The 2016 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the ninth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
The Top Division tournament was played during 8 to 15 January 2016 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Six referees and nine linesmen were selected for the tournament. of Sweden was the tournament chairperson.
The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.
<small>Source: IIHF</small>
<small>Source: IIHF</small>
<small>GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/â = P PlusâÂÂminus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes<br>Source: IIHF</small>
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
<small>TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts<br>Source: IIHF</small>
The Division I tournament was played in Miskolc, Hungary during 10 to 16 January 2016.
The Division I Qualification tournament was played in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria during 7 to 11 January 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 Group A tournament. The teams ranking second through sixth remained in the newly titled Division I Group B and were joined by the relegated team from the 2016 Division I tournament. As the lowest ranking teams, Romania and Australia were relegated to the new Division I Group B Qualification tournament.
Austria won the tournament and gained promotion to the 2017 Division I Group A tournament.