The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 14th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted in Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav, Czech Republic.2012 Top Division statistics It began on 12 April 2012 with the gold medal game played on 22 April 2012.
Brno and Znojmo were originally to co-host, but a schedule change became necessary when Kometa Brno unexpectedly advanced to the Czech Extraliga finals, making their home ice unavailable to the tournament on three days.
The United States to win their seventh title, after defeated Sweden 7–0 in the final. Canada captured the bronze medal by beating Finland 5–4 in overtime.
Top Division All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Relegation round
Final round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Final standings
Team 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mathew Dumba 7 5 7 12 +2 20 Artturi Lehkonen 7 7 3 10 +3 6 Henrik Haapala 7 4 6 10 +4 2 Rasmus Kulmala 7 5 4 9 +4 2 Sebastian Collberg 6 4 5 9 +1 14 Nicolas Kerdiles 6 4 5 9 +8 2 Alexander Wennberg 6 3 6 9 +2 0 Kerby Rychel 7 5 3 8 +4 12 Kristoffer Lauridsen 5 4 4 8 +4 4 Gustav Possler 6 4 4 8 +5 0 Hunter Shinkaruk 6 4 4 8 +3 6 Dominik Simon 6 4 4 8 +2 4GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com
Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO Collin Olson 300:00 116 4 0.80 96.55 3 Oscar Dansk 272:47 143 9 1.98 93.71 1 Andrei Vasilevski 299:20 141 11 2.20 92.20 1 Matt Murray 419:51 210 19 2.72 90.95 0 George Sørensen 276:12 193 18 3.91 90.67 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate:Best players selected by the directorate Best Goalkeeper: Best Defenseman: Best Forward:
Best players of each team Best players of each team selected by the coaches.Best players of each team selected by the coaches
Team PlayersMathew DumbaMatt MurrayAdam PelechPetr ŠidlíkJakub VránaDominik SimonOliver BjorkstrandKristoffer LauridsenBjørn UldallHenrik HappalaRasmus KulmalaArtturi LehkonenMarcel KurthLennart PalauschSven ZieglerGeorgs GolovkovsTeodors BļugersRūdolfs KalvītisAnton SlepyshevAlexander BarabanovBogdan YakimovLucas BalmelliSamuel KreisNico DunnerOscar DanskHampus LindholmSebastian CollbergSeth JonesMatt LaneCollin Olson
Division I
Group A The tournament was played in Piešťany, Slovakia, from 11 to 17 April 2012.2012 Division I A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 11 to 17 April 2012.2012 Division I B statistics
Division II
Group A The tournament was played in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, from 31 March to 6 April 2012.2012 Division II A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 20 to 26 March 2012.2012 Division II B statistics
Division III
The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 12 to 18 March 2012.2012 Division III statistics
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