2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships was the sixth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Finland. It began on December 29, 2012 with the gold medal game played on January 5, 2013.

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).

Relegation round
The teams played a best-of-three series. With Russia winning the first two meetings, a third one wasn't necessary and Germany was relegated to Division I in 2013.

Qualification tournament
The qualification tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 27 October to 1 November 2012. The top two teams were promoted to Division I of this year, and the third team was promoted to Division I of next year, because starting in 2014 one team will be promoted from the qualification tournament and will wait until the following year to play in Division I.

Final tournament
The 2013 Division I final tournament was played in Romanshorn, Switzerland, from 2 to 8 January 2013.