2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
Tournament details | |
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Host country | New Zealand |
City | Dunedin |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 17–22 January 2012 |
Teams | 5 |
The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, between 17 and 22 January 2012.[1] The Division III represents the sixth tier of the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
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.
Participating teams
[edit]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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Iceland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | +28 | 12 | Promoted to the 2013 Division II B |
2 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 10 | +16 | 9 | |
3 | New Zealand (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 6 | |
4 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 3 | |
5 | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 38 | −37 | 0 |
Match results
[edit]All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13).
17 January 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 |
17 January 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 |
18 January 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 |
19 January 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 |
19 January 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 |
20 January 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 |
21 January 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 |
21 January 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 |
22 January 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 |
22 January 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
[edit]Top 10 scorers
[edit]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
[edit](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
[edit]IIHF Best Player Awards
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 2012 World Championship 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. Retrieved 2011-01-22.