2012 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Netherlands; Serbia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	31 March – 6 April 2012; 20–26 March 2012
Teams	12
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The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012, a new format was introduced to the IIHF World U18 Championships, therefore Division II A and Division II B now represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, from 31 March to 6 April 2012.^[1]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Great Britain	placed last in 2011 Division I (Group A) and were relegated
South Korea	placed last in 2011 Division I (Group B) and were relegated
Romania	placed 2nd in 2011 Division II (Group A)
Netherlands	hosts, placed 2nd in 2011 Division II (Group B)
Croatia	placed 3rd in 2011 Division II (Group A)
Lithuania	placed 3rd in 2011 Division II (Group B)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Korea	5	3	1	1	0	17	14	+3	12	Promoted to the 2013 Division I B
2	Romania	5	4	0	0	1	25	15	+10	12
3	Lithuania	5	3	1	0	1	22	11	+11	11
4	Great Britain	5	1	1	0	3	18	17	+1	5
5	Croatia	5	1	0	1	3	8	23	−15	4
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	1	4	16	26	−10	1	Relegated to the 2013 Division II B

Source: IIHF

Results

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

31 March 2012
13:30

Croatia

3–6
(1–1, 1–0, 1–5)

Romania

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

31 March 2012
17:00

Lithuania

7–3
(2–2, 2–0, 3–1)

Great Britain

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

31 March 2012
20:30

Netherlands

3–4
(2–4, 1–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

1 April 2012
13:30

Romania

3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

1 April 2012
17:00

Great Britain

4–3 OT
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0)
(1–0)

Netherlands

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

1 April 2012
20:30

South Korea

3–2 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)
(0–0, 1–0)

Croatia

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

3 April 2012
13:30

South Korea

2–3 GWS
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(0–0, 0–1)

Lithuania

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

3 April 2012
17:00

Romania

3–2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Great Britain

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

3 April 2012
20:30

Netherlands

2–3
(1–2, 0–1, 1–0)

Croatia

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

4 April 2012
13:30

South Korea

4–3
(1–0, 2–1, 1–2)

Romania

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

4 April 2012
17:00

Great Britain

6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Croatia

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

4 April 2012
20:30

Lithuania

5–3
(1–0, 1–3, 3–0)

Netherlands

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

6 April 2012
13:30

Croatia

0–6
(0–3, 0–1, 0–2)

Lithuania

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

6 April 2012
17:00

Great Britain

3–4
(0–3, 1–1, 2–0)

South Korea

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

6 April 2012
20:30

Romania

10–5
(3–0, 3–2, 4–3)

Netherlands

Thialf IJsstadion, Heerenveen

Game reference

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 20 to 26 March 2012.^[2]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Estonia	placed 4th in 2011 Division II (Group A)
Spain	placed 4th in 2011 Division II (Group B)
Serbia	hosts, placed 5th in 2011 Division II (Group A)
China	placed 5th in 2011 Division II (Group B)
Australia	placed 1st in 2011 Division III (Group A) and were promoted
Iceland	placed 1st in 2011 Division III (Group B) and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Estonia	5	4	1	0	0	32	17	+15	14	Promoted to the 2013 Division II A
2	Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	22	16	+6	9
3	Spain	5	2	1	0	2	21	18	+3	8
4	Iceland	5	2	0	1	2	23	23	0	7
5	Australia	5	1	0	1	3	8	20	−12	4
6	China	5	0	1	1	3	18	30	−12	3	Relegated to the 2013 Division III A