2012 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship
The 2012 U18 IIHF Women's World Championship was the fifth IIHF U18 Women's World Championship and was hosted in Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic. It began on 31 December 2011 with the gold medal game played on 7 January 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 Women's World Championship. The previous record holder was the inaugural championship.
Top Division
Preliminary round
''All times are local.''Group A
All games are being played at Zlín.Group B
All games are being played at Přerov.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.''Ranking and statistics
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 |
 Leading goaltendersOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
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