2012 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2012 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Group B was contested in Krynica, Poland with both tournaments running from 15–21 April 2012.[1]

Main article: 2012 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2012 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Slovenia
 Poland
Dates15 – 21 April
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2011
2013 →

In Group A both Austria and Slovenia were promoted back to the highest level after being relegated from there in 2011. Ukraine was relegated despite winning their final game against Japan. The Japanese, returning to play after a one-year absence, finished fourth attaining an overall placement of 20th. This is the highest they have placed since being relegated to this level in 2004 when the Asian qualifiers for the world championships ceased.[2]

In Group B the South Koreans defeated Poland on the final day to earn promotion to Group A. For the Korean team, this assures them of the highest world championships placement in their history when they play in 2013. The host Poles did not trail a game until 8:21 left in their final match but could not equalize and ended up second. Australia and Romania, the two teams who had moved up from Division II for this year's tournament, faced off on the final day to determine relegation. Australia needed to win by two goals, but failed to do so, and finished last.[3]

Participants

Group A
Team Qualification
 Austria Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2011.
 Slovenia Host, placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2011.
 Hungary Placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year.
 Great Britain Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year.
 Japan Did not participate in 2011 due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
and was guaranteed a place in the 2012 tournament.[4]
 Ukraine Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.

Group B
Team Qualification
 South Korea Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year.
 Poland Host, placed 4th in Division I Group B last year.
 Netherlands Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year.
 Lithuania Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
 Romania Placed 1st in Division II B last year and was promoted.
 Australia Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.

Group A Tournament

Standings
Promoted to Elite Division for 2013
Relegated to Division I B for 2013
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
 Slovenia55000179+815
 Austria530112416+810
 Hungary520031518−36
 Japan511121314−16
 Great Britain511031422−85
 Ukraine501131216−43

All times are local (UTC+2).

15 April 2012
13:00		Japan 1–5
(0–2, 0–2, 1–1)		 HungaryArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,652
15 April 2012
16:30		Ukraine 4–5
(1–1, 2–4, 1–0)		 AustriaArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,419
15 April 2012
20:00		Great Britain 2–3
(1–2, 1–0, 0–1)		 SloveniaArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 9,861
16 April 2012
13:00		Hungary 3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 UkraineArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,020
16 April 2012
16:30		Austria 7–3
(3–0, 2–2, 2–1)		 Great BritainArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 986
16 April 2012
20:00		Slovenia 4–2
(1–0, 1–1, 2–1)		 JapanArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 8,070
18 April 2012
13:00		Ukraine 3–4 OT
(1–0, 2–3, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 Great BritainArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 360
18 April 2012
16:30		Austria 3–4 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 JapanArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 640
18 April 2012
20:00		Slovenia 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 HungaryArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 9,563
19 April 2012
13:00		Great Britain 0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)		 JapanArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 680
19 April 2012
16:30		Hungary 2–7
(2–1, 0–2, 0–4)		 AustriaArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,250
19 April 2012
20:00		Slovenia 3–2
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0)		 UkraineArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 9,450
21 April 2012
13:00		Japan 1–2 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 UkraineArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 640
21 April 2012
16:30		Hungary 4–5
(2–2, 2–2, 0–1)		 Great BritainArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 2,460
21 April 2012
20:00		Austria 2–3
(0–0, 2–3, 0–0)		 SloveniaArena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 10,500

Statistics

Top 10 scorers
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts PIM +/−
1Robert Dowd Great Britain554960
2Manuel Latusa Austria55272+1
3Colin Shields Great Britain53470−2
4Gregor Baumgartner Austria53362+4
4Rok Ticar Slovenia53364+4
6Olexander Pobyedonostsev Ukraine54150−1
7David Rodman Slovenia532510+1
7Oleg Tymchenko Ukraine53252+2
7Marton Vas Hungary53250−2
10Raphael Herburger Austria51452+3

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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1Robert Kristan Slovenia240:00793.201.750
2Masahito Haruna Japan159:31791.572.631
3Yuta Narisawa Japan150:00690.912.400
4Bence Balizs Hungary240:001390.713.250
5Mykhailo Balaban Ukraine157:40788.332.660

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Tournament awards

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Group B Tournament

Standings
Promoted to Division I A for 2013
Relegated to Division II A for 2013
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
 South Korea541002410+1414
 Poland54001317+2412
 Netherlands530112113+810
 Romania520031328−156
 Lithuania51004927−183
 Australia500051427−130

All times are local (UTC+2).

15 April 2012
13:00		Australia 4–8
(3–3, 1–1, 0–4)		 South KoreaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 450
15 April 2012
16:30		Romania 1–4
(0–0, 1–3, 0–1)		 NetherlandsKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 250
15 April 2012
20:00		Lithuania 0–9
(0–2, 0–4, 0–3)		 PolandKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 3,000
16 April 2012
13:00		Netherlands 6–2
(1–1, 3–1, 2–0)		 AustraliaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 150
16 April 2012
16:30		South Korea 3–0
(3–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 LithuaniaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 100
16 April 2012
20:00		Poland 10–0
(3–0, 3–0, 4–0)		 RomaniaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 1,500
18 April 2012
13:00		South Korea 6–1
(3–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 RomaniaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 150
18 April 2012
16:30		Australia 2–3
(0–2, 2–1, 0–0)		 LithuaniaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 170
18 April 2012
20:00		Poland 5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 NetherlandsKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 1,900
19 April 2012
13:00		Lithuania 5–6
(3–1, 1–2, 1–3)		 RomaniaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 140
19 April 2012
16:30		Netherlands 3–4 OT
(1–2, 0–1, 2–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 South KoreaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 85
19 April 2012
20:00		Poland 5–3
(1–0, 3–2, 1–1)		 AustraliaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 2,000
21 April 2012
13:00		Netherlands 7–1
(2–0, 1–1, 4–0)		 LithuaniaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 70
21 April 2012
16:30		Romania 5–3
(2–2, 1–0, 2–1)		 AustraliaKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 250
21 April 2012
20:00		South Korea 3–2
(1–2, 1–0, 1–0)		 PolandKrynica Ice Stadium, Krynica
Attendance: 3,200

Statistics

Top 10 scorers
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts PIM +/−
1Marcin Kolusz Poland546100+8
2Leszek Laszkiewicz Poland54592+3
3Diederick Hagemeijer Netherlands55386−2
4Kim Won-jung South Korea54370+6
5Lee Yongjun South Korea53362+2
5Damian Slabon Poland53360+3
7Kevin Bruijsten Netherlands52462−2
7Marco Postma Netherlands52468−1
9Sin Sangwoo South Korea51562+8
10Mikolaj Lopuski Poland54152+7

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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1Przemyslaw Odrobny Poland239:10494.201.002
2Eum Hyunseung South Korea255:03991.892.120
3Ian Meierdres Netherlands303:391391:332.570
4Mantas Armalis Lithuania239:201887.594.510
5Anthony Kimlin Australia239:362185.525.260

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Tournament awards
  • Best players selected by the directorate:

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References
  1. 2012 IIHF Championship Program
  2. "Group A summary". Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  3. "Group B summary". Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  4. "Japan withdraws from events". IIHF.com. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
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