2012 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships was the 14th IIHF World U18 Championships and was hosted in Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav, Czech Republic. It began on April 12, 2012 with the gold medal game played on April 22, 2012.
Brno and Znojmo were originally to co-host, but a schedule change became necessary when Kometa Brno unexpectedly advanced to the Czech Extraliga finals, making their home ice unavailable to the tournament on three days.
The United States defeated Sweden 7–0 in the final to win their seventh title. Canada captured the bronze medal by beating Finland 5–4 in overtime.
== Top Division ==
=== Preliminary round ===
All times are local (UTC+2).
    	1st place: Team qualified to Semifinals
    	2nd-3rd place: Teams qualified to Quarterfinals
    	4th-5th place: Teams that played in Relegation round
==== Group A ====
Most games played at Brno, with two in Břeclav and one in Znojmo.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	18	3 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	15	9 	9
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	17	12	6
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	12	21	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	6 	23	0
==== Group B ====
All games are being played at Znojmo.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	20	4 	12
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	14	7 	6
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	15	17	6
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	11	15	6
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	6 	23	0
=== Relegation round ===
    	Team relegated to 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	8 	7 	6
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	17	12	6
 	3 	1	0 	1 	1	11	13	4
 	3 	0	1 	0 	2	9 	13	2
All times are local (UTC+2).
=== Final round ===
All times are local (UTC+2).
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Final====
===Team Rankings===
# United States
# Sweden
# Canada
# Finland
# Russia
# Germany
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mathew Dumba 	7 	5	7	12 	+2 	20
Artturi Lehkonen 	7 	7	3	10 	+3 	6
Henrik Haapala 	7 	4	6	10 	+4 	2
Rasmus Kulmala 	7 	5	4	9 	+4 	2
Sebastian Collberg 	6 	4	5	9 	+1 	14
Nicolas Kerdiles 	6 	4	5	9 	+8 	2
Alexander Wennberg 	6 	3	6	9 	+2 	0
Kerby Rychel 	7 	5	3	8 	+4 	12
Kristoffer Lauridsen	5 	4	4	8 	+4 	4
Gustav Possler 	6 	4	4	8 	+5 	0
Hunter Shinkaruk 	6 	4	4	8 	+3 	6
Dominik Simon 	6 	4	4	8 	+2 	4
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes 
Source: IIHF.com
===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 	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
Collin Olson 	300:00	116	4 	0.80	96.55	3
Oscar Dansk 	272:47	143	9 	1.98	93.71	1
Andrei Vasilevski	299:20	141	11	2.20	92.20	1
Matt Murray 	419:51	210	19	2.72	90.95	0
George Sorensen 	276:12	193	18	3.91	90.67	0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts 
Source: IIHF.com
===Tournament Awards===
; Best players selected by the directorate[http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/292/IHM292000_85I_1_0.pdf IIHF.com
:
*Best Goalkeeper: 
*Best Defenseman: 
*Best Forward: 
; Best players of each team
Best players of each team seleceted by the coachesIIHF.com.
Team	Players
 	Mathew DumbaMatt MurrayAdam Pelech
 	Petr SidlikJakub VranaDominik Simon
 	Oliver BjorkstrandKristoffer LauridsenBjørn Uldall
 	Henrik HappalaRasmus KulmalaArtturi Lehkonen
 	Marcel KurthLennart PalauschSven Ziegler
 	Georgs GolovkovsTeodors BlugersRudolfs Kalvitis
 	Anton SlepyshevAlexander BarabanovBogdan Yakimov
 	Lucas BalmelliSamuel KreisNico Dunner
 	Oscar DanskHampus LindholmSebastian Collberg
 	Seth JonesMatt LaneCollin Olson
==Division I==
Group A was played in Piešťany, Slovakia. Group B was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, with both tournaments running from April 11 to 17, 2012.
===Group A===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	30	6 	15
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	22	20	9
 	5 	1	1 	2 	1	17	20	7
 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	12	19	5
 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	12	21	5
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	14	21	4
Promoted to the top division	Relegated to Division I B
===Group B===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	28	9 	15
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	27	16	11
 	5 	2	1 	0 	2	21	21	8
 	5 	1	1 	1 	2	20	26	6
 	5 	0	1 	1 	2	13	30	3
 	5 	0	0 	2 	3	13	20	2
Promoted to Division I A	Relegated to Division II A
==Division II==
Group A was played in Heerenveen, Netherlands, from March 31 to April 6. Group B was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from March 20 to 26, 2012.
===Group A===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	3	1 	1 	0	17	14	12
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	25	15	12
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	22	11	11
 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	18	17	5
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	8 	23	4
 	5 	0	0 	1 	4	16	26	1
Promoted to Division I B	Relegated to Division II B
===Group B===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	4	1 	0 	0	32	17	14
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	22	16	9
 	5 	2	1 	0 	2	21	18	8
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	23	23	7
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	8 	20	4
 	5 	0	1 	1 	3	18	30	3
Promoted to Division II A	Relegated to Division III
==Division III==
The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 12 to 18.
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	48	12	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	33	13	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	24	15	9
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	27	23	6
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	19	26	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	6 	68	0
promoted to Division II B
== References ==
==External links==
*Official website
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