2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
International ice hockey competition
The 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the fifth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Zlín and Přerov , Czech Republic . It began on December 31, 2011 with the gold medal game played on January 7, 2012.[ 1]
Canada won the title for the second time after defeating United States 3–0 in the final.[ 2] Sweden captured the bronze medal with a 4–1 victory over Germany .[ 3]
With an attendance of 17,480, the tournament set a record for most-attended IIHF U18 World Women's Championship. The previous record holder was the inaugural championship .[ 4]
Top Division
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1 ).
Group A
All games are being played at Zlín .
Group B
All games are being played at Přerov .
Relegation round
The teams played a best-of-three series.
All times are local (UTC+1 ).
Switzerland is relegated to Division I for the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship .
Final round
All times are local (UTC+1 ).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final rankings
Pos
Grp
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Final result
1
B
Canada
5
5
0
0
0
36
1
+35
15
Champions
2
A
United States
5
4
0
0
1
35
5
+30
12
Runners-up
3
A
Sweden
6
3
1
0
2
16
19
−3
11
Third place
4
B
Germany
6
2
0
0
4
10
22
−12
6
Fourth place
5
B
Finland
5
2
0
1
2
12
17
−5
7
Fifth place game
6
A
Czech Republic (H)
5
1
0
0
4
8
24
−16
3
7
A
Russia
6
1
1
0
4
12
25
−13
5
Win Relegation game
8
B
Switzerland
6
2
0
1
3
16
32
−16
7
Relegation to Division I A
Scoring leaders
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.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus ; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:15 GMT+1)
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:15 GMT+1)
Tournament awards
Best players selected by the directorate:
Source: [ 5]
Division I
The qualification tournament was played in Asiago , Italy , from 29 November to 4 December 2011.[ 6] The final tournament was played in Tromsø , Norway , from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012.[ 7]
Qualification tournament
Final tournament
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
Hungary
5
4
1
0
0
24
10
+14
14
Promoted to the 2013 Top Division
Austria
5
3
1
0
1
16
9
+7
11
Japan
5
3
0
2
0
14
7
+7
11
Norway
5
2
0
0
3
13
13
0
6
Great Britain
5
1
0
0
4
10
14
−4
3
Relegated to the 2013 Division I Qualification
Slovakia
5
0
0
0
5
5
29
−24
0
References
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