The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In each of the two groups, the participating teams played a round-robin tournament; the first-placed team was promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and third tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. To be eligible as a "junior" a player couldn't be born earlier than 1996.
The winners of Division I A, Latvia, were promoted to the 2017 Top Division and the winners of Division I B, France, were promoted to the 2017 Division I A.
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from 13 to 19 December 2015.2016 World Championship Division I A official website2016 World Championship Division I A statistics
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 10th in Top Division last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division I A last yearplaced 3rd in Division I A last yearplaced 4th in Division I A last yearhosts; placed 5th in Division I A last yearplaced 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts +/-PIM 1 Dominic Zwerger 5 3 4 7 +2 2 2 Vladimir Volkov 5 2 5 7 –1 0 3 Alikhan Asetov 5 6 0 6 +2 0 4 Florian Baltram 5 3 3 6 +4 4 5 Dmitri Grents 5 2 4 6 +1 2 6 Anders Gulliksen 5 1 5 6 +4 0 7 Henrik Knold 5 5 0 5 +5 2 8 Rodrigo Ābols 5 4 1 5 +1 0 9 Fredrik Jorgensen 5 3 2 5 +4 2 10 Frenks Razgals 5 2 3 5 +5 0
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Matiss Kivlenieks 245:00 7 94.12 1.71 0 2 Hannes Treibenreif 214:02 14 91.30 3.92 0 3 Fredrik Gronstrand 194:24 9 89.77 2.78 0 4 Thomas Stroj 180:00 9 89.41 3.00 0 5 Anton Bruyev 303:56 13 88.79 2.57 1
Awards
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Matiss Kivlenieks Defenceman: Karlis Cukste Forward: Florian Baltram
Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from 12 to 18 December 2015.2016 World Championship Division I B official website2016 World Championship Division I B statistics
On 10 December, it was announced that Japan had withdrawn, and would be automatically relegated for the 2017 tournament.
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 6th in Division I A last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division I B last yearplaced 3rd in Division I B last yearhosts; placed 4th in Division I B last yearplaced 5th in Division I B last year; withdrew this yearplaced 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts +/-PIM 1 Bastien Maia 4 6 5 11 +4 10 2 Fabien Colotti 4 3 3 6 +4 4 2 Olexi Vorona 4 3 3 6 0 0 4 Kamil Sikora 4 2 4 6 +5 4 5 Guillaume Leclerc 4 1 5 6 +4 2 6 Ivan Radetsky 4 4 1 5 0 0 7 Macaulay Heywood 4 3 2 5 -2 4 8 Gabin Ville 3 2 3 5 +4 29 9 Marcin Horzelski 4 2 3 5 +4 4 10 Oliver Betteridge 4 1 3 4 -2 0 10 Hugo Gallet 4 1 3 4 +5 4 10 Kamil Paszek 4 1 3 4 +5 0 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Bogdan Dyachenko 247:16 10 93.29 2.43 0 2 Quentin Papillon 124:36 4 92.45 1.93 0 3 Ben Churchfield 149:09 8 92.16 3.22 0 4 Michal Czernik 244:04 10 91.38 2.46 2 5 Mark Vlahovic 178:44 9 90.43 3.02 0 Source: IIHF.com
Awards
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Bogdan Dyachenko Defenceman: Marcin Horzelski Forward: Guillaume Leclerc
References
External links Official website of IIHF