2023 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2023 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 15th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey which took place in Östersund, Sweden, January 8–15, 2023.

Top Division
The Top Division tournament is played in Östersund, Sweden from 8 to 15 January 2023.

Match officials
Ten referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇨🇦 Jennifer Berezowski
 * 🇨🇿 Zuzana Svobodová
 * 🇩🇪 Vanessa Anselm
 * 🇬🇧 Hollie Neenan
 * 🇯🇵 Anna Kuroda
 * Sintija Čamane
 * 🇸🇪 Ida Henriksson
 * 🇸🇪 Veronica Lovensnö
 * 🇺🇸 Taylor Hanvelt
 * 🇺🇸 Jenna Janshen


 * Linesmen
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Hui
 * 🇨🇿 Kristina Hájková
 * 🇩🇪 Caroline Butt
 * 🇩🇪 Leonie Ernst
 * 🇫🇷 Alexia Cheyroux
 * Britt Kösters
 * 🇵🇱 Natalia Witkowska
 * Anina Egli
 * 🇺🇸 Melanie Gotsdiner
 * 🇺🇸 Breana Kraut

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).

Relegation round
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

Final round
Teams will be reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:


 * 1) tier of the group;
 * 2) position in the group.

Awards
Best players selected by the Directorate Source: IIHF

All-Star team Source: IIHF

Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF

Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

Group A
The tournament was held in Ritten, Italy from 9 to 15 January 2023.

Group B
The tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 10 to 15 January 2023.

Group A
The tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from 21 to 27 January 2023.

Group B
The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 26 January to 1 February 2023.