2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
The 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the third junior female world ice hockey championships. It was held from March 27 through April 3, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. The championship is the Under-18 junior ice hockey edition of the women worlds, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
Eight teams will play in the top division, and six teams play in Division I.
Teams
The following teams will participate in the championship:- Canada
Preliminary round
| Teams advance to Semifinals | |
| Teams advance to Quarterfinals | |
| Teams sent to Relegation Round |
Group A
Japan's 3–1 victory over Finland is the first time in IIHF history that any Japanese national team had ever beaten a Finnish national team.Standings
Results
All times localGroup B
Standings
Results
All times localRelegation Round
The relegation round was played as a best-of-three playoff. The Czech Republic sweep hence rendered the last game unnecessary.This is the first time any Russian national team has ever been officially relegated since the country began international competition in 1954 as part of the Soviet Union.
is relegated to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.
Final round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
5th place playoff
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.| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
 Jessica Campbell | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +12 | 4 | FW |
| Brigette Lacquette | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | +15 | 6 | DF |
 Kendall Coyne | 5 | 10 | 2 | 12 | +10 | 2 | FW |
| Jillian Saulnier | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +9 | 2 | FW |
| Alexandra Carpenter | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | +7 | 0 | FW |
| Haley Skarupa | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +9 | 0 | FW |
| Erin Ambrose | 5 | 0 | 9 | 9 | +14 | 0 | DF |
| Brittany Ammerman | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 4 | FW |
| Melodie Daoust | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +7 | 4 | FW |
| Christine Bestland | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +9 | 8 | FW |
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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.| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Carmen MacDonald | 213:02 | 72 | 4 | 1.13 | 94.74 | 2 |
 Shizuka Takahashi | 236:38 | 140 | 10 | 2.54 | 93.33 | 0 |
| Alex Rigsby | 183:10 | 69 | 5 | 1.64 | 93.24 | 2 |
 Susanna Airaksinen | 180:00 | 54 | 5 | 1.67 | 91.53 | 0 |
| Isabella Portnoj | 126:21 | 74 | 7 | 3.32 | 91.36 | 0 |
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Tournament awards
Best players selected by the Directorate:- Best Goaltender: Alex Rigsby
- Best Defenceman: Brigette Lacquette
- Best Forward: Kendall Coyne
- MVP: Jessica Campbell
Division I
The tournament was held in Piešťany, Slovakia, from April 3 to April 9, 2010.| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | PTS |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 15 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 12 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 0 |
is promoted to Top Division for the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship