IIHF World Women's U18 Championships

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IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
Sport Ice hockey
Founded2008 (2008)
Founder International Ice Hockey Federation
Inaugural season 2008
No. of teams
  • 8 in Top Division
  • 12 in Division I
  • 8 in Division II
Most recent
champion(s)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
(2020)
Most titlesFlag of the United States.svg  United States (8)

The IIHF Women's World U18 Championship (WW18; officially the 'IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship') is an annual ice hockey tournament for national women's under-18 (U18) ice hockey teams, administrated by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It is the junior edition of the IIHF World Women's Championship and participation is limited to female ice hockey players under 18 years of age.

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A qualification tournament was held in 2007 to finalize divisional placement and the inaugural championship was held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in January 2008. The United States' national team were the first champions and have remained the dominant force in the tournament, winning gold at eight of thirteen championships and never ranking lower than second place. The Canadian national team is the only team to have defeated the United States to claim the title, winning five gold medals in addition to seven silver medals and one bronze. The third most successful team in championship history is the Swedish national team, the only nation to unseat either of the top North American teams to claim silver (2018) and winners of five bronze medals. The other national teams to have won bronze are the Czech Republic (2), Finland (2), and Russia (3).

Twenty-eight countries participated in the most recent championship (2020) across three divisions: Top Division, Division I, and Division II. As with other IIHF tournaments, there is an active system of promotion and relegation between the groups and divisions, the winner of each group gains promotion to the group or division directly above for the following tournament and the lowest ranking team in relegated to the group or division below. Through this system, no two consecutive championships feature the same teams in each group or division and it is possible for a team to rise from Division IIB to the Top Division or fall from the Top Division to Division IIB in the span of five tournaments – though no team has ever accomplished such a meteoric rise or fall. The Top Division is the only division to confer the title of World Champion and comprises the teams ranked first through eighth in the world. Division I comprises twelve teams organized into two groups of six teams each, classified as Group IA and IB. Division II comprises eight teams organized into two groups of four teams each, classified as Groups IIA and IIB. Winning a gold medal in a divisional tournament below the Top Division corresponds with the numeric placement from first, ie. the Division IA gold medal team ranks 9th in the world, the Division IB gold medal team ranks 15th in the world, and so on.

The tournament can be interpreted as the women's counterpart of both the IIHF World U20 Championship and the IIHF World U18 Championship, though it is afforded significantly less in terms of resources or promotion than either of the junior men's tournaments. [1] Media coverage of the women’s tournament is similarly lacking in comparison. [2] [3]

List of championships

YearGoldSilverBronzeHost city
2008 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Calgary, Canada
2009 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Germany.svg Füssen, Germany
2010 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the United States.svg Chicago, United States
2011 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm, Sweden
2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic
2013 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Finland.svg Heinola and Vierumäki, Finland
2014 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary
2015 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the United States.svg Buffalo, United States
2016 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg St. Catharines, Canada
2017 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic
2018 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Russia.svg Dmitrov, Russia
2019 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Japan.svg Obihiro, Japan
2020 Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Slovakia.svg Bratislava, Slovakia
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [4] Flag of Sweden.svg Linköping and Mjölby, Sweden

Participation and medals

NationYearsFirstLastGoldSilverBronzeTotalBest finish (first/last)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13 2008 2020 850131st (2008/2020)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13 2008 2020 571131st (2010/2019)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13 2008 2020 01562nd (2018)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12 2008 2020 00333rd (2015/2020)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 13 2008 2020 00223rd (2008/2014)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13 2008 2020 00223rd (2011/2019)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7 2008 2018 00004th (2010/2012)
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 10 2008 2020 00006th (2019)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6 2010 2019 00006th (2010)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2 2013 2014 00006th (2013)
Flag of France.svg  France 1 2016 2016 00008th (2016)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1 2020 2020 00008th (2020)

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