Women’s U19 WFC 2018 Groups are set after the qualification event in Linz, Austria. The Final Round will be played in St. Gallen and Herisau, Switzerland 2nd – 6th of May with 16 teams.

The Women’s U19 WFC 2018 will be played in St. Gallen and Herisau, Switzerland, and is made of up 8 teams in A-division & 8 teams in B-division. All A-division teams, as well as six B-division teams have directly qualified, based on results from the Women´s U19 WFC 2016 and regional quotas. Australia and New Zealand will be competing for the first time in the Women´s U19s.

The remaining 2 spots in the B-division were determined via a qualification event in Europe, between Austria, The Netherlands, Italy & Russia. The qualified teams were Austria and Russia.

The Women’s U19 WFC 2018 Groups are as below:

A-Division      Group A    Sweden (1)*    Czech Republic (4)    Norway (5)    Germany (9)    Group B    Finland (2)    Switzerland (3)    Poland (6)    Slovakia (7)

B-Division  Group A    Latvia (8)    USA (12)    Austria (15)    Australia (-)    Group B    Canada (10)    Hungary (11)    Russia (18)^    New Zealand (-)   *Numbers in brackets show current rankings based on results from U19 WFC 2016. Teams marked with (-) are competing in their first Women´s U19 WFC event and will receive a ranking at the completion of the tournament. ^ Russia did not compete in 2016, so their ranking is based on past participation in U19 WFC events

More information on the U19 WFC 2018 Webpage.