2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012 was introduced a new format of the IIHF World U18 Championships, therefore Division II A and Division II B now represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championships.

2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Netherlands
 Serbia
Dates31 March – 6 April 2012
20 – 26 March 2012
Teams12
2011
2013

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 31 March to 6 April 2012.[1]

Participants

Team Qualification
 Great Britain placed last in 2011 Division I (Group A) and were relegated
 South Korea placed last in 2011 Division I (Group B) and were relegated
 Romania placed 2nd in 2011 Division II (Group A)
 Netherlands hosts, placed 2nd in 2011 Division II (Group B)
 Croatia placed 3rd in 2011 Division II (Group A)
 Lithuania placed 3rd in 2011 Division II (Group B)

Final standings

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 South Korea 5 3 1 1 0 17 14 +3 12
 Romania 5 4 0 0 1 25 15 +10 12
 Lithuania 5 3 1 0 1 22 11 +11 11
 Great Britain 5 1 1 0 3 18 17 +1 5
 Croatia 5 1 0 1 3 8 23 15 4
 Netherlands 5 0 0 1 4 16 26 10 1
Promoted to the 2013 Division I B Relegated to the 2013 Division II B

Results

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

31 March 2012
13:30
Croatia 3–6
( 1–1, 1–0, 1–5 )
 Romania
31 March 2012
17:00
Lithuania 7–3
( 2–2, 2–0, 3–1 )
 Great Britain
31 March 2012
20:30
Netherlands 3–4
( 2–4, 1–0, 0–0 )
 South Korea

1 April 2012
13:30
Romania 3–1
( 2–0, 0–0, 1–1 )
 Lithuania
1 April 2012
17:00
Great Britain 4–3 OT
( 1–2, 1–1, 1–0 )
( 1–0 )
 Netherlands
1 April 2012
20:30
South Korea 3–2 GWS
( 0–1, 0–0, 2–1 )
( 0–0, 1–0 )
 Croatia

3 April 2012
13:30
South Korea 2–3 GWS
( 0–1, 1–1, 1–0 )
( 0–0, 0–1 )
 Lithuania
3 April 2012
17:00
Romania 3–2
( 1–0, 2–1, 0–1 )
 Great Britain
3 April 2012
20:30
Netherlands 2–3
( 1–2, 0–1, 1–0 )
 Croatia

4 April 2012
13:30
South Korea 4–3
( 1–0, 2–1, 1–2 )
 Romania
4 April 2012
17:00
Great Britain 6–0
( 2–0, 2–0, 2–0 )
 Croatia
4 April 2012
20:30
Lithuania 5–3
( 1–0, 1–3, 3–0 )
 Netherlands

6 April 2012
13:30
Croatia 0–6
( 0–3, 0–1, 0–2 )
 Lithuania
6 April 2012
17:00
Great Britain 3–4
( 0–3, 1–1, 2–0 )
 South Korea
6 April 2012
20:30
Romania 10–5
( 3–0, 3–2, 4–3 )
 Netherlands

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 20 to 26 March 2012.[2]

Participants

Team Qualification
 Estonia placed 4th in 2011 Division II (Group A)
 Spain placed 4th in 2011 Division II (Group B)
 Serbia hosts, placed 5th in 2011 Division II (Group A)
 China placed 5th in 2011 Division II (Group B)
 Australia placed 1st in 2011 Division III (Group A) and were promoted
 Iceland placed 1st in 2011 Division III (Group B) and were promoted

Final standings

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Estonia 5 4 1 0 0 32 17 +15 14
 Serbia 5 3 0 0 2 22 16 +6 9
 Spain 5 2 1 0 2 21 18 +3 8
 Iceland 5 2 0 1 2 23 23 0 7
 Australia 5 1 0 1 3 8 20 12 4
 China 5 0 1 1 3 18 30 12 3
Promoted to the 2013 Division II A Relegated to the 2013 Division III A

Results

All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1 / 26 March 2012 Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

20 March 2012
13:00
Estonia 7–4
( 0–1, 2–1, 5–2 )
 Australia
20 March 2012
16:30
China 4–9
( 0–3, 1–1, 3–5 )
 Spain
20 March 2012
20:30
Iceland 4–5
( 1–0, 1–1, 2–4 )
 Serbia

21 March 2012
13:00
Estonia 7–6 OT
( 3–1, 1–2, 2–3 )
( 1–0 )
 China
21 March 2012
16:30
Australia 0–5
( 0–0, 0–4, 0–1 )
 Iceland
21 March 2012
20:00
Spain 4–3
( 1–0, 2–0, 1–3 )
 Serbia

23 March 2012
13:00
Spain 2–1 OT
( 0–0, 0–0, 1–1 )
( 1–0 )
 Australia
23 March 2012
16:30
Estonia 7–3
( 2–0, 4–2, 1–1 )
 Iceland
23 March 2012
20:00
China 1–6
( 0–2, 1–3, 0–1 )
 Serbia

24 March 2012
13:00
Iceland 5–4
( 1–1, 3–2, 1–1 )
 Spain
24 March 2012
16:30
Australia 2–0
( 0–0, 1–0, 1–0 )
 China
24 March 2012
20:00
Serbia 2–6
( 1–1, 0–4, 1–1 )
 Estonia

26 March 2012
13:00
China 7–6 OT
( 1–2, 2–2, 3–2 )
( 1–0 )
 Iceland
26 March 2012
16:30
Spain 2–5
( 1–0, 0–0, 1–5 )
 Estonia
26 March 2012
20:00
Serbia 6–1
( 2–0, 2–0, 2–1 )
 Australia

References

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