2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

The 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the fifth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic. It began on December 31, 2011 with the gold medal game played on January 7, 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 World Women's Championship. The previous record holder was the inaugural championship.
== Top Division ==
=== Preliminary round ===
All times are local (UTC+1).
    	Teams advanced to Semifinals
    	Teams advanced to Quarterfinals
    	Teams played in the Relegation round
==== Group A ====
All games are being played at Zlín.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	28	1 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	10	10	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	4 	17	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	16	0
==== Group B ====
All games are being played at Přerov.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	26	1 	9
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	6 	10	3
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	6 	12	3
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	22	3
=== Relegation round ===
The teams played a best-of-three series.
All times are local (UTC+1).
 is relegated to Division I for the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.
=== Final round ===
All times are local (UTC+1).
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Final====
===Ranking and statistics===
 	
====Tournament awards====
Best players selected by the directorate:
*Best Goalkeeper: Franziska Albl
*Best Defenseman: Erin Ambrose
*Best Forward: Alex Carpenter
Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:17 GMT+1)
====Final standings====
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====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
Alex 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
Lyudmila 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; +/− = 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)
==Division I==
The final tournament was played in Tromsø, Norway from December 29, 2011 to January 4, 2012. The qualification tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, running from November 29 to December 4, 2011. Featuring the "biggest success in Hungarian women's hockey"
the young Magyars won all ten of their games and will get the opportunity to compete with the elite hockey nations in 2013. Remarkably, at least fifteen of their twenty players remain eligible for the U18 tournament next year. 
===Final tournament===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	4	1 	0 	0	24	10	14
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	16	9 	11
 	5 	3	0 	2 	0	14	7 	11
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	13	13	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	10	14	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	5 	29	0
Promoted to the top Division
===Qualification tournament===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	37	4 	12
 	5 	2	1 	1 	1	19	16	9
 	5 	2	1 	0 	2	15	19	8
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	21	14	7
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	10	9 	6
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	4 	44	0
Qualified for Division I
==Team Photos==
2012GERWomenU18.png|Germany
== References ==
==External links==
*Official IIHF website
*Official Division I site
*Official Division I Qualification site
*Official website from the Czech Ice Hockey Association
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Category:Women's U18 World Ice Hockey Championships