The 2012 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Reykjavík, Iceland from April 12–18, 2012 and Group B was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 2–8, 2012.2012 IIHF Championship Program
Participants
Group A Team QualificationPlaced 2nd in Division II Group B last year.Placed 6th Division I Group B and was relegated in 2011.Host, placed 3rd in Division II Group B last year.Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year.Placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year.Placed 5th Division I Group A and was relegated in 2011.
Group B Team QualificationPlaced 4th in Division II Group A last year.Host, placed 5th in Division II Group B last year.Placed 4th in Division II Group B last year.Placed 1st in Division III last year and was promoted.Placed 5th in Division II Group A last year.Placed 2nd in Division III last year and was promoted.
Group A Tournament
Standings Promoted to Division I B for 2013 Relegated to Division II B for 2013 Team 5 5 0 0 0 39 11 +28 15 5 4 0 0 1 21 9 +12 12 5 3 0 0 2 27 13 +14 9 5 2 0 0 3 12 19 −7 6 5 1 0 0 4 27 20 +7 3 5 0 0 0 5 5 59 −54 0
All times are local (UTC±0).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Joel Prpic 5 3 10 13 +6 2 2 Andrew Sertich 5 7 5 12 +8 0 3 Aleksandr Petrov 5 5 7 12 +8 0 4 Maksim Ivanov 5 4 5 9 +6 12 5 Aleksei Sibirtsev 5 5 3 8 +6 0 6 Pablo Muñoz 5 3 5 8 +5 6 6 Robert Rooba 5 3 5 8 +5 6 8 Dmitri Rodin 5 2 6 8 +5 10 9 Marko Kovacevic 5 3 4 7 +2 2 9 Igor Lazic 5 3 4 7 +4 2 9 Kenny MacAulay 5 3 4 7 +2 0 IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Ander Alcaine 290:17 9 95.16 1.86 1 2 Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 235:56 9 92.56 2.29 0 3 Mate Tomljenovic 279:04 11 91.54 2.37 0 4 Dennis Henstrom 299:50 18 90.22 3.60 1 5 Milan Lukovic 289:39 20 87.34 4.14 0 IIHF.com
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Ander Alcaine Best Defenceman: Kenny MacAulay IIHF.com
Group B Tournament
Standings Promoted to Division II A for 2013 Relegated to Division III for 2013 Team 5 5 0 0 0 49 11 +38 15 5 3 0 0 2 28 21 +7 9 5 2 1 0 2 21 28 −7 8 5 2 0 1 2 17 24 −7 7 5 1 1 1 2 19 22 −3 6 5 0 0 0 5 4 32 −28 0
All times are local (UTC+3).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Olivier Roland 5 10 12 22 +22 4 2 Mitch Morgan 5 6 15 21 +20 2 3 Vincent Morgan 5 10 8 18 +21 0 4 Eliezer Sherbatov 5 9 5 14 +6 0 5 Stanislav Muhachev 5 4 10 14 −1 0 6 Daniel Mazour 5 6 4 10 +4 14 7 Alexei Yotov 5 5 5 10 −1 2 8 Zhang Weiyang 5 5 4 9 +4 4 9 Sergei Frenkel 5 1 8 9 +5 8 10 Kristof van Looy 5 3 5 8 +9 4 IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Bjorn Steijen 260:00 8 93.55 1.85 0 2 Nikola Nikolov 167:19 8 91.30 2.87 0 3 Andreas de la Garma 149:48 10 90.20 4.01 0 4 Jevgeni Gusin 257:06 15 88.10 3.50 0 5 Jack Nebe 180:17 15 87.60 4.99 0 IIHF.com
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Bjorn Steijlen Best Defenceman: Niki de Herdt Best Forward: Stanislav Muhachev IIHF.com
References
External links Group A Group B