The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Istanbul, Turkey, from 31 March to 6 April 2016. The host team, Turkey, won all of its games and was promoted to Division II B for 2017.
The United Arab Emirates withdrew shortly before the tournament, leaving six teams to play. Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded their first victory in an IIHF tournament, defeating Hong Kong 5–4. Georgia's results were later recorded as 5–0 forfeits due to the use of ineligible players.
Venue Istanbul Silivrikapı Ice Skating HallCapacity: 900
Participants
Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II B and were relegated.Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year.Placed 3rd in Division III last year.Placed 4th in Division III last year.Placed 5th in Division III last year.Placed 7th in Division III last year.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Assignments
Referees Stefan Hogarth Christoffer Holm Joonas Kova Valentin Lascar
Linesmen Yasin Akyürek Murat Aygün Knut Braten Timo Heinonen Charlie O'Connor Josef Špůr Laurynas Stepankevičius
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+3). Due to eligibility violations all of Georgia's games were declared 5–0 forfeits.
Awards and statistics
Awards
Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Erol Kahraman Best Defenceman: Andre Marais Best Forward: Boris Kochkin Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Boris Kochkin 5 10 9 19 +18 8 F Emrah Özmen 5 10 6 16 +11 2 F Artem Kozyulin 5 9 4 13 +12 14 D Serdar Semiz 5 5 8 13 +10 8 F Colm Cannon 5 4 9 13 +7 4 F Uthman Samaai 5 3 8 11 +7 0 F Roland Svanidze 5 3 7 10 +3 0 F Andre Marais 5 5 4 9 +9 6 D Joel Holtzem 5 4 5 9 +7 6 F Andy Koçoğlu 5 4 5 9 +5 6 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Gilles Mangen 180:00 6 2.00 100 94.00 1 Andrei Ilienko 263:04 10 2.28 126 92.06 1 Erol Kahraman 260:00 9 2.08 108 91.67 0 Ashley Bock 180:00 9 3.00 80 88.75 1 Philippe Lepage 120:00 13 6.50 91 85.71 0 TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
References Official site