# 2012 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2012 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Reykjavík, Iceland from April 12–18, 2012 and Group B was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 2–8, 2012.

## Participants
### Group A

| Team | Qualification |
| Croatia | Placed 2nd in Division II Group B last year. |
| Estonia | Placed 6th Division I Group B and was relegated in 2011. |
| Iceland | Host, placed 3rd in Division II Group B last year. |
| New Zealand | Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year. |
| Serbia | Placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year. |
| Spain | Placed 5th Division I Group A and was relegated in 2011. |

### Group B

| Team | Qualification |
| Belgium | Placed 4th in Division II Group A last year. |
| Bulgaria | Host, placed 5th in Division II Group B last year. |
| China | Placed 4th in Division II Group B last year. |
| Israel | Placed 1st in Division III last year and was promoted. |
| Mexico | Placed 5th in Division II Group A last year. |
| South Africa | Placed 2nd in Division III last year and was promoted. |

## Group A Tournament
### Standings

* Promoted to Division I B for 2013
* Relegated to Division II B for 2013
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| Estonia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 11 | +28 | 15 |
| Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 12 |
| Croatia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 9 |
| Iceland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 6 |
| Serbia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 59 | −54 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC±0).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Joel Prpic | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +6 | 2 |
| 2 | Andrew Sertich | Croatia | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +8 | 0 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Petrov | Estonia | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +8 | 0 |
| 4 | Maksim Ivanov | Estonia | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +6 | 12 |
| 5 | Aleksei Sibirtsev | Estonia | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 0 |
| 6 | Pablo Muñoz | Spain | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +5 | 6 |
| 6 | Robert Rooba | Estonia | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +5 | 6 |
| 8 | Dmitri Rodin | Estonia | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +5 | 10 |
| 9 | Marko Kovacevic | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +2 | 2 |
| 9 | Igor Lazic | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 2 |
| 9 | Kenny MacAulay | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +2 | 0 |
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#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Ander Alcaine | Spain | 290:17 | 9 | 95.16 | 1.86 | 1 |
| 2 | Villem-Henrik Koitmaa | Estonia | 235:56 | 9 | 92.56 | 2.29 | 0 |
| 3 | Mate Tomljenovic | Croatia | 279:04 | 11 | 91.54 | 2.37 | 0 |
| 4 | Dennis Henstrom | Iceland | 299:50 | 18 | 90.22 | 3.60 | 1 |
| 5 | Milan Lukovic | Serbia | 289:39 | 20 | 87.34 | 4.14 | 0 |
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### Tournament awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Ander Alcaine
** Best Defenceman: Kenny MacAulay
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## Group B Tournament
### Standings

* Promoted to Division II A for 2013
* Relegated to Division III for 2013
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| Belgium | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 11 | +38 | 15 |
| China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 9 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 8 |
| Mexico | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 7 |
| Israel | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 6 |
| South Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+3).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Olivier Roland | Belgium | 5 | 10 | 12 | 22 | +22 | 4 |
| 2 | Mitch Morgan | Belgium | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | +20 | 2 |
| 3 | Vincent Morgan | Belgium | 5 | 10 | 8 | 18 | +21 | 0 |
| 4 | Eliezer Sherbatov | Israel | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | +6 | 0 |
| 5 | Stanislav Muhachev | Bulgaria | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −1 | 0 |
| 6 | Daniel Mazour | Israel | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +4 | 14 |
| 7 | Alexei Yotov | Bulgaria | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −1 | 2 |
| 8 | Zhang Weiyang | China | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +4 | 4 |
| 9 | Sergei Frenkel | Israel | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +5 | 8 |
| 10 | Kristof van Looy | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +9 | 4 |
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#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Bjorn Steijen | Belgium | 260:00 | 8 | 93.55 | 1.85 | 0 |
| 2 | Nikola Nikolov | Bulgaria | 167:19 | 8 | 91.30 | 2.87 | 0 |
| 3 | Andreas de la Garma | Mexico | 149:48 | 10 | 90.20 | 4.01 | 0 |
| 4 | Jevgeni Gusin | Israel | 257:06 | 15 | 88.10 | 3.50 | 0 |
| 5 | Jack Nebe | South Africa | 180:17 | 15 | 87.60 | 4.99 | 0 |
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### Tournament awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Bjorn Steijlen
** Best Defenceman: Niki de Herdt
** Best Forward: Stanislav Muhachev
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