2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

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2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division IIII
2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III.png
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Dates14–20 March 2016
14–19 February 2016
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A and 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group B were a pair of international under-18 men's ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Group A and Group B tournaments made up the sixth and seventh level of competition at the 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 14 March and 20 March 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The tournament was won by Australia who gained promotion back to Division II Group B for 2017 while Mexico finished last and was relegated to Division III Group B for 2017. The Group B tournament took place from 14 February to 19 February 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa. New Zealand won the tournament and gained promotion to Division III Group A for 2017.

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Division III Group A tournament

2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Dates14–20 March 2016
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored109 (7.27 per game)
Attendance11,180 (745 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Turkey.svg Ferhat Bakal

The Division III Group A tournament began on 14 March 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria at the Winter Sports Palace. [1] Bulgaria, Chinese Taipei, Israel and Mexico returned to compete in Division III Group A after missing promotion in the 2015 tournament. [2] Turkey gained promotion to Division III Group A after finishing first in last years Division III Group B tournament and Australia was relegated from Division II Group B after finishing last in the 2015 tournament. [3] [4]

Australia won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion back to Division II Group B for the 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships. [1] [5] Turkey finished in second place, one point behind Australia, and Bulgaria in third place. [5] Mexico finished the tournament in last place after losing all five of their games and was relegated to Division III Group B for 2017. [1] [5] Turkey's Ferhat Bakal finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 14 points and Tolga Bozaci led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 91.95. [6] [7] Bakal was also named the best forward by the IIHF directorate. [8] Raz Werner of Israel was named the best goaltender of the tournament and Bulgaria's Atanas Genkov was named best defenceman. [8]

Participants

TeamQualification
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia placed 6th in 2015 Division II B and were relegated
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico placed 2nd in 2015 Division III A
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria hosts; placed 3rd in 2015 Division III A
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei placed 4th in 2015 Division III A
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel placed 5th in 2015 Division III A
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey placed 1st in 2015 Division III B and were promoted

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 540012522+312Promoted to the 2017 Division II B
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 531012213+911
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 530022013+79
4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 52102151508
5Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 510221726−95
6Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 500051020−100Relegated to the 2017 Division III B
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

All times are local. (EET – UTC+2)

14 March 2016
13:00		 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg1–3
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1)		Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 258
Game reference
6 minPenalties12 min
28Shots21
14 March 2016
16:30		 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg5 – 4 OT
(4–1, 0–1, 0–2, 1–0)		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 268
Game reference
8 minPenalties18 min
37Shots37
14 March 2016
20:00		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,150
Game reference
12 minPenalties12 min
33Shots32
15 March 2016
13:00		 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1)		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 125
Game reference
18 minPenalties12 min
26Shots40
15 March 2016
16:30		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg6–3
(1–1, 1–2, 4–0)		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 369
Game reference
6 minPenalties4 min
36Shots18
15 March 2016
20:00		 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3)		Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,850
Game reference
6 minPenalties16 min
31Shots22
17 March 2016
13:00		 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg1–4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 100
Game reference
2 minPenalties10 min
19Shots26
17 March 2016
16:30		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg4–3
(2–1, 0–0, 2–2)		Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 365
Game reference
29 minPenalties6 min
35Shots27
17 March 2016
20:00		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg9–3
(4–0, 3–2, 2–1)		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,890
Game reference
26 minPenalties8 min
36Shots22
18 March 2016
13:00		 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg9–6
(4–0, 2–4, 3–2)		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 230
Game reference
8 minPenalties6 min
46Shots39
18 March 2016
16:30		 Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)		Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 190
Game reference
8 minPenalties12 min
23Shots24
18 March 2016
20:00		 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg4–3
(3–3, 1–0, 0–0)		Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,800
Game reference
12 minPenalties8 min
22Shots32
20 March 2016
13:00		 Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg3 – 4 SO
(0–0, 1–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)		Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 140
Game reference
10 minPenalties4 min
28Shots40
20 March 2016
16:30		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,995
Game reference
33 minPenalties6 min
30Shots22
20 March 2016
20:00		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5–4
(0–1, 1–1, 4–2)		Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 450
Game reference
6 minPenalties4 min
25Shots19

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. [6]

PlayerGPGAPts +/- PIMPOS
Flag of Turkey.svg Ferhat Bakal59514+112 F
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellesse Carini56713+74 F
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wei Chiang54711−20 F
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Steven56410+42 F
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam Manwarring55510+629 F
Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Perez5729−34 F
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Dikov5549+243 F
Flag of Israel.svg Tom Ignatovich5459+68 F
Flag of Turkey.svg Hakan Salt5459+102 F
Flag of Israel.svg Mark Revniaga5448+32 F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. [7]

PlayerMIPSOGGAGAASVS% SO
Flag of Turkey.svg Tolga Bozaci300:11149122.4091.950
Flag of Israel.svg Raz Werner304:15162142.7691.360
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aleksandar Tomov295:32129132.6489.921
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Sheng-Chun Huang248:06136163.8788.240
Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Chavez119:084763.0287.230

Division III Group B tournament

2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group B
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Dates14–19 February 2016
Teams3
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored53 (8.83 per game)
Attendance1,751 (292 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Benjamin Harford

The Division III Group B tournament began on 14 February 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa at the Ice Station. [9] Hong Kong and New Zealand returned to compete in Division III Group B after missing promotion in the 2015 tournament. [3] South Africa entered the competition after being relegated from Division III Group A in 2015. [2]

New Zealand won the tournament after winning all four of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to Division III Group A for the 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships. [9] [10] South Africa and Hong Kong both completed the tournament with three points each, with South Africa taking second place with a better goal difference. [10] New Zealand's Benjamin Harford finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eleven points and James Moore led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 92.98. [11] [12] Harford was also named the best forward of the tournament and Moore best goaltender by the IIHF directorate. [13] Thomas Pugh of New Zealand was named best defenceman. [13]

Participants

TeamQualification
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa hosts; placed 6th in 2015 Division III A and were relegated
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand placed 2nd in 2015 Division III B
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong placed 3rd in 2015 Division III B

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 44000309+2112Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 410031119−83
3Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 410031225−133
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

All times are local. (SAST – UTC+2)

14 February 2016
20:00		 Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg3–6
(1–4, 2–1, 0–1)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Ice Station
Attendance: 400
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of France.svg Laurent Garbay
Linesmen:
Flag of France.svg Jeremie Douchy
Flag of Hungary.svg Barna Kis-Király
6 minPenalties26 min
35Shots23
15 February 2016
20:00		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg8–4
(5–1, 0–1, 3–2)		Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Ice Station
Attendance: 126
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Hungary.svg Daniel Rencz
Linesmen:
Flag of South Africa.svg Jonathan Burger
Flag of France.svg Jeremie Douchy
62 minPenalties40 min
47Shots35
16 February 2016
17:45		 South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–6
(0–3, 1–3, 0–0)		Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Ice Station
Attendance: 253
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of France.svg Laurent Garbay
Linesmen:
Flag of South Africa.svg Jonathan Burger
Flag of Hungary.svg Barna Kis-Király
45 minPenalties32 min
30Shots40
17 February 2016
17:45		 Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Ice Station
Attendance: 289
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Hungary.svg Daniel Rencz
Linesmen:
Flag of France.svg Jeremie Douchy
Flag of Hungary.svg Barna Kis-Király
16 minPenalties12 min
31Shots26
18 February 2016
17:45		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg9–2
(3–0, 5–0, 1–2)		Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Ice Station
Attendance: 94
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of France.svg Laurent Garbay
Linesmen:
Flag of South Africa.svg Jonathan Burger
Flag of France.svg Jeremie Douchy
4 minPenalties6 min
56Shots28
19 February 2016
17:45		 South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg2–7
(0–3, 0–1, 2–3)		Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Ice Station
Attendance: 589
Game reference
Referee:
Flag of Hungary.svg Daniel Rencz
Linesmen:
Flag of South Africa.svg Jonathan Burger
Flag of Hungary.svg Barna Kis-Király
35 minPenalties16 min
29Shots33

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. [11]

PlayerGPGAPts +/- PIMPOS
Flag of New Zealand.svg Benjamin Harford47411+1324 F
Flag of New Zealand.svg Shaun Brown4448+126 F
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hing Yui Tsang4448−618 F
Flag of New Zealand.svg Logan Fraser4268+314 F
Flag of New Zealand.svg Alexander Egan4347−112 F
Flag of New Zealand.svg Mak Rawiri4516+12 F
Flag of New Zealand.svg Rom van Stolk4314+52 F
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ho Ming Herman Lui4134−914 F
Flag of South Africa.svg Luke Vivier430300 F
Flag of South Africa.svg Aidan Beukes4213+16 F
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hing Wing Tsang4213−86 F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. [12]

PlayerMIPSOGGAGAASVS% SO
Flag of New Zealand.svg James Moore120:005742.0092.980
Flag of New Zealand.svg Taylor Goodall120:006552.5092.310
Flag of South Africa.svg Ryan Boyd166:5596134.6786.460
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Joshua Sun Ho Ho152:57101187.0682.180

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