2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2016 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Finland
Dates	December 26 – January 5
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Hartwall Arena and Helsinki Ice Hall (in 1 host city)
Champions	Finland (4 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	193  (6.43 per game)
Attendance	215,226  (7,174 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jesse Puljujärvi
MVP	Jesse Puljujärvi

The 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 40th World Junior Ice Hockey Championship. It was hosted in Helsinki in Finland. It began on December 26, 2015, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2016. This marked the sixth time that Finland has hosted the WJC, and the hosts defeated Russia 4-3 in overtime to win their fourth title in history and second in the last three years. Belarus was relegated to Division I-A for 2017 by merit of their tenth-place finish, while Finnish right winger Jesse Puljujärvi earned MVP and top scorer honors.

Player eligibility

A player is eligible to play in the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:

• the player is of male gender;
• the player was born at the earliest in 1996, and at the latest, in 2001;
• the player is a citizen in the country he represents;
• the player is under the jurisdiction of a national association that is a member of the IIHF.

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.

Results

Preliminary round

Format

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups play a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.

	Team qualified to Quarterfinals
	Team will play in Relegation round

Group A

Pl.		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1.	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	19:05	12
2.	United States	4	3	0	0	1	18:05	09
3.	Canada	4	1	1	0	2	12:08	05
4.	Denmark	4	1	0	0	3	04:16	03
5.	Switzerland	4	0	0	1	3	07:23	01

December 26, 2015 16:00

Switzerland

3–8 (1–3, 1–3, 1–2)

Sweden

Game reference
	60 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	39

December 26, 2015 20:00

United States

4–2 (0–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Canada

Game reference
	27 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	27

December 27, 2015 20:00

Denmark

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Game reference
	25 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	23

December 28, 2015 16:00

Sweden

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

United States

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	46

December 28, 2015 20:00

Canada

6–1 (1–1, 4–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	58	Shots	11

December 29, 2015 20:00

Switzerland

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

Canada

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	35

December 30, 2015 16:00

Sweden

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	9

December 30, 2015 20:00

United States

10–1 (6–0, 4–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	28

December 31, 2015 16:00

Denmark

1–4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–2)

United States

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	44

December 31, 2015 20:00

Canada

2–5 (1–2, 0–1, 1–2)

Sweden

Game reference
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	32

Group B

Pl.		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1.	Russia	4	3	1	0	0	14:07	11
2.	Finland	4	3	0	0	1	23:13	09
3.	Czech Republic	4	2	0	1	1	12:10	07
4.	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	08:14	03
5.	Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	06:19	00

December 26, 2015 14:00

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Game reference
	27 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	22

December 26, 2015 18:00

Finland

6–0 (0-0, 1-0, 5-0)

Belarus

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	37	Shots	10

December 27, 2015 16:00

Belarus

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Slovakia

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	39

December 28, 2015 14:00

Slovakia

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	34

December 28, 2015 18:00

Russia

6–4 (1–2, 4–1, 1–1)

Finland

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	32

December 29, 2015 16:00

Belarus

1–4 (0–3, 0–0, 1–1)

Russia

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	32

December 30, 2015 14:00

Czech Republic

5–3 (1–0, 1–3, 3–0)

Belarus

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	49	Shots	24

December 30, 2015 18:00

Slovakia

3–8 (2–1, 0–2, 1–5)

Finland

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	48

December 31, 2015 14:00

Russia

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	21

December 31, 2015 18:00

Finland

5–4 (0–0, 3–3, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	35

Relegation

January 2, 2016 12:00

Switzerland

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Belarus

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	26 min
	42	Shots	21

January 3, 2016 12:00

Belarus

2–6 (2–3, 0–3, 0–0)

Switzerland

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	44

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

2 January 2016 14:00

Russia

4–3 OT (1–0, 0–2, 2–1) (OT 1–0)

Denmark

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	46	Shots	21

2 January 2016 16:00

Sweden

6–0 (2–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	55	Shots	17

2 January 2016 18:00

Finland

6–5 (1–2, 3–1, 2–2)

Canada

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	29	Shots	34

2 January 2016 20:00

United States

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	28

Semifinals

4 January 2016 16:00

Sweden

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Finland

Game reference
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	28

4 January 2016 20:00

Russia

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

United States

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	27

Bronze medal game

5 January 2016 16:00

Sweden

3–8 (2–2, 0–4, 1–2)

United States

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	29

Final

5 January 2016 20:30

Russia

3–4 OT (1–0, 0–0, 2–3) (OT 0–1)

Finland

Game reference
	40 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	29

Final standings

Team 1 ! Finland 1 ! Russia 1 ! United States 4th Sweden 5th Czech Republic 6th Canada 7th Slovakia 8th Denmark 9th Switzerland 10th Belarus Division I Main article: 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I Group A The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from 13 to 19 December 2015. 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 Group B The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from 12 to 18 December 2015. Prior to the start of the tournament Japan withdrew, and was relegated for 2017. 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 Division II Main article: 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II Group A The Division II A tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from 13 to 19 December 2015. 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 Group B The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 17 to 23 January 2016. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Romania 5 4 1 0 0 37 14 +23 14 Spain 5 4 0 0 1 34 12 +22 12 Serbia 5 3 0 1 1 34 9 +25 10 Belgium 5 2 0 0 3 14 21 −7 6 Australia 5 1 0 0 4 11 35 −24 3 China 5 0 0 0 5 6 45 −39 0 Promoted to the 2017 Division II A Relegated to the 2017 Division III Division III Main article: 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III The Division III tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 15 to 24 January 2016. Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Mexico 6 5 0 0 1 24 14 +10 15 Bulgaria 6 4 0 0 2 18 13 +5 12 New Zealand 6 4 0 0 2 29 16 +13 12 Israel 6 3 0 1 2 39 23 +16 10 Iceland 6 2 1 0 3 24 21 +3 8 Turkey 6 2 0 0 4 20 15 +5 6 South Africa 6 0 0 0 6 7 59 −52 0 Promoted to the 2017 Division II B References External links Official site for the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Championships IIHF World U20 Championship (1974-) Soviet Union 1974 - Canada 1975 - Finland 1976 - Czechoslovakia 1977 - Canada 1978 - Sweden 1979 - Finland 1980 - West Germany 1981 - United States 1982 - Soviet Union 1983 - Sweden 1984 - Finland 1985 - Canada 1986 - Czechoslovakia 1987 - Soviet Union 1988 - United States 1989 - Finland 1990 - Canada 1991 - Germany 1992 - Sweden 1993 - Czech Republic 1994 - Canada 1995 - United States 1996 - Switzerland 1997 - Finland 1998 - Canada 1999 - Sweden 2000 - Russia 2001 - Czech Republic 2002 - Canada 2003 - Finland 2004 - United States 2005 - Canada 2006 - Sweden 2007 - Czech Republic 2008 - Canada 2009 - Canada 2010 - United States 2011 - Canada 2012 - Russia 2013 - Sweden 2014 - Canada 2015 - Finland 2016 - Canada 2017 - United States 2018 - Canada 2019 - Czech Republic 2020 - Canada 2021 - Canada 2022 - Canada 2023 - Sweden 2024 IIHF World U18 Championship (1999-) Germany 1999 - Switzerland 2000 - Finland 2001 - Slovakia 2002 - Russia 2003 - Belarus 2004 - Czech Republic 2005 - Sweden 2006 - Finland 2007 - Russia 2008 - United States 2009 - Belarus 2010 - Germany 2011 - Czech Republic 2012 - Russia 2013 - Finland 2014 = Switzerland 2015 - United States 2016 - Slovakia 2017 - Russia 2018 - Sweden 2019 - United States 2020 - United States 2021 - Germany 2022 - Switzerland 2023 - Finland 2024 This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).