2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
The 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the fifth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic. It began on December 31, 2011 with the gold medal game played on January 7, 2012.
Canada won the title for the second time after defeating United States 3–0 in the final. Sweden captured the bronze medal with a 4–1 victory over Germany.
With an attendance of 17,480, the tournament set a record for most-attended IIHF U18 World Women's Championship. The previous record holder was the inaugural championship.
Top Division
Preliminary round
All times are local.| Teams advanced to Semifinals | |
| Teams advanced to Quarterfinals | |
| Teams played in the Relegation round |
Group A
All games are being played at Zlín.| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
Group B
All games are being played at Přerov.| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 3 |
Relegation round
The teams played a best-of-three series.All times are local.
is relegated to Division I for the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.
Final round
All times are local.Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final standings
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Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
 Haley Skarupa | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 | +11 | 0 | FW |
| Anne Pankowski | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +13 | 2 | FW |
 Phoebe Stänz | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 12 | FW |
| Alexandra Carpenter | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +14 | 2 | FW |
| Isabel Waidacher | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +1 | 4 | FW |
| Maryanne Kennedy-Menefee | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +12 | 2 | FW |
 Kerstin Spielberger | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | FW |
| Paige Savage | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +10 | 2 | FW |
| Marie Delarbre | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 10 | FW |
 Liudmila Belyakova | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 6 | FW |
 Cayley Mercer | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +8 | 0 | FW |
| Laura Stacey | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +9 | 4 | FW |
| Sarah Lefort | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 4 | FW |
Source:
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.| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Elaine Chuli | 120:00 | 0 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 2 |
| Emerance Maschmeyer | 180:00 | 1 | 0.33 | 98.44 | 2 |
| Franziska Albl | 238:41 | 11 | 2.77 | 94.55 | 0 |
 Isabella Portnoj | 247:27 | 10 | 2.42 | 93.46 | 1 |
| Margarita Monakhova | 341:45 | 24 | 4.21 | 91.14 | 0 |
Source:
Tournament awards
Best players selected by the directorate:- Best Goaltender: Franziska Albl
- Best Defenceman: Erin Ambrose
- Best Forward: Alex Carpenter
Division I
The qualification tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 29 November to 4 December 2011. The final tournament was played in Tromsø, Norway, from 29 December 2011 to 4 January 2012.Qualification tournament
Final tournament
| Promoted to the 2013 Top Division | Relegated to the 2013 Division I Qualification |