# 2012 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

The 2012 U18 IIHF Women's World Championship was the fifth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship and was hosted in Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic. It began on 31 December 2011 with the gold medal game played on 7 January 2012.
Canada won the title for the second time after defeating United States 3–0 in the final. Sweden captured the bronze medal with a 4–1 victory over Germany.
With an attendance of 17,480, the tournament set a record for most-attended IIHF U18 Women's World Championship. The previous record holder was the inaugural championship.

## Top Division
### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

#### Group A

All games are being played at Zlín.
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | +27 | 9 | Semifinals |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 | Relegation round |

#### Group B

All games are being played at Přerov.
| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | +25 | 9 | Semifinals |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 3 | Relegation round |

### Relegation round

The teams played a best-of-three series.
All times are local (UTC+1).
Switzerland is relegated to Division I for the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | Canada | 7 | | | |
| A2 | Sweden | 2 | A2 | Sweden | 0 | | | |
| B3 | Finland | 1 | | | | B1 | Canada | 3 |
| | | | | | | A1 | United States | 0 |
| | | | A1 | United States | 7 |
| B2 | Germany | 2 | B2 | Germany | 1 |
| A3 | Czech Republic | 1 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A2 | Sweden | 4 |
| | | | | | | B2 | Germany | 1 |
All times are local (UTC+1).

#### Final
### Ranking and statistics
#### Final rankings

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | B | Canada | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | +35 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | A | United States | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 5 | +30 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | A | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 11 | Third place |
| 4 | B | Germany | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | Finland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 7 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | A | Czech Republic (H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 7 | A | Russia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 5 | Win Relegation game |
| 8 | B | Switzerland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 7 | Relegation to Division I A |

#### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Haley Skarupa | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 | +11 | 0 | FW |
| Anne Pankowski | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +13 | 2 | FW |
| Phoebe Stänz | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 12 | FW |
| Alexandra Carpenter | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +14 | 2 | FW |
| Isabel Waidacher | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +1 | 4 | FW |
| Maryanne Kennedy-Menefee | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +12 | 2 | FW |
| Kerstin Spielberger | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | FW |
| Paige Savage | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +10 | 2 | FW |
| Marie Delarbre | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 10 | FW |
| Liudmila Belyakova | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 6 | FW |
| Cayley Mercer | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +8 | 0 | FW |
| Laura Stacey | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +9 | 4 | FW |
| Sarah Lefort | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 4 | FW |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:15 GMT+1)

#### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Elaine Chuli | 120:00 | 0 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 2 |
| Emerance Maschmeyer | 180:00 | 1 | 0.33 | 98.44 | 2 |
| Franziska Albl | 238:41 | 11 | 2.77 | 94.55 | 0 |
| Isabella Portnoj | 247:27 | 10 | 2.42 | 93.46 | 1 |
| Margarita Monakhova | 341:45 | 24 | 4.21 | 91.14 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:15 GMT+1)

#### Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
* Best Goaltender: Franziska Albl
* Best Defenceman: Erin Ambrose
* Best Forward: Alex Carpenter
Source:

## Division I

The qualification tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 29 November to 4 December 2011. The final tournament was played in Tromsø, Norway, from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012.

### Qualification tournament

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Hungary | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4 | +33 | 15 | Final tournament |
| Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 9 | Final tournament |
| China | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 8 | |
| Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 7 | |
| France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 44 | −40 | 0 | |

### Final tournament

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| Hungary | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 14 | Promoted to the 2013 Top Division |
| Austria | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 11 | |
| Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | |
| Norway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | |
| Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 | Relegated to the 2013 Division I Qualification |
| Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 0 | Relegated to the 2013 Division I Qualification |