2016 IIHF World U18 Championships

2016 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	April 14–24, 2016
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Finland (3rd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	233 (7.52 per game)
Attendance	71,505 (2,307 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Tyson Jost (15 points)
MVP	Clayton Keller
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The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 18th IIHF World U18 Championship. It was played from April 14 to 24, 2016 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. ^{[1] [2]}

Venues

Ralph Engelstad Arena Capacity: 11,643	Icon Sports Center (Judd/Rydell)
United States – Grand Forks, North Dakota	United States – Grand Forks, North Dakota

Top Division

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following: ^[3]

Referees

• Vladimir Baluska
• Jacob Grumsen
• Roystian Hansen
• Jan Hribik
• Sirko Hunnius
• Jeff Ingram
• Marcus Linde
• Jari-Pukka Pajula
• Brett Sheva
• Viktor Trilar
• Cameron Voss
• Shane Warschaw

Linesmen

• Andrew Dalton
• Jake Davis
• Dmitry Golyak
• Johannes Kack
• David Nothegger
• Tibor Rovensky
• Joonas Saha
• Libor Suchanek
• Alexander Sysuev
• Nathan Vanoosten

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	30	4	+26	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	4	2	1	0	1	18	11	+7	8
3	Russia	4	1	1	0	2	12	14	−2	5
4	Switzerland	4	0	1	1	2	7	18	−11	3
5	Latvia	4	0	0	2	2	8	28	−20	2	Advance to Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)

April 14, 2016 12:00

Latvia

4–5 OT (1–0, 1–3, 2–1) (OT 0–1)

Switzerland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,538

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals Mareks Mitens	Goalies	Matteo Ritz	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Brett Sheva Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Jake Davis
	Krastenbergs (Smons) – 03:05 1–0 1–1 20:40 – Simic (Riva, Hischier) 1–2 24:05 – Simic (Hischier) Vulkanovs (Kļaviņš, Krastenbergs) – 25:47 2–2 2–3 39:44 – Geisser (Hischier) Ezītis (Apfelbaums) – 45:55 3–3 3–4 50:33 – Kurashev (Lust, Volejnicek) Kļaviņš (Krastenbergs, Kaļķis) – 54:02 4–4 4–5 64:53 – Volejnicek (le Coultre) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	36

April 14, 2016 19:30

Russia

2–8 (1–2, 1–2, 0–4)

United States

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 4,137

Game reference
	Maxim Zhukov Daniil Tarasov	Goalies	Jake Oettinger	Referees: Marcus Linde Viktor Trilar Linesmen: Joonas Saha Libor Suchanek
	0–1 03:44 – Keller (Fox) 0–2 04:28 – Sanchez (Frederic) Y. Alexeyev (Samorukov) – 05:17 1–2 I. Kozlov (Lipanov) – 22:21 2–2 2–3 36:18 – Keller (Yamamot) 2–4 36:32 – Bellows (Anderson, Greenway) 2–5 46:19 – Yamamoto (Krys) 2–6 47:30 – Anderson (Krys, Keller) (PP) 2–7 50:46 – Yamamoto (Brown, Mittelstadt) (PP) 2–8 54:00 – Brown (Yamamoto, Luce)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	45

April 15, 2016 15:00

Sweden

4–3 OT (2–0, 0–1, 1–2) (OT 1–0)

Latvia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,282

Game reference
	Filip Larsson	Goalies	Mareks Mitens	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Jari-Pekka Pajula Linesmen: Alexander Sysuev Nathan Vanoosten
	Bratt (Danielsson) – 01:26 1–0 Thilander (Steen) (PP) – 09:28 2–0 2–1 29:06 – Kļaviņš (Svars) 2–2 40:50 – Apfelbaums 2–3 43:16 – Zeile Nylander (Davidsson) (EA) – 59:41 3–3 Moverare (Söderlund) – 64:36 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	15

April 16, 2016 12:00

Switzerland

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

Russia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,538

Game reference
	Matteo Ritz	Goalies	Daniil Tarasov	Referees: Ryostain Hansen Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Johannes Kack David Nothegger
	0–1 33:21 – Y. Alexeyev (Kostin, Zaitsev) Hischier (Miranda) – 49:07 1–1 1–2 61:58 – Dyomin (A. Alexeyev)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	28

April 16, 2016 15:45

United States

6–1 (1–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Sweden

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,401

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Filip Larsson	Referees: Jan Hribik Sirko Hunnius Linesmen: Tibor Rovensky Joonas Saha
	Mittelstadt (Brown, Yamamoto) – 17:51 1–0 Bellows (Fox) – 22:17 2–0 Lindgren (McPhee) – 23:58 3–0 Greenway (Keller, Fox) (SH) – 37:17 4–0 Howdeshell (Brown) – 42:42 5–0 5–1 50:32 – Liljegren (Lindström, Nylander) (PP) Anderson (Krys, Keller) (PP) – 52:03 6–1
	24 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	35

April 17, 2016 15:00

Latvia

1–12 (0–2, 1–6, 0–4)

United States

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,560

Game reference
	Niklāvs Rauza Gustavs Grigals	Goalies	Jake Oettinger	Referees: Marcus Linde Viktor Trilar Linesmen: Johannes Kack Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 14:27 – Sanchez (Frederic, Hellickson) 0–2 16:29 – Anderson (Bellows, Greenway) 0–3 20:30 – Yamamoto (Brown, Mittelstadt) Nazarovs (Štrombergs, Rauza) (SH) – 28:26 1–3 1–4 29:38 – Walker (Howdeshell, Fox) 1–5 30:03 – Frederic (Lockwood, Hellickson) 1–6 30:47 – Fox (Bellows, Keller) 1–7 36:31 – Yamamoto (Brown, Martin) (EA) 1–8 37:30 – Pastujov (Walker) 1–9 48:04 – Keller (Lockwood, Fox) 1–10 51:56 – Bellows (Keller) 1–11 55:24 – Frederic (Greenway, Lockwood) (PP) 1–12 58:44 – Frederic (SH)
	14 min	Penalties	37 min
	23	Shots	58

April 18, 2016 12:00

Russia

7–0 (4–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,754

Game reference
	Daniil Tarasov	Goalies	Mareks Mittens Gustav Grigals	Referees: Jan Hribik Sirko Hunnius Linesmen: Jake Davis David Nothegger
	Svechnikov (Dyomin, Samorukov) (PP) – 11:09 1–0 Lipanov (Chekhovich, Baranov) – 17:43 2–0 Bitsadze (Kostin) – 17:57 3–0 Rubinchik (Lipanov) (SH) – 18:55 4–0 Bitsadze (Kostin, Y. Alexeyev) – 25:49 5–0 Marushev (Kuznetsov, Samorukov) – 34:35 6–0 Marushev (Kuznetsov, A. Alexeyev) (PP2) – 44:06 7–0
	24 min	Penalties	32 min
	46	Shots	20

April 18, 2016 15:45

Switzerland

1–8 (1–1, 0–3, 0–4)

Sweden

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,787

Game reference
	Matteo Ritz Leo Chuard	Goalies	Filip Gustavsson	Referees: Cameron Voss Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Nathan Vanoosten
	Eggenberger (Riva, Lust) – 08:55 1–0 1–1 15:04 – Nylander (Andersson, Pettersson) 1–2 22:33 – Davidsson (Liljegren, Nylander) (PP) 1–3 36:09 – Davidsson (Bratt, Nylander) (PP) 1–4 38:56 – Nylander (Pettersson) 1–5 46:28 – Wahlgren (Andersson, Nylander) (PP) 1–6 48:17 – Wahlgren (Nylander) (PP) 1–7 49:25 – Wahlgren (Pettersson, Andersson) (PP) 1–8 50:04 – Bokvist (Hugg, Sellgren)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	36

April 19, 2016 12:00

Sweden

5–1 (1–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Russia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,619

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson Filip Larsson	Goalies	Maxim Zhukov Daniil Tarasov	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Brett Sheva Linesmen: Tibor Rovensky Joonas Saha
	Andersson (Pettersson, Liljegren) – 11:52 1–0 Wahlgren (Lindström, Moverare) – 20:52 2–0 Steen (Liljegren, Davidsson) – 22:20 3–0 Andersson (Pettersson, Thilander) (PP) – 23:19 4–0 Jonsson Fjällby – 51:37 5–0 5–1 56:19 – Svechnikov (Dyomin, Samorukov)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	23

April 19, 2016 19:30

United States

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,267

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Philip Wüthrich	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Jari-Pekka Pajula Linesmen: Alexander Sysuev Nathan Vanoosten
	Mittelstadt (Brown, Martin) – 12:46 1–0 Yamamoto (Lindgren, Martin) (PP) – 16:43 2–0 McPhee (Lockwood) – 25:24 3–0 Mittelstadt (Brown, Yamamoto) – 56:23 4–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	15

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	0	19	5	+14	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Finland	4	2	1	0	1	13	9	+4	8
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	12	14	−2	6
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	16	13	+3	4
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	9	28	−19	0	Advance to Relegation round

Source: IIHF

All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)

April 14, 2016 15:45

Slovakia

5–4 (4–3, 0–1, 1–0)

Denmark

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,557

Game reference
	Dávid Hrenák Roman Durný	Goalies	Kasper Krog Mads-Emil Gransoe	Referees: Roystian Hansen Jan Hribik Linesmen: Dmitry Golyak Johannes Kack
	Lacka (Fehérváry) – 02:43 1–0 1–1 03:25 – Schmidt-Svejstrup (Mathiasen-Wejse) 1–2 03:58 – Molge 1–3 04:21 – Krag (Røndbjerg) Solenský (Ružička) – 04:55 2–3 Buček – 10:59 3–3 Solenský (Ružička, Lacka) – 17:45 4–3 4–4 25:54 – Blichfeldt (Krag, Gatz) (PP) Roman – 48:11 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	16

April 14, 2016 18:00

Czech Republic

3–4 GWS (1–3, 0–0, 2–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Finland

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 406

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář	Goalies	Leevi Laakso	Referees: Sirko Hunnius Jeff Ingram Linesmen: David Nothegger Tibor Rovensky
	0–1 09:58 – Tolvanen (Tuulola) (PP) Zadina (Reichel, Hájek) (PP) – 12:31 1–1 1–2 14:19 – Vesalainen (Tolvanen) 1–3 16:24 – Oksanen (Somppi, Kuokkanen) (PP) Pavlík (Zadina) – 45:41 2–3 Najman (Kvasnička, Bélohorský) – 52:11 3–3
	Reichel Zadina Najman	Shootout	Tolvanen Räsänen Kuokkanen
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	47

April 15, 2016 19:00

Denmark

2–10 (2–2, 0–5, 0–3)

Canada

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,475

Game reference
	Mats-Emil Gransoe Kasper Krog	Goalies	Stuart Skinner	Referees: Cameron Voss Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Jake Davis Dimitri Golyak
	0–1 01:05 – Kyrou (Morrison, Stanley) 0–2 01:31 – Malenstyn (Laberge, Fabbro) Schmidt-Svejstrup (D. Nielsen) – 05:31 1–2 Blichfeldt (Gatz, Krag) (PP) – 06:10 2–2 2–3 20:27 – Kyrou (Jost, Hague) 2–4 26:30 – Comtois 2–5 27:21 – Shaw (Laberge, Phillips) (PP) 2–6 27:55 – Bitten (Fabbro, Jost) (PP) 2–7 34:13 – Kyrou (Bitten, Quenneville) 2–8 44:26 – Kyrou (Jost, Tippet) 2–9 50:02 – Jost (Quenneville, Morrison) 2–10 53:42 – Jost (Fabbro, Bitten) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	9	Shots	52

April 16, 2016 18:00

Finland

4–2 (1–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Slovakia

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 427

Game reference
	Leevi Laakso	Goalies	Roman Durný	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Cameron Voss Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Libor Suchanek
	Räsänen (Vesalainen, Välimäki) – 13:20 1–0 Vesalainen (Räsänen) – 22:02 2–0 2–1 28:24 – Buček (Fehérváry) (PP) Mäkinen (Jääskä) – 33:39 3–1 3–2 34:01 – Ružička (Fehérváry) Mäkinen (Vesalainen) – 52:19 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	16

April 16, 2016 19:30

Canada

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,478

Game reference
	Evan Fitzpatrick	Goalies	Josef Kořenář	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Jari-Pekka Pajula Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Alexander Sysuev
	Howden (Fabbro) – 17:41 1–0 Quenneville (Jost, Fabbro) (PP) – 18:58 2–0 Howden (Shaw) – 25:17 3–0 3–1 42:35 – Zadina (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	39

April 17, 2016 19:00

Denmark

1–4 (1–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,644

Game reference
	Kasper Krog	Goalies	Leevi Laakso	Referees: Brett Sheva Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Tibor Rovensky Libor Suchanek
	0–1 07:38 – Kuokkanen (Mäkinen) 0–2 14:56 – Tuulola (Kotkansalo) Mathiasen-Wejse (Krag, Heine) (PP) – 16:17 1–2 1–3 34:16 – Tolvanen (Räsänen, Vaakanainen) 1–4 59:40 – Tolvanen (Räsänen, Kotkansalo) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	10	Shots	46

April 18, 2016 18:00

Czech Republic

9–2 (1–0, 2–1, 6–1)

Denmark

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 417

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář	Goalies	Mads-Emil Gransoe	Referees: Jeff Ingram Marcus Linde Linesmen: Joonas Saha Alexander Sysuev
	Kantner (Kousal, Najman) – 6:03 1–0 1–1 31:00 – D. Nielsen Kurovský (Budík, Karafiát) – 32:09 2–1 Najman – 32:49 3–1 Kantner (Najman, Kousal) – 41:37 4–1 Havelka (Zachar) – 45:12 5–1 Zadina (Reichel, Budík) – 49:52 6–1 Najman (Kvasnička, Kousal) – 50:45 7–1 Karafiát (Kurovský) – 52:12 8–1 8–2 54:26 – Blichfeldt (Krag) (PP2) Doudera (Hájek, Najman) – 59:59 9–2
	14 min	Penalties	22 min
	35	Shots	22

April 18, 2016 19:30

Canada

3–1 (0–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,122

Game reference
	Stuart Skinner	Goalies	Roman Durny	Referees: Brett Sheva Viktor Trilar Linesmen: Johannes Kack Libor Suchanek
	Quenneville (Jost) – 23:50 1–0 Howden (Gregor, Hall) – 28:16 2–0 Katchouk (Jost, Bitten) – 39:20 3–0 3–1 50:17 – Buček (SH)
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	20

April 19, 2016 15:45

Finland

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Canada

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,832

Game reference
	Leevi Laakso	Goalies	Evan Fitzpatrick	Referees: Roystian Hansen Marcus Linde Linesmen: Andrew Dalton David Nothegger
	0–1 07:16 – Laberge (Kyrou, Shaw) (PP) 0–2 12:30 – Quenneville Tuulola (Salo, Nurmi) – 54:44 1–2 1–3 59:24 – Jost (McLeod, Chychrun) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	27	Shots	24

April 19, 2016 18:00

Slovakia

4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 463

Game reference
	Roman Durný	Goalies	Joseph Kořenář	Referees: Cameron Voss Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Jake Davis Dmitry Golyak
	0–1 01:18 – Zachar (Havelka) Liška (Smolka) – 03:18 1–1 1–2 12:22 – Karafiát (Bělohorský, Kurovský) 1–3 20:43 – Zadina (Doudera, Reichel) Bjalončík (Kmec) (SH) – 35:01 2–3 Solenský (PS) – 42:09 3–3 Buček (Studenič, Roman) – 56:33 4–3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	36

Relegation round

April 21, 2016 11:00

Latvia

5–1 (1–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Denmark

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 101

Game reference
	Gustav Grigals	Goalies	Kasper Krog	Referees: Roystian Hansen Viktor Trilar Linesmen: David Nothegger Tibor Rovensky
	Smirnovs (Zeile, Svars) – 13:25 1–0 1–1 15:30 – Blichfeldt (Gatz) (PP) Vulkanovs (Zeile, Svars) (PP) – 28:50 2–1 Zeile (Svars, Krastenbergs) (PP) – 51:14 3–1 Kļaviņš (Svars) – 55:12 4–1 Kļaviņš (ENG) – 58:37 5–1
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	22

April 22, 2016 19:00

Denmark

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Latvia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,703

Game reference
	Kasper Krog	Goalies	Mareks Mitens	Referees: Jari-Pekka Pajula Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Libor Suchanek Alexander Sysuev
	Molge (Blichfeldt, Larsen) – 17:00 1–0 Mortensen (Mohr, Røndbjerg) – 21:24 2–0 2–1 56:55 – Bļugers (Krastenbergs, Kļaviņš) (EA) Jessen (Mathiasen-Wejse) (ENG) – 57:19 3–1 Grundtvig (Rondbjerg) – 58:04 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	32

April 24, 2016 11:00

Latvia

4–3 GWS (0–1, 0–1, 3–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Denmark

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,039

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals	Goalies	Kasper Krog	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Jake Davis Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 11:31 – Mathiasen-Wejse (Grundtvig, Gatz) (PP) 0–2 24:05 – Gatz (Krag, Blichfeldt) (PP2) Krastenbergs (Nazarovs, Svars) (PP) – 44:57 1–2 1–3 48:17 – Grundtvig (Gath, Mortensen) Smirnovs (Smons) (PP) – 53:56 2–3 Zeile (Krastenbergs, Grigals) – 58:53 3–3
	Krastenbergs Vulkanovs Ģēģeris Smirnovs	Shootout	Schmidt-Svejstrup Blichfeldt Heine Heine
	37 min	Penalties	16 min
	41	Shots	25

Latvia won two games to one, relegating Denmark

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1A

United States

8

4B

Czech Republic

0

1A

United States

2

2B

Finland

4

2B

Finland

4

3A

Russia

3

2B

Finland

6

2A

Sweden

1

1B

Canada

9

4A

Switzerland

1

1B

Canada

5

Bronze medal game

2A

Sweden

6

2A

Sweden

7

1A

United States

10

3B

Slovakia

2

1B

Canada

3

Quarterfinals

April 21, 2016

Finland

4–3 (1–0, 3–2, 0–1)

Russia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,117

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Daniil Tarasov	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Marcus Linde Linesmen: Jake Davis Johannes Kack
	Tolvanen (Vesalainen, Jokiharju) – 16:19 1–0 Puljujärvi (Heiskanen) (PP) – 26:31 2–0 2–1 30:07 – Marushev (Lobanov, Kuznetsov) Tolvanen (Vaakanainen) – 30:48 3–1 3–2 31:05 – Samorukov (Alexeyev) Tolvanen (Puljujärvi, Räsänen) (PP) – 39:39 4–2 4–3 52:31 – Alexeyev (Bitsadze, Kostin) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	26

April 21, 2016 15:30

Canada

9–1 (2–0, 3–1, 4–0)

Switzerland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,164

Game reference
	Evan Fitzpatrick	Goalies	Philip Wüthrich	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Cameron Voss Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Joonas Saha
	Jost (Bitten, Fabbro) (SH) – 06:40 1–0 Quenneville (Howden, Jost) (PP) – 11:56 2–0 Jost (Howden) (PP) – 23:36 3–0 Morrison (Howden, Fabbro) – 30:17 4–0 McLeod (Kyrou) – 36:19 5–0 5–1 38:37 – Loosli (Kuruashev, Riva) (PP) Howden (Fabbro, Jost) (PP) – 42:01 6–1 Jost (Bitten, Quenneville) (PP) – 50:07 7–1 McLeod (Tippett, Comtois) – 51:21 8–1 Howden (Gregor, Morrison) – 55:25 9–1
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	26

April 21, 2016 18:00

Sweden

7–2 (3–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 301

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Roman Durný	Referees: Jan Hribik Brett Sheva Linesmen: Libor Suchanek Alexander Sysuev
	0–1 06:03 – Ružička Brännström (Lindström) – 11:37 1–1 Lindström (Liljegren) (PP) – 15:24 2–1 Hugg (Jonsson Fjällby, Brännström) (PP) – 16:28 3–1 Bokvist (Thilander, Moverare) – 33:59 4–1 Jonsson Fjällby (Hugg) – 38:50 5–1 Bratt – 39:31 6–1 6–2 44:28 – Zeleňak (Buček, Studenič) (PP) Wahlgren (Pettersson, Andersson) (PP) – 49:00 7–2
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	42	Shots	20

April 21, 2016 19:30

United States

8–0 (0–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Czech Republic

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,381

Game reference
	Jake Oettinger	Goalies	Josef Kořenář Dominik Groh	Referees: Sirko Hunnius Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Dmitry Golyak Nathan Vanoosten
	Mittelstadt (Brown) – 24:50 1–0 Frederic (Lockwood) – 25:51 2–0 Anderson (Bellows, Keller) (PP) – 35:35 3–0 Keller (Fox, Lindgren) – 40:36 4–0 McPhee (Pastujov, Fox) – 43:40 5–0 Pastujov (Walker, McPhee) – 43:53 6–0 Anderson (Keller) (SH) – 49:51 7–0 Lindgren (Pastujov) (PP) – 58:02 8–0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	15

Semifinals

April 23, 2016 15:00

United States

2–4 (1–1, 0–0, 1–3)

Finland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,931

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Jan Hribik Marcus Linde Linesmen: Johannes Kack Nathan Vanoosten
	Bellows (Fox, Keller) – 11:42 1–0 1–1 15:50 – Vaakanainen (Jokiharju, Nurmi) 1–2 55:11 – Räsänen (Jokiharju) (SH) Yamamoto (Martin, Lindgren) (PP1) – 56:33 2–2 2–3 59:23 – Räsänen (Vesalainen, Puljujärvi) (PP1) 2–4 59:59 – Puljujärvi (Räsänen) (ENG)
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	26

April 23, 2016 19:00

Canada

5–6 (1–1, 1–2, 3–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,073

Game reference
	Evan Fitzpatrick	Goalies	Filip Gustavsson	Referees: Brett Sheva Cameron Voss Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Dmitry Golyak
	Laberge (Chychrun) (PP1) – 02:20 1–0 1–1 16:35 – Wahlgren (Brannström, Bokvist) 1–2 21:17 – Steen (Bratt, Moverare) Quenneville (McLeod) – 28:11 2–2 2–3 29:42 – Söderlund (Hugg, Jonsson Fjallby) 2–4 47:50 – Andersson (Moverare, Nylander) Chychrun (Jost) – 48:34 3–4 3–5 52:28 – Pettersson (Nylander) Bitten (Shaw, Chychrun) – 52:45 4–5 Kyrou (Katchouk, Hague) – 54:44 5–5
	Jost Bitten Howden	Shootout	Andersson Bratt Lindström
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	59	Shots	35

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Bronze medal game

April 24, 2016 15:00

United States

10–3 (6–1, 1–0, 3–2)

Canada

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,448

Game reference
	Jake Oettinger	Goalies	Stuart Skinner Evan Fitzpatrick	Referees: Jan Hribik Marcus Linde Linesmen: Libor Suchanek Alexander Sysuev
	Anderson (Keller, Krys) (PP) – 04:40 1–0 Brown (Yamamoto, Mittelstadt) – 05:11 2–0 2–1 06:31 – Bitten (Shaw, Phillips) Bellows (Keller, Greenway) – 07:28 3–1 Brown (Mittelstadt, Yamamoto) – 11:10 4–1 Anderson (Keller, Greenway) (SH) – 14:11 5–1 Pastujov (Howdeshell, Lockwood) – 16:48 6–1 Yamamoto (Mittelstadt, Brown) (PP) – 21:27 7–1 Walker – 44:22 8–1 Luce (Hellickson, Frederic) (PP2) – 45:05 9–1 9–2 47:06 – Hall (Shaw, Malenstyn) 9–3 51:19 – Tippett (Malenstyn, Hall) Lockwood (Hellickson, McPhee) – 58:59 10–3
	20 min	Penalties	34 min
	33	Shots	32

Final

April 24, 2016 19:00

Sweden

1–6 (0–3, 1–1, 0–2)

Finland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,543

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson Filip Larsson	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Brett Sheva Cameron Voss Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Dmitry Golyak
	0–1 01:15 – Tolvanen (Kotkansalo) 0–2 15:28 – Somppi (Kuokkanen) 0–3 16:19 – Tuulola (Välimäki, Räsänen) 0–4 31:01 – Puljujärvi (Kuokkanen) Andersson (Nylander) – 32:01 1–4 1–5 45:14 – Puljujärvi (Kuokkanen, Kotkansalo) 1–6 59:12 – Puljujärvi (Tolvanen)
	51 min	Penalties	16 min
	18	Shots	34

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tyson Jost	7	6	9	15	+7	2
Clayton Keller	7	4	10	14	+11	2
Kailer Yamamoto	7	7	6	13	+7	12
Logan Brown	7	3	9	12	+6	2
Alexander Nylander	7	3	8	11	+5	0
Joey Anderson	7	7	2	9	+12	2
Eeli Tolvanen	7	7	2	9	+6	0
Lias Andersson	7	5	4	9	+3	8
Casey Mittelstadt	7	4	5	9	+6	2
Aapeli Räsänen	7	3	6	9	+8	12

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

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

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Joseph Woll	179:31	75	4	1.34	94.67	1
Jake Oettinger	240:00	91	6	1.50	93.41	1
Daniil Tarasov	227:48	101	8	2.11	92.08	1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	180:00	72	6	2.00	91.67	0
Filip Gustavsson	289:21	138	13	2.70	90.58	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

• Forward: Clayton Keller

All-star team

• Goaltender: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
• Defencemen: Adam Fox, David Quenneville
• Forwards: Tyson Jost, Jesse Puljujärvi, Clayton Keller

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
• Defenceman: Adam Fox
• Forward: Tyson Jost

References:

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Finland
	Sweden
	United States
4th	Canada
5th	Slovakia
6th	Russia
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Switzerland
9th	Latvia
10th	Denmark

Relegated to the 2017 Division I A

Division I

Further information: 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from April 9 to 15, 2016. ^[4]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belarus	5	4	0	0	1	23	15	+8	12	Promoted to the 2017 Top Division
2	Germany	5	3	1	0	1	20	14	+6	11
3	Kazakhstan	5	2	1	1	1	17	16	+1	9
4	France	5	2	0	0	3	18	18	0	6
5	Norway	5	1	0	1	3	16	22	−6	4
6	Austria	5	1	0	0	4	11	20	−9	3	Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from April 18 to 24, 2016. ^[5]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	28	11	+17	15	Promoted to the 2017 Division I A
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	13	9	+4	12
3	Ukraine	5	3	0	0	2	17	15	+2	9
4	Slovenia	5	2	0	0	3	19	17	+2	6
5	Italy	5	1	0	0	4	12	20	−8	3
6	South Korea	5	0	0	0	5	10	27	−17	0	Relegated to the 2017 Division II A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Division II

Further information: 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from April 4 to 10, 2016. ^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Poland	5	5	0	0	0	43	8	+35	15	Promoted to the 2017 Division I B
2	Romania	5	4	0	0	1	27	15	+12	12
3	Lithuania	5	3	0	0	2	17	19	−2	9
4	Great Britain	5	2	0	0	3	18	23	−5	6
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	8	25	−17	3
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	0	5	6	29	−23	0	Relegated to the 2017 Division II B

Source: IIHF

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from March 26 to April 1, 2016. ^[7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Estonia	5	5	0	0	0	38	11	+27	15	Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
2	Spain	5	4	0	0	1	26	14	+12	12
3	Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	12	10	+2	9
4	Iceland	5	1	0	0	4	11	30	−19	3
5	Belgium	5	1	0	0	4	15	29	−14	3
6	China	5	1	0	0	4	12	20	−8	3	Relegated to the 2017 Division III A

Source: IIHF

Division III

Further information: 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 14 to 20, 2016. ^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Australia	5	4	0	0	1	25	22	+3	12	Promoted to the 2017 Division II B
2	Turkey	5	3	1	0	1	22	13	+9	11
3	Bulgaria	5	3	0	0	2	20	13	+7	9
4	Israel	5	2	1	0	2	15	15	0	8
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	0	2	2	17	26	−9	5
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	10	20	−10	0	Relegated to the 2017 Division III B

Source: IIHF

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from February 14 to 19, 2016. ^[9]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	0	30	9	+21	12	Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
2	South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	11	19	−8	3
3	Hong Kong	4	1	0	0	3	12	25	−13	3

Source: IIHF

References

1. 2016 Top Division official website
2. 2016 Top Division statistics
3. "Competition Officials" (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
4. 2016 Division I A statistics
5. 2016 Division I B statistics
6. 2016 Division II A statistics
7. 2016 Division II B statistics
8. 2016 Division III A statistics
9. 2016 Division III B statistics

External links

• 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship official website