2012 IIHF Women's World Championship


The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2013 competition, and the 2014 Olympics.
Canada won their tenth title by defeating the United States 5–4 in overtime. Caroline Ouellette scored the decisive goal. The Americans defeated the Canadians 9–2 in the group stage earlier in the tournament. The Swiss team, by finishing third, captured their first ever Women's World Championship medal.

Top Division

The Top Division was contested between eight teams from April 7 to April 14, 2012. The event was hosted by USA Hockey in Burlington, Vermont. A new format was used where the top four ranked teams were placed in Group A and were automatically qualified for the final round, and played in the preliminary round was only used to determine seeding for the next round. The top two teams received a bye into the semifinals. Meanwhile, the next four teams played the preliminary round in Group B. The top two teams from Group B joined the others for the final round, while the bottom two team played a best-of-three series, with the loser being relegated next year.
Group A
Group B
Each teams roster for the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters and 2 goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All eight participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting on 6 April 2012.

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are local.

Group B

All times are local.

Relegation series

Best of three.
All times are local.
All times are local.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

Scoring leaders

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIM
Monique Lamoureux-Kolls57714+96
Kelli Stack55813+62
Brianna Decker54610+136
Amanda Kessel53710+90
Hayley Wickenheiser53710+44
Kendall Coyne5459+100
Jocelyne Lamoureux5459+78
Caroline Ouellette5459+66
Jayna Hefford5369+74
Gigi Marvin5369+42
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
PlayerTOISAGAGAASv%SO
Sara Grahn120:015431.5094.440
Florence Schelling228:23183143.6892.350
Zuzana Tomčíková304:43177142.7692.090
Kim Martin179:486051.6791.670
Viona Harrer185:008272.2791.460
TOI = Time On Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Tournament Awards

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Hull, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 April 2012.

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 25 to 31 March 2012.

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Seoul, South Korea, from 10 to 16 March 2012.