2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, between 17 and 22 January 2012.[1] This year, only the first-placed team advanced to Division II B for 2013,[2] previously, the top two teams gained promotion to Division II. Although originally scheduled to participate, North Korea withdrew from the tournament for unspecified reasons.[3] Iceland won the tournament and was promoted to Division II B for the 2013 World Juniors.

2012 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
Dates17 – 22 January 2012
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
2011
2013

Participants

Team Qualification
 Iceland Placed 6th in Division II (Group A) last year and were relegated.
 China Placed 6th in Division II (Group B) last year and were relegated.
 Turkey Placed 4th in Division III last year.
 New Zealand Hosts, placed 5th in Division III last year.
 Bulgaria Placed 6th in Division III last year.

Final standings

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Iceland 4400030212
 China 4300126109
 New Zealand 4200219146
 Bulgaria 410037193
 Turkey 400041380
Promoted to the 2013 Division II B

Results

All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)

January 17, 2012
15:30
Bulgaria 2–6
(1–1, 0–3, 1–2)
 ChinaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 85
January 17, 2012
19:00
Turkey 0–8
(0–3, 0–1, 0–4)
 IcelandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 150
January 18, 2012
19:00
New Zealand 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 BulgariaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 300
January 19, 2012
15:30
China 14–0
(1–0, 6–0, 7–0)
 TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 75
January 19, 2012
19:00
Iceland 7–1
(3–0, 4–0, 0–1)
 New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 370
January 20, 2012
19:00
Bulgaria 0–10
(0–4, 0–2, 0–4)
 IcelandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 140
January 21, 2012
15:30
Turkey 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
 BulgariaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 70
January 21, 2012
19:00
China 5–3
(1–3, 3–0, 1–0)
 New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 375
January 22, 2012
15:30
Iceland 5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)
 ChinaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 212
January 22, 2012
19:00
New Zealand 12–1
(3–1, 8–0, 1–0)
 TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 260

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1Remy Sandoy New Zealand45510+614
2Olafur Bjornsson Iceland44610+50
3Sigurdur Reynisson Iceland4459+72
3Zhang Cheng China4459+635
5Zheng Canji China4538+810
6Connor Harrison New Zealand3448+335
7Bjorn Sigurdarson Iceland4448+58
8Brynjar Bergmann Iceland4257+316
9Steindor Ingason Iceland4336+44
10Johann Leifsson Iceland4246+44

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1Snorri Sigurbergsson Iceland148:36295.240.810
2Xia Shengrong China240:001092.752.501
3Radosvet Petrov Bulgaria164:171190.094.021
4Aston Brookes New Zealand220:001487.163.820
5Fikri Atali Turkey213:433585.239.830

Awards

IIHF Best Player Awards

The following players were selected as the best at their position by the IIHF directorate:[4]

  • Goaltender: Xia Shengrong
  • Defenceman: Ingolfur Eliasson
  • Forward: Zhang Cheng

Division III Champion

Division III Champion

Iceland
Ingthor Arnason, Brynjar Bergmann, Olafur Brjonsson, Ulfur Einarsson, Ingolfur Eliasson, Einar Eyland, Gunnlaugur Gudmundsson, Andri Helgason, Arnar Ingason, Steindor Ingason, Daniel Johannsson, Johann Leifsson, Daniel Magnusson (ice hockey), Daniel Magnusson (ice hockey), Olafur Olafsson, Tomas Omarsson, Sigurdur Reynisson, Snorri Sigurbergsson, Bjorn Sigurdarsson, Gunnar Sigurdsson
Head Coach: Joshua Gribben

References

  1. Division III statistics
  2. Format
  3. "DPR Korea doesn't travel". IIHF. 2011-04-11. Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
  4. IIHF (2012-01-22). "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
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