2012 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2012 IIHF U18 World Championship
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Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Dates12 – 22 April 2012
Teams10
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg United States (7th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Canada
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored209 (6.74 per match)
Attendance26,228 (846 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Mathew Dumba (12 points)
Websitehttp://www.U18WC2012.com/eng/index.asp
2011
2013

The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 14th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted in Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav, Czech Republic. It began on 12 April 2012 with the gold medal game played on 22 April 2012.[1]

Brno and Znojmo were originally to co-host, but a schedule change became necessary when Kometa Brno unexpectedly advanced to the Czech Extraliga finals, making their home ice unavailable to the tournament on three days.

The United States defeated Sweden 7–0 in the final to win their seventh title.[2] Canada captured the bronze medal by beating Finland 5–4 in overtime.[3]

Top Division[]

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

Preliminary round[]

Team qualified to Semifinals
Team qualified to Quarterfinals
Team will play in Relegation round

Group A[]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 United States 4 4 0 0 0 18 3 +15 12
 Finland 4 3 0 0 1 15 9 +6 9
 Canada 4 2 0 0 2 17 12 +5 6
 Czech Republic 4 1 0 0 3 12 21 −9 3
 Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 6 23 −17 0
12 April 2012
16:00
Denmark 1–6
(1–3, 0–2, 0–1)
 CanadaKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 1,236
12 April 2012
20:00
Finland 0–4
(0–0, 0–0, 0–4)
 United StatesKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 1,509
13 April 2012
15:00
Czech Republic 8–4
(1–1, 6–2, 1–1)
 DenmarkHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 1,694
14 April 2012
13:00
United States 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicAlcaplast Arena, Břeclav
Attendance: 1,857
14 April 2012
18:00
Canada 2–4
(1–0, 1–3, 0–1)
 FinlandAlcaplast Arena, Břeclav
Attendance: 825
15 April 2012
18:00
Denmark 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
 United StatesKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 435
16 April 2012
16:00
Canada 6–2
(4–1, 0–1, 2–0)
 Czech RepublicKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 2,093
16 April 2012
20:00
Finland 5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)
 DenmarkKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 383
17 April 2012
16:00
Czech Republic 2–6
(0–2, 1–1, 1–3)
 FinlandKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 1,450
17 April 2012
20:00
United States 5–3
(0–0, 2–2, 3–1)
 CanadaKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 1,920

Group B[]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 20 4 +16 12
 Russia 4 2 0 0 2 14 7 +7 6
 Germany 4 2 0 0 2 15 17 −2 6
 Latvia 4 2 0 0 2 11 15 −4 6
  Switzerland 4 0 0 0 4 6 23 −17 0
12 April 2012
16:00
Latvia 1–6
(0–2, 0–2, 1–2)
 RussiaHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 652
12 April 2012
20:00
Germany 1–8
(1–1, 0–2, 0–5)
 SwedenHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 723
13 April 2012
19:00
Switzerland  2–4
(1–2, 1–2, 0–0)
 LatviaHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 147
14 April 2012
14:00
Russia 2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)
 GermanyHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 231
14 April 2012
18:00
Sweden 7–2
(3–0, 1–1, 3–1)
  SwitzerlandHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 353
15 April 2012
18:00
Latvia 1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
 SwedenHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 395
16 April 2012
16:00
Germany 4–5
(1–1, 2–2, 1–2)
 LatviaHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 230
16 April 2012
20:00
Russia 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
  SwitzerlandHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 752
17 April 2012
16:00
Sweden 2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 RussiaHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 1,485
17 April 2012
20:00
Switzerland  2–6
(0–4, 0–1, 2–1)
 GermanyHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 342

Relegation round[]

Team relegated to 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I A
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
  Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 8 7 +1 6
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 17 12 +5 6
 Latvia 3 1 0 1 1 11 13 −2 4
 Denmark 3 0 1 0 2 9 13 −4 2
19 April 2012
15:00
Czech Republic 2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)
  SwitzerlandHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 473
19 April 2012
19:00
Latvia 3–4 OT
(0–1, 2–0, 1–2)
(OT: 0–1)
 DenmarkHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 202
20 April 2012
15:00
Czech Republic 7–4
(2–1, 4–1, 1–2)
 LatviaHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 847
20 April 2012
19:00
Switzerland  2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)
 DenmarkHostan Arena, Znojmo
Attendance: 351

Final round[]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
B1  Sweden 7
A2  Finland 8 A2  Finland 3
B3  Germany 0 B1  Sweden 0
A1  United States 7
A1  United States 2
B2  Russia 2 A3  Canada 1
A3  Canada 4 Third place
A2  Finland 4
A3  Canada 5

Quarterfinals[]

19 April 2012
15:00
Finland 8–0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)
 GermanyAlcaplast Arena, Břeclav
Attendance: 353
19 April 2012
19:00
Russia 2–4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1)
 CanadaAlcaplast Arena, Břeclav
Attendance: 525

Semifinals[]

20 April 2012
15:00
Sweden 7–3
(1–1, 2–2, 4–0)
 FinlandKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 520
20 April 2012
19:00
United States 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)
 CanadaKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 640

Fifth place game[]

21 April 2012
14:00
Russia 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 GermanyKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 310

Bronze medal game[]

22 April 2012
12:00
Finland 4–5 OT
(0–2, 3–2, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1)
 CanadaKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 1,150

Final[]

22 April 2012
16:00
Sweden 0–7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3)
 United StatesKajot Arena, Brno
Attendance: 2,145

Final standings[]

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Canada Mathew Dumba 7 5 7 12 +2 20
Finland Artturi Lehkonen 7 7 3 10 +3 6
Finland Henrik Haapala 7 4 6 10 +4 2
Finland Rasmus Kulmala 7 5 4 9 +4 2
Sweden Sebastian Collberg 6 4 5 9 +1 14
United States Nicolas Kerdiles 6 4 5 9 +8 2
Sweden Alexander Wennberg 6 3 6 9 +2 0
Canada Kerby Rychel 7 5 3 8 +4 12
Denmark 5 4 4 8 +4 4
Sweden Gustav Possler 6 4 4 8 +5 0
Canada Hunter Shinkaruk 6 4 4 8 +3 6
Czech Republic Dominik Simon 6 4 4 8 +2 4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com[permanent dead link]

Leading goaltenders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
United States 300:00 116 4 0.80 96.55 3
Sweden Oscar Dansk 272:47 143 9 1.98 93.71 1
Russia Andrei Vasilevski 299:20 141 11 2.20 92.20 1
Canada Matt Murray 419:51 210 19 2.72 90.95 0
Denmark George Sørensen 276:12 193 18 3.91 90.67 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com[permanent dead link]

Tournament Awards[]

Best players selected by the directorate:[4]

  • Best Goalkeeper:   (USA)
  • Best Defenseman:  Mathew Dumba (CAN)
  • Best Forward:  Filip Forsberg (SWE)

Best players of each team
Best players of each team selected by the coaches.[5]

Team Players
 Canada Mathew Dumba
Matt Murray
Adam Pelech
 Czech Republic Petr Šidlík
Jakub Vrána
Dominik Simon
 Denmark Oliver Bjorkstrand

Bjørn Uldall
 Finland
Rasmus Kulmala
Artturi Lehkonen
 Germany

Sven Ziegler
 Latvia
Teodors Bļugers
 Russia Anton Slepyshev
Alexander Barabanov
Bogdan Yakimov
  Switzerland

 Sweden Oscar Dansk
Hampus Lindholm
Sebastian Collberg
 United States Seth Jones

Division I[]

Division I A[]

The Division I A tournament was played in Piešťany, Slovakia, from 11 to 17 April 2012.[6]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Slovakia 5 5 0 0 0 30 6 +24 15
 Norway 5 3 0 0 2 22 20 +2 9
 Italy 5 1 1 2 1 17 20 −3 7
 France 5 1 1 0 3 12 19 −7 5
 Slovenia 5 1 1 0 3 12 21 −9 5
 Japan 4 1 0 0 3 14 21 −7 3
Promoted to the 2013 Top Division Relegated to the 2013 Division I B

Division I B[]

The Division I B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 11 to 17 April 2012.[7]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Belarus 5 5 0 0 0 28 9 +19 15
 Kazakhstan 5 3 1 0 1 27 16 +11 11
 Austria 5 2 1 0 2 21 21 0 8
 Ukraine 5 1 1 1 2 20 26 −6 6
 Poland 5 0 1 1 3 13 30 −17 3
 Hungary 5 0 0 2 3 13 20 −7 2
Promoted to the 2013 Division I A Relegated to the 2013 Division II A

Division II[]

Division II A[]

The Division II A tournament was played in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 31 March to 6 April 2012.[8]

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

Division II B[]

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 20 to 26 March 2012.[9]

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

Division III[]

The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 12 to 18 March 2012.[10]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Belgium 5 5 0 0 0 48 12 +36 15
 New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 33 13 +20 12
 Mexico 5 3 0 0 2 24 15 +9 9
 Bulgaria 5 2 0 0 3 27 23 +4 6
 Chinese Taipei 5 1 0 0 4 19 26 −7 3
 South Africa 5 0 0 0 5 6 68 −62 0
Promoted to the 2013 Division II B Relegated to the 2013 Division III B

References[]

  1. ^ "27 events in IIHF program". IIHF.com. 2011-05-14. Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  2. ^ "Seven for seventh". iihf.com. 2012-04-22. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04.
  3. ^ "Canada wins bronze in OT". iihf.com. 2012-04-22. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04.
  4. ^ IIHF.com[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ IIHF.com[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Division I A statistics
  7. ^ Division I B statistics
  8. ^ Division II A statistics
  9. ^ Division II B statistics
  10. ^ Division III statistics

External links[]

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