2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

The 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A and Division I B represent the second and third tier of the IIHF Women's World Championship.
In 2011, these tournaments were known as Division I and Division II.

Division I Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Ventspils, Latvia, from 25 to 31 March 2012. The winners, the Czech Republic, were promoted to the Top Division for 2013, while the bottom-ranked team, Kazakhstan, were relegated to Group B for 2013.

Final standings

Match results

''All times are local.''

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Radka Lhotská		288:36	4	0.83	96.15	1
2	Jorid Dagfinrud		241:05	5	1.24	94.62	1
3	Azusa Nakaoku		239:51	8	2.00	94.12	0
4	Paula Marchhart		266:15	12	2.70	92.90	0
5	Lolita Andriševska		211:33	12	3.40	92.59	0

TOI = Time on ice ; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Directorate Awards

Goaltender: Radka Lhotská,
Defenseman: Trine Martens,
Forward: Denise Altmann,

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Division I Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Hull, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 April 2012. The winners, Denmark, moved up to Group A for 2013, while the last-placed team, Italy, were relegated to Division II Group A. Denmark won the three way tie-breaker with France and China by virtue of having a superior goal differential in the games those three nations played against each other. Relegation was decided in similar fashion, by breaking a three way tie between Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Italy.