View source for 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
 | tourney_name =IIHF U20 World Championship<br>Division II
 | year = 2012
 | image = 
 | size = 
 | caption = 
 | country = Ukraine
 | country2 = Estonia
 | dates = 12 – 18 December 2011<br>10 – 16 December 2011
 | num_teams = 12
 | venues = 2
 | cities = 2
 | prevseason = [[2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II|2011]]
 | nextseason = [[2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II|2013]]
}}

The '''2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II''' was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first-placed team is promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team is relegated to a lower level. This year, for the first time, the winner of Group B is promoted to Group A and the winner of Group A is promoted to the next year's Division I.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/channels1112/wm20-iia/format.html Division II A format]</ref><ref>[http://www.iihf.com/channels1112/wm20-iib/format.html Division II B format]</ref> Previously the winners of both groups were promoted to the Division I.

==Division II A==
The Division II A tournament was played in [[Donetsk]], [[Ukraine]], from 12 to 18 December 2011.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/channels1112/wm20-iia/statistics.html Division II A statistics]</ref>

===Participants===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
|{{ihj|UKR}}
|'''Hosts,''' placed 6th in Division I (Group A) last year and were relegated.
|-
|{{ihj|LTU}}
|Placed 6th in Division I (Group B) last year and were relegated.
|-
|{{ihj|NED}}
|Placed 2nd in Division II (Group A) last year.
|-
|{{ihj|HUN}}
|Placed 2nd in Division II (Group B) last year.
|-
|{{ihj|ESP}}
|Placed 3rd in Division II (Group A) last year.
|-
|{{ihj|KOR}}
|Placed 3rd in Division II (Group B) last year.
|}

===Final standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|GP
!width=40|W
!width=40|OTW
!width=40|OTL
!width=40|L
!width=40|GF
!width=40|GA
!width=40|Pts
|- style="background-color: #ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|UKR}}
|5||3||2||0||0||24||10||'''13'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|LTU}}
|5||3||0||2||0||19||11||'''11'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|HUN}}
|5||2||1||0||2||24||15||'''8'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|ESP}}
|5||2||0||0||3||14||22||'''6'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|NED}}
|5||1||1||0||3||9||23||'''5'''
|- style="background-color: #ffcccc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|KOR}}
|5||0||0||2||3||9||18||'''2'''
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|style="background-color: #ccffcc;"|<small>Promoted to the 2013 Division I B</small> 
|style="background-color: #ffcccc;"|<small>Relegated to the 2013 Division II B</small> 
|}

===Results===

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 12, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|ESP}}
| score =  5 - 0
| team2 = {{ihj|NED}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 12, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|HUN}}
| score =  2 - 1 (GWS)
| team2 = {{ihj|LTU}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 12, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|UKR}}
| score =  3 - 2 (GWS)
| team2 = {{ihj|KOR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 14, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|LTU}}
| score = 6 - 2
| team2 = {{ihj|NED}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 14, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|KOR}}
| score = 3 - 4
| team2 = {{ihj|ESP}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 14, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|UKR}}
| score = 7 - 6
| team2 = {{ihj|HUN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 15, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|LTU}}
| score = 2 - 0
| team2 = {{ihj|KOR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 15, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|HUN}}
| score = 3 - 4
| team2 = {{ihj|NED}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 15, 2010
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|UKR}}
| score = 4 - 0
| team2 = {{ihj|ESP}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 17, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|KOR}}
| score = 2 - 6
| team2 = {{ihj|HUN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 17, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|ESP}}
| score = 4 - 8
| team2 = {{ihj|LTU}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 17, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|NED}}
| score = 0 - 7
| team2 = {{ihj|UKR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 18, 2011
| time = 12:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|HUN}}
| score = 7 - 1
| team2 = {{ihj|ESP}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 18, 2011
| time = 15:30
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|NED}}
| score = 3 - 2 (GWS)
| team2 = {{ihj|KOR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 18, 2011
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|LTU}}
| score = 2 - 3 (OT)
| team2 = {{ihj|UKR}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Druzhba Arena]], [[Donetsk]]
}}
==Division II B==
The Division II B tournament was played in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]], from 10 to 16 December 2011.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/channels1112/wm20-iib/statistics.html Division II B statistics]</ref>

===Participants===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
|{{ihj|BEL}}
|Placed 4th in Division II (Group A) last year.
|-
|{{ihj|ROU}}
|Placed 4th in Division II (Group B) last year.
|-
|{{ihj|EST}}
|'''Hosts,''' placed 5th in Division II (Group A) last year.
|-
|{{ihj|AUS}}
|Placed 5th in Division II (Group B) last year.
|-
|{{ihj|MEX}}
|Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.
|-
|{{ihj|SRB}}
|Placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted.
|}

===Final standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|GP
!width=40|W
!width=40|OTW
!width=40|OTL
!width=40|L
!width=40|GF
!width=40|GA
!width=40|Pts
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|ROU}}
|5||5||0||0||0||44||9||'''15'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|EST}}
|5||4||0||0||1||51||14||'''12'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|SRB}}
|5||3||0||0||2||18||26||'''9'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|BEL}}
|5||1||1||0||3||17||23||'''5'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|AUS}}
|5||1||0||0||4||12||36||'''3'''
|-style="background-color: #ffcccc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ihj|MEX}}
|5||0||0||1||4||5||39||'''1'''
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|style="background-color: #ccffcc;"|<small>Promoted to the 2013 Division II A</small> 
|style="background-color: #ffcccc;"|<small>Relegated to the 2013 Division III</small> 
|}

===Results===

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 10, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|BEL}}
| score = 3 - 2 (GWS)
| team2 = {{ihj|MEX}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Premia Ice Arena]], [[Tallinn]]
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 10, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SRB}}
| score =  4 - 2
| team2 = {{ihj|AUS}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 10, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|EST}}
| score = 2 - 8 
| team2 = {{ihj|ROM}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 11, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|MEX}}
| score = 1 - 4
| team2 = {{ihj|SRB}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 11, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|ROM}}
| score = 11 - 1
| team2 = {{ihj|AUS}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 11, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|BEL}}
| score = 2 - 7
| team2 = {{ihj|EST}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 13, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|ROM}}
| score = 10 - 1
| team2 = {{ihj|MEX}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 13, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|BEL}}
| score = 2 - 4
| team2 = {{ihj|SRB}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 13, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|EST}}
| score = 12 - 1
| team2 = {{ihj|AUS}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 14, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|SRB}}
| score = 3 - 9
| team2 = {{ihj|ROM}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 14, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|AUS}}
| score = 4 - 8
| team2 = {{ihj|BEL}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 14, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|MEX}}
| score = 0 - 18
| team2 = {{ihj|EST}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}
----
{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 16, 2011
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|AUS}}
| score = 4 - 1
| team2 = {{ihj|MEX}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| bg = #eeffff
| date = December 16, 2011
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|ROM}}
| score = 6 - 2
| team2 = {{ihj|BEL}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}

{{IceHockeybox
| date = December 16, 2011
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ihj-rt|EST}}
| score = 12 - 3
| team2 = {{ihj|SRB}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = Premia Ice Arena, Tallinn
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/home.html IIHF.com]

{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:2012 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:IIHF World U20 Championships]]