The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012, a new format was introduced to the IIHF World Junior Championships, making Division I A and Division I B now represent the second and third tiers of the IIHF World Junior Championship. Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group, the first-place team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-place team was relegated to a lower division. That year, for the first time, the winner of Group B was promoted to Group A, and the winner of Group A advanced to the following year's Top Division. Previously, the winners of both groups were promoted directly to the Top Division.
Division I A The Division I A tournament was played in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2011.2012 Division I A statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 9th in Top Division last year and were relegated.Hosts; placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division I (Group A) last year.Placed 2nd in Division I (Group B) last year.Placed 3rd in Division I (Group A) last year.Placed 3rd in Division I (Group B) last year.
Final standings
Match results All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)
Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts +/-PIM 1 Tobias Rieder 5 5 8 13 +6 4 2 David Elsner 5 4 5 9 +6 8 3 Marcel Noebels 5 4 5 9 +5 6 4 Sondre Olden 5 2 6 8 +4 2 5 Jonas Knutsen 5 5 2 7 +4 6 6 Gal Koren 5 4 3 7 0 0 7 Bernhard Keil 5 2 5 7 +5 14 7 Patrick Obrist 5 2 5 7 +1 2 9 Konrad Abeltshauser 5 1 6 7 +10 4 10 Leo Pföderl 5 3 3 6 +5 0
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Yan Shelepnyov 284:21 8 92.73 1.69 0 2 Mathias Niederberger 260:00 7 92.13 1.62 0 3 Luka Gračnar 269:45 11 91.47 2.45 0 4 Lars Volden 300:00 13 91.10 2.60 0 5 Declan Ryan 192:15 22 82.95 6.87 0
IIHF Best Players awards Goaltender: Mathias Niederberger Defenceman: Konrad Abeltshauser Forward: Sondre Olden
Division I B The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 12 to 18 December 2011.2012 Division I B statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 4th in Division I (Group A) last year.Placed 4th in Division I (Group B) last year.Placed 5th in Division I (Group A) last year.Placed 5th in Division I (Group B) last year.Placed 1st in Division II (Group A) last year and were promoted.Hosts; placed 1st in Division II (Group B) last year and were promoted.
Final standings
Match results All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)
Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts +/-PIM 1 Damian Kapica 5 6 4 10 +10 0 2 Mateusz Michalski 5 2 7 9 +9 0 3 Kamil Kalinowski 5 3 4 7 +5 2 3 Borna Rendulic 5 3 4 7 -2 0 5 Norbert Abramov 5 4 2 6 +6 4 6 Petar Trstenjak 5 1 5 6 -5 2 7 Igor Lazic 5 3 2 5 -3 6 8 Dimitri Thillet 5 2 3 5 +6 2 9 Makuru Fukuhashi 5 3 1 4 +4 0 9 Nicolas Ritz 5 3 1 4 +6 20
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Julian Barrier-Heyligen 240:00 3 96.34 0.75 1 2 Pavel Poluektov 304:49 7 94.66 1.38 1 3 Massimo Quagliato 304:29 9 93.28 1.77 1 4 Takuto Onoda 178:23 8 91.67 2.69 0 5 Mariusz Ryszkaniec 180:00 7 91.57 2.33 0
IIHF Best Players awards Goaltender: Pavel Poluektov Defenceman: Aziz Baazzi Forward: Borna Rendulic
References
External links Official website of IIHF