2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2012 IIHF U20 World Championships
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Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates December 26 – January 5
Teams 10
Champions  Sweden (2 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 230  (7.42 per game)
Attendance 455,342  (14,688 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov (13 points)
MVP Flag of Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov
Sweden celebrates with the 2012 World Junior Championship trophy

The 2012 IIHF U20 World Championship was the 36th World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (WJHC). It was hosted in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It began on December 26, 2011, and ended with the gold medal game played in Calgary on January 5, 2012. Sweden defeated defending-champion Russia 1–0 in overtime to win their first title in 31 years. Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov was named MVP of the tournament. Denmark was relegated to Division I and Germany was promoted to the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Canada missed the final for the first time in 11 years when they lost 6–5 against Russia in a semifinal in which Canada were down 6–1 halfway through the third period. However, the Canadians extended their consecutive medal streak at the tournament to 14 (5 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze) with a 4–0 victory over Finland in the bronze medal game. The fourth place finish for Finland was their best result in the tournament since 2006. The United States ended up in the relegation round for the first time since 1999.

Attendance

As part of their bid, the two cities projected that they would generate a tournament record attendance in excess of 475,000 fans and provide an economic benefit of $42 million to the province of Alberta.[1] Following a reserved offering of 10- and 21-game ticket packs for Edmonton and Calgary games respectively to season ticket holders of the Oilers, Oil Kings, Flames and Hitmen, the tournament committee held a lottery to award the right to purchase the remaining seats. While the entry deadline was supposed to coincide with the conclusion of the 2011 tournament, organizers were flooded with so many entries that their website servers crashed.[2] Organizers were overwhelmed by the response; over 187,000 entries were received for the draw.[3]

Calling the demand unprecedented, Hockey Canada announced that the 17,000 ticket packages made available to lottery winners had sold out in a matter of days, a year in advance of the tournament.[4] While organizers were pleased with the result, the way the lottery was handled has angered fans who won the right to purchase tickets but were unable to do so as no tickets were left when their turn to buy arrived.[3][5]

Ultimately, a new attendance record was set, but not by the margin initially anticipated. The total of 455,342 fans was 2,060 fans more than the previous record of 453,282 from 2009. Though many more tickets were sold as part of tournament packages, the IIHF only counts tickets actually used in its figures.

Top division

Each round was a round-robin tournament, where the teams played each other once within their group. The Preliminary Round was divided into two groups: Group A and Group B, which included five teams each. From each group, the top three teams qualified for the playoffs; the 1st-ranked teams earned a direct trip to the Semifinals, while the 2nd and 3rd-ranked teams qualified for the Quarterfinals. The 4th and 5th-ranked teams had to play in the Relegation Round, where the three best teams qualified for the Top Division tournament in 2013, with the last-placed team being relegated to the 2013 Division I tournament. In the Semifinals, the directly-qualified Semifinalists faced the winners from the Quarterfinals.[6]

Preliminary round

Legend
Advance to the Semifinals
Advance to the Quarterfinals
Advance to the Relegation Round

Group A

All round robin games held in Calgary, Alberta, at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Advanced to
 Sweden 4 2 2 0 0 26 11 10 Semifinals
 Russia 4 3 0 1 0 23 5 10 Quarterfinals
 Slovakia 4 2 0 0 2 11 17 6 Quarterfinals
 Switzerland 4 1 0 1 2 12 16 4 Relegation Round
 Latvia 4 0 0 0 4 8 31 0 Relegation Round

All times local (MST/UTC−7)

December 26, 2011
15:30 		Latvia  4–9
(2–3, 1–3, 1–3) 		 Sweden
December 26, 2011
20:00 		Switzerland  0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0) 		 Russia
December 27, 2011
20:00 		Slovakia  3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0) 		 Latvia
December 28, 2011
15:30 		Sweden  4–3 SO
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Switzerland
December 28, 2011
20:00 		Russia  3–1
(0–1, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Slovakia
December 29, 2011
20:00 		Latvia  0–14
(0–1, 0–6, 0–7) 		 Russia
December 30, 2011
15:30 		Sweden  9–1
(2–1, 2–0, 5–0) 		 Slovakia
December 30, 2011
20:00 		Switzerland  5–3
(1–0, 2–1, 2–2) 		 Latvia
December 31, 2011
16:00 		Slovakia  6–4
(1–2, 1–1, 4–1) 		 Switzerland
December 31, 2011
20:00 		Russia  3–4 OT
(3–0, 0–0, 0–3)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Sweden

Group B

All round robin games held in Edmonton, Alberta, at Rexall Place.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Advanced to
 Canada 4 4 0 0 0 26 5 12 Semifinals
 Finland 4 3 0 0 1 19 10 9 Quarterfinals
 Czech Republic 4 2 0 0 2 12 11 6 Quarterfinals
 United States 4 1 0 0 3 16 15 3 Relegation Round
 Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 6 38 0 Relegation Round

All times local (MST/UTC−7)

December 26, 2011
13:30 		Finland  1–8
(0–2, 1–3, 0–3) 		 Canada
December 26, 2011
18:00 		Denmark  3–11
(2–3, 0–6, 1–2) 		 United States
December 27, 2011
18:00 		Czech Republic  7–0
(1–0, 2–0, 4–0) 		 Denmark
December 28, 2011
13:30 		United States  1–4
(0–0, 0–1, 1–3) 		 Finland
December 28, 2011
18:00 		Canada  5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0) 		 Czech Republic
December 29, 2011
18:00 		Denmark  2–10
(0–4, 0–3, 2–3) 		 Canada
December 30, 2011
13:30 		United States  2–5
(1–1, 1–1, 0–3) 		 Czech Republic
December 30, 2011
18:00 		Finland  10–1
(3–0, 2–1, 5–0) 		 Denmark
December 31, 2011
14:00 		Czech Republic  0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Finland
December 31, 2011
18:00 		Canada  3–2
(3–0, 0–0, 0–2) 		 United States

Relegation round

The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round were carried forward to this round.

Legend
Advance to the 2013 World Junior Championships
Relegated to Division I A for 2013
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 0 25 6 9
 Switzerland 3 1 1 0 1 10 8 5
 Latvia 3 0 1 0 2 7 18 2
 Denmark 3 0 0 2 1 7 17 2

All times local (MST/UTC−7)

January 2, 2012
11:00 		Switzerland  4–3 OT
(2–2, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0 ) 		 Denmark
January 3, 2012
11:00 		United States  12–2
(4–0, 7–1, 1–1) 		 Latvia
January 4, 2012
11:00 		Latvia  2–1 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0 ) 		 Denmark
January 4, 2012
15:00 		Switzerland  1–2
(1–2, 0–0, 0–0) 		 United States

Final round

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2012
15:00 		Finland  8–5
(2–2, 4–1, 2–2) 		 Slovakia
January 2, 2012
19:00 		Russia  2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Czech Republic

Semifinals

January 3, 2012
15:00 		Sweden  3–2 SO
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1) 		 Finland
January 3, 2012
19:00 		Canada  5–6
(0–2, 1–3, 4–1) 		 Russia

Fifth place game

January 4, 2012
19:00 		Czech Republic  5–2
(3–0, 1–1, 1–1) 		 Slovakia

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2012
13:30 		Canada  4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 Finland

Final

January 5, 2012
18:00 		Sweden  1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Russia

Final standings

Team
1  Sweden
1  Russia
1  Canada
4th  Finland
5th  Czech Republic
6th  Slovakia
7th  United States
8th  Switzerland
9th  Latvia
10th  Denmark

 2012 Junior Ice Hockey World Champions 

Sweden
Second title

Canada poses for a team photo after winning the bronze medal

Gold medal celebration

Sweden's gold medal win was their first since 1981, as well as their second gold medal in total. The gold medal was celebrated on January 7, 2012, in front of over 6,000 fans at Kungsträdgården in Stockholm.[7]

Division I

Main article: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2011.[8]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Germany 5 5 0 0 0 34 9 15
 Belarus 5 3 0 1 1 21 10 10
 Norway 5 3 0 0 2 19 13 9
 Slovenia 5 1 2 0 2 16 12 7
 Austria 5 1 0 1 3 11 26 4
 Great Britain 5 0 0 0 5 6 37 0
Promoted to the 2013 Top Division Relegated to the 2013 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 12 to 18 December 2011.[9]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 France 5 4 0 0 1 19 6 12
 Kazakhstan 5 3 0 1 1 9 7 10
 Italy 5 2 1 0 2 14 9 8
 Poland 5 2 0 1 2 16 12 7
 Croatia 5 2 0 0 3 12 25 6
 Japan 5 0 1 0 4 9 20 2
Promoted to the 2013 Division I A Relegated to the 2013 Division II A

Division II

Main article: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Donetsk, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2011.[10]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Ukraine 5 3 2 0 0 24 10 13
 Lithuania 5 3 0 2 0 19 11 11
 Hungary 5 2 1 0 2 24 15 8
 Spain 5 2 0 0 3 14 22 6
 Netherlands 5 1 1 0 3 9 23 5
 South Korea 5 0 0 2 3 9 18 2
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 Tallinn, Estonia, from 10 to 16 December 2011.[11]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Romania 5 5 0 0 0 44 9 15
 Estonia 5 4 0 0 1 51 14 12
 Serbia 5 3 0 0 2 18 26 9
 Belgium 5 1 1 0 3 17 23 5
 Australia 5 1 0 0 4 12 36 3
 Mexico 5 0 0 1 4 5 39 1
Promoted to the 2013 Division II A Relegated to the 2013 Division III

Division III

Main article: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 16 to 22 January 2012.[12] Although originally scheduled to participate, North Korea withdrew from the tournament for unspecified reasons.[13]

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

References

  1. ↑ "Alberta to host 2012 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship". The Sports Network. 2008-08-28. http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/story/?id=247776. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 
  2. ↑ "Bigger, better World Juniors in 2012". Edmonton Sun. 2011-01-05. http://www.edmontonsun.com/sports/columnists/terry_jones/2011/01/05/16777881.html. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wood, Michael (2011-01-13). "Demand for junior hockey ducats outstrips inventory". Calgary Sun. http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2011/01/13/16879756.html. Retrieved 2011-01-14. 
  4. ↑ "2012 World Juniors in Alberta sold out". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011-01-13. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/01/13/calgary-alberta-world-junior-hockey-tickets.html#ixzz1Ayge2P6E. Retrieved 2011-01-14. 
  5. ↑ Komarnicki, Jamie (2011-01-14). "Thousands of hockey fans left empty-handed after World Juniors ticket flub". Calgary Herald. http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/Hockey+fans+left+empty+handed+after+World+Juniors+ticket+flub/4105197/story.html. Retrieved 2011-01-14. 
  6. ↑ "Top Division format". iihf.com. IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/channels1112/wm20/format.html. Retrieved 2011-12-31. 
  7. ↑ Larson, Patrik (2012-01-07). "Småkronorna hyllades av 6 000" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. http://www.gp.se/sport/1.820927-smakronorna-hyllades-av-6-000. Retrieved 2012-03-23. 
  8. ↑ Division I A statistics
  9. ↑ Division I B statistics
  10. ↑ Division II A statistics
  11. ↑ Division II B statistics
  12. ↑ Division III statistics
  13. ↑ "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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2011 World Juniors 		World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2012
See also: 2012 World Championships 		Succeeded by
2013 World Juniors


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