Who do you think has more at stake at their respective upcoming U18 tournament - Switzerland's men here, or Finland's women next year?

#U18MensWorlds #U18WomensWorlds

Across all IIHF play since the start of 2024, Canada is 3-8 vs the U.S. ... and 73-10 vs everyone else

#WorldJuniors #U18WomensWorlds #U18MensWorlds #MensWorlds #WomensWorlds #MilanoCortina2026

The last time Canada didn't hold a title anywhere (Jan 1989 - Jan 1990), the following things didn't exist yet:

1. #WomensWorlds
2. #U18MensWorlds (in its current form)
3. #U18WomensWorlds
4. The women's Olympic tournament
5. Me

USA: Has not lost an elimination game by more than one goal since Canada beat them 3-0 in the gold medal game of the 2025 #U18WomensWorlds.

Jungaker (SWE): Was on the #U18WomensWorlds team that upset the U.S. in the 2023 semifinals

#MilanoCortina2026

Most frequent matchups from the QFs onward at any IIHF tournament since the start of 2024:

9 - CAN vs CZE
9 - CZE vs SWE
7 - SWE vs USA
6 - FIN vs SWE
6 - FIN vs USA
5 - CAN vs USA

* as of QFs of men's OG*

#WorldJuniors #U18WomensWorlds #U18MensWorlds #MensWorlds #WomensWorlds #MilanoCortina2026

Germany: Won promotion back to the top division of the #U18WomensWorlds this past January

#MilanoCortina2026

Sweden: Has the most gold medal game appearances across all women's IIHF tournaments, among non-North American countries (they have three - 2006 Olympics, 2018 and 2023 #U18WomensWorlds)

#MilanoCortina2026

Surprisingly, it didn't happen going from the #WorldJuniors to the #U18WomensWorlds... but here... at #MilanoCortina2026... I've almost put #U18WomensWorlds for every single tweet

As a result of D3 being cancelled, the last place finisher of D2B will not be relegated. #U18WomensWorlds

Korea Earns Promotion Winning Gold At Division IIA U-18 Women's World Championships Korea is moving up in the ranks of U-18 women's hockey after winning gold at the Division IIA U-18 World Championships in Turkey.

Korea is moving up in the ranks of U-18 women's hockey after winning gold at the Division IIA U-18 World Championships in Turkey. thehockeynews.com/womens/inter... #U18WomensWorlds

IIHF Cancels Women's U-18 Division III World Championships Only Days Before Puck Drop The IIHF surprised women's hockey followers, and nations scheduled to participate by cancelling the women's U-18 Division III World Championships only a week before the puck was slated to drop in Thai...

The #U18WomensWorlds D3 has been cancelled.

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Bianca Birrittieri Shuts Down Canada to Lift Team USA to Record-Setting 10th Gold at Under-18 Women’s Worlds Birrittieri saved all 38 shots she faced in the gold-medal game against Canada.

And here's my gold medal game story from #U18WomensWorlds for USAH

Jane Daley’s Vast Improvement from Last Year’s Under-18 Women’s Worlds Leads to Gold Medal and MVP Honors Daley scored a tournament-record 12 goals at the 2026 IIHF Under-18 Women’s World Championship.

We could see early on that she was going to have a great tournament, so I talked to teammates, coaches and even rivals to find out more about #U18WomensWorlds MVP Jane Daley

IIHF Cancels Women's U-18 Division III World Championships Only Days Before Puck Drop The IIHF surprised women's hockey followers, and nations scheduled to participate by cancelling the women's U-18 Division III World Championships only a week before the puck was slated to drop in Thai...

Only days before puck drop and with teams still on the ice training, the IIHF has cancelled the women's U-18 Division III World Championships scheduled to take place in Thailand.

More: thehockeynews.com/womens/inter... #IIHF #U18WomensWorlds

At Victory Press we had a total of 24 posts for #U18WomensWorlds

Those posts total 26,387 words about the 21 games over eight days.

Shoutout to @popfly.bsky.social for putting together daily video posts for our paid subscribers.

If you followed along and liked what we did - thank you!

Courtney Kennedy Brings Plenty of International Experience Behind The Bench First-time head coach played in the 2002 and 2006 Olympics and has served as an assistant coach at seven international tournaments

I missed that this went live during the tournament, but I got to talk to Courtney Kennedy before U18s started about taking on her first head coaching role

#U18WomensWorlds

Best Performers From The 2026 U-18 Women's World Championships The 2026 IIHF women's World Championships are in the books with USA winning gold. While it's a team game, here's a look at the tournament's top performers.

The 2026 U-18 women's World Championships are in the books.

Here's a look at the top performers from the tournament thehockeynews.com/womens/inter... #U18WomensWorlds

Top 10 standouts from 2026 IIHF Under-18 Women’s Worlds Several players were clutch over the past week and change in Nova Scotia.

The future is looking bright for #WomensHockey.

From Jane Daley's record-breaking performance, to Adrianna Milani piling on the goals, as well as Bianca Birrittieri's heroics, I look at 10 standouts from the #U18WomensWorlds at @dailyfaceoff.bsky.social

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2026 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship: Bronze medal game A recap of the action from January 15, 2025, the last day of the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in Sydney and Membertou, Nova Scotia. Czechia 4, Sweden 3 The Czechs won their third straight me...

Here's my recap and pictures from the #U18WomensWorlds Bronze Medal Game

Sold-out Cape Breton crowd sees United States shut out Canada 2-0 to win U18 Women's Worlds gold American netminder Bianca Birittieri made an incredible 38 saves, while linemates Emily Pohl and Lindsay Stepnowski scored in the first and second, to help lead the United States to a 2-0 gold medal w...

Sold out Cape Breton crowd sees USA shutout Canada for U-18 women's World Championship gold.

More: thehockeynews.com/womens/inter... #U18WomensWorlds

Me standing in the door of the penalty box of the empty rink. The tournament logo is at center ice behind me and the trophy on the underside of the scoreboard shows above me

The tournament is over but I'll have more coverage of #U18WomensWorlds this week on Victory Press, so keep following along

Thanks so much for making it possible for me to do this.

USA beats Canada to win 10th IIHF Women’s Under-18 gold medal The U.S. never trailed once during this year’s tournament, leading to another championship.

In one of the most dominant performances in tournament history, Team USA adds another gold medal at the #U18WomensWorlds

I look at their win over Canada in my latest for @dailyfaceoff.bsky.social

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Jane Daley takes home the #U18WomensWorlds MVP after breaking the record for most goals in a single tournament 👏

(📸: x/IIHFHockey)

Canada: Has not won a gold medal at home since the 2023 #WorldJuniors.

#U18WomensWorlds #U18MensWorlds #WomensWorlds #MensWorlds

Czechia edges Sweden 4-3 to claim second straight bronze at IIHF U18 Women's Worlds Sweden's comeback attempt fell short as Czechia earned the 4-3 edge — and second straight bronze medal bragging rights — in IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship action Sunday evening at Centre 200...

Czechia wins bronze at the #U18WomensWorlds

thehockeynews.com/womens/inter...

2027 Groups:

Group A:
(1) USA
(4) Sweden
(5) Switzerland
(8) Germany

Group B:
(2) Canada
(3) Czechia (🏠?)
(6) Slovakia
(7) Hungary

#U18WomensWorlds

Canada's U18 and senior women have now combined to lose 7 straight games vs the Americans (last win was last year's #U18WomensWorlds GMG).

Only the U18 men (2024 GMG) and senior men (2021 MWC SF or 2025 4NFO GMG) teams have won their most recent game against the U.S.

USA wins gold at the 2026 #U18WomensWorlds

The United States defeat Canada by a final of 2-0 and win the gold medal.

Players of the Game:
🇺🇸: Bianca Birrittieri
🇨🇦: Kendall Doiron

🇺🇸Jane Daley named Tournament MVP

#U18WomensWorlds