Ice Hockey World Championship 2012

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The 2012 Ice Hockey World Championships were held by the International Ice Hockey Federation in five different age and gender categories. A total of 27 tournaments are held in all divisions.

The tournaments at a glance

Men's World Cup

The 76th Men's Ice Hockey World Championship is jointly hosted by Finland ( Helsinki ) and Sweden ( Stockholm ). Originally the tournament was given to Finland; Sweden was clearly defeated by 35 to 64 votes in the vote on the award of the World Cup, which took place during the annual meeting of the World Ice Hockey Federation IIHF on May 11, 2007 in Moscow . At the IIHF annual meeting in 2009, IIHF, Finland and Sweden announced that the two countries will host the 2012 and 2013 tournaments together. This was the first time since 1930 that the World Cup was held in more than one country.

Originally, the Czech Republic ( Prague and Ostrava ), Denmark ( Copenhagen ) and Hungary ( Budapest and Székesfehérvár ) also applied to host the event, but withdrew their application before the vote. Finland last hosted the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2003 .

The world championship will be played with a new mode for the first time. The preliminary round is played in two rounds with eight teams each. The first four teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals, the previous intermediate round is not applicable. The last of each group are relegated to Division I.

A new mode is also planned for the lower divisions. In these, the 12 teams are divided into a stronger group A and a weaker group B. A promotion to the next higher division is only possible from group A, accordingly there is promotion and relegation between group A and group B. The same rule also applies to the Junior World Championships.

Venues and dates

The final round of the Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2012 took place from May 4 to 20, 2012 in Helsinki , Finland and Stockholm , Sweden .

The other tournaments took place in the following locations:

U20 juniors

The 35th U20 Ice Hockey World Championship was held in 2012 for the fourth time in a row on the American continent and for the third time in these four years in Canada . The venues are Calgary and Edmonton in the province of Alberta .

Venues and dates

U18 juniors

The 14th Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 juniors was held in 2012 in the Czech cities of Brno , Břeclav and Znojmo .

Venues and dates
  • Division III:
    • Group A: March 12-18, 2012 in Sofia , Bulgaria
    • Group B: The tournament was canceled without replacement due to several withdrawals or denied starting permits by the world association.

Women's World Cup

The 15th Women's Ice Hockey World Championship was held in the United States in 2012 . This was also decided at the annual IIHF congress in Moscow. In January 2011, Burlington , Vermont, was selected as the venue.

Venues and dates

U18 juniors

The 5th Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 women was held in 2012 in the Czech cities of Zlín and Přerov .

Venues and dates
  • Division I: December 29, 2011 to January 4, 2012 in Tromsø , Norway
  • Division I qualification: November 29, 2011 to December 4, 2011 in Asiago , Italy

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2008 General Congress News. In: iihf.com. May 31, 2007, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  2. ^ FIN-SWE to co-host two worlds. In: iihf.com. May 8, 2009, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ International Ice Hockey Federation har netop udsendt flg.pressemeddelse. In: danskesportsjournalister.dk. January 15, 2007, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b New format for IIHF Worlds - Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee. In: en.olympic.cn. September 20, 2010, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  5. ^ Burlington gets World Women's. In: iihf.com. January 19, 2011, accessed February 1, 2017 .