2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship

2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Mistrovství světa v ledním hokeji žen do 18 let 2012 (Czech)
Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
Dates December 31 – January 7
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up   United States
Third place   Sweden
Fourth place  Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 145 (6.59 per match)
Attendance 17,480 (795 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Haley Skarupa
(11 points)
Website http://u18wwc2012.com/eng/index.asp
2011
2013

The 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the fifth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic. It began on December 31, 2011 with the gold medal game played on January 7, 2012.[1]

Canada won the title for the second time after defeating United States 3–0 in the final.[2] Sweden captured the bronze medal with a 4–1 victory over Germany.[3]

With an attendance of 17,480, the tournament set a record for most-attended IIHF U18 World Women's Championship. The previous record holder was the inaugural championship.[4]

Top Division

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

     Teams advanced to Semifinals
     Teams advanced to Quarterfinals
     Teams played in the Relegation round

Group A

All games are being played at Zlín.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 United States 330002819
 Sweden 3200110106
 Czech Republic 310024173
 Russia 300032160
31 December 2011
13:00
Czech Republic  1–4
(0–2, 1–1, 0–1)
 Sweden PSG Arena
Attendance: 860
31 December 2011
17:00
United States  8–0
(2–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 Russia PSG Arena
Attendance: 200
1 January 2012
15:00
Czech Republic  2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)
 Russia PSG Arena
Attendance: 690
1 January 2012
19:00
Sweden  0–7
(0–3, 0–0, 0–4)
 United States PSG Arena
Attendance: 210
3 January 2012
15:00
Russia  2–6
(0–2, 1–2, 1–2)
 Sweden PSG Arena
Attendance: 290
3 January 2012
19:00
United States  13–1
(3–0, 5–1, 5–0)
 Czech Republic PSG Arena
Attendance: 850

Group B

All games are being played at Přerov.

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Canada 330002619
 Germany 310026103
 Finland 310026123
  Switzerland 310027223
31 December 2011
13:00
Canada  13–1
(2–1, 5–0, 6–0)
  Switzerland Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 1,400
31 December 2011
17:00
Finland  3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 Germany Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 700
1 January 2012
15:00
Finland  3–5
(2–1, 1–4, 0–0)
  Switzerland Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 850
1 January 2012
19:00
Germany  0–6
(0–1, 0–1, 0–4)
 Canada Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 1,150
3 January 2012
15:00
Switzerland   1–6
(1–1, 0–1, 0–4)
 Germany Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 600
3 January 2012
19:00
Canada  7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 Finland Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 2,300

Relegation round

The teams played a best-of-three series.

All times are local (UTC+1).

4 January 2012
17:00
Switzerland   4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1)
 Russia Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 750
6 January 2012
15:00
Russia  5–3
(2–1, 1–1, 2–1)
  Switzerland Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 350
7 January 2012
17:00
Switzerland   2–3
(1–2, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
 Russia Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 350

  Switzerland is relegated to Division I for the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

Final round

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      B1   Canada 7  
  A2   Sweden 2     A2   Sweden 0    
  B3   Finland 1         B1   Canada 3
      A1   United States 0
      A1   United States 7    
  B2   Germany 2     B2   Germany 1   Third place
  A3   Czech Republic 1   A2   Sweden 4
  B2   Germany 1

All times are local (UTC+1).

Quarterfinals

4 January 2012
15:00
Sweden  2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
 Finland Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky
Attendance: 170
4 January 2012
19:00
Germany  2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)
 Czech Republic Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky
Attendance: 680

Semifinals

6 January 2012
15:00
United States  7–1
(3–1, 1–0, 3–0)
 Germany Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky
Attendance: 260
6 January 2012
19:00
Canada  7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 Sweden Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky
Attendance: 310

Fifth place game

6 January 2012
19:00
Finland  5–3
(1–1, 1–1, 3–1)
 Czech Republic Zimní stadion Přerov
Attendance: 3,250

Bronze medal game

7 January 2012
15:00
Sweden  4–1
(0–1, 1–0, 3–0)
 Germany Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky
Attendance: 310

Final

7 January 2012
19:00
United States  0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)
 Canada Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky
Attendance: 950

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

 Canada
 United States
 Sweden
4  Germany
5  Finland
6  Czech Republic
7  Russia
8   Switzerland

 2012 IIHF Women's U-18 World Champions 

Canada
Second title

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
United States Haley Skarupa 5 11 0 11 +11 0 FW
United States Anne Pankowski 5 4 6 10 +13 2 FW
Switzerland Phoebe Stänz 6 6 3 9 -9 12 FW
United States Alexandra Carpenter 5 4 5 9 +14 2 FW
Switzerland Isabel Waidacher 6 3 6 9 +1 4 FW
United States Maryanne Kennedy-Menefee 5 2 7 9 +12 2 FW
Germany Kerstin Spielberger 6 8 0 8 0 4 FW
United States Paige Savage 5 2 6 8 +10 2 FW
Germany Marie Delarbre 6 2 6 8 -1 10 FW
Russia Liudmila Belyakova 6 6 1 7 -2 6 FW
Canada Cayley Mercer 5 4 3 7 +8 0 FW
Canada Laura Stacey 5 4 3 7 +9 4 FW
Canada Sarah Lefort 5 3 4 7 +7 4 FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position

Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:15 GMT+1)

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
Canada Elaine Chuli 120:00 0 0.00 100.00 2
Canada Emerance Maschmeyer 180:00 1 0.33 98.44 2
Germany Franziska Albl 238:41 11 2.77 94.55 0
Finland Isabella Portnoj 247:27 10 2.42 93.46 1
Russia Margarita Monakhova 341:45 24 4.21 91.14 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:15 GMT+1)

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate:

Source: IIHF.com Jan. 7, 2012 (21:17 GMT+1)

Division I

The qualification tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 29 November to 4 December 2011.[5] The final tournament was played in Tromsø, Norway, from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012.[6]

Qualification tournament

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Hungary 5 5 0 0 0 37 4 15
 Great Britain 5 2 1 1 1 19 16 9
 China 5 2 1 0 2 15 19 8
 Italy 5 2 0 1 2 21 14 7
 France 5 2 0 0 3 10 9 6
 Kazakhstan 5 0 0 0 5 4 44 0
Qualified for the final tournament

Final tournament

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
 Hungary 54100241014
 Austria 5310116911
 Japan 5302014711
 Norway 5200313136
 Great Britain 5100410143
 Slovakia 500055290
Promoted to the 2013 Top Division Relegated to the 2013 Division I Qualification

References

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