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.

2012 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Germany
 Poland
Dates11 – 17 December 2011
12 – 18 December 2011
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
2011
2013

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2011.[3]

Participants

Team Qualification
 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
 Germany 5500034915
 Belarus 53011211010
 Norway 5300219139
 Slovenia 5120216127
 Austria 5101311264
 Great Britain 500056370
Promoted to the 2013 Top Division Relegated to the 2013 Division I B

Results

December 11, 2011
12:30
Great Britain 2 - 5 NorwayGarmisch Olympia Stadium
December 11, 2011
16:00
Belarus 1 - 2 GermanyGarmisch Olympia Stadium
December 11, 2011
19:30
Austria 2 - 3 (GWS) SloveniaGarmisch Olympia Stadium

December 12, 2011
15:30
Slovenia 8 - 0 Great BritainGarmisch Olympia Stadium
December 12, 2011
19:00
Germany 11 - 2 AustriaGarmisch Olympia Stadium
December 13, 2011
17:00
Norway 2 - 3 BelarusGarmisch Olympia Stadium

December 14, 2011
12:30
Great Britain 2 - 10 BelarusGarmisch Olympia Stadium
December 14, 2011
16:00
Norway 5 - 2 AustriaGarmisch Olympia Stadium
December 14, 2011
19:30
Germany 5 - 2 SloveniaGarmisch Olympia Stadium

December 15, 2011
19:00
Germany 11 - 1 Great BritainGarmisch Olympia Stadium
December 16, 2011
15:30
Belarus 6 - 2 AustriaGarmisch Olympia Stadium
December 16, 2011
19:00
Slovenia 1 - 4 NorwayGarmisch Olympia Stadium

December 17, 2011
12:30
Austria 3 - 1 Great BritainGarmisch Olympia Stadium
December 17, 2011
16:00
Slovenia 2 - 1 (GWS) BelarusGarmisch Olympia Stadium
December 17, 2011
19:30
Norway 3 - 5 GermanyGarmisch Olympia Stadium

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1Tobias Rieder Germany55813+64
2David Elsner Germany5459+68
3Marcel Noebels Germany5459+56
4Sondre Olden Norway5268+42
5Jonas Knutsen Norway5527+46
6Gal Koren Slovenia543700
7Bernhard Keil Germany5257+514
7Patrick Obrist Austria5257+12
9Konrad Abeltshauser Germany5167+104
10Leo Pföderl Germany5336+50

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1Yan Shelepnyov Belarus284:21892.731.690
2Mathias Niederberger Germany260:00792.131.620
3Luka Gračnar Slovenia269:451191.472.450
4Lars Volden Norway300:001391.102.600
5Declan Ryan Great Britain192:152282.956.870

IIHF Best Players awards

Division I A Champion

Division I A Champion

Germany
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
 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
 France 5400119612
 Kazakhstan 530119710
 Italy 521021498
 Poland 5201216127
 Croatia 5200312256
 Japan 501049202
Promoted to the 2013 Division I A Relegated to the 2013 Division II A

Results

December 12, 2011
13:00
France 2 - 1 ItalyTychy Winter Stadium
December 12, 2011
16:30
Japan 1 - 2 KazakhstanTychy Winter Stadium
December 12, 2011
20:00
Poland 9 - 1 CroatiaTychy Winter Stadium

December 13, 2011
13:00
Italy 7 - 2 JapanTychy Winter Stadium
December 13, 2011
16:30
Croatia 1 - 8 FranceTychy Winter Stadium
December 13, 2011
20:00
Kazakhstan 2 - 0 PolandTychy Winter Stadium

December 15, 2011
13:00
France 5 - 0 JapanTychy Winter Stadium
December 15, 2011
16:30
Kazakhstan 4 - 3 CroatiaTychy Winter Stadium
December 15, 2011
20:00
Italy 4 - 2 PolandTychy Winter Stadium

December 16, 2011
13:00
Kazakhstan 1 - 2 FranceTychy Winter Stadium
December 16, 2011
16:30
Croatia 3 - 1 ItalyTychy Winter Stadium
December 16, 2011
20:00
Japan 3 - 2 (OT) PolandTychy Winter Stadium

December 18, 2011
12:00
Croatia 4 - 3 JapanTychy Winter Stadium
December 18, 2011
16:30
Italy 1 - 0 (OT) KazakhstanTychy Winter Stadium
December 19, 2010
20:00
Poland 3 - 2 FranceTychy Winter Stadium

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1Damian Kapica Poland56410+100
2Mateusz Michalski Poland5279+90
3Kamil Kalinowski Poland5347+52
3Borna Rendulic Croatia5347-20
5Norbert Abramov France5426+64
6Petar Trstenjak Croatia5156-52
7Igor Lazic Croatia5325-36
8Dimitri Thillet France5235+62
9Makuru Fukuhashi Japan5314+40
9Nicolas Ritz France5314+620

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1Julian Barrier-Heyligen France240:00396.340.751
2Pavel Poluektov Kazakhstan304:49794.661.381
3Massimo Quagliato Italy304:29993.281.771
4Takuto Onoda Japan178:23891.672.690
5Mariusz Ryszkaniec Poland180:00791.572.330

IIHF Best Players awards

Division I B Champion

Division I B Champion

France
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

References

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