2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

The Division I Group A tournament was held in Ventspils, Latvia, from March 25 to 31. The winner, the Czech Republic, is promoted to the top division for 2013, while the bottom-ranked team, Kazakhstan, is relegated to Group B for 2013. 
Group B was contested from April 9 to 15 at Hull, Great Britain. The winner, Denmark, moves up to Group A for 2013, while the last placed team Italy is relegated to Division II Group A.Group IB format Denmark won the three way tie-breaker with France and China by virtue of having a superior goal differential in the games those three nations played against each other (Denmark +3, China +1, France −4). Relegation was decided in similar fashion, by breaking a three way tie between Great Britain (+4), the Netherlands (−1), and Italy (−3). 
In 2011 these tournaments were known as Division I and Division II.
==Group A==
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	19	8 	12
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	20	7 	11
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	15	10	9
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	16	18	6
 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	5 	20	5
 	5 	0	0 	2 	3	7 	19	2
Promoted to Top Division	Relegated to Division I B
All times are local UTC+3.
==Group B==
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	31	6 	12
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	21	8 	12
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	22	9 	12
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	11	19	3
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	7 	34	3
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	5 	20	3
Promoted to Division I A	Relegated to Division II A
All times are local UTC+1.
==References==
==External links==
*Group A
*Group B
IIHF Women's World Championship Division I
Category:IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships