2012 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2012 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Group B was contested in Krynica, Poland with both tournaments running from April 15–21, 2012.2012 IIHF Championship Program
In Group A both Austria and Slovenia were promoted back to the highest level after being relegated from there in 2011. Ukraine was relegated despite winning their final game against Japan. The Japanese, returning to play after a one year absence, finished fourth attaining an overall placement of 20th. This is the highest they have placed since being relegated to this level in 2004 when the asian qualifiers for the world championships ceased.Group A summary 
In Group B the South Koreans defeated Poland on the final day to earn promotion to Group A. For the Korean team, this assures them of the highest world championships placement, in their history, when they play in 2013. The host Poles, did not trail a game until 8:21 left in their final match, but could not equalize, and ended up second. Australia and Romania, the two teams who had moved up from Division II for this year's tournament, faced off on the final day to determine relegation. Australia needed to win by two goals, but failed to do so, and finished last.Group B summary
==Participants==
===Group A===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2011.
 	Host, placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2011.
 	Placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year.
 	Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year.
 	Did not participate in 2011 due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunamiand was guaranteed a place in the 2012 tournament.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
===Group B===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year.
 	Host, placed 4th in Division I Group B last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year.
 	Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
 	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and was promoted.
 	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.
==Group A Tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to Elite Division for 2013
	Relegated to Division I B for 2013
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	5	0	0	0	17	9 	+8	15
 	5	3	0	1	1	24	16	+8	10
 	5	2	0	0	3	15	18	−3	6
 	5	1	1	1	2	13	14	−1	6
 	5	1	1	0	3	14	22	−8	5
 	5	0	1	1	3	12	16	−4	3
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1 	Robert Dowd 	 	5 	5	4	9 	6 	0
2 	Manuel Latusa 	 	5 	5	2	7 	2 	+1
3 	Colin Shields 	 	5 	3	4	7 	0 	–2
4 	Gregor Baumgartner 	 	5 	3	3	6 	2 	+4
4 	Rok Ticar 	 	5 	3	3	6 	4 	+4
6 	Olexander Pobyedonostsev	 	5 	4	1	5 	0 	–1
7 	David Rodman 	 	5 	3	2	5 	10 	+1
7 	Oleg Tymchenko 	 	5 	3	2	5 	2 	+2
7 	Marton Vas 	 	5 	3	2	5 	0 	–2
10 	Raphael Herberger 	 	5 	1	4	5 	2 	+3
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====Goaltending leaders====
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Robert Kristan 	 	240:00	7 	93.20	1.75	0
2 	Masahito Haruna 	 	159:31	7 	91.57	2.63	1
3 	Yuta Narisawa 	 	150:00	6 	90.91	2.40	0
4 	Bence Balizs 	 	240:00	13	90.71	3.25	0
5 	Mykhailo Balaban	 	157:40	7 	88.33	2.66	0
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===Tournament awards===
* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goalkeeper: Robert Kristan
**Best Defenseman: Matthias Trattnig
**Best Forward: Manuel Latusa
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==Group B Tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to Division I A for 2013
	Relegated to Division II A for 2013
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	4	1	0	0	24	10	+14	14
 	5	4	0	0	1	31	7 	+24	12
 	5	3	0	1	1	21	13	+8 	10
 	5	2	0	0	3	13	28	−15	6
 	5	1	0	0	4	9 	27	–18	3
 	5	0	0	0	5	14	27	−13	0
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1 	Marcin Kolusz 	 	5 	4	6	10 	0 	+8
2 	Leszek Laszkiewicz 	 	5 	4	5	9 	2 	+3
3 	Diederick Hagemeijer	 	5 	5	3	8 	6 	–2
4 	Kim Won Jung 	 	5 	4	3	7 	0 	+6
5 	Lee Yongjun 	 	5 	3	3	6 	2 	+2
5 	Damian Slabon 	 	5 	3	3	6 	0 	+3
7 	Kevin Bruijsten 	 	5 	2	4	6 	2 	–2
7 	Marco Postma 	 	5 	2	4	6 	8 	–1
9 	Sin Sangwoo 	 	5 	1	5	6 	2 	+8
10 	Mikolaj Lopuski 	 	5 	4	1	5 	2 	+7
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====Goaltending leaders====
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Przemyslaw Odrobny	 	239:10	4 	94.20	1.00	2
2 	Eum Hyunseung 	 	255:03	9 	91.89	2.12	0
3 	Ian Meierdres 	 	303:39	13	91:33	2.57	0
4 	Mantas Armalis 	 	239:20	18	87.59	4.51	0
5 	Anthony Kimlin 	 	239:36	21	85.52	5.26	0
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===Tournament awards===
* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goalkeeper: Ian Meierdres
**Best Defenseman: Adam Borzecki
**Best Forward: Marcin Kolusz
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==Team Photos==
11-12Australia.jpg|Australia
2012Slovenia.jpg|Slovenia
==References==
==External links==
*Group A
*Group B
Category:2012 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships