# 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II 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 II A and Division II B now represent the fourth and fifth tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. Division II 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 Division I. Previously, the winners of both groups were promoted to the Division I.

## Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Donetsk, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2011.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Ukraine | Hosts; placed 6th in Division I (Group A) last year and were relegated. |
| Lithuania | Placed 6th in Division I (Group B) last year and were relegated. |
| Netherlands | Placed 2nd in Division II (Group A) last year. |
| Hungary | Placed 2nd in Division II (Group B) last year. |
| Spain | Placed 3rd in Division II (Group A) last year. |
| South Korea | Placed 3rd in Division II (Group B) last year. |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ukraine (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 13 | Promoted to the 2013 Division I B |
| 2 | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 11 | |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 8 | |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 6 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 5 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 2 | Relegated to the 2013 Division II B |

### Match results

All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Viktor Zakharov | Ukraine | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | Attila Nemeth | Hungary | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +6 | 12 |
| 3 | Aimas Fiscevas | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Richard Hardi | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +2 | 22 |
| 5 | Pablo Puyelo | Spain | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 6 | Daniel Bogdziul | Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 0 |
| 7 | Pijus Rulevicius | Lithuania | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Pavlo Padakin | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 8 |
| 8 | Gergo Toth | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +6 | 2 |
| 10 | Vladislav Kutchevich | Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +6 | 4 |

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Mantas Armalis | Lithuania | 309:03 | 11 | 94.36 | 2.14 | 1 |
| 2 | Kye Hoon Park | South Korea | 275:38 | 14 | 92.47 | 3.05 | 0 |
| 3 | Pavlo Yachnyk | Ukraine | 309:58 | 10 | 92.19 | 1.94 | 2 |
| 4 | Deniz Mollen | Netherlands | 229:09 | 14 | 90.91 | 3.67 | 0 |
| 5 | Bruno González | Spain | 140:00 | 10 | 90.00 | 4.29 | 1 |

#### IIHF Best Players awards

* Goaltender: Mantas Armalis
* Defenceman: Valentyn Sirchenko
* Forward: Viktor Zakharov

## Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 10 to 16 December 2011.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Belgium | Placed 4th in Division II (Group A) last year. |
| Romania | Placed 4th in Division II (Group B) last year. |
| Estonia | Hosts; placed 5th in Division II (Group A) last year. |
| Australia | Placed 5th in Division II (Group B) last year. |
| Mexico | Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted. |
| Serbia | Placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted. |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Romania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 9 | +35 | 15 | Promoted to the 2013 Division II A |
| 2 | Estonia (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 14 | +37 | 12 | |
| 3 | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 9 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 5 | |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 36 | −24 | 3 | |
| 6 | Mexico | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 39 | −34 | 1 | Relegated to the 2013 Division III |

### Match results

All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Robert Rooba | Estonia | 5 | 13 | 6 | 19 | +10 | 0 |
| 2 | Artjom Gornostajev | Estonia | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | +11 | 6 |
| 3 | Matyas Biro | Romania | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | +11 | 10 |
| 3 | Roberto Gliga | Romania | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | +12 | 2 |
| 5 | Zsombor Molnar | Romania | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +5 | 2 |
| 6 | Anton Gurtovoi | Estonia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +8 | 0 |
| 7 | Aleksa Lukovic | Serbia | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Dimitrije Filipovic | Serbia | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Jordan Kyros | Australia | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Keven Leppimann | Estonia | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 2 |

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Szabolcs Szakacs | Romania | 180:00 | 5 | 91.38 | 1.67 | 0 |
| 2 | Zoltan Toke | Romania | 120:00 | 4 | 90.48 | 2.00 | 0 |
| 3 | Aleksei Arno | Estonia | 209:33 | 7 | 89.23 | 2.00 | 0 |
| 4 | Mike Jansen | Belgium | 244:27 | 19 | 88.48 | 4.66 | 0 |
| 5 | Jovan Feher | Serbia | 264:34 | 21 | 86.09 | 4.76 | 0 |

#### IIHF Best Players awards

* Goaltender: Jovan Feher
* Defenceman: Ken Kuusk
* Forward: Roberto Gliga