2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Italy   Spain
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	6–12 January 2024 8–14 January 2024
Teams	12
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See also: 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I was two international under-18 women's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of competition at the 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

Group A tournament

2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I Group A

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
City	Egna
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–12 January 2024
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Japan
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	68 (4.53 per game)
Attendance	2,661 (177 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Matilde Fantin (11 points)
Official website
Official website

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Egna (Neumarkt), Italy, from 6 to 12 January 2024. ^{[1] [2]} Japan was the tournament champion and earned promotion to the Top Division tournament of the 2025 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship. ^[3]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Japan	8th place in 2023 World Championship Top Division and were relegated
Italy	Hosts; 2nd place in 2023 World Championship Division I A
France	3rd place in 2023 World Championship Division I A
Hungary	4th place in 2023 World Championship Division I A
Austria	5th place in 2023 World Championship Division I A
Denmark	1st place in 2023 World Championship Division I B and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	21	4	+17	15	Promoted to the 2025 Top Division
2	Italy (H)	5	3	0	1	1	15	13	+2	10
3	Hungary	5	2	1	0	2	8	8	0	8
4	Austria	5	1	2	1	1	10	11	−1	8
5	France	5	1	0	0	4	8	14	−6	3
6	Denmark	5	0	0	1	4	6	18	−12	1	Relegated to the 2025 Division I B

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

Schedule

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1). ^[4]

6 January 2024 12:30

Austria

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

France

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 107

Game reference
	Karla Kronberger	Goalies	Violette Pianel Couriaut	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Anette Fjeldstad Bernadett Holzer
	Frieß (Danninger, Prosen) – 18:33 1–0 Billa – 46:47 2–0 2–1 47:38 – Chabert (Bontemps)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	25

6 January 2024 16:00

Denmark

1–4 (1–3, 0–0, 0–1)

Japan

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 98

Game reference
	Anja Poulsen	Goalies	Haruka Kuromaru	Referee: Sydney Harris Linesmen: Melissa Brunn Abigail Torres
	Ranum (Bergmann) – 01:22 1–0 1–1 05:27 – Odermatt (Sone) 1–2 07:27 – Homma (K. Sato) 1–3 12:39 – K. Sato 1–4 52:59 – N. Okumura (Odaira)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	43

6 January 2024 19:30

Hungary

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Italy

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 287

Game reference
	Noémi Takács	Goalies	Margherita Ostoni	Referee: Reica Staiger Linesmen: Kathryn Glover Danika Korpacz
	0–1 09:06 – Heidenberger (Bedont) 0–2 24:17 – Fantin (Heidenberger, Bedont) 0–3 33:16 – Fantin (Heidenberger) 0–4 58:37 – Fantin (SH; ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	16

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7 January 2024 12:30

France

3–1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Denmark

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 101

Game reference
	Violette Pianel Couriaut	Goalies	Anja Poulsen	Referee: Reica Staiger Linesmen: Danika Korpacz Abigail Torres
	Apertet (Origlio) – 07:42 1–0 Origlio (Boudin) – 24:38 2–0 Piazzon – 28:17 3–0 3–1 55:10 – Olesen (Ranum, Dahlmann)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	16

7 January 2024 16:00

Italy

3–4 GWS (0–0, 3–1, 0–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Austria

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 457

Game reference
	Margherita Ostoni	Goalies	Rosina Fichtinger	Referee: Sydney Harris Linesmen: Kathryn Glover Bernadett Holzer
	Heidenberger (Cambruzzi, Bedont) – 20:53 1–0 Fantin (PP) – 26:16 2–0 Fantin (Cambruzzi, Todesco) – 33:48 3–0 3–1 39:35 – Danninger (Leitner) (PP) 3–2 51:43 – Tekin (Billa, Unger) (PP) 3–3 58:24 – Henek (Lintner, Tekin)
	Cambruzzi Fantin Heidenberger Weber Bedont Fantin Heidenberger	Shootout	Prosen Lintner Hobitsch Billa Picka Unger Nagy
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	34

7 January 2024 19:30

Japan

2–0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Hungary

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Haruka Kuromaru	Goalies	Noémi Takács	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Melissa Brunn Anette Fjeldstad
	Akimoto – 15:42 1–0 A. Tada (Numabe, Terauchi) (PP) – 18:05 2–0
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	37

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9 January 2024 12:30

Denmark

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Hungary

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 98

Game reference
	Anja Poulsen	Goalies	Helga Milibák	Referee: Sabina Küller Linesmen: Elva Hjálmarsdóttir Abigail Torres
	0–1 02:53 – Hiezl (Weiler) 0–2 11:17 – Báhiczki-Tóth (Hiezl) (PP) 0–3 54:41 – Weiler (Hiezl) (PP) 0–4 59:27 – Báhiczki-Tóth (Hiezl) (PP2)
	41 min	Penalties	2 min
	6	Shots	45

9 January 2024 16:00

Japan

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Austria

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 87

Game reference
	Haruka Kuromaru	Goalies	Karla Kronberger	Referee: Reica Staiger Linesmen: Melissa Brunn Danika Korpacz
	Akimoto (Suzuki, Homma) – 08:47 1–0 Odermatt (K. Sato, Kishibe) (PP) – 12:07 2–0 Numabe (A. Tada) – 45:09 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	15

9 January 2024 19:30

Italy

3–1 (2–1, 1–0, 0–0)

France

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 187

Game reference
	Margherita Ostoni	Goalies	Violette Pianel-Couriaut	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Anette Fjeldstad Kathryn Glover
	Fantin (PP) – 02:42 1–0 1–1 04:27 – Boudin (Apertet, Origlio) Heidenberger (Fantin, Lobis) (PP) – 10:04 2–1 Fantin (De Bortoli, Heidenberger) – 39:24 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	30

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10 January 2024 12:30

Hungary

2–1 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Austria

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 78

Game reference
	Helga Milibák	Goalies	Rosina Fichtinger	Referee: Sabina Küller Linesmen: Anette Fjeldstad Danika Korpacz
	0–1 17:55 – Hobitsch (Tekin) (PP) Kárpáti (Mozolai) – 36:16 1–1 Hiezl (Báhiczki-Tóth) – 61:01 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	15

10 January 2024 16:00

Italy

4–2 (0–0, 0–2, 4–0)

Denmark

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 142

Game reference
	Margherita Ostoni	Goalies	Mila Petersen	Referee: Sydney Harris Linesmen: Elva Hjálmarsdóttir Bernadett Holzer
	0–1 20:58 – Ranum (Bergmann) (PP) 0–2 39:16 – Bergmann (Søndergaard, Lau) (PP2) Weber (Giuliani) – 41:39 1–2 Heidenberger (De Bortoli, Fantin) – 42:13 2–2 Todesco (Fantin, Lobis) (PP) – 55:30 3–2 Carioti (ENG) – 59:07 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	13

10 January 2024 19:30

France

2–6 (1–3, 1–1, 0–2)

Japan

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 69

Game reference
	Liv Wegmuller	Goalies	Haruka Kuromaru	Referee: Sintija Čamane Linesmen: Kathryn Glover Abigail Torres
	0–1 04:16 – Numabe (Terauchi, A. Tada) Verleene (Moussier) – 09:57 1–1 1–2 11:58 – Gotoh (Kishibe) 1–3 16:47 – N. Okumura (Numabe, A. Tada) (PP) Bontemps (Peyne-Dingival) (PP) – 25:38 2–3 2–4 31:33 – K. Sato (Odaira, Homma) 2–5 52:44 – K. Sato (Odaira, A. Tada) 2–6 55:32 – Odaira
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	30

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12 January 2024 12:30

Austria

3–2 GWS (1–1, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Denmark

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 88

Game reference
	Rosina Fichtinger	Goalies	Mila Petersen	Referee: Sydney Harris Linesmen: Melissa Brunn Karhryn Glover
	Nagy (Lintner, Henek) – 04:16 1–0 1–1 05:40 – Ranum (Bergmann) 1–2 36:43 – Bergmann (Holm) (PP2) Tekin (EA) – 59:05 2–2
	Nagy Prosen Picka Lintner Hobitsch	Shootout	Bergmann Lau Ranum Dahlmann Holm
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	12

12 January 2024 16:00

France

1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Hungary

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 71

Game reference
	Violette Pianel-Couriaut	Goalies	Helga Milibák	Referee: Reica Staiger Linesmen: Elva Hjálmarsdóttir Danika Korpacz
	Origlio (Peyne-Dingival) (PP) – 42:46 1–0 1–1 45:30 – Gergely (Hiezl) (SH) 1–2 53:16 – Polónyi (Weiler) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	37

12 January 2024 19:30

Japan

6–1 (4–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Italy

Sportarena Unterland, Egna Attendance: 689

Game reference
	Haruka Kuromaru	Goalies	Margherita Ostoni	Referee: Sabina Küller Linesmen: Bernadett Holzer Abigail Torres
	Odaira (Numabe, Terauchi) (PP) – 05:06 1–0 N. Okumura – 06:07 2–0 Odaira (Numabe) – 15:36 3–0 Tada (Odaira) (PP) – 17:36 4–0 4–1 37:41 – Cambruzzi (Fantin) Odaira (Numabe) (PP) – 43:42 5–1 Terauchi (Odaira) (PP) – 53:03 6–1
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	21

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Matilde Fantin	Italy	5	7	4	11	+7	12
2	Umeka Odaira	Japan	5	4	5	9	+3	0
3	Manuela Heidenberger	Italy	5	4	3	7	+7	6
4	Azumi Numabe	Japan	5	2	5	7	+4	2
5	Kohane Sato	Japan	5	3	3	6	+5	6
6	Réka Hiezl	Hungary	5	2	4	6	+2	0
6	Ai Tada	Japan	5	2	4	6	+3	6
8	Nikita Bergmann	Denmark	5	2	3	5	–2	18
9	Olivia Ranum	Denmark	5	3	1	4	–2	27
10	Marleen Origlio	France	5	2	2	4	–1	2
10	Artemis Tekin	Austria	5	2	2	4	0	6

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF ^[5]

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Haruka Kuromaru	Japan	300:00	4	0.80	105	96.19	2
2	Helga Milibák	Hungary	181:01	2	0.66	35	94.29	1
3	Mila Petersen	Denmark	123:58	5	2.42	78	93.59	0
4	Violette Pianel-Couriaut	France	239:00	8	2.01	94	91.49	0
5	Anja Poulsen	Denmark	179:19	11	3.68	124	91.13	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF ^[6]

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Haruka Kuromaru
  • Best Defender: Kohane Sato
  • Best Forward: Matilde Fantin

Source: IIHF ^[7]

Group B tournament

2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Jaca
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–14 January 2024
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	112 (7.47 per game)
Attendance	3,394 (226 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Claudia Castellanos (14 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 8 to 14 January 2024. ^{[8] [9]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Norway	6th place in 2023 World Championship Division I A and were relegated
Poland	2nd place in 2023 World Championship Division I B
Spain	Hosts; 3rd place in 2023 World Championship Division I B
South Korea	4th place in 2023 World Championship Division I B
Chinese Taipei	5th place in 2023 World Championship Division I B
Australia	1st place in 2023 World Championship Division II A and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	0	37	4	+33	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division I A
2	Spain (H)	5	4	0	0	1	33	4	+29	12
3	Poland	5	3	0	0	2	21	13	+8	9
4	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	5	32	−27	3 [a]
5	South Korea	5	1	0	0	4	10	17	−7	3 [a]
6	Chinese Taipei	5	1	0	0	4	6	42	−36	3 [a]	Relegated to the 2025 Division II A

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:

1. In head-to-head games Australia 3 pts and +2 GD, South Korea 3 pts and +2 GD, Chinese Taipei 3 pts and –4 GD, Australia defeated South Korea 3–0.

Schedule

Source: ^[10]

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

8 January 2024 13:00

South Korea

2–4 (0–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Poland

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

8 January 2024 16:30

Australia

0–15 (0–5, 0–3, 0–7)

Norway

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

8 January 2024 20:00

Chinese Taipei

0–15 (0–3, 0–6, 0–6)

Spain

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

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9 January 2024 13:00

Norway

6–1 (1–0, 4–1, 1–0)

South Korea

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

9 January 2024 16:30

Poland

9–2 (3–1, 2–0, 4–1)

Chinese Taipei

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

9 January 2024 20:00

Spain

9–0 (1–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Australia

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

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11 January 2024 13:00

Norway

10–0 (2–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Chinese Taipei

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

11 January 2024 16:30

Australia

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

11 January 2024 20:00

Poland

1–5 (0–0, 0–4, 1–1)

Spain

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

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13 January 2024 13:00

Poland

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Australia

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

13 January 2024 16:30

South Korea

6–1 (1–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Chinese Taipei

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

13 January 2024 20:00

Spain

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Norway

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

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14 January 2024 13:00

Chinese Taipei

3–2 (0–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Australia

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

14 January 2024 16:30

Norway

4–2 (2–1, 2–0, 0–1)

Poland

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

14 January 2024 20:00

Spain

3–1 (0–1, 3–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca

Game reference

Awards and statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Claudia Castellanos	5	11	3	14	+16	4	F
2	Tilde Simensen	5	10	3	13	+16	6	F
3	Magdalena Łąpieś	5	6	4	10	+6	4	F
4	Kajsa Bråten	5	6	3	9	+8	0	F
5	Nerea Giménez	5	3	6	9	+12	0	F
6	Matylda Stępień	5	6	2	8	+7	0	F
7	Edle Rise Moe	5	4	4	8	+16	4	F
8	Paula Giménez	5	3	4	7	+13	4	F
9	Tiril Arntzen	5	2	5	7	+15	2	F
10	Lena Zięba	5	5	1	6	+6	0	F

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	Maria Sierra	280:00	4	0.86	101	96.04	1
2	Mia Lind	220:00	4	1.09	59	93.22	0
3	Cheon Hyo-seo	299:29	17	3.41	174	90.23	0
4	Chiu Yi-ting	226:36	26	6.88	245	89.39	0
5	Alicja Kobiela	280:00	12	2.57	93	87.10	1

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

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Maria Sierra
  • Best Defender: Thea Fernande Rustbakken
  • Best Forward: Tilde Simensen

Source: IIHF.com

References

1. "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I, Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation . Retrieved 14 January 2024.
2. "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I, Group A – Tournament Reports". International Ice Hockey Federation . 12 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
3. Podnieks, Andrew (12 January 2024). "WW18-I-A: Japan earns promotion". International Ice Hockey Federation . Retrieved 14 January 2024.
4. "IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I, Group A – Competition Schedule" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation . 6 December 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
5. "IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I, Group A – Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation . 12 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
6. "IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I, Group A – Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation . 12 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
7. "IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I, Group A – Best Players Selected by the Directorate". International Ice Hockey Federation . 12 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
8. 2024 World Championship Division I B official website, www.iihf.com
9. 2024 World Championship Division I B statistics, stats.iihf.com
10. Div I B schedule

External links

• Official website of IIHF