The 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A and Division I B represent the second and third tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.

In 2011, these tournaments were known as Division I and Division II.

Division I Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I A statistics The winners, the Czech Republic, were promoted to the Top Division for 2013, while the bottom-ranked team, Kazakhstan, were relegated to Group B for 2013.

Participating teams Team Qualification placed 8th in Top Division last year and were relegated placed 2nd in Division I last year hosts; placed 3rd in Division I last year placed 4th in Division I last year didn't play last year, but retained their position in Division I placed 1st in Division II last year and were promoted

Final standings

Match results All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3).

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Andrea Dalen 5 4 5 9 +10 2 2 Line Bialik Øien 5 3 5 8 +9 10 3 Denise Altmann 5 4 3 7 +5 2 4 Sonja Nováková 5 3 4 7 +5 2 5 Ingvild Farstad 5 4 2 6 +6 6 6 Helene Martinsen 5 3 3 6 +3 4 6 Chiho Osawa 5 3 3 6 +3 0 8 Trine Martens 5 1 5 6 +5 0 9 Janine Weber 5 4 1 5 –3 0 10 Alena Polenská 5 3 2 5 +2 2 10 Simona Studentová 5 3 2 5 +4 4GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Radka Lhotská 288:36 4 0.83 96.15 1 2 Jorid Dagfinrud 241:05 5 1.24 94.62 1 3 Azusa Nakaoku 239:51 8 2.00 94.12 0 4 Paula Marchhart 266:15 12 2.70 92.90 0 5 Lolita Andriševska 211:33 12 3.40 92.59 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards Goaltender: Radka Lhotská, Defenseman: Trine Martens, Forward: Denise Altmann,

Source: IIHF.com

Division I Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Hull, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 April 2012.2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I B statistics The winners, Denmark, moved up to Group A for 2013, while the last-placed team, Italy, were relegated to Division II Group A. Denmark won the three way tie-breaker with France and China by virtue of having a superior goal differential in the games those three nations played against each other (Denmark +3, China +1, France −4). Relegation was decided in similar fashion, by breaking a three way tie between Great Britain (+4), the Netherlands (−1), and Italy (−3).

Participating teams Team Qualification placed 5th in Division I last year and were relegated placed 2nd in Division II last year placed 3rd in Division II last year placed 4th in Division II last year hosts; placed 5th in Division II last year placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Final standings

Match results All times are local (Western European Summer Time – UTC+1).

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Henriette Ostergaard 5 7 8 15 +8 10 2 Josefine Jakobsen 5 7 6 13 +6 2 3 Marie Henriksen 5 5 8 13 +7 0 4 Josephine Asperup 5 0 8 8 +7 8 5 Sun Rui 5 7 0 7 +10 0 6 Jin Fengling 5 4 2 6 +7 6 6 Emmanuelle Passard 5 4 2 6 +5 0 8 Virginie Bouetz-Andrieu 5 1 5 6 +7 2 9 Beatrix Larger 5 4 1 5 –3 4 10 Anouck Bouche 5 3 2 5 +7 4 10 Josefine Persson 5 3 2 5 +5 12 10 Savine Wielenga 5 3 2 5 –4 6GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Samantha Bolwell 134:21 3 1.34 95.59 1 2 Kamilla Nielsen 278:36 6 1.29 93.02 2 3 Shi Yao 291:00 8 1.65 92.86 1 4 Caroline Baldin 267:09 9 2.02 90.72 1 5 Claudia van Leeuwen 295:54 33 6.69 88.21 1TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards Goaltender: Shi Yao, Defenseman: Charlotte Densing, Forward: Sun Rui, Source: IIHF.com

References

External links Official website of IIHF Complete results at the hockeyarchives.info