2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I
| 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host nations |  Hungary /  Austria
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| Dates | 7–11 January 2016 10–16 January 2016 |
| Teams | 14 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Champions |  Japan ( titles)
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The 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I and 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I Qualification were a pair of international under-18 women's ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I and Division I Qualification tournaments made up the second and third level of competition at the 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships respectively. The Division I tournament took place between 10 January and 16 January 2016 in Miskolc, Hungary. The tournament was won by Japan who gained promotion back to the Championship Division for 2017 while Denmark finished last and was relegated back to Qualification for 2017. The Division I Qualification tournament took place from 7 January to 11 January 2016 in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria. Austria won the tournament defeating Italy in the final and gained promotion back to Division I for 2017.
Division I tournament
The Division I tournament began on 10 January 2016 in Miskolc, Hungary at the Miskolc Arena.[1] Germany, Hungary, Norway and Slovakia returned to compete in the Division I competition after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[2] Denmark gained promotion to the 2016 Division I tournament after finishing first in last years Division I Qualification and Japan was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.[3][4]
Japan won the tournament after winning all five of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion back to the Championship Division for the 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.[1][5] Germany finished in second place after losing only to Japan and Slovakia finished in third place.[5] Denmark finished the tournament in last place after losing all five of their games and was relegated back to Division I Qualification for 2017.[1][5] Ayu Tonosaki of Japan led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 96.55 and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[6][7] Germany's Emily Nix and Norway's Millie Sirum finished as the top scorers of the tournament with eight points each which included two goals and six assists.[8] Nix was also named as the tournaments best forward and Tatiana Istocyova of Slovakia was named best defenceman.[7]
Standings
| Team | GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 15 |
 Germany
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5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 11 |
 Slovakia
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5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 10 |
 Norway
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6 |
| Hungary
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 3 |
 Denmark
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 |
| Promoted to the 2017 Top Division | Relegated to the 2017 Division I Qualification |
Fixtures
All times are local. (CET – UTC+1)
| 10 January 2016 12:30 |
Denmark 
|
0 – 3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2) |
Japan
|
Miskolc Arena Attendance: 55 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January 2016 16:00 |
Germany 
|
5 – 1 (0–1, 4–0, 1–0) |
Norway
|
Miskolc Arena Attendance: 110 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January 2016 19:30 |
Hungary 
|
0 – 5 (0–3, 0–0, 0–2) |
Slovakia
|
Miskolc Arena Attendance: 350 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 January 2016 12:30 |
Japan 
|
3 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0) |
Germany
|
Miskolc Arena Attendance: 45 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 January 2016 16:00 |
Slovakia 
|
5 – 0 (1–0, 4–0, 0–0) |
Denmark
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Miskolc Arena Attendance: 40 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 January 2016 19:30 |
Norway 
|
5 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0) |
Hungary
|
Miskolc Arena Attendance: 150 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 January 2016 12:30 |
Norway
|
2 – 5 (1–0, 0–2, 1–3) |
Slovakia
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Miskolc Arena Attendance: 85 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 January 2016 16:00 |
Denmark
|
1 – 3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2) |
 Great Britain
|
Miskolc Arena Attendance: 65 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 January 2016 19:30 |
Japan
|
7 – 0 (2–0, 4–0, 1–0) |
Hungary
|
Miskolc Arena Attendance: 120 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 January 2016 12:30 |
Norway
|
6 – 1 (2–0, 3–0, 1–1) |
Denmark
|
Miskolc Arena Attendance: 55 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 January 2016 16:00 |
Slovakia
|
1 – 4 (0–2, 1–0, 0–2) |
Japan
|
Miskolc Arena Attendance: 90 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 January 2016 19:30 |
Germany
|
7 – 1 (2–0, 4–0, 1–1) |
Hungary
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Miskolc Arena Attendance: 100 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 January 2016 12:30 |
Slovakia
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2 – 3 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1) |
Germany
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Miskolc Arena Attendance: 95 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 January 2016 16:00 |
Japan
|
1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) |
Norway
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Miskolc Arena Attendance: 50 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 January 2016 19:30 |
Hungary
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3 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0) |
Denmark
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Miskolc Arena Attendance: 250 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Division I Qualification tournament
The Division I Qualification tournament began on 7 January 2016 in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria at the Eis Sport Arena and Nockhalle respectively.[9] China, Great Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan and Poland returned to compete in the Division I Qualification competition after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championships.[3] Australia and Romania made their debut in the competition and Austria entered the tournament after being relegated from Division I at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.[2]
The teams were divided into two groups of four for the preliminary round.[10] Group A was won by Austria and Group B by Italy with both teams advancing to the gold medal game.[10][11] Kazakhstan and Great Britain both advanced to the bronze medal game after finishing second in their groups.[10][11] China and Poland made up the fifth place classification match after finishing third in the preliminary round and Australia and Romania were drawn against each other for the seventh place classification match.[10][11] Austria defeated Italy 3–2 in the gold medal game to win the tournament and gain promotion back to Division I for the 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.[9][11] Kazakhstan finished third after beating Great Britain 2–0 in the bronze medal game.[11][12] Following the end of the tournament the IIHF directorate named China's Siye He best goaltender of the tournament, Italy's Nadia Mattivi best defenceman and Theresa Schafzahl of Austria best forward.[13] Italy's Eugenia Pompanin led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 93.81 and Malika Aldabergenova of Kazakhstan finished as the top scorer with twelve points which included five goals and seven assists.[14][15]
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 9 |
 Kazakhstan
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 6 |
 China
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 3 |
 Romania
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | −33 | 0 |
All times are local. (CET – UTC+1)
| 7 January 2016 12:00 |
Kazakhstan 
|
5 – 2 (2–1, 0–1, 3–0) |
China
|
Eis Sport Arena |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2016 15:30 |
Austria 
|
12 – 0 (3–0, 5–0, 4–0) |
Romania
|
Eis Sport Arena |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January 2016 12:00 |
Kazakhstan
|
15 – 0 (5–0, 3–0, 7–0) |
Romania
|
Eis Sport Arena Attendance: 150 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January 2016 15:30 |
China 
|
1 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1) |
Austria
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Eis Sport Arena Attendance: 590 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January 2016 12:00 |
Romania 
|
3 – 9 (0–0, 1–6, 2–3) |
China
|
Eis Sport Arena Attendance: 110 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January 2016 15:30 |
Austria
|
5 – 0 (3–0, 0–0, 2–0) |
Kazakhstan
|
Eis Sport Arena Attendance: 625 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Group B
| Team | GP |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 9 |
| Great Britain
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
 Poland
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 3 |
 Australia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 |
All times are local. (CET – UTC+1)
| 7 January 2016 11:45 |
Poland 
|
11 – 0 (6–0, 2–0, 3–0) |
Australia
|
Nockhalle Attendance: 110 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2016 15:15 |
Italy 
|
3 – 1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0) |
Great Britain
|
Nockhalle Attendance: 110 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January 2016 11:45 |
Poland
|
1 – 3 (0–2, 0–1, 1–0) |
Great Britain
|
Nockhalle Attendance: 120 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January 2016 15:15 |
Australia 
|
0 – 8 (0–2, 0–3, 0–3) |
Italy
|
Nockhalle |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January 2016 11:45 |
Great Britain 
|
3 – 2 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2) |
Australia
|
Nockhalle Attendance: 120 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January 2016 15:15 |
Italy
|
4 – 2 (0–0, 2–0, 2–2) |
Poland
|
Nockhalle Attendance: 250 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Playoff round
Seventh place game
| 11 January 2016 11:45 |
Romania
|
6 – 7 SO (3–1, 2–2, 1–3, 0–0, 0–1) |
Australia
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Nockhalle Attendance: 130 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fifth place game
| 11 January 2016 15:15 |
China
|
5 – 2 (1–0, 4–0, 0–2) |
Poland
|
Nockhalle |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bronze medal game
| 11 January 2016 12:00 |
Kazakhstan
|
2 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0) |
Great Britain
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Eis Sport Arena Attendance: 300 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold medal game
| 11 January 2016 15:30 |
Austria
|
3 – 2 (1–2, 1–0, 1–0) |
Italy
|
Eis Sport Arena Attendance: 736 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranking and statistics
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:[12]
| Rk. | Team |
|---|---|
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Austria
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Italy
|
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Kazakhstan
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| 4. | Great Britain
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| 5. | China
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| 6. | Poland
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| 7. | Australia
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| 8. | Romania
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://www.iihf.com/competition/559/statistics.html. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://www.iihf.com/competition/512/statistics.html. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qual.". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://www.iihf.com/competition/494/statistics.html. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://www.iihf.com/competition/492/statistics/. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Tournament Progress". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/559/IHW559200_76_16_0.pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/559/IHW559000_85A_15_0.pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Best Players Selected by the Directorate". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/559/IHW559000_85I_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/559/IHW559000_85B_15_0.pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qualification". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://www.iihf.com/competition/577/statistics.html. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Tournament Progress". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-10. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/577/IHW577300_76_14_0.pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 "Tournament Progress". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-11. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/577/IHW5779900_76_5_0.pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Final Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-11. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/577/IHW577000_FINAL_RANKING_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-11. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/577/IHW577000_85I_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-11. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/577/IHW577000_85A_10_0.pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
- ↑ "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-01-11. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/577/IHW577000_85B_9_0.pdf. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
External links
- Division I at IIHF.com
- Division I Qualification at IIHF.com