2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship


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:

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

All times are local.

Group A

Group B

Placement round

Bracket

5–8th place semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

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Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Marie-Philip Poulin58614+154FW
Camille Dumais55914+80FW
Amanda Kessel54711+102FW
Natalie Spooner53811+80FW
Brooke Ammerman56410+84FW
Ashley Cottrell55510+100FW
Tara Watchorn54610+90DF
Brianne Jenner5639+72FW
Alena Polenská5639−20FW
Carolyne Prevost5639+80FW
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
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Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
PlayerTOISAGAGAASv%SO
Alyssa Grogan240:175341.0092.981
Sophie Anthamatten299:30218244.8190.080
Valentina Lizana180:157282.6690.001
Julia Zorn275:31100122.6189.290
Delayne Brian210:055382.2886.890
TOI = Time On Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate: