2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012, a new format was introduced to 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
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates31 March – 6 April 2012
20–26 March 2012
Teams12
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Division II A

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

Participants

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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

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   South Korea 5 3 1 1 0 17 14 +3 12 Promoted to the 2013 Division I B
2   Romania 5 4 0 0 1 25 15 +10 12
3   Lithuania 5 3 1 0 1 22 11 +11 11
4   Great Britain 5 1 1 0 3 18 17 +1 5
5   Croatia 5 1 0 1 3 8 23 −15 4
6   Netherlands 5 0 0 1 4 16 26 −10 1 Relegated to the 2013 Division II B
Source: IIHF

Results

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All times are local. (Central European Summer TimeUTC+2)

31 March 2012
13:30
Croatia  3–6
(1–1, 1–0, 1–5)
  RomaniaThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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31 March 2012
17:00
Lithuania  7–3
(2–2, 2–0, 3–1)
  Great BritainThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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31 March 2012
20:30
Netherlands  3–4
(2–4, 1–0, 0–0)
  South KoreaThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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1 April 2012
13:30
Romania  3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)
  LithuaniaThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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1 April 2012
17:00
Great Britain  4–3 OT
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0)
(1–0)
  NetherlandsThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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1 April 2012
20:30
South Korea  3–2 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)
(0–0, 1–0)
  CroatiaThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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3 April 2012
13:30
South Korea  2–3 GWS
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(0–0, 0–1)
  LithuaniaThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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3 April 2012
17:00
Romania  3–2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–1)
  Great BritainThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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3 April 2012
20:30
Netherlands  2–3
(1–2, 0–1, 1–0)
  CroatiaThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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4 April 2012
13:30
South Korea  4–3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–2)
  RomaniaThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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4 April 2012
17:00
Great Britain  6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)
  CroatiaThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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4 April 2012
20:30
Lithuania  5–3
(1–0, 1–3, 3–0)
  NetherlandsThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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6 April 2012
13:30
Croatia  0–6
(0–3, 0–1, 0–2)
  LithuaniaThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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6 April 2012
17:00
Great Britain  3–4
(0–3, 1–1, 2–0)
  South KoreaThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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6 April 2012
20:30
Romania  10–5
(3–0, 3–2, 4–3)
  NetherlandsThialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen
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Division II B

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

Participants

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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

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

Results

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All times are local. (Central European TimeUTC+1, 26 March 2012: Central European Summer TimeUTC+2)

20 March 2012
13:00
Estonia  7–4
(0–1, 2–1, 5–2)
  AustraliaSPENS, Novi Sad
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20 March 2012
16:30
China  4–9
(0–3, 1–1, 3–5)
  SpainSPENS, Novi Sad
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20 March 2012
20:30
Iceland  4–5
(1–0, 1–1, 2–4)
  SerbiaSPENS, Novi Sad
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21 March 2012
13:00
Estonia  7–6 OT
(3–1, 1–2, 2–3)
(1–0)
  ChinaSPENS, Novi Sad
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21 March 2012
16:30
Australia  0–5
(0–0, 0–4, 0–1)
  IcelandSPENS, Novi Sad
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21 March 2012
20:00
Spain  4–3
(1–0, 2–0, 1–3)
  SerbiaSPENS, Novi Sad
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23 March 2012
13:00
Spain  2–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(1–0)
  AustraliaSPENS, Novi Sad
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23 March 2012
16:30
Estonia  7–3
(2–0, 4–2, 1–1)
  IcelandSPENS, Novi Sad
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23 March 2012
20:00
China  1–6
(0–2, 1–3, 0–1)
  SerbiaSPENS, Novi Sad
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24 March 2012
13:00
Iceland  5–4
(1–1, 3–2, 1–1)
  SpainSPENS, Novi Sad
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24 March 2012
16:30
Australia  2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  ChinaSPENS, Novi Sad
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24 March 2012
20:00
Serbia  2–6
(1–1, 0–4, 1–1)
  EstoniaSPENS, Novi Sad
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26 March 2012
13:00
China  7–6 OT
(1–2, 2–2, 3–2)
(1–0)
  IcelandSPENS, Novi Sad
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26 March 2012
16:30
Spain  2–5
(1–0, 0–0, 1–5)
  EstoniaSPENS, Novi Sad
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26 March 2012
20:00
Serbia  6–1
(2–0, 2–0, 2–1)
  AustraliaSPENS, Novi Sad
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References

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