2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

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2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division IIII
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Tournament details
Host countries Bulgaria
 South Africa
Dates14 – 19 February 2016
14 – 20 March 2016
Teams12
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The 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A and 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group B were a pair of international under-18 men's ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Group A and Group B tournaments made up the sixth and seventh level of competition at the 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 14 March and 20 March 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The tournament was won by Australia who gained promotion back to Division II Group B for 2017 while Mexico finished last and was relegated to Division III Group B for 2017. The Group B tournament took place from 14 February to 19 February 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa. New Zealand won the tournament and gained promotion to Division III Group A for 2017.

Division III Group A tournament[]

2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Dates14–20 March 2016
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Australia
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Turkey
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored109 (7.27 per match)
Attendance11,180 (745 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Turkey Ferhat Bakal

The Division III Group A tournament began on 14 March 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria at the Winter Sports Palace.[1] Bulgaria, Chinese Taipei, Israel and Mexico returned to compete in Division III Group A after missing promotion in the 2015 tournament.[2] Turkey gained promotion to Division III Group A after finishing first in last years Division III Group B tournament and Australia was relegated from Division II Group B after finishing last in the 2015 tournament.[3][4]

Australia won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion back to Division II Group B for the 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1][5] Turkey finished in second place, one point behind Australia, and Bulgaria in third place.[5] Mexico finished the tournament in last place after losing all five of their games and was relegated to Division III Group B for 2017.[1][5] Turkey's Ferhat Bakal finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 14 points and Tolga Bozaci led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 91.95.[6][7] Bakal was also named the best forward by the IIHF directorate.[8] Raz Werner of Israel was named the best goaltender of the tournament and Bulgaria's Atanas Genkov was named best defenceman.[8]

Standings[]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Australia 5 4 0 0 1 25 22 +3 12
 Turkey 5 3 1 0 1 22 13 +9 11
 Bulgaria 5 3 0 0 2 20 13 +7 9
 Israel 5 2 1 0 2 15 15 0 8
 Chinese Taipei 5 1 0 2 2 17 26 −9 5
 Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 10 20 −10 0
Promoted to the 2017 Division II Group B tournament Relegated to the 2017 Division III Group B tournament

Fixtures[]

All times are local. (EET – UTC+2)

14 March 2016
13:00		Mexico 1–3
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 258
14 March 2016
16:30		Turkey 5 – 4 OT
(4–1, 0–1, 0–2, 1–0)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 268
14 March 2016
20:00		Bulgaria 3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)		 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,150
15 March 2016
13:00		Israel 1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 125
15 March 2016
16:30		Australia 6–3
(1–1, 1–2, 4–0)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 369
15 March 2016
20:00		Mexico 2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,850
17 March 2016
13:00		Mexico 1–4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 100
17 March 2016
16:30		Australia 4–3
(2–1, 0–0, 2–2)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 365
17 March 2016
20:00		Bulgaria 9–3
(4–0, 3–2, 2–1)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,890
18 March 2016
13:00		Turkey 9–6
(4–0, 2–4, 3–2)		 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 230
18 March 2016
16:30		Chinese Taipei 4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)		 MexicoWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 190
18 March 2016
20:00		Israel 4–3
(3–3, 1–0, 0–0)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,800
20 March 2016
13:00		Chinese Taipei 3 – 4 SO
(0–0, 1–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 140
20 March 2016
16:30		Bulgaria 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,995
20 March 2016
20:00		Australia 5–4
(0–1, 1–1, 4–2)		 MexicoWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 450

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[6]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Turkey Ferhat Bakal 5 9 5 14 +11 2 F
Australia Ellesse Carini 5 6 7 13 +7 4 F
Chinese Taipei Wei Chiang 5 4 7 11 −2 0 F
Australia Thomas Steven 5 6 4 10 +4 2 F
Australia Liam Manwarring 5 5 5 10 +6 29 F
Mexico Jorge Perez 5 7 2 9 −3 4 F
Bulgaria Veselin Dikov 5 5 4 9 +2 43 F
Israel Tom Ignatovich 5 4 5 9 +6 8 F
Turkey Hakan Salt 5 4 5 9 +10 2 F
Israel Mark Revniaga 5 4 4 8 +3 2 F

Leading goaltenders[]

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.[7]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Turkey Tolga Bozaci 300:11 149 12 2.40 91.95 0
Israel Raz Werner 304:15 162 14 2.76 91.36 0
Bulgaria Aleksandar Tomov 295:32 129 13 2.64 89.92 1
Chinese Taipei Sheng-Chun Huang 248:06 136 16 3.87 88.24 0
Mexico Leonardo Chavez 119:08 47 6 3.02 87.23 0

Division III Group B tournament[]

2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group B
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates14–19 February 2016
Teams3
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg New Zealand
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg South Africa
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored53 (8.83 per match)
Attendance1,751 (292 per match)
Scoring leader(s)New Zealand Benjamin Harford

The Division III Group B tournament began on 14 February 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa at the .[9] Hong Kong and New Zealand returned to compete in Division III Group B after missing promotion in the 2015 tournament.[3] South Africa entered the competition after being relegated from Division III Group A in 2015.[2]

New Zealand won the tournament after winning all four of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to Division III Group A for the 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships.[9][10] South Africa and Hong Kong both completed the tournament with three points each, with South Africa taking second place with a better goal difference.[10] New Zealand's Benjamin Harford finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eleven points and James Moore led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 92.98.[11][12] Harford was also named the best forward of the tournament and Moore best goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[13] Thomas Pugh of New Zealand was named best defenceman.[13]

Standings[]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 New Zealand 4 4 0 0 0 31 9 +22 12
 South Africa 4 1 0 0 3 11 19 −8 3
 Hong Kong 4 1 0 0 3 12 25 −13 3
Promoted to the 2017 Division III Group A tournament

Fixtures[]

All times are local. (SAST – UTC+2)

14 February 2016
20:00		Hong Kong 3–6
(1–4, 2–1, 0–1)		 South Africa
Attendance: 400
15 February 2016
20:00		New Zealand 8–4
(5–1, 0–1, 3–2)		 Hong KongIce Station
Attendance: 126
16 February 2016
17:45		South Africa 1–6
(0–3, 1–3, 0–0)		 New ZealandIce Station
Attendance: 253
17 February 2016
17:45		Hong Kong 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 South AfricaIce Station
Attendance: 289
18 February 2016
17:45		New Zealand 9–2
(3–0, 5–0, 1–2)		 Hong KongIce Station
Attendance: 94
19 February 2016
17:45		South Africa 2–7
(0–3, 0–1, 2–3)		 New ZealandIce Station
Attendance: 589

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[11]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
New Zealand Benjamin Harford 4 7 4 11 +13 24 F
New Zealand Shaun Brown 4 4 4 8 +12 6 F
Hong Kong Hing Yui Tsang 4 4 4 8 −6 18 F
New Zealand Logan Fraser 4 2 6 8 +3 14 F
New Zealand Alexander Egan 4 3 4 7 −1 12 F
New Zealand Mak Rawiri 4 5 1 6 +1 2 F
New Zealand Rom van Stolk 4 3 1 4 +5 2 F
Hong Kong Ho Ming Herman Lui 4 1 3 4 −9 14 F
South Africa Luke Vivier 4 3 0 3 0 0 F
South Africa Aidan Beukes 4 2 1 3 +1 6 F
Hong Kong Hing Wing Tsang 4 2 1 3 −8 6 F

Leading goaltenders[]

Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[12]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
New Zealand James Moore 120:00 57 4 2.00 92.98 0
New Zealand Taylor Goodall 120:00 65 5 2.50 92.31 0
South Africa Ryan Boyd 166:55 96 13 4.67 86.46 0
Hong Kong Joshua Sun Ho Ho 152:57 101 18 7.06 82.18 0

References[]

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