2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2012, a new format was introduced to the IIHF World Junior Championships, therefore Division I A and Division I B now represent the second and third tiers of the IIHF World Junior Championship. Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower level. This year, for the first time, the winner of Group B was promoted to Group A and the winner of Group A was promoted to the next year's Top Division. Previously, the winners of both groups were promoted to the Top Division.

Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2011.

Final standings


Match results
''All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)''

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

IIHF Best Players awards

 * Goaltender: 🇩🇪 Mathias Niederberger
 * Defenceman: 🇩🇪 Konrad Abeltshauser
 * Forward: 🇳🇴 Sondre Olden

Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 12 to 18 December 2011.

Final standings


Match results
''All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)''

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

IIHF Best Players awards

 * Goaltender: 🇰🇿 Pavel Poluektov
 * Defenceman: 🇫🇷 Aziz Baazzi
 * Forward: Borna Rendulic