2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships































2012 IIHF U20 World Championships

2012 WJHC logo.svg
Tournament details
Host country
 Canada
Dates
December 26 – January 5
Teams
10
Venue(s)
Scotiabank Saddledome and
Rexall Place (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg
 Sweden (2nd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg
 Russia
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg
 Canada
Fourth place
 Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played
31
Goals scored
230 (7.42 per match)
Attendance
455,342 (14,688 per match)
Scoring leader(s)
Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov (13 points)
MVP
Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov

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Sweden celebrates with the 2012 World Junior Championship trophy


The 2012 IIHF U20 World Championship was the 36th World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (WJHC). It was hosted in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It began on December 26, 2011, and ended with the gold medal game played in Calgary on January 5, 2012. Sweden defeated defending-champion Russia 1–0 in overtime to win their first title in 31 years. Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov was named MVP of the tournament. Denmark was relegated to Division I and Germany was promoted to the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


Canada missed the final for the first time in 11 years when they lost 6–5 against Russia in a semifinal in which Canada were down 6–1 halfway through the third period. However, the Canadians extended their consecutive medal streak at the tournament to 14 (5 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze) with a 4–0 victory over Finland in the bronze medal game. The fourth-place finish for Finland was their best result in the tournament since 2006. The United States ended up in the relegation round for the first time since 1999.




Contents





  • 1 Host city selection


  • 2 Venues


  • 3 Attendance


  • 4 Top division

    • 4.1 Rosters


    • 4.2 Preliminary round

      • 4.2.1 Group A


      • 4.2.2 Group B



    • 4.3 Relegation round


    • 4.4 Final round

      • 4.4.1 Quarterfinals


      • 4.4.2 Semifinals


      • 4.4.3 Fifth place game


      • 4.4.4 Bronze medal game


      • 4.4.5 Final



    • 4.5 Statistics

      • 4.5.1 Scoring leaders


      • 4.5.2 Goaltending leaders



    • 4.6 Tournament awards


    • 4.7 Final standings


    • 4.8 Medalists


    • 4.9 Gold medal celebration



  • 5 Division I

    • 5.1 Division I A


    • 5.2 Division I B



  • 6 Division II

    • 6.1 Division II A


    • 6.2 Division II B



  • 7 Division III


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links




Host city selection


On February 1, 2008, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League announced that six groups had submitted letters of intent to bid to host the 2012 tournament: Calgary/Edmonton; Halifax, Nova Scotia; London/Windsor, Ontario; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Toronto; and Winnipeg.[1] The London/Windsor, Halifax and Winnipeg bids withdrew before the application deadline, leaving three groups.[2] Saskatoon was selected to host the 2010 tournament with Regina, Saskatchewan, leaving only the Calgary/Edmonton and Toronto bids for this tournament.[3]


The Alberta bid, supported by the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers as well as the Western Hockey League's Calgary Hitmen and Edmonton Oil Kings, was selected to host the tournament on August 28, 2008.[4] It will be the second time the tournament has been hosted in the province; Red Deer served as the primary host of the 1995 World Junior Championship, while some tournament games were played in both Calgary and Edmonton.



Venues









Scotiabank Saddledome
Capacity: 19,289

Rexall Place
Capacity: 16,839

PengrowthSaddledome.jpg

Rexall Place Edmonton Alberta Canada 07A.jpg

 Canada – Calgary

 Canada – Edmonton


Attendance


As part of their bid, the two cities projected that they would generate a tournament record attendance in excess of 475,000 fans and provide an economic benefit of $42 million to the province of Alberta.[5] Following a reserved offering of 10- and 21-game ticket packs for Edmonton and Calgary games respectively to season ticket holders of the Oilers, Oil Kings, Flames and Hitmen, the tournament committee held a lottery to award the right to purchase the remaining seats. While the entry deadline was supposed to coincide with the conclusion of the 2011 tournament, organizers were flooded with so many entries that their website servers crashed.[6] Organizers were overwhelmed by the response; over 187,000 entries were received for the draw.[7]


Calling the demand unprecedented, Hockey Canada announced that the 17,000 ticket packages made available to lottery winners had sold out in a matter of days, a year in advance of the tournament.[8] While organizers were pleased with the result, the way the lottery was handled has angered fans who won the right to purchase tickets but were unable to do so as no tickets were left when their turn to buy arrived.[7][9]


Ultimately, a new attendance record was set, but not by the margin initially anticipated. The total of 455,342 fans was 2,060 fans more than the previous record of 453,282 from 2009. Though many more tickets were sold as part of tournament packages, the IIHF only counts actual paid spectators in attendance in its figures.



Top division


Each round was a round-robin tournament, where the teams played each other once within their group. The Preliminary Round was divided into two groups: Group A and Group B, which included five teams each. From each group, the top three teams qualified for the playoffs; the 1st-ranked teams earned a direct trip to the Semifinals, while the 2nd and 3rd-ranked teams qualified for the Quarterfinals. The 4th and 5th-ranked teams had to play in the Relegation Round, where the three best teams qualified for the Top Division tournament in 2013, with the last-placed team being relegated to the 2013 Division I tournament. In the Semifinals, the directly-qualified Semifinalists faced the winners from the Quarterfinals.[10]



Rosters




Preliminary round


Legend
Advance to the Semifinals
Advance to the Quarterfinals
Advance to the Relegation Round


Group A


All round robin games held in Calgary, Alberta, at the Scotiabank Saddledome.






























































Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Pts
Advanced to

 Sweden
42200261110Semifinals

 Russia
4301023510Quarterfinals

 Slovakia
4200211176Quarterfinals

  Switzerland
4101212164Relegation Round

 Latvia
400048310Relegation Round

All times local (MST/UTC−7)







December 26, 2011
15:30
Latvia 
4–9
(2–3, 1–3, 1–3)
 Sweden
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 12,544
















December 26, 2011
20:00
Switzerland  
0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)
 Russia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 15,390
















December 27, 2011
20:00
Slovakia 
3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 Latvia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 12,589
















December 28, 2011
15:30
Sweden 
4–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

  Switzerland
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 14,782



















December 28, 2011
20:00
Russia 
3–1
(0–1, 1–0, 2–0)
 Slovakia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 15,987
















December 29, 2011
20:00
Latvia 
0–14
(0–1, 0–6, 0–7)
 Russia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 14,780
















December 30, 2011
15:30
Sweden 
9–1
(2–1, 2–0, 5–0)
 Slovakia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 15,187
















December 30, 2011
20:00
Switzerland  
5–3
(1–0, 2–1, 2–2)
 Latvia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 13,666
















December 31, 2011
16:00
Slovakia 
6–4
(1–2, 1–1, 4–1)
  Switzerland
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 13,029
















December 31, 2011
20:00
Russia 
3–4 OT
(3–0, 0–0, 0–3)
(OT: 0–1)

 Sweden
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 16,643












Group B


All round robin games held in Edmonton, Alberta, at Rexall Place.






























































Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Pts
Advanced to

 Canada
4400026512Semifinals

 Finland
4300119109Quarterfinals

 Czech Republic
4200212116Quarterfinals

 United States
4100316153Relegation Round

 Denmark
400046380Relegation Round

All times local (MST/UTC−7)







December 26, 2011
13:30
Finland 
1–8
(0–2, 1–3, 0–3)
 Canada
Rexall Place
Attendance: 15,296
















December 26, 2011
18:00
Denmark 
3–11
(2–3, 0–6, 1–2)
 United States
Rexall Place
Attendance: 13,604
















December 27, 2011
18:00
Czech Republic 
7–0
(1–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 Denmark
Rexall Place
Attendance: 12,967
















December 28, 2011
13:30
United States 
1–4
(0–0, 0–1, 1–3)
 Finland
Rexall Place
Attendance: 14,000
















December 28, 2011
18:00
Canada 
5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 Czech Republic
Rexall Place
Attendance: 16,417
















December 29, 2011
18:00
Denmark 
2–10
(0–4, 0–3, 2–3)
 Canada
Rexall Place
Attendance: 16,275
















December 30, 2011
13:30
United States 
2–5
(1–1, 1–1, 0–3)
 Czech Republic
Rexall Place
Attendance: 14,733
















December 30, 2011
18:00
Finland 
10–1
(3–0, 2–1, 5–0)
 Denmark
Rexall Place
Attendance: 13,144
















December 31, 2011
14:00
Czech Republic 
0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)
 Finland
Rexall Place
Attendance: 14,429
















December 31, 2011
18:00
Canada 
3–2
(3–0, 0–0, 0–2)
 United States
Rexall Place
Attendance: 16,647












Relegation round


The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round were carried forward to this round.


Legend
Advance to the 2013 World Junior Championships
Relegated to Division I A for 2013













































Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Pts

 United States
33000256
9

  Switzerland
31101108
5

 Latvia
30102718
2

 Denmark
30021717
2

All times local (MST/UTC−7)







January 2, 2012
11:00
Switzerland  
4–3 OT
(2–2, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0 )

 Denmark
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 9,328
















January 3, 2012
11:00
United States 
12–2
(4–0, 7–1, 1–1)
 Latvia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 9,146
















January 4, 2012
11:00
Latvia 
2–1 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0 )

 Denmark
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 6,983
















January 4, 2012
15:00
Switzerland  
1–2
(1–2, 0–0, 0–0)
 United States
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 10,624












Final round


Bracket






























































































 
Quarterfinals
 
 
Semifinals
 
 
Final
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
B1

 Canada
5
 
 
A2

 Russia

2
 
 
A2

 Russia

6
 
 
 
B3

 Czech Republic
1
 
 
 
 
A1

 Sweden

1
 
 
 
A2

 Russia
0
 

 
 
A1

 Sweden

3
 
 
 
B2

 Finland

8
 
 
B2

 Finland
2
 

Third place
 
A3

 Slovakia
5
 

B2

 Finland
0
 


B1

 Canada

4


Quarterfinals







January 2, 2012
15:00
Finland 
8–5
(2–2, 4–1, 2–2)
 Slovakia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 14,558
















January 2, 2012
19:00
Russia 
2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)

 Czech Republic
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 16,581












Semifinals







January 3, 2012
15:00
Sweden 
3–2 GWS
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)

 Finland
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 15,690



















January 3, 2012
19:00
Canada 
5–6
(0–2, 1–3, 4–1)
 Russia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 19,289












Fifth place game







January 4, 2012
19:00
Czech Republic 
5–2
(3–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 Slovakia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 12,923












Bronze medal game







January 5, 2012
13:30
Canada 
4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 Finland
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 18,595












Final







January 5, 2012
18:00
Sweden 
1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)

 Russia
Scotiabank Saddledome
Attendance: 18,722












Statistics



Scoring leaders




Evgeny Kuznetsov led the tournament with 13 points





































































































Pos
Player
Country
GP
G
A
Pts
+/−
PIM
1Evgeny Kuznetsov
 Russia
76713+64
2Max Friberg
 Sweden
69211+422
3Mikael Granlund
 Finland
72911+40
4Mark Stone
 Canada
67310+102
5Teemu Pulkkinen
 Finland
76410+42
6Ryan Strome
 Canada
6369+98
6Austin Watson
 United States
6369+60
8Nikita Gusev
 Russia
7369+50
9Jonathan Huberdeau
 Canada
6189+816
10Nail Yakupov
 Russia
7099+46

GP = 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)


















































Pos
Player
Country
TOI
GA
GAA
Sv%
SO
1Andrei Vasilevski
 Russia
298:31102.0195.312
2Mark Visentin
 Canada
200:0851.4394.381
3Sami Aittokallio
 Finland
310:00132.5293.691
4Petr Mrázek
 Czech Republic
361:30152.4992.791
5Scott Wedgewood
 Canada
148:4862.4291.551

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


Source: IIHF.com



Tournament awards


Most Valuable Player
  • Forward: Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov
All-star team
  • Goaltender: Czech Republic Petr Mrázek

  • Defencemen: Canada Brandon Gormley, Sweden Oscar Klefbom

  • Forwards: Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov, Sweden Max Friberg, Finland Mikael Granlund

IIHF best player awards
  • Goaltender: Czech Republic Petr Mrázek

  • Defenceman: Canada Brandon Gormley

  • Forward: Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov


Final standings










Medalists









Gold:

Silver:

Bronze:

Sweden Sweden
#1 – Anton Forsberg
#5 – Mattias Bäckman
#6 – Oscar Klefbom
#7 – Fredrik Claesson
#8 – Petter Granberg
#9 – John Klingberg
#10 – Johan Larsson (C)
#11 – Jeremy Boyce-Rotevall
#12 – Patrik Nemeth
#13 – Johan Sundström (A)
#14 – Max Friberg
#15 – Sebastian Collberg
#16 – Filip Forsberg
#17 – William Karlsson
#18 – Victor Rask
#19 – Joakim Nordström (A)
#20 – Mika Zibanejad
#23 – Ludvig Rensfeldt
#24 – Rickard Rakell
#25 – Jonas Brodin
#28 – Erik Thorell
#30 – Johan Gustafsson
#35 – Johan Mattsson

Russia Russia
#1 – Sergei Kostenko
#3 – Artyom Sergeyev
#4 – Viktor Antipin
#6 – Mikhail Naumenkov
#7 – Igor Ozhiganov
#8 – Nikita Gusev
#9 – Nikita Kucherov
#10 – Nail Yakupov
#12 – Grigori Zheldakov
#14 – Danil Apalkov (A)
#15 – Pavel Kulikov
#16 – Ignat Zemchenko
#17 – Mikhail Grigorenko
#18 – Yaroslav Kosov
#19 – Alexander Khokhlachev
#20 – Andrey Makarov
#22 – Sergei Barbashev
#23 – Ivan Telegin
#24 – Zakhar Arzamastsev (A)
#25 – Yevgeni Kuznetsov (C)
#26 – Ildar Isangulov
#29 – Nikita Nesterov
#30 – Andrei Vasilevski

Canada Canada
#2 – Jamie Oleksiak
#3 – Brandon Gormley (A)
#4 – Dougie Hamilton
#5 – Mark Pysyk
#6 – Scott Harrington
#8 – Jaden Schwartz (C)
#10 – Michaël Bournival
#11 – Jonathan Huberdeau
#12 – Brendan Gallagher
#13 – Freddie Hamilton
#14 – Brett Connolly (A)
#15 – Tanner Pearson
#16 – Mark Stone
#18 – Ryan Strome
#19 – Mark Scheifele
#20 – Boone Jenner
#21 – Quinton Howden (A)
#22 – Devante Smith-Pelly (A)
#27 – Ryan Murray
#28 – Nathan Beaulieu
#29 – Mark Visentin
#30 – Scott Wedgewood

Source:
[1]
[2]
[3]



Gold medal celebration


Sweden's gold medal win was their first since 1981, as well as their second gold medal in total. The gold medal was celebrated on January 7, 2012, in front of over 6,000 fans at Kungsträdgården in Stockholm.[11]



Division I




Division I A


The Division I A tournament was played in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2011.[12]

































































Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Pts

 Germany
55000349
15

 Belarus
530112110
10

 Norway
530021913
9

 Slovenia
512021612
7

 Austria
510131126
4

 Great Britain
50005637
0



Promoted to the 2013 Top Division

Relegated to the 2013 Division I B


Division I B


The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 12 to 18 December 2011.[13]

































































Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Pts

 France
54001196
12

 Kazakhstan
5301197
10

 Italy
52102149
8

 Poland
520121612
7

 Croatia
520031225
6

 Japan
50104920
2



Promoted to the 2013 Division I A

Relegated to the 2013 Division II A


Division II




Division II A


The Division II A tournament was played in Donetsk, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2011.[14]

































































Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Pts

 Ukraine
532002410
13

 Lithuania
530201911
11

 Hungary
521022415
8

 Spain
520031422
6

 Netherlands
51103923
5

 South Korea
50023918
2



Promoted to the 2013 Division I B

Relegated to the 2013 Division II B


Division II B


The Division II B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 10 to 16 December 2011.[15]

































































Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Pts

 Romania
55000449
15

 Estonia
540015114
12

 Serbia
530021826
9

 Belgium
511031723
5

 Australia
510041236
3

 Mexico
50014539
1



Promoted to the 2013 Division II A

Relegated to the 2013 Division III


Division III



The Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 16 to 22 January 2012.[16] Although originally scheduled to participate, North Korea withdrew from the tournament for unspecified reasons.[17]
























































Team
GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Pts

 Iceland
44000302
12

 China
430012610
9

 New Zealand
420021914
6

 Bulgaria
41003719
3

 Turkey
40004138
0

promoted to the 2013 Division II B


References




  1. ^ "Six letters of intent to bid received by Hockey Canada from potential hosts for the 2010 and 2012 IIHF World Junior Championships". Hockey Canada. 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2008-07-08. 


  2. ^ "Hockey Canada receives documentation for bids for 2010 and 2012 IIHF World Junior Championships". Hockey Canada. 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2008-07-08. 


  3. ^ "Saskatoon and Regina to host 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship". Hockey Canada. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2007-07-08. 


  4. ^ "Calgary, Edmonton land 2012 world hockey juniors". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 


  5. ^ "Alberta to host 2012 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship". The Sports Network. 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 


  6. ^ "Bigger, better World Juniors in 2012". Edmonton Sun. 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2011-01-07. 


  7. ^ ab Wood, Michael (2011-01-13). "Demand for junior hockey ducats outstrips inventory". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2011-01-14. 


  8. ^ "2012 World Juniors in Alberta sold out". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2011-01-14. 


  9. ^ Komarnicki, Jamie (2011-01-14). "Thousands of hockey fans left empty-handed after World Juniors ticket flub". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2011-01-14. 


  10. ^ "Top Division format". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 2011-12-31. 


  11. ^ Larson, Patrik (2012-01-07). "Småkronorna hyllades av 6 000". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2012-03-23. 


  12. ^ Division I A statistics


  13. ^ Division I B statistics


  14. ^ Division II A statistics


  15. ^ Division II B statistics


  16. ^ Division III statistics


  17. ^ "DPR Korea doesn't travel". IIHF. 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2011-04-11. [permanent dead link]




External links




  • Official website



Preceded by
2011 World Juniors

World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2012
See also: 2012 World Championships
Succeeded by
2013 World Juniors






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