The 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships was the sixth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Finland. It began on December 29, 2012, with the gold medal game played on January 5, 2013.
Top Division
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Relegation round
The teams played a best-of-three series. With Russia winning the first two meetings, a third one wasn't necessary and Germany was relegated to Division I in 2013.
All times are local (UTC+2).
Final round
All times are local (UTC+2).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final standings
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. GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
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. TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Tournament awards
Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Minatsu Murase Best Defenceman: Halli Krzyzaniak Best Forward: Katherine Schipper Source: IIHF.com
Division I
Qualification tournament
The qualification tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 27 October to 1 November 2012. The top two teams were promoted to Division I of this year, and the third team was promoted to Division I of next year, because starting in 2014 one team will be promoted from the qualification tournament and will wait until the following year to play in Division I.
Final tournament
The 2013 Division I final tournament was played in Romanshorn, Switzerland, from 2 to 8 January 2013.