2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Netherlands  Serbia
Dates	31 March – 6 April 2012 20 – 26 March 2012
Teams	12
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The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012 was introduced a new format of the IIHF World U18 Championships, therefore Division II A and Division II B now represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from 31 March to 6 April 2012.

Participants

Team	Qualification
United Kingdom	placed last in 2011 Division I (Group A) and were relegated
South Korea	placed last in 2011 Division I (Group B) and were relegated
Romania	placed 2nd in 2011 Division II (Group A)
Netherlands	hosts, placed 2nd in 2011 Division II (Group B)
Croatia	placed 3rd in 2011 Division II (Group A)
Lithuania	placed 3rd in 2011 Division II (Group B)

Final standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	5	3	1	1	0	17	14	+3	12
Romania	5	4	0	0	1	25	15	+10	12
Lithuania	5	3	1	0	1	22	11	+11	11
United Kingdom	5	1	1	0	3	18	17	+1	5
Croatia	5	1	0	1	3	8	23	−15	4
Netherlands	5	0	0	1	4	16	26	−10	1

Promoted to the 2013 Division I B

Relegated to the 2013 Division II B

Results

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

31 March 2012 13:30

Croatia

3–6 ( 1–1, 1–0, 1–5 )

Romania

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31 March 2012 17:00

Lithuania

7–3 ( 2–2, 2–0, 3–1 )

United Kingdom

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31 March 2012 20:30

Netherlands

3–4 ( 2–4, 1–0, 0–0 )

South Korea

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1 April 2012 13:30

Romania

3–1 ( 2–0, 0–0, 1–1 )

Lithuania

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1 April 2012 17:00

United Kingdom

4–3 OT ( 1–2, 1–1, 1–0 ) ( 1–0 )

Netherlands

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1 April 2012 20:30

South Korea

3–2 GWS ( 0–1, 0–0, 2–1 ) ( 0–0, 1–0 )

Croatia

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3 April 2012 13:30

South Korea

2–3 GWS ( 0–1, 1–1, 1–0 ) ( 0–0, 0–1 )

Lithuania

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3 April 2012 17:00

Romania

3–2 ( 1–0, 2–1, 0–1 )

United Kingdom

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3 April 2012 20:30

Netherlands

2–3 ( 1–2, 0–1, 1–0 )

Croatia

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4 April 2012 13:30

South Korea

4–3 ( 1–0, 2–1, 1–2 )

Romania

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4 April 2012 17:00

United Kingdom

6–0 ( 2–0, 2–0, 2–0 )

Croatia

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4 April 2012 20:30

Lithuania

5–3 ( 1–0, 1–3, 3–0 )

Netherlands

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6 April 2012 13:30

Croatia

0–6 ( 0–3, 0–1, 0–2 )

Lithuania

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6 April 2012 17:00

United Kingdom

3–4 ( 0–3, 1–1, 2–0 )

South Korea

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6 April 2012 20:30

Romania

10–5 ( 3–0, 3–2, 4–3 )

Netherlands

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Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 20 to 26 March 2012.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Estonia	placed 4th in 2011 Division II (Group A)
Spain	placed 4th in 2011 Division II (Group B)
Serbia	hosts, placed 5th in 2011 Division II (Group A)
China	placed 5th in 2011 Division II (Group B)
Australia	placed 1st in 2011 Division III (Group A) and were promoted
Iceland	placed 1st in 2011 Division III (Group B) and were promoted

Final standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Estonia	5	4	1	0	0	32	17	+15	14
Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	22	16	+6	9
Spain	5	2	1	0	2	21	18	+3	8
Iceland	5	2	0	1	2	23	23	0	7
Australia	5	1	0	1	3	8	20	−12	4
China	5	0	1	1	3	18	30	−12	3

Promoted to the 2013 Division II A

Relegated to the 2013 Division III A

Results

All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1 / 26 March 2012 Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

20 March 2012 13:00

Estonia

7–4 ( 0–1, 2–1, 5–2 )

Australia

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20 March 2012 16:30

China

4–9 ( 0–3, 1–1, 3–5 )

Spain

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20 March 2012 20:30

Iceland

4–5 ( 1–0, 1–1, 2–4 )

Serbia

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21 March 2012 13:00

Estonia

7–6 OT ( 3–1, 1–2, 2–3 ) ( 1–0 )

China

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21 March 2012 16:30

Australia

0–5 ( 0–0, 0–4, 0–1 )

Iceland

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21 March 2012 20:00

Spain

4–3 ( 1–0, 2–0, 1–3 )

Serbia

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23 March 2012 13:00

Spain

2–1 OT ( 0–0, 0–0, 1–1 ) ( 1–0 )

Australia

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23 March 2012 16:30

Estonia

7–3 ( 2–0, 4–2, 1–1 )

Iceland

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23 March 2012 20:00

China

1–6 ( 0–2, 1–3, 0–1 )

Serbia

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24 March 2012 13:00

Iceland

5–4 ( 1–1, 3–2, 1–1 )

Spain

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24 March 2012 16:30

Australia

2–0 ( 0–0, 1–0, 1–0 )

China

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24 March 2012 20:00

Serbia

2–6 ( 1–1, 0–4, 1–1 )

Estonia

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26 March 2012 13:00

China

7–6 OT ( 1–2, 2–2, 3–2 ) ( 1–0 )

Iceland

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26 March 2012 16:30

Spain

2–5 ( 1–0, 0–0, 1–5 )

Estonia

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26 March 2012 20:00

Serbia

6–1 ( 2–0, 2–0, 2–1 )

Australia

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