2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2012 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	17 – 22 January 2012
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, between 17 and 22 January 2012.^[1] This year, only the first-placed team advanced to Division II B for 2013,^[2] previously, the top two teams gained promotion to Division II. Although originally scheduled to participate, North Korea withdrew from the tournament for unspecified reasons.^[3] Iceland won the tournament and was promoted to Division II B for the 2013 World Juniors.

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Iceland	Placed 6th in Division II (Group A) last year and were relegated.
China	Placed 6th in Division II (Group B) last year and were relegated.
Turkey	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
New Zealand	Hosts, placed 5th in Division III last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 6th in Division III last year.

Final standings[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
Iceland	4	4	0	0	0	30	2	12
China	4	3	0	0	1	26	10	9
New Zealand	4	2	0	0	2	19	14	6
Bulgaria	4	1	0	0	3	7	19	3
Turkey	4	0	0	0	4	1	38	0

Promoted to the 2013 Division II B

Results[]

All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)

January 17, 2012 15:30

Bulgaria

2–6 (1–1, 0–3, 1–2)

China

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 85

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Dana Penkivech
	0–1 07:29 – (, ) (, ) (PP) – 14:50 1–1 1–2 24:19 – (, Wen C.) 1–3 32:29 – () (PP) 1–4 35:16 – Li N. (Zhang C.) 1–5 51:36 – () (PP) 1–6 52:28 – Zheng C. (Zhu X., ) (, ) – 59:59 2–6
	18 min	Penalties	43 min
	23	Shots	32

January 17, 2012 19:00

Turkey

0–8 (0–3, 0–1, 0–4)

Iceland

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Mathieu Loos Cory Ross
	0–1 05:36 – (, B. Sigurdarson) (PP) 0–2 12:02 – () 0–3 14:19 – B. Sigurdarson () 0–4 38:51– O. Bjornsson () 0–5 44:55 – 0–6 45:47 – 0–7 48:19 – 0–8 57:17 – S. Reynisson (O. Bjornsson, ) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	34 min
	10	Shots	70

January 18, 2012 19:00

New Zealand

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 300

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Choi Woo-Sik Dana Penkivech
	02:05 – () (PP) 1–0 23:57 – (, ) 2–0 43:36 – R. Sandoy (SH) 3–0 3–1 45:37 – ()
	45 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	16

January 19, 2012 15:30

China

14–0 (1–0, 6–0, 7–0)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 75

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Choi Woo-Sik
	09:40 – (, ) (PP) 1–0 20:15 – (Zhang C., ) 2–0 20:52 – () 3–0 25:51 – Zheng C. (Zhang C., Zhu X.) (PP) 4–0 28:05 – Zhang C. (Zhu X.) 5–0 34:09 – Zhang C. (SH) 6–0 39:27 – Na Y. (SH) 7–0 45:32 – Li N. () 8–0 47:28 – (Na Y., Bao J.) (PP) 9–0 49:26 – (Zheng C.) 10–0 52:37 – Ji P. () (PP) 11–0 56:51 – Zheng C. (Zhu X.) 12–0 57:02 – Xia T. (Li N., Ji P.) 13–0 59:59 – () (SH) 14–0
	26 min	Penalties	34 min
	72	Shots	30

January 19, 2012 19:00

Iceland

7–1 (3–0, 4–0, 0–1)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 370

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Mathieu Loos Cory Ross
	01:58 – (, B. Sigurdarson) (PP) 1–0 08:14 – B. Sigurdarson (, ) 2–0 14:09 – S. Reynisson (O. Bjornsson, B. Sigurdarson) (PP) 3–0 20:57 – J. Leifsson (S. Reynisson, ) (PP) 4–0 26:13 – (PP) 5–0 36:03 – () 6–0 36:46 – S. Reynisson (I. Eliasson, O. Bjornsson) (PP) 7–0 7–1 59:33 – (, ) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	55	Shots	27

January 20, 2012 19:00

Bulgaria

0–10 (0–4, 0–2, 0–4)

Iceland

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 140

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Choi Woo-Sik
	0–1 00:31 – 0–2 05:54 – B. Sigurdarson () 0–3 07:32 – (, ) 0–4 11:26 – (B. Bergmann, ) (PP) 0–5 23:30 – O. Bjornsson (, () 0–6 24:40 – G. Gudmundsson (O. Olafsson, J. Leifsson) 0–7 43:01 – G. Sigurdsson (B. Bergmann, S. Ingason) 0–8 46:54 – G. Sigurdsson (S. Ingason, B. Bergmann) 0–9 51:04 – G. Sigurdsson (B. Bergmann, S. Ingason) (PP) 0–10 56:50 – S. Reynisson (B. Sigurdarson, O. Bjornsson)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	65

January 21, 2012 15:30

Turkey

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Bulgaria

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 70

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Cory Ross
	0–1 12:22 – 0–2 36:36 – (, ) 0–3 38:55 – N. Inzhevatov (V. Chebishev) (PP) 0–4 50:16 – M. Nikolov (PS)
	14 min	Penalties	69 min
	23	Shots	34

January 21, 2012 19:00

China

5–3 (1–3, 3–0, 1–0)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 375

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Choi Woo-Sik Mathieu Loos
	03:36 – 1–0 1–1 11:02 – (, ) (PP) 1–2 18:20 – () 1–3 18:57 – () 25:31 – (, ) (PP) 2–3 25:46 – () 3–3 34:31 – (Wang T., Zhang C.) (PP) 4–3 42:46 – Bao J. 5–3
	20 min	Penalties	80 min
	33	Shots	32

January 22, 2012 15:30

Iceland

5–1 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

China

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 212

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Mathieu Loos
	0–1 02:39 – (, ) 06:06 – (, ) 1–1 14:58 – (, ) (PP) 2–1 28:06 – B. Sigurdarson (I. Eliasson, ) (PP) 3–1 55:59 – A. Ingason (J. Leifsson, ) 4–1 56:22 – (I. Eliasson, ) (PP) 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	53 min
	53	Shots	14

January 22, 2012 19:00

New Zealand

12–1 (3–1, 8–0, 1–0)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 260

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Cory Ross
	0–1 01:36 – () 02:44 – (, ) 1–1 06:19 – (R. Sandoy) 2–1 11:55 – C. Harrison (, R. Sandoy) 3–1 22:25 – R. Sandoy (, ) 4–1 29:29 – J. Challis () 5–1 29:44 – (C. Harrison, R. Sandoy) 6–1 30:27 – R. Sandoy (M. Frear, J. Challis) (PP) 7–1 32:24 – M. Frear (J. Fuller, J. Challis) 8–1 35:18 – (, ) 9–1 36:45 – C. Harrison 10–1 39:29 – M. Frear (C. Harrison) 11–1 51:01 – C. Harrison (, ) (PP) 12–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	66	Shots	7

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1		New Zealand	4	5	5	10	+6	14
2		Iceland	4	4	6	10	+5	0
3		Iceland	4	4	5	9	+7	2
3		China	4	4	5	9	+6	35
5		China	4	5	3	8	+8	10
6		New Zealand	3	4	4	8	+3	35
7	Bjorn Sigurdarson	Iceland	4	4	4	8	+5	8
8		Iceland	4	2	5	7	+3	16
9		Iceland	4	3	3	6	+4	4
10		Iceland	4	2	4	6	+4	4

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1		Iceland	148:36	2	95.24	0.81	0
2		China	240:00	10	92.75	2.50	1
3		Bulgaria	164:17	11	90.09	4.02	1
4		New Zealand	220:00	14	87.16	3.82	0
5		Turkey	213:43	35	85.23	9.83	0

Awards[]

IIHF Best Player Awards[]

The following players were selected as the best at their position by the IIHF directorate:^[4]

• Goaltender:
• Defenceman:
• Forward:

Division III Champion

Division III Champion Iceland

, , , , , , , , , , , , Daniel Magnusson (ice hockey), Daniel Magnusson (ice hockey), , , , , , Head Coach:

References[]

External links[]

• IIHF.com