2019 U18 Women’s World Championship: Australia finish fourth

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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:

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

  1. South Korea
  2. Kazakstan
  3. Chinese Taipei
  4. Australia
  5. Spain
  6. Turkey
  7. Mexico

Preliminary round: Group A

TeamGPWOTWOTLLPTS
Kazakhstan220006
Australia210013
Turkey200020

Preliminary round: Group B

TeamGPWOTWOTLLPTS
South Korea330009
Chinese Taipei311015
Spain310114
Mexico300030

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