Dates 7 Jan 2017 – 14 Jan 2017 | Teams 8 | |
Champions United States (6th title) | ||
The 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships was the tenth World Women's U18 Championship. The tournament will be 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.
Contents
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
Tournament awards
Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Division I A
Was played in Budapest, Hungary 8–14 January 2017.
Division I B
Was played in Katowice Poland, 8–14 January 2017.
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.