| Tourney Name: | IIHF U18 World Championship |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Size: | 155px |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Dates: | 12–22 April 2012 |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Type: | ih18 |
| Winners: | USA |
| Count: | 7 |
| Second: | SWE |
| Third: | CAN |
| Fourth: | FIN |
| Games: | 31 |
| Goals: | 209 |
| Scoring Leader: |  Mathew Dumba (12 points) |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 14th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted in Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav, Czech Republic.[1] It began on 12 April 2012 with the gold medal game played on 22 April 2012.[2]
Brno and Znojmo were originally to co-host, but a schedule change became necessary when Kometa Brno unexpectedly advanced to the Czech Extraliga finals, making their home ice unavailable to the tournament on three days.
The United States defeated Sweden 7–0 in the final to win their seventh title.[3] Canada captured the bronze medal by beating Finland 5–4 in overtime.[4]
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)
| width=15 | ! | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | ||
| 5th | ||
| 6th | ||
| 7th | ||
| 8th | ||
| 9th | ||
| 10th |
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +2 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +4 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +4 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +1 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +8 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +2 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +5 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +2 | 4 |
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300:00 | 116 | 4 | 0.80 | 96.55 | 3 | ||
| 272:47 | 143 | 9 | 1.98 | 93.71 | 1 | ||
| 299:20 | 141 | 11 | 2.20 | 92.20 | 1 | ||
| 419:51 | 210 | 19 | 2.72 | 90.95 | 0 | ||
| 276:12 | 193 | 18 | 3.91 | 90.67 | 0 |
Best players selected by the directorate:[5]
Best players of each team
Best players of each team selected by the coaches.[6]
| Team | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Mathew Dumba Matt Murray Adam Pelech | ||
| Petr Šidlík Jakub Vrána Dominik Simon | ||
| Oliver Bjorkstrand Kristoffer Lauridsen Bjørn Uldall | ||
| Henrik Happala Rasmus Kulmala Artturi Lehkonen | ||
| Marcel Kurth Lennart Palausch Sven Ziegler | ||
| Georgs Golovkovs Teodors Bļugers Rūdolfs Kalvītis | ||
| Anton Slepyshev Alexander Barabanov Bogdan Yakimov | ||
| Lucas Balmelli Samuel Kreis Nico Dunner | ||
| Oscar Dansk Hampus Lindholm Sebastian Collberg | ||
| Seth Jones Matt Lane Collin Olson |
The tournament was played in Piešťany, Slovakia, from 11 to 17 April 2012.[7]
The tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 11 to 17 April 2012.[8]
The tournament was played in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, from 31 March to 6 April 2012.[9]
The tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 20 to 26 March 2012.[10]
The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 12 to 18 March 2012.[11]