2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the fifth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic. It began on December 31, 2011 with the gold medal game played on January 7, 2012.

Canada won the title for the second time after defeating United States 3–0 in the final. Sweden captured the bronze medal with a 4–1 victory over Germany.

With an attendance of 17,480, the tournament set a record for most-attended IIHF U18 World Women's Championship. The previous record holder was the inaugural championship.

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A
All games are being played at Zlín.

Group B
All games are being played at Přerov.

Relegation round
The teams played a best-of-three series.

All times are local (UTC+1).

 is relegated to Division I for the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

Final round
All times are local (UTC+1).

Ranking and statistics
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Tournament awards
Best players selected by the directorate: Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:17 GMT+1)
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇩🇪 Franziska Albl
 * Best Defenseman: 🇨🇦 Erin Ambrose
 * Best Forward: 🇺🇸 Alex Carpenter
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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. Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:15 GMT+1)

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. Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:15 GMT+1)

Division I
The final tournament was played in Tromsø, Norway from December 29, 2011 to January 4, 2012. The qualification tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, running from November 29 to December 4, 2011. Featuring the "biggest success in Hungarian women's hockey" the young Magyars won all ten of their games and will 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.