2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
# 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

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.

### 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 | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Latvia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 14 | Promoted to the 2017 Top Division |
| 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 | Relegated to the 2017 Division I B |

### Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Statistics

**Top 10 scorers**

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dominic Zwerger | Austria | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +2 | 2 |
| 2 | Vladimir Volkov | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –1 | 0 |
| 3 | Alikhan Asetov | Kazakhstan | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | +2 | 0 |
| 4 | Florian Baltram | Austria | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 5 | Dmitri Grents | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 2 |
| 6 | Anders Gulliksen | Norway | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 0 |
| 7 | Henrik Knold | Norway | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +5 | 2 |
| 8 | Rodrigo Ābols | Latvia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 0 |
| 9 | Fredrik Jorgensen | 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 | Hannes Treibenreif | Italy | 214:02 | 14 | 91.30 | 3.92 | 0 |
| 3 | Fredrik Gronstrand | Norway | 194:24 | 9 | 89.77 | 2.78 | 0 |
| 4 | Thomas Stroj | Austria | 180:00 | 9 | 89.41 | 3.00 | 0 |
| 5 | Anton Bruyev | Kazakhstan | 303:56 | 13 | 88.79 | 2.57 | 1 |

### Awards

**Best Players Selected by the Directorate**

* Goaltender: Matiss Kivlenieks
* Defenceman: Karlis Cukste
* Forward: Florian Baltram

## Division I B

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 On 10 December it was announced that Japan had withdrawn, and would be automatically relegated for the 2017 tournament.

### 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 | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 8 | Promoted to the 2017 Division I A |
| 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 | Relegated to the 2017 Division II A |

### Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Statistics

**Top 10 scorers**

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bastien Maia | France | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +4 | 10 |
| 2 | Fabien Colotti | France | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 2 | Olexi Vorona | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kamil Sikora | Poland | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +5 | 4 |
| 5 | Guillaume Leclerc | France | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 2 |
| 6 | Ivan Radetsky | Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Macaulay Heywood | Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Gabin Ville | France | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 29 |
| 9 | Marcin Horzelski | 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 | Kamil Paszek | 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 | Bogdan Dyachenko | Ukraine | 247:16 | 10 | 93.29 | 2.43 | 0 |
| 2 | Quentin Papillon | France | 124:36 | 4 | 92.45 | 1.93 | 0 |
| 3 | Ben Churchfield | Great Britain | 149:09 | 8 | 92.16 | 3.22 | 0 |
| 4 | Michal Czernik | Poland | 244:04 | 10 | 91.38 | 2.46 | 2 |
| 5 | Mark Vlahovic | Slovenia | 178:44 | 9 | 90.43 | 3.02 | 0 |

Source: IIHF.com

### Awards

**Best Players Selected by the Directorate**

* Goaltender: Bogdan Dyachenko
* Defenceman: Marcin Horzelski
* Forward: Guillaume Leclerc
