| Tourney Name: | IIHF World Women's U18 Championship |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Size: | 220px |
| Country: | Canada |
| Dates: | 8–15 January 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Type: | ihw18 |
| Winners: | USA |
| Count: | 5 |
| Second: | CAN |
| Third: | SWE |
| Fourth: | RUS |
| Games: | 21 |
| Goals: | 113 |
| Attendance: | 34520 |
| Scoring Leader: | Alina Müller |
| Points: | 9 |
| Mvp: |  Valeria Tarakanova |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the ninth Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
The Top Division tournament was played during 8 to 15 January 2016 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Six referees and nine linesmen were selected for the tournament. of Sweden was the tournament chairperson.[2]
Brandy Dewar Lisa Grison
Kaisa Ketonen
Marie Picavet
Melissa Szkola
Bettina Angerer Jessica Leclerc Danielle McGurry
Stina Nilsson
Anna Nygård Justine Todd Sueva Torribio Rousselin--------
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The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
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| Best Goalkeeper | Emma Söderberg | |
| Best Defenseman | Cayla Barnes | |
| Best Forward | Alina Müller |
Source: IIHF[3]
| Goalkeeper | Emma Söderberg | |
| Defenceman | Cayla Barnes | |
| Defenceman | Jessica Adolfsson | |
| Forward | Fanuza Kadirova | |
| Forward | Ashton Bell | |
| Forward | Alina Müller | |
| Valeria Tarakanova |
| width=30 | Pos | width=150 | Player | width=120 | Country | width=20 | GP | width=20 | G | width=20 | A | width=30 | Pts | width=30 | +/− | width=30 | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +5 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +8 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +2 | 4 | |||||||||||
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| width=30 | Pos | width=150 | Player | width=120 | Country | width=20 | TOI | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GAA | width=20 | Sv% | width=20 | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 181:47 | 3 | 0.99 | 95.45 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 179:36 | 4 | 1.34 | 93.33 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 240:00 | 7 | 1.75 | 93.27 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 279:36 | 6 | 1.29 | 91.04 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 288:40 | 14 | 2.91 | 90.07 | 1 |
See main article: 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I.
The Division I tournament was played in Miskolc, Hungary during 10 to 16 January 2016.[7]
The Division I Qualification tournament was played in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria during 7 to 11 January 2016.[8] The teams were divided into two groups of four where the winners played off against each other for promotion to the 2017 Division I Group A tournament. The teams ranking second through sixth remained in the newly titled Division I Group B and were joined by the relegated team from the 2016 Division I tournament. As the lowest ranking teams, Romania and Australia were relegated to the new Division I Group B Qualification tournament.
Austria won the tournament and gained promotion to the 2017 Division I Group A tournament.[9]