2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

Main article: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2012 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	17 – 22 January 2012
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
← 2011 2013 →

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

Final standings

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Iceland	4	4	0	30	2	12
China	4	3	1	26	10	9
New Zealand	4	2	2	19	14	6
Bulgaria	4	1	3	7	19	3
Turkey	4	0	4	1	38	0

Promoted to the 2013 Division II B

Results

All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)

January 17, 2012
15:30

Bulgaria

2–6
(1–1, 0–3, 1–2)

China

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 85


Radosvet Petrov Nikola Nikolov	Goalies	Xia Shengrong	Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Dana Penkivech
S. Georgiev (T. Kraynyanov, A. Todorov) (PP) – 14:50 N. Inzhevatov (P. Mihov, M. Talev) – 59:59	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 1–6 2–6	07:29 – Bao J. (Li N., Ji P.) 24:19 – Zhang C. (Li X., Wen C.) 32:29 – Zhu X. (Wang T.) (PP) 35:16 – Li N. (Zhang C.) 51:36 – Zheng C. (Zhang S.) (PP) 52:28 – Zheng C. (Zhu X., Na Y.)
18 min	Penalties	43 min
23	Shots	32

January 17, 2012
19:00

Turkey

0–8
(0–3, 0–1, 0–4)

Iceland

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 150


Fikri Atali	Goalies	Daniel Johannsson Snorri Sigurbergsson	Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Mathieu Loos Cory Ross
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8	05:36 – O. Bjornsson (S. Reynisson, B. Sigurdarson) (PP) 12:02 – G. Sigurdsson (I. Eliasson) 14:19 – B. Sigurdarson (D. Magnusson) 38:51– O. Bjornsson (A. Helgason) 44:55 – G. Gudmundsson 45:47 – S. Ingason 48:19 – O. Olafsson 57:17 – S. Reynisson (O. Bjornsson, T. Omarsson) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	34 min
10	Shots	70

January 18, 2012
19:00

New Zealand

3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 300


Aston Brookes	Goalies	Radosvet Petrov	Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Choi Woo-Sik Dana Penkivech
02:05 – K. Harnett (R. Sandoy) (PP) 23:57 – C. Harrison (G. Lloyd, L. Pickering) 43:36 – R. Sandoy (SH)	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1	45:37 – A. Vasilyev (A. Todorov)
45 min	Penalties	20 min
43	Shots	16

January 19, 2012
15:30

China

14–0
(1–0, 6–0, 7–0)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 75


Xia Shengrong	Goalies	Fikri Atali Bahadir Sanoglu	Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Choi Woo-Sik
09:40 – Zhang S. (Zhang C., Li H.) (PP) 20:15 – Zheng C. (Zhang C., Zhu X.) 20:52 – Li N. (Na Y.) 25:51 – Zheng C. (Zhang C., Zhu X.) (PP) 28:05 – Zhang C. (Zhu X.) 34:09 – Zhang C. (SH) 39:27 – Na Y. (SH) 45:32 – Li N. (Bao J.) 47:28 – Ji P. (Na Y., Bao J.) (PP) 49:26 – Li Y. (Zheng C.) 52:37 – Ji P. (Xia T.) (PP) 56:51 – Zheng C. (Zhu X.) 57:02 – Xia T. (Li N., Ji P.) 59:59 – Zhu Z. (Li X.) (SH)	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 8–0 9–0 10–0 11–0 12–0 13–0 14–0
26 min	Penalties	34 min
72	Shots	30

January 19, 2012
19:00

Iceland

7–1
(3–0, 4–0, 0–1)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 370


Snorri Sigurbergsson	Goalies	Aston Brookes	Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Mathieu Loos Cory Ross
01:58 – J. Leifsson (S. Reynisson, B. Sigurdarson) (PP) 08:14 – B. Sigurdarson (O. Bjornsson, T. Omarsson) 14:09 – S. Reynisson (O. Bjornsson, B. Sigurdarson) (PP) 20:57 – J. Leifsson (S. Reynisson, I. Eliasson) (PP) 26:13 – B. Bergmann (PP) 36:03 – A. Helgason (G. Gudmundsson) 36:46 – S. Reynisson (I. Eliasson, O. Bjornsson) (PP)	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 7–1	59:33 – R. Sandoy (C. Dale, J. Lawrence) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	18 min
55	Shots	27

January 20, 2012
19:00

Bulgaria

0–10
(0–4, 0–2, 0–4)

Iceland

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 140


Nikola Nikolov Radosvet Petrov	Goalies	Daniel Johannsson	Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Choi Woo-Sik
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8 0–9 0–10	00:31 – B. Bergmann 05:54 – B. Sigurdarson (O. Bjornsson) 07:32 – O. Olafsson (J. Leifsson, G. Gudmundsson) 11:26 – S. Ingason (B. Bergmann, G. Sigurdsson) (PP) 23:30 – O. Bjornsson (I. Arnason, (S. Reynisson) 24:40 – G. Gudmundsson (O. Olafsson, J. Leifsson) 43:01 – G. Sigurdsson (B. Bergmann, S. Ingason) 46:54 – G. Sigurdsson (S. Ingason, B. Bergmann) 51:04 – G. Sigurdsson (B. Bergmann, S. Ingason) (PP) 56:50 – S. Reynisson (B. Sigurdarson, O. Bjornsson)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
12	Shots	65

January 21, 2012
15:30

Turkey

0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Bulgaria

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 70


Fikri Atali	Goalies	Radosvet Petrov	Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Cory Ross
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4	12:22 – V. Chebishev 36:36 – M. Eftimov (K. Radovanov, N. Inzhevatov) 38:55 – N. Inzhevatov (V. Chebishev) (PP) 50:16 – M. Nikolov (PS)
14 min	Penalties	69 min
23	Shots	34

January 21, 2012
19:00

China

5–3
(1–3, 3–0, 1–0)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 375


Xia Shengrong	Goalies	Aston Brookes	Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Choi Woo-Sik Mathieu Loos
03:36 – Zhang C. 25:31 – Ji P. (Bao J., Na Y.) (PP) 25:46 – Wang T. (Zheng C.) 34:31 – Zhang S. (Wang T., Zhang C.) (PP) 42:46 – Bao J.	1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–3 4–3 5–3	11:02 – G. Lloyd (R. Wilson, C. Harrison) (PP) 18:20 – J. Fuller (R. Sandoy) 18:57 – J. Challis (K. Joyce)
20 min	Penalties	80 min
33	Shots	32

January 22, 2012
15:30

Iceland

5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

China

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 212


Snorri Sigurbergsson	Goalies	Xia Shengrong	Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Mathieu Loos
06:06 – I. Aranson (I. Eliasson, A. Ingason) 14:58 – S. Ingason (B. Bergmann, T. Omarsson) (PP) 28:06 – B. Sigurdarson (I. Eliasson, J. Leifsson) (PP) 55:59 – A. Ingason (J. Leifsson, O. Olafsson) 56:22 – O. Bjornsson (I. Eliasson, S. Reynisson) (PP)	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1	02:39 – Li H. (Zhu Z., Zheng C.)
10 min	Penalties	53 min
53	Shots	14

January 22, 2012
19:00

New Zealand

12–1
(3–1, 8–0, 1–0)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 260


Aston Brookes Richard Bigsby	Goalies	Fikri Atali	Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Cory Ross
02:44 – R. Sandoy (K. Harnett, C. Harrison) 06:19 – J. Challis (R. Sandoy) 11:55 – C. Harrison (J. Lawrence, R. Sandoy) 22:25 – R. Sandoy (M. Frear, L. Pickering) 29:29 – J. Challis (J. Fuller) 29:44 – G. Lloyd (C. Harrison, R. Sandoy) 30:27 – R. Sandoy (M. Frear, J. Challis) (PP) 32:24 – M. Frear (J. Fuller, J. Challis) 35:18 – A. Gouldstone (S. Harrison, J. Currey) 36:45 – C. Harrison 39:29 – M. Frear (C. Harrison) 51:01 – C. Harrison (K. Joyce, R. Wilson) (PP)	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 8–1 9–1 10–1 11–1 12–1	01:36 – G. Solak (D. Gonulal)
10 min	Penalties	12 min
66	Shots	7

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Remy Sandoy	New Zealand	4	5	5	10	+6	14
2	Olafur Bjornsson	Iceland	4	4	6	10	+5	0
3	Sigurdur Reynisson	Iceland	4	4	5	9	+7	2
3	Zhang Cheng	China	4	4	5	9	+6	35
5	Zheng Canji	China	4	5	3	8	+8	10
6	Connor Harrison	New Zealand	3	4	4	8	+3	35
7	Bjorn Sigurdarson	Iceland	4	4	4	8	+5	8
8	Brynjar Bergmann	Iceland	4	2	5	7	+3	16
9	Steindor Ingason	Iceland	4	3	3	6	+4	4
10	Johann Leifsson	Iceland	4	2	4	6	+4	4

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Snorri Sigurbergsson	Iceland	148:36	2	95.24	0.81	0
2	Xia Shengrong	China	240:00	10	92.75	2.50	1
3	Radosvet Petrov	Bulgaria	164:17	11	90.09	4.02	1
4	Aston Brookes	New Zealand	220:00	14	87.16	3.82	0
5	Fikri Atali	Turkey	213:43	35	85.23	9.83	0

Awards

IIHF Best Player Awards

The following players were selected as the best at their position by the IIHF directorate:^[4]

Goaltender: Xia Shengrong
Defenceman: Ingolfur Eliasson
Forward: Zhang Cheng

Division III Champion

Division III Champion Iceland	Ingthor Arnason, Brynjar Bergmann, Olafur Brjonsson, Ulfur Einarsson, Ingolfur Eliasson, Einar Eyland, Gunnlaugur Gudmundsson, Andri Helgason, Arnar Ingason, Steindor Ingason, Daniel Johannsson, Johann Leifsson, Daniel Magnusson (ice hockey), Daniel Magnusson (ice hockey), Olafur Olafsson, Tomas Omarsson, Sigurdur Reynisson, Snorri Sigurbergsson, Bjorn Sigurdarsson, Gunnar Sigurdsson Head Coach: Joshua Gribben

References

↑ Division III statistics
↑ Format
↑ "DPR Korea doesn’t travel". IIHF. 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
↑ IIHF (2012-01-22). "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved 2011-01-22.

External links

IIHF.com

IIHF World U20 Championships

Current champions (2016): Finland

2017 Championship teams	Canada Czech Republic Denmark Finland Latvia Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States

Championships	Soviet Union 1974 Canada 1975 Finland 1976 Czechoslovakia 1977 Canada 1978 Sweden 1979 Finland 1980 West Germany 1981 United States 1982 Soviet Union 1983 Sweden 1984 Finland 1985 Canada 1986 Czechoslovakia 1987 Soviet Union 1988 United States 1989 Finland 1990 Canada 1991 Germany 1992 Sweden 1993 Czech Republic 1994 Canada 1995 United States 1996 Switzerland 1997 Finland 1998 Canada 1999 Sweden 2000 Russia 2001 Czech Republic 2002 Canada 2003 Finland 2004 United States 2005 Canada 2006 Sweden 2007 Czech Republic 2008 Canada 2009 Canada 2010 United States 2011 Canada 2012 Russia 2013 Sweden 2014 Canada 2015 Finland 2016 Canada 2017 United States 2018 Canada 2019 Czech Republic 2020 Canada 2021

Finals	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Rosters	1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Division I	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Division II	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Division III	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Medalists Directorate award winners Media All-Star Teams Players for Canada Punch-up in Piestany Team Canada New Year's Eve Game

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