The 2013 IIHF U18 Women's World Championships was the sixth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship and was hosted in Finland. It began on 29 December 2012, with the gold medal game played on 5 January 2013.
All times are local (UTC+2).
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).
All times are local (UTC+2).
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. <small>GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/â = P PlusâÂÂminus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position</small> <small>Source: IIHF.com</small>
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. <small>TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts</small> <small>Source: IIHF.com</small>
Best players selected by the directorate:
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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.
The 2013 Division I final tournament was played in Romanshorn, Switzerland, from 2 to 8 January 2013.