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) 1 (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
Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland Placed 6th in Division II (Group A) last year and were relegated.
Flag of China.svg.png China Placed 6th in Division II (Group B) last year and were relegated.
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Hosts, placed 5th in Division III last year.
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Placed 6th in Division III last year.

Final standings

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland 4 4 0 0 0 30 2 12
Flag of China.svg.png China 4 3 0 0 1 26 10 9
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 4 2 0 0 2 19 14 6
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 4 1 0 0 3 7 19 3
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey 4 0 0 0 4 1 38 0
Promoted to the 2013 Division II B

Results

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

References

  1. ↑ Division III statistics
  2. ↑ Format
  3. ↑ "DPR Korea doesn’t travel". IIHF. 2011-04-11. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/dpr-korea-doesnt-travel.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=955&cHash=b0d2a85fba. Retrieved 2011-04-11. 

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