2012 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships was the 14th IIHF World U18 Championships and was hosted in Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav, Czech Republic. It began on April 12, 2012 with the gold medal game played on April 22, 2012. Brno and Znojmo were originally to co-host, but a schedule change became necessary when Kometa Brno unexpectedly advanced to the Czech Extraliga finals, making their home ice unavailable to the tournament on three days.

The United States defeated Sweden 7–0 in the final to win their seventh title. Canada captured the bronze medal by beating Finland 5–4 in overtime.

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A
Most games played at Brno, with two in Břeclav and one in Znojmo.

Group B
All games are being played at Znojmo.

Relegation round
All times are local (UTC+2).

Final round
All times are local (UTC+2).

Team Rankings

 * 1) 🇺🇸 United States
 * 2) 🇸🇪 Sweden
 * 3) 🇨🇦 Canada
 * 4) 🇫🇮 Finland
 * 5) 🇷🇺 Russia
 * 6) 🇩🇪 Germany

Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

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. TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Tournament Awards

 * Best players selected by the directorate
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇺🇸 Collin Olson (USA)
 * Best Defenseman: 🇨🇦 Mathew Dumba (CAN)
 * Best Forward: 🇸🇪 Filip Forsberg (SWE)
 * Best Forward: 🇸🇪 Filip Forsberg (SWE)

Best players of each team seleceted by the coaches.
 * Best players of each team

Division I
Group A was played in Piešťany, Slovakia. Group B was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, with both tournaments running from April 11 to 17, 2012.

Division II
Group A was played in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from March 31 to April 6. Group B was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from March 20 to 26, 2012.

Division III
The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 12 to 18.