2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

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. The Division III represents the sixth tier of the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

2012 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Dunedin
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–22 January 2012
Teams	5

See also: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

This year, only the first-placed team advanced to Division II B for 2013, previously, the top two teams gained promotion to Division II. Although originally scheduled to participate, North Korea withdrew from the tournament for unspecified reasons. Iceland won the tournament and was promoted to Division II B for the 2013 World Juniors.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
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

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

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

Game reference
	Radosvet Petrov Nikola Nikolov	Goalies	Xia Shengrong	Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Dana Penkivech
	0–1 07:29 – Bao J. (Li N., Ji P.) S. Georgiev (T. Kraynyanov, A. Todorov) (PP) – 14:50 1–1 1–2 24:19 – Zhang C. (Li X., Wen C.) 1–3 32:29 – Zhu X. (Wang T.) (PP) 1–4 35:16 – Li N. (Zhang C.) 1–5 51:36 – Zheng C. (Zhang S.) (PP) 1–6 52:28 – Zheng C. (Zhu X., Na Y.) N. Inzhevatov (P. Mihov, M. Talev) – 59:59 2–6
	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

Game reference
	Fikri Atali	Goalies	Daniel Johannsson Snorri Sigurbergsson	Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Mathieu Loos Cory Ross
	0–1 05:36 – O. Bjornsson (S. Reynisson, B. Sigurdarson) (PP) 0–2 12:02 – G. Sigurdsson (I. Eliasson) 0–3 14:19 – B. Sigurdarson (D. Magnusson) 0–4 38:51– O. Bjornsson (A. Helgason) 0–5 44:55 – G. Gudmundsson 0–6 45:47 – S. Ingason 0–7 48:19 – O. Olafsson 0–8 57:17 – S. Reynisson (O. Bjornsson, T. Omarsson) (PP)
	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

Game reference
	Aston Brookes	Goalies	Radosvet Petrov	Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Choi Woo-Sik Dana Penkivech
	02:05 – K. Harnett (R. Sandoy) (PP) 1–0 23:57 – C. Harrison (G. Lloyd, L. Pickering) 2–0 43:36 – R. Sandoy (SH) 3–0 3–1 45:37 – A. Vasilyev (A. Todorov)
	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

Game reference
	Xia Shengrong	Goalies	Fikri Atali Bahadir Sanoglu	Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Choi Woo-Sik
	09:40 – Zhang S. (Zhang C., Li H.) (PP) 1–0 20:15 – Zheng C. (Zhang C., Zhu X.) 2–0 20:52 – Li N. (Na Y.) 3–0 25:51 – Zheng C. (Zhang C., Zhu X.) (PP) 4–0 28:05 – Zhang C. (Zhu X.) 5–0 34:09 – Zhang C. (SH) 6–0 39:27 – Na Y. (SH) 7–0 45:32 – Li N. (Bao J.) 8–0 47:28 – Ji P. (Na Y., Bao J.) (PP) 9–0 49:26 – Li Y. (Zheng C.) 10–0 52:37 – Ji P. (Xia T.) (PP) 11–0 56:51 – Zheng C. (Zhu X.) 12–0 57:02 – Xia T. (Li N., Ji P.) 13–0 59:59 – Zhu Z. (Li X.) (SH) 14–0
	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

Game reference
	Snorri Sigurbergsson	Goalies	Aston Brookes	Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Mathieu Loos Cory Ross
	01:58 – J. Leifsson (S. Reynisson, B. Sigurdarson) (PP) 1–0 08:14 – B. Sigurdarson (O. Bjornsson, T. Omarsson) 2–0 14:09 – S. Reynisson (O. Bjornsson, B. Sigurdarson) (PP) 3–0 20:57 – J. Leifsson (S. Reynisson, I. Eliasson) (PP) 4–0 26:13 – B. Bergmann (PP) 5–0 36:03 – A. Helgason (G. Gudmundsson) 6–0 36:46 – S. Reynisson (I. Eliasson, O. Bjornsson) (PP) 7–0 7–1 59:33 – R. Sandoy (C. Dale, J. Lawrence) (PP)
	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

Game reference
	Nikola Nikolov Radosvet Petrov	Goalies	Daniel Johannsson	Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Choi Woo-Sik
	0–1 00:31 – B. Bergmann 0–2 05:54 – B. Sigurdarson (O. Bjornsson) 0–3 07:32 – O. Olafsson (J. Leifsson, G. Gudmundsson) 0–4 11:26 – S. Ingason (B. Bergmann, G. Sigurdsson) (PP) 0–5 23:30 – O. Bjornsson (I. Arnason, (S. Reynisson) 0–6 24:40 – G. Gudmundsson (O. Olafsson, J. Leifsson) 0–7 43:01 – G. Sigurdsson (B. Bergmann, S. Ingason) 0–8 46:54 – G. Sigurdsson (S. Ingason, B. Bergmann) 0–9 51:04 – G. Sigurdsson (B. Bergmann, S. Ingason) (PP) 0–10 56:50 – S. Reynisson (B. Sigurdarson, O. Bjornsson)
	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

Game reference
	Fikri Atali	Goalies	Radosvet Petrov	Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Cory Ross
	0–1 12:22 – V. Chebishev 0–2 36:36 – M. Eftimov (K. Radovanov, N. Inzhevatov) 0–3 38:55 – N. Inzhevatov (V. Chebishev) (PP) 0–4 50:16 – M. Nikolov (PS)
	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

Game reference
	Xia Shengrong	Goalies	Aston Brookes	Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Choi Woo-Sik Mathieu Loos
	03:36 – Zhang C. 1–0 1–1 11:02 – G. Lloyd (R. Wilson, C. Harrison) (PP) 1–2 18:20 – J. Fuller (R. Sandoy) 1–3 18:57 – J. Challis (K. Joyce) 25:31 – Ji P. (Bao J., Na Y.) (PP) 2–3 25:46 – Wang T. (Zheng C.) 3–3 34:31 – Zhang S. (Wang T., Zhang C.) (PP) 4–3 42:46 – Bao J. 5–3
	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

Game reference
	Snorri Sigurbergsson	Goalies	Xia Shengrong	Referee: Jan Bigum Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Mathieu Loos
	0–1 02:39 – Li H. (Zhu Z., Zheng C.) 06:06 – I. Aranson (I. Eliasson, A. Ingason) 1–1 14:58 – S. Ingason (B. Bergmann, T. Omarsson) (PP) 2–1 28:06 – B. Sigurdarson (I. Eliasson, J. Leifsson) (PP) 3–1 55:59 – A. Ingason (J. Leifsson, O. Olafsson) 4–1 56:22 – O. Bjornsson (I. Eliasson, S. Reynisson) (PP) 5–1
	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

Game reference
	Aston Brookes Richard Bigsby	Goalies	Fikri Atali	Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Dana Penkivech Cory Ross
	0–1 01:36 – G. Solak (D. Gonulal) 02:44 – R. Sandoy (K. Harnett, C. Harrison) 1–1 06:19 – J. Challis (R. Sandoy) 2–1 11:55 – C. Harrison (J. Lawrence, R. Sandoy) 3–1 22:25 – R. Sandoy (M. Frear, L. Pickering) 4–1 29:29 – J. Challis (J. Fuller) 5–1 29:44 – G. Lloyd (C. Harrison, R. Sandoy) 6–1 30:27 – R. Sandoy (M. Frear, J. Challis) (PP) 7–1 32:24 – M. Frear (J. Fuller, J. Challis) 8–1 35:18 – A. Gouldstone (S. Harrison, J. Currey) 9–1 36:45 – C. Harrison 10–1 39:29 – M. Frear (C. Harrison) 11–1 51:01 – C. Harrison (K. Joyce, R. Wilson) (PP) 12–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	66	Shots	7

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
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

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
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

IIHF Best Player Awards

The following players were selected as the best at their position by the IIHF directorate:

• Goaltender: Xia Shengrong
• Defenceman: Ingolfur Eliasson
• Forward: Zhang Cheng

Division III Champion

Division III Champion Iceland

Ingthor Arnason, Brynjar Bergmann, Olafur Brjonsson, Ulfur Einarsson, Ingolfur Eliasson, Einar Eyland, Gunnlaugur Gudmundsson, Andri Helgason, Arnar Ingason, Steindor Ingason, Daniel Johannsson, Johann Leifsson, Daniel Magnusson (ice hockey), Daniel Magnusson (ice hockey), Olafur Olafsson, Tomas Omarsson, Sigurdur Reynisson, Snorri Sigurbergsson, Bjorn Sigurdarsson, Gunnar Sigurdsson Head Coach: Joshua Gribben

External links

• Official website of IIHF