2016 IIHF World U18 Championships

2016 IIHF U18 World Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	April 14–24, 2016
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Finland (3rd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	233 (7.52 per match)
Attendance	71,505 (2,307 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Tyson Jost (15 points)
MVP	Clayton Keller
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The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 18th IIHF World U18 Championship. It was played from April 14 to 24, 2016 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.

Venues

Ralph Engelstad Arena Capacity: 11,643	Icon Sports Center (Judd/Rydell)
United States – Grand Forks, North Dakota	United States – Grand Forks, North Dakota

Top Division

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following:

Referees

• Vladimir Baluska
• Jacob Grumsen
• Roystian Hansen
• Jan Hribik
• Sirko Hunnius
• Jeff Ingram
• Marcus Linde
• Jari-Pukka Pajula
• Brett Sheva
• Viktor Trilar
• Cameron Voss
• Shane Warschaw

Linesmen

• Andrew Dalton
• Jake Davis
• Dmitry Golyak
• Johannes Kack
• David Nothegger
• Tibor Rovensky
• Joonas Saha
• Libor Suchanek
• Alexander Sysuev
• Nathan Vanoosten

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	30	4	+26	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	4	2	1	0	1	18	11	+7	8
3	Russia	4	1	1	0	2	12	14	−2	5
4	Switzerland	4	0	1	1	2	7	18	−11	3
5	Latvia	4	0	0	2	2	8	28	−20	2	Advance to Relegation round

All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	0	19	5	+14	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Finland	4	2	1	0	1	13	9	+4	8
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	12	14	−2	6
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	16	13	+3	4
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	9	28	−19	0	Advance to Relegation round

All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1A

United States

8

4B

Czech Republic

0

1A

United States

2

2B

Finland

4

2B

Finland

4

3A

Russia

3

2B

Finland

6

2A

Sweden

1

1B

Canada

9

4A

Switzerland

1

1B

Canada

5

2A

Sweden

6

2A

Sweden

7

3B

Slovakia

2

Semifinals

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Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tyson Jost	7	6	9	15	+7	2
Clayton Keller	7	4	10	14	+11	2
Kailer Yamamoto	7	7	6	13	+7	12
Logan Brown	7	3	9	12	+6	2
Alexander Nylander	7	3	8	11	+5	0
Joey Anderson	7	7	2	9	+12	2
Eeli Tolvanen	7	7	2	9	+6	0
Lias Andersson	7	5	4	9	+3	8
Casey Mittelstadt	7	4	5	9	+6	2
Aapeli Räsänen	7	3	6	9	+8	12

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Joseph Woll	179:31	75	4	1.34	94.67	1
Jake Oettinger	240:00	91	6	1.50	93.41	1
Daniil Tarasov	227:48	101	8	2.11	92.08	1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	180:00	72	6	2.00	91.67	0
Filip Gustavsson	289:21	138	13	2.70	90.58	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

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

• Forward: Clayton Keller

All-star team

• Goaltender: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
• Defencemen: Adam Fox, David Quenneville
• Forwards: Tyson Jost, Jesse Puljujärvi, Clayton Keller

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
• Defenceman: Adam Fox
• Forward: Tyson Jost

References: [1]

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Finland
	Sweden
	United States
4th	Canada
5th	Slovakia
6th	Russia
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Switzerland
9th	Latvia
10th	Denmark

Relegated to the 2017 Division I A

Division I

Further information: 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from April 9 to 15, 2016.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belarus	5	4	0	0	1	23	15	+8	12	Promoted to the 2017 Top Division
2	Germany	5	3	1	0	1	20	14	+6	11
3	Kazakhstan	5	2	1	1	1	17	16	+1	9
4	France	5	2	0	0	3	18	18	0	6
5	Norway	5	1	0	1	3	16	22	−6	4
6	Austria	5	1	0	0	4	11	20	−9	3	Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from April 18 to 24, 2016.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	28	11	+17	15	Promoted to the 2017 Division I A
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	13	9	+4	12
3	Ukraine	5	3	0	0	2	17	15	+2	9
4	Slovenia	5	2	0	0	3	19	17	+2	6
5	Italy	5	1	0	0	4	12	20	−8	3
6	South Korea	5	0	0	0	5	10	27	−17	0	Relegated to the 2017 Division II A

Division II

Further information: 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from April 4 to 10, 2016. 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from March 26 to April 1, 2016. 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division III

Further information: 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 14 to 20, 2016. 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from February 14 to 19, 2016. 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

External links

• 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship official website