2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovakia  Hungary
Dates	11 – 17 April 2012
Teams	12
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The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I was a pair of 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 I A and Division I B represented the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Piešťany, Slovakia, from 11 to 17 April 2012.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Norway	Placed 9th in 2011 Top Division and were relegated
Slovakia	Hosts, placed 10th in 2011 Top Division and were relegated
Italy	Placed 2nd in 2011 Division I (Group A)
Slovenia	Placed 2nd in 2011 Division I (Group B)
Japan	Not participated in 2011; placed 3rd in 2010 Division I (Group A)
France	Placed 3rd in 2011 Division I (Group B)

Final standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovakia	5	5	0	0	0	30	6	+24	15
Norway	5	3	0	0	2	22	20	+2	9
Italy	5	1	1	2	1	17	20	−3	7
France	5	1	1	0	3	12	19	−7	5
Slovenia	5	1	1	0	3	12	21	−9	5
Japan	5	1	0	1	3	14	21	−7	4

Promoted to the 2013 Top Division

Relegated to the 2013 Division I B

Results

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

11 April 2012 12:00

Japan

2–3 (0–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Slovenia

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11 April 2012 15:30

France

1–6 (0–3, 0–2, 1–1)

Norway

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11 April 2012 19:00

Italy

0–5 (0–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Slovakia

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12 April 2012 12:00

Slovenia

2–4 (2–2, 0–2, 0–0)

France

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12 April 2012 15:30

Norway

3–6 (1–1, 1–1, 1–4)

Italy

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12 April 2012 19:00

Slovakia

4–1 (0–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Japan

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14 April 2012 12:00

France

4–3 SO (1–1, 0–2, 2–0) (0–0, 1–0)

Italy

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14 April 2012 15:30

Norway

7–3 (5–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Japan

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14 April 2012 19:00

Slovakia

8–2 (1–1, 2–1, 5–0)

Slovenia

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15 April 2012 12:00

Italy

5–4 OT (1–2, 2–0, 1–2) (1–0)

Japan

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15 April 2012 15:30

Slovenia

1–4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Norway

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15 April 2012 19:00

Slovakia

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

France

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17 April 2012 11:30

Japan

4–2 (1–1, 2–0, 1–1)

France

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17 April 2012 14:45

Slovenia

4–3 SO (0–2, 0–1, 3–0) (0–0, 1–0)

Italy

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17 April 2012 18:15

Norway

2–9 (1–3, 1–2, 0–4)

Slovakia

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Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 11 to 17 April 2012.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Kazakhstan	Placed 3rd in 2011 Division I (Group A)
Belarus	Placed 4th in 2011 Division I (Group B)
Hungary	Hosts, placed 4th in 2011 Division I (Group A)
Poland	Placed 5th in 2011 Division I (Group B)
Austria	Placed 1st in 2011 Division II (Group A) and were promoted
Ukraine	Placed 1st in 2011 Division II (Group B) and were promoted

Final standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belarus	5	5	0	0	0	28	9	+19	15
Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	27	16	+11	11
Austria	5	2	1	0	2	21	21	0	8
Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	20	26	−6	6
Poland	5	0	1	1	3	13	30	−17	3
Hungary	5	0	0	2	3	13	20	−7	2

Promoted to the 2013 Division I A

Relegated to the 2013 Division II A

Results

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

11 April 2012 12:30

Poland

0–7 (0–2, 0–4, 0–1)

Belarus

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11 April 2012 16:00

Ukraine

4–5 OT (1–0, 1–3, 2–1) (0–1)

Kazakhstan

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11 April 2012 19:30

Austria

5–4 SO (1–1, 1–2, 2–1) (0–0, 1–0)

Hungary

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12 April 2012 12:30

Kazakhstan

7–1 (4–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Poland

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12 April 2012 16:00

Belarus

5–1 (2–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Austria

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12 April 2012 19:30

Hungary

3–5 (0–2, 1–2, 2–1)

Ukraine

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14 April 2012 12:30

Kazakhstan

7–4 (2–0, 3–0, 2–4)

Austria

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14 April 2012 16:00

Ukraine

7–6 SO (3–2, 2–2, 1–2) (0–0, 1–0)

Poland

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14 April 2012 19:30

Belarus

3–2 (0–0, 0–2, 3–0)

Hungary

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15 April 2012 12:30

Poland

2–6 (0–0, 2–1, 0–5)

Austria

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15 April 2012 16:00

Belarus

7–1 (0–0, 2–0, 5–1)

Ukraine

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15 April 2012 19:30

Hungary

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

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17 April 2012 12:30

Austria

5–3 (0–1, 0–1, 5–1)

Ukraine

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17 April 2012 16:00

Kazakhstan

5–6 (4–3, 0–3, 1–0)

Belarus

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17 April 2012 19:30

Hungary

3–4 SO (1–2, 1–1, 1–0) (0–0, 0–1)

Poland

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