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

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

Participants

TeamQualification
 Great Britainplaced last in 2011 Division I (Group A) and were relegated
 South Koreaplaced last in 2011 Division I (Group B) and were relegated
 Romaniaplaced 2nd in 2011 Division II (Group A)
 Netherlandshosts, placed 2nd in 2011 Division II (Group B)
 Croatiaplaced 3rd in 2011 Division II (Group A)
 Lithuaniaplaced 3rd in 2011 Division II (Group B)

Final standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1  South Korea531101714+312Promoted to the 2013 Division I B
2  Romania540012515+1012
3  Lithuania531012211+1111
4  Great Britain511031817+15
5  Croatia51013823−154
6  Netherlands500141626−101Relegated to the 2013 Division II B
Source: IIHF

Results

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

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

Participants

TeamQualification
 Estoniaplaced 4th in 2011 Division II (Group A)
 Spainplaced 4th in 2011 Division II (Group B)
 Serbiahosts, placed 5th in 2011 Division II (Group A)
 Chinaplaced 5th in 2011 Division II (Group B)
 Australiaplaced 1st in 2011 Division III (Group A) and were promoted
 Icelandplaced 1st in 2011 Division III (Group B) and were promoted

Final standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1  Estonia541003217+1514Promoted to the 2013 Division II A
2  Serbia530022216+69
3  Spain521022118+38
4  Iceland52012232307
5  Australia51013820−124
6  China501131830−123Relegated to the 2013 Division III A
Source: IIHF

Results

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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