Ice Hockey World Championship 2012

	Ice Hockey World Championship for women
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	Winner: Canada

The 15th Women's Ice Hockey World Championships of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the Ice Hockey World Championships of 2012 . Between March 25 and April 15, 2012, a total of 32 national teams took part in the five tournaments of the top division and divisions I and II.

The world champion was the tenth time the Canadian team , which defeated the arch-rivals from the United States 5: 4 in extra time in the final . The German team managed by the rise in the previous year in the league in the top division and finished seventh, which Switzerland won by the victory in the match for third place its first World Cup bronze medal at all, confirming the upward trend of the previous year. Austria finished fourth in Division IA and came twelfth in the final ranking of the World Cup.

Overview of women's world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Burlington	0Apr 7, 2012 - Apr 14, 2012	8th	28,605	21st	1,362
Division IA	Ventspils	25th Mar 2012 - March 31 2012	6th	2,047	15th	136
Division IB	Kingston upon Hull	0Apr 9, 2012 - Apr 15, 2012	6th	3,921	1	261
Division II A	Maribor	25th Mar 2012 - March 31 2012	6th	5,565	15th	371
Division II B	Seoul	10 Mar 2012 - March 16 2012	6th	3,900	15th	260

Participants, venues and periods

The previous divisions I and II became division I groups A and B. The previous divisions III and IV became division II groups A and B. Division IV was to be replaced by qualification for division II group B.

• Top Division: April 7-14 , 2012 in Burlington , Vermont , USA

  Participants: Germany (promoted) , Finland , Canada , Russia , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , USA (defending champion)         

• Division I.
  • Group A: March 25th to 31st, 2012 in Ventspils , Latvia

    Participants: Japan (first participation since 2010) , Kazakhstan (relegated) , Latvia , Norway , Austria , Czech Republic (promoted)        

  • Group B: April 9-15, 2012 in Kingston upon Hull , England , UK

    Participants: People's Republic of China (relegated) , Denmark , France , Great Britain , Italy , Netherlands (promoted)       

• Division II
  • Group A: March 25th to 31st, 2012 in Maribor , Slovenia

    Participants: Australia , Croatia , New Zealand (promoted) , North Korea (relegated) , Slovenia , Hungary        

  • Group B: March 10-16, 2012 in Seoul , South Korea

    Participants: Belgium (relegated) , Iceland , Poland (promoted) , Spain (automatic qualifier) , South Africa (automatic qualifier) , South Korea          

Last year's participants Bulgaria , Ireland and Turkey subsequently withdrew their registered teams for qualifying for Group B of Division II. The teams of Mexico's team, which was registered for the first time for qualifying for Group B of Division II , did not receive a start permit or also withdrew. Thus, the remaining participants Spain and South Africa moved up to group B.       

Top division

2012 Women's World Cup
Number of nations	8th
World Champion	Canada
silver	United States
bronze	Switzerland
Relegated	Slovakia
Venue (s)	Burlington , Vermont , USA
opening	April 7, 2012
Endgame	April 14, 2012
spectator	28,605 (1,362 per game)
Gates	141 (6.71 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Florence Schelling
Best defender	Jenni Hiirikoski
Best striker	Kelli Stack
Top scorer	Monique Lamoureux-Kolls (14 points)

The women's world championship was held from April 7th to 14th, 2012 in the US city ​​of Burlington in the state of Vermont . The game was played in the Gutterson Fieldhouse (4,035 seats) at the University of Vermont and in the Cairns Arena in South Burlington with 600 seats.

The World Cup, the last of their results IIHF World Ranking before the start of qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia's Sochi emerged was the final opportunity to qualify as one of the six best teams after the World Cup directly on the world ranking placement for the Winter Games .

Eight national teams took part in the tournament, and for the first time they are playing in two performance-based groups of four teams each. The four semi-finalists from the previous year made up group A. The numbers in brackets indicate the positions in the IIHF world rankings .

Group A	Group B
USA (1)	Sweden (4)
Canada (2)	Switzerland (6)
Finland (3)	Slovakia (8)
Russia (5)	Germany (10)

mode

After the group matches of the preliminary round, the group first and second in group A qualify directly for the semi-finals. The third and fourth of the same group reach the quarter-finals. In group B, this applies to the group first and second. The teams in the quarterfinals each play a qualifying game for participation in the semi-finals. The third and fourth in Group B contest a best-of-three round for seventh place and relegation to Division IA.

Venues

Burlington , Vermont	Burlington South Burlington World Championship venues	South Burlington , Vermont
Gutterson Fieldhouse Capacity: 4,035		Cairns Arena Capacity: 600

Preliminary round

Group A

April 7, 2012 3:00 p.m. (local time)

April 7, 2012 9:00 p.m. ( CEST )

Finland R. Lindstedt (29:59) K. Rantamäki (38:08) N. Tikkinen (41:25) N. Tikkinen (50:24) K. Rantamäki (51:05)

5: 4 (0: 2, 2: 0, 3: 2) game report

Russia G. Skiba (3:42) I. Djubanok (18:30) J. Lebedewa (42:01) T. Burina (53:52)

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 1,494

April 7, 2012 7:00 p.m.

April 8, 2012 1:00 am

USA J. Lamoureux (0:37) H. Knight (1:24) M. Lamoureux-Kolls (3:32) J. Chu (4:52) M. Lamoureux-Kolls (5:32) J. Lamoureux (23 : 10) J. Pucci (45:29) H. Knight (47:38) M. Lamoureux-Kolls (51:17)

9: 2 (5: 0, 1: 2, 3: 0) match report

Canada N. Spooner (20:39) M.-P. Poulin (37:03)

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 3,970

April 8, 2012 3:00 p.m.

April 8, 2012 9:00 p.m.

Canada L. Fortino (14:12) C. Ouellette (20:13) G. Apps (49:14)

3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

Finland V. Hovi (33:50) K. Rantamäki (50:28)

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 1,499

April 8, 2012 7:00 p.m.

April 9, 2012 1:00 am

USA H. Knight (1:42) A. Kessel (13:47) M. Lamoureux-Kolls (25:18) A. Kessel (39:03) H. Knight (40:54) M. Bozek (43:36 ) J. Lamoureux (46:51) K. Coyne (52:46) B. Decker (55:46)

9: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 5: 0) game report

Russia

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 2,242

April 10, 2012 3:00 p.m.

April 10, 2012 at 9:00 p.m.

Canada M.-P. Poulin (3:55) H. Wickenheiser (7:14) N. Spooner (9:44) J. Hefford (13:23) M. Agosta (14:56) N. Spooner (19:00) N. Spooner ( 28:02) G. Apps (29:10) L. Rougeau (31:10) M. Agosta (34:28) J. Wakefield (37:16) R. Johnston (43:35) H. Wickenheiser (45: 52) J. Hefford (53:35)

14: 1 (6: 0, 5: 0, 3: 1) game report

Russia A. Goncharenko (49:00)

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 1398

April 10, 2012 7:00 p.m.

April 11, 2012 1:00 am

Finland

0:11 (0: 2, 0: 6, 0: 3) game report

USA M. Lamoureux-Kolls (6:24) K. Stack (11:47) H. Knight (23:05) K. Stack (24:51) M. Lamoureux-Kolls (25:25) B. Decker (25 : 50) K. Stack (32:16) J. Pucci (35:05) K. Coyne (42:53) M. Lamoureux-Kolls (46:06) A. Kessel (52:07)

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 2,356

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	0	29: 02	9
2.	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	19:12	6th
3.	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	07:18	3
4th	Russia	3	0	0	0	3	05:28	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: semi-final qualifier , quarter-final qualifier

Group B

April 7, 2012 1:00 p.m.

April 7, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Slovakia I. Karafiátová (21:20)

1: 5 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 3) game report

Sweden E. Holmlöv (18:51) A. Svedin (30:25) J. Asserholt (47:41) J. Olofsson (51:44) E. Udén Johansson (52:59)

Cairns Arena, South Burlington Spectators: 302

April 7, 2012 5:00 p.m.

April 7, 2012 11:00 PM

Switzerland J. Marty (19:46) N. Bullo (38:05)

2: 3 (1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0) match report

Germany M. Bittner (16:49) S. Weyand (22:11) J. Zorn (37:32)

Cairns Arena, South Burlington Spectators: 277

April 8, 2012 1:00 p.m.

April 8, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Sweden E. Holst (46:53) E. Holmlöv (60:24)

2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Germany J. Zorn (59:12)

Cairns Arena, South Burlington Spectators: 342

April 8, 2012 5:00 p.m.

April 8, 2012 11:00 p.m.

Switzerland D. Leimgruber (8:35) J. Marty (43:25)

2: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) match report

Slovakia J. Kapustová (25:32)

Cairns Arena, South Burlington spectators: 200

April 10, 2012 1:00 p.m.

April 10, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Sweden J. Asserholt (4:16) E. Holst (48:55)

2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 2) game report

Switzerland K. Lehmann (14:52) J. Marty (42:42) S. Benz (56:52)

Cairns Arena, South Burlington Spectators: 325

April 10, 2012 5:00 p.m.

April 10, 2012 11:00 pm

Germany L. Schuster (39:50) B. Evers (43:56)

2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1) game report

Slovakia N. Čupková (18:29) M. Veličková (24:10) J. Kapustová (31:11) N. Čupková (49:39)

Cairns Arena, South Burlington Spectators: 237

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	07: 06	6th
2.	Sweden	3	1	1	0	1	09: 05	5
3.	Germany	3	1	0	1	1	06: 08	4th
4th	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	06: 09	3

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

The relegation round was held in the " best-of-three " mode. This is where the third and fourth placed in Group B met. The team that won two out of a maximum of three games stayed in the World Cup group, the loser was relegated to Division IA.

April 11, 2012 5:00 p.m. (local time)

April 11, 2012 11:00 PM (CEST)

Germany J. Zorn (27:57) M. Anwander (PS)

2: 1 n.P. (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0

Slovakia M. Veličková (5:31)

Cairns Arena, South Burlington Spectators: 174

April 13, 2012 1:00 p.m.

April 13, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Slovakia N. Čupková (46:45)

1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1) Match report as of: 0: 2

Germany J. Zorn (4:20) M. Anwander (38:17) T. Eisenschmid (54:02)

Cairns Arena, South Burlington Spectators: 187

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

United States

10

A4

Russia

2

B1

Switzerland

0

B1

Switzerland

5

A1

United States

4th

A2

Canada

5

A2

Canada

5

A3

Finland

2

A3

Finland

1

3rd place match

B2

Sweden

1

B1

Switzerland

6th

A3

Finland

2

Play for 5th place

A4

Russia

1

B2

Sweden

2

Quarter finals

April 11, 2012 3:00 p.m. (local time)

April 11, 2012 9:00 p.m. (CEST)

Russia T. Burina (2:24) T. Burina (27:21)

2: 5 (1: 2, 1: 3, 0: 0) game report

Switzerland S. Marty (16:15) P. Stänz (19:34) J. Marty (22:41) E. Raselli (29:40) S. Marty (37:21)

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 1,340

April 11, 2012 7:00 p.m.

April 12, 2012 1:00 am

Finland K. Rantamäki (0:21) S. Tapani (16:58)

2: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Sweden E. Holmlöv (53:04)

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 1,633

Play for 5th place

April 13, 2012 5:00 p.m.

April 13, 2012 11:00 pm

Russia M. Sergina (49:28)

1: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Sweden P. Winberg (15:08) E. Holmlöv (60:34)

Cairns Arena, South Burlington Spectators: 261

Semifinals

April 13, 2012 3:00 p.m.

April 13, 2012 9:00 p.m.

Canada C. Ouellette (3:32) L. Fortino (4:53) M. Agosta (22:06) M.-P. Poulin (52:12) C. Birchard (58:40)

5: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

Finland K. Rantamäki (30:32)

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 1,750

April 13, 2012 7:00 p.m.

April 14, 2012 1:00 am

USA K. Stack (2:52) K. Stack (9:09) B. Decker (16:41) J. Chu (22:16) K. Coyne (29:01) G. Marvin (35:13) M Bozek (44:56) J. Pucci (45:24) E. Lawler (45:45) J. Lamoureux (49:31)

10: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0) game report

Switzerland

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 2,211

3rd place match

April 14, 2012 3:00 p.m.

April 14, 2012 9:00 p.m.

Switzerland K. Nabholz (11:25) S. Benz (19:59) S. Zollinger (29:37) K. Lehmann (50:29) A. Stiefel (53:50) E. Raselli (55:28)

6: 2 (2: 2, 1: 0, 3: 0) match report

Finland A. Rajahuhta (4:48) A. Helin (17:27)

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 2,400

final

April 14, 2012 7:00 p.m.

April 15, 2012 1:00 am

USA K. Coyne (12:54) B. Decker (36:43) G. Marvin (38:16) G. Marvin (42:57)

4: 5 a.d. (1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Canada H. Wickenheiser (7:52) J. Hefford (24:07) C. Ouellette (25:36) M. Agosta (57:22) C. Ouellette (61:50)

Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington Spectators: 4,007

statistics

Best scorers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Monique Lamoureux-Kolls	United States	5	7th	7th	14th	+9	6th
Kelli Stack	United States	5	5	8th	13	+6	2
Brianna Decker	United States	5	4th	6th	10	+13	6th
Amanda Kessel	United States	5	3	7th	10	+9	0
Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	5	3	7th	10	+4	4th
Kendall Coyne	United States	5	4th	5	9	+10	0
Jocelyne Lamoureux	United States	5	4th	5	9	+7	8th
Caroline Ouellette	Canada	5	4th	5	9	+6	6th
Jayna Hefford	Canada	5	3	6th	9	+7	4th
Gigi Marvin	United States	5	3	6th	9	+4	2

Best goalkeepers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Sara Grahn	Sweden	2	120: 01	3	0	94.44	1.50
Florence Schelling	Switzerland	5	288: 23	16	0	93.19	3.33
Zuzana Tomčíková	Slovakia	5	304: 43	14th	0	92.09	2.76
Kim Martin	Sweden	3	179: 48	5	0	91.67	1.67
Viona Harrer	Germany	3	185: 00	7th	0	91.46	2.27
Noora Räty	Finland	4th	234: 48	15th	0	90.32	3.83
Molly Schaus	United States	3	181: 50	7th	1	90.00	2.31
Shannon Szabados	Canada	4th	198: 18	9	0	89.41	2.72
Anna Prugova	Russia	4th	219: 56	16	0	86.67	4.36

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Canada
2	United States
3	Switzerland
4th	Finland
5	Sweden
6th	Russia
7th	Germany
8th	Slovakia

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Meghan Agosta , Gillian Apps , Vicki Bendus , Courtney Birchard , Tessa Bonhomme , Bailey Bram , Laura Fortino , Jayna Hefford , Haley Irwin , Brianne Jenner , Rebecca Johnston , Charline Labonté , Geneviève Lacasse , Jocelyne Larocque , Meaghan Mikkelson , Caroline Ouellette , Marie- Philip Poulin , Lauriane Rougeau , Natalie Spooner , Shannon Szabados , Jennifer Wakefield , Catherine Ward , Hayley Wickenheiser Trainer: Dan Church

Silver USA

Kacey Bellamy , Megan Bozek , Hannah Brandt , Lisa Chesson , Julie Chu , Kendall Coyne , Brianna Decker , Jillian Dempsey , Amanda Kessel , Hilary Knight , Jocelyne Lamoureux , Monique Lamoureux-Kolls , Erika Lawler , Gigi Marvin , Brianne McLaughlin , Michelle Picard , Jenny Potter , Josephine Pucci , Molly Schaus , Anne Schleper , Kelli Stack , Jessie Vetter , Taylor Wasylk Trainers: Katey Stone

Bronze Switzerland

Sophie Anthamatten , Sara Benz , Nicole Bullo , Andrea Fischer , Sarah Forster , Angela Frautschi , Kathrin Lehmann , Darcia Leimgruber , Julia Marty , Stefanie Marty , Rahel Michielin , Kathrin Nabholz , Evelina Raselli , Florence Schelling , Dominique Slongo , Phoebe Stänz , Anja Stiefel , Sandra Thalmann , Martina Steck , Johanna Vuille-dit-Bille , Monika Waidacher , Nina Waidacher , Sabrina Zollinger Trainer: René Kammerer

Relegated to Division IA:	Slovakia
Promoted to the top division:	Czech Republic

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Florence Schelling	Switzerland
Best defender	Jenni Hiirikoski	Finland
Best striker	Kelli Stack	United States

All-Star Team

Attack:	Monique Lamoureux-Kolls - Kelli Stack - Hayley Wickenheiser
Defense:	Gigi Marvin - Laura Fortino
Goal:	Florence Schelling

Division I.

Group A in Ventspils, Latvia

2012 Women's World Cup, Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Czech Republic
Relegated	Kazakhstan
Venue (s)	Ventspils , Latvia
opening	March 25, 2012
Final day	March 31, 2012
spectator	2,047 (136 per game)
Gates	82 (5.47 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Radka Lhotská
Best defender	Trine Martens
Best striker	Denise Altmann
Top scorer	Andrea Dalen (9 points)

The Group A tournament was held from March 25th to 31st, 2012 in the Latvian city ​​of Ventspils . The games took place in the Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink with a capacity of 3,040 .

venue

Ventspils , Latvia

Ventspils World championship venue

Venue

Olimpiskais Centrs Ventspils Capacity: 3,040

Exterior view of the Olimpiskais Centrs

March 25, 2012 12:00 p.m. (local time)

Austria

2: 7 (1: 2, 0: 4, 1: 1) game report

Norway

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 75

March 25, 2012 3:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

3: 4 (1: 4, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

Japan

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 90

March 25, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Latvia

3: 2 n.P. (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Kazakhstan

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 282

March 26, 2012 12:00 p.m.

Norway

1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Czech Republic

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 129

March 26, 2012 3:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

2: 6 (1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report

Austria

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 82

March 26, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Japan

1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0) game report

Latvia

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 235

March 28, 2012 12:00 p.m.

Japan

3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Austria

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 78

March 28, 2012 3:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

1: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Norway

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 63

March 28, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Czech Republic

5: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

Latvia

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 242

March 30, 2012 12:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

2: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

Czech Republic

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 50

March 30, 2012 3:30 p.m.

Norway

4: 2 (2: 2, 0: 0, 2: 0) game report

Japan

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 64

March 30, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Latvia

0: 6 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 3) game report

Austria

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 270

March 31, 2012 12:00 p.m.

Japan

5: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 55

March 31, 2012 3:30 p.m.

Norway

6: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

Latvia

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 243

March 31, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Austria

1: 6 (0: 2, 0: 2, 1: 2) match report

Czech Republic

Olimpiskais Centrs ice rink, Ventspils Spectators: 89

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Czech Republic	5	4th	0	0	1	19: 08	12
2.	Norway	5	3	1	0	1	20: 07	11
3.	Japan	5	3	0	0	2	15:10	9
4th	Austria	5	2	0	0	3	16:18	6th
5.	Latvia	5	1	1	0	3	05:20	5
6th	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	2	3	07:19	2

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: promoted to the top division , relegated to the division IB

Group B in Kingston upon Hull, England, UK

2012 Women's World Cup, Division I, Group B.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Denmark
Relegated	Italy
Venue (s)	Kingston upon Hull , England , UK
opening	April 9, 2012
Final day	April 15, 2012
spectator	3,921 (261 per game)
Gates	96 (6.40 per game)
Top scorer	Henriette Østergaard (15 points)

The group B tournament was held from April 9th ​​to 15th, 2012 in Kingston upon Hull , England . The games took place in the 2,000-seat Hull Arena .

venue

Kingston upon Hull , England , UK

Kingston upon Hull World championship venue

Venue

Hull Arena Capacity: 2,000

Exterior view of the Hull Arena

April 9, 2012 2:00 p.m. (local time)

Italy

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

France

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 150

April 9, 2012 5:30 p.m.

Netherlands

1: 7 (0: 3, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report

People's Republic of China

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 200

April 9, 2012 9:00 p.m.

Great Britain

2: 5 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 5) game report

Denmark

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull spectators: 550

April 10, 2012 2 p.m.

Denmark

12: 0 (4: 0, 2: 0, 6: 0) game report

Netherlands

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 81

April 10, 2012 5:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

4: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Italy

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 201

April 10, 2012 at 9:00 p.m.

France

5: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

Great Britain

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 201

April 12, 2012 2:00 p.m.

Netherlands

5: 0 (0: 0, 5: 0, 0: 0) game report

Italy

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 150

April 12, 2012 5:30 p.m.

France

0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 4) game report

Denmark

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 151

April 12, 2012 9:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China

3: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Great Britain

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 501

April 14, 2012 2:00 p.m.

Denmark

2: 4 (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report

People's Republic of China

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 151

April 14, 2012 5:30 p.m.

France

9: 1 (2: 1, 3: 0, 4: 0) match report

Netherlands

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 180

April 14, 2012 9:00 p.m.

Italy

4: 2 (2: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0) game report

Great Britain

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 501

April 15, 2012 2:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China

3: 4 (2: 2, 0: 0, 1: 2) game report

France

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 152

April 15, 2012 5:30 p.m.

Denmark

7: 0 (1: 0, 5: 0, 1: 0) game report

Italy

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 251

April 15, 2012 at 9:00 p.m.

Great Britain

6: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Netherlands

Hull Arena, Kingston upon Hull Spectators: 501

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Denmark	5	4th	0	0	1	31: 06	12
2.	People's Republic of China	5	4th	0	0	1	21: 08	12
3.	France	5	4th	0	0	1	22: 09	12
4th	Great Britain	5	1	0	0	4th	10:17	3
5.	Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4th	07:34	3
6th	Italy	5	1	0	0	4th	05:22	3

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IA , relegated to Division IIA

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IA:	Slovakia
Promoted to the top division:	Czech Republic
Relegated to Division IB:	Kazakhstan
Promoted to Division IA:	Denmark
Relegated to Division IIA:	Italy
Promoted to Division IB:	North Korea

Division II

Group A in Maribor, Slovenia

2012 Women's World Cup, Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	North Korea
Relegated	Croatia
Venue (s)	Maribor , Slovenia
opening	March 25, 2012
Final day	March 31, 2012
spectator	5,565 (371 per game)
Gates	93 (6.20 per game)
Top scorer	Ri Sol-gyong (14 points)

The group A tournament was held from March 25th to 31st, 2012 in the Slovenian city ​​of Maribor . The games took place in the 3,000-seat Ledna dvorana Tabor .

venue

Maribor , Slovenia

Maribor World championship venue

Venue

Ledna dvorana Tabor Capacity: 3,000

Interior view of the Ledna dvorana Tabor

March 25, 2012 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Australia

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Hungary

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 342

March 25, 2012 4:30 p.m.

Croatia

1: 4 (0: 1, 1: 3, 0: 0) match report

New Zealand

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 361

March 25, 2012 8:00 p.m.

North Korea

3: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

Slovenia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 410

March 26, 2012 1:00 p.m.

Australia

3: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) game report

Croatia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 334

March 26, 2012 4:30 p.m.

Hungary

4: 5 (3: 1, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report

North Korea

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 355

March 26, 2012 8:00 p.m.

New Zealand

4: 3 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 2) game report

Slovenia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 410

March 28, 2012 1:00 p.m.

North Korea

11: 1 (3: 1, 3: 0, 5: 0) game report

Croatia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 323

March 28, 2012 4:30 p.m.

Australia

7: 2 (3: 2, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

New Zealand

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 365

March 28, 2012 8:00 p.m.

Hungary

8: 0 (4: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

Slovenia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 415

March 29, 2012 1:00 p.m.

New Zealand

1: 7 (0: 2, 1: 3, 0: 2) game report

North Korea

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 325

March 29, 2012 4:30 p.m.

Croatia

0: 6 (0: 3, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report

Hungary

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 340

March 29, 2012 8:00 p.m.

Slovenia

0: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Australia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 412

March 31, 2012 1:00 p.m.

Hungary

5: 1 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) game report

New Zealand

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 335

March 31, 2012 4:30 p.m.

North Korea

7: 0 (4: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0) game report

Australia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 358

March 31, 2012 8:00 p.m.

Slovenia

3: 2 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Croatia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 480

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	North Korea	5	5	0	0	0	33: 07	15th
2.	Hungary	5	4th	0	0	1	26: 06	12
3.	Australia	5	3	0	0	2	11:12	9
4th	New Zealand	5	2	0	0	3	12:23	6th
5.	Slovenia	5	0	1	0	4th	07:18	2
6th	Croatia	5	0	0	1	4th	04:27	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IB , relegated to Division IIB

Group B in Seoul, South Korea

2012 Women's World Cup, Division II, Group B.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Poland
Venue (s)	Seoul , South Korea
opening	March 10, 2012
Final day	March 16, 2012
spectator	3,900 (260 per game)
Gates	98 (6.53 per game)
Top scorer	Karolina Późniewska (13 points)

The group B tournament was held from March 10-16, 2012 in the South Korean capital, Seoul . The games took place in the Mokdong ice rink with a capacity of 5,000 .

venue

Seoul , South Korea

Seoul World championship venue

Venue

Mokdong ice rink Capacity: 5,000

March 10, 2012 1:00 p.m. (local time)

March 10, 2012 5:00 a.m. ( CET )

Iceland

2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Belgium

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 200

March 10, 2012 4:30 p.m.

March 10, 2012 8:30 a.m.

Spain

3: 4 (0: 2, 3: 0, 0: 2) game report

Poland

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 300

March 10, 2012 8:00 p.m.

March 10, 2012 12:00 p.m.

South Korea

10: 2 (3: 0, 4: 1, 3: 1) game report

South Africa

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 800

March 11, 2012 1:00 p.m.

March 11, 2012 5:00 am

Belgium

0: 7 (0: 2, 0: 3, 0: 2) game report

Poland

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 100

March 11, 2012 4:30 p.m.

March 11, 2012 8:30 am

South Africa

0:12 (0: 1, 0: 4, 0: 7) game report

Spain

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 150

March 11, 2012 8:00 p.m.

March 11, 2012 12:00 p.m.

South Korea

2: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Iceland

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 300

March 13, 2012 1:00 p.m.

March 13, 2012 5:00 am

Belgium

6: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 4: 0) game report

South Africa

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 100

March 13, 2012 4:30 p.m.

March 13, 2012 8:30 a.m.

Iceland

2: 7 (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 5) game report

Poland

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 100

March 13, 2012 8:00 p.m.

March 13, 2012 12:00 p.m.

South Korea

1: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2) game report

Spain

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 300

March 15, 2012 1:00 p.m.

March 15, 2012 5:00 am

South Africa

2: 6 (1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 4) game report

Iceland

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 100

March 15, 2012 4:30 p.m.

March 15, 2012 8:30 a.m.

Spain

1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Belgium

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 100

March 15, 2012 8:00 p.m.

March 15, 2012 12:00 p.m.

Poland

2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

South Korea

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 300

March 16, 2012 1:00 p.m.

March 16, 2012 5:00 am

Iceland

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Spain

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 100

March 16, 2012 4:30 p.m.

March 16, 2012 8:30 a.m.

Poland

18: 0 (5: 0, 7: 0, 6: 0) game report

South Africa

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 150

March 16, 2012 8:00 p.m.

March 16, 2012 12:00 p.m.

Belgium

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

South Korea

Mokdong ice rink, Seoul Spectators: 800

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Poland	5	4th	1	0	0	38: 06	14th
2.	Spain	5	4th	0	0	1	22: 05	12
3.	South Korea	5	2	1	1	1	16: 08	9
4th	Iceland	5	2	0	1	2	11:15	7th
5.	Belgium	5	1	0	0	4th	07:12	3
6th	South Africa	5	0	0	0	5	04:52	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shootout , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IIA

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIA:	Italy
Promoted to Division IB:	North Korea
Relegated to Division IIB:	Croatia
Promoted to Division IIA:	Poland

See also

• 2012 U18 women's ice hockey world championship
• Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2012
• 2012 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2012 U18 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ stats.iihf.com, Scoring leaders (PDF; 69 kB)
2. ↑ stats.iihf.com, Goalkeepers (SVS%) (PDF; 70 kB)
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} 27 events in IIHF program. In: iihf.com. May 14, 2011, accessed February 1, 2017 . 

Web links

• Official website of the top division