2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2012 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Germany
 Poland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates11–17 December 2011
12–18 December 2011
Teams12
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See also: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012, a new format was introduced to the IIHF World Junior Championships, therefore Division I A and Division I B now represent the second and third tiers of the IIHF World Junior Championship. Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower level. This year, for the first time, the winner of Group B was promoted to Group A and the winner of Group A was promoted to the next year's Top Division.[1] Previously, the winners of both groups were promoted to the Top Division.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2011.[2]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Norway Placed 9th in Top Division last year and were relegated.
 Germany Hosts; placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated.
 Belarus Placed 2nd in Division I (Group A) last year.
 Slovenia Placed 2nd in Division I (Group B) last year.
 Great Britain Placed 3rd in Division I (Group A) last year.
 Austria Placed 3rd in Division I (Group B) last year.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Germany (H) 5 5 0 0 0 34 9 +25 15 Promoted to the 2013 Top Division
2  Belarus 5 3 0 1 1 21 10 +11 10
3  Norway 5 3 0 0 2 19 13 +6 9
4  Slovenia 5 1 2 0 2 16 12 +4 7
5  Austria 5 1 0 1 3 11 26 −15 4
6  Great Britain 5 0 0 0 5 6 37 −31 0 Relegated to the 2013 Division I B
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)

11 December 2011
12:30		Great Britain 2–5
(2–2, 0–1, 0–2)		 NorwayGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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11 December 2011
16:00		Belarus 1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 GermanyGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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11 December 2011
19:30		Austria 2–3 (GWS)
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
(0–0, 0–1)		 SloveniaGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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12 December 2011
15:30		Slovenia 8–0
(6–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 Great BritainGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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12 December 2011
19:00		Germany 11–2
(3–0, 6–1, 2–1)		 AustriaGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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13 December 2011
17:00		Norway 2–3
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2)		 BelarusGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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14 December 2011
12:30		Great Britain 2–10
(0–2, 0–6, 2–2)		 BelarusGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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14 December 2011
16:00		Norway 5–2
(3–0, 0–2, 2–0)		 AustriaGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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14 December 2011
19:30		Germany 5–2
(2–2, 0–0, 3–0)		 SloveniaGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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15 December 2011
19:00		Germany 11–1
(4–0, 3–0, 4–1)		 Great BritainGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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16 December 2011
15:30		Belarus 6–2
(3–1, 1–1, 2–0)		 AustriaGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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16 December 2011
19:00		Slovenia 1–4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)		 NorwayGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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17 December 2011
12:30		Austria 3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 Great BritainGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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17 December 2011
16:00		Slovenia 2–1 (GWS)
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(0–0, 1–0)		 BelarusGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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17 December 2011
19:30		Norway 3–5
(0–1, 1–1, 2–3)		 GermanyGarmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1 Tobias Rieder  Germany 5 5 8 13 +6 4
2 David Elsner  Germany 5 4 5 9 +6 8
3 Marcel Noebels  Germany 5 4 5 9 +5 6
4 Sondre Olden  Norway 5 2 6 8 +4 2
5 Jonas Knutsen  Norway 5 5 2 7 +4 6
6 Gal Koren  Slovenia 5 4 3 7 0 0
7 Bernhard Keil  Germany 5 2 5 7 +5 14
7 Patrick Obrist  Austria 5 2 5 7 +1 2
9 Konrad Abeltshauser  Germany 5 1 6 7 +10 4
10 Leo Pföderl  Germany 5 3 3 6 +5 0

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Yan Shelepnyov  Belarus 284:21 8 92.73 1.69 0
2 Mathias Niederberger  Germany 260:00 7 92.13 1.62 0
3 Luka Gračnar  Slovenia 269:45 11 91.47 2.45 0
4 Lars Volden  Norway 300:00 13 91.10 2.60 0
5 Declan Ryan  Great Britain 192:15 22 82.95 6.87 0

IIHF Best Players awards

Division I A champions

Division I A champions
Germany
Germany 		Konrad Abeltshauser, David Elsner, Richard Gelke, Henry Haase, Jimmy Hertel, Mirko Höfflin, Bernhard Keil, Kilian Keller, Nicolas Krämmer, Stephan Kronthaler, Nickolas Latta, Corey Mapes, Thomas Merl, Mathias Niederberger, Marcel Noebels, Andreas Pauli, Leo Pföderl, Maximilian Renner, Tobias Rieder, Lukas Steinhauer, Thomas Supis, Sebastian Uvira, Pascal Zerressen
Head Coach: Ernst Höfner

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 12 to 18 December 2011.[3]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Italy Placed 4th in Division I (Group A) last year.
 Kazakhstan Placed 4th in Division I (Group B) last year.
 Japan Placed 5th in Division I (Group A) last year.
 Croatia Placed 5th in Division I (Group B) last year.
 France Placed 1st in Division II (Group A) last year and were promoted.
 Poland Hosts; placed 1st in Division II (Group B) last year and were promoted.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  France 5 4 0 0 1 19 6 +13 12 Promoted to the 2013 Division I A
2  Kazakhstan 5 3 0 1 1 9 7 +2 10
3  Italy 5 2 1 0 2 14 9 +5 8
4  Poland (H) 5 2 0 1 2 16 12 +4 7
5  Croatia 5 2 0 0 3 12 25 −13 6
6  Japan 5 0 1 0 4 9 20 −11 2 Relegated to the 2013 Division II A
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)

12 December 2011
13:00		France 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 ItalyWinter Stadium, Tychy
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12 December 2011
16:30		Japan 1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 KazakhstanWinter Stadium, Tychy
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12 December 2011
20:00		Poland 9–1
(3–0, 4–1, 2–0)		 CroatiaWinter Stadium, Tychy
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13 December 2011
13:00		Italy 7–2
(3–1, 4–0, 0–1)		 JapanWinter Stadium, Tychy
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13 December 2011
16:30		Croatia 1–8
(1–0, 0–4, 0–4)		 FranceWinter Stadium, Tychy
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13 December 2011
20:00		Kazakhstan 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 PolandWinter Stadium, Tychy
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15 December 2011
13:00		France 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 JapanWinter Stadium, Tychy
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15 December 2011
16:30		Kazakhstan 4–3
(2–1, 1–2, 1–0)		 CroatiaWinter Stadium, Tychy
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15 December 2011
20:00		Italy 4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 PolandWinter Stadium, Tychy
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16 December 2011
13:00		Kazakhstan 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)		 FranceWinter Stadium, Tychy
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16 December 2011
16:30		Croatia 3–1
(2–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 ItalyWinter Stadium, Tychy
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16 December 2011
20:00		Japan 3–2 (OT)
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(1–0)		 PolandWinter Stadium, Tychy
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18 December 2011
13:00		Croatia 4–3
(0–0, 3–2, 1–1)		 JapanWinter Stadium, Tychy
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18 December 2011
16:30		Italy 1–0 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(1–0)		 KazakhstanWinter Stadium, Tychy
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18 December 2010
20:00		Poland 3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 FranceWinter Stadium, Tychy
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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1 Damian Kapica  Poland 5 6 4 10 +10 0
2 Mateusz Michalski  Poland 5 2 7 9 +9 0
3 Kamil Kalinowski  Poland 5 3 4 7 +5 2
3 Borna Rendulic  Croatia 5 3 4 7 -2 0
5 Norbert Abramov  France 5 4 2 6 +6 4
6 Petar Trstenjak  Croatia 5 1 5 6 -5 2
7 Igor Lazic  Croatia 5 3 2 5 -3 6
8 Dimitri Thillet  France 5 2 3 5 +6 2
9 Makuru Fukuhashi  Japan 5 3 1 4 +4 0
9 Nicolas Ritz  France 5 3 1 4 +6 20

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Julian Barrier-Heyligen  France 240:00 3 96.34 0.75 1
2 Pavel Poluektov  Kazakhstan 304:49 7 94.66 1.38 1
3 Massimo Quagliato  Italy 304:29 9 93.28 1.77 1
4 Takuto Onoda  Japan 178:23 8 91.67 2.69 0
5 Mariusz Ryszkaniec  Poland 180:00 7 91.57 2.33 0

IIHF Best Players awards

Division I B champions

Division I B champions
France
France 		Norbert Abramov, Jérémy Arès, Aziz Baazzi, Julien Barrier-Heyligen, Joris Bedin, Antoine Bonvalot, Mathieu Briand, Martin Charpentier, Florian Chakiachvili, Aurélien Dorey, Raphaël Faure, Romain Gutierrez, Maxime Joly, Nicolas Leclerc, Vincent Llorca, Yann Millet, Anthony Rech, Nicolas Ritz, Marius Serer, Dimitri Thillet, Nicolas Thos, Hugo Vinatier
Head Coach: Lionel Charrier

References

  1. ^ Changes in Worlds structure at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 August 2011)
  2. ^ 2012 Division I A statistics
  3. ^ 2012 Division I B statistics