Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Ice hockey
at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
VenueTyrolean Ice Arena
Innsbruck
DatesJanuary 13 – 22
Competitors200 from 26 nations
Ice hockey at the
2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Tournament
boys'girls'
Skills challenge
boys'girls'
Rosters
boys'girls'

Ice hockey at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Tyrolean Ice Arena in Innsbruck, Austria from 13 January to 22 January. The difference between the Youth Olympic program for ice hockey and the Winter Olympics was the addition of a skill challenge for each gender.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Finland (FIN) 1 0 0 1
1  Latvia (LAT) 1 0 0 1
1  Netherlands (NED) 1 0 0 1
1  Sweden (SWE) 1 0 0 1
5  Hungary (HUN) 0 2 0 2
6  Austria (AUT) 0 1 0 1
6  Russia (RUS) 0 1 0 1
8  Australia (AUS) 0 0 1 1
8  Canada (CAN) 0 0 1 1
8  Germany (GER) 0 0 1 1
8  Japan (JPN) 0 0 1 1
Total 4 4 4 12

Events

Boys' semifinal game Canada vs. Finland
Girls' playoff game Germany vs. Kazakhstan
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys'
Finland Finland Russia Russia Canada Canada
Boys' individual skills challenge[2]
 Augusts Valdis Vasilonoks
Latvia (LAT)
22 points  Attila Kovacs
Hungary (HUN)
21 points  Seiya Furukawa
Japan (JPN)
19 points
Girls'
 Sweden  Austria  Germany
Girls' individual skills challenge
 Julie Zwarthoed
Netherlands (NED)
22 points  Fanni Gasparics
Hungary (HUN)
19 points  Sharnita Crompton
Australia (AUS)
17 points

Qualification system

There were ten teams total (five per gender), with 17 players on each team. The host nation was allowed one team of each gender. The remaining eight teams were selected based on their joint Men’s and Women’s 2011 IIHF World Ranking.

For the skills challenge, the host nation was allowed one competitor of each sex. For the remaining competitors, national competitions were held, and the qualifiers attended a Global Skills Challenge at the 2011 Hockey Development Camp in Vierumäki, Finland.[3]

For the boys tournament, athletes born in 1996 are permitted to compete, for the girls its 1994.[3]

The IIHF announced the teams on September 23.[3]

Boys

Girls

Skills challenge

The following athletes have qualified:[4] Originally 16 athletes from each gender were to compete, but the girls' competition will have only 15 while the boys' competition will have 16.

Event Boys' Girls'
Host nation Stephan Gaffal (AUT) Victoria Hummel (AUT)
Skills challenge qualifier  Lewis Hook (GBR)
 Attila Kovacs (HUN)
 Callum Burns (NZL)
 Seiya Furukawa (JPN)
 Sam Hodic (AUS)
 Guus Simons (NED)
 Liu Qing (CHN)
 Thibaut Colombin (FRA)
 Ji Hyun Cho (KOR)
 Paul Cerda (ESP)
 Andrei Sotir (ROU)
 Cuvan Primoz (SLO)
 Augusts Vasilonoks (LAT)
 Alexei Dashkevich (BLR)
 Matija Miličić (CRO)
 Kathrine Gale (GBR)
 Agnese Tartaglione (ITA)
 Fanni Gasparics (HUN)
 Libby Jean Hay (NZL)
 Akane Deguchi (JPN)
 Sharnita Crompton (AUS)
 Julie Zwarthoed (NED)
 Sun Jiayue (CHN)
 Morgane Rihet (FRA)
 Yeon Jung Lee (KOR)
 Irene Senac (ESP)
 Noemi Ballo (ROU)
 Renee De Wolf (BEL)
 Ursa Pazlar (SLO)
Total 16 15

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