2012 Junior Club World Cup
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Host country
Russia
RussiaVenue(s)Omsk Arena & Blinov Sports and Concerts Complex, Omsk
Dates18–26 August 2012[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Russia |
| Venue(s) | Omsk Arena & Blinov Sports and Concerts Complex, Omsk |
| Dates | 18–26 August 2012[1] |
| Teams | 10[2] |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Sudbury Wolves (1st title) |
Runner-up  |  Waterloo Black Hawks |
Third place  |  Linköpings HC |
| Fourth place |  Dinamo-Shinnik |
The 2012 Junior Club World Cup was the 2nd Junior Club World Cup, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 18–26 August 2012 in Omsk, Russia.
The 2012 edition of the tournament will be sanctioned by the IIHF. Omsk, the host of the 2011 Junior Club World Cup, was also host the 2012 edition.[3][4] The tournament featured the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League among other participants.[5] Originally the tournament was to be composed of 12 teams.[6] Teams from Slovakia and Switzerland however eventually did not participate in the tournament.[2]
The tournament was attended by over 30,000 fans in the historic stadium.[7]
Group A
| Team | Location | League | Affiliation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Norway national U20 team[8] |
Norway | Division IA of 2013 IIHF World U20 Championships | ||
| Dinamo-Shinnik[6][9] |
Babruysk, Belarus | Minor Hockey League | Dinamo Minsk (KHL) | |
| Omskie Yastreby[3][6] |
Omsk, Russia | Minor Hockey League | Avangard Omsk (KHL) | 2012 Kharlamov Cup Champion |
 HC Energie Karlovy Vary[10] |
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | NOEN extraliga juniorů | HC Energie Karlovy Vary (Czech Extraliga) | 2012 Czech Junior Quarter-Finalist Will join Minor Hockey League for 2012–13 season[11] |
| Waterloo Black Hawks[6][12] |
Waterloo, Iowa, United States | United States Hockey League | 2012 USHL Clark Cup Finalist |
Group B
| Team | City | League | Affiliation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denmark national U20 team[13] |
Division IA of 2013 IIHF World U20 Championships | Member of the Top Division of the 2012 IIHF World U20 Championship | ||
 HIFK[14] |
Helsinki | Nuorten SM-liiga | HIFK (SM-liiga) | 2012 Finnish Junior Champion |
| Linköpings HC[14] |
Linköping | J20 SuperElit | Linköpings HC (Elitserien) | 2012 Swedish Junior Champion |
 HK Riga[15] |
Riga | Minor Hockey League | Dinamo Riga (KHL) | 2012 MHL Conference Quarter-Finalist |
| Sudbury Wolves[5] |
Greater Sudbury | Ontario Hockey League | 2012 OHL Conference Quarter-Finalist | |
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