2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2016 IIHF World Junior Championship
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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) Flag of Finland Jesse Puljujärvi
MVP Flag of Finland Jesse Puljujärvi

The 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 40th World Junior Ice Hockey Championship. It was hosted in Helsinki in Finland.[1] 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:[2]

  • 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.[3]

Top Division

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.[4]

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
December 26, 2015
20:00 		United States  4–2
(0–0, 1–1, 3–1) 		 Canada
December 27, 2015
20:00 		Denmark  2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0) 		 Switzerland
December 28, 2015
16:00 		Sweden  1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0) 		 United States
December 28, 2015
20:00 		Canada  6–1
(1–1, 4–0, 1–0) 		 Denmark
December 29, 2015
20:00 		Switzerland  2–3 SO
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Canada
December 30, 2015
16:00 		Sweden  5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Denmark
December 30, 2015
20:00 		United States  10–1
(6–0, 4–1, 0–0) 		 Switzerland
December 31, 2015
16:00 		Denmark  1–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2) 		 United States
December 31, 2015
20:00 		Canada  2–5
(1–2, 0–1, 1–2) 		 Sweden

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
December 26, 2015
18:00 		Finland  6–0
(0-0, 1-0, 5-0) 		 Belarus
December 27, 2015
16:00 		Belarus  2–4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2) 		 Slovakia
December 28, 2015
14:00 		Slovakia  0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Czech Republic
December 28, 2015
18:00 		Russia  6–4
(1–2, 4–1, 1–1) 		 Finland
December 29, 2015
16:00 		Belarus  1–4
(0–3, 0–0, 1–1) 		 Russia
December 30, 2015
14:00 		Czech Republic  5–3
(1–0, 1–3, 3–0) 		 Belarus
December 30, 2015
18:00 		Slovakia  3–8
(2–1, 0–2, 1–5) 		 Finland
December 31, 2015
14:00 		Russia  2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0) 		 Slovakia
December 31, 2015
18:00 		Finland  5–4
(0–0, 3–3, 2–1) 		 Czech Republic

Relegation

January 2, 2016
12:00 		Switzerland  5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0) 		 Belarus
January 3, 2016
12:00 		Belarus  2–6
(2–3, 0–3, 0–0) 		 Switzerland

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

2 January 2016
14:00 		Russia  4–3 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 2–1)
(OT 1–0) 		 Denmark
2 January 2016
16:00 		Sweden  6–0
(2–0, 1–0, 3–0) 		 Slovakia
2 January 2016
18:00 		Finland  6–5
(1–2, 3–1, 2–2) 		 Canada
2 January 2016
20:00 		United States  7–0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0) 		 Czech Republic

Semifinals

4 January 2016
16:00 		Sweden  1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0) 		 Finland
4 January 2016
20:00 		Russia  2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0) 		 United States

Bronze medal game

5 January 2016
16:00 		Sweden  3–8
(2–2, 0–4, 1–2) 		 United States

Final

5 January 2016
20:30 		Russia  3–4 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 2–3)
(OT 0–1) 		 Finland

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.[5]

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.[6] Prior to the start of the tournament Japan withdrew, and was relegated for 2017.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]


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

  1. ↑ "Future Hosts". USA Hockey. http://worldjuniors.usahockey.com/page/show/701426-future-hosts. Retrieved January 18, 2014. 
  2. ↑ "IIHF statutes and bylaws". IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/The_IIHF/2012-2014_IIHF_Statutes_and_Bylaws.pdf. Retrieved 2014-01-01. 
  3. ↑ "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/iihf-eligibility.html. Retrieved 2014-01-01. 
  4. ↑ "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF.com. 2012-05-29. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/7006.html. Retrieved 2011-05-29. 
  5. ↑ Division IA statistics
  6. ↑ Division IB statistics
  7. ↑ Japan withdraws
  8. ↑ Division II A statistics
  9. ↑ Division II B statistics
  10. ↑ Division III statistics

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