# 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

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. Previously, the winners of both groups were promoted to the Top Division.

## Division I A

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

### 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 |

### Match results

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

### 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.

### 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 |

### Match results

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

### 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 |