2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, between 17 and 22 January 2012. The Division III represents the sixth tier of the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

This year, only the first-placed team advanced to Division II B for 2013, previously, the top two teams gained promotion to Division II. Although originally scheduled to participate, North Korea withdrew from the tournament for unspecified reasons. Iceland won the tournament and was promoted to Division II B for the 2013 World Juniors.

Final standings


Match results
All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13).

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

IIHF Best Player Awards
The following players were selected as the best at their position by the IIHF directorate:
 * Goaltender: 🇨🇳 Xia Shengrong
 * Defenceman: 🇮🇸 Ingolfur Eliasson
 * Forward: 🇨🇳 Zhang Cheng

Division III Champion