2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

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
Main article: 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships

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.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Heerenveen, the 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

  1. ^ 2012 Division II A statistics
  2. ^ 2012 Division II B statistics
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.