2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I

See also: 2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Italy   Poland
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	12–18 January 2026 5–11 January 2026
Teams	12
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The 2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I consists of two international under-18 women's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Division I A represents the second tier and Division I B the third tier of the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship. ^[1]

Group A tournament

2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
City	Ritten
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–18 January 2026
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	92 (6.13 per game)
Attendance	3,706 (247 per game)
Scoring leader	Clémence Boudin (11 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Ritten, Italy, from 12 to 18 January 2026. ^{[2] [3]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Japan	placed 8th in Top Division last year and were relegated
Italy	hosts; placed 2nd in Division I A last year
Germany	placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Norway	placed 4th in Division I A last year
France	placed 5th in Division I A last year
Denmark	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany	5	4	0	1	0	12	5	+7	13	Promotion to the 2027 Top Division
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	34	7	+27	12
3	France	5	2	1	0	2	13	12	+1	8
4	Norway	5	2	0	1	2	10	23	−13	7
5	Denmark	5	1	1	0	3	15	18	−3	5
6	Italy (H)	5	0	0	0	5	8	27	−19	0	Relegation to the 2027 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

Match results

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

12 January 2026 13:00

France

2–1 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Germany

Ritten Arena Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Lysa Nogaretto	Goalies	Tara Bach	Referees: Marine Dinant Charlotte Hurley Linesmen: Joanie Duchesneau Anja Klemm
	0–1 30:27 – Boico (Multerer) Bernel (Boudin) (PP) – 41:50 1–1 Boudin (Moussier) – 63:40 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	43

12 January 2026 16:30

Denmark

3–6 (1–1, 1–3, 1–2)

Japan

Ritten Arena Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Mila Petersen	Goalies	Rin Kawaguchi	Referees: Vanessa Anselm Marie-Ève Couture Linesmen: Anna Callovini Cassandra Repstock-Romme
	0–1 09:39 – Kakuta (Baba) (SH) F. Petersen (Lundmark, Ma. Petersen) – 15:50 1–1 Christensen – 23:14 2–1 2–2 31:31 – Fukuzawa (Terauchi, Numabe) 2–3 32:37 – Akimoto (Kiyokawa, Kakuta) 2–4 38:17 – Yamaguchi (Kiyokawa, Kakuta) 2–5 43:45 – Kiyokawa (Kakuta) Bergmann (Christensen) – 53:13 3–5 3–6 58:53 – Fukuzawa (Baba) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	44

12 January 2026 20:00

Norway

3–2 (0–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Italy

Ritten Arena Attendance: 380

Game reference
	Tuva Are-Ekström	Goalies	Lucrezia La Sala	Referees: Kaisa Ketonen Sabina Küller Linesmen: Eliška Bublíková Wilma Westlund
	0–1 28:36 – Dal Pont (Franci) Knardahl (Jolma-Stensland, Raknes) – 30:14 1–1 Østeraas (Stavnes, Lie) – 31:38 2–1 2–2 37:31 – De Bortoli Østeraas (Lie, Stavnes) – 45:15 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	16

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13 January 2026 13:00

Germany

2–1 (0–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Denmark

Ritten Arena Attendance: 190

Game reference
	Tara Bach	Goalies	Anja Poulsen	Referees: Marie-Ève Couture Marine Dinant Linesmen: Anna Callovini Wilma Westlund
	Manns (Zielinski) – 41:25 1–0 Georgi (Boico, Seyrer) – 41:46 2–0 2–1 44:39 – Christensen (Ranum, Bergmann) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	35	Shots	19

13 January 2026 16:30

Japan

12–0 (2–0, 3–0, 7–0)

Norway

Ritten Arena Attendance: 225

Game reference
	Kotoha Suzuki	Goalies	Tuva Are-Ekström Shiva Nobari	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Sabina Küller Linesmen: Eliška Bublíková Cassandra Repstock-Romme
	Hayakawa (Ito, Sasaki) – 14:53 1–0 Tada (Numabe, Terauchi) (PP) – 16:47 2–0 Numabe – 25:42 3–0 Kagaya (Tada, Numabe) (PP) – 28:23 4–0 Numabe (Odaira, Terauchi) (PP) – 37:10 5–0 Kakuta – 41:25 6–0 Fukuzawa (Maeda, Baba) – 41:38 7–0 Terauchi (Odaira, Numabe) – 42:48 8–0 Yamaguchi – 44:17 9–0 Kakuta (Akimoto, Ito) (PP) – 50:02 10–0 Yamaguchi – 52:27 11–0 Okamura (Ruike, Baba) (PP) – 55:57 12–0
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	16

13 January 2026 20:00

Italy

1–3 (1–2, 0–1, 0–0)

France

Ritten Arena Attendance: 382

Game reference
	Lucrezia La Sala	Goalies	Lysa Nogaretto	Referees: Vanessa Anselm Mariko Dale Linesmen: Joanie Duchesneau Maren Frøhaug
	0–1 06:35 – Boudin (Moussier, Demessine) (PP) 0–2 11:44 – Demessine (Boudin, Roussel) Bedont (Dalle Mulle) – 15:48 1–2 1–3 21:14 – Boudin (Raigneau, Moussier) (PP2)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	27

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15 January 2026 13:00

Japan

5–1 (2–1, 0–0, 3–0)

France

Ritten Arena Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Kotoha Suzuki	Goalies	Lysa Nogaretto	Referees: Mariko Dale Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Anna Callovini Maren Frøhaug
	Akimoto (Odaira) – 00:10 1–0 Terauchi (Odaira, Akimoto) – 08:04 2–0 2–1 13:50 – Boudin (Denis) Odaira (Kagaya) – 40:32 3–1 Kagaya (Odaira, Terauchi) – 49:24 4–1 Yamaguchi (Kakuta) – 54:59 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	16

15 January 2026 16:30

Denmark

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

Norway

Ritten Arena Attendance: 155

Game reference
	Anja Poulsen	Goalies	Tuva Are-Ekström	Referees: Vanessa Anselm Marie-Ève Couture Linesmen: Eliška Bublíková Joanie Duchesneau
	0–1 05:04 – Knardahl (Sandvik) Ekberg (Olesen, Bergmann) – 13:55 1–1 Bergmann (Ma. Petersen, Christensen) – 16:58 2–1 2–2 19:51 – M. Are-Ekström (Østeraas, Elvira) Pouls (Ekberg, Bergmann) – 37:15 3–2 3–3 55:32 – Knardahl (M. Are-Ekström, Nagel)
	Bergmann Ekberg Ranum Christensen	Shootout	Malm Larneng Knardahl Østeraas Ellinor Myhre
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	32

15 January 2026 20:00

Italy

1–5 (0–2, 0–1, 1–2)

Germany

Ritten Arena Attendance: 367

Game reference
	Caterina Bolech	Goalies	Tara Bach	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Sabina Küller Linesmen: Anja Klemm Wilma Westlund
	0–1 00:16 – Boico 0–2 05:27 – Poindl (Heine) 0–3 38:08 – Boico (Poindl) 0–4 43:57 – Poindl (Annika Stephainski) Todesco (De Bortoli, Bedont) (PP) – 53:54 1–4 1–5 56:24 – Stephainski (Birka) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	37

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17 January 2026 13:00

Norway

4–3 (1–0, 1–3, 2–0)

France

Ritten Arena Attendance: 113

Game reference
	Shiva Nobari	Goalies	Lysa Nogaretto	Referees: Marie-Ève Couture Mariko Dale Linesmen: Anna Callovini Cassandra Repstock-Romme
	Klomstad (Sawyer) – 06:24 1–0 1–1 27:34 – Boudin (PP) 1–2 33:44 – Sadoun Nagel (Sawyer, Klomstad) (PP) – 35:29 2–2 2–3 38:27 – Boudin (Roussel, Bened) M. Are-Ekström (Knardahl) – 52:37 3–3 Malm Larneng (Sawyer, Nagel) – 55:18 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	26

17 January 2026 16:30

Germany

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Japan

Ritten Arena Attendance: 209

Game reference
	Tara Bach	Goalies	Kotoha Suzuki	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Kaisa Ketonen Linesmen: Joanie Duchesneau Anja Klemm
	0–1 03:32 – Ito (Shida, Sasaki) Poindl (Boico, Spagert) – 19:13 1–1 Zielinski – 36:27 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	19

17 January 2026 20:00

Italy

3–6 (1–0, 1–2, 1–4)

Denmark

Ritten Arena Attendance: 421

Game reference
	Lucrezia La Sala	Goalies	Anja Poulsen	Referees: Marine Dinant Sabina Küller Linesmen: Eliška Bublíková Maren Frøhaug
	Bedont (Pisetta) – 10:16 1–0 1–1 24:26 – Christensen (Ma. Petersen) 1–2 36:54 – Christensen (Navas) (PP) De Bortoli (Pinti, Todesco) – 38:13 2–2 2–3 42:12 – Ranum (Christensen, Bergmann) 2–4 48:46 – Christensen (Bergmann) (PP) De Bortoli (Franci) – 51:55 3–4 3–5 57:33 – Olesen (Ekberg) 3–6 59:25 – Ekberg (Jensen) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	24

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18 January 2026 13:00

Germany

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Norway

Ritten Arena Attendance: 187

Game reference
	Tara Bach	Goalies	Tuva Are-Ekström	Referees: Kaisa Ketonen Sabina Küller Linesmen: Anna Callovini Wilma Westlund
	Seyrer (Nagle) – 52:48 1–0 Manns (Heine) (EN) – 58:46 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	21

18 January 2026 16:30

France

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Ritten Arena Attendance: 167

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	29

18 January 2026 20:00

Japan

10–1 (0–0, 8–1, 2–0)

Italy

Ritten Arena Attendance: 465

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	8

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Clémence Boudin	5	8	3	11	+3	2	F
2	Azumi Numabe	4	6	4	10	+6	0	F
3	Reina Kakuta	5	5	4	9	+11	0	F
4	Umeka Odaira	5	2	7	9	+8	2	F
5	Teresa Christensen	5	5	3	8	−1	4	F
6	Nikita Bergmann	5	2	5	7	−3	4	F
6	Kika Terauchi	5	2	5	7	+8	2	D
8	Momona Fukuzawa	5	4	2	6	+3	0	F
9	Alexandra Boico	5	3	2	5	+6	4	F
9	Olivia De Bortoli	5	3	2	5	+2	2	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	Tara Bach	303:40	5	0.99	96	94.79	1
2	Kotoha Suzuki	219:30	4	1.09	66	93.94	1
3	Lysa Nogaretto	242:32	11	2.72	129	91.47	0
4	Anja Poulsen	182:32	8	2.63	92	91.30	0
5	Tuva Are-Ekström	223:24	11	2.95	97	88.66	0

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: Tara Bach
  • Best Defender: Kika Terauchi
  • Best Forward: Clemence Boudiin

Source: IIHF

Group B tournament

2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Katowice
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5–11 January 2026
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	101 (6.73 per game)
Attendance	2,732 (182 per game)
Scoring leader	Małgorzata Zakrzewska (14 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Katowice, Poland, from 5 to 11 January 2026. ^{[4] [5]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Austria	placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
Poland	hosts; placed 2nd in Division I B last year
Spain	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
China	placed 4th in Division I B last year
Australia	placed 5th in Division I B last year
Great Britain	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	China	5	4	1	0	0	30	6	+24	14	Promotion to the 2027 Division I A
2	Poland (H)	5	3	1	1	0	27	11	+16	12
3	Austria	5	3	0	1	1	27	7	+20	10
4	Great Britain	5	2	0	0	3	9	13	−4	6
5	Spain	5	1	0	0	4	5	23	−18	3
6	Australia	5	0	0	0	5	3	41	−38	0	Relegation to the 2027 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

Match results

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

5 January 2026 13:00

Great Britain

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Austria

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 69

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	42

5 January 2026 16:30

China

4–3 GWS (3–1, 0–1, 0–1) (0–0, 1–0)

Poland

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 416

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	34

5 January 2026 20:00

Australia

1–4 (1–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Spain

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 79

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	29

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6 January 2026 13:00

Austria

2–4 (0–1, 2–1, 0–2)

China

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 70

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	13

6 January 2026 16:30

Poland

12–1 (5–1, 3–0, 4–0)

Australia

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 538

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	57	Shots	14

6 January 2026 20:00

Spain

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Great Britain

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 78

Game reference
	0 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	23

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8 January 2026 13:00

Austria

11–0 (6–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Australia

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 59

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	62	Shots	15

8 January 2026 16:30

Poland

5–1 (2–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Spain

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 315

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	59	Shots	21

8 January 2026 20:00

Great Britain

1–4 (0–0, 1–2, 0–2)

China

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 76

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	7	Shots	42

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10 January 2026 13:00

China

10–0 (3–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Australia

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 75

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	53	Shots	8

10 January 2026 16:30

Poland

4–3 (0–0, 3–1, 1–2)

Great Britain

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 450

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	46	Shots	20

10 January 2026 20:00

Spain

0–8 (0–2, 0–1, 0–5)

Austria

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 35

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	46

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11 January 2026 13:00

Australia

1–4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Great Britain

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 87

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	25

11 January 2026 16:30

Spain

0–8 (0–1, 0–5, 0–2)

China

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 70

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	11	Shots	38

11 January 2026 20:00

Austria

2–3 OT (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT:0–1)

Poland

Jantor Arena, Katowice Attendance: 315

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	24

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Rank	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Małgorzata Zakrzewska	5	11	3	14	+16	2	F
2	Emma Lintner	5	9	3	12	+8	4	F
3	Zhang Luoyi	5	6	6	12	+10	0	F
4	Agata Cybulska	5	4	8	12	+17	0	F
5	Florentina Rumpl	5	6	2	8	+6	0	F
6	Dai Mi	5	4	4	8	+10	2	F
7	Chen Yutong	5	3	5	8	+10	0	F
7	Johanna Sintschnig	5	3	5	8	+8	2	F
7	Matylda Stepien	5	3	5	8	+12	2	F
10	Vanessa Picka	5	4	3	7	+4	2	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	Ju Sihan	265:00	6	1.36	87	93.10	0
2	Evelyn Brown	299:54	13	2.60	186	93.01	1
3	Lara Reisinger	123:50	3	1.45	39	92.31	1
4	Justyna Koszyk	308:50	10	1.94	111	90.99	0
5	Ana Toural	166:05	9	3.25	78	88.46	0

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: Evelyn Brown
  • Best Defender: Artemis Tekin
  • Best Forward: Małgorzata Zakrzewska

Source: IIHF

References

1. "2026 tournaments, U18 Women's Worlds". www.iihf.com.
2. "2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I A official website". www.iihf.com.
3. "2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I A tournament reports". stats.iihf.com.
4. "2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I B official website". www.iihf.com.
5. "2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I B tournament reports". stats.iihf.com.

External links

• Official website of IIHF