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2012 IIHF World U18 Championships
Tournament details
Host country Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic
Dates April 12 – 22
Teams 10
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank Flag of the United States United States of America (7th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank Flag of Sweden Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank Flag of Canada Canada
Fourth place Flag of Finland Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 209 (6.74 per match)
2011
2013

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.[1]

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.[2] Canada captured the bronze medal by beating Finland 5–4 in overtime.[3]

Top Division[]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

     1st place: Team qualified to Semifinals
     2nd-3rd place: Teams qualified to Quarterfinals
     4th-5th place: Teams that played in Relegation round

Group A[]

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

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of the United States United States of America 4 4 0 0 0 18 3 12
Flag of Finland Finland 4 3 0 0 1 15 9 9
Flag of Canada Canada 4 2 0 0 2 17 12 6
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 4 1 0 0 3 12 21 3
Flag of Denmark Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 6 23 0
12 April 2012
16:00
Denmark Flag of Denmark 1–6
(1–3, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Canada Canada Kajot Arena
Attendance: 1,236
12 April 2012
20:00
Finland Flag of Finland 0–4
(0–0, 0–0, 0–4)
Flag of the United States United States of America Kajot Arena
Attendance: 1,509
13 April 2012
15:00
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 8–4
(1–1, 6–2, 1–1)
Flag of Denmark Denmark Hostan Arena
Attendance: 1,694
14 April 2012
13:00
United States of America Flag of the United States 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Alcaplast Arena
Attendance: 1,857
14 April 2012
18:00
Canada Flag of Canada 2–4
(1–0, 1–3, 0–1)
Flag of Finland Finland Alcaplast Arena
Attendance: 825
15 April 2012
18:00
Denmark Flag of Denmark 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of the United States United States of America Kajot Arena
Attendance: 435
16 April 2012
16:00
Canada Flag of Canada 6–2
(4–1, 0–1, 2–0)
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Kajot Arena
Attendance: 2,093
16 April 2012
20:00
Finland Flag of Finland 5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)
Flag of Denmark Denmark Kajot Arena
Attendance: 383
17 April 2012
16:00
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 2–6
(0–2, 1–1, 1–3)
Flag of Finland Finland Kajot Arena
Attendance: 1,450
17 April 2012
20:00
United States of America Flag of the United States 5–3
(0–0, 2–2, 3–1)
Flag of Canada Canada Kajot Arena
Attendance: 1,920

Group B[]

All games are being played at Znojmo.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Sweden Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 20 4 12
Flag of Russia Russia 4 2 0 0 2 14 7 6
Flag of Germany Germany 4 2 0 0 2 15 17 6
Flag of Latvia Latvia 4 2 0 0 2 11 15 6
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 4 0 0 0 4 6 23 0
12 April 2012
16:00
Latvia Flag of Latvia 1–6
(0–2, 0–2, 1–2)
Flag of Russia Russia Hostan Arena
Attendance: 652
12 April 2012
20:00
Germany Flag of Germany 1–8
(1–1, 0–2, 0–5)
Flag of Sweden Sweden Hostan Arena
Attendance: 723
13 April 2012
19:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 2–4
(1–2, 1–2, 0–0)
Flag of Latvia Latvia Hostan Arena
Attendance: 147
14 April 2012
14:00
Russia Flag of Russia 2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of Germany Germany Hostan Arena
Attendance: 231
14 April 2012
18:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 7–2
(3–0, 1–1, 3–1)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Hostan Arena
Attendance: 353
15 April 2012
18:00
Latvia Flag of Latvia 1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
Flag of Sweden Sweden Hostan Arena
Attendance: 395
16 April 2012
16:00
Germany Flag of Germany 4–5
(1–1, 2–2, 1–2)
Flag of Latvia Latvia Hostan Arena
Attendance: 230
16 April 2012
20:00
Russia Flag of Russia 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Hostan Arena
Attendance: 752
17 April 2012
16:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Russia Russia Hostan Arena
Attendance: 1,485
17 April 2012
20:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 2–6
(0–4, 0–1, 2–1)
Flag of Germany Germany Hostan Arena
Attendance: 342

Relegation round[]

     Team relegated to 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 8 7 6
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 17 12 6
Flag of Latvia Latvia 3 1 0 1 1 11 13 4
Flag of Denmark Denmark 3 0 1 0 2 9 13 2

All times are local (UTC+2).

19 April 2012
15:00
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Hostan Arena
Attendance: 473
19 April 2012
19:00
Latvia Flag of Latvia 3–4 OT
(0–1, 2–0, 1–2)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of Denmark Denmark Hostan Arena
Attendance: 202
20 April 2012
15:00
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 7–4
(2–1, 4–1, 1–2)
Flag of Latvia Latvia Hostan Arena
Attendance: 847
20 April 2012
19:00
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)
Flag of Denmark Denmark Hostan Arena
Attendance: 351

Final round[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      B1  Flag of Sweden Sweden 7  
  A2  Flag of Finland Finland 8     A2  Flag of Finland Finland 3    
  B3  Flag of Germany Germany 0         B1  Flag of Sweden Sweden 0
      A1  Flag of the United States United States of America 7
      A1  Flag of the United States United States of America 2    
  B2  Flag of Russia Russia 2     A3  Flag of Canada Canada 1   Third place
  A3  Flag of Canada Canada 4   A2  Flag of Finland Finland 4
  A3  Flag of Canada Canada 5

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals[]

19 April 2012
15:00
Finland Flag of Finland 8–0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0)
Flag of Germany Germany Alcaplast Arena
Attendance: 353
19 April 2012
19:00
Russia Flag of Russia 2–4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of Canada Canada Alcaplast Arena
Attendance: 525

Semifinals[]

20 April 2012
15:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 7–3
(1–1, 2–2, 4–0)
Flag of Finland Finland Kajot Arena
Attendance: 520
20 April 2012
19:00
United States of America Flag of the United States 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Canada Canada Kajot Arena
Attendance: 640

Fifth place game[]

21 April 2012
14:00
Russia Flag of Russia 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Germany Germany Kajot Arena
Attendance: 310

Bronze medal game[]

22 April 2012
12:00
Finland Flag of Finland 4–5 OT
(0–2, 3–2, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of Canada Canada Kajot Arena
Attendance: 1,150

Final[]

22 April 2012
16:00
Sweden Flag of Sweden 0–7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3)
Flag of the United States United States of America Kajot Arena
Attendance: 2,145

Team Rankings[]

  1. Flag of the United States United States
  2. Flag of Sweden Sweden
  3. Flag of Canada Canada
  4. Flag of Finland Finland
  5. Flag of Russia Russia
  6. Flag of Germany Germany

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Flag of Canada Mathew Dumba 7 5 7 12 +2 20
Flag of Finland Artturi Lehkonen 7 7 3 10 +3 6
Flag of Finland Henrik Haapala 7 4 6 10 +4 2
Flag of Finland Rasmus Kulmala 7 5 4 9 +4 2
Flag of Sweden Sebastian Collberg 6 4 5 9 +1 14
Flag of the United States Nicolas Kerdiles 6 4 5 9 +8 2
Flag of Sweden Alexander Wennberg 6 3 6 9 +2 0
Flag of Canada Kerby Rychel 7 5 3 8 +4 12
Flag of Denmark Kristoffer Lauridsen 5 4 4 8 +4 4
Flag of Sweden Gustav Possler 6 4 4 8 +5 0
Flag of Canada Hunter Shinkaruk 6 4 4 8 +3 6
Flag of the Czech Republic Dominik Simon 6 4 4 8 +2 4

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.

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
Flag of the United States Collin Olson 300:00 116 4 0.80 96.55 3
Flag of Sweden Oscar Dansk 272:47 143 9 1.98 93.71 1
Flag of Russia Andrei Vasilevski 299:20 141 11 2.20 92.20 1
Flag of Canada Matt Murray 419:51 210 19 2.72 90.95 0
Flag of Denmark George Sorensen 276:12 193 18 3.91 90.67 0

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[4]


Best players of each team

Best players of each team seleceted by the coaches[5].

Team Players
Flag of Canada Canada Mathew Dumba
Matt Murray
Adam Pelech
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Petr Sidlik
Jakub Vrana
Dominik Simon
Flag of Denmark Denmark Oliver Bjorkstrand
Kristoffer Lauridsen
Bjørn Uldall
Flag of Finland Finland Henrik Happala
Rasmus Kulmala
Artturi Lehkonen
Flag of Germany Germany Marcel Kurth
Lennart Palausch
Sven Ziegler
Flag of Latvia Latvia Georgs Golovkovs
Teodors Blugers
Rudolfs Kalvitis
Flag of Russia Russia Anton Slepyshev
Alexander Barabanov
Bogdan Yakimov
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Lucas Balmelli
Samuel Kreis
Nico Dunner
Flag of Sweden Sweden Oscar Dansk
Hampus Lindholm
Sebastian Collberg
Flag of the United States United States of America Seth Jones
Matt Lane
Collin Olson

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.

Group A[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 5 5 0 0 0 30 6 15
Flag of Norway Norway 5 3 0 0 2 22 20 9
Flag of Italy Italy 5 1 1 2 1 17 20 7
Flag of France France 5 1 1 0 3 12 19 5
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 5 1 1 0 3 12 21 5
Flag of Japan Japan 5 1 0 1 3 14 21 4
Promoted to the top division Relegated to Division I B

Group B[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Belarus Belarus 5 5 0 0 0 28 9 15
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 5 3 1 0 1 27 16 11
Flag of Austria Austria 5 2 1 0 2 21 21 8
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 5 1 1 1 2 20 26 6
Flag of Poland Poland 5 0 1 1 2 13 30 3
Flag of Hungary Hungary 5 0 0 2 3 13 20 2
Promoted to Division I A Relegated to Division II A

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.

Group A[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Korea South Korea 5 3 1 1 0 17 14 12
Flag of Romania Romania 5 4 0 0 1 25 15 12
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 5 3 1 0 1 22 11 11
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 5 1 1 0 3 18 17 5
Flag of Croatia Croatia 5 1 0 1 3 8 23 4
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 5 0 0 1 4 16 26 1
Promoted to Division I B Relegated to Division II B

Group B[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Estonia Estonia 5 4 1 0 0 32 17 14
Flag of Serbia Serbia 5 3 0 0 2 22 16 9
Flag of Spain Spain 5 2 1 0 2 21 18 8
Flag of Iceland Iceland 5 2 0 1 2 23 23 7
Flag of Australia Australia 5 1 0 1 3 8 20 4
Flag of China China 5 0 1 1 3 18 30 3
Promoted to Division II A Relegated to Division III

Division III[]

The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 12 to 18.[6]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Belgium Belgium 5 5 0 0 0 48 12 15
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 33 13 12
Flag of Mexico Mexico 5 3 0 0 2 24 15 9
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 5 2 0 0 3 27 23 6
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 5 1 0 0 4 19 26 3
Flag of South Africa South Africa 5 0 0 0 5 6 68 0
promoted to Division II B

References[]

External links[]

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