The 2012 World Women's U18 Championship Division 1 tournament was played in Tromsø, Norway, from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012.[1] The qualification tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 29 November to 4 December 2011.[2] Featuring the "biggest success in Hungarian women's hockey"[3] the young Magyars won all ten of their games and get the opportunity to compete with the elite hockey nations in 2013. Remarkably, at least fifteen of their twenty players remain eligible for the U18 tournament next year.[3]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Norway |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 29 December 2011 – 4 January 2012 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Hungary (1st title) |
Runner-up  |  Austria |
Third place  |  Japan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 82 (5.47 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Alexandra Huszák (10 points) |
Qualification tournament
Final standings
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| Hungary | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4 | +33 | 15 | Qualified |
 Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 9 | |
 China | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 8 | |
 Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 7 | |
 France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | |
 Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 44 | −40 | 0 |
Final tournament
Final standings
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| Hungary | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 14 | Promoted to the 2013 Top Division |
| Austria | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 11 | |
| Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | |
| Norway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | |
| Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 | Relegated to the 2013 Division I Qualification |
 Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 0 |
Results
All times are local (CET – UTC+01).
| 29 December 2011 12:30 | Great Britain | 1–2 (0-0, 1-1, 0-1) | Japan | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 100 |
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| 29 December 2011 16:00 | Hungary | 4–3 (1-0, 2-2, 1-1) | Austria | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 63 |
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| 29 December 2011 19:30 | Norway | 7–2 (3-0, 3-1, 1-1) | Slovakia | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 121 |
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| 31 December 2011 10:30 | Slovakia | 0–7 (0-4, 0-3, 0-0) | Hungary | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 50 |
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| 31 December 2011 14:00 | Austria | 4–1 (1-0, 2-1, 1-0) | Great Britain | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 63 |
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| 31 December 2011 17:30 | Japan | 3–1 (1-0, 2-1, 0-0) | Norway | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 120 |
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| 1 January 2012 12:30 | Slovakia | 2–5 (1-0, 1-4, 0-1) | Austria | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 45 |
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| 1 January 2012 16:00 | Japan | 2–3 GWS (1-0, 0-1, 1-1) (0-0, 0-1) | Hungary | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 70 |
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| 1 January 2012 19:30 | Great Britain | 1–2 (0-2, 1-0, 0-0) | Norway | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 120 |
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| 3 January 2012 12:30 | Austria | 2–1 GWS (0-1, 0-0, 1-0) (0-0, 1-0) | Japan | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 36 |
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| 3 January 2012 16:00 | Slovakia | 1–4 (0-2, 0-1, 1-1) | Great Britain | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 60 |
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| 3 January 2012 19:30 | Norway | 2–5 (1-2, 1-0, 0-3) | Hungary | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 210 |
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| 4 January 2012 12:30 | Hungary | 5–3 (0-1, 3-1, 2-1) | Great Britain | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 50 |
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| 4 January 2012 16:00 | Japan | 6–0 (1-0, 3-0, 2-0) | Slovakia | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 75 |
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| 4 January 2012 19:30 | Austria | 2–1 (0-0, 0-1, 2-0) | Norway | Tromsø Ishallen, Tromsø Attendance: 300 |
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Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.[4]
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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| Alexandra Huszák | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +6 | 10 | FW |
| Fanni Gasparics | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +6 | 0 | FW |
| Mathea Fischer | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +4 | 2 | FW |
| Jeanett Hjelm | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +5 | 8 | FW |
| Julia Willenshofer | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +4 | 8 | FW |
| Andrea Kiss | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +7 | 0 | FW |
| Paige Henry | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | –1 | 0 | FW |
| Jekatyerina Maszlova | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +5 | 2 | FW |
| Rui Ukita | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 0 | D |
| Katherine Gale | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 4 | FW |
| Ramona Wais | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +6 | 0 | FW |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Leading goaltenders
Only the goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[5]
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
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| Paula Marchhart | 244:44 | 8 | 1.96 | 93.80 | 0 |
| Toini Veronica Nilsen | 179:02 | 7 | 2.35 | 93.14 | 0 |
| Shizuka Takahashi | 270:00 | 7 | 1.56 | 92.93 | 0 |
| Anikó Németh | 305:00 | 10 | 1.97 | 91.30 | 1 |
| Ingrid Sandven | 119:32 | 5 | 2.51 | 90.00 | 0 |
| Beatrice Fletcher | 233:49 | 12 | 3.08 | 89.92 | 0 |
| Zuzana Štefaniaková | 196:40 | 15 | 4.58 | 83.15 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts