2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2016 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Austria  France
Dates	12 – 19 December 2015
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first-placed team is promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team is relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U20 Championship. To be eligible as a "junior" a player couldn't be born earlier than 1996.

The winners of Division I B, France, was promoted to the 2017 Division I A, and the winners of Division I A, Latvia, was promoted to the 2017 top division.

Division I A[]

The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from 13 to 19 December 2015.^[1]

2016 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Dates	13 – 19 December 2015
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	95 (6.33 per match)
Attendance	10,062 (671 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Dominic Zwerger (7 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Germany	placed 10th in the Top Division last year and were relegated
Norway	placed 2nd in Division I A last year
Latvia	placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Italy	placed 4th in Division I A last year
Austria	placed 5th in Division I A last year
Kazakhstan	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Final standings[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	5	4	1	0	0	20	7	+13	14
Austria	5	3	0	0	2	18	18	0	9
Kazakhstan	5	2	1	0	2	21	13	+8	8
Norway	5	1	1	2	1	21	14	+7	7
Germany	5	2	0	1	2	10	14	−4	7
Italy	5	0	0	0	5	5	29	−24	0

Promoted to the 2017 Top Division

Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

13 December 2015 13:00

Kazakhstan

2–3 (0–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Germany

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 350

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Gasper Jaka Zganc
	Asetov (Panyukov, Grents) – 23:20 1–0 1–1 24:24 – (Loibl, A. Eder) (PP) 1–2 28:36 – A. Eder (Loibl, ) () – 48:12 2–2 2–3 58:05 – Wissmann (Loibl, A. Eder)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	21

13 December 2015 16:30

Italy

1–10 (1–3, 0–2, 0–5)

Norway

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 325

Game reference
		Goalies	Jonas Arntzen	Referee: Pawel Meszynski Linesmen: Slawomir Szachniewicz Roman Vyleta
	() – 02:36 1–0 1–1 11:03 – (, ) 1–2 12:32 – (, Bull) 1–3 19:06 – () 1–4 23:41 – 1–5 29:03 – () 1–6 41:48 – Jorgensen (Bull, Nipe) 1–7 43:38 – (Gulliksen) 1–8 52:17 – Johannesen (Ostby, Gulliksen) 1–9 54:56 – (Nystuen, ) 1–10 55:50 – Hoff (Kaasastul, ) (EA)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	60

13 December 2015 20:00

Austria

2–6 (0–3, 1–3, 1–0)

Latvia

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 1048

Game reference
		Goalies	Matiss Kivlenieks	Referee: Robert Mullner Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Vasili Kaliada
	0–1 00:56 – Balcers (, ) 0–2 09:43 – (Razgals) 0–3 16:49 – Zile (, ) (PP) 0–4 22:43 – Galoha (Sislannikovs, Balcers) (Zwerger, ) – 24:14 1–4 1–5 32:03 – Sprukts (Razgals, ) (SH) 1–6 38:32 – Buncis (Cukste) (, ) – 53:15 2–6
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	24

14 December 2015 13:00

Germany

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Italy

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 352

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Vasili Kaliada Roman Vyleta
	A. Eder () – 07:14 1–0 Mayenschein (Loibl, ) – 25:09 2–0 2–1 32:07 – (, )
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	49	Shots	12

14 December 2015 16:30

Latvia

5–3 (0–2, 1–0, 4–1)

Kazakhstan

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 253

Game reference
	Matiss Kivlenieks	Goalies		Referee: Pawel Meszynski Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Slawomir Szachniewicz
	0–1 05:22 – () 0–2 09:03 – Grents (Panyukov) (PP) (Abols, Dzierkals) (PP) – 39:47 1–2 Dzierkals () – 42:28 2–2 Razgals (, ) – 46:19 3–2 (Galoha) – 55:59 4–2 4–3 57:08 – Razgals (Sprukts) – 58:18 5–3
	37 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	29

14 December 2015 20:00

Norway

3–4 (3–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Austria

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 914

Game reference
	Jonas Arntzen	Goalies		Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Sotaro Yamaguchi Gasper Jaka Zganc
	() – 01:55 1–0 1–1 02:39 – Haudum (, ) 1–2 04:46 – () (, ) – 13:58 2–2 Hoff (Johannesen, ) (PP) – 15:30 3–2 3–3 47:32 – Zwerger (, ) 3–4 54:47 – (Zwerger) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	25

16 December 2015 13:00

Norway

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

Latvia

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 558

Game reference
		Goalies	Matiss Kivlenieks	Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Vasili Kaliada
	(, ) (PP) – 17:23 1–0 1–1 31:44 – (, )
	Hoff Knold Johannesen Ekaas	Shootout	Buncis Dzierkals Razgals Abols
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	36

16 December 2015 16:30

Kazakhstan

7–0 (1–0, 5–0, 1–0)

Italy

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 346

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Robert Mullner Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Sotaro Yamaguchi
	Asetov (Grents, Panyukov) (PP) – 09:31 1–0 Lobanov (Grents) (PP2) – 26:47 2–0 () (PP) – 28:57 3–0 Asetov (Grents) (PP) – 34:13 4–0 (Volkov) (PP) – 35:45 5–0 (Panyukov) (SH) – 39:38 6–0 (, Volkov) – 45:00 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	39 min
	46	Shots	11

16 December 2015 20:00

Germany

1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Austria

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 2246

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Pawel Meszynski Linesmen: Slawomir Szachniewicz Roman Vyleta
	0–1 16:28 – Zwerger (, ) Loibl (, ) – 28:18 1–1 1–2 40:37 – Baltram (Huber) (SH) 1–3 59:51 – Zwerger (Baltram) (EN)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	22

17 December 2015 13:00

Norway

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

Kazakhstan

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 168

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Roman Vyleta
	() – 05:37 1–0 (, Gronstad) – 16:05 2–0 2–1 29:24 – Asetov (, ) – 29:42 3–1 3–2 32:59 – Asetov 3–3 59:40 – (, Lobanov) (EA)
	Gulliksen Hoff Gulliksen	Shootout	Grents Asetov Tolepbergen Asetov
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	27

17 December 2015 16:30

Latvia

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Germany

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 307

Game reference
	Matiss Kivlenieks	Goalies		Referee: Robert Mullner Linesmen: Vasili Kaliada Gasper Jaka Zganc
	Abols () – 03:15 1–0 Abols (Dzierkals) (PP) – 19:24 2–0 2–1 29:20 – (, ) () – 38:46 3–1 () (EN) – 58:57 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	22

17 December 2015 20:00

Italy

3–7 (0–1, 0–4, 3–2)

Austria

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 865

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Sotaro Yamaguchi
	0–1 05:15 – (, Haudum) 0–2 22:24 – () 0–3 24:23 – (, ) (PP2) 0–4 25:34 – (, Zwerger) 0–5 28:23 – Lahoda (, Maxa) 0–6 42:49 – Antonitsch (Maxa, Lahoda) (, ) – 45:39 1–6 () – 50:01 2–6 2–7 53:13 – Antonitsch Conci (Moroder, Zanatta) – 59:29 3–7
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	13	Shots	30

19 December 2015 13:00

Latvia

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Italy

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 170

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Pawel Meszynski Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Sotaro Yamaguchi
	() – 03:24 1–0 Galoha (Razgals) – 52:54 2–0 Abols (Dzierkals) (SH, EN) – 59:21 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	51	Shots	6

19 December 2015 16:30

Germany

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

Norway

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 810

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Slawomir Szachniewicz
	Korner – 27:21 1–0 (, ) – 33:26 2–0 (Korner, ) – 39:36 3–0 3–1 45:01 – (, ) 3–2 49:51 – Knold (Gulliksen, ) 3–3 59:58 – (EA)
	A. Eder	Shootout	Knold Jorgensen Gulliksen
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	20

19 December 2015 20:00

Austria

2–5 (1–2, 0–2, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 1350

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Roman Vyleta Gaspar Jaka Zganc
	0–1 00:20 – 0–2 01:32 – (Zwerger, ) – 19:40 1–2 1–3 29:38 – (, ) (PP) 1–4 36:19 – (Shtefan) 1–5 47:58 – Shtefan () (PP) Haudum (, ) – 48:55 2–5
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	20

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Dominic Zwerger	Austria	5	3	4	7	+2	2
2		Kazakhstan	5	2	5	7	–1	0
3	Alikhan Asetov	Kazakhstan	5	6	0	6	+2	0
4		Austria	5	3	3	6	+4	4
5	Dmitri Grents	Kazakhstan	5	2	4	6	+1	2
6		Norway	5	1	5	6	+4	0
7		Norway	5	5	0	5	+5	2
8	Rodrigo Ābols	Latvia	5	4	1	5	+1	0
9		Norway	5	3	2	5	+4	2
10	Frenks Razgals	Latvia	5	2	3	5	+5	0

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Matiss Kivlenieks	Latvia	245:00	7	94.12	1.71	0
2		Italy	214:02	14	91.30	3.92	0
3		Norway	194:24	9	89.77	2.78	0
4		Austria	180:00	9	89.41	3.00	0
5		Kazakhstan	303:56	13	88.79	2.57	1

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[]

• Goaltender: Matiss Kivlenieks
• Defenceman:
• Forward:

Division I B[]

The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from 12 to 18 December 2015.^[2] On 10 December it was announced that Japan had withdrawn, and would be automatically relegated for the 2017 tournament.^[3]

2016 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	12 – 18 December 2015
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	60 (6 per match)
Attendance	5,585 (559 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(11 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Slovenia	placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
Ukraine	placed 2nd in Division I B last year
Poland	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
France	placed 4th in Division I B last year
Japan	placed 5th in Division I B last year, withdrew.
Great Britain	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Final standings[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	4	2	1	0	1	17	9	+8	8
Poland	4	2	1	0	1	15	10	+5	8
Great Britain	4	2	1	0	1	13	16	−3	8
Ukraine	4	1	0	2	1	9	10	−1	5
Slovenia	4	0	0	1	3	6	15	−9	1
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Promoted to the 2017 Division I A

Relegated to the 2017 Division II A

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

12 December 2015 15:30

Great Britain

3–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) (OT: 1–0)

Slovenia

, Megève Attendance: 206

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Juris Balodis Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Jiri Ondracek
	0-1 26:53 – () () (PP) – 43:43 1-1 (Keywood, ) – 44:56 2-1 2-2 50:30 - (, ) Hook (, ) – 60:37 3-2
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	35

12 December 2015 19:00

France

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–2, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Ukraine

, Megève Attendance: 700

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Vladimir Efremov Michael Tscherrig
	() – 19:49 1–0 1–1 32:46 – (, ) 1–2 33:17 – (, ) (, ) (SH) – 38:05 2–2 Colotti (Gallet, Maia) (PP) – 64:36 3–2
	43 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	22

13 December 2015 15:30

Poland

9–3 (3–0, 3–1, 3–2)

Great Britain

, Megève Attendance: 128

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Yann Furet Viesturs Levalds
	– 01:15 1–0 (, ) – 15:48 2–0 (, ) (PP) – 19:35 3–0 Horzelski (Paszek, Sikora) (PP) – 27:24 4–0 (, ) – 28:10 5–0 Goscinski () – 30:51 6–0 6–1 32:34 – (Betteridge, ) (PP) (Krzemien) – 40:10 7–1 Wrobel (Lorek) – 40:28 8–1 8–2 44:32 – (Antonov) (PP) 8–3 48:04 – Forbes (Antonov, Betteridge) (PP2) Paszek (Horzelski, Sikora) – 52:53 9–3
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	54	Shots	28

13 December 2015 19:00

Slovenia

1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

France

, Megève Attendance: 1030

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Marcus Hoefer Jiri Ondracek
	0–1 06:12 – (, Gallet) 0–2 34:06 – Gallet (LeClerc, Maia) (PP) () – 43:08 1–2 1–3 44:04 – () 1–4 59:22 – (Colotti) (ENG)
	16 min	Penalties	35 min
	23	Shots	31

15 December 2015 15:30

Ukraine

0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Poland

, Megève Attendance: 180

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Yann Furet
	0–1 64:21 – ()
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	55

15 December 2015 19:00

Great Britain

4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0)

France

, Megève Attendance: 1138

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Juris Balodis Linesmen: Vladimir Efremov Marcus Hoefer
	0–1 00:37 – Leclerc () 0–2 04:58 – (Gallet, Ville) (PP2) (, ) – 17:18 1–2 Hook () – 22:22 2–2 2–3 33:34 – Maia (Leclerc) (SH) Heywood (Betteridge) (PP) – 46:52 3–3 Betteridge (Hook, ) (PP) – 59:29 4–3
	20 min	Penalties	51 min
	19	Shots	40

16 December 2015 15:30

Ukraine

2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Great Britain

, Megève Attendance: 126

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Vladimir Caillot Jiri Ondracek
	(, ) (PP) – 14:03 1–0 1–1 34:40 – () 1–2 43:15 – (, ) 1–3 49:50 – (Stead) Radetsky (, Andreikiv) (PP) – 54:20 2–3
	2 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	22

16 December 2015 19:00

Poland

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

, Megève Attendance: 185

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Viesturs Levalds Michael Tscherrig
	(, ) – 22:34 1–0 (, ) – 23:10 2–0 Horzelski (Sikora) (PP) – 41:58 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	30	Shots	24

18 December 2015 15:30

Slovenia

3–5 (0–1, 1–3, 2–1)

Ukraine

, Megève Attendance: 103

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Vladimir Efremov Yann Furet
	0–1 05:12 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 24:46 – (PS) 0–3 29:11 – (Vorona, ) (PP) () – 31:11 1–3 1–4 33:02 – Vorona (Mazur, ) 1–5 40:26 – Radetsky (Svyshev, Vorona) (PP) (, ) (PP) – 54:13 2–5 Jeklic (Simsic, Mercina) (PP) – 56:51 3–5
	12 min	Penalties	37 min
	28	Shots	24

18 December 2015 19:00

Poland

2–7 (0–1, 1–3, 1–3)

France

, Megève Attendance: 1789

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Marcus Hoefer Michael Tscherrig
	0–1 15:42 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 25:36 – (, ) (PP) – 26:17 1–2 1–3 28:32 – (Maia) 1–4 38:44 – (, ) 1–5 45:52 – Maia (Coulaud, Ville) (PP) (, ) – 50:21 2–5 2–6 51:18 – Guillaume (Colotti) 2–7 59:25 – Maia (Ville, Leclerc)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	45

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1		France	4	6	5	11	+4	10
2		France	4	3	3	6	+4	4
2		Ukraine	4	3	3	6	0	0
4		Poland	4	2	4	6	+5	4
5	Guillaume Leclerc	France	4	1	5	6	+4	2
6		Ukraine	4	4	1	5	0	0
7		Great Britain	4	3	2	5	-2	4
8		France	3	2	3	5	+4	29
9		Poland	4	2	3	5	+4	4
10	Oliver Betteridge	Great Britain	4	1	3	4	-2	0
10	Hugo Gallet	France	4	1	3	4	+5	4
10		Poland	4	1	3	4	+5	0

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

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1		Ukraine	247:16	10	93.29	2.43	0
2		France	124:36	4	92.45	1.93	0
3		Great Britain	149:09	8	92.16	3.22	0
4		Poland	244:04	10	91.38	2.46	2
5		Slovenia	178:44	9	90.43	3.02	0

Source: IIHF.com

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[]

• Goaltender:
• Defenceman:
• Forward: Guillaume Leclerc

References[]

External links[]

• IIHF.com