (Lundin, Bouveng) (PP) Shirley (Elia, Pettet) (PP) – 45:58 4–2 Fillier (ENG) – 56:41 5–2 Beres (Shirley, Pettet) – 59:08 6–2
	35 min	Penalties	14 min
	39	Shots	15

Fifth place game

13 January 2017 20:00

Finland

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Zimní stadion Přerov Attendance: 892

Game reference
	Jenna Silvonen	Goalies	Denisa Jandová	Referee: Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Magali Anex Charlotte Girard
	Kahra (Vesa, Nieminen) – 00:25 1–0 Melotindos (Seikkula, Nousiainen) – 31:49 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	25

Bronze medal game

14 January 2017 16:00

Russia

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Zimní stadion Přerov Attendance: 369

Game reference
	Valeria Merkusheva	Goalies	Anna Amholt	Referee: Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Jamie Fenstermacher Jenni Heikkinen
	Provorova (Shatalova, Starovoitova) – 41:45 1–0 Beloglazova (Bolgareva, Bratisheva) (PP2) – 59:20 2–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	32

Gold medal game

14 January 2017 19:00

Canada

1–3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2)

United States

PSG Aréna Zlín Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Danika Ranger	Goalies	Alex Gulstene	Referee: Katarina Timglas Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Zuzana Svobodova
	0–1 25:56 – Drake (Degeorge) (PP) Watts (Maltais) (PP) – 53:43 1–1 1–2 57:28 – Zumwinkle (Degeorge) 1–3 59:55 – Oden (Zumwinkle) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	22

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States	5	4	0	1	0	19	3	+16	13	Champions
2	A	Canada	5	3	1	0	1	17	8	+9	11	Runners-up
3	A	Russia	6	2	1	0	3	9	17	−8	8	Third place
4	A	Sweden	6	1	0	1	4	6	20	−14	4	Fourth place
5	B	Finland	5	3	0	1	1	10	6	+4	10	Fifth place game
6	B	Czech Republic (H)	5	1	1	1	2	8	11	−3	6
7	B	Switzerland	5	2	2	0	1	13	9	+4	10	Advance in Relegation
8	B	Japan	5	0	0	1	4	6	14	−8	1	2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

Updated to match(es) played on January 14, 2017. Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate

Best Goalkeeper	Valeria Merkusheva
Best Defenseman	Cayla Barnes
Best Forward	Sophie Shirley

Source:

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Lisa Rüedi	Switzerland	5	5	1	6	+4	0
2	Grace Zumwinkle	United States	5	4	2	6	+6	2
3	Cayla Barnes	United States	5	3	3	6	+5	4
4	Sophie Shirley	Canada	5	2	4	6	+1	2
5	Natalie Heising	United States	5	3	2	5	+4	2
6	Petra Nieminen	Finland	5	2	3	5	+4	4
6	Brette Pettet	Canada	5	2	3	5	+2	2
6	Noemi Ryhner	Switzerland	5	2	3	5	+5	2
9	Clair Degeorge	United States	5	0	5	5	+3	4
10	Oxana Bratisheva	Russia	5	3	1	4	–3	31
10	Magdalena Erbenová	Czech Republic	5	3	1	4	+2	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Jenna Silvonen	Finland	240:00	3	0.75	96.97	2
2	Alex Gulstene	United States	181:57	3	0.99	95.89	0
3	Danika Ranger	Canada	180:41	3	1.00	95.08	1
4	Saskia Maurer	Switzerland	315:00	9	1.71	94.92	0
5	Valeria Merkusheva	Russia	288:56	11	2.28	93.41	2

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Division I

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I

Division I A

Was played in Budapest, Hungary 8–14 January 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	5	4	0	0	1	18	5	+13	12	Promoted to Top Division
2	Slovakia	5	4	0	0	1	17	6	+11	12
3	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	14	14	0	8
4	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	9	13	−4	6
5	Austria	5	2	0	0	3	7	16	−9	6
6	France	5	0	0	1	4	7	18	−11	1	Relegation to Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Division I B

Was played in Katowice Poland, 8–14 January 2017.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Italy	5	5	0	0	0	17	3	+14	15	Promoted to Division I A
2	Denmark	5	4	0	0	1	15	6	+9	12
3	Poland	5	2	1	0	2	7	6	+1	8
4	Great Britain	5	1	1	0	3	8	13	−5	5
5	China	5	1	0	2	2	7	9	−2	5
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	0	5	6	23	−17	0	Relegation to Division I B Qualification

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Division I B qualification

Was played in San Sebastián Spain, 26–29 January 2017. This was the inaugural competition for this level, featuring the debuts of both Spain and Mexico.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Promoted to Division I B
2	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	13	9	+4	6
3	Mexico	3	1	0	0	2	10	9	+1	3
4	Romania	3	0	0	0	3	5	27	−22	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

External links

• IIHF.com 2017 events index