2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Last updated February 28, 2024

2012 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Tournament details

Host countries	Germany Poland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	11–17 December 2011 12–18 December 2011
Teams	12
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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, therefore 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-placed team was promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower level. This year, for the first time, the winner of Group B was promoted to Group A and the winner of Group A was promoted to the next year's Top Division.^[1] Previously, the winners of both groups were promoted to the Top Division.

Contents

Division I A
Participating teams
Final standings
Match results
Statistics
Division I B
Participating teams 2
Final standings 2
Match results 2
Statistics 2
References
External links

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2011.^[2]

Participating teams

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany (H)	5	5	0	0	0	34	9	+25	15	Promoted to the 2013 Top Division
2	Belarus	5	3	0	1	1	21	10	+11	10
3	Norway	5	3	0	0	2	19	13	+6	9
4	Slovenia	5	1	2	0	2	16	12	+4	7
5	Austria	5	1	0	1	3	11	26	−15	4
6	Great Britain	5	0	0	0	5	6	37	−31	0	Relegated to the 2013 Division I B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)

11 December 2011
12:30

2–5
(2–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Norway

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

11 December 2011
16:00

1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Germany

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

11 December 2011
19:30

2–3 (GWS)
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
(0–0, 0–1)

Slovenia

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

12 December 2011
15:30

Slovenia

8–0
(6–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

12 December 2011
19:00

Germany

11–2
(3–0, 6–1, 2–1)

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

13 December 2011
17:00

2–3
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Belarus

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

14 December 2011
12:30

2–10
(0–2, 0–6, 2–2)

Belarus

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

14 December 2011
16:00

Norway

5–2
(3–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

14 December 2011
19:30

Germany

5–2
(2–2, 0–0, 3–0)

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

15 December 2011
19:00

Germany

11–1
(4–0, 3–0, 4–1)

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

16 December 2011
15:30

Belarus

6–2
(3–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

16 December 2011
19:00

1–4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Norway

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

17 December 2011
12:30

Austria

3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

17 December 2011
16:00

Slovenia

2–1 (GWS)
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(0–0, 1–0)

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

17 December 2011
19:30

3–5
(0–1, 1–1, 2–3)

Germany

Garmisch Olympia Stadium,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Game reference

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
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
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 champions

Division I A champions 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.^[3]

Participating teams

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	France	5	4	0	0	1	19	6	+13	12	Promoted to the 2013 Division I A
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	1	1	9	7	+2	10
3	Italy	5	2	1	0	2	14	9	+5	8
4	Poland (H)	5	2	0	1	2	16	12	+4	7
5	Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	12	25	−13	6
6	Japan	5	0	1	0	4	9	20	−11	2	Relegated to the 2013 Division II A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)

12 December 2011
13:00

France

2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

12 December 2011
16:30

1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

12 December 2011
20:00

Poland

9–1
(3–0, 4–1, 2–0)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

13 December 2011
13:00

Italy

7–2
(3–1, 4–0, 0–1)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

13 December 2011
16:30

1–8
(1–0, 0–4, 0–4)

France

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

13 December 2011
20:00

Kazakhstan

2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

15 December 2011
13:00

France

5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

15 December 2011
16:30

Kazakhstan

4–3
(2–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

15 December 2011
20:00

Italy

4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

16 December 2011
13:00

1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

France

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

16 December 2011
16:30

Croatia

3–1
(2–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

16 December 2011
20:00

Japan

3–2 (OT)
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(1–0)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

18 December 2011
13:00

Croatia

4–3
(0–0, 3–2, 1–1)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

18 December 2011
16:30

Italy

1–0 (OT)
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(1–0)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

18 December 2010
20:00

Poland

3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Winter Stadium, Tychy

Game reference

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
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
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 champions

Division I B champions 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

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References

↑ Changes in Worlds structure at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 August 2011)
↑ 2012 Division I A statistics
↑ 2012 Division I B statistics

External links

Official website of IIHF

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