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2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

Logos of the Division I tournaments
Tournament details
Host countries	Hungary  Poland  Spain
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	8–14 January 2017 26–29 January 2017
Teams	16
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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.

Division I Group A tournament

Division I Group A

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–14 January 2017
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Slovakia
Third place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	72 (4.8 per game)
Attendance	2,246 (150 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Millie Sirum

The Division I Group A tournament began on 8 January 2017 in Budapest, Hungary with games played at Tüskecsarnok. Germany, Hungary, Norway and Slovakia returned to the competition after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. 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.

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. Slovakia also finished on twelve points however their loss to Germany placed them second due to tie-break rules. Norway finished in third place with eight points. France finished the tournament in last place after losing all five of their games and was relegated to Division I Group B for 2018. Millie Sirum of Norway finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eight points and was named best forward by the IIHF directorate. Hungary's Yumi Maruyama led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 95.31. The directorate however named Johanna May of Germany as the tournaments best goaltender and named Norway's Lene Tendenes as the best defenceman.

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

Fixtures

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

8 January 2017 19:00

Austria

2 – 1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

France

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 98

8 January 2017 15:30

Norway

3 – 2 (1–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Germany

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 116

8 January 2017 19:00

Hungary

0 – 4 (0–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Slovakia

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 335

9 January 2017 12:00

France

2 – 3 OT (1–1, 0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Norway

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 158

9 January 2017 15:30

Slovakia

3 – 2 (1–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Austria

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 66

9 January 2017 19:00

Germany

3 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Hungary

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 210

11 January 2017 12:00

Germany

2 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 86

11 January 2017 15:30

Austria

3 – 2 (2–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Norway

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 92

11 January 2017 19:00

France

1 – 3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3)

Hungary

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 245

12 January 2017 12:00

Germany

7 – 0 (3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Austria

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 48

12 January 2017 15:30

Slovakia

6 – 1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

France

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 64

12 January 2017 19:00

Norway

5 – 3 (0–2, 2–0, 3–1)

Hungary

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 218

14 January 2017 12:00

Slovakia

4 – 1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Norway

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 68

14 January 2017 15:30

France

2 – 4 (0–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Germany

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 82

14 January 2017 19:00

Hungary

3 – 0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Austria

Tüskecsarnok Attendance: 360

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Millie Sirum	5	1	7	8	0	4	F
Emilie Johansen	5	5	2	7	+1	10	F
Nikola Rumanova	5	2	4	6	+4	4	F
Lene Tendenes	5	2	4	6	+1	10	D
Emma Bergesen	5	1	5	6	–1	2	D
Dominika Horvath	5	3	2	5	–3	2	F
Laura Luftenegger	5	2	3	5	–1	6	F
Tatiana Istocyova	5	1	4	5	+4	0	D
Theresa Schafzahl	5	1	4	5	+2	8	F
Chloe Aurard	5	4	0	4	–2	10	F
Lucia Haluskova	5	4	0	4	+3	2	F

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.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Yumi Maruyama	120:00	64	3	1.50	95.31	1
Johanna May	287:08	102	5	1.04	95.10	2
Nina Prunster	240:00	148	9	2.25	93.92	0
Adriana Stofankova	294:26	94	6	1.22	93.62	1
Anais Aurard	299:37	194	17	3.40	91.24	0

Division I Group B tournament

Division I Group B

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–14 January 2017
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	60 (4 per game)
Attendance	2,914 (194 per game)
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. 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. 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. Denmark joined as the sixth team at the tournament after finishing last in the 2016 Division I competition.

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. Denmark finished in second placed after losing only to Italy and Poland finished in third place. 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. Nadia Mattivi of Italy finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eleven points and was named best defenceman by the IIHF directorate. Italy's Eugenia Pomanin led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 98.08. The directorate however named Martyna Sass of Poland as the tournaments best goaltender and named Denmark's Lilli Friis-Hansen as the best forward.

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

Fixtures

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

8 January 2017 13:00

Great Britain

0 – 3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Italy

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 124

8 January 2017 16:30

China

4 – 1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 91

8 January 2017 20:00

Poland

0 – 2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Denmark

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 512

9 January 2017 13:00

Italy

4 – 2 (2–1, 1–1, 1–0)

China

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 71

9 January 2017 16:30

Denmark

5 – 1 (2–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Great Britain

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 80

9 January 2017 20:00

Kazakhstan

2 – 4 (0–2, 1–0, 1–2)

Poland

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 120

11 January 2017 13:00

Denmark

1 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

China

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 74

11 January 2017 16:30

Italy

5 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 64

11 January 2017 20:00

Poland

2 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 526

12 January 2017 13:00

Kazakhstan

1 – 6 (0–0, 0–2, 1–4)

Denmark

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 80

12 January 2017 16:30

Great Britain

2 – 1 OT (1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

China

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 102

12 January 2017 20:00

Italy

1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Poland

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 420

14 January 2017 13:00

Kazakhstan

2 – 4 (1–3, 1–0, 0–1)

Great Britain

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 90

14 January 2017 16:30

Denmark

1 – 4 (1–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Italy

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 140

14 January 2017 20:00

China

0 – 1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Poland

Katowice Jantor Attendance: 420

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Nadia Mattivi	5	4	7	11	+9	8	D
Anita Muraro	5	6	2	8	+8	0	F
Lilli Friis-Hansen	5	1	6	7	+1	14	F
Casey Traill	5	4	2	6	+2	0	F
Maria Holm Peters	5	4	1	5	+1	0	F
Amanda Refsgaard	5	1	4	5	–2	10	D
Zifei Liao	5	3	1	4	+1	8	F
Mara de Rech	5	2	2	4	+6	4	F
Kathryn Marsden	5	2	2	4	+4	6	F
Klaudia Kaleja	5	2	1	3	–1	12	F
Greta Niccolai	5	2	1	3	0	0	F

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.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Eugenia Pompanin	180:00	52	1	0.33	98.08	2
Martyna Sass	302:06	110	6	1.19	94.55	1
Jiaxin Li	305:50	147	9	1.77	93.88	0
Elisa Biondi	120:00	32	2	1.00	93.75	1
Arina Shyokolova	136:36	89	7	3.07	92.13	0

Division I Group B Qualification tournament

Division I Group B Qualification

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26–29 January 2017
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	46 (7.67 per game)
Attendance	933 (156 per game)
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. Australia and Romania returned to the competition after finishing seventh and eighth respectively in 2016 and missing promotion to Division I Group B. Mexico and Spain both made their debut at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.

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. Spain finished in second place after losing only to Australia and Mexico finished in third. Italy's Natalia Amaya finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eight points, which included six goals and two assists. Imogen Perry of Australia led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 100.00 in her 80 minutes of play.

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

Fixtures

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

26 January 2017 16:30

Romania

1 – 8 (1–3, 0–3, 0–2)

Mexico

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin Attendance: 78

26 January 2017 20:00

Spain

1 – 3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Australia

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin Attendance: 170

28 January 2017 16:30

Australia

5 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Mexico

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin Attendance: 120

28 January 2017 20:00

Romania

4 – 9 (1–2, 0–4, 3–3)

Spain

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin Attendance: 250

29 January 2017 16:30

Australia

10 – 0 (4–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Romania

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin Attendance: 85

29 January 2017 20:00

Mexico

2 – 3 (0–1, 2–2, 0–0)

Spain

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin Attendance: 230

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Natalia Amaya	3	6	2	8	+7	0	F
Giovanna Rojas	3	2	5	7	+7	4	F
Natalie Ayris	3	2	3	5	+7	2	F
Lindsey Kiliwnik	3	2	3	5	+8	0	F
Paula Moreno	3	2	3	5	+6	4	F
Madison Poole	3	4	0	4	+3	0	F
Andrea Merino	3	3	1	4	+5	2	F
Katalin Adorjan	3	3	0	3	–9	4	D
Elena Sans	3	2	1	3	+4	2	F
Emily Davis-Tope	3	1	2	3	+7	0	D
Marta del Monte	3	1	2	3	+2	0	F
Sara Sammons	3	1	2	3	+3	0	F

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.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Imogen Perry	80:00	19	0	0.00	100.00	1
Keesha Atkins	100:00	35	1	0.60	97.14	0
Daniela Castro	151:45	78	8	3.16	89.74	0
Laura Lopez de Ochoa	120:00	41	5	2.50	87.80	0
Bianca Bobu	112:27	145	21	11.20	85.52	0

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External links

• Division I Group A at IIHF.com
• Division I Group B at IIHF.com
• Division I Group B Qualification at IIHF.com

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