The 2012 U18 IIHF Women's World Championship was the fifth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship and was hosted in Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic. It began on 31 December 2011 with the gold medal game played on 7 January 2012.
Canada won the title for the second time after defeating United States 3–0 in the final. Sweden captured the bronze medal with a 4–1 victory over Germany.
With an attendance of 17,480, the tournament set a record for most-attended IIHF U18 Women's World Championship. The previous record holder was the inaugural championship.
Top Division
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1). Group A All games are being played at Zlín.
Group B All games are being played at Přerov.
Relegation round The teams played a best-of-three series.
All times are local (UTC+1).
is relegated to Division I for the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.
Final round
All times are local (UTC+1).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final rankings
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown. Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Haley Skarupa 5 11 0 11 +11 0 FW Anne Pankowski 5 4 6 10 +13 2 FW Phoebe Stänz 6 6 3 9 -9 12 FW Alexandra Carpenter 5 4 5 9 +14 2 FW Isabel Waidacher 6 3 6 9 +1 4 FW Maryanne Kennedy-Menefee 5 2 7 9 +12 2 FW Kerstin Spielberger 6 8 0 8 0 4 FW Paige Savage 5 2 6 8 +10 2 FW Marie Delarbre 6 2 6 8 -1 10 FW Liudmila Belyakova 6 6 1 7 -2 6 FW Cayley Mercer 5 4 3 7 +8 0 FW Laura Stacey 5 4 3 7 +9 4 FW Sarah Lefort 5 3 4 7 +7 4 FWGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:15 GMT+1)
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 GA GAA Sv% SO Elaine Chuli 120:00 0 0.00 100.00 2 Emerance Maschmeyer 180:00 1 0.33 98.44 2 Franziska Albl 238:41 11 2.77 94.55 0 Isabella Portnoj 247:27 10 2.42 93.46 1 Margarita Monakhova 341:45 24 4.21 91.14 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:15 GMT+1)
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Franziska Albl Best Defenceman: Erin Ambrose Best Forward: Alex Carpenter Source:
Division I
The qualification tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 29 November to 4 December 2011. The final tournament was played in Tromsø, Norway, from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012.
Qualification tournament
Final tournament
References
External links Official IIHF website Official Division I site Official Division I Qualification site Official website from the Czech Ice Hockey Association