2016 IIHF World Championship Division II

2016 IIHF World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Spain  Mexico
Dates	9–15 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Jaca, Spain and Group B in Mexico City, Mexico on 9–15 April 2016.^[1]

Venues[]

Group A	Group B
Jaca	Mexico City
Capacity: 3,579	Capacity: 4,155

Group A tournament[]

2016 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	9–15 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	94 (6.27 per match)
Attendance	8,297 (553 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(9 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Netherlands	Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Serbia	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Spain	Host, placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Iceland	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
China	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

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

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	0	24	6	+18	14	Promoted to Division I B
2	Spain (H)	5	3	1	1	0	17	9	+8	12
3	Belgium	5	1	2	0	2	15	18	−3	7[a]
4	Serbia	5	2	0	1	2	16	14	+2	7[a]
5	Iceland	5	1	0	1	3	16	23	−7	4
6	China	5	0	0	1	4	6	24	−18	1	Relegation to Division II B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

9 April 2016 13:00

Belgium

5–4 GWS (2–2, 2–1, 0–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Iceland

, Jaca Attendance: 120

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Rudy Meyer
	0–1 02:02 – () 0–2 05:39 – (, ) – 11:06 1–2 (, ) (PP) – 18:34 2–2 2–3 29:22 – Sigurðsson () – 30:43 3–3 Kolodziejczyk (Pellegrims) – 31:32 4–3 4–4 59:37 – (Helgason) (EA)
	Distate Van den Bogaert De Smet	Shootout	Sigurðarson Sigurðsson
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	37

9 April 2016 16:30

Serbia

2–3 (0–0, 2–3, 0–0)

Netherlands

, Jaca Attendance: 850

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Sergio Biec Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 23:09 – () 0–2 26:59 – Van Nes (Hermens) 0–3 31:38 – (, ) (, ) – 36:17 1–3 (, ) – 38:26 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	41

9 April 2016 20:00

China

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Spain

, Jaca Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Viktor Zinchenko
	0–1 08:39 – 0–2 56:37 – () (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	34

10 April 2016 13:00

Belgium

4–2 (1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Serbia

, Jaca Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Przemysław Kepa Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Rudy Meyer
	(, ) – 00:49 1–0 1–1 14:55 – Ristić 1–2 18:30 – (, ) Van den Bogaert () (PP) – 33:06 2–2 Van den Bogaert () – 46:18 3–2 Van den Bogaert (, De Smet) (PP, ENG) – 59:25 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	46

10 April 2016 16:30

Iceland

7–4 (3–2, 2–2, 2–0)

China

, Jaca Attendance: 250

Game reference
		Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Sergio Biec Daniel Hynek
	(, ) – 03:28 1–0 Andrésson (, ) – 12:27 2–0 2–1 12:35 – () Leifsson – 17:41 3–1 3–2 19:40 – (, ) (, Jónsson) – 20:12 4–2 R. Hedström (, Jónsson) (PP) – 24:03 5–2 5–3 28:00 – Yang 5–4 35:32 – Zhang C. () (SH) – 44:08 6–4 Sigurðsson (Sigurðsson) (PP) – 58:34 7–4
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	47	Shots	21

10 April 2016 20:00

Netherlands

3–2 OT (0–0, 0–2, 2–0) (OT 1–0)

Spain

, Jaca Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Attila Nagy Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 25:42 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 39:37 – () (, ) (PP) – 51:49 1–2 K. Bruijsten (Tummers) – 58:31 2–2 Van Gestel (Tummers) – 62:04 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	39 min
	38	Shots	22

12 April 2016 13:00

Netherlands

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Iceland

, Jaca Attendance: 102

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Attila Nagy Viktor Zinchenko
	(, ) (SH) – 07:21 1–0 () – 08:47 2–0 (Joly, Tummers) (ENG) – 59:37 3–0
	18 min	Penalties	14 min
	53	Shots	25

12 April 2016 16:30

Belgium

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT 1–0)

China

, Jaca Attendance: 148

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Sergio Biec Lukáš Kacej
	(, ) (PP) – 02:26 1–0 1–1 35:29 – () (PP) (, ) (PP) – 36:30 2–1 2–2 40:36 – () Bremer (, ) (PP) – 63:42 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	46	Shots	23

12 April 2016 20:00

Serbia

3–4 GWS (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Spain

, Jaca Attendance: 950

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Przemysław Kepa Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Emil Yletyinen
	(, ) – 04:33 1–0 1–1 21:12 – (PP) () – 27:20 2–1 2–2 48:25 – () 2–3 50:17 – (Puyuelo, Ubieto) () – 51:05 3–3
	Popravka Milovanović Milovanović Milovanović	Shootout	Quevedo Fuentes Fuentes
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	38

14 April 2016 13:00

China

0–9 (0–3, 0–2, 0–4)

Netherlands

, Jaca Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies		Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Sergio Biec Daniel Hynek
	0–1 00:08 – () 0–2 13:28 – (, ) 0–3 15:32 – () 0–4 31:09 – Tummers (Nagtzaam, ) 0–5 34:35 – Van Bentem 0–6 41:57 – (Van Bentem, Nagtzaam) (PP) 0–7 45:40 – Van Lijden (, ) 0–8 50:45 – Van Lijden (, ) 0–9 53:13 – Kick (Smid, Hermens) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	49

14 April 2016 16:30

Iceland

3–6 (3–0, 0–4, 0–2)

Serbia

, Jaca Attendance: 120

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Emil Yletyinen
	(, ) (PP) – 01:29 1–0 (Alengård) – 08:15 2–0 Andrésson () – 14:15 3–0 3–1 21:35 – (PP) 3–2 23:37 – 3–3 31:27 – Sretović (, ) 3–4 34:12 – (, ) (PP) 3–5 42:41 – (Bibić, ) 3–6 53:26 – Bjelogrlić (Bibić) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	36	Shots	53

14 April 2016 20:00

Spain

4–1 (3–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Belgium

, Jaca Attendance: 1,150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Przemysław Kepa Linesmen: Attila Nagy Viktor Zinchenko
	(, ) – 05:19 1–0 () – 11:06 2–0 (, Fuentes) – 13:56 3–0 3–1 25:59 – (, ) J. Muñoz (Fuentes, Solórzano) – 32:37 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	28

15 April 2016 13:00

Serbia

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

China

, Jaca Attendance: 67

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Sergio Biec Attila Nagy
	(, ) – 20:45 1–0 Raković () – 32:08 2–0 () – 45:22 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	44	Shots	18

15 April 2016 16:30

Netherlands

6–2 (3–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Belgium

, Jaca Attendance: 250

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Emil Yletyinen Viktor Zinchenko
	(, ) (PP2) – 04:43 1–0 (, ) – 12:04 2–0 (, ) – 15:27 3–0 () – 32:41 4–0 4–1 37:21 – (, ) Wurm (Van Bentem) – 44:27 5–1 Van Lijden (Van Bentem, Nagtzaam) (PP) – 48:39 6–1 6–2 53:46 – (, Gyesbreghs)
	31 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	24

15 April 2016 20:00

Spain

5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Iceland

, Jaca Attendance: 1,480

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Lukáš Kacej
	() (PP) – 08:42 1–0 1–1 12:36 – (, ) (, P. Muñoz) – 34:18 2–1 2–2 34:43 – (, ) González (, ) – 38:02 3–2 (P. Muñoz) – 48:26 4–2 – 51:41 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	25

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Defenseman:
  • Best Forward:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	5	1	8	9	+11	2	D
	5	5	1	6	+5	4	F
	5	4	2	6	0	2	F
	5	2	4	6	+6	29	F
	5	1	5	6	+2	4	F
	5	5	0	5	+2	2	F
	5	3	2	5	+2	6	F
	5	3	2	5	+5	0	F
	5	2	3	5	+4	6	F
	5	2	3	5	–1	0	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
	282:04	6	1.28	116	94.83	1
	247:04	7	1.70	106	93.40	1
	134:38	6	2.67	74	91.89	0
	299:25	13	2.61	160	91.88	0
	157:28	10	3.81	120	91.67	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

Group B tournament[]

2016 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	9–15 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	169 (11.27 per match)
Attendance	5,315 (354 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(24 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
New Zealand	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Mexico	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Israel	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
North Korea	Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 6 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Australia	5	4	1	0	0	58	10	+48	14	Promoted to Division II A
2	Mexico (H)	5	4	0	1	0	30	13	+17	13
3	Israel	5	2	0	0	3	22	33	−11	6[a]
4	New Zealand	5	2	0	0	3	27	19	+8	6[a]
5	North Korea	5	2	0	0	3	24	42	−18	6[a]
6	Bulgaria	5	0	0	0	5	8	52	−44	0	Relegation to Division III

Results[]

All times are local (UTC−5).

9 April 2016 13:00

New Zealand

6–3 (3–0, 1–2, 2–1)

Israel

, Mexico City Attendance: 115

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Martin de Wilde Linesmen: Michael Harrington Sem Ramírez
	() (PP) – 02:27 1–0 () – 10:45 2–0 (, ) – 12:15 3–0 3–1 23:57 – () (PP) Ruddle (Challis, Harrop) – 24:28 4–1 4–2 29:37 – 4–3 43:07 – Klein () Cox () – 49:08 5–3 Lawrence (Challis, Harrop) (PP) – 54:19 6–3
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	32

9 April 2016 16:30

North Korea

9–3 (4–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Bulgaria

, Mexico City Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Jos Korte Maarten Van den Acker
	() – 01:34 1–0 (, ) – 02:30 2–0 Hong (, ) (PP) – 04:58 3–0 3–1 10:58 – Ri P. (, Kim H.) – 17:46 4–1 (, ) – 22:05 5–1 Kim H. (Ri C.) – 25:21 6–1 6–2 29:22 – () 6–3 45:13 – Abdi () (Kim K.-h., Kim N.) (PP) – 48:01 7–3 An – 54:04 8–3 An (Pak S.) – 56:55 9–3
	4 min	Penalties	32 min
	45	Shots	16

9 April 2016 20:00

Mexico

4–5 OT (1–0, 1–4, 2–0) (OT 0–1)

Australia

, Mexico City Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Mario Maillet Linesmen: William Hancock James Kavanagh
	() – 07:07 1–0 Majul (, Cervantes) – 25:28 2–0 2–1 28:01 – (, ) (PP2) 2–2 31:10 – (, ) (SH) 2–3 35:19 – Humphries (Powell, ) (PP) 2–4 39:14 – (Darge, ) Cervantes (Majul) – 40:28 3–4 (Ugarte, Cervantes) (PP) – 55:37 4–4 4–5 63:42 – Humphries (SH)
	18 min	Penalties	32 min
	33	Shots	38

10 April 2016 13:00

Israel

8–4 (5–1, 2–1, 1–2)

North Korea

, Mexico City Attendance: 20

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Mario Maillet Linesmen: William Hancock Jos Korte
	() – 01:53 1–0 (, ) – 03:27 2–0 (SH) – 05:30 3–0 Spektor (Aharonovich, ) – 16:18 4–0 (Klein) – 17:07 5–0 5–1 19:44 – (, ) (PP) Aharonovich (Klein, Pyshkin) (PP) – 24:50 6–1 (Mazour, Spektor) (PP) – 26:23 7–1 7–2 37:19 – (Ri C.) 7–3 56:16 – (PP) (Pyshkin, Schwarzman) – 56:43 8–3 8–4 59:59 – Kim K.-c. (Ri C.)
	44 min	Penalties	36 min
	38	Shots	42

10 April 2016 16:30

Australia

14–0 (2–0, 6–0, 6–0)

Bulgaria

, Mexico City Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Sem Ramírez Maarten Van den Acker
	(, ) – 14:46 1–0 – 15:16 2–0 (, ) (SH) – 23:00 3–0 Humphries () – 27:43 4–0 Todd – 31:42 5–0 Darge (, Byers) – 32:23 6–0 (Huxley) (PP) – 36:18 7–0 Todd () (SH) – 39:48 8–0 () – 40:43 9–0 Schlamp (Darge) – 40:58 10–0 Darge (Webster, Huxley) – 45:35 11–0 Todd (Darge, Malloy) – 48:45 12–0 Humphries (Webster) (PP) – 52:52 13–0 McKenzie (Tesarik, Jones) – 54:35 14–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	40	Shots	7

10 April 2016 20:00

New Zealand

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Mexico

, Mexico City Attendance: 500

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Michael Harrington James Kavanagh
	Cox (PS) – 22:43 1–0 1–1 42:42 – (PP) 1–2 43:37 – Arroyo (, )
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	26

12 April 2016 13:00

Australia

11–3 (6–2, 3–0, 2–1)

Israel

, Mexico City Attendance: 40

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Mario Maillet Linesmen: William Hancock Sem Ramírez
	0–1 00:49 – (, ) () – 03:11 1–1 – 03:37 2–1 (PP) – 10:42 3–1 () (PP) – 12:41 4–1 (Darge, Todd) (PP) – 17:15 5–1 (Tesarik, ) – 17:36 6–1 6–2 19:46 – Pishkin (, ) (PP) Baranzelli (Webster, Powell) – 25:20 7–2 McKenzie (Tesarik, Jones) – 26:58 8–2 Darge (Baranzelli, Todd) – 34:25 9–2 Tesarik (Webster, Powell) (PP) – 41:13 10–2 Darge (Todd) (SH) – 48:23 11–2 11–3 53:09 – Rosenthal (Spivak, ) (PP2)
	69 min	Penalties	30 min
	47	Shots	35

12 April 2016 16:30

New Zealand

4–7 (0–0, 2–3, 2–4)

North Korea

, Mexico City Attendance: 50

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Michael Harrington James Kavanagh
	(, ) – 22:03 1–0 1–1 22:24 – () (, ) (PP) – 30:22 2–1 2–2 35:19 – (, ) 2–3 38:18 – Kang I. (Kim M.) (PP) 2–4 40:58 – (, ) (PP2) Cox – 46:21 3–4 3–5 47:28 – Hong (Ri C., Ri P.) (PP) Cox (Heyd) – 47:55 4–5 4–6 58:55 – Ri C. (ENG) 4–7 59:22 – Kim M. (ENG)
	46 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	44

12 April 2016 20:00

Mexico

10–1 (4–0, 4–1, 2–0)

Bulgaria

, Mexico City Attendance: 500

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Martin de Wilde Linesmen: Jos Korte Maarten Van den Acker
	() – 00:47 1–0 (, Arroyo) (PP) – 06:19 2–0 () (PP2, EA) – 19:50 3–0 (Gómez) (PP2) – 19:59 4–0 Gómez (, ) (PP) – 24:02 5–0 5–1 27:37 – () Chabat (Ugarte, Majul) – 31:08 6–1 De la Vega (PP) – 34:28 7–1 Gutiérrez (De la Vega) – 35:40 8–1 (De la Vega, ) – 42:41 9–1 Arroyo (, Gómez) – 56:54 10–1
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	43	Shots	7

14 April 2016 13:00

Bulgaria

1–14 (0–6, 1–6, 0–2)

New Zealand

, Mexico City Attendance: 30

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Martin de Wilde Linesmen: Jos Korte Sem Ramírez
	0–1 02:50 – (Cox) 0–2 03:36 – (, ) 0–3 03:54 – (PS) 0–4 09:23 – Burns (Ratcliffe, Harrop) 0–5 14:45 – Burns () (PP) 0–6 17:58 – Ratcliffe (Cox) 0–7 20:28 – (Cox, ) 0–8 23:28 – Henderson (M. Frear, Harrison) 0–9 24:46 – (Burns, ) (PP2) (PS) – 25:09 1–9 1–10 27:05 – Harrison (Cox) 1–11 32:38 – Ratcliffe (, Cox) 1–12 34:40 – (Ruddle) 1–13 45:46 – Cox (Henderson, Ratcliffe) (PP) 1–14 55:58 – Burns (Ratcliffe, Harrop)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	12	Shots	41

14 April 2016 16:30

North Korea

1–22 (1–5, 0–9, 0–8)

Australia

, Mexico City Attendance: 60

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: James Kavanagh Maarten Van den Acker
	0–1 00:38 – (, ) 0–2 01:19 – (, ) 0–3 08:24 – (Schlamp, ) () – 14:23 1–3 1–4 14:51 – Darge (Huxley, ) 1–5 19:16 – Rummukainen (Darge, Baranzelli) (PP2) 1–6 20:44 – Malloy (Webster, ) (PP) 1–7 22:15 – (Huxley) (SH) 1–8 23:46 – Powell (Humphries, Webster) 1–9 27:30 – Todd (Baranzelli, Schlamp) 1–10 31:14 – Schlamp (Todd, Darge) 1–11 31:38 – Todd (Lindsay, Malloy) 1–12 35:15 – Malloy (Webster, Powell) (PP) 1–13 35:31 – Humphries (, Webster) 1–14 37:07 – Schlamp (Todd, Darge) (PP) 1–15 41:58 – Powell (Malloy, Webster) (PP) 1–16 44:10 – Schlamp (Baranzelli, Darge) 1–17 47:50 – Webster (Powell, Malloy) (PP2) 1–18 48:48 – Darge (Baranzelli, Huxley) (PP) 1–19 52:01 – Humphries 1–20 55:03 – Byers (Humphries, Webster) 1–21 55:40 – Darge (Todd, Rummukainen) 1–22 59:59 – McKenzie (, Rummukainen) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	42

14 April 2016 20:00

Israel

3–9 (2–2, 0–4, 1–3)

Mexico

, Mexico City Attendance: 400

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stephen Thomson Linesmen: William Hancock Michael Harrington
	0–1 00:50 – () 0–2 01:45 – () (, ) (PP) – 04:36 1–2 (, ) – 12:47 2–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	33

15 April 2016 13:00

Australia

6–2 (2–0, 4–0, 0–2)

New Zealand

, Mexico City Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Martin de Wilde Linesmen: William Hancock Michael Harrington
	() – 07:11 1–0 Huxley () (PP) – 18:06 2–0 Darge (Todd) – 23:31 3–0 (, ) (PP) – 30:50 4–0 Humphries (Tesarik) (PP) – 33:46 5–0 Darge (Todd) – 39:43 6–0 6–1 45:44 – (, ) 6–2 55:39 – ()
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	24

15 April 2016 16:30

Bulgaria

3–5 (1–1, 2–2, 0–2)

Israel

, Mexico City Attendance: 50

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stephen Thomson Linesmen: James Kavanagh Sem Ramírez
	() – 08:29 1–0 1–1 19:58 – (, ) Iskrenov – 25:15 2–1 2–2 31:14 – (, ) (PP) 2–3 35:20 – () – 36:44 3–3 3–4 46:57 – (PP2) 3–5 59:24 – Mazour (ENG)
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	10	Shots	53

15 April 2016 20:00

Mexico

5–3 (0–1, 3–0, 2–2)

North Korea

, Mexico City Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Mario Maillet Linesmen: Jos Korte Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 05:19 – (, ) () (SH) – 32:44 1–1 (Majul, ) (PP) – 36:01 2–1 Majul – 37:09 3–1 Arroyo () – 44:32 4–1 4–2 45:27 – () 4–3 53:19 – Hong () Arroyo (PS) – 56:03 5–3
	41 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	17

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Defenseman:
  • Best Forward:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

of Australia led Division IIB in scoring, with 24 points in 5 games.

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	5	11	13	24	+25	2	F
	5	8	13	21	+23	14	F
	5	5	11	16	+5	18	F
	5	8	5	13	+2	4	F
	5	7	6	13	+7	16	F
	5	3	10	13	+8	6	F
	5	8	4	12	0	2	F
	5	2	10	12	0	4	F
	5	2	9	11	+14	2	D
Andrew Cox	5	5	5	10	+6	14	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
	254:56	10	2.35	109	90.83	0
	148:52	4	1.61	38	89.47	0
	258:48	16	3.71	142	88.73	0
	173:40	18	6.22	120	85.00	0
	154:50	9	3.49	56	83.93	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

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