2016 IIHF World Championship Division I

2016 IIHF World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Poland  Croatia
Dates	23–29 April 17–23 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Katowice, Poland, on 23–29 April 2016 and Group B in Zagreb, Croatia, on 17–23 April 2016.^[1]

Venues[]

Group A	Group B
Katowice	Zagreb
Spodek Capacity: 11,500	Dom Sportova Capacity: 6,500

Group A tournament[]

2016 IIHF World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	23–29 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	75 (5 per match)
Attendance	55,300 (3,687 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Ken Ograjenšek Jan Urbas (6 points)
MVP	Jan Urbas
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Austria	Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated.
Slovenia	Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated.
Poland	Host, placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
Japan	Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
Italy	Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
South Korea	Placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[2][3]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovenia	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12	Promoted to the 2017 Top division
2	Italy	5	3	0	0	2	11	10	+1	9[a]
3	Poland (H)	5	3	0	0	2	17	12	+5	9[a]
4	Austria	5	2	1	0	2	11	8	+3	8
5	South Korea	5	2	0	1	2	11	11	0	7
6	Japan	5	0	0	0	5	7	26	−19	0	Relegation to Division I B[4]

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

23 April 2016 13:00

Japan

1–7 (0–1, 0–4, 1–2)

Slovenia

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 1,300

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Henrik Haurum Anton Semjonov
	0–1 07:35 – Urbas (Pance, Kovačevič) 0–2 21:40 – Urbas (Repe, Verlič) (PP) 0–3 29:31 – Verlič (Urbas, Kristan) (PP) 0–4 33:19 – Mušič (Ograjenšek, Kuralt) 0–5 39:17 – Verlič (Urbas, Pance) Kuji (Taka. Yamashita) – 54:46 1–5 1–6 57:18 – Ograjenšek (Mušič) 1–7 58:12 – Pance (Urbas, Verlič)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	9	Shots	29

23 April 2016 16:30

Italy

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Poland

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 8,500

Game reference
	Andreas Bernard	Goalies		Referees: Jonathan Alarie Artur Kulev Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Joep Leermakers
	Ramoser (Gander) – 12:25 1–0 1–1 30:13 – (, ) Frigo (D. Kostner, S. Kostner) – 36:19 2–1 Larkin (ENG) – 59:58 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	26

23 April 2016 20:00

South Korea

2–3 GWS (1–0, 1–0, 0–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Austria

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Stephen Reneau Robin Šír Linesmen: Artur Hyliński Yakov Paley
	Swift – 16:05 1–0 Kim K. (Kim S., Young) – 35:50 2–0 2–1 44:50 – Schlacher (Lebler) (PP2) 2–2 56:05 – M. Geier
	Swift Shin S. Kim S.	Shootout	Komarek M. Geier
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	39

24 April 2016 13:00

Slovenia

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Italy

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Frederic Cloutier	Referees: Trpimir Piragić Robin Šír Linesmen: Artur Hyliński Martin Korba
	Repe (Urbas) (PP) – 13:15 1–0 1–1 26:47 – Scandella (Frigo, Helfer) Jeglič (Kovačevič, Tičar) (PP) – 45:23 2–1 Kovačevič (Tičar, Ograjenšek) (PP, ENG) – 59:33 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	24

24 April 2016 16:30

Poland

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

South Korea

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
		Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Henrik Haurum Anton Semjonov
	0–1 21:24 – Swift (Shin S., Cho) 0–2 24:04 – Swift (Shin S.) – 48:51 1–2 1–3 50:13 – Swift (Lee D., Cho) 1–4 58:45 – Kim S. (Kim K.) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	31

24 April 2016 20:00

Austria

3–1 (1–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Japan

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies		Referees: Artur Kulev Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Joep Leermakers
	N. Petrik (, Schiechl) – 02:49 1–0 1–1 17:50 – Takahashi (Taka. Yamashita, ) (PP) Lebler (M. Geier, Herburger) – 43:31 2–1 Herburger (Lebler, M. Geier) – 50:05 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	37	Shots	27

26 April 2016 13:00

South Korea

3–0 (3–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Japan

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies		Referees: Jonathan Alarie Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Martin Korba Kriss Kupcus
	Swift (Lee D.) (PP) – 04:18 1–0 Kim K. (Kim S., Kim W.) – 05:32 2–0 Shin S. (Cho, ) (PP) – 11:10 3–0
	43 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	29

26 April 2016 16:30

Austria

4–2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Italy

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Andreas Bernard	Referees: Artur Kulev Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Henrik Haurum Joep Leermakers
	Kristler (Hofer, Ulmer) – 12:21 1–0 Kristler (Hofer) – 30:46 2–0 Komarek (Ulmer, Pallestrang) (PP) – 39:10 3–0 (Haudum, Schiechl) – 46:16 4–0 4–1 53:09 – Egger (Traversa, D. Kostner) (PP) 4–2 57:24 – Helfer (Hofer, Gander)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	22

26 April 2016 20:00

Slovenia

1–4 (1–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Poland

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Robert Kristan Gašper Krošelj	Goalies		Referees: Stephen Reneau Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Yakov Paley Anton Semjonov
	0–1 03:54 – () Jeglič (Sabolič) (PP) – 06:50 1–1 1–2 23:48 – (Wronka, Kolusz) (PP) 1–3 27:39 – Malasiński (Wronka, ) 1–4 38:09 – Malasiński (, )
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	26

27 April 2016 13:00

Japan

1–3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Italy

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
		Goalies	Frederic Cloutier	Referees: Stephen Reneau Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Henrik Haurum Artur Hyliński
	Kuji (Obara, Takahashi) – 08:48 1–0 1–1 13:20 – S. Kostner (Frigo, Hofer) 1–2 27:29 – Bernard (Gander) 1–3 37:16 – Ramoser (Scandella, Marchetti)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	39

27 April 2016 16:30

Slovenia

5–1 (2–1, 2–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Artur Kulev Robin Šir Linesmen: Joep Leermakers Yakov Paley
	0–1 00:40 – Kim K. (Kim S.) Sabolič (Kovačević) (PP) – 08:59 1–1 Kuralt (Ograjenšek, Pretnar) – 19:31 2–1 Mušič (Kuralt, Ograjenšek) – 26:32 3–1 Tičar (Jeglič) – 34:21 4–1 Pretnar (Hebar, Kuralt) – 51:31 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	26

27 April 2016 20:00

Poland

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Austria

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 7,500

Game reference
		Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Martin Korba Kriss Kupcusk
	(Chmielewski) – 12:34 1–0
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	27	Shots	29

29 April 2016 13:00

Italy

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

South Korea

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Andreas Bernard	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Trpimir Piragić Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Artur Hyliński Martin Korba
	Ramoser (Larkin, Scandella) (PP) – 02:38 1–0 Tudin – 54:35 2–0 2–1 56:13 – Regan (Kim W., Kim K.) (EA)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	27

29 April 2016 16:30

Austria

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Slovenia

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 4,000

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Henrik Haurum Joep Leermakers
	Komarek (Schlacher) (PP) – 05:49 1–0 1–1 10:58 – (Jeglič, Tičar) 1–2 27:29 – Ograjenšek (, Pretnar) (PP)
	33 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	23

29 April 2016 20:00

Poland

10–4 (6–1, 1–1, 3–2)

Japan

Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 8,500

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Jonathan Alarie Robin Šír Linesmen: Yakov Paley Anton Semjonov
	Wronka (, ) – 00:50 1–0 Chmielewski (, ) (PP) – 03:58 2–0 (Zapała, ) (SH) – 06:42 3–0 Kruczek () – 10:35 4–0 Pasiut (SH) – 12:27 5–0 Dziubiński (Kolusz) – 17:52 6–0 6–1 19:56 – Ueno (Takahashi, Taka. Yamashita) (, Bychawski) – 23:15 7–1 7–2 25:47 – Kawai (Haga, Yanadori) (PP) 7–3 41:39 – Obara () Chmielewski (, Kruczek) (PP) – 44:00 8–3 8–4 44:46 – (Takahashi, Tanaka) (PP) Dronia (Zapała) – 55:34 9–4 Wajda (, Wronka) (PP) – 59:48 10–4
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	51	Shots	22

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Bernhard Starkbaum
  • Best Defenseman: Thomas Larkin
  • Best Forward: Patryk Wronka

Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Jan Urbas
  • Goalkeeper: Gašper Krošelj
  • Defenceman: Sabahudin Kovačević /
  • Forwards: Michael Swift / Jan Urbas / Patryk Wronka

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Ken Ograjenšek	5	2	4	6	+2	2
Jan Urbas	5	2	4	6	+3	0
	5	5	0	5	+5	4
Michael Swift	5	5	0	5	+3	12
Kim Ki-sung	5	3	2	5	+1	0
	5	0	5	5	+2	4
	5	3	1	4	0	0
Žiga Jeglič	5	2	2	4	+1	2
Aleš Mušič	5	2	2	4	+3	2
Miha Verlič	5	2	2	4	+3	6

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes
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
Gašper Krošelj	200:00	3	0.90	82	96.34	0
Bernhard Starkbaum	302:45	8	1.59	126	93.65	0
Matt Dalton	302:47	11	2.18	156	92.95	1
Andreas Bernard	180:00	6	2.00	79	92.41	0
	238:22	9	2.27	113	92.04	1

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament[]

2016 IIHF World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Dates	17–23 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	99 (6.6 per match)
Attendance	13,920 (928 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Robert Rooba (8 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Ukraine	Placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated.
Great Britain	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
Lithuania	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
Croatia	Host, placed 4th in Division I B last year.
Estonia	Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Romania	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[5]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ukraine	5	4	0	0	1	20	6	+14	12	Promoted to Division I A
2	Great Britain	5	3	1	0	1	23	7	+16	11
3	Lithuania	5	3	0	1	1	15	14	+1	10
4	Croatia (H)	5	2	1	0	2	21	17	+4	8
5	Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	12	23	−11	4
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	8	32	−24	0	Relegation to Division II A

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

17 April 2016 13:00

Estonia

2–7 (1–2, 1–4, 0–1)

Lithuania

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 95

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Jimmy Bergamelli Linesmen: Vanja Belić Damir Rakovič
	Rooba (Petrov, Makrov) – 10:49 1–0 1–1 14:24 – (Bendžius, ) 1–2 16:43 – (Ališauskas) 1–3 23:24 – () (SH) Rooba (PS) – 26:38 2–3 2–4 28:06 – Ališauskas () (PP) 2–5 32:15 – Gintautas (Baltrukonis) 2–6 37:39 – Ališauskas (Kumeliauskas) (PP) 2–7 49:31 – Gintautas (Baltrukonis) (SH)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	30

17 April 2016 16:30

Romania

1–6 (1–2, 0–1, 0–3)

Ukraine

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Shunsuke Ichikawa
	0–1 05:10 – () 0–2 11:28 – () (, ) (PP) – 16:18 1–2 1–3 27:54 – Gavryk () 1–4 42:24 – (Mikhnov, Shafarenko) 1–5 44:03 – () 1–6 48:07 – Gnidenko () (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	12	Shots	48

17 April 2016 20:00

Croatia

1–4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Great Britain

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 2,600

Game reference
		Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referee: Mikael Holm Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Markus Hägerström
	0–1 11:27 – Dowd (O'Connor, Farmer) (, ) (PP2) – 14:05 1–1 1–2 24:12 – Weaver (Shields, Dowd) 1–3 35:43 – Peacock (Tait, Richardson) 1–4 48:29 – Shields (O'Connor, Dowd)
	22 min	Penalties	26 min
	14	Shots	29

18 April 2016 13:00

Lithuania

5–1 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Romania

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Markus Hägerström
	(, ) – 05:30 1–0 (Ališauskas, Kumeliauskas) (PP) – 10:33 2–0 2–1 14:17 – () Alisaukas (Kieras, ) (PP) – 29:28 3–1 Bosas (, Kumeliauskas) – 40:20 4–1 Katulis (Čižas, ) (PP) – 58:04 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	19

18 April 2016 16:30

Great Britain

4–3 OT (2–1, 1–1, 0–1) (OT 1–0)

Estonia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 455

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies		Referee: Mikael Holm Linesmen: Vanja Belić Franco Espinoza
	Peacock (Cowley) – 00:26 1–0 Cowley (Dowd, O'Connor) – 12:43 2–0 2–1 13:10 – Petrov (Lahesalu, Rooba) Cowley (Tait) – 20:55 3–1 3–2 33:11 – Petrov (Lahesalu) 3–3 53:05 – Makrov (Petrov, Rooba) (PP) Dowd (Weaver) (PP) – 63:22 4–3
	22 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	28

18 April 2016 20:00

Ukraine

4–1 (2–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Croatia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Jimmy Bergamelli Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Damir Rakovič
	– 02:28 1–0 () – 14:39 2–0 2–1 18:06 – () () – 20:13 3–1 Shafarenko (Mikhnov, ) (PP2) – 26:10 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	50 min
	28	Shots	33

20 April 2016 13:00

Ukraine

7–1 (2–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Estonia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 120

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Vanja Belić Franco Espinoza
	(, ) – 05:03 1–0 Blagy () – 14:12 2–0 2–1 22:57– Rooba (PS) Mikhnov (, Shafarenko) – 36:25 3–1 Tymchenko (Gavryk) – 36:56 4–1 () – 44:34 5–1 Mikhnov (Shafarenko) (PP) – 50:38 6–1 () – 55:08 7–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	29

20 April 2016 16:30

Great Britain

8–0 (2–0, 6–0, 0–0)

Lithuania

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies		Referee: Jimmy Bergamelli Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Damir Rakovič
	Phillips (SH) – 08:34 1–0 Tait (Cowley, Phillips) – 17:29 2–0 Venus (Cowley) – 20:13 3–0 Lachowicz (Phillips) – 24:52 4–0 O'Connor (Peacock, Weaver) (PP) – 30:42 5–0 (Lachowicz, Phillips) – 31:05 6–0 Cowley (Venus, O'Connor) – 36:15 7–0 Shields (O'Connor, Mosey) (PP) – 39:00 8–0
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	10

20 April 2016 20:00

Romania

5–12 (1–3, 2–4, 2–5)

Croatia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 1,650

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Shunsuke Ichikawa
	0–1 01:06 – (, Rendulić) 0–2 07:11 – (, Brine) (, ) – 16:11 1–2 1–3 16:18 – (, Puzić) (SH) – 23:50 2–3 2–4 25:34 – Rendulić (Jačmenjak) (PP) 2–5 27:04 – Jarčov (Janković) 2–6 30:49 – Brine (Glumac) (PP) (, ) – 32:27 3–6 3–7 36:25 – Janković () 3–8 40:11 – Glumac Csergo (Zsók, ) – 48:50 4–8 Fodor (Csergo, Timaru) – 49:39 5–8 5–9 50:23 – (Glumac, Brine) 5–10 50:43 – Šakić () 5–11 53:05 – Blagus (Rendulić) 5–12 53:40 – (Rendulić, Perkovich)
	12 min	Penalties	35 min
	30	Shots	36

22 April 2016 13:00

Great Britain

6–1 (2–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Romania

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies		Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Shunsuke Ichikawa
	Phillips (Lachowicz, ) – 03:15 1–0 Boxill (Phillips) – 10:52 2–0 Farmer (Myers, Dowd) (PP) – 23:00 3–0 Shields (O'Connor, Weaver) (PP) – 33:19 4–0 Myers (Clarke) – 48:51 5–0 Weaver (Clarke, O'Connor) (PP) – 54:13 6–0 6–1 55:17 – Moldován (, )
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	58	Shots	11

22 April 2016 16:30

Lithuania

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Ukraine

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 350

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Mikael Holm Linesmen: Vanja Belić Tomislav Grozaj
	0–1 36:07 – () (, Katulis) (PP) – 42:22 1–1 Kumeliauskas (, ) – 50:02 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	32

22 April 2016 20:00

Croatia

5–3 (1–2, 3–1, 1–0)

Estonia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 2,800

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Park Jun-soo
	0–1 03:23 – Makrov (Petrov, Rooba) 0–2 05:20 – Rooba (Makrov) Rendulić (, ) – 15:21 1–2 Perkovich (, Rendulić) (EA) – 30:07 2–2 Perkovich (Rendulić, Puzić) – 36:49 3–2 Glumac (Puzić, Brine) (PP) – 38:23 4–2 4–3 39:59 – (SH) Glumac () (ENG) – 59:10 5–3
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	27

23 April 2016 13:00

Ukraine

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Great Britain

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 500

Game reference
		Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referee: Mikael Holm Linesmen: Franco Espinoza Markus Hägerström
	0-1 21:54 – J. Phillips (Batch, Lachowicz) () – 44:25 1-1 (Shafarenko, Gavryk) – 56:04 2-1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	28

23 April 2016 16:30

Estonia

3–0 (0–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Romania

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Jimmy Bergamelli Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Shunsuke Ichikawa
	() – 31:51 1–0 Makrov (Petrov, Rooba) – 38:13 2–0 (PS) – 39:59 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	20

23 April 2016 20:00

Lithuania

1–2 GWS (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Croatia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Damir Rakovič
	0–1 19:11 – (Brine, (PP) Kumeliauskas (, ) – 54:19 1–1
	Bosas Kumeiauskas Katulis	Shootout	Rendulić Glumac
	38 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	38

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Defenseman: Ben O'Connor
  • Best Forward: Borna Rendulić

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Robert Rooba	5	4	4	8	−4	0	F
Ben O'Connor	5	1	7	8	+2	12	D
	5	3	4	7	+7	2	F
Borna Rendulić	4	2	5	7	−3	0	F
Mike Glumac	5	4	2	6	+3	4	F
Russell Cowley	5	3	3	6	+4	2	F
Jonathan Phillips	5	3	3	6	+6	6	F
Aleksandr Petrov	5	2	4	6	−3	0	F
Nerijus Ališauskas	5	3	2	5	+4	2	D
	5	3	2	5	+1	4	F
Andrei Makrov	5	3	2	5	–3	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
	298:25	6	1.21	129	95.35	0
	135:21	4	1.77	56	92.86	0
	275:42	11	2.39	140	92.14	0
Ben Bowns	302:56	7	1.39	86	91.86	1
	222:45	14	3.77	114	87.72	1

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

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