The 2012 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I tournament was the fourth Division I tournament of the U18 Women's World Championship in

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(IIHF). For 2012, Division I comprised two events – a qualification tournament for Division I and the Division I tournament. The qualification tournament represented the lowest competition tier of the 2012 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship and the Division I tournament represented the second tier. The qualification tournament was played in

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, from 29 November to 4 December 2011. The Division I tournament was played in

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from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012. Hungary won both the Division I qualification tournament and the Division I tournament itself in what was described as the "biggest success in Hungarian women's hockey." After winning all ten of their games across the qualification and Division I tournament combined, the Hungarians earned the opportunity to compete against the elite hockey nations in the 2013 Top Division tournament, for which more than fifteen of the twenty players from the 2012 roster remained eligible.

Qualification tournament

Final standings

Final tournament

Final standings

Results

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Awards and statistics

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate Best player of each team selected by coaches

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. All players are listed in the event of a tie in points.

Leading goaltenders

Only the goaltenders who played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list, sorted by save percentage.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship - Division I

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Sports competitions in Asiago