2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Not to be confused with 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships.

The 2012 IIHF U20 World Championship (commonly known as the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships) was the 36th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. 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.^[1] 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.

2012 IIHF U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Calgary, Edmonton
Venue(s)	Scotiabank Saddledome and Rexall Place (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 2011 – January 5, 2012
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (2nd title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	230 (7.42 per game)
Attendance	444,718 (14,346 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (13 points)
Awards
MVP	Evgeny Kuznetsov
← 2011 2013 →

Sweden celebrates with the 2012 World Junior Championship trophy

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.

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.^[2] The London/Windsor, Halifax and Winnipeg bids withdrew before the application deadline, leaving three groups.^[3] Saskatoon was selected to host the 2010 tournament with Regina, Saskatchewan, leaving only the Calgary/Edmonton and Toronto bids for this tournament.^[4]

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.^[5] 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
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.^[6] 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.^[7] Organizers were overwhelmed by the response; over 187,000 entries were received for the draw.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[8][10]

In spite of multiple sources proclaiming that the event beat the record by nearly 120,000^[11][12] it fell just short of setting a new attendance record. The IIHF reported a total of 444,718^[13] marginaly short of the record set in 2009. The tournament in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada had 453,282 spectators. 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.^[14]

Rosters

Main article: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	2	2	0	0	26	11	+15	10	Semifinals
2	Russia	4	3	0	1	0	23	5	+18	10	Quarterfinals
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	11	17	−6	6
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	1	2	12	16	−4	4	Relegation round
5	Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	8	31	−23	0

Source: IIHF

All times are local (Mountain Time Zone – UTC−7).

December 26, 2011 15:30

Latvia

4–9 (2–3, 1–3, 1–3)

Sweden

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 12,544

Game reference
	Kristers Gudļevskis	Goalies	Johan Gustafsson	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Derek Zalaski Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Andre Schrader
	0–1 03:28 – M. Friberg (J. Larsson, L. Rensfeldt) (PP) T. Andersons (Ņ. Koļesņikovs, T. Bļugers) (PP) – 05:34 1–1 1–2 05:50 – M. Friberg (J. Sundström) 1–3 08:13 – M. Zibanejad (S. Collberg, R. Rakell) R. Lipsbergs (Ņ. Jevpalovs, J. Ziemiņš) – 08:54 2–3 2–4 25:38 – S. Collberg (J. Brodin, V. Rask) R. Lipsbergs (Ņ. Jevpalovs) – 32:29 3–4 3–5 34:48 – E. Thorell (P. Nemeth) 3–6 35:38 – M. Zibanejad (J. Brodin, R. Rakell) (PP) 3–7 47:46 – J. Nordström (L. Rensfeldt, E. Thorell) 3–8 54:27 – M. Friberg (L. Rensfeldt, M. Bäckman) (PP) 3–9 55:07 – M. Friberg (S. Collberg) Z. Girgensons (P. Zvirbulis, K. Nīmanis) (PP) – 58:50 4–9
	20 min	Penalties	26 min
	13	Shots	40

December 26, 2011 20:00

Switzerland

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Russia

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 15,390

Game reference
	Tim Wolf	Goalies	Andrei Vasilevski	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Thomas Sterns Linesmen: Chris Carlson Christopher Woodworth
	0–1 08:22 – A. Khokhlachev 0–2 25:27 – N. Gusev (Y. Kosov, M. Grigorenko) 0–3 35:04 – M. Grigorenko (N. Kucherov, N. Gusev)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	30

December 27, 2011 20:00

Slovakia

3–1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Latvia

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 12,589

Game reference
	Juraj Šimboch	Goalies	Kristers Gudļevskis	Referees: Ian Croft Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Andre Scharder Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 26:41 – J. Ziemiņš (A. Kuzmenkovs) T. Jurčo (M. Marinčin, M. Gernát) (PP) – 35:28 1–1 M. Tvrdoň (M. Bubela, M. Toman) – 42:02 2–1 M. Toman (R. Mráz) (EN) – 59:22 3–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	26

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

Game reference
	Johan Gustafsson	Goalies	Lukas Meili	Referees: Ian Croft Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Chris Carlson Jiří Gebauer
	M. Friberg (L. Rensfeldt, J. Klingberg) (PP) – 14:23 1–0 1–1 25:14 – J. Vermin (D. Kukan) (PP) J. Nordström (M. Bäckman, W. Karlsson) (PP) – 36:11 2–1 L. Rensfeldt (E. Thorell, P. Granberg) – 41:56 3–1 3–2 52:51 – J. Vermin (G. Hofmann) (PP2) 3–3 57:56 – D. Kukan (C. Bertschy)
	S. Collberg M. Friberg	Shootout	J. Vermin C. Bertschy
	22 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	27

December 28, 2011 20:00

Russia

3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 15,987

Game reference
	Andrey Makarov	Goalies	Juraj Šimboch	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Derek Zalaski Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Christopher Woodworth
	0–1 19:27 – M. Bubela I. Ozhiganov (N. Yakupov, Y. Kosov) – 24:11 1–1 M. Naumenkov (I. Zemchenko) – 41:45 2–1 N. Kucherov (M. Grigorenko, N. Nesterov) – 54:51 3–1
	20 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	32

December 29, 2011 20:00

Latvia

0–14 (0–1, 0–6, 0–7)

Russia

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 14,780

Game reference
	Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Andrei Vasilevski	Referees: Mikael Nord Sören Persson Linesmen: Chris Carlson Andre Scharder
	0–1 10:29 – M. Grigorenko (N. Kucherov, N. Gusev) 0–2 20:52 – A. Sergeyev (N. Yakupov, Z. Arzamastsev) (PP) 0–3 27:04 – E. Kuznetsov (N. Yakupov, V. Antipin) (PP) 0–4 30:04 – E. Kuznetsov (N. Gusev, N. Nesterov) (PP) 0–5 32:53 – G. Zheldakov (E. Kuznetsov, N. Gusev) 0–6 35:07 – N. Gusev (E. Kuznetsov, N. Nesterov) (PP) 0–7 38:34 – N. Gusev (N. Kucherov, E. Kuznetsov) 0–8 40:40 – P. Kulikov (E. Kuznetsov, I. Zemchenko) 0–9 41:43 – A. Khokhlachev (N. Yakupov, M. Naumenkov) 0–10 42:34 – E. Kuznetsov (N. Gusev, N. Kucherov) 0–11 44:14 – I. Zemchenko (P. Kulikov, E. Kuznetsov) 0–12 51:36 – Y. Kosov (D. Apalkov, S. Barbashev) 0–13 53:29 – A. Khokhlachev (I. Telegin, V. Antipin) (PP) 0–14 54:24 – N. Nesterov (N. Gusev, E. Kuznetsov)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	50

December 30, 2011 15:30

Sweden

9–1 (2–1, 2–0, 5–0)

Slovakia

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 15,187

Game reference
	Anton Forsberg	Goalies	Dominik Riečický	Referees: Ian Croft Tom Laaksonen Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Christopher Woodworth
	E. Thorell – 04:40 1–0 1–1 11:36 – M. Tvrdoň (M. Toman, T. Jurčo) (PP) M. Friberg (J. Larsson, J. Brodin) – 16:22 2–1 S. Collberg (J. Larsson, J. Sundström) – 24:15 3–1 J. Sundström (R. Rakell) – 38:29 4–1 M. Zibanejad (S. Collberg) (PP) – 44:50 5–1 R. Rakell (F. Forsberg, M. Zibanejad) – 48:06 6–1 J. Nordström (E. Thorell, P. Nemeth) – 51:28 7–1 S. Collberg (J. Klingberg, J. Sundström) (PP) – 53:42 8–1 E. Thorell (L. Rensfeldt, J. Klingberg) – 58:42 9–1
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	55	Shots	15

December 30, 2011 20:00

Switzerland

5–3 (1–0, 2–1, 2–2)

Latvia

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 13,666

Game reference
	Tim Wolf	Goalies	Kristers Gudļevskis	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Derek Zalaski Linesmen: Andre Scharder Hannu Sormunen
	C. Bertschy (D. Trutmann) (PP) – 08:45 1–0 G. Haas (M. Vermeille, A. Bertaggia) – 22:18 2–0 2–1 28:26 – T. Andersons (E. Siksna, D. Straupe) C. Bertschy (S. Walser) (PP) – 38:28 3–1 3–2 42:23 – Ņ. Jevpalovs (V. Hvorostiņins, K. Kalniņš) 3–3 52:42 – V. Hvorostiņins (Ņ. Jevpalovs, A. Kuzmenkovs) G. Haas – 53:04 4–3 C. Marti – 54:03 5–3
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	23

December 31, 2011 16:00

Slovakia

6–4 (1–2, 1–1, 4–1)

Switzerland

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 13,029

Game reference
	Juraj Šimboch	Goalies	Lukas Meili Tim Wolf	Referees: Thomas Sterns Derek Zalaski Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 06:09 – J. Vermin (T. Richard, C. Bertschy) 0–2 07:16 – S. Andrighetto (A. Bertaggia) M. Chovan (T. Jurčo, M. Ďaloga) – 08:20 1–2 1–3 28:40 – J. Vermin (T. Richard) (PP) M. Chovan – 32:46 2–3 2–4 40:47 – T. Richard T. Matoušek (M. Hinďoš, M. Bene) – 45:14 3–4 M. Marinčin (M. Daňo, T. Jurčo) – 46:05 4–4 M. Chovan (T. Jurčo, R. Mráz) – 48:15 5–4 M. Gernát (T. Jurčo, M. Tvrdoň) – 49:43 6–4
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	28

December 31, 2011 20:00

Russia

3–4 OT (3–0, 0–0, 0–3) (OT: 0–1)

Sweden

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 16,643

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevski	Goalies	Johan Gustafsson Anton Forsberg	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Chris Carlson Christopher Woodworth
	I. Zemchenko (N. Yakupov) – 02:09 1–0 Y. Kosov (S. Barbashev, D. Apalkov) – 02:16 2–0 I. Telegin (SH) – 13:33 3–0 3–1 43:17 – O. Klefbom (J. Larsson) 3–2 52:19 – R. Rakell (P. Nemeth, J. Larsson) 3–3 59:20 – M. Friberg (J. Brodin, J. Nordström) 3–4 62:44 – J. Nordström (P. Nemeth, M. Friberg) (OT)
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	55

Group B

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	0	26	5	+21	12	Semifinals
2	Finland	4	3	0	0	1	19	10	+9	9	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic	4	2	0	0	2	12	11	+1	6
4	United States	4	1	0	0	3	16	15	+1	3	Relegation round
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	6	38	−32	0

Source: IIHF

All times are local (Mountain Time Zone – UTC−7).

December 26, 2011 13:30

Finland

1–8 (0–2, 1–3, 0–3)

Canada

Rexall Place Attendance: 15,296

Game reference
	Christopher Gibson	Goalies	Mark Visentin	Referees: Mikael Nord Sören Persson Linesmen: Johannes Kack Milan Novák
	0–1 02:14 – M. Stone (J. Huberdeau, R. Strome) 0–2 04:25 – B. Gallagher (J. Schwartz, D. Hamilton) A. Ruuttu (M. Aaltonen, A. Barkov) – 21:21 1–2 1–3 23:02 – M. Stone (J. Huberdeau, F. Hamilton) 1–4 29:24 – J. Huberdeau (T. Pearson, N. Beaulieu) (PP) 1–5 32:54 – D. Hamilton (R. Strome, J. Schwartz) (PP) 1–6 40:52 – B. Connolly (T. Pearson, B. Gormley) 1–7 44:05 – M. Stone (J. Huberdeau, R. Strome) 1–8 47:18 – R. Strome (B. Gallagher, J. Huberdeau)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	42

December 26, 2011 18:00

Denmark

3–11 (2–3, 0–6, 1–2)

United States

Rexall Place Attendance: 13,604

Game reference
	Sebastian Feuk Dennis Jensen	Goalies	Jack Campbell	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov JP Ronn Linesmen: Kiel Murchison Dmitry Sivov
	0–1 00:24 – C. Coyle (J. Merrill, J. Zucker) M. Bau Hansen (N. Jensen, P. Bjorkstrand) (PP) – 03:12 1–1 1–2 04:41 – J. Zucker (D. Forbort) 1–3 08:26 – J. Tinordi (J. Miller, J. Zucker) M. Bau Hansen (T. Spelling, P. Bjorkstrand) (PP) – 09:04 2–3 2–4 21:25 – N. Bjugstad (A. Czarnik, A. Clendening) 2–5 27:12 – C. Coyle (B. Saad, E. Etem) (PP) 2–6 29:07 – K. Rau (A. Clendening, A. Czarnik) 2–7 30:21 – B. Arnold (J. Archibald, E. Etem) 2–8 30:51 – J. Miller (B. Arnold, T. Tynan) (PP) 2–9 36:01 – K. Rau (A. Watson, J. Trouba) (PP) T. Spelling (P. Bjorkstrand, N. Jensen) (PP) – 44:20 3–9 3–10 51:04 – C. Coyle (J. Zucker, D. Forbort) 3–11 55:56 – S. Johns
	20 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	44

December 27, 2011 18:00

Czech Republic

7–0 (1–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Denmark

Rexall Place Attendance: 12,967

Game reference
	Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Sebastian Feuk	Referees: Devin Klein Brent Reiber Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Dmitry Sivov
	T. Hertl (J. Culek, M. Hrbas) (PP) – 05:44 1–0 T. Hertl (J. Culek, P. Zámorský) – 22:44 2–0 R. Faksa (J. Říha, T. Hyka) – 31:13 3–0 P. Holík (J. Sekáč, P. Zámorský) (PP) – 41:50 4–0 T. Filippi – 42:10 5–0 D. Jaškin (D. Krejčí, T. Hyka) (PP) – 55:06 6–0 J. Říha (J. Culek, V. Mozík) (SH) – 56:42 7–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	12

December 28, 2011 13:30

United States

1–4 (0–0, 0–1, 1–3)

Finland

Rexall Place Attendance: 14,000

Game reference
	John Gibson	Goalies	Sami Aittokallio	Referees: Devin Klein Brent Reiber Linesmen: Kiel Murchison Milan Novák
	0–1 21:21 – M. Salomäki (J. Armia) B. Saad (E. Etem, C. Coyle) – 40:19 1–1 1–2 50:53 – J. Armia (Ma. Granlund, R. Ristolainen) 1–3 51:22 – Mi. Granlund (J. Hakanpää, T. Pulkkinen) 1–4 56:27 – J. Armia (J. Donskoi)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	27

December 28, 2011 18:00

Canada

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Rexall Place Attendance: 16,417

Game reference
	Scott Wedgewood	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov JP Ronn Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Johannes Kack
	M. Stone (J. Huberdeau, R. Strome) – 05:37 1–0 R. Strome (F. Hamilton, S. Wedgewood) (PP) – 36:16 2–0 B. Connolly (Q. Howden, M. Bournival) – 38:11 3–0 M. Scheifele (T. Pearson) – 49:00 4–0 M. Scheifele (T. Pearson, B. Gormley) (PP) – 54:40 5–0
	26 min	Penalties	20 min
	38	Shots	26

December 29, 2011 18:00

Denmark

2–10 (0–4, 0–3, 2–3)

Canada

Rexall Place Attendance: 16,275

Game reference
	Sebastian Feuk	Goalies	Mark Visentin	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Thomas Sterns Linesmen: Johannes Kack Dmitry Sivov
	0–1 02:34 – Q. Howden (S. Harrington, R. Murray) 0–2 06:17 – B. Connolly (B. Gormley, B. Jenner) (SH) 0–3 16:05 – M. Stone 0–4 18:35 – R. Strome (M. Stone, J. Huberdeau) 0–5 20:25 – S. Harrington (B. Connolly, Q. Howden) 0–6 24:56 – M. Stone (S. Harrington, R. Murray) 0–7 35:31 – F. Hamilton (S. Harrington, N. Beaulieu) N. Meyer (J. Christensen, M. Bau-Hansen) – 43:05 1–7 E. Kristensen (N. Jensen, P. Bjorkstrand) (PP) – 48:48 2–7 2–8 51:32 – B. Gormley (M. Scheifele) (PP) 2–9 55:27 – B. Gormley (Q. Howden, F. Hamilton) 2–10 56:59 – B. Gallagher (B. Jenner) (SH)
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	26	Shots	51

December 30, 2011 13:30

United States

2–5 (1–1, 1–1, 0–3)

Czech Republic

Rexall Place Attendance: 14,733

Game reference
	Jack Campbell	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Brent Reiber JP Ronn Linesmen: Kiel Murchison Dmitry Sivov
	T. Tynan (J. Miller, B. Arnold) (PP) – 05:14 1–0 1–1 12:05 – T. Filippi (D. Přibyl, J. Říha) B. Arnold (J. Zucker, J. Merrill) (PP) – 31:50 2–1 2–2 34:51 – T. Hertl 2–3 52:26 – P. Holík (J. Sekáč, D. Krejčí) 2–4 57:19 – T. Filippi (T. Nosek) 2–5 58:34 – P. Holík (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	37 min
	54	Shots	29

December 30, 2011 18:00

Finland

10–1 (3–0, 2–1, 5–0)

Denmark

Rexall Place Attendance: 13,144

Game reference
	Christopher Gibson	Goalies	Sebastian Feuk	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Mikael Nord Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Milan Novák
	M. Salomäki – 08:36 1–0 J. Hakanpää (J. Donskoi, M. Salomäki) (PP) – 10:25 2–0 V. Pokka (M. Hännikäinen, O. Paajanen) – 11:41 3–0 M. Kuronen (Mi. Granlund, T. Pulkkinen) – 24:09 4–0 4–1 33:39 – P. Bjorkstrand (PS) M. Salomäki (J. Hakanpää, V. Pokka) (PP) – 34:49 5–1 J. Armia (M. Salomäki, J. Donskoi) (PP) – 41:37 6–1 T. Pulkkinen (Mi. Granlund) – 44:14 7–1 T. Pulkkinen (Mi. Granlund) – 48:26 8–1 T. Pulkkinen (Ma. Granlund, V. Pokka) – 57:48 9–1 T. Pulkkinen (Ma. Granlund, Mi. Granlund) (PP) – 59:56 10–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	59	Shots	25

December 31, 2011 14:00

Czech Republic

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Rexall Place Attendance: 14,429

Game reference
	Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Sami Aittokallio	Referees: Devin Klein Brent Reiber Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Kiel Murchison
	0–1 11:42 – A. Ruuttu (Mi. Granlund, T. Pulkkinen) (PP) 0–2 16:19 – M. Aaltonen (A. Barkov) 0–3 34:17 – J. Donskoi (J. Armia, M. Salomäki) 0–4 43:37 – T. Pulkkinen (Ma. Granlund, Mi. Granlund)
	16 min	Penalties	2 min
	36	Shots	28

December 31, 2011 18:00

Canada

3–2 (3–0, 0–0, 0–2)

United States

Rexall Place Attendance: 16,647

Game reference
	Scott Wedgewood	Goalies	Jack Campbell	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Soeren Persson Linesmen: Johannes Kack Milan Novák
	M. Stone (J. Huberdeau, D. Hamilton) (PP) – 05:39 1–0 J. Schwartz (M. Stone, R. Strome) – 10:12 2–0 B. Connolly – 15:59 3–0 3–1 49:49 – C. Coyle (J. Miller) 3–2 53:12 – J. Zucker (B. Arnold, E. Etem)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	32

Relegation round

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	25	6	+19	9
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	10	8	+2	5
3	Latvia	3	0	1	0	2	7	18	−11	2
4	Denmark	3	0	0	2	1	7	17	−10	2	Relegated to the 2013 Division I A

Source: IIHF

All times are local (Mountain Time Zone – UTC−7).

January 2, 2012 11:00

Switzerland

4–3 OT (2–2, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0 )

Denmark

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 9,398

Game reference
	Tim Wolf	Goalies	Sebastian Feuk	Referees: Ian Croft JP Ronn Linesmen: Milan Novák Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 01:10 – O. Bjorkstrand (P. Bjorkstrand, T. Spelling) C. Schneuwly (L. Martschini, R. Amstutz) – 01:45 1–1 A. Bertaggia (S. Andrighetto) – 03:29 2–1 2–2 16:56 – N. Jensen (P. Bjorkstrand, M. Bau Hansen) (PP) G. Hofmann (PS) – 22:17 3–2 3–3 27:26 – N. Jensen (M. Rahbek) T. Richard – 63:27 4–3
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	35

January 3, 2012 11:00

United States

12–2 (4–0, 7–1, 1–1)

Latvia

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 9,146

Game reference
	Jack Campbell	Goalies	Kristers Gudļevskis Rihards Cimermanis	Referees: Devin Klein Mikael Nord Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Johannes Käck
	A. Watson (J. Tinordi, N. Bjugstad) – 05:40 1–0 A. Watson (J. Merrill, N. Bjugstad) – 11:53 2–0 A. Watson (K. Rau, J. Archibald) (PP) – 16:17 3–0 J. Zucker (B. Saad) (SH) – 18:47 4–0 J. Miller (J. Zucker, A. Clendening) (PP) – 20:46 5–0 N. Bjugstad (B. Saad, A. Watson) – 20:56 6–0 6–1 22:03 – Z. Girgensons (K. Pelšs, T. Blugers) B. Arnold (K. Rau) – 25:38 7–1 A. Clendening (A. Watson, B. Saad) – 32:08 8–1 K. Rau (A. Watson, J. Trouba) (PP) – 33:05 9–1 N. Bjugstad (A. Watson, S. Johns) – 35:30 10–1 N. Bjugstad (B. Saad, J. Merrill) (PP) – 36:41 11–1 A. Czarnik – 42:16 12–1 12–2 53:25 – T. Blugers
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	58	Shots	29

January 4, 2012 11:00

Latvia

2–1 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 1–0 )

Denmark

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 6,983

Game reference
	Kristers Gudļevskis	Goalies	Sebastian Feuk	Referees: Sören Persson Thomas Sterns Linesmen: Johannes Käck Milan Novák
	0–1 03:21 – O. Bjorkstrand (T. Spelling) K. Pelšs (N. Kolesnikovs, A. Salija) (PP) – 31:34 1–1 N. Jevpalovs (R. Lipsbergs) – 61:43 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	31	Shots	23

January 4, 2012 15:00

Switzerland

1–2 (1–2, 0–0, 0–0)

United States

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 10,624

Game reference
	Tim Wolf	Goalies	Jack Campbell	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Dmitry Sivov
	0–1 11:28 – A. Czarnik G. Haas (J. Vermin, C. Hächler) – 14:49 1–1 1–2 16:15 – K. Gravel (A. Clendening, T. Tynan)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	42

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Canada

5

A2

Russia (OT)

2

A2

Russia

6

B3

Czech Republic

1

A1

Sweden (OT)

1

A2

Russia

0

A1

Sweden (GWS)

3

B2

Finland

8

B2

Finland

2

A3

Slovakia

5

Third place

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

Game reference
	Sami Aittokallio	Goalies	Juraj Šimboch Dominik Riečický	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Brent Reiber Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Dmitry Sivov
	J. Armia – 04:29 1–0 1–1 14:24 – M. Chovan (R. Mráz) R. Hämäläinen (M. Kuronen) – 14:32 2–1 2–2 19:30 – M. Tvrdoň (M. Bubela, A. Jánošík) (PP) Mi. Granlund (R. Ristolainen, T. Pulkkinen) (PP) – 25:32 3–2 Ma. Granlund (Mi. Granlund) – 26:46 4–2 Ma. Granlund (Mi. Granlund) – 29:53 5–2 A. Barkov (M. Aaltonen, R. Ristolainen) – 31:45 6–2 6–3 33:36 – R. Mráz (M. Marinčin, M. Chovan) 6–4 44:59 – M. Ďaloga (M. Daňo) J. Donskoi (PP) – 52:51 7–4 T. Pulkkinen (Mi. Granlund, Ma. Granlund) (PP2) – 53:38 8–4 8–5 59:30 – M. Daňo (R. Mráz, T. Jurčo)
	8 min	Penalties	51 min
	38	Shots	29

January 2, 2012 19:00

Russia

2–1 OT (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 16,681

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevski	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Derek Zalaski Linesmen: Chris Carlson Andre Schrader
	0–1 27:16 – J. Culek (T. Hertl, D. Jaškin) D. Apalkov (S. Barbashev, Z. Arzamastsev) – 32:47 1–1 G. Zheldakov (N. Kucherov) – 61:30 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	45	Shots	39

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

Game reference
	Johan Gustafsson	Goalies	Sami Aittokallio	Referees: Brent Reiber Derek Zalaski Linesmen: Chris Carlson Kiel Murchison
	0–1 18:29 – A. Ruuttu (M. Aaltonen, A. Barkov) 0–2 35:30 – J. Armia W. Karlsson (J. Larsson, M. Friberg) (PP) – 43:11 1–2 M. Friberg (J. Sundström) – 58:16 2–2
	S. Collberg M. Friberg F. Forsberg	Shootout	J. Armia J. Donskoi Mi. Granlund
	0 min	Penalties	16 min
	58	Shots	24

January 3, 2012 19:00

Canada

5–6 (0–2, 1–3, 4–1)

Russia

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 19,289

Game reference
	Scott Wedgewood Mark Visentin	Goalies	Andrei Vasilevskiy Andrey Makarov	Referees: Ian Croft Jyri Petteri Ronn Linesmen: Andre Schrader Christopher Woodworth
	0–1 7:26 – E. Kuznetsov (N. Yakupov) 0–2 13:50 – N. Nesterov (G. Zheldakov) (PP) B. Connolly (F. Hamilton, J. Huberdeau) – 22:37 1–2 1–3 24:24 – E. Kuznetsov (A. Khokhlachev, N. Yakupov) 1–4 28:48 – E. Kuznetsov (N. Yakupov, A. Sergeyev) 1–5 30:30 – A. Khokhlachev (E. Kuznetsov, N. Yakupov) (PP) 1–6 47:54 – N. Kucherov (M. Grigorenko) D. Hamilton (M. Scheifele, R. Strome) (PP) – 49:20 2–6 J. Schwartz (B. Gallagher) – 49:43 3–6 B. Gallagher (D. Hamilton) – 51:59 4–6 B. Gormley (B. Gallagher) (PP) – 54:17 5–6
	55 min	Penalties	16 min
	56	Shots	24

Fifth place game

January 4, 2012 19:00

Czech Republic

5–2 (3–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Slovakia

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 12,923

Game reference
	Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Juraj Šimboch	Referees: Devin Klein Mikael Nord Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Hannu Sormunen
	R. Faksa (D. Krejčí) – 05:15 1–0 P. Holík (P. Straka, J. Sekáč) – 13:37 2–0 V. Mozík (D. Krejčí, P. Holík) (PP2) – 16:46 3–0 3–1 34:17 – M. Bubela (M. Ďaloga) D. Uher (T. Hertl) – 36:23 4–1 T. Filippi (V. Mozík, D. Uher) (PP) – 42:32 5–1 5–2 46:24 – M. Chovan (M. Bubela)
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	46	Shots	31

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2012 13:30

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

Scotiabank Saddledome Attendance: 18,595

Game reference
	Mark Visentin	Goalies	Sami Aittokallio	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Ian Croft Linesmen: Andre Schrader Christopher Woodworth
	T. Pearson (D. Hamilton, M. Scheifele) (PP) – 09:08 1–0 M. Scheifele (T. Pearson) – 25:35 2–0 Q. Howden (F. Hamilton, R. Murray) (PP) – 39:29 3–0 Q. Howden (M. Stone, F. Hamilton) – 57:35 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	27

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

Game reference
	Johan Gustafsson	Goalies	Andrey Makarov	Referees: Brent Reiber Derek Zalaski Linesmen: Chris Carlson Kiel Murchison
	M. Zibanejad (P. Nemeth) – 70:09 Goals
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	58	Shots	17

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Evgeny Kuznetsov led the tournament with 13 points

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Russia	7	6	7	13	+6	4
2	Max Friberg	Sweden	6	9	2	11	+4	22
3	Mikael Granlund	Finland	7	2	9	11	+4	0
4	Mark Stone	Canada	6	7	3	10	+10	2
5	Teemu Pulkkinen	Finland	7	6	4	10	+4	2
6	Ryan Strome	Canada	6	3	6	9	+9	8
6	Austin Watson	United States	6	3	6	9	+6	0
8	Nikita Gusev	Russia	7	3	6	9	+5	0
9	Jonathan Huberdeau	Canada	6	1	8	9	+8	16
10	Nail Yakupov	Russia	7	0	9	9	+4	6

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
1	Andrei Vasilevski	Russia	298:31	10	2.01	95.31	2
2	Mark Visentin	Canada	200:08	5	1.43	94.38	1
3	Sami Aittokallio	Finland	310:00	13	2.52	93.69	1
4	Petr Mrázek	Czech Republic	361:30	15	2.49	92.79	1
5	Scott Wedgewood	Canada	148:48	6	2.42	91.55	1

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: Evgeny Kuznetsov

All-star team

• Goaltender: Petr Mrázek
• Defencemen: Brandon Gormley, Oscar Klefbom
• Forwards: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Max Friberg, Mikael Granlund

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Petr Mrázek
• Defenceman: Brandon Gormley
• Forward: Evgeny Kuznetsov

Final standings

Rank Team  Sweden  Russia  Canada 4th  Finland 5th  Czech Republic 6th  Slovakia 7th  United States 8th   Switzerland 9th  Latvia 10th  Denmark Relegated to the 2013 Division I A

2012 Junior Ice Hockey World champions  Sweden Second title

Canada poses for a team photo after winning the bronze medal

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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 #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 #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

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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.^[15]

Division I

Main article: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from December 11 to December 17, 2011.^[16]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany (H)	5	5	0	0	0	34	9	+25	15	Promoted to the 2013 Top Division
2	Belarus	5	3	0	1	1	21	10	+11	10
3	Norway	5	3	0	0	2	19	13	+6	9
4	Slovenia	5	1	2	0	2	16	12	+4	7
5	Austria	5	1	0	1	3	11	26	−15	4
6	Great Britain	5	0	0	0	5	6	37	−31	0	Relegated to the 2013 Division I B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from December 12 to December 18, 2011.^[17]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	France	5	4	0	0	1	19	6	+13	12	Promoted to the 2013 Division I A
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	1	1	9	7	+2	10
3	Italy	5	2	1	0	2	14	9	+5	8
4	Poland (H)	5	2	0	1	2	16	12	+4	7
5	Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	12	25	−13	6
6	Japan	5	0	1	0	4	9	20	−11	2	Relegated to the 2013 Division II A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division II

Main article: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Division II A

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ukraine (H)	5	3	2	0	0	24	10	+14	13	Promoted to the 2013 Division I B
2	Lithuania	5	3	0	2	0	19	11	+8	11
3	Hungary	5	2	1	0	2	24	15	+9	8
4	Spain	5	2	0	0	3	14	22	−8	6
5	Netherlands	5	1	1	0	3	9	23	−14	5
6	South Korea	5	0	0	2	3	9	18	−9	2	Relegated to the 2013 Division II B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 10 to 16 December 2011.^[19]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Romania	5	5	0	0	0	44	9	+35	15	Promoted to the 2013 Division II A
2	Estonia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	51	14	+37	12
3	Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	18	26	−8	9
4	Belgium	5	1	1	0	3	17	23	−6	5
5	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	12	36	−24	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	1	4	5	39	−34	1	Relegated to the 2013 Division III

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division III

Main article: 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from January 16 to January 22, 2012.^[20] Although originally scheduled to participate, North Korea withdrew from the tournament for unspecified reasons.^[21]

Pos	Team v t e	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