2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

The 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A and Division II B represent the fourth and fifth tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.

Previously, these tournaments were known as Division III and Division IV.

Division II Group A
The Division II Group A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 25 to 31 March 2012. The winners, North Korea, were promoted to Division I B for 2013, while the bottom-ranked team, Croatia, were relegated to Division II B for 2013.

Final standings


Match results
All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Scoring leaders
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Goaltender: Kristy Bruske,
 * Defenseman: Kim Un-ae,
 * Forward: Alexandra Huszák,

Division II Group B
The Division II Group B tournament was played in Seoul, South Korea, from 10 to 16 March 2012. The winners, Poland, were promoted to Division II A for 2013. While the rules stated that the 5th and 6th placed teams in Group B must enter a qualification tournament for next year if more member nations apply to compete, this did not happen.

Final standings


Match results
All times are local (Korea Standard Time – UTC+9).

Scoring leaders
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Source: IIHF.com

Directorate Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Goaltender: Shin So-jung,
 * Defenseman: Anna Ágústsdóttir,
 * Forward: Karolina Pozniewska,

Division II Group B Qualification
The Division II Group B Qualification was cancelled in August 2011 due to a number of nations declining to participate. , which lost 2011 Division IV, and, which was scheduled to host the 2012 Division II Group B Qualification, were placed into 2012 Division II Group B without qualification. The qualification was scheduled to include the following: