2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships is the 76th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also serves as qualifications for the 2013 competition.

Championship
The Championship took place between sixteen teams from May 4 to May 20, 2012. Finland and Sweden hosted the event with games played in Helsinki and Stockholm.

Group A


 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013

Group B
 * - winner
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I A pool for 2013

Division I
The Division I competition took place from April 15 to April 21, 2012. Group A games were played in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Group B were played in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.

Group A
 * — Promoted to Championship for 2013
 * — Promoted to Championship for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I Group B for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I Group B for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I Group B for 2013
 * — relegated to Division I Group B for 2013

Group B
 * — Promoted to Divison I Group A for 2013
 * — relegated to Division II Group A for 2013
 * — relegated to Division II Group A for 2013
 * — relegated to Division II Group A for 2013
 * — relegated to Division II Group A for 2013
 * — relegated to Division II Group A for 2013

Division II
The Division II competition were held in two groups. Group A games were played from April 12 to 18, 2012 in Reykjavík, Iceland and Group B were played from April 2 to 8, 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Group A
 * — Promoted to Division I Group B for 2013
 * — relegated to Division II Group B for 2013
 * — relegated to Division II Group B for 2013
 * — relegated to Division II Group B for 2013

Group B
 * - Promoted to Division II Group A for 2013
 * — relegated to Division III for 2013
 * — relegated to Division III for 2013
 * — relegated to Division III for 2013
 * — relegated to Division III for 2013
 * — relegated to Division III for 2013

Division III
The Division III competition took place from April 15 to April 21, 2012 in Erzurum, Turkey.


 * — Promoted to Division II Group B for 2013
 * — Promoted to Division II Group B for 2013
 * — Promoted to Division II Group B for 2013