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)

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
Games played15
Goals scored72 (4.8 per game)
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 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
 Germany 5 4 0 0 1 18 5 +13 12 Promoted to the 2018 Top Division
 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 Relegated to 2018 Division I Group B
Source:

Fixtures

All times are local. (CET – UTC+01:00)

8 January 2017
19:00		Austria 2 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 FranceTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 98
Game reference
4 minPenalties6 min
36Shots22
8 January 2017
15:30		Norway 3 – 2
(1–1, 0–1, 2–0)		 GermanyTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 116
Game reference
6 minPenalties6 min
23Shots28
8 January 2017
19:00		Hungary 0 – 4
(0–0, 0–3, 0–1)		 SlovakiaTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 335
Game reference
12 minPenalties14 min
19Shots36
9 January 2017
12:00		France 2 – 3 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)		 NorwayTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 158
Game reference
8 minPenalties8 min
20Shots50
9 January 2017
15:30		Slovakia 3 – 2
(1–0, 1–0, 1–2)		 AustriaTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 66
Game reference
4 minPenalties14 min
55Shots13
9 January 2017
19:00		Germany 3 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 HungaryTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 210
Game reference
4 minPenalties10 min
38Shots17
11 January 2017
12:00		Germany 2 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 SlovakiaTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 86
Game reference
12 minPenalties14 min
31Shots28
11 January 2017
15:30		Austria 3 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 NorwayTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 92
Game reference
14 minPenalties22 min
37Shots46
11 January 2017
19:00		France 1 – 3
(0–0, 1–0, 0–3)		 HungaryTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 245
Game reference
32 minPenalties22 min
30Shots34
12 January 2017
12:00		Germany 7 – 0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 AustriaTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 48
Game reference
8 minPenalties6 min
46Shots18
12 January 2017
15:30		Slovakia 6 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 FranceTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 64
Game reference
6 minPenalties8 min
43Shots15
12 January 2017
19:00		Norway 5 – 3
(0–2, 2–0, 3–1)		 HungaryTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 218
Game reference
2 minPenalties10 min
36Shots16
14 January 2017
12:00		Slovakia 4 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 NorwayTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 68
Game reference
10 minPenalties14 min
41Shots19
14 January 2017
15:30		France 2 – 4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)		 GermanyTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 82
Game reference
4 minPenalties2 min
21Shots32
14 January 2017
19:00		Hungary 3 – 0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 AustriaTüskecsarnok
Attendance: 360
Game reference
10 minPenalties14 min
25Shots26

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Norway Millie Sirum517804F
Norway Emilie Johansen5527+110F
Slovakia Nikola Rumanova5246+44F
Norway Lene Tendenes5246+110D
Norway Emma Bergesen5156–12D
Hungary Dominika Horvath5325–32F
Austria Laura Luftenegger5235–16F
Slovakia Tatiana Istocyova5145+40D
Austria Theresa Schafzahl5145+28F
France Chloe Aurard5404–210F
Slovakia 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
Hungary Yumi Maruyama120:006431.5095.311
Germany Johanna May287:0810251.0495.102
Austria Nina Prunster240:0014892.2593.920
Slovakia Adriana Stofankova294:269461.2293.621
France 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
Games played15
Goals scored60 (4 per game)
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 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
 Italy 5 5 0 0 0 17 3 +14 15 Promoted to 2018 Division I Group A
 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 Relegated to 2018 Division I Group B Qualification
Source:

Fixtures

All times are local. (CET – UTC+01:00)

8 January 2017
13:00		Great Britain 0 – 3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 ItalyKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 124
Game reference
8 minPenalties10 min
14Shots23
8 January 2017
16:30		China 4 – 1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 KazakhstanKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 91
Game reference
18 minPenalties16 min
30Shots17
8 January 2017
20:00		Poland 0 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 DenmarkKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 512
Game reference
96 minPenalties61 min
22Shots31
9 January 2017
13:00		Italy 4 – 2
(2–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 ChinaKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 71
Game reference
12 minPenalties22 min
52Shots13
9 January 2017
16:30		Denmark 5 – 1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 Great BritainKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 80
Game reference
12 minPenalties14 min
33Shots15
9 January 2017
20:00		Kazakhstan 2 – 4
(0–2, 1–0, 1–2)		 PolandKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 120
Game reference
22 minPenalties10 min
18Shots35
11 January 2017
13:00		Denmark 1 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 ChinaKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 74
Game reference
6 minPenalties14 min
22Shots8
11 January 2017
16:30		Italy 5 – 0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 KazakhstanKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 64
Game reference
6 minPenalties36 min
51Shots19
11 January 2017
20:00		Poland 2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 Great BritainKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 526
Game reference
8 minPenalties16 min
19Shots22
12 January 2017
13:00		Kazakhstan 1 – 6
(0–0, 0–2, 1–4)		 DenmarkKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 80
Game reference
10 minPenalties8 min
4Shots45
12 January 2017
16:30		Great Britain 2 – 1 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 ChinaKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 102
Game reference
6 minPenalties4 min
22Shots16
12 January 2017
20:00		Italy 1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 PolandKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 420
Game reference
14 minPenalties12 min
14Shots19
14 January 2017
13:00		Kazakhstan 2 – 4
(1–3, 1–0, 0–1)		 Great BritainKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 90
Game reference
12 minPenalties6 min
17Shots41
14 January 2017
16:30		Denmark 1 – 4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)		 ItalyKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 140
Game reference
6 minPenalties4 min
19Shots19
14 January 2017
20:00		China 0 – 1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 PolandKatowice Jantor
Attendance: 420
Game reference
6 minPenalties6 min
25Shots34

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Italy Nadia Mattivi54711+98D
Italy Anita Muraro5628+80F
Denmark Lilli Friis-Hansen5167+114F
United Kingdom Casey Traill5426+20F
Denmark Maria Holm Peters5415+10F
Denmark Amanda Refsgaard5145–210D
China Zifei Liao5314+18F
Italy Mara de Rech5224+64F
United Kingdom Kathryn Marsden5224+46F
Poland Klaudia Kaleja5213–112F
Italy 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
Italy Eugenia Pompanin180:005210.3398.082
Poland Martyna Sass302:0611061.1994.551
China Jiaxin Li305:5014791.7793.880
Italy Elisa Biondi120:003221.0093.751
Kazakhstan 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
Games played6
Goals scored46 (7.67 per game)
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 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
 Australia 3 3 0 0 0 18 1 +17 9 Promoted to 2018 Division I Group B
 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
Source:

Fixtures

All times are local. (CET – UTC+01:00)

26 January 2017
16:30		Romania 1 – 8
(1–3, 0–3, 0–2)		 MexicoPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 78
Game reference
6 minPenalties6 min
11Shots44
26 January 2017
20:00		Spain 1 – 3
(1–1, 0–2, 0–0)		 AustraliaPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 170
Game reference
12 minPenalties2 min
29Shots20
28 January 2017
16:30		Australia 5 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 MexicoPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 120
Game reference
8 minPenalties4 min
37Shots16
28 January 2017
20:00		Romania 4 – 9
(1–2, 0–4, 3–3)		 SpainPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 250
Game reference
8 minPenalties10 min
11Shots95
29 January 2017
16:30		Australia 10 – 0
(4–0, 3–0, 3–0)		 RomaniaPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 85
Game reference
8 minPenalties8 min
69Shots9
29 January 2017
20:00		Mexico 2 – 3
(0–1, 2–2, 0–0)		 SpainPalacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin
Attendance: 230
Game reference
12 minPenalties16 min
21Shots37

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Mexico Natalia Amaya3628+70F
Mexico Giovanna Rojas3257+74F
Australia Natalie Ayris3235+72F
Australia Lindsey Kiliwnik3235+80F
Spain Paula Moreno3235+64F
Australia Madison Poole3404+30F
Spain Andrea Merino3314+52F
Romania Katalin Adorjan3303–94D
Spain Elena Sans3213+42F
Australia Emily Davis-Tope3123+70D
Spain Marta del Monte3123+20F
Australia 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
Australia Imogen Perry80:001900.00100.001
Australia Keesha Atkins100:003510.6097.140
Mexico Daniela Castro151:457883.1689.740
Spain Laura Lopez de Ochoa120:004152.5087.800
Romania Bianca Bobu112:271452111.2085.520

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