2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

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2012 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host nation  New Zealand
Dates 17 – 22 January 2012
Teams 5
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)

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.

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 4 4 0 0 0 30 2 12
 China 4 3 0 0 1 26 10 9
 New Zealand 4 2 0 0 2 19 14 6
 Bulgaria 4 1 0 0 3 7 19 3
 Turkey 4 0 0 0 4 1 38 0
Promoted to the 2013 Division II B

Results

January 17, 2012
15:30
Bulgaria  2–6
(1–1, 0–3, 1–2)
 China
January 17, 2012
19:00
Turkey  0–8
(0–3, 0–1, 0–4)
 Iceland
January 18, 2012
19:00
New Zealand  3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 Bulgaria
January 19, 2012
15:30
China  14–0
(1–0, 6–0, 7–0)
 Turkey
January 19, 2012
19:00
Iceland  7–1
(3–0, 4–0, 0–1)
 New Zealand
January 20, 2012
19:00
Bulgaria  0–10
(0–4, 0–2, 0–4)
 Iceland
January 21, 2012
15:30
Turkey  0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
 Bulgaria
January 21, 2012
19:00
China  5–3
(1–3, 3–0, 1–0)
 New Zealand
January 22, 2012
15:30
Iceland  5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)
 China
January 22, 2012
19:00
New Zealand  12–1
(3–1, 8–0, 1–0)
 Turkey

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