2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first-placed team is promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team is relegated to a lower level. This year, for the first time, the winner of Group B is promoted to Group A and the winner of Group A is promoted to the next year's top division.[1][2] Previously the winners of both groups were promoted to the top division.
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Germany Poland |
Dates | 11 – 17 December 2011 12 – 18 December 2011 |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
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Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2011.[3]
Participants
Team | Qualification |
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Norway | Placed 9th in Top Division last year and were relegated. |
Germany | Hosts, placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated. |
Belarus | Placed 2nd in Division I (Group A) last year. |
Slovenia | Placed 2nd in Division I (Group B) last year. |
Great Britain | Placed 3rd in Division I (Group A) last year. |
Austria | Placed 3rd in Division I (Group B) last year. |
Final standings
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 15 |
Belarus | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 |
Norway | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 |
Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 |
Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 4 |
Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 0 |
Promoted to the 2013 Top Division | Relegated to the 2013 Division I B |
Results
December 11, 2011 12:30 | Great Britain | 2 - 5 | Norway | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 11, 2011 16:00 | Belarus | 1 - 2 | Germany | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 11, 2011 19:30 | Austria | 2 - 3 (GWS) | Slovenia | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 12, 2011 15:30 | Slovenia | 8 - 0 | Great Britain | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 12, 2011 19:00 | Germany | 11 - 2 | Austria | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 13, 2011 17:00 | Norway | 2 - 3 | Belarus | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 14, 2011 12:30 | Great Britain | 2 - 10 | Belarus | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 14, 2011 16:00 | Norway | 5 - 2 | Austria | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 14, 2011 19:30 | Germany | 5 - 2 | Slovenia | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 15, 2011 19:00 | Germany | 11 - 1 | Great Britain | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 16, 2011 15:30 | Belarus | 6 - 2 | Austria | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 16, 2011 19:00 | Slovenia | 1 - 4 | Norway | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 17, 2011 12:30 | Austria | 3 - 1 | Great Britain | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 17, 2011 16:00 | Slovenia | 2 - 1 (GWS) | Belarus | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
December 17, 2011 19:30 | Norway | 3 - 5 | Germany | Garmisch Olympia Stadium |
Top 10 scorers
Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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1 | Tobias Rieder | Germany | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +6 | 4 |
2 | David Elsner | Germany | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +6 | 8 |
3 | Marcel Noebels | Germany | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | 6 |
4 | Sondre Olden | Norway | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 2 |
5 | Jonas Knutsen | Norway | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +4 | 6 |
6 | Gal Koren | Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Bernhard Keil | Germany | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +5 | 14 |
7 | Patrick Obrist | Austria | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 2 |
9 | Konrad Abeltshauser | Germany | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +10 | 4 |
10 | Leo Pföderl | Germany | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 0 |
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
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1 | Yan Shelepnyov | Belarus | 284:21 | 8 | 92.73 | 1.69 | 0 |
2 | Mathias Niederberger | Germany | 260:00 | 7 | 92.13 | 1.62 | 0 |
3 | Luka Gračnar | Slovenia | 269:45 | 11 | 91.47 | 2.45 | 0 |
4 | Lars Volden | Norway | 300:00 | 13 | 91.10 | 2.60 | 0 |
5 | Declan Ryan | Great Britain | 192:15 | 22 | 82.95 | 6.87 | 0 |
IIHF Best Players awards
- Goaltender: Mathias Niederberger
- Defenceman: Konrad Abeltshauser
- Forward: Sondre Olden
Division I A Champion
Konrad Abeltshauser, David Elsner, Richard Gelke, Henry Haase, Jimmy Hertel, Mirko Höfflin, Bernhard Keil, Kilian Keller, Nicolas Krämmer, Stephan Kronthaler, Nickolas Latta, Corey Mapes, Thomas Merl, Mathias Niederberger, Marcel Noebels, Andreas Pauli, Leo Pföderl, Maximilian Renner, Tobias Rieder, Lukas Steinhauer, Thomas Supis, Sebastian Uvira, Pascal Zerressen Head Coach: Ernst Höfner |
Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 12 to 18 December 2011.[4]
Participants
Team | Qualification |
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Italy | Placed 4th in Division I (Group A) last year. |
Kazakhstan | Placed 4th in Division I (Group B) last year. |
Japan | Placed 5th in Division I (Group A) last year. |
Croatia | Placed 5th in Division I (Group B) last year. |
France | Placed 1st in Division II (Group A) last year and were promoted. |
Poland | Hosts, placed 1st in Division II (Group B) last year and were promoted. |
Final standings
Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 12 |
Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 |
Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 |
Croatia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 6 |
Japan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 2 |
Promoted to the 2013 Division I A | Relegated to the 2013 Division II A |
Results
December 12, 2011 13:00 | France | 2 - 1 | Italy | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 12, 2011 16:30 | Japan | 1 - 2 | Kazakhstan | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 12, 2011 20:00 | Poland | 9 - 1 | Croatia | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 13, 2011 13:00 | Italy | 7 - 2 | Japan | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 13, 2011 16:30 | Croatia | 1 - 8 | France | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 13, 2011 20:00 | Kazakhstan | 2 - 0 | Poland | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 15, 2011 13:00 | France | 5 - 0 | Japan | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 15, 2011 16:30 | Kazakhstan | 4 - 3 | Croatia | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 15, 2011 20:00 | Italy | 4 - 2 | Poland | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 16, 2011 13:00 | Kazakhstan | 1 - 2 | France | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 16, 2011 16:30 | Croatia | 3 - 1 | Italy | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 16, 2011 20:00 | Japan | 3 - 2 (OT) | Poland | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 18, 2011 12:00 | Croatia | 4 - 3 | Japan | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 18, 2011 16:30 | Italy | 1 - 0 (OT) | Kazakhstan | Tychy Winter Stadium |
December 19, 2010 20:00 | Poland | 3 - 2 | France | Tychy Winter Stadium |
Top 10 scorers
Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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1 | Damian Kapica | Poland | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +10 | 0 |
2 | Mateusz Michalski | Poland | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +9 | 0 |
3 | Kamil Kalinowski | Poland | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +5 | 2 |
3 | Borna Rendulic | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 0 |
5 | Norbert Abramov | France | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +6 | 4 |
6 | Petar Trstenjak | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
7 | Igor Lazic | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
8 | Dimitri Thillet | France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +6 | 2 |
9 | Makuru Fukuhashi | Japan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 0 |
9 | Nicolas Ritz | France | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +6 | 20 |
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
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1 | Julian Barrier-Heyligen | France | 240:00 | 3 | 96.34 | 0.75 | 1 |
2 | Pavel Poluektov | Kazakhstan | 304:49 | 7 | 94.66 | 1.38 | 1 |
3 | Massimo Quagliato | Italy | 304:29 | 9 | 93.28 | 1.77 | 1 |
4 | Takuto Onoda | Japan | 178:23 | 8 | 91.67 | 2.69 | 0 |
5 | Mariusz Ryszkaniec | Poland | 180:00 | 7 | 91.57 | 2.33 | 0 |
IIHF Best Players awards
- Goaltender: Pavel Poluektov
- Defenceman: Aziz Baazzi
- Forward: Borna Rendulic
Division I B Champion
Norbert Abramov, Jérémy Arès, Aziz Baazzi, Julien Barrier-Heyligen, Joris Bedin, Antoine Bonvalot, Mathieu Briand, Martin Charpentier, Florian Chakiachvili, Aurélien Dorey, Raphaël Faure, Romain Gutierrez, Maxime Joly, Nicolas Leclerc, Vincent Llorca, Yann Millet, Anthony Rech, Nicolas Ritz, Marius Serer, Dimitri Thillet, Nicolas Thos, Hugo Vinatier Head Coach: Lionel Charrier |