2022 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2022 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	LaBahn Arena (Madison) Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena (Middleton)
Dates	6–13 June 2022
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (6th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	21
Goals scored	105 (5 per game)
Attendance	22,481 (1,071 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Tereza Plosová (10 points)
MVP	Laila Edwards

The 2022 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 14th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey.

On December 24, 2021, the tournament was cancelled for the second year in a row by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, on March 21, 2022, the IIHF announced it had reconsidered and rescheduled the Top Division tournament for June 6–13, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

The venues which hosted the event in Dane County, Wisconsin were LaBahn Arena, located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton, home of the USHL's Madison Capitols.

Top Division

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	0	18	1	+17	9	Semifinals
2	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	5	9	−4	3
3	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	3	10	−7	3	Quarterfinals
4	Sweden	3	1	0	0	2	6	12	−6	3
−	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Expelled

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
Notes:

6 June 2022 16:00

Canada

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 1,035

Game reference
	Hailey MacLeod	Goalies	Emilia Kyrkkö	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Amy Martin Linesmen: Magali Anex dit Chenaud Eva Mária Moleková
	0–1 37:49 – Eronen (Kuoppala) 0–2 45:52 – Havana (Yrjölä, Schalin) (PP2)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	40	Shots	17

6 June 2022 20:00

Sweden

1–6 (0–4, 0–1, 1–1)

United States

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 1,071

Game reference
	Ebba Svensson Träff	Goalies	Annelies Bergmann	Referees: Gabriela Malá Michelle Stapleton Linesmen: Laura Gutauskas Adrienn Paulheim
	0–1 03:09 – Edwards (Simms, Dwyer) (PP) 0–2 08:30 – Hall (Edwards, Simms) 0–3 09:17 – Hall (Morrow, Dwyer) 0–4 17:18 – St. Martin (Scannell) 0–5 37:55 – Biederman (Hall, Morrow) (SH) Hedqvist (Adelbertsson) (PP) – 41:23 1–5 1–6 55:12 – Janecke (Morrow, Edwards) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	47

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7 June 2022 16:00

Canada

3–1 (2–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Sweden

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 896

Game reference
	Mari Pietersen	Goalies	Lisa Jönsson	Referees: Jenna Janshen Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Magali Anex dit Chenaud Johanna Oksanen
	Kirchmair (Murphy, Henderson) – 02:28 1–0 Hicks (Aubin, Baxter) – 19:03 2–0 Hicks – 34:52 3–0 3–1 36:45 – Kandell (Pfeffer, Hedqvist) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	56	Shots	34

7 June 2022 20:00

United States

5–0 (2–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Finland

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 944

Game reference
	Ava McNaughton	Goalies	Hannele Tarkiainen	Referees: Amy Martin Michelle Stapleton Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Erin Zach
	Edwards (Janecke, Morrow) (PP) – 06:48 1–0 Janecke – 13:42 2–0 McCarthy – 55:48 3–0 Janecke (Morrow, Simms) (PP) – 57:04 4–0 Edwards (Simms, Janecke) – 57:15 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	47	Shots	11

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9 June 2022 16:00

Finland

3–4 (1–2, 1–0, 1–2)

Sweden

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 2,121

Game reference
	Emilia Kyrkkö	Goalies	Lisa Jönsson	Referees: Anna Kuroda Sara Strong Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Julia Mannlein
	0–1 10:43 – Karlsson (Kandell, Raunio (PP) Schalin (Havana, Yrjölä) – 14:54 1–1 1–2 17:23 – Markström (Kandell) Makkonen (Vanhanen, Kuoppala) – 30:05 2–2 Salonen (Vanhanen, Yrjölä) – 45:00 3–2 3–3 57:50 – Pfeffer (Karlsson, Kandell) (EA) 3–4 59:52 – Raunio (Markström, Hall) (EA)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	25

9 June 2022 20:00

United States

7–0 (3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Canada

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 2,180

Game reference
	Annelies Bergmann	Goalies	Hailey MacLeod Mari Pietersen	Referees: Svenja Strohmenger Amanda Tassoni Linesmen: Johanna Oksanen Erin Zach
	Kaiser (McCarthy, Gazdik) (PP) – 04:46 1–0 Jordan (Edwards, Janecke) – 14:02 2–0 Linsday (Kaiser, McCarthy) – 17:28 3–0 Scannell – 25:29 4–0 Gorbatenko (Morrow) – 26:43 5–0 Edwards (Simms, Morrow) (PP) – 50:22 6–0 St. Martin (Kaiser, Gazdik) (PP) – 51:09 7–0
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	25

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechia	3	3	0	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Quarterfinals
2	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	7	9	−2	3
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	3	4	−1	3	Relegation round
4	Germany	3	1	0	0	2	5	12	−7	3

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.
Notes:

6 June 2022 16:00

Slovakia

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Czechia

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton Attendance: 233

Game reference
	Laura Medviďová	Goalies	Michaela Hesová	Referees: Jenna Janshen Anna Kuroda Linesmen: Julia Mannlein Erin Zach
	0–1 25:31 – Šapovalivová (Trnková, Plosová) 0–2 28:24 – Trnková (Šapovalivová, Plosová) 0–3 44:58 – Šapovalivová (Trnková) 0–4 48:40 – Hotová (Gruntová, Juříčková) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	41

6 June 2022 20:00

Switzerland

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Germany

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Margaux Favre	Goalies	Felicity Luby	Referees: Ilona Novotná Sara Strong Linesmen: Johanna Oksanen Kamila Smetková
	0–1 59:14 – Liang (Willeitner, Häckelsmiller)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	20

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7 June 2022 16:00

Czechia

6–2 (1–0, 2–1, 3–1)

Germany

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton Attendance: 307

Game reference
	Michaela Hesová Barbora Dalecká	Goalies	Sara Brammen	Referees: Anna Kuroda Amanda Tassoni Linesmen: Julia Mannlein Eva Mária Moleková
	Plosová (Šapovalivová, Pištěková) – 17:55 1–0 Gruntová (Narovcová, Veverková) – 23:37 2–0 Gruntová (Hotová) – 24:37 3–0 3–1 26:51 – Willeitner Pištěková (Šapovalivová, Plosová) (PP) – 41:18 4–1 Vaníčková (Mazancová, Brichová) – 42:05 5–1 Pištěková (Šapovalivová, Plosová) – 44:50 6–1 6–2 58:16 – Voigt (Liang, Häckelsmiller)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	14

7 June 2022 20:00

Switzerland

3–1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton Attendance: 336

Game reference
	Margaux Favre	Goalies	Laura Medviďová	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Laura Gutauskas Adrienn Paulheim
	0–1 23:17 – Dobiášová (Plankenauerová, Hudáková) Harju (Marti, Rossel) (PP) – 37:12 1–1 Gaberell (Büchi, Aymon) (PP) – 52:19 2–1 Surdez (Büchi) (SH) – 59:12 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	18

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9 June 2022 16:00

Czechia

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton Attendance: 509

Game reference
	Michaela Hesová	Goalies	Margaux Favre	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Amy Martin Linesmen: Laura Gutauskas Eva Mária Moleková
	Vaníčková (Hráčová, Malicka) – 29:41 1–0 Malicka (Hráčová) – 55:27 2–0
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	21

9 June 2022 20:00

Germany

2–6 (1–2, 0–1, 1–3)

Slovakia

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton Attendance: 213

Game reference
	Felicity Luby Sara Brammen	Goalies	Lívia Debnárová	Referees: Ilona Novotná Michelle Stapleton Linesmen: Magali Anex dit Chenaud Kamila Smetková
	Liang (Mayer, Willeitner) – 10:31 1–0 1–1 11:55 – Fančovičová (Janeková) (PP) 1–2 16:36 – Janeková (Fančovičová, Hudáková) 1–3 32:39 – Kapičáková (Blichová, Halušková) 1–4 41:46 – Tóthová (Tomaštíková) 1–5 44:02 – Fančovičová (Plankenauerová, Hudáková) Reichelt (Klein) – 52:28 2–5 2–6 56:13 – Kapičáková (Blichová)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	30

Relegation round

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

10 June 2022 16:00

Switzerland

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton Attendance: 256

Game reference
	Nadia Häner	Goalies	Sara Brammen	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Amanda Tassoni Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Laura Gutauskas
	Herzig (Bächler, Marti) (PP) – 51:27 1–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	12

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12 June 2022 14:30

Germany

3–7 (0–3, 0–3, 3–1)

Switzerland

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton Attendance: 305

Game reference
	Chiara Schultes	Goalies	Margaux Favre	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Anna Kuroda Linesmen: Julia Mannlein Johanna Oksanen
	0–1 04:33 – Rossel (Marti, Bächler) (PP) 0–2 13:50 – Bächler (Harju, Marti) 0–3 19:50 – Marti (Eggli) (SH) 0–4 23:04 – Marti (Aymon) 0–5 25:49 – Surdez (Marti, Aymon) 0–6 37:25 – Bargo Cuns (Surdez, Harju) Gruß (Manns) – 45:18 1–6 1–7 50:58 – Eggli (Bächler) Liang (Willeitner, Häckelsmiller) – 52:16 2–7 Rose (SH) – 59:23 3–7
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	26

Final round

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:

1. tier of the group;
2. position in the group.

Rank	Team	Group	Pos
1	United States	A	1
2	Finland	A	2
3	Canada	A	3
4	Sweden	A	4
5	Czechia	B	1
6	Slovakia	B	2

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					12 June
					1 United States	3
	10 June
					4 Sweden	2
	3A Canada	7
									13 June
	2B Slovakia	0
									1 United States	2
									3 Canada	3
					12 June
					2 Finland	1
	10 June
					3 Canada	2			Third place
	4A Sweden	2
									13 June
	1B Czechia	1
									2 Finland	3
									4 Sweden	0

Quarterfinals

10 June 2022 16:00

Canada

7–0 (2–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 1,433

Game reference
	Mari Pietersen	Goalies	Lívia Debnárová	Referees: Anna Kuroda Amy Martin Linesmen: Julia Mannlein Adrienn Paulheim
	Chantler (MacEachern) – 00:52 1–0 Van Gelder (MacEachern, Iginla) – 09:31 2–0 Regalado (Van Gelder, Aubin) – 25:32 3–0 Préfontaine (Murphy, Swiderski) – 30:25 4–0 Murphy (Chantler, Préfontaine) – 41:36 5–0 Baxter (Grober) – 52:25 6–0 Pais (Hicks, Abela) – 58:37 7–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	65	Shots	5

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10 June 2022 20:00

Sweden

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Czechia

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 1,448

Game reference
	Lisa Jönsson	Goalies	Michaela Hesová	Referees: Svenja Strohmenger Sara Strong Linesmen: Johanna Oksanen Kamila Smetková
	0–1 04:30 – Plosová (Šapovalivová, Pištěková) (PP) Hall (Markström, Jungåker) – 19:05 1–1 Raunio (Markström, Jungåker) (PP2) – 24:47 2–1
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	31

Semifinals

12 June 2022 14:30

Finland

1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Canada

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 2,006

Game reference
	Emilia Kyrkkö	Goalies	Mari Pietersen	Referees: Sara Strong Amanda Tassoni Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Kamila Smetková
	0–1 15:04 – Iginla (Aubin, Van Gelder) Keränen (Salonen, Vanhanen) – 26:52 1–1 1–2 50:30 – Chantler (Préfontaine)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	10	Shots	45

12 June 2022 18:30

United States

3–2 (1–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Sweden

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 2,051

Game reference
	Annelies Bergmann	Goalies	Lisa Jönsson	Referees: Amy Martin Michelle Stapleton Linesmen: Laura Gutauskas Erin Zach
	Morrow (Gorbatenko, Hall) – 12:51 1–0 1–1 28:04 – Lindell (Kenttälä, Kandell) 1–2 32:27 – Jungåker (Kandell, Markström) Scannell (Potter, Kaiser) – 41:18 2–2 Dwyer (Edwards) – 53:29 3–2
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	53	Shots	24

Fifth place game

12 June 2022 18:30

Czechia

7–2 (0–1, 6–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena, Middleton Attendance: 326

Game reference
	Michaela Hesová	Goalies	Laura Medviďová	Referees: Gabriela Malá Ilona Novotná Linesmen: Magali Anex dit Chenaud Eva Mária Moleková
	0–1 14:57 – Tóthová (Kapičáková, Mateičková) (PP) Mazancová (Gruntová) (EA) – 22:16 1–1 Plosová (Pištěková) – 25:13 2–1 Šapovalivová (Pištěková, Plosová) – 29:27 3–1 Veverková (Matějová) – 32:06 4–1 Pištěková (Plosová, Trnková) – 36:25 5–1 Pištěková (Šapovalivová, Plosová) (PP) – 39:33 6–1 Matějová (Dubová, Veverková) – 49:38 7–1 7–2 51:38 – Donovalová (Hudáková, Janeková) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	14

Bronze medal game

13 June 2022 15:30

Finland

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Sweden

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 2,273

Game reference
	Emilia Kyrkkö	Goalies	Lisa Jönsson	Referees: Amy Martin Sara Strong Linesmen: Laura Gutauskas Kamila Smetková
	Vanhanen (Makkonen, Keränen) (PP) – 35:04 1–0 Vanhanen (Eronen) – 46:36 2–0 Vanhanen (Salonen, Keränen) – 51:15 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	35

Gold medal game

13 June 2022 19:30

United States

2–3 (0–1, 2–2, 0–0)

Canada

LaBahn Arena, Madison Attendance: 2,288

Game reference
	Annelies Bergmann	Goalies	Mari Pietersen	Referees: Michelle Stapleton Amanda Tassoni Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Erin Zach
	0–1 05:35 – Aubin (Chantler, Murphy) (PP) 0–2 31:36 – Murphy (Iginla, Aubin) 0–3 32:34 – Amos (Préfontaine, Swiderski) McCarthy (Kaiser, Potter) (PP) – 38:23 1–3 Enright (Linsday, Burgen) – 38:30 2–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	21

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Canada	6	4	0	0	2	15	13	+2	12	Champions
2	A	United States (H)	5	4	0	0	1	23	6	+17	12	Runners-up
3	A	Finland	5	2	0	0	3	9	11	−2	6	Third place
4	A	Sweden	6	2	0	0	4	10	19	−9	6	Fourth place
5	B	Czechia	5	4	0	0	1	20	6	+14	12	Fifth place game
6	B	Slovakia	5	1	0	0	4	9	23	−14	3
7	B	Switzerland	5	3	0	0	2	11	7	+4	9	Advance in Relegation
8	B	Germany	5	1	0	0	4	8	20	−12	3	Relegation to Division I A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Awards and statistics

Awards

Best player selected by the Directorate

Position	Player
Goaltender	Emilia Kyrkkö
Defenceman	Tuva Kandell
Forward	Laila Edwards

Source:

All-Star team

Position	Player
Goaltender	Emilia Kyrkkö
Defenceman	Sydney Morrow
	Sara Swiderski
Forward	Adéla Šapovalivová
	Laila Edwards
	Sanni Vanhanen
MVP	Laila Edwards

Source:

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Tereza Plosová	5	3	7	10	+8	0	F
2	Adéla Šapovalivová	5	3	6	9	+10	2	F
3	Laila Edwards	5	4	4	8	+4	2	F
3	Tereza Pištěková	5	4	4	8	+9	0	F
5	Sydney Morrow	5	1	7	8	+7	4	D
6	Alina Marti	5	2	5	7	0	4	F
7	Tessa Janecke	5	3	3	6	+3	2	F
7	Sanni Vanhanen	5	3	3	6	+3	2	F
9	Tuva Kandell	6	1	5	6	–4	6	D
10	Ava Murphy	6	2	3	6	+1	4	D

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.

Rank	Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Emilia Kyrkkö	238:44	6	1.51	145	95.86	2
2	Michaela Hesová	286:34	5	1.05	89	94.38	2
3	Mari Pietersen	273:17	6	1.32	96	93.75	1
4	Annelies Bergmann	238:29	6	1.51	91	93.41	1
5	Lisa Jönsson	292:03	13	2.67	191	93.19	0

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

Division I

Main article: 2022 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

Group A

The tournament would have been held in Győr, Hungary from 9 to 15 January 2022. It was rescheduled and played from 3 to 8 April 2022.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	0	26	0	+26	12	Promoted to the 2023 Top Division
2	France	4	2	1	0	1	9	9	0	8
3	Italy	4	0	2	1	1	7	9	−2	5
4	Hungary (H)	4	1	0	1	2	10	13	−3	4
5	Norway	4	0	0	1	3	5	26	−21	1

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Group B

The tournament would have been held in Radenthein, Austria from 10 to 16 January 2022. It was rescheduled to 6–11 September.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria (H)	4	3	0	1	0	18	5	+13	10	Promoted to the 2023 Division I A
2	Poland	4	2	0	1	1	5	8	−3	7
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	1	0	2	7	16	−9	5
4	South Korea	4	1	1	0	2	8	9	−1	5
5	Denmark	4	1	0	0	3	7	7	0	3
6	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: IIHF
(H) Host
Notes:

Division II

Main article: 2022 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division II

The tournament would have been held in Istanbul, Turkey from 21 to 27 January 2022. It was rescheduled and played from 27 June to 5 July.

	Spain
	Great Britain
	Australia
4	Netherlands
5	Latvia
6	Turkey
7	Mexico
8	Kazakhstan
9	Iceland

Promoted to the 2023 Division I B

Relegated to the 2023 Division II B

External links

• Official website of IIHF