2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

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2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates7–12 January 2008
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored168 (8.4 per game)
Attendance9,872 (494 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marie-Philip Poulin (14 points)
2009  

The 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the inaugural junior female world ice hockey championship. It was held from 7 to 12 January 2008, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The championship is the junior ice hockey version of the women worlds, held under the auspices of the IIHF.

Contents

The inaugural competition featured two groups of nations in round robin play, followed by playoffs. There were eight national teams.

Teams

The following teams participated in the championship:

Format

The eight participating teams are divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams will play each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group will proceed to the medal round, while the remaining teams will play in the placing games.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–7).

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (H)33000383+359 Semifinals
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 32001101666
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3100271583 5–8th place semifinals
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 30003526210
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
7 January 2008
19:30
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0-1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 102
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mary Anne Gage
7 January 2008
19:45
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg11–2
(4–0, 4–1, 3–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 976
Game reference
Delayne Brian Goalies Kateřina Bečevová Referee:
Flag of France.svg Marie Picavet
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Marina Konstantinova
Flag of the United States.svg Kelli O'Brian
Poulin (Dumais) – 7:001–0
Prevost (Watt, Dumais) – 9:002–0
Spooner (Bram, Watchorn) (PP) – 10:363–0
Spooner (PP) – 13:244–0
Prevost (Poulin) – 21:145–0
5–122:39 – Tomigova (Mrázová)
White (Spooner) – 25:276–1
Spooner (Jenner) – 30:087–1
Poulin (PP) – 37:458–1
Dumais (Poulin, Haverstock) – 43:599–1
Poulin (Dumais, Prevost) – 55:0110–1
10–257:52 – Povavá (Polenská)
Jenner (Jones) – 58:1811–2
12 minPenalties20 min
49Shots12
8 January 2008
19:30
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3–5
(2–2, 1–2, 0–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 106
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Tottman
8 January 2008
19:45
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–10
(0–2, 1–4, 0–4)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,024
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Japan.svg Utsumi Mamiko
9 January 2008
19:30
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 121
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Anu Hirvonen
9 January 2008
19:45
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg17–0
(6–0, 8–0, 3–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,052
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Danyel Howard

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33000282+269 Semifinals
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 32001207+136
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 31002717103 5–8th place semifinals
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 30003231290
Source: IIHF
7 January 2008
16:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–1
(3–0, 1–0, 0–1)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 98
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Japan.svg Utsumi Mamiko
7 January 2008
16:15
United States  Flag of the United States.svg11–0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 452
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Anu Hirvonen
8 January 2008
16:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg14–0
(4–0, 5–0, 5–0)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 52
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Danyel Howard
8 January 2008
16:15
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg0–11
(0–5, 0–1, 0–5)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 401
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Ivičičová
9 January 2008
16:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg2–6
(0–1, 1–3, 1–2)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 57
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of France.svg Marie Picavet
9 January 2008
16:15
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6–2
(1–1, 2–1, 3–0)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 397
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mary Anne Gage

Placement round

Bracket

5–8th place semifinals 5th place
      
A3 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2
B4 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1
A3 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4
A4 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
B3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2
A4 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 77th place
B3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 4
B4 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1

5–8th place semifinals

11 January 2008
16:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 64
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Japan.svg Utsumi Mamiko
11 January 2008
19:30
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–7
(1–2, 0–3, 1–2)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 61
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Ivičičová

7th place game

12 January 2008
9:30
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 54
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Anu Hirvonen

5th place game

12 January 2008
13:30
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–1
(3–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 76
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Danyel Howard

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7
B2 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
A1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
B1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5
B1 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8
A2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0 Third place
B2 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2
A2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4

Semifinals

11 January 2008
16:15
United States  Flag of the United States.svg8–0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 483
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of France.svg Marie Picavet
11 January 2008
19:45
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg7–1
(2–0, 4–0, 1–1)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 1,628
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Tottman

Bronze medal game

12 January 2008
16:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–4
(0–0, 0–1, 2–3)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 512
Game reference
Hanna Emanuelsson
Valentina Lizana
Goalies Kateřina Bečevová Referee:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mary Anne Gage
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Kelli O'Brian
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kerri Rumble
0–125:26 – Polenská (Povová, Dvořáková) (PP)
Myrén (Östberg, Holmbom) (SH) – 42:051–1
Jordansson (Enström) – 47:542–1
2–249:38 – Manhartová (Tomigová, Horáková)
2–356:47 – Manhartová (Tomigová)
2–459:44 – Polenská (PP, ENG)
12 minPenalties12 min
23Shots23

Gold medal game

12 January 2008
19:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–5
(0–2, 1–2, 1–1)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
Attendance: 2,156
Game reference
Delayne Brian Goalies Alyssa Grogan Referee:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Tottman
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Marina Konstantinova
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Stanley
0–112:12 – Mangene (Ammerman)
0–218:48 – Ammerman (Decker)
0–322:29 – Coyne (Erickson)
0–428:14 – Decker
Prevost (Rougeau) (PP) – 38:171–4
Jones (Prevost) – 42:202–4
2–552:16 – Kessel (PP)
12 minPenalties10 min
28Shots27

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

PosGrpTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1 B Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55000414+3715Champions
2 A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (H)54001479+3812Runners-up
3 A Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 530021426129Third place
4 B Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 520032318+56Fourth place
5 A Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53002131749Fifth place game
6 A Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 510041332193
7 B Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 520031325126Seventh place game
8 B Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 50005437330

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marie-Philip Poulin 58614+154FW
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Camille Dumais 55914+80FW
Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Kessel 54711+102FW
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Natalie Spooner 53811+80FW
Flag of the United States.svg Brooke Ammerman 56410+84FW
Flag of the United States.svg Ashley Cottrell 55510+100FW
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tara Watchorn 54610+90DF
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brianne Jenner 5639+72FW
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alena Polenská 5639−20FW
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Carolyne Prevost 5639+80FW

Source: IIHF

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

PlayerTOISAGAGAASv%SO
Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Grogan 240:175341.0092.981
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sophie Anthamatten 299:30218244.8190.080
Flag of Sweden.svg Valentina Lizana 180:157282.6690.001
Flag of Germany.svg Julia Zorn 275:31100122.6189.290
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Delayne Brian 210:055382.2886.890

Source: IIHF

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:

See also

Notes

  1. "Hockey Canada - IIHF Directorate Awards and Most Valuable Player - IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship". Hockeycanada.ca. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.

References