2012 IIHF Women's World Championship

2012 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates 7–14 April 2012
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (10th title)
Runner-up   United States
Third place    Switzerland
Fourth place  Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 21
Goals scored 141 (6.71 per match)
Attendance 27,791 (1,323 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Monique Lamoureux-Kolls (14 points)
2011
2013

The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2013 competition, and the 2014 Olympics.

Canada won their tenth title by defeating the United States 5–4 in overtime. Caroline Ouellette scored the decisive goal.[1] The tournament was largely dominated by team USA with crushing victories in the group stage, but the team eventually had to settle for silver. The Swiss team, by finishing third, captured their first ever Women's World Championship medal.[2]

Top Division

The Top Division was contested between eight teams from April 7 to April 14, 2012. The event was hosted by USA Hockey in Burlington, Vermont. A new format was used where the top four ranked teams were placed in Group A and were automatically qualified for the final round, and played in the preliminary round was only used to determine seeding for the next round. The top two teams received a bye into the semifinals. Meanwhile, the next four teams played the preliminary round in Group B. The top two teams from Group B joined the others for the final round, while the bottom two team played a best-of-three series, with the loser being relegated next year.[3]

Rosters

Each teams roster for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting on 6 April 2012.[4]

Preliminary round

Legend
Advanced to the Semifinals
Advanced to the Quarterfinals
Advanced to the Relegation Round

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 United States 33000292+279
 Canada 320011912+76
 Finland 31002718−113
 Russia 30003528−230

All times are local (UTC−4).

7 April 2012
15:00
Finland 5–4
(0–2, 2–0, 3–2)
 RussiaGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 1,494
7 April 2012
19:00
United States 9–2
(5–0, 1–2, 2–0)
 CanadaGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 3,970
8 April 2012
15:00
Canada 3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 FinlandGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 1,499
8 April 2012
19:00
United States 9–0
(2–0, 2–0, 5–0)
 RussiaGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 2,242
10 April 2012
15:00
Canada 14–1
(6–0, 5–0, 3–1)
 RussiaGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 643
10 April 2012
19:00
Finland 0–11
(0–2, 0–6, 0–3)
 United StatesGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 2,356

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
  Switzerland 3200176+16
 Sweden 3110195+45
 Germany 3101168−24
 Slovakia 3100269−33

All times are local (UTC−4).

7 April 2012
13:00
Slovakia 1–5
(0–1, 1–1, 0–3)
 SwedenCairns Arena, Vermont
Attendance: 243
7 April 2012
17:00
Switzerland  2–3
(1–1, 1–2, 0–0)
 GermanyCairns Arena, Vermont
Attendance: 277
8 April 2012
13:00
Sweden 2–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
 GermanyCairns Arena, Vermont
Attendance: 342
8 April 2012
17:00
Switzerland  2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
 SlovakiaCairns Arena, Vermont
Attendance: 200
10 April 2012
13:00
Sweden 2–3
(1–1, 0–0, 1–2)
  SwitzerlandCairns Arena, Vermont
Attendance: 325
10 April 2012
17:00
Germany 2–4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)
 SlovakiaCairns Arena, Vermont
Attendance: 237

Relegation series

Best of three.

All times are local (UTC−4).

11 April 2012
17:00
Germany 2–1 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 SlovakiaCairns Arena, Vermont
Attendance: 174
13 April 2012
13:00
Slovakia 1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)
 GermanyCairns Arena, Vermont
Attendance: 187
  • The third game of the relegation series was cancelled because Germany won both meetings and Slovakia is therefore relegated.

Final round

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      A1  United States 10  
  A4  Russia 2     B1   Switzerland 0    
  B1   Switzerland 5         A1  United States 4
      A2  Canada 5
      A2  Canada 5    
  A3  Finland 2     A3  Finland 1   Third place
  B2  Sweden 1   A3  Finland 2
  B1   Switzerland 6

All times are local (UTC−4).

Quarterfinals

11 April 2012
15:00
Russia 2–5
(1–2, 1–3, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 1,340
11 April 2012
19:00
Finland 2–1
(2–0, 0–0, 0–1)
 SwedenGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 1,633

Semifinals

13 April 2012
15:00
Canada 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 FinlandGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 1,750
13 April 2012
19:00
United States 10–0
(3–0, 3–0, 4–0)
  SwitzerlandGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 2,211

Fifth place game

13 April 2012
17:00
Russia 1–2 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1)
 SwedenCairns Arena, Vermont
Attendance: 261

Bronze medal game

14 April 2012
15:00
Switzerland  6–2
(2–2, 1–0, 3–0)
 FinlandGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 2,400

Gold medal game

14 April 2012
19:00
United States 4–5 OT
(1–1, 2–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)
 CanadaGutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
Attendance: 4,007

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

 Canada
 United States
  Switzerland
4 Finland
5 Sweden
6 Russia
7 Germany
8 Slovakia

Scoring leaders

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
United States Monique Lamoureux-Kolls57714+96
United States Kelli Stack55813+62
United States Brianna Decker54610+136
United States Amanda Kessel53710+90
Canada Hayley Wickenheiser53710+44
United States Kendall Coyne5459+100
United States Jocelyne Lamoureux5459+78
Canada Caroline Ouellette5459+66
Canada Jayna Hefford5369+74
United States Gigi Marvin5369+42

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
Sweden Sara Grahn120:015431.5094.440
Switzerland Florence Schelling228:23183143.6892.350
Slovakia Zuzana Tomčíková304:43177142.7692.090
Sweden Kim Martin179:486051.6791.670
Germany Viona Harrer185:008272.2791.460

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

Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.[5]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Czech Republic 5 4 0 0 1 19 8 +11 12
 Norway 5 3 1 0 1 20 7 +13 11
 Japan 5 3 0 0 2 15 10 +5 9
 Austria 5 2 0 0 3 16 18 2 6
 Latvia 5 1 1 0 3 5 20 15 5
 Kazakhstan 5 0 0 2 3 7 19 12 2
Promoted to the 2013 Top Division Relegated to the 2013 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Hull, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 April 2012.[6]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Denmark 5 4 0 0 1 31 6 +25 12
 China 5 4 0 0 1 21 8 +13 12
 France 5 4 0 0 1 22 9 +13 12
 Great Britain 5 1 0 0 4 10 17 7 3
 Netherlands 5 1 0 0 4 7 34 27 3
 Italy 5 1 0 0 4 5 22 17 3
Promoted to the 2013 Division I A Relegated to the 2013 Division II A

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.[7]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 North Korea 5 5 0 0 0 33 7 +26 15
 Hungary 5 4 0 0 1 26 6 +20 12
 Australia 5 3 0 0 2 11 12 1 9
 New Zealand 5 2 0 0 3 12 23 11 6
 Slovenia 5 0 1 0 4 7 18 11 2
 Croatia 5 0 0 1 4 4 27 23 1
Promoted to the 2013 Division I B Relegated to the 2013 Division II B

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Seoul, South Korea, from 10 to 16 March 2012.[8]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Poland 5 4 1 0 0 38 6 +32 14
 Spain 5 4 0 0 1 22 5 +17 12
 South Korea 5 2 1 1 1 16 8 +8 9
 Iceland 5 2 0 1 2 11 15 4 7
 Belgium 5 1 0 0 4 7 12 5 3
 South Africa 5 0 0 0 5 4 52 48 0
Promoted to the 2013 Division II A

See also

References

  1. "Ouellette wins it in OT for Canada". iihf.com. 2012-04-14. Archived from the original on 2012-04-18.
  2. "Swiss win first ever WW bronze". iihf.com. 2012-04-15. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  3. "Schedule". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  4. "Overview of rosters". Iihf.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  5. Division I A statistics
  6. Division I B statistics
  7. Division II A statistics
  8. Division II B statistics
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