2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Championnat du monde moins de 18 ans de hockey sur glace féminin 2008 (French)
Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
Dates	January 7–12
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	168  (8.4 per game)
Attendance	9,872  (494 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Marie-Philip Poulin

The 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the inaugural junior female world ice hockey championship. It was held from 7 to 12 January 2008, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The championship is the junior ice hockey version of the women worlds, held under the auspices of the IIHF.

The inaugural competition featured two groups of nations in round robin play, followed by playoffs. There were eight national teams.

Teams

The following teams participated in the championship:

• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Finland
• Germany
• Russia
• Switzerland
• Sweden
• United States

Format

The eight participating teams are divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams will play each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group will proceed to the medal round, while the remaining teams will play in the placing games.

Preliminary round

	Teams proceed to Medal round
	Teams sent to Placing round

Group A

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	38	3	+35	9
2.	Czech Republic	3	1	0	1	1	10	16	-6	4
3.	Germany	3	1	0	0	2	7	15	-8	3
4.	Finland	3	0	1	0	2	5	26	-21	2

Results

All times local (UTC−7)

January 7, 2008 19:30

Finland

2–3 (1-1, 1-1, 0-1)

Germany

Norma Bush Arena, Calgary Attendance: 102

Game reference

January 7, 2008 19:45

Canada

11–1 (4-0, 4-1, 3-0)

Czech Republic

Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary Attendance: 976

Game reference

January 8, 2008 7:30pm

Finland

5–4 GWS (2-1, 1-2, 1-1, 1-0)

Czech Republic

Norma Bush Arena, Calgary Attendance: 106

Game reference

January 8, 2008 7:45pm

Germany

1–12 (0-4, 1-4, 0-4)

Canada

Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary Attendance: 1,024

Game reference

January 9, 2008 19:30

Czech Republic

3–2 (0-0, 1-0, 2-2)

Germany

Norma Bush Arena, Calgary Attendance: 121

Game reference

January 9, 2008 19:45

Canada

8–3 (2-2, 3-0, 3-1)

Finland

Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary Attendance: 1,052

Game reference

Group B

Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	0	28	2	+26	9
2.	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	20	7	+13	6
3.	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	7	17	-10	3
4.	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	3	2	31	-29	0

Results

All times local (UTC−7)

January 7, 2008 16:00

Sweden

9–1 (3-0, 4-0, 2-1)

Switzerland

Norma Bush Arena, Calgary Attendance: 98

Game reference

January 7, 2008 16:15

United States

9–0 (1-0, 4-0, 4-0)

Russia

Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary Attendance: 452

Game reference

January 8, 2008 4:00pm

Sweden

7–0 (4-0, 2-0, 1-0)

Russia

Norma Bush Arena, Calgary Attendance: 52

Game reference

January 8, 2008 4:15pm

Switzerland

0–13 (0-5, 0-3, 0-5)

United States

Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary Attendance: 401

Game reference

January 9, 2008 16:00

Russia

4–2 (0-0, 3-0, 1-2)

Switzerland

Norma Bush Arena, Calgary Attendance: 57

Game reference

January 9, 2008 16:15

United States

6–2 (1-1, 2-1, 3-0)

Sweden

Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary Attendance: 397

Game reference

Placement round

January 11, 2008 4:00pm

Germany

1–6 (0-1, 1-2, 0-3)

Russia

Norma Bush Arena, Calgary Attendance: 64

Game reference

January 11, 2008 7:30pm

Switzerland

2–7 (1-2, 0-3, 1-2)

Finland

Norma Bush Arena, Calgary Attendance: 61

Game reference

7th/8th place game

January 12, 2008 9:00am

Germany

1–4 (1-1, 0-2, 0-1)

Switzerland

Norma Bush Arena, Calgary Attendance: 54

Game reference

5th/6th place game

January 12, 2008 12:30pm

Russia

4–3 PS (3-0, 0-3, 0-0, 0-0,1-0)

Finland

Norma Bush Arena, Calgary Attendance: 76

Game reference

Playoff round

Semifinals

January 11, 2008 4:15pm

United States

13–0 (4-0, 4-0, 5-0)

Czech Republic

Father David Bauer Olympic Arena. Calgary Attendance: 483

Game reference

January 11, 2008 7:45pm

Canada

7–3 (2-0, 4-2, 1-1)

Sweden

Father David Bauer Olympic Arena. Calgary Attendance: 1,628

Game reference

Bronze medal game

January 12, 2008 4:00pm

Czech Republic

4–3 GWS (0-1, 1-0, 2-2, 1-0)

Sweden

Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary Attendance: 512

Game reference

Gold medal game

January 12, 2008 7:30pm

United States

5–4 (2-2, 2-1, 1-1)

Canada

Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary Attendance: 2,156

Game reference

Ranking and statistics

Final Standings

United States Canada Czech Republic 4 Sweden 5 Russia 6 Finland 7 Switzerland 8 Germany

2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Champions  United States First title

See also

• 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships (Men)
• 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (Men)

References

• 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship Team Canada Notes
• TSN.ca (Canadian Press) Hockey Canada names women's U-18 roster
• USA Hockey Women’s Under-18 Team Announced

External links

• Official site
• TSN.ca 2008 World Women's U-18 Championship
• Hockey Canada 2008 World Women's Under-18 Championship

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