2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I

2010 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
City	Piešťany
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3–9 April 2010
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Switzerland (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	116 (7.73 per game)
Attendance	3,308 (221 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Sara Benz (18 points)
MVP	Nicol Čupková
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The 2010 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I tournament was the second Division I tournament of the U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey. Division I was played as a single tournament of six teams and it represented the second tier of competition at the 2010 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship.

The Division I tournament was played at the Piešťany Ice Rink (Slovak: Zimný štadión Piešťany) in Piešťany, Slovakia during 3 to 9 April 2010.^[1] Switzerland was the tournament champion and earned promotion to the Top Division of the 2011 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship.

Team	Previous result
Switzerland	8th place in 2009 World Championship Top Division and were relegated
France	2nd place in 2009 World Championship Division I
Slovakia	Host; 3rd place in 2009 World Championship Division I
Austria	4th place in 2009 World Championship Division I
Norway	5th place in 2009 World Championship Division I
Kazakhstan	World Championship debut

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Switzerland	5	5	0	0	0	44	5	+39	15
2	France	5	4	0	0	1	16	15	+1	12
3	Slovakia	5	3	0	0	2	17	9	+8	9
4	Austria	5	2	0	0	3	16	14	+2	6
5	Norway	5	1	0	0	4	14	27	−13	3
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	0	5	9	46	−37	0

  Switzerland was promoted to the Top Division of the 2011 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).^[2]
Note: PP1 = Power play goal (+1 advantage); PP2 = Power play goal (+2 advantage); SH1 = Short handed goal (–1 advantage); EN = Empty net goal; EA = Extra attacker; PS = Penalty shot

3 April 2010 12:00

Kazakhstan

1–15 (0–6, 1–3, 0–6)

Switzerland

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 57

[Game reference 1]
	Alexandra Kalmukanova Anasstasiya Ogay	Goalies	Larissa Friant	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Zsuzsanna Sándor
	0–1 01:22 – Stänz (Hofstetter) 0–2 02:32 – L. Benz (Zollinger, Stalder) 0–3 04:04 – I. Waidacher (Stänz) 0–4 05:27 – N. Waidacher (S. Benz, Raselli) 0–5 06:01 – S. Benz (N. Waidacher, Raselli) 0–6 13:33 – Stänz (McGregor, I. Waidacher) 0–7 20:45 – Raselli (S. Benz, N. Waidacher) 0–8 31:13 – Raselli (S. Benz, N. Waidacher) Azanova (Orlova) – 34:48 1–8 1–9 38:26 – S. Benz (N. Waidacher) 1–10 43:24 – S. Benz (Raselli) 1–11 44:03 – McGregor (Stänz, I. Waidacher) 1–12 45:32 – Raselli (L. Benz) 1–13 48:25 – L. Benz (Raselli) 1–14 49:00 – Forster 1–15 58:14 – L. Benz (Stalder, S. Benz)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	6	Shots	81

3 April 2010 15:30

Austria

1–4 (0–1, 1–0, 0–3)

France

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 80

[Game reference 2]
	Paula Marchhart	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referee: Arina Ustinova Linesmen: Kaire Leet Diana Pencun
	0–1 18:46 – Lahouratate Passard Ullrich (Hummel) – 35:13 1–1 1–2 40:26 – Jouanny (Lahouratate Passard) (PP1) 1–3 43:08 – Pierrot (Rihet) 1–4 59:21 – Rihet (EN)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	45	Shots	24

3 April 2010 19:00

Norway

1–5 (0–0, 0–3, 1–2)

Slovakia

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 235

[Game reference 3]
	Christine Berger	Goalies	Jana Budajová	Referee: Malin Axelsson Linesmen: Elena Ivanova Bianca Schipper
	0–1 24:31 – Lučová (Čupková) 0–2 27:03 – Ihnaťová 0–3 39:46 – Lučová (Čupková, Michalcová) Dalen (Henriksen) (PP1) – 45:34 1–3 1–4 52:04 – Staroňová (Ihnaťová) 1–5 53:34 – Staroňová
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	31

4 April 2010 12:00

Switzerland

5–2 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Austria

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 286

[Game reference 4]
	Larissa Friant	Goalies	Paula Marchhart	Referee: Arina Ustinova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Elena Ivanova
	I. Waidacher (Stänz) – 05:30 1–0 Raselli (PP1) – 08:40 2–0 2–1 18:26 – Hummel (SH1) 2–2 28:13 – Meixner (Ullrich) (PP1) Zollinger (SH1) – 33:04 3–2 I. Waidacher (Forster, Altmann) – 41:12 4–2 Teggi (Zollinger) – 59:07 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	62	Shots	18

4 April 2010 15:30

France

4–2 (1–1, 0–1, 3–0)

Norway

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 310

[Game reference 5]
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Christine Berger	Referee: Ludmila Nelibová Linesmen: Bianca Schipper Viera Šilhavíková
	Lahouratate Passard (Escudero) – 02:23 1–0 1–1 06:31 – Hansen (Dalen) 1–2 23:29 – Dalen Jouanny (Fohrer) (PP1) – 47:34 2–2 Escudero – 59:22 3–2 Jouanny (EN) – 59:39 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	34

4 April 2010 19:00

Slovakia

9–2 (5–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 375

[Game reference 6]
	Romana Kiapešová	Goalies	Anastassiya Ogay	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Diana Pencun Zsuzsanna Sándor
	Čupková (Bondorová) – 03:07 1–0 Miháliková (Ihnaťová) (PP1) – 06:36 2–0 Čupková (Lúčová, Bondorová) – 09:47 3–0 Staroňová (Miháliková) – 10:08 4–0 Ihnaťová (Balášová, Michalcová) – 12:20 5–0 5–1 17:20 – Kartanbayeva (Ryspek) Miháliková (Staroňová, Ihnaťová) (PP1) – 27:40 6–1 Čupková (Lúčová, Novotná) (PP2) – 30:36 7–1 Čupková – 36:32 8–1 8–2 51:37 – Kartanbayeva (Assimova, Khamimuldinova) Čupková (PP1) – 56:26 9–2
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	47	Shots	14

6 April 2010 12:00

Switzerland

12–1 (3–1, 3–0, 6–0)

Norway

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 80

[Game reference 7]
	Larissa Friant Sarah Kung	Goalies	Ingrid Sandven	Referee: Malin Axelsson Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Zsuzsanna Sándor
	0–1 03:44 – Dalen (Henriksen) (SH1) Stalder – 09:47 1–1 N. Waidacher (S. Benz) (PP1) – 11:21 2–1 S. Benz (N. Waidacher) – 18:32 3–1 Zollinger (Schneider) – 26:49 4–1 S. Benz (SH1) – 28:52 5–1 I. Waidacher (Stalder, Stänz) (PP1) – 30:36 6–1 S. Benz (Stalder) – 43:08 7–1 Stänz (I. Waidacher) – 43:35 8–1 S. Benz (N. Waidacher, Forster) – 45:43 9–1 S. Benz (N. Waidacher, Raselli) – 49:14 10–1 N. Waidacher – 50:55 11–1 N. Waidacher – 59:54 12–1
	6 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	12

6 April 2010 15:30

Kazakhstan

3–9 (0–1, 1–3, 2–5)

Austria

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 290

[Game reference 8]
	Anastassiya Ogay Alexandra Kalmukanova	Goalies	Nicole Arnberger	Referee: Ludmila Nelibová Linesmen: Diana Pencun Viera Šilhavíková
	0–1 03:05 – Meixner (Bacher) (SH1) 0–2 21:01 – Bacher (Meixner) Ryspek (Kartanbayeva) – 23:35 1–2 1–3 27:58 – Willenshofer (Arneitz, Kainberger) 1–4 35:28 – Ullrich (Arnberger) (SH1) 1–5 43:11 – Meixner (Bacher) Karpeyeva (Orlova) – 46:17 2–5 2–6 Grascher (Willenshofer) Kartanbayeva – 51:31 3–6 3–7 51:54 – Ullrich (Meixner, Kneß) 3–8 56:32 – Ullrich (Meixner) 3–9 58:22 – Meixner
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	37

6 April 2010 19:00

France

3–2 (0–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Slovakia

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 360

[Game reference 9]
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Jana Budajová	Referee: Arina Ustinova Linesmen: Elena Ivanova Kaire Leet
	Lahouratate Passard – 23:48 1–0 1–1 27:05 – Čupková (Lúčová) 1–2 43:58 – Čupková (PP1) Fohrer (Lahouratate Passard, Jouanny) (PP1) – 50:25 2–2 Jouanny (Houle) (SH1) – 58:52 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	26

7 April 2010 12:00

France

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 280

[Game reference 10]
	Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Alexandra Kalmukanova	Referee: Malin Axelsson Linesmen: Zsuzsanna Sándor Viera Šilhavíková
	0–1 04:53 – Khamimuldinova Escudero – 09:14 1–1 Lahouratate Passard (Jouanny) (PP1) – 20:14 2–1 Lahouratate Passard (Jouanny) (PP1) – 27:50 3–1 Jouanny (Fohrer) (PP1) – 48:48 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	27

7 April 2010 15:30

Austria

4–1 (3–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Norway

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 320

[Game reference 11]
	Paula Marchhart	Goalies	Christine Berger	Referee: Ludmila Nelibová Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Elena Ivanova
	Lopez (Willenshofer) – 04:47 1–0 Bacher (Ullrich, Hummel) (PP1) – 07:00 2–0 Meixner (Bacher) – 18:13 3–0 3–1 24:28 – Løvdal (Hansen) Willenshofer (Hummel) – 36:41 4–1
	33 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	29

7 April 2010 19:00

Slovakia

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Switzerland

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 380

[Game reference 12]
	Jana Budajová	Goalies	Sarah Kung	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Diana Pencun Bianca Schipper
	0–1 22:18 – Stalder (I. Waidacher) 0–2 42:22 – N. Waidacher (PS) 0–3 49:11 – Stänz (I. Waidacher) (PP1)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	10	Shots	58

9 April 2010 12:00

Switzerland

9–1 (4–0, 1–0, 4–1)

France

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 260

[Game reference 13]
	Sarah Kung Larissa Friant	Goalies	Caroline Baldin Nathalie Bore	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Diana Pencun Bianca Schipper
	Stalder (S. Benz, N. Waidacher) – 05:53 1–0 Stänz – 06:34 2–0 I. Waidacher (Zollinger, Forster) (PP1) – 10:59 3–0 S. Benz (SH1) – 18:48 4–0 N. Waidacher (Stalder) – 25:53 5–0 L. Benz (Raselli, S. Benz) (PP1) – 40:26 6–0 Stalder (L. Benz, S. Benz) (PP2) – 47:01 7–0 L. Benz (S. Benz, Raselli) (PP1) – 48:12 8–0 8–1 48:53 – Fohrer (Cleret) I. Waidacher (Altmann, McGregor) – 49:49 9–1
	26 min	Penalties	22 min
	53	Shots	16

9 April 2010 15:30

Norway

9–2 (3–0, 3–2, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 315

[Game reference 14]
	Christine Berger	Goalies	Alexandra Kalmukanova Anastassiya Ogay	Referee: Arina Ustinova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Viera Šilhavíková
	Hansen (SH1) – 06:06 1–0 Dalen (Hansen, Otnes) (SH1) – 11:17 2–0 Græsdal (Gjerde) – 14:44 3–0 Græsdal (Dalen, Holøs) (PP1) – 25:38 4–0 4–1 28:28 – Ryspek (Orlova) Dalen – 31:18 5–1 Græsdal (Dalen) – 32:25 6–1 6–2 33:48 – Moldabay (PP1) Dalen (PP2) – 44:38 7–2 Dalen (Hansen) (PP1) – 45:38 8–2 Dalen – 56:40 9–2
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	46	Shots	15

9 April 2010 19:00

Slovakia

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Austria

Piešťany Ice Rink, Piešťany Attendance: 410

[Game reference 15]
	Jana Budajová	Goalies	Paula Marchhart	Referee: Malin Axelsson Linesmen: Kaire Leet Zsuzsanna Sándor
	Olosová (Novotná, Lúčová) (PP2) – 47:32 1–0
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	37

Best players selected by the Directorate

Position	Player
Goaltender	Jana Budajová
Defender	Lara Stalder
Forward	Sara Benz
MVP	Nicol Čupková

Source: ^[3]

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.^[4]

Rank		Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1		Sara Benz	5	9	9	18	+17	8	F
2		Nina Waidacher	5	6	7	13	+16	2	F
3		Isabel Waidacher	5	6	6	12	+9	0	F
4		Andrea Dalen	5	8	3	11	+4	6	F
5		Evelina Raselli	5	4	7	11	+6	20	F
6		Nicol Čupková	5	7	2	9	+2	6	F
7		Phoebe Stänz	5	5	4	9	+9	0	F
8		Lara Stalder	5	4	5	9	+18	2	D
9		Betty Jouanny	5	5	3	8	+4	2	F
9		Anna Meixner	5	5	3	8	+1	10	F

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

Goaltenders playing at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list, sorted by save percentage.^[5]

Rank		Player	TOI	GA	Svs	SO	Sv%	GAA
1		Sarah Kung	141:18	1	22	1	95.65	0.42
2		Jana Budajová	240:00	7	146	1	95.42	1.75
3		Caroline Baldin	290:11	11	169	0	93.89	2.27
4		Paula Marchhart	238:14	10	131	0	92.91	2.52
5		Larissa Friant	158:42	4	35	0	89.74	1.51
6		Christine Berger	239:43	14	105	0	88.24	3.50
7		Alexandra Kalmukanova	137:33	23	105	0	82.03	10.03
8		Anastassiya Ogay	162:27	23	98	0	80.99	8.49

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; Svs = Saves; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Austria[6]	Goaltenders: Nicole Arnberger, Paula Marchhart Defensemen: Julia Kainberger, Martina Kneß, Daniela Lackner, Paulina Polczik, Anna Schneider (C), Roxanne Schwinghammer Forwards: Carina Arneitz, Martina Bacher (A), Marlene Brunner, Tamara Grascher, Victoria Hummel (A), Anja List, Alessandra Lopez, Anna Meixner, Nadine Ullrich, Monika Vlcek, Julia Willenshofer, Theresa Wolf Head coach: Christian Dolinar Assistant coaches: Marcel Sakáč, Franz Sturm
France[7]	Goaltenders: Caroline Baldin, Nathalie Bore Defensemen: Anaëlle Champdoizeau, Chantal Cleret, Mylène Goncalves (A), Emma Houle, Cindy Imbert, Marine Mathieu, Pauline Duprat Forwards: Joanne Allemand, Jessy Castegnaro, Mathilde Durozelle, Lara Escudero, Soline Fohrer, Camille Gandit, Betty Jouanny (C), Emmanuelle Lahouratate Passard (A), Lou Pierrot, Morgane Rihet, Anaïs Sablayrolles Head coach: Nolwenn Rousselle Assistant coach: Jennifer Laloi
Kazakhstan[8]	Goaltenders: Alexandra Kalmukanova, Anastassiya Ogay Defensemen: Anna Belyanova, Natalya Karpeyeva (C), Viktoriya Kuzmina, Yelizaveta Larina, Dariya Moldabay (A), Anastassiya Orlova Forwards: Dilyara Akramova, Nargiz Azanova, Yelena Azanova, Darya Dolgashova, Anel Karimzhanova, Azhar Khamimuldinova, Bulbul Kartanbayeva, Anastassiya Matussevich, Meruyert Ryspek (A), Kristina Shanshina, Inna Shutova, Saltanat Urpekbayeva Head coach: Alexandr Sidorenko Assistant coaches: Mariya Topkayeva, Viktor Fedorchenko
Norway[9]	Goaltenders: Christine Berger, Ingrid Sandven Defensemen: Hedda Gjerde, Marthe Holm, Silje Holøs (A), Emma Kvello, Lise Otnes Forwards: Guro Nordli Bauck, Andrea Dalen (C), Anniken Edstrøm, Anette Fjeldstad, Kanutte Fladeby, Runa Græsdal, Madelen Hansen, Martine Henriksen, Emilie Solhaug Jensen, Victoria Løvdal, Ingrid Morset (A), Heidi Helena Soudská Head coach: Birger Aaserud Assistant coaches: Kjersti Malo Dyb, Line Kuvås
Slovakia[10]	Goaltenders: Jana Budajová, Romana Kiapešová Defensemen: Nikola Balášová (A), Katarína Luptáková, Nikola Michalcová, Petronela Novotná, Klaudia Olosová Forwards: Rebeka Bondorová, Petra Časnochová, Nicol Čupková (C), Viktória Ihnaťová, Lívia Lúčová (A), Alica Miháliková, Zuzana Sabolčinová, Alexandra Sakalíková, Martina Staroňová, Miroslava Stašová, Ľubica Štofanková, Monika Vulganová, Alena Želonková Head coach: Igor Andrejkovič Assistant coach: Peter Gápa
Switzerland[11]	Goaltenders: Larissa Friant, Sarah Kung Defensemen: Livia Altmann, Laura Benz (A), Sarah Forster (C), Nadine Hofstetter, Lara Stalder, Karin Williner, Selina Wuttke Forwards: Sara Benz, Mariko Dale, Kaitlyn McGregor, Laura Müller, Evelina Raselli, Nicole Schneider, Phoebe Stänz, Simona Teggi (A), Isabel Waidacher, Nina Waidacher, Sabrina Zollinger Head coach: Dominik Schär Assistant coach: Martin Inniger