2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II explained

Tourney Name:	IIHF U20 World Championship Division II
Year:	2012
Country:	Ukraine
Country2:	Estonia
Dates:	12–18 December 2011 10–16 December 2011
Num Teams:	12
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Nextseason:	2013

The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012, a new format was introduced to the IIHF World Junior Championships, therefore Division II A and Division II B now represent the fourth and fifth tier of the IIHF World Junior 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. 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.^[1]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
	Hosts; placed 6th in Division I (Group A) last year and were relegated.
	Placed 6th in Division I (Group B) last year and were relegated.
	Placed 2nd in Division II (Group A) last year.
	Placed 2nd in Division II (Group B) last year.
	Placed 3rd in Division II (Group A) last year.
	Placed 3rd in Division II (Group B) last year.

Final standings

Match results

All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1			5	7	2	9	+1	4
2			5	6	3	9	+6	12
3			5	3	5	8	0	2
4			5	2	6	8	+2	22
5			5	3	4	7	+2	6
6			5	2	5	7	+1	0
7			4	5	1	6	0	0
8			5	3	3	6	+3	8
8			5	3	3	6	+6	2
10			5	2	4	6	+6	4

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

width=30	Pos	width=165	Player	width=125	Country	width=20	MINS	width=20	GA	width=20	Sv%	width=20	GAA	width=20	SO
1			309:03	11	94.36	2.14	1
2			275:38	14	92.47	3.05	0
3			309:58	10	92.19	1.94	2
4			229:09	14	90.91	3.67	0
5			140:00	10	90.00	4.29	1

IIHF Best Players awards

Goaltender: Mantas Armalis
Defenceman: Valentyn Sirchenko
Forward: Viktor Zakharov

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 10 to 16 December 2011.^[2]