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The '''2016 [[World Junior A Challenge]]''' was an international Junior "A" [[ice hockey]] tournament organized by [[Hockey Canada]]. It was hosted in Bonnyville, Alberta from December 11–17, 2016, at the R. J. Lalonde Arena.

==Teams==
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada|Canada East]] (11th Appearance)
*{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada|Canada West]] (11th Appearance)
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]] (11th Appearance)
*{{flagicon|SWI}} [[Switzerland]] (6th Appearance)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] (10th Appearance)
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Czech Republic]] (5th Appearance)

==Background==
Canada East, Canada West, Czech Republic, Russia, United States and Switzerland all return.

==Exhibition Games==
*Russia defeated Canada East 5-2
*Canada West defeated United States 6-5 (OT)
==Tournament Games==
===Group A===
*Canada West defeated Switzerland 6-2
*Russia defeated Canada West 5-3
*Russia defeated Switzerland 6-5 (ot)

===Group B===
*Czech Republic defeated Canada East 4-1
*Czech Republic defeated United States 1-0
*United States defeated Canada East 3-1

====Group A Standings====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="white"
! Team !! GP !! W !! OW !! OL !! L !! GF !! GA !! Pts
|-
|Russia || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 8 || 5
|-
|Canada East || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 9 || 7 || 3
|-
|Switzerland || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 12 || 0
|}

====Group B Standings====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="white"
! Team !! GP !! W !! OW !! OL !! L !! GF !! GA !! Pts
|-
| Czech Republic || 2 || 2 || 0 ||0|| 0 || 5 || 1 ||6
|-
| United States || 2 || 1 || 0 ||0|| 1 || 3 || 2 ||3
|-
| Canada East || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 7 ||0
|}

===Quarterfinals===
*United States defeated Switzerland 9-0
*Czech Republic defeated Canada West 4-3 (SO)

===Semifinals===
*Canada East defeated Czech Republic 2-1 (OT)

*United States defeated Russia 4-2

===Fifth Place Game===
*Canada West defeated Switzerland 5-3

===Bronze Medal Game===
*Russia defeated Czech Republic 7-4

===Gold Medal Game===
*United States defeated Canada East 4-0
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