2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I

The 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I Group A, Group B and Group B Qualification were three international under-18 women's ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournaments made up the second, third and fourth levels of competition at the 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships respectively. The Division I Group A tournament took place between 8 January and 14 January 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. The tournament was won by Germany who gained promotion to the Championship Division for 2018 while France finished last and was relegated to the Division I Group B competition. The Division I Group B tournament took place between 8 January and 14 January 2017 in Katowice, Poland. Italy won the tournament and gained promotion to Division I Group A while Kazakhstan was relegated to Division I Group B Qualification after finishing in last place. The Division I Group B Qualification tournament was held in San Sebastián, Spain from 26 January to 29 January 2017. The tournament was won by Australia who gained promotion to Division I Group B for 2018.

2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I
Logos of the Division I tournaments
Tournament details
Host countries Hungary
 Poland
 Spain
Dates8–14 January 2017
26–29 January 2017
Teams16
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
← 2016
2018 →

Division I Group A tournament
Division I Group A
Tournament details
Host country Hungary
Dates8–14 January 2017
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Germany (1st title)
Runner-up  Slovakia
Third place  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored72 (4.8 per match)
Attendance2,246 (150 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Millie Sirum

The Division I Group A tournament began on 8 January 2017 in Budapest, Hungary with games played at Tüskecsarnok.[1] Germany, Hungary, Norway and Slovakia returned to the competition after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[2] Austria gained promotion to Division I Group A after finishing first in last years Division I Qualification and France was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.[3][4]

Germany won the tournament after finishing first in the group standings with twelve points and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.[5][6] Slovakia also finished on twelve points however their loss to Germany placed them second due to tie-break rules.[6] Norway finished in third place with eight points.[6] France finished the tournament in last place after losing all five of their games and was relegated to Division I Group B for 2018.[1][6] Millie Sirum of Norway finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eight points and was named best forward by the IIHF directorate.[7][8] Hungary's Yumi Maruyama led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 95.31.[9] The directorate however named Johanna May of Germany as the tournaments best goaltender and named Norway's Lene Tendenes as the best defenceman.[8]

Standings
Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Germany 5 4 0 0 1 18 5 +13 12
 Slovakia 5 4 0 0 1 17 6 +11 12
 Norway 5 2 1 0 2 14 14 0 8
 Hungary 5 2 0 0 3 9 13 −4 6
 Austria 5 2 0 0 3 7 16 −9 6
 France 5 0 0 1 4 7 18 −11 1
Promoted to the 2018 Top Division Relegated to 2018 Division I Group B

Fixtures

All times are local. (CET – UTC+1)

8 January 2017
19:00		Austria 2 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 FranceTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 98
8 January 2017
15:30		Norway 3 – 2
(1–1, 0–1, 2–0)		 GermanyTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 116
8 January 2017
19:00		Hungary 0 – 4
(0–0, 0–3, 0–1)		 SlovakiaTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 335
9 January 2017
12:00		France 2 – 3 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)		 NorwayTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 158
9 January 2017
15:30		Slovakia 3 – 2
(1–0, 1–0, 1–2)		 AustriaTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 66
9 January 2017
19:00		Germany 3 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 HungaryTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 210
11 January 2017
12:00		Germany 2 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 SlovakiaTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 86
11 January 2017
15:30		Austria 3 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 NorwayTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 92
11 January 2017
19:00		France 1 – 3
(0–0, 1–0, 0–3)		 HungaryTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 245
12 January 2017
12:00		Germany 7 – 0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 AustriaTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 48
12 January 2017
15:30		Slovakia 6 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 FranceTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 64
12 January 2017
19:00		Norway 5 – 3
(0–2, 2–0, 3–1)		 HungaryTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 218
14 January 2017
12:00		Slovakia 4 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 NorwayTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 68
14 January 2017
15:30		France 2 – 4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)		 GermanyTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 82
14 January 2017
19:00		Hungary 3 – 0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 AustriaTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 360

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[7]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Millie Sirum517804F
Emilie Johansen5527+110F
Nikola Rumanova5246+44F
Lene Tendenes5246+110D
Emma Bergesen5156–12D
Dominika Horvath5325–32F
Laura Luftenegger5235–16F
Tatiana Istocyova5145+40D
Theresa Schafzahl5145+28F
Chloe Aurard5404–210F
Lucia Haluskova5404+32F

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.[9]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Yumi Maruyama120:006431.5095.311
Johanna May287:0810251.0495.102
Nina Prunster240:0014892.2593.920
Adriana Stofankova294:269461.2293.621
Anais Aurard299:37194173.4091.240

Division I Group B tournament
Division I Group B
Tournament details
Host country Poland
Dates8–14 January 2017
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Italy (1st title)
Runner-up  Denmark
Third place  Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored60 (4 per match)
Attendance2,914 (194 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Nadia Mattivi

The Division I Group B tournament began on 8 January 2017 in Katowice, Poland with games played at the Katowice Jantor.[10] Following the announcement of the 2017 World Championship program it was revealed that the Division I tournament had been renamed Division I Group A to allow for the creation of a Division I Group B tournament.[11] As a result, Italy, Kazakhstan, Great Britain, China and Poland were all promoted from last years qualification tournament after finishing second through to sixth respectively.[3][11] Denmark joined as the sixth team at the tournament after finishing last in the 2016 Division I competition.[3][11]

Italy won the tournament after winning all five of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the 2018 Division I Group A competition.[12][13] Denmark finished in second placed after losing only to Italy and Poland finished in third place.[13] Kazakhstan finished the tournament in last place after losing all five of their games and was relegated to the Division I Group B Qualification for 2018.[10][13] Nadia Mattivi of Italy finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eleven points and was named best defenceman by the IIHF directorate.[14][15] Italy's Eugenia Pomanin led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 98.08.[16] The directorate however named Martyna Sass of Poland as the tournaments best goaltender and named Denmark's Lilli Friis-Hansen as the best forward.[15]

Standings
Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Italy 5 5 0 0 0 17 3 +14 15
 Denmark 5 4 0 0 1 15 6 +9 12
 Poland 5 2 1 0 2 7 6 +1 8
 Great Britain 5 1 1 0 3 8 13 −5 5
 China 5 1 0 2 2 7 9 −2 5
 Kazakhstan 5 0 0 0 5 6 23 −17 0
Promoted to 2018 Division I Group A Relegated to 2018 Division I Group B Qualification

Fixtures

All times are local. (CET – UTC+1)

8 January 2017
13:00		Great Britain 0 – 3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 ItalyKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 124
8 January 2017
16:30		China 4 – 1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 KazakhstanKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 91
8 January 2017
20:00		Poland 0 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 DenmarkKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 512
9 January 2017
13:00		Italy 4 – 2
(2–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 ChinaKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 71
9 January 2017
16:30		Denmark 5 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 Great BritainKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 80
9 January 2017
20:00		Kazakhstan 2 – 4
(0–2, 1–0, 1–2)		 PolandKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 120
11 January 2017
13:00		Denmark 1 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 ChinaKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 74
11 January 2017
16:30		Italy 5 – 0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 KazakhstanKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 64
11 January 2017
20:00		Poland 2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 Great BritainKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 526
12 January 2017
13:00		Kazakhstan 1 – 6
(0–0, 0–2, 1–4)		 DenmarkKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 80
12 January 2017
16:30		Great Britain 2 – 1 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 ChinaKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 102
12 January 2017
20:00		Italy 1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 PolandKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 420
14 January 2017
13:00		Kazakhstan 2 – 4
(1–3, 1–0, 0–1)		 Great BritainKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 90
14 January 2017
16:30		Denmark 1 – 4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)		 ItalyKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 140
14 January 2017
20:00		China 0 – 1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 PolandKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 420

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[14]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Nadia Mattivi54711+98D
Anita Muraro5628+80F
Lilli Friis-Hansen5167+114F
Casey Traill5426+20F
Maria Peters5415+10F
Amanda Refsgaard5145–210D
Zifei Liao5314+18F
Mara de Rech5224+64F
Kathryn Marsden5224+46F
Klaudia Kaleja5213–112F
Greta Niccolai521300F

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.[16]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Eugenia Pompanin180:005210.3398.082
Martyna Sass302:0611061.1994.551
Jiaxin Li305:5014791.7793.880
Elisa Biondi120:003221.0093.751
Arina Shyokolova136:368973.0792.130

Division I Group B Qualification tournament
Division I Group B Qualification
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates26–29 January 2017
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Australia (1st title)
Runner-up  Spain
Third place  Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored46 (7.67 per match)
Attendance933 (156 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Natalia Amaya

The Division I Group B Qualification tournament began on 26 January 2017 in San Sebastián, Spain with games played at the Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin.[17] Australia and Romania returned to the competition after finishing seventh and eighth respectively in 2016 and missing promotion to Division I Group B.[3] Mexico and Spain both made their debut at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.[18]

Australia won the tournament after winning all three of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the 2018 Division I Group B competition.[18][19] Spain finished in second place after losing only to Australia and Mexico finished in third.[19] Italy's Natalia Amaya finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eight points, which included six goals and two assists.[20] Imogen Perry of Australia led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 100.00 in her 80 minutes of play.[21]

Standings
Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 0 18 1 +17 9
 Spain 3 2 0 0 1 13 9 +4 6
 Mexico 3 1 0 0 2 10 9 +1 3
 Romania 3 0 0 0 3 5 27 −22 0
Promoted to 2018 Division I Group B

Fixtures

All times are local. (CET – UTC+1)

26 January 2017
16:30		Romania 1 – 8
(1–3, 0–3, 0–2)		 MexicoPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 78
26 January 2017
20:00		Spain 1 – 3
(1–1, 0–2, 0–0)		 AustraliaPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 170
28 January 2017
16:30		Australia 5 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 MexicoPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 120
28 January 2017
20:00		Romania 4 – 9
(1–2, 0–4, 3–3)		 SpainPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 250
29 January 2017
16:30		Australia 10 – 0
(4–0, 3–0, 3–0)		 RomaniaPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 85
29 January 2017
20:00		Mexico 2 – 3
(0–1, 2–2, 0–0)		 SpainPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 230

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[20]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Natalia Amaya3628+70F
Giovanna Rojas3257+74F
Natalie Ayris3235+72F
Lindsey Kiliwnik3235+80F
Paula Moreno3235+64F
Madison Poole3404+30F
Andrea Merino3314+52F
Katalin Adorjan3303–94D
Elena Sans3213+42F
Emily Davis-Tope3123+70D
Marta del Monte3123+20F
Sara Sammons3123+30F

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.[21]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Imogen Perry80:001900.00100.001
Keesha Atkins100:003510.6097.140
Daniela Castro151:457883.1689.740
Laura Lopez de Ochoa120:004152.5087.800
Bianca Bobu112:271452111.2085.520

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