2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
Appearance
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Host country | New Zealand |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 17 – 22 January 2012 |
Teams | 5 |
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 |
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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 | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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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 |
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 |
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Radosvet Petrov Nikola Nikolov | Goalies | Xia Shengrong | Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Dana Penkivech | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Fikri Atali | Goalies | Daniel Johannsson Snorri Sigurbergsson | Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Mathieu Loos Cory Ross | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Aston Brookes | Goalies | Radosvet Petrov | Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Choi Woo-Sik Dana Penkivech | |||||||||||
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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 |
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Xia Shengrong | Goalies | Fikri Atali Bahadir Sanoglu | Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Choi Woo-Sik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Snorri Sigurbergsson | Goalies | Aston Brookes | Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Mathieu Loos Cory Ross | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Nikola Nikolov Radosvet Petrov | Goalies | Daniel Johannsson | Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Choi Woo-Sik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Fikri Atali | Goalies | Radosvet Petrov | Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Cory Ross | |||||||||||
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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 |
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Xia Shengrong | Goalies | Aston Brookes | Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Choi Woo-Sik Mathieu Loos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Snorri Sigurbergsson | Goalies | Xia Shengrong | Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Mathieu Loos | |||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Aston Brookes Richard Bigsby | Goalies | Fikri Atali | Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Cory Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Shots | 7 |
Statistics
Top 10 scorers
Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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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 |
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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
References
- ^ Division III statistics
- ^ Format
- ^ "DPR Korea doesn't travel". IIHF. 2011-04-11. Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ IIHF (2012-01-22). "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved 2011-01-22.