The Australian women’s national under-18 team have lost 2-6 to Chinese Taipei in their bronze medal match of the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Group B Qualification tournament. Nikki Sharp was named best Australian player of the match and Emily Davis-Tope was selected as best Australian player of the tournament. In the other games played Spain shutout Turkey 7-0 in their placement game to finish fifth and South Korea beat Kazakhstan 4-3 after a shootout to win the gold medal and earn promotion to Division I Group B for 2020.
Further information:
- Australia Women U18 Facebook page
- Tournament page at IIHF.com (includes livestream details)
Playoffs schedule
- Placement 5th-7th: Turkey 1-0 Mexico (13:00, 16 January 2019)
- Semifinal 1: South Korea 5-2 Australia (16:30, 16 January 2019)
- Semifinal 2: Kazakhstan 3-1 Chinese Taipei (20:00, 16 January 2019)
- Placement 5th-6th: Turkey 0-7 Spain (13:00, 18 January 2019)
- Bronze: Chinese Taipei 6-2 Australia (16:30, 18 January 2019)
- Gold: Kazakhstan 3-4 SO South Korea (20:00, 18 January 2019)
Final standings
- South Korea
- Kazakstan
- Chinese Taipei
- Australia
- Spain
- Turkey
- Mexico
Preliminary round: Group A
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Preliminary round: Group B
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Leave a Reply