The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, between 17 and 22 January 2012.2012 World Championship Division III statistics The Division III represents the sixth tier of the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
This year, only the first-placed team advanced to Division II B for 2013,Format previously, the top two teams gained promotion to Division II. Although originally scheduled to participate, North Korea withdrew from the tournament for unspecified reasons. Iceland won the tournament and was promoted to Division II B for the 2013 World Juniors.
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II (Group A) last year and were relegated.Placed 6th in Division II (Group B) last year and were relegated.Placed 4th in Division III last year.Hosts; placed 5th in Division III last year.Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Final standings
Match results All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts +/-PIM 1 Remy Sandoy 4 5 5 10 +6 14 2 Olafur Bjornsson 4 4 6 10 +5 0 3 Sigurdur Reynisson 4 4 5 9 +7 2 3 Zhang Cheng 4 4 5 9 +6 35 5 Zheng Canji 4 5 3 8 +8 10 6 Connor Harrison 3 4 4 8 +3 35 7 Bjorn Sigurdarson 4 4 4 8 +5 8 8 Brynjar Bergmann 4 2 5 7 +3 16 9 Steindor Ingason 4 3 3 6 +4 4 10 Johann Leifsson 4 2 4 6 +4 4
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Snorri Sigurbergsson 148:36 2 95.24 0.81 0 2 Xia Shengrong 240:00 10 92.75 2.50 1 3 Radosvet Petrov 164:17 11 90.09 4.02 1 4 Aston Brookes 220:00 14 87.16 3.82 0 5 Fikri Atali 213:43 35 85.23 9.83 0
Awards
IIHF Best Player Awards The following players were selected as the best at their position by the IIHF directorate: Goaltender: Xia Shengrong Defenceman: Ingolfur Eliasson Forward: Zhang Cheng
References
External links Official website of IIHF