2015 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship
The 2015 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the eighth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship. The top division tournament was played in Buffalo, United States, from 5 to 12 January 2015. Twenty nations played in three levels, with promotion and relegation for the top and bottom teams at each level.
The United States won their fourth title, after defeating Canada in overtime in the gold medal game, with Jincy Roese scoring on the power play. This was the eighth consecutive final between the two nations, evening their all-time records. The bronze medal game was also a rematch from the previous year, this time the Russians defeated the Czechs earning their first ever medal at this level.
Format
The preliminary round is divided into two pools that placed the top four seeds into Group A, and the bottom four in Group B. The top two finishers in Group A advances directly to the semifinals, while the two remaining teams and the top two in Group B will play a quarterfinal round. The bottom two teams from Group B will play a relegation series to determine the one team that gets relegated.Preliminary round
''All times are local.''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.Tournament awards
Best players selected by the directorate
Source:Media All Stars
Source:Statistics
Scoring leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Sarah Potomak | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +8 | 4 | |
| 2 | Rebecca Gilmore | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Melissa Samoskevich | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Fanuza Kadirova | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 0 | |
| 5 | Jincy Roese | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +4 | 0 | |
| 6 | Élizabeth Giguère | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 6 | |
| 6 | Anna Shokhina | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 0 | |
| 8 | Anniina Kaitala | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +3 | 0 | |
| 9 | Sanni Hakala | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Alina Müller | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – | 4 |
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Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Andrea Brändli | 310:00 | 8 | 1.55 | 94.94 | 1 | |
| 2 | Anni Keisala | 240:00 | 5 | 1.25 | 94.74 | 1 | |
| 3 | Kaitlin Burt | 225:51 | 4 | 1.06 | 92.31 | 0 | |
| 4 | Marlène Boissonnault | 245:51 | 7 | 1.71 | 91.95 | 0 | |
| 5 | Valeria Tarakanova | 328:02 | 15 | 2.74 | 91.85 | 0 |
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Division I
Division I 'A'
The Division I 'A' tournament was played in Vaujany, France, from 4 to 10 January 2015.In Division I play the French earned their first ever promotion to the top level. They opened the tournament with a shootout win over Norway and won the rest of their games earning a trip to St. Catherines for 2016.