2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
tourney_name = IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
year = 2008
other_titles =


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country = Canada
dates = January 7 - January 12
num_teams = 8
venues = 2
cities = 1
winners_women = USA
count = 1
games = 20
goals = 168
attendance = 9872
scoring_leader = flagicon|CAN Marie-Philip Poulin (14 points)
flagicon|USA Camille Dumais (14 points)
mvp =

The 2008 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship were the inaugural junior female world ice hockey championships. They were held from January 7 through January 12 of 2008, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The championship is the Under-18 junior ice hockey edition 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 are participating in the championship:

*ihw|CAN
*ihw|CZE
*ihw|FIN
*ihw|GER
*ihw|RUS
*ihw|SUI
*ihw|SWE
*ihw|USA

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

Results

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date = January 7, 2008
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score = 4–1
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stadium = Norma Bush Arena, Calgary
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date = January 7, 2008
time = 16:15
team1 = ihw-rt|USA
score = 11–0
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stadium = Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Calgary
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date = January 8, 2008
time = 4:00pm
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score = 14–0
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date = January 8, 2008
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periods = (0-5, 0-1, 0-5)
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date = January 9, 2008
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team1 = ihw-rt|RUS
score = 2–6
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date = January 9, 2008
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score = 6–2
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Placement Round

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date = January 11, 2008
time = 4:00pm
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score = 2–1
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date = January 11, 2008
time = 7:30pm
team1 = ihw-rt|SUI
score = 2–7
periods = (1-2, 0-3, 1-2)
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7th/8th Place Game

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date = January 12, 2008
time = 9:00am
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score = 1–4
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5th/6th Place Game

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date = January 12, 2008
time = 12:30pm
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score = 4–1
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Playoff round

Draw

Semi-2-no-groups
semi-date = 11 January 2008
final-date = 12 January 2008
pool-a-name = Group A
pool-b-name = Group B
top-position-name = 2nd
next-position-name = 1st
final-match-name = Gold medal game
consolation-match-name = Bronze medal game
pool-a-second = ihw|CZE
pool-a-second-score = 0
pool-b-first = "'ihw|USA
pool-b-first-score = 8
pool-b-second = ihw|SWE
pool-b-second-score = 1
pool-a-first = "'ihw|CAN
pool-a-first-score = 7
f-team-top = ihw|USA
f-score-top = 5
f-team-bot = ihw|CAN
f-score-bot = 2
bronze-team-top = ihw|CZE
bronze-score-top = 4
bronze-team-bot = ihw|SWE
bronze-score-bot = 2

emifinals

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date = January 11, 2008
time = 4:15pm
team1 = "'ihw-rt|USA
score = 8–0
periods = (2-0, 4-0, 2-0)
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stadium = Father David Bauer Olympic Arena. Calgary
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date = January 11, 2008
time = 7:45pm
team1 = "'ihw-rt|CAN
score = 7–1
periods = (2-0, 4-0, 1-1)
team2 = ihw|SWE
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Bronze medal game

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date = January 12, 2008
time = 4:00pm
team1 = ihw-rt|CZE
score = 4–2
periods = (0-0, 1-0, 3-2)
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Gold medal game

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date = January 12, 2008
time = 7:30pm
team1 = ihw-rt|USA
score = 5–2
periods = (2-0, 2-1, 1-1)
team2 = ihw|CAN
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Final standings

External links

* [http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-womens-u18-championship/home.html Official site]
* TSN.ca [http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/feature/?fid=11268 2008 World Women's U-18 Championship]
* Hockey Canada [http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/26945/la_id/1.htm 2008 World Women's Under-18 Championship]

ee also

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

References

* TSN.ca (Canadian Press) [http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story/?ID=224612&hubname= Hockey Canada names women's U-18 roster]
* USA Hockey [http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=TU_02_07&id=214068 Women’s Under-18 Team Announced]