2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
The 2016 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the ninth Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. The tournament was played in St. Catharines, Canada.
Top Division
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Relegation series
The third and fourth placed team from Group B will play a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.Final round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standings
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 |
| Relegated to the 2017 Division I |
Tournament awards
;Best players selected by the directorate| Best Goalkeeper |  Emma Söderberg |
| Best Defenseman |  Cayla Barnes |
| Best Forward |  Alina Müller |
Source:
;Media All Stars
| Goalkeeper | Emma Söderberg |
| Defenceman | Cayla Barnes |
| Defenceman | Jessica Adolfsson |
| Forward |  Fanuza Kadirova |
| Forward |  Ashton Bell |
| Forward | Alina Müller |
| Most Valuable Player | Valeria Tarakanova |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Alina Müller | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +5 | 10 | |
| 2 | Natalie Snodgrass | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Fanuza Kadirova | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +1 | 0 | |
| 4 | Rahel Enzler | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +4 | 0 | |
| 5 | Jessica Adolfsson | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +2 | 6 | |
| 6 | Rebecca Gilmore | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +6 | 0 | |
| 6 | Petra Nieminen | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 2 | |
| 8 | Celine Tedenby | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 6 | |
| 9 | Ashton Bell | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +6 | 0 | |
| 10 | Jenniina Nylund | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +2 | 4 |
Source:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Alex Gulstene | 181:47 | 3 | 0.99 | 95.45 | 1 | |
| 2 | Tiia Pajarinen | 179:36 | 4 | 1.34 | 93.33 | 0 | |
| 3 | Emma Söderberg | 240:00 | 7 | 1.75 | 93.27 | 0 | |
| 4 | Vanessa Bolinger | 279:36 | 6 | 1.29 | 91.04 | 2 | |
| 5 | Valeria Tarakanova | 288:40 | 14 | 2.91 | 90.07 | 1 |
Source:
Division I
Division I "A"
Was played in Miskolc, Hungary 10–16 January 2016.Division I Qualification
Was played in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria, January 7 to 11, 2016. The teams were divided into two groups of four where the winners played off against each other for promotion to the 2017 Division I tournament. The top six teams remain in the newly titled Division 1 B, Romania and Australia were relegated to the new Division I B Qualification tournament.;Group A