2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship explained

Tourney Name:	IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Year:	2020
Size:	200
Country:	Slovakia
Num Teams:	8
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Type:	ihw18
Winners:	USA
Count:	8
Second:	CAN
Third:	RUS
Fourth:	FIN
Games:	21
Goals:	86
Points:	8
Mvp:	Kristi Shashkina
Prevseason:	2019
Nextseason:	2021 (cancelled) 2022

The 2020 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 13th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey.

Top Division

Match officials

9 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[1]

Referees

• Henna Åberg
• Darya Abrosimova
• Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
• Kelly Cooke
• Drahomíra Fialova
• Elena Ivanova
• Gabriela Malá
• Vanessa Morin
• Svenja Strohmenger

Linesmen

• Liv Andersson
• Magdaléna Čerhitová
• Stephanie Cole
• Polina Danilova
• Marine Dinant
• Kendall Hanley
• Amy Lack
• Justine Todd
• Wang Hui

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group B

Relegation round

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

Final round

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:^[2]

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

Rank	Team	Group
1		A	1
2		A	2
3		A	3
4		A	4
5		B	1
6		B	2

Gold medal game

Statistics

Scoring leaders

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	GP	width=20	G	width=20	A	width=30	Pts	width=30	+/−	width=30	PIM
1			6	4	4	8	+6	4
2			6	2	5	7	–5	2
3			6	1	6	7	+4	6
4			5	4	1	5	+6	2
4			6	4	1	5	+4	6
6			6	4	1	5	+3	0
7			5	2	3	5	+5	4
8			5	1	4	5	–1	2
9			5	3	1	4	–3	0
10			6	3	1	4	–4	2

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

width=30	Pos	width=150	Player	width=120	Country	width=20	TOI	width=20	GA	width=20	GAA	width=20	SA	width=20	Sv%	width=20	SO
1			151:46	2	0.79	75	97.33	0
2			195:27	4	1.23	80	95.00	0
3			243:12	6	1.48	111	94.59	1
4			258:46	6	1.39	96	93.74	0
5			298:56	9	1.81	129	93.02	2

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

Awards

Best players selected by the Directorate

• Best Goaltender: Anna Alpatova
• Best Defenceman: Nelli Laitinen
• Best Forward: Kristi Shashkina

Source: IIHF

Media All-Stars

• MVP: Kristi Shashkina
• Goaltender: Anna Alpatova
• Defencemen: Sanni Rantala / Kendall Cooper
• Forwards: Lacey Eden / Laura Zimmermann / Jenna Buglioni

Source: ^[3]

Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Füssen, Germany from 3 to 9 January 2020.^[4]

Group B

The tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 2 to 8 January 2020.^[4]

Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 25 to 28 January 2020.^[4]

Group B

The tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 28 January to 2 February 2020.^[4]

Finals Bracket

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition officials. 13 December 2019. IIHF. 24 December 2019.
2. Web site: Tournament Format. IIHF. 10 June 2022.
3. Web site: Media All Stars . . April 3, 2024 . January 2, 2020.
4. Web site: World Championships – World Women U18. IIHF. 24 May 2019.