| Tourney Name: | IIHF Women's U18 World Championship |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Size: | 220px |
| Country: | United States |
| Dates: | 6–13 June 2022 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | LaBahn Arena (Madison) Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena (Middleton) |
| Type: | ihw18 |
| Winners: | CAN |
| Count: | 6 |
| Second: | USA |
| Third: | FIN |
| Fourth: | SWE |
| Games: | 21 |
| Goals: | 105 |
| Points: | 10 |
| Mvp: |  Laila Edwards |
| Prevseason: | 2020 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
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.[1] 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.[2]
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.
All times are local (UTC−5).
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The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
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Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:[3]
| Rank | Team | Group | ||
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| 1 | A | 1 | ||
| 2 | A | 2 | ||
| 3 | A | 3 | ||
| 4 | A | 4 | ||
| 5 | B | 1 | ||
| 6 | B | 2 |
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Best player selected by the Directorate
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Goaltender |  Emilia Kyrkkö | |
| Defenceman |  Tuva Kandell | |
| Forward | Laila Edwards |
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Goaltender | Emilia Kyrkkö | |
| Defenceman | Sydney Morrow | |
 Sara Swiderski | ||
| Forward |  Adéla Šapovalivová | |
| Laila Edwards | ||
| Sanni Vanhanen | ||
| Laila Edwards |
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| width=30 | Rank | width=150 | Player | width=20 | GP | width=20 | G | width=20 | A | width=20 | Pts | width=30 | +/− | width=30 | PIM | width=30 | POS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +8 | 0 | F | ||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 2 | F | ||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 2 | F | ||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +9 | 0 | F | ||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +7 | 4 | D | ||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | F | ||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 2 | F | ||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 2 | F | ||||||||||
| 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –4 | 6 | D | ||||||||||
| 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | +1 | 4 | D |
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.
| width=30 | Rank | width=150 | Player | width=20 | TOI | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GAA | width=20 | SA | width=20 | Sv% | width=20 | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 238:44 | 6 | 1.51 | 145 | 95.86 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | 286:34 | 5 | 1.05 | 89 | 94.38 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | 273:17 | 6 | 1.32 | 96 | 93.75 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | 238:29 | 6 | 1.51 | 91 | 93.41 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | 292:03 | 13 | 2.67 | 191 | 93.19 | 0 |
See main article: 2022 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I.
The tournament would have been held in Győr, Hungary from 9 to 15 January 2022.[6] It was rescheduled and played from 3 to 8 April 2022.[7] [8]
The tournament would have been held in Radenthein, Austria from 10 to 16 January 2022.[6] It was rescheduled to 6–11 September.[9]
See 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.[10] [11]
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| Promoted to the 2023 Division I B | Relegated to the 2023 Division II B |