2012 IIHF World Championship Division II

2012 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Iceland; Bulgaria
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	12 – 18 April; 2 – 8 April
Teams	12

The 2012 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Reykjavík, Iceland from April 12–18, 2012 and Group B was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 2–8, 2012.^[1]

Participants

Group A

Team	Qualification
Croatia	Placed 2nd in Division II Group B last year.
Estonia	Placed 6th Division I Group B and was relegated in 2011.
Iceland	Host, placed 3rd in Division II Group B last year.
New Zealand	Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year.
Serbia	Placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year.
Spain	Placed 5th Division I Group A and was relegated in 2011.

Group B

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 4th in Division II Group A last year.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 5th in Division II Group B last year.
China	Placed 4th in Division II Group B last year.
Israel	Placed 1st in Division III last year and was promoted.
Mexico	Placed 5th in Division II Group A last year.
South Africa	Placed 2nd in Division III last year and was promoted.

Group A Tournament

Standings

	Promoted to Division I B for 2013
	Relegated to Division II B for 2013

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Estonia	5	5	0	39	11	+28	15
Spain	5	4	1	21	9	+12	12
Croatia	5	3	2	27	13	+14	9
Iceland	5	2	3	12	19	−7	6
Serbia	5	1	4	27	20	+7	3
New Zealand	5	0	5	5	59	−54	0

All times are local (UTC±0).

12 April 2012
13:00

Croatia

2–3
(0–0, 1–1, 1–2)

Spain

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 184

Game reference

Mate Tomljenović

Goalies

Ander Alcaine

Referee:
Chris Deweerdt
Linesmen:
Cao Jian
Jos Korte

K. Macaulay (M. Sertić) (PP) – 27:02	1–0
	1–1	37:24 – C. Quevedo
I. Šijan (PP) – 54:04	2–1
	2–2	56:09 – P. Muñoz
	2–3	59:57 – J. Muñoz (A. Pedraz)

8 min

Penalties

8 min

42

Shots

26

12 April 2012
16:30

Estonia

5–2
(1–2, 3–0, 1–0)

Serbia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 208

Game reference

Villem-Henrik Koitmaa

Goalies

Milan Luković

Referee:
Owe Luthcke
Linesmen:
Ulrich Pardatscher
Orri Sigmarsson

R. Rooba (L. Lahesalu) (PP) – 08:27	1–0
	1–1	11:07 – M. Kovačević (B. Gabrić) (PP)
	1–2	17:20 – N. Bibić (M. Kovačević) (PP2)
A. Sibirtsev (A. Petrov, K. Kuusk) – 27:43	2–2
M. Ivanov (A. Petrov, D. Rodin) (SH) – 32:24	3–2
V. Titarenko (A. Petrov) – 32:53	4–2
M. Ivanov (R. Rooba, D. Rodin) (PP) – 40:31	5–2

22 min

Penalties

26 min

50

Shots

34

12 April 2012
20:00

Iceland

4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

New Zealand

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 522

Game reference

Dennis Hedstrom

Goalies

Kane Easterbrook

Referee:
Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Oleksandr Govorun
Michael Tscherrig

R. Hedstrom (Ó. Björnsson, I. Jönsson) – 12:21	1–0
R. Hedstrom (E. Alengaard, Ó. Björnsson) – 39:10	2–0
J. Magnusson (B. Árnason) – 41:22	3–0
R. Hedstrom (O. Blöndal) – 59:15	4–0

10 min

Penalties

30 min

47

Shots

6

13 April 2012
13:00

Estonia

3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Croatia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 112

Game reference

Villem-Henrik Koitmaa
Aleksandr Kolossov

Goalies

Mate Tomljenovic

Referee:
Owe Luthcke
Linesmen:
Oleksandr Govorun
Ulrich Pardatscher

R. Booba (A. Petrov, L Lahesalu) (PP) – 05:06	1–0
A. Sibirtsev – 18:01	2–0
	2–1	30:00 – J. Prpic (K. Macaulay) (PP)
	2–2	50:23 – I. Lazić (J. Prpic, A. Sertich)
R. Andrejev (S. Novikov) – 58:05	3–2

22 min

Penalties

12 min

34

Shots

40

13 April 2012
16:30

Spain

7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0)

New Zealand

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 157

Game reference

Ander Alcaine

Goalies

Kane Easterbrook

Referee:
Chris Deweerdt
Linesmen:
Jos Korte
Michael Tscherrig

A. Vea (P. Muñoz) – 09:17	1–0
J. Gavilanes (E. Paz) – 28:53	2–0
A. Betran (A. Gavilanes) – 29:30	3–0
D. Perez (J. Gavilanes) – 31:46	4–0
S. Barnola (P. Munoz, J. Brabo) – 34:46	5–0
J. Muñoz (PP) – 42:02	6–0
D. Coscojuela (S. Barnola) – 50:17	7–0

14 min

Penalties

10 min

57

Shots

26

13 April 2012
20:00

Serbia

3–5
(2–2, 0–3, 1–0)

Iceland

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 850

Game reference

Milan Luković

Goalies

Denis Hedstrom

Referee:
Michael Hicks
Linesmen:
Cao Jian
Morten Thomsen

P. Popravka (D. Filipović, P. Ogrizović) – 02:02	1–0
N. Janković (M. Sretović) – 06:20	2–0
	2–1	08:06 – B. Árnason (E. Alengaard, I. Jönsson)
	2–2	16:42 – P. Maack (J. Gíslason) (PP)
	2–3	31:07 – E. Alengaard (S. Sigurbjörnsson)
	2–4	35:13 – A. Mikaelsson (M. Sigurdarson)
	2–5	39:52 – J. Gíslason (A. Mikaelsson) (PP)
N. Janković (M. Sretović, A. Luković) (PP) – 49:18	3–5

22 min

Penalties

16 min

35

Shots

24

15 April 2012
13:00

Spain

4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Serbia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Ander Alcaine

Goalies

Milan Luković

Referee:
Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Morten Thomsen
Michael Tscherrig

A. Pedraz (O. Vazquez) (PP) – 12:45	1–0
	1–1	13:56 – M. Milovanović (M. Kovacević)
	1–2	18:36 – B. Gabric (PP)
P. Puyuelo (D. Perez, P. Muñoz) (PP) – 25:19	2–2
A. Pedraz – 54:34	3–2
P. Muñoz (S. Barnola) (SH) – 58:56	4–2

10 min

Penalties

48 min

26

Shots

30

15 April 2012
16:30

Croatia

12–3
(3–0, 4–1, 5–2)

New Zealand

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 124

Game reference

Mate Tomljenović
Tihomir Filipeć

Goalies

Kane Easterbrook
Jaden Pine-Murphy

Referee:
Michael Hicks
Linesmen:
Oleksandr Govorun
Orri Sigmarsson

J. Prpic (K. Macaulay, A. Sertich) (SH) – 07:06	1–0
K. Macaulay (J. Prpic) – 18:35	2–0
M. Novak (J. Kucera, I. Sijan) (PP) – 19:49	3–0
A. Sertich (J. Prpic, I. Lazić) (PP) – 22:59	4–0
	4–1	24:04 – J. Hay
A. Sertich (J. Prpic, C. Powers) (PP) – 27:13	5–1
B. Rendulić (K. Macaulay, M. Blagus) – 30:39	6–1
M. Novak (F. Orescanin, J. Kucera) – 37:13	7–1
	7–2	41:19 – J. Hay (J. Challis, B. Haines)
A. Sertich (I. Lazić, J. Prpic) – 43:14	8–2
	8–3	43:50 – C. Harrison (D. Harrop, M. Lee)
M. Blagus (B. Rendulić, M. Sertić) – 46:54	9–3
B. Rendulić (D. Kanaet, M. Blagus) – 52:00	10–3
I. Sijan (M. Smerdelj, K. Macaulay) – 52:19	11–3
B. Rendulić (D. Kanaet, M. Sertić) – 56:40	12–3

26 min

Penalties

14 min

60

Shots

17

15 April 2012
20:00

Estonia

7–2
(2–1, 3–0, 2–1)

Iceland

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1160

Game reference

Villem-Henrik Koitmaa

Goalies

Dennis Hedstrom

Referee:
Owe Luthcke
Linesmen:
Jos Korte
Ulrich Pardatscher

K. Kaljuste (A. Petrov) – 05:27	1–0
	1–1	12:23 – R. Hedstrom (E. Alengaard, O. Bjornsson)
A. Petrov (A. Sibirtsev, A. Aleksandrov) – 14:36	2–1
V. Titarenko (R. Andrejev) – 22:27	3–1
A. Petrov (M. Ivanov) (SH) – 25:17	4–1
K. Kaljuste (R. Rooba, M. Ivanov) – 35:44	5–1
A. Sibirtsev (A. Aleksandrov, A. Jakovlev) – 45:03	6–1
	6–2	48:40 – E. Alengaard (B. Sigurdarson, R. Hedsrom)
M. Ivanov (M. Semjonov, D. Rodin) (PP2) – 52:03	7–2

16 min

Penalties

12 min

54

Shots

26

17 April 2012
13:00

New Zealand

2–19
(0–8, 2–6, 0–5)

Estonia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 95

Game reference

Jaden Pine-Murphy
Kane Easterbrook

Goalies

Aleksandr Kolossov

Referee:
Chris Deweerdt
Linesmen:
Cao Jian
Orri Sigmarsson

	0–1	04:48 – R. Andrejev (M. Vorang)
	0–2	05:12 – K. Kaljuste (V. Titarenko)
	0–3	05:43 – S. Ivanov (K. Kuusk, J. Lukats)
	0–4	14:12 – M. Semjonov (R. Rooba, D. Rodin)
	0–5	15:21 – S. Novikov (K. Kaljuste)
	0–6	16:59 – S. Ivanov (K. Kuusk)
	0–7	18:59 – V. Titarenko (K. Kaljust, A. Petrov) (PP)
	0–8	19:39 – M. Vorang (R. Andrejev)
	0–9	22:16 – K. Kaljuste (A. Sibirtsev)
	0–10	27:32 – M. Semjonov (R. Rooba, M. Vorang) (PP)
A. Cox (I. Wannamker) – 31:37	1–10
	1–11	32:56 – A. Sibirtsev (I. Urushev, V. Titarenko) (PP)
	1–12	34:22 – M. Vorang (A. Jakovlev)
	1–13	34:39 – A. Petrov
A. Cox (I. Wannamker) (PP) – 34:56	2–13
	2–14	38:27 – I. Savvov
	2–15	41:01 – R. Rooba (M. Ivanov, D. Rodin) (PP)
	2–16	48:00 – A. Petrov (V. Titarenko)
	2–17	51:23 – A. Sibirtsev (PS)
	2–18	58:42 – D. Rodin (R. Andrejev, R. Rooba)
	2–19	59:26 – A. Petrov(A. Sibirtsev) (PP)

18 min

Penalties

4 min

22

Shots

89

17 April 2012
16:30

Serbia

3–6
(1–2, 0–2, 2–2)

Croatia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 134

Game reference

Milan Luković

Goalies

Mate Tomljenović
Tihomir Filipeć

Referee:
Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Ulrich Pardatscher
Michael Tscherrig

	0–1	03:07 – J. Prpic (A. Sertich)
	0–2	05:09 – F. Orescanin (T. Miric, N. Grahovar)
M. Babić (N. Janković) – 12:40	1–2
	1–3	25:24 – A. Sertich (I. Lazić, J. Prpic)
	1–4	39:03 – I. Lazić
N. Vučurević (M. Milovanović) – 41:09	2–4
	2–5	50:06 – C. Powers (PP)
	2–6	54:57 – A. Sertich (J. Prpic) (PP)
R. Sabados (S. Ristić) – 56:35	3–6

18 min

Penalties

10 min

37

Shots

43

17 April 2012
20:00

Iceland

0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Spain

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 650

Game reference

Dennis Hedstrom

Goalies

Ander Alcaine

Referee:
Michael Hicks
Linesmen:
Oleksandr Govorun
Morten Thomsen

	0–1	05:02 – A. Pedraz
	0–2	13:44 – J. Brabo (P. Muñoz, J. Gavilanes)
	0–3	29:45 – P. Muñoz (S. Barnola, C. Quevedo) (PP)
	0–4	53:08 – G. Betran (P. Muñoz, S. Barnola) (PP)

20 min

Penalties

16 min

24

Shots

27

18 April 2012
13:00

New Zealand

0–17
(0–7, 0–6, 0–4)

Serbia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 234

Game reference

Kane Easterbrook
Jaden Pine-Murphy

Goalies

Milan Luković
Jovan Feher

Referee:
Owe Luthcke
Linesmen:
Jos Korte
Orri Sigmarsson

	0–1	05:16 – S. Ilić (M. Kovacević) (PP)
	0–2	10:00 – N. Raković (M. Sretović) (SH)
	0–3	12:05 – N. Janković (N. Bibić)
	0–4	13:37 – M. Milovanović (B. Gabrić) (SH)
	0–5	16:03 – M. Kovacević (M. Milovanović)
	0–6	16:29 – M. Sretović (N. Raković) (PP)
	0–7	18:35 – S. Ilić (M. Milovanović)
	0–8	22:16 – D. Filipović (P. Popravka)
	0–9	24:26 – N. Janković (M. Kovacević)
	0–10	25:39 – D. Filipović (P. Ogrizović)
	0–11	27:30 – N. Janković (M. Sretović)
	0–12	36:00 – M. Babić (S. Ristić, N. Raković) (PP)
	0–13	39:15 – B. Gabrić (SH)
	0–14	40:21 – B. Gabrić (M. Milovanović, S. Ilić)
	0–15	41:51 – M. Sretović (P. Popravka)
	0–16	43:53 – D. Filipović (R. Sabados)
	0–17	52:38 – M. Kovacević (N. Bibić, A. Luković)

18 min

Penalties

8 min

19

Shots

74

18 April 2012
16:30

Spain

3–5
(1–2, 2–2, 0–1)

Estonia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 278

Game reference

Ander Alcaine

Goalies

Villem-Henrik Koitmaa

Referee:
Michael Hicks
Linesmen:
Oleksandr Govorun
Morten Thomsen

	0–1	07:54 – K. Kuusk (A. Petrov) (SH)
C. Quevedo (P. Gonzalez, G. Betran) (PP) – 08:55	1–1
	1–2	09:51 – D. Rodin (M. Ivanov)
	1–3	21:55 – L. Lahesalu (M. Semjonov) (PP)
	1–4	23:55 – M. Semjonov (M. Ivanov, D. Rodin) (PP)
P. Gonzalez (P. Puyuelo) – 26:37	2–4
P. Puyuelo (A. Hernandez) – 37:25	3–4
	3–5	46:39 – M. Ivanov (L. Lahesalu, M. Semjonov)

18 min

Penalties

10 min

24

Shots

64

18 April 2012
20:00

Croatia

5–1
(1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Iceland

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 850

Game reference

Mate Tomljenović

Goalies

Dennis Hedstrom

Referee:
Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Cao Jian
Ulrich Pardatscher

A. Sertich (I. Lazić, J. Prpic) – 10:08	1–0
K. Macaulay (A. Sertich, J. Prpic) (PP) – 27:20	2–0
I. Lazić (J. Prpic, A. Sertich) – 45:48	3–0
B. Rendulić (M. Tadić) – 55:32	4–0
	4–1	56:06 – M. Sigurdarson
M. Blagus (D. Kanaet) (ENG) – 57:50	5–1

6 min

Penalties

10 min

63

Shots

22

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Joel Prpic	Croatia	5	3	10	13	+6	2
2	Andrew Sertich	Croatia	5	7	5	12	+8	0
3	Aleksandr Petrov	Estonia	5	5	7	12	+8	0
4	Maksim Ivanov	Estonia	5	4	5	9	+6	12
5	Aleksei Sibirtsev	Estonia	5	5	3	8	+6	0
6	Pablo Muñoz	Spain	5	3	5	8	+5	6
6	Robert Rooba	Estonia	5	3	5	8	+5	6
8	Dmitri Rodin	Estonia	5	2	6	8	+5	10
9	Marko Kovacevic	Serbia	5	3	4	7	+2	2
9	Igor Lazic	Croatia	5	3	4	7	+4	2
9	Kenny MacAulay	Croatia	5	3	4	7	+2	0

IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Ander Alcaine	Spain	290:17	9	95.16	1.86	1
2	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Estonia	235:56	9	92.56	2.29	0
3	Mate Tomljenovic	Croatia	279:04	11	91.54	2.37	0
4	Dennis Henstrom	Iceland	299:50	18	90.22	3.60	1
5	Milan Lukovic	Serbia	289:39	20	87.34	4.14	0

IIHF.com

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Ander Alcaine
- Best Defenceman: Kenny MacAulay

IIHF.com

Group B Tournament

Standings

	Promoted to Division II A for 2013
	Relegated to Division III for 2013

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Belgium	5	5	0	0	0	49	11	+38	15
China	5	3	0	0	2	28	21	+7	9
Bulgaria	5	2	1	0	2	21	28	−7	8
Mexico	5	2	0	1	2	17	24	−7	7
Israel	5	1	1	1	2	19	22	−3	6
South Africa	5	0	0	0	5	4	32	−28	0

All times are local (UTC+3).

2 April 2012
12:00

Mexico

2–9
(0–5, 1–1, 1–3)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 65

Game reference

Alfonso de Alba

Goalies

Bjorn Steijlen

Referee:
Vladimir Proskurov
Linesmen:
David Perduv
Florian Widmann

	0–1	02:56 – V. Morgan (M. Morgan, N. de Herdt)
	0–2	04:25 – O. Roland (V. Morgan)
	0–3	06:04 – D. Leirs (D. Geerts, B. Vercammen)
	0–4	19:35 – V. Morgan (M. Morgan, N. de Herdt)
	0–5	19:57 – O. Roland (V. Morgan, M. Morgan)
J. Ramirez – 22:38	1–5
	1–6	26:11 – J. Engelen (N. Vroemans)
	1–7	40:19 – O. Roland (V. Morgan, N. de Herdt)
	1–8	43:51 – M. Morgan (O. Roland)
C. Gomez (Al. Cervantes, Ad. Cervantes) (PP) – 47:14	2–8
	2–9	56:24 – O. Roland (M. Morgan)

2 min

Penalties

10 min

30

Shots

47

2 April 2012
15:30

China

9–5
(3–2, 2–1, 4–2)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 152

Game reference

Xie Ming
Liu Xiewei

Goalies

Boris Amromin
Jevgeni Gusin

Referee:
Alexie Roshchyn
Linesmen:
Mikulash Furnadziev
Rudy Meyer

	0–1	00:56 – D. Mazour (E. Sherbatov)
	0–2	03:07 – E. Sherbatov (T. Avneri)
He Y. (Liu L., Zhang W.) – 12:09	1–2
Chen L. (Wang C., Liu L.) (PP2) – 18:21	2–2
Qu Y. (Zhang W.) – 19:38	3–2
	3–3	26:13 – E. Sherbatov (S. Frenkel)
Chen L. (Liu L.) (SH) – 28:15	4–3
Wang C. (Chen L., Fu N.) – 30:14	5–3
Wang C. (Chen L.) – 40:08	6–3
Zhang W. (Hu T.) – 49:10	7–3
	7–4	51:10 – E. Sherbatov (SH)
Guo D. (Zhang H., Li J.) (PP) – 59:02	8–4
Chen Z. (Liu W.) – 59:17	9–4
	9–5	59:59 – E. Sherbatov

16 min

Penalties

14 min

46

Shots

21

2 April 2012
19:00

South Africa

1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,235

Game reference

Gary Bock

Goalies

Konstantin Mihailov

Referee:
Michele Gastaldelli
Linesmen:
Attila Nagy
Evgeniy Plaksunov

	0–1	15:57 – G. Iskrenov (M. Nikolov, M. Milanov)
	0–2	21:02 – S. Muhachev (A. Yotov, C. Cvetanov)
G. Lyon (J. Reinecke) – 27:43	1–2
	1–3	49:21 – P. Hadzhitonev
	1–4	54:12 – A. Yotov (S. Muhachev, R. Morgunov)

45 min

Penalties

10 min

38

Shots

31

3 April 2012
12:00

China

5–1
(3–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 35

Game reference

Xie Ming

Goalies

Andres de la Garma

Referee:
Jean Paul De Brabander
Linesmen:
Mikulash Funnadziev
Todor Krastev

He Y. (Qu Y.) – 04:31	1–0
Zhang W. (Zhang H.) (SH) – 10:26	2–0
Zhang W. (Wang D.) – 17:34	3–0
He Y. (Wang D.) – 27:46	4–0
	4–1	33:27 – Al. Cervantes (R. Chabat, Ad. Cervantes) (PP)
Qu Y. (Zhang W.) (SH) – 40:14	5–1

32 min

Penalties

10 min

47

Shots

22

3 April 2012
15:30

Israel

6–2
(3–0, 2–0, 1–2)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 47

Game reference

Jevgeni Gusin

Goalies

Gary Bock
Jack Nebe

Referee:
Alexei Roshchyn
Linesmen:
Attila Nagy
Evgeniy Plaksunov

E. Sherbatov (PP) – 09:17	1–0
A. Geller (R. Soreanu) – 10:00	2–0
A. Korotin (PP) – 13:31	3–0
D. Mazour (S. Frenkel, E. Sherbatov) (PP) – 21:03	4–0
E. Sherbatov (D. Mazour, D. Spivak) – 30:50	5–0
	5–1	42:50 – J. Reinecke (D. Magmoed) (PP)
	5–2	50:58 – A. Marais (J. Reinecke, M. Cornforth)
E. Sherbatov (S. Frenkel, D. Mazour) – 54:05	6–2

18 min

Penalties

10 min

47

Shots

11

3 April 2012
19:00

Belgium

14–3
(2–0, 6–0, 6–3)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,380

Game reference

Bjorn Steijlen
Kevin van Looveren

Goalies

Konstantin Mihailov
Teodor Asenov

Referee:
Vladimir Proskurov
Linesmen:
Rudy Meyer
David Perduv

V. Morgan (M. Morgan, O. Roland) (PP) – 09:15	1–0
M. Morgan – 10:35	2–0
V. Morgan (O. Roland, M. Morgan) – 23:03	3–0
L. Maas (B. Kolodziejczyk, K. van Looy) – 23:45	4–0
K. van Looy (J. Raekelboom – 25:50	5–0
O. Roland (V. Morgan) (PP) – 26:56	6–0
M. Morgan (V. Morgan, O. Roland) – 34:52	7–0
D. Thurura (J. Raekelboom, J. Paulus) – 36:58	8–0
	8–1	40:39 – C. Cvetanov (M. Boyadjiev) (PP)
M. Morgan (D. Leirs, O. Roland) – 41:45	9–1
	9–2	47:17 – Y. Slavchev (K. Chapkanov)
D. Thurura (T. Dewin, D. Leirs) – 48:52	10–2
M. Morgan (O. Roland, V. Morgan) – 49:30	11–2
T. Dewin (B. Kolodziejczyk) – 51:50	12–2
J. Paulus (K. van Looy, B. Kolodziejczyk) – 54:49	13–2
B. Vercammen (PS) – 56:29	14–2
	14–3	57:00 – G. Iskrenov (M. Boyadjiev, M. Nikolov)

8 min

Penalties

8 min

95

Shots

29

5 April 2012
12:00

Belgium

4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 38

Game reference

Bjorn Steijlen

Goalies

Jevgeni Gusin

Referee:
Vladimir Proskurov
Linesmen:
Attila Nagy
Florian Widmann

O. Roland (J. Engelen M. Morgan) (PP) – 10:06	1–0
	1–1	16:21 – D. Mazour (E. Sherbatov, S. Frenkel)
B. Vercammen (J. Raekelboom, K. van Looy) – 25:56	2–1
J. Engelen (N. de Herdt) (PP) – 35:51	3–1
K. van Looy (B. Vercammen, J. Raekelboom) – 40:58	4–1

10 min

Penalties

46 min

47

Shots

19

5 April 2012
15:30

China

6–1
(2–0, 4–0, 0–1)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 62

Game reference

Xie Ming
Liu Xiewei

Goalies

Jack Nebe

Referee:
Jean Paul De Brabander
Linesmen:
Todor Krastev
David Perduv

Fu T. (Fu N.) (PP) – 01:10	1–0
Yang MingxiYang M. (Guo D.) – 18:05	2–0
Zhang W. – 28:17	3–0
Fu T. (Chen L., Fu N.) (PP) – 32:50	4–0
Hu T. (PP) – 37:41	5–0
Chen L. (Liu L., Fu N.) (PP) – 39:22	6–0
	6–1	42:00 – J. Reinecke

20 min

Penalties

28 min

56

Shots

21

5 April 2012
19:00

Mexico

8–5
(5–0, 1–4, 2–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,358

Game reference

Andres de la Garma

Goalies

Teodor Asenov
Nikolai Nikolov

Referee:
Michele Gastaldelli
Linesmen:
Rudy Meyer
Evgeniy Plaksunov

Ad. Cervantes (Al. Cervantes, A. Barberena) – 11:06	1–0
B. Arroyo (F. Ugarte, J. Ramirez) (PP) – 14:26	2–0
B. Arroyo (Alexander Gutierrez, J. Ramirez) (PP2) – 15:59	3–0
F. Ugarte (Roberto Chabat, Al. Cervantes) (PP) – 16:25	4–0
R. Chabat (Ad. Cervantes, Al. Cervantes) (PP) – 19:17	5–0
	5–1	20:27 – A. Yotov (S. Muhachev)
	5–2	24:16 – S. Muhachev (C. Cvetanov, M. Giurov) (PP)
	5–3	31:30 – A. Yotov (S. Muhachev)
C. Kelo (A. Gutierrez) – 32:20	6–3
	6–4	39:00 – S. Muhachev (V. Vasilev) (PP)
	6–5	44:36 – M. Boyadjiev (S. Muhachev, V. Vasiliy) (PP)
F. Ugarte (Ad. Cervantes) (PP) – 45:51	7–5
C. Kelo (SH, ENG) – 59:23	8–5

14 min

Penalties

45 min

33

Shots

45

6 April 2012
12:00

South Africa

0–14
(0–2, 0–6, 0–6)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 65

Game reference

Jack Nebe
Gary Bock

Goalies

Bjorn Steijlen
Kevin van Looveren

Referee:
Jean Paul De Brabander
Linesmen:
Mikulash Furnadziev
Rudy Meyer

	0–1	03:02 – V. Morgan (M. Morgan, N. de Herdt)
	0–2	03:13 – J. Raekelboom (K. van Looy, J. Paulus)
	0–3	24:38 – B. Vercammen (K. van Looy, J. Engelen)
	0–4	25:51 – N. de Herdt (M. Morgan, J. Engelen) (PP)
	0–5	29:18 – B. Kolodziejczyk (O. Roland) (SH)
	0–6	33:41 – O. Roland
	0–7	37:32 – V. Morgan (M. Morgan, O. Roland)
	0–8	38:07 – D. Geerts (B. Kolodziejczyk, B. Torremans)
	0–9	42:24 – V. Morgan (O. Roland)
	0–10	46:32 – J. Engelen (M. Morgan, V. Morgan) (PP)
	0–11	49:18 – J. Vercammen (D. Leirs, T. Dewin)
	0–12	49:53 – V. Morgan (T. Dewin, J. Paulus)
	0–13	50:45 – K. van Looy (B. Vercammen) (PP)
	0–14	55:27 – D. Geerts (B. Kolodziejczyk, L. Maas) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

10

Shots

29

6 April 2012
15:30

Israel

5–4 OT
(1–2, 2–1, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 235

Game reference

Jevgeni Gusin

Goalies

Alfonso de Alba

Referee:
Michele Gastaldelli
Linesmen:
Todor Krastev
David Perduv

D. Mazour (D. Spivak) (PP) – 10:16	1–0
	1–1	14:58 – J. Ramirez (A. Gutierrez)
	1–2	17:36 – Ad. Cervantes (L.D. Gonzalez)
S. Frenkel (D. Mazour) – 32:11	2–2
E. Sherbatov (D. Mazour) (SH) – 37:57	3–2
	3–3	38:46 – A. Gutierrez (Ad. Cervantes) (PP)
	3–4	49:18 – R. Chabat (A. Gutierrez)
D. Mazour – 57:20	4–4
E. Sherbatov (S. Frenkel, D. Spivak) (PP) – 61:16	5–4

16 min

Penalties

10 min

40

Shots

22

6 April 2012
19:00

Bulgaria

6–3
(0–1, 3–2, 3–0)

China

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,572

Game reference

Nikola Nikolov

Goalies

Xie Ming

Referee:
Alexie Roshchyn
Linesmen:
Attila Nagy
Florian Widmann

	0–1	14:21 – Li J. (PP)
	0–2	21:21 – Liu L. (Fu N., Wang C.)
A. Yotov (S. Muhachev) – 23:13	1–2
G. Isrenkov (A. Yotov, R. Morgunov) (PP) – 27:49	2–2
	2–3	33:00 – Wang C. (Fu N., Chen L.)
A. Yotov (G. Isrenkov, S. Muhachev) (PP) – 38:36	3–3
R. Morgunov (S. Muhachev) (PP) – 47:52	4–3
R. Asenov (S. Muhachev, A. Yotov) (PP) – 49:32	5–3
S. Muhachev (A. Yotov, R. Morgunov) (PP) – 52:43	6–3

14 min

Penalties

26 min

45

Shots

26

8 April 2012
12:00

Mexico

2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 103

Game reference

Alfonso de Alba
Andres de la Garma

Goalies

Jack Nebe

Referee:
Vladimir Proskurov
Linesmen:
Mikulash Furnadziev
Todor Krastev

C. Kelo (M. Colas) – 20:54	1–0
R. Chabat (B. Arroyo) (PP) – 31:11	2–0

6 min

Penalties

14 min

32

Shots

26

8 April 2012
15:30

Bulgaria

3–2 GWS
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,526

Game reference

Nikola Nikolov

Goalies

Jevgeni Gusin

Referee:
Michele Gastaldelli
Linesmen:
Rudy Meyer
David Perduv

C. Cvetanov (S. Muhachev) – 04:52	1–0
	1–1	12:29 – R. Oz (E. Sherbatov, S. Frenkel)
R. Morgunov (A. Yotov, S. Muhachev) – 34:22	2–1
	2–2	46:36 – D. Mazour (S. Frenkel, E. Sherbatov)

M. Martinov
A. Yotov
S. Muhachev
S. Iskrenov

Shootout

D. Mazour
R. Oz
S. Frenkel
E. Sherbatov

10 min

Penalties

16 min

36

Shots

43

8 April 2012
19:00

Belgium

8–5
(5–2, 2–0. 1–3)

China

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 537

Game reference

Bjorn Steijlen

Goalies

Xie Ming
Liu Zhiwei

Referee:
Alexei Roshchyn
Linesmen:
Attila Nagy
Florian Widmann

O. Roland (V. Morgan, M. Morgan) – 02:25	1–0
B. Vercammen (L. Maas, J. Raekelboom) – 03:14	2–0
M. Morgan (N. de Herdt) – 04:59	3–0
V. Morgan (M. Morgan, O. Roland) (PP) – 06:37	4–0
	4–1	06:52 – Yang M. (Wang C., Liu L.) (PP)
	4–2	10:31 – Qu Y. (Zhang H., Wang D.)
O. Roland (B. Torremans, M. Morgan) – 12:22	5–2
O. Roland (N. de Herdt) – 31:07	6–2
L. Maas (O. Roland) – 39:51	7–2
	7–3	42:43 – Zhang H. (Zhang W.) (PP)
	7–4	44:00 – Zhang W. (Li J.) (PP)
	7–5	44:59 – Fu N. (SH)
V. Morgan (M. Morgan, O. Roland) – 56:55	8–5

22 min

Penalties

18 min

26

Shots

38

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Olivier Roland	Belgium	5	10	12	22	+22	4
2	Mitch Morgan	Belgium	5	6	15	21	+20	2
3	Vincent Morgan	Belgium	5	10	8	18	+21	0
4	Eliezer Sherbatov	Israel	5	9	5	14	+6	0
5	Stanislav Muhachev	Bulgaria	5	4	10	14	−1	0
6	Daniel Mazour	Israel	5	6	4	10	+4	14
7	Alexei Yotov	Bulgaria	5	5	5	10	−1	2
8	Zhang Weiyang	China	5	5	4	9	+4	4
9	Sergei Frenkel	Israel	5	1	8	9	+5	8
10	Kristof van Looy	Belgium	5	3	5	8	+9	4

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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA
1	Bjorn Steijen	Belgium	260:00	8	93.55	1.85
2	Nikola Nikolov	Bulgaria	167:19	8	91.30	2.87
3	Andreas de la Garma	Mexico	149:48	10	90.20	4.01
4	Jevgeni Gusin	Israel	257:06	15	88.10	3.50
5	Jack Nebe	South Africa	180:17	15	87.60	4.99

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Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Bjorn Steijlen
- Best Defenceman: Niki de Herdt
- Best Forward: Stanislav Muhachev

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References

^ 2012 IIHF Championship Program

External links

[1] 2012 IIHF Championship Program

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