2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I
	Tournament details
Host nations	Belarus / Italy
Dates	9 – 24 April 2016
Teams	12

The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 April 2016.^[1]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Germany	placed 10th in 2015 Top Division and were relegated
Belarus	hosts, placed 2nd in 2015 Division I A
France	placed 3rd in 2015 Division I A
Norway	placed 4th in 2015 Division I A
Kazakhstan	placed 5th in 2015 Division I A
Austria	placed 1st in 2015 Division I B and were promoted

Standings


Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Belarus	5	4	0	0	1	23	15	+8	12
Germany	5	3	1	0	1	20	14	+6	11
Kazakhstan	5	2	1	1	1	17	16	+1	9
France	5	2	0	0	3	18	18	0	6
Norway	5	1	0	1	3	16	22	−6	4
Austria	5	1	0	0	4	11	20	−9	3

Promoted to the 2017 Top Division
Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

Results

9 April, 2016
12:00

France

5–2
(1–0, 1–2, 3–0)

Austria




10 min	Penalties	8 min
40	Shots	20

9 April, 2016
15:30

Germany

6–3
(2–1, 1–2, 3–0)

Norway




18 min	Penalties	4 min
30	Shots	29

9 April, 2016
19:00

Belarus

5–2
(0–0, 2–2, 3–0)

Kazakhstan




10 min	Penalties	6 min
30	Shots	26

10 April, 2016
12:00

Austria

0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Germany




8 min	Penalties	18 min
17	Shots	25

10 April, 2016
15:30

Kazakhstan

4–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)

France




0 min	Penalties	12 min
39	Shots	32

10 April, 2016
19:00

Norway

3–6
(3–3, 0–3, 0–0)

Belarus




10 min	Penalties	8 min
19	Shots	37

12 April, 2016
12:00

Germany

4–3 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 1–0)

Kazakhstan




4 min	Penalties	14 min
44	Shots	24

12 April, 2016
15:30

Austria

2–4
(1–3, 0–1, 1–0)

Norway




16 min	Penalties	10 min
15	Shots	34

12 April, 2016
19:00

Belarus

3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

France




8 min	Penalties	59 min
29	Shots	17

13 April, 2016
12:00

Norway

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

Kazakhstan




10 min	Penalties	12 min
36	Shots	36

13 April, 2016
15:30

France

3–5
(0–1, 2–2, 1–2)

Germany




10 min	Penalties	12 min
34	Shots	41

13 April, 2016
19:00

Belarus

4–5
(2–2, 1–3, 1–0)

Austria




4 min	Penalties	14 min
38	Shots	16

15 April, 2016
12:00

France

5–4
(1–2, 3–2, 1–0)

Norway




6 min	Penalties	8 min
27	Shots	28

15 April, 2016
15:30

Kazakhstan

5–2
(1–0, 4–1, 0–1)

Austria




10 min	Penalties	6 min
28	Shots	18

15 April, 2016
19:00

Germany

3–5
(1–2, 2–1, 0–2)

Belarus




33 min	Penalties	18 min
18	Shots	25

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 18 to 24 April 2016.^[2]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Hungary	placed 6th in 2015 Division I A and were relegated
Slovenia	placed 2nd in 2015 Division I B
Japan	placed 3rd in 2015 Division I B
Ukraine	placed 4th in 2015 Division I B
Italy	placed 5th in 2015 Division I B
South Korea	placed 1st in 2015 Division II A and were promoted