2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
# 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II A and Division II B tournaments represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

## Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 4 to 10 April 2016.

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| Lithuania | placed 6th in 2015 Division I B and were relegated |
| Poland | placed 2nd in 2015 Division II A |
| Great Britain | placed 3rd in 2015 Division II A |
| Netherlands | placed 4th in 2015 Division II A |
| Croatia | placed 5th in 2015 Division II A |
| Romania | hosts; placed 1st in 2015 Division II B and were promoted |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Poland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 8 | +35 | 15 | Promoted to the 2017 Division I B |
| 2 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 12 | |
| 3 | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 6 | |
| 5 | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 3 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 0 | Relegated to the 2017 Division II B |

## Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from 26 March to 1 April 2016.

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| Estonia | placed 6th in 2015 Division II A and were relegated |
| Spain | hosts; placed 2nd in 2015 Division II B |
| Serbia | placed 3rd in 2015 Division II B |
| Belgium | placed 4th in 2015 Division II B |
| China | placed 5th in 2015 Division II B |
| Iceland | placed 1st in 2015 Division III A and were promoted |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Estonia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 11 | +27 | 15 | Promoted to the 2017 Division II A |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 12 | |
| 3 | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Iceland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 3 | |
| 5 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 3 | |
| 6 | China | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 3 | Relegated to the 2017 Division III A |
