2012 IIHF World U20 Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Canada
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| Dates | December 26 – January 5 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue(s) |
Scotiabank Saddledome and Rexall Place (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 Sweden (2nd title)
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Runner-up 
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 Russia
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Third place 
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Canada
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| Fourth place |
 Finland
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 230 (7.42 per match) |
| Attendance | 455,342 (14,688 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Evgeny Kuznetsov (13 points)
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| MVP |
Evgeny Kuznetsov
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The 2012 IIHF U20 World Championship was the 36th World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (WJHC). It was hosted in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It began on December 26, 2011, and ended with the gold medal game played in Calgary on January 5, 2012. Sweden defeated defending-champion Russia 1–0 in overtime to win their first title in 31 years. Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov was named MVP of the tournament. Denmark was relegated to Division I and Germany was promoted to the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Canada missed the final for the first time in 11 years when they lost 6–5 against Russia in a semifinal in which Canada were down 6–1 halfway through the third period. However, the Canadians extended their consecutive medal streak at the tournament to 14 (5 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze) with a 4–0 victory over Finland in the bronze medal game. The fourth-place finish for Finland was their best result in the tournament since 2006. The United States ended up in the relegation round for the first time since 1999.
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