# 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, between 17 and 22 January 2012. The Division III represents the sixth tier of the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
This year, only the first-placed team advanced to Division II B for 2013, previously, the top two teams gained promotion to Division II. Although originally scheduled to participate, North Korea withdrew from the tournament for unspecified reasons. Iceland won the tournament and was promoted to Division II B for the 2013 World Juniors.

## Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Iceland | Placed 6th in Division II (Group A) last year and were relegated. |
| China | Placed 6th in Division II (Group B) last year and were relegated. |
| Turkey | Placed 4th in Division III last year. |
| New Zealand | Hosts; placed 5th in Division III last year. |
| Bulgaria | Placed 6th in Division III last year. |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Iceland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | +28 | 12 | Promoted to the 2013 Division II B |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 9 | |
| 3 | New Zealand (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 3 | |
| 5 | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 38 | −37 | 0 | |

## Match results

All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13).

## Statistics
### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Remy Sandoy | New Zealand | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +6 | 14 |
| 2 | Olafur Bjornsson | Iceland | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +5 | 0 |
| 3 | Sigurdur Reynisson | Iceland | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +7 | 2 |
| 3 | Zhang Cheng | China | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +6 | 35 |
| 5 | Zheng Canji | China | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +8 | 10 |
| 6 | Connor Harrison | New Zealand | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +3 | 35 |
| 7 | Bjorn Sigurdarson | Iceland | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +5 | 8 |
| 8 | Brynjar Bergmann | Iceland | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 16 |
| 9 | Steindor Ingason | Iceland | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 10 | Johann Leifsson | Iceland | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +4 | 4 |

### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Snorri Sigurbergsson | Iceland | 148:36 | 2 | 95.24 | 0.81 | 0 |
| 2 | Xia Shengrong | China | 240:00 | 10 | 92.75 | 2.50 | 1 |
| 3 | Radosvet Petrov | Bulgaria | 164:17 | 11 | 90.09 | 4.02 | 1 |
| 4 | Aston Brookes | New Zealand | 220:00 | 14 | 87.16 | 3.82 | 0 |
| 5 | Fikri Atali | Turkey | 213:43 | 35 | 85.23 | 9.83 | 0 |

## Awards
### IIHF Best Player Awards

The following players were selected as the best at their position by the IIHF directorate:
* Goaltender: Xia Shengrong
* Defenceman: Ingolfur Eliasson
* Forward: Zhang Cheng
Division III Champion
| Division III Champion Iceland | Ingthor Arnason, Brynjar Bergmann, Olafur Brjonsson, Ulfur Einarsson, Ingolfur Eliasson, Einar Eyland, Gunnlaugur Gudmundsson, Andri Helgason, Arnar Ingason, Steindor Ingason, Daniel Johannsson, Johann Leifsson, Daniel Magnusson (ice hockey), Daniel Magnusson (ice hockey), Olafur Olafsson, Tomas Omarsson, Sigurdur Reynisson, Snorri Sigurbergsson, Bjorn Sigurdarsson, Gunnar Sigurdsson Head Coach: Joshua Gribben |