2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

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2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship
Division II
2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II.png
Tournament details
Host countries Lithuania
 Serbia
Dates13 – 19 December 2015
17 – 23 January 2016
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
2015
2017

The 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II were the two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A was contested in Elektrėnai, Lithuania and Division II B in Novi Sad, Serbia. These tournaments represent the fourth and fifth tiers of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II A[]

The Division II A tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from 13 to 19 December 2015.[1]

2016 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Lithuania
Dates13 – 19 December 2015
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored123 (8.2 per match)
Attendance14,464 (964 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Hungary Vilmos Galló
Estonia
(13 points)

Participants[]

Team Qualification
 Hungary Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated
 Lithuania Placed 2nd in Division II A last year
 South Korea Placed 3rd in Division II A last year
 Netherlands Placed 4th in Division II A last year
 Estonia Placed 5th in Division II A last year
 Croatia Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted

Final standings[]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Hungary 5 5 0 0 0 36 9 +27 15
 Lithuania 5 3 1 0 1 18 16 +2 11
 Estonia 5 3 0 0 2 27 26 +1 9
 Croatia 5 2 0 0 3 13 21 −8 6
 Netherlands 5 0 1 0 4 14 23 −9 2
 South Korea 5 0 0 2 3 15 28 −13 2
Promoted to the 2017 Division I B Relegated to the 2017 Division II B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 December 2015
13:00
Croatia 5–2
(1–0, 3–0, 1–2)
 NetherlandsElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 304
13 December 2015
16:30
South Korea 2–8
(0–2, 1–2, 1–4)
 HungaryElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 1001
13 December 2015
20:00
Lithuania 6–5
(2–1, 2–1, 2–3)
 EstoniaElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 1816
14 December 2015
13:00
Hungary 7–5
(1–2, 4–3, 2–0)
 NetherlandsElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 317
14 December 2015
16:30
Estonia 6–3
(0–0, 4–1, 2–1)
 CroatiaElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 416
14 December 2015
20:00
Lithuania 2–1 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 4–3)
 South KoreaElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 1795
16 December 2015
13:00
Hungary 6–0
(3–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 EstoniaElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 271
16 December 2015
16:30
South Korea 2–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–2)
 NetherlandsElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 361
16 December 2015
20:00
Lithuania 4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)
 CroatiaElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 1922
18 December 2015
13:00
Estonia 11–8
(5–3, 3–4, 3–1)
 South KoreaElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 189
18 December 2015
16:30
Croatia 0–7
(0–3, 0–2, 0–2)
 HungaryElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 561
18 December 2015
20:00
Netherlands 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)
 LithuaniaElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 2103
19 December 2015
13:00
South Korea 2–4
(1–3, 1–0. 0–1)
 CroatiaElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 226
19 December 2015
16:30
Netherlands 3–5
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)
 EstoniaElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 721
19 December 2015
20:00
Hungary 8–2
(1–1, 4–0, 3–1)
 LithuaniaElektrėnai Ice Palace
Attendance: 2461

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1 Vilmos Gallo  Hungary 5 6 7 13 +14 2
1  Estonia 5 6 7 13 +4 10
3 Csanad Erdely  Hungary 5 8 3 11 +10 6
4  Hungary 5 4 7 11 +10 6
5  Estonia 4 4 6 10 +2 25
6  South Korea 5 4 5 9 -2 4
7  Estonia 5 3 6 9 0 2
8  Hungary 5 4 4 8 +10 0
9  South Korea 5 2 6 8 -2 4
10  Hungary 5 0 8 8 +11 2

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1  Hungary 257:51 6 91.55 1.40 1
2  Lithuania 305:00 16 90.24 3.15 0
3  Croatia 219:56 11 89.42 3.00 0
4  Netherlands 185:00 11 89.32 3.57 0
5  Estonia 298:00 26 86.93 5.23 0

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[]

  • Goaltender: Lithuania
  • Defenceman: Lithuania
  • Forward: Hungary Vilmos Gallo

Division II B[]

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 17 to 23 January 2016.[2]

2016 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Serbia
Dates17 – 23 January 2016
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored136 (9.07 per match)
Attendance2,436 (162 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Romania
(19 points)

Participants[]

Team Qualification
 Romania Placed 6th in the Division II A last year and were relegated
 Spain Placed 2nd in Division II B last year
 Australia Placed 3rd in Division II B last year
 Belgium Placed 4th in Division II B last year
 Serbia Placed 5th in Division II B last year
 China Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Romania 5 4 1 0 0 37 14 +23 14 Promoted to Division II A
2  Spain 5 4 0 0 1 34 12 +22 12
3  Serbia 5 3 0 1 1 34 9 +25 10
4  Belgium 5 2 0 0 3 14 21 −7 6
5  Australia 5 1 0 0 4 11 35 −24 3
6  China 5 0 0 0 5 6 45 −39 0 Relegation to Division III
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

17 January 2016
13:00
Australia 0–8
(0–2, 0–4, 0–2)
 RomaniaSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 35
17 January 2016
16:30
China 0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)
 BelgiumSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 47
17 January 2016
20:30
Spain 4–1
(0–0, 1–0, 3–1)
 SerbiaSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 623
18 January 2016
13:00
Romania 6–2
(1–0, 2–0, 3–2)
 BelgiumSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 32
18 January 2016
16:30
Spain 9–3
(4–1, 4–1, 1–1)
 AustraliaSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 42
18 January 2016
20:00
Serbia 10–0
(3–0, 5–0, 2–0)
 ChinaSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 178
20 January 2016
13:00
Spain 10–1
(3–0, 3–1, 4–0)
 ChinaSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 25
20 January 2016
16:30
Australia 0–6
(0–1, 0–3, 0–2)
 BelgiumSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 38
20 January 2016
20:00
Romania 5–4 OT
(2–1, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT: 1–0)
 SerbiaSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 576
21 January 2016
13:00
Belgium 1–6
(1–2, 0–2, 0–2)
 SpainSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 37
21 January 2016
16:30
China 3–12
(1–3, 0–8, 2–1)
 RomaniaSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 26
21 January 2016
20:00
Serbia 10–0
(6–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 AustraliaSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 223
23 January 2016
13:00
Australia 8–2
(3–0, 1–2, 4–0)
 ChinaSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 29
23 January 2016
16:30
Romania 6–5
(2–1, 1–1, 3–3)
 SpainSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 83
23 January 2016
20:30
Belgium 0–9
(0–2, 0–3, 0–4)
 SerbiaSPC Vojvodina
Attendance: 442

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1  Romania 5 5 14 19 +12 0
2  Spain 5 6 8 14 +10 0
3  Serbia 5 6 7 13 +11 29
4  Serbia 5 9 3 12 +15 0
5  Romania 5 7 5 12 +9 10
6  Romania 5 6 6 12 +12 6
7  Spain 5 7 4 11 +6 4
8  Serbia 5 2 8 10 +10 22
9  Romania 5 6 2 8 +5 0
10  Serbia 5 1 7 8 +11 0

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1  Spain 239:31 11 90.52 2.76 0
2  Romania 243:45 11 90.18 2.71 1
3  Serbia 182:30 8 87.30 2.63 1
4  Belgium 300:00 21 85.81 4.20 2
5  China 135:33 18 84.87 7.97 0

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[]

  • Goaltender: Spain
  • Defenceman: Serbia
  • Forward: Spain

References[]

External links[]

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