Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Austria France |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 13–19 December 2015 12–18 December 2015 |
Teams | 11 |
The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In each of the two groups, the participating teams played a round-robin tournament; the first-placed team was promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and third tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. To be eligible as a "junior" a player couldn't be born earlier than 1996.
The winners of Division I A, Latvia, were promoted to the 2017 Top Division and the winners of Division I B, France, were promoted to the 2017 Division I A.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Austria |
City | Vienna |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 13–19 December 2015 |
Teams | 6 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 15 |
Goals scored | 95 (6.33 per game) |
Attendance | 10,062 (671 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Dominic Zwerger (7 points) |
Official website | |
www.iihf.com |
The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from 13 to 19 December 2015. [1] [2]
Team | Qualification |
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Germany | placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated |
Norway | placed 2nd in Division I A last year |
Latvia | placed 3rd in Division I A last year |
Italy | placed 4th in Division I A last year |
Austria | hosts; placed 5th in Division I A last year |
Kazakhstan | placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Latvia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 14 | Promoted to the 2017 Top Division |
2 | Austria (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 9 | |
3 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 8 | |
4 | Norway | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 7 | |
5 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 7 | |
6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 0 | Relegated to the 2017 Division I B |
All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
13 December 2015 13:00 | Kazakhstan | 2–3 (0–0, 1–2, 1–1) | Germany | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 350 |
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Anton Bruyev | Goalies | Daniel Fiessinger | Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Gasper Jaka Zganc | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 21 |
13 December 2015 16:30 | Italy | 1–10 (1–3, 0–2, 0–5) | Norway | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 325 |
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Simone Armand-Pilon | Goalies | Jonas Arntzen | Referee: Pawel Meszynski Linesmen: Slawomir Szachniewicz Roman Vyleta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Shots | 60 |
13 December 2015 20:00 | Austria | 2–6 (0–3, 1–3, 1–0) | Latvia | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 1048 |
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Stefan Muller | Goalies | Matiss Kivlenieks | Referee: Robert Mullner Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Vasili Kaliada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 24 |
14 December 2015 13:00 | Germany | 2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0) | Italy | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 352 |
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Maximillian Franzreb | Goalies | Hannes Treibenreif | Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Vasili Kaliada Roman Vyleta | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
49 | Shots | 12 |
14 December 2015 16:30 | Latvia | 5–3 (0–2, 1–0, 4–1) | Kazakhstan | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 253 |
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Matiss Kivlenieks | Goalies | Anton Bruyev | Referee: Pawel Meszynski Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Slawomir Szachniewicz | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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37 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 29 |
14 December 2015 20:00 | Norway | 3–4 (3–2, 0–0, 0–2) | Austria | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 914 |
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Jonas Arntzen | Goalies | Thomas Stroj | Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Sotaro Yamaguchi Gasper Jaka Zganc | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 25 |
16 December 2015 13:00 | Norway | 1–2 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | Latvia | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 558 |
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Fredrik Gronstrand | Goalies | Matiss Kivlenieks | Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Vasili Kaliada | |||||
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Hoff Knold Ekaas Johannesen Ekaas | Shootout | Buncis Dzierkals Razgals Egle Abols | ||||||
8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||
31 | Shots | 36 |
16 December 2015 16:30 | Kazakhstan | 7–0 (1–0, 5–0, 1–0) | Italy | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 346 |
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Anton Bruyev | Goalies | Hannes Treibenreif | Referee: Robert Mullner Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Sotaro Yamaguchi | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 39 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Shots | 11 |
16 December 2015 20:00 | Germany | 1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2) | Austria | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 2246 |
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Daniel Fiessinger | Goalies | Thomas Stroj | Referee: Pawel Meszynski Linesmen: Slawomir Szachniewicz Roman Vyleta | |||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 22 |
17 December 2015 13:00 | Norway | 3–4 GWS (2–0, 1–2, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | Kazakhstan | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 168 |
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Fredrik Gronstrand | Goalies | Anton Bruyev | Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Roman Vyleta | |||||||||||||||||
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Gulliksen Hoff Ekaas Gulliksen Olsen | Shootout | Grents Asetov Tolepbergen Asetov Volkov | ||||||||||||||||||
2 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 27 |
17 December 2015 16:30 | Latvia | 4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0) | Germany | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 307 |
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Matiss Kivlenieks | Goalies | Maximillian Franzreb | Referee: Robert Mullner Linesmen: Vasili Kaliada Gasper Jaka Zganc | ||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 22 |
17 December 2015 20:00 | Italy | 3–7 (0–1, 0–4, 3–2) | Austria | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 865 |
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Simone Armand Pilon Hannes Treibenreif | Goalies | Stefan Muller | Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Sotaro Yamaguchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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18 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Shots | 30 |
19 December 2015 13:00 | Latvia | 3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0) | Italy | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 170 |
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Gustavs Grigals | Goalies | Hannes Treibenreif | Referee: Pawel Meszynski Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Sotaro Yamaguchi | ||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||
51 | Shots | 6 |
19 December 2015 16:30 | Germany | 3–4 GWS (0–0, 3–0, 0–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | Norway | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 810 |
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Daniel Fiessinger | Goalies | Fredrik Gronstad | Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Slawomir Szachniewicz | |||||||||||||||||
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A. Eder Kammmerer | Shootout | Knold Jorgensen Gulliksen | ||||||||||||||||||
8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 20 |
19 December 2015 20:00 | Austria | 2–5 (1–2, 0–2, 1–1) | Kazakhstan | Eissportzentrum Kagran, Vienna Attendance: 1350 |
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Thomas Stroj | Goalies | Anton Bruyev | Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Roman Vyleta Gaspar Jaka Zganc | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 20 |
Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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1 | Dominic Zwerger | Austria | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +2 | 2 |
2 | Vladimir Volkov | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –1 | 0 |
3 | Alikhan Asetov | Kazakhstan | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | +2 | 0 |
4 | Florian Baltram | Austria | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
5 | Dmitri Grents | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 2 |
6 | Anders Gulliksen | Norway | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 0 |
7 | Henrik Knold | Norway | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +5 | 2 |
8 | Rodrigo Ābols | Latvia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 0 |
9 | Fredrik Jorgensen | Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 2 |
10 | Frenks Razgals | Latvia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 0 |
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
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1 | Matiss Kivlenieks | Latvia | 245:00 | 7 | 94.12 | 1.71 | 0 |
2 | Hannes Treibenreif | Italy | 214:02 | 14 | 91.30 | 3.92 | 0 |
3 | Fredrik Gronstrand | Norway | 194:24 | 9 | 89.77 | 2.78 | 0 |
4 | Thomas Stroj | Austria | 180:00 | 9 | 89.41 | 3.00 | 0 |
5 | Anton Bruyev | Kazakhstan | 303:56 | 13 | 88.79 | 2.57 | 1 |
Tournament details | |
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Host country | France |
City | Megève |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 12–18 December 2015 |
Teams | 5 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 10 |
Goals scored | 60 (6 per game) |
Attendance | 5,585 (559 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Bastien Maia (11 points) |
Official website | |
www.iihf.com |
The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from 12 to 18 December 2015. [3] [4]
On 10 December, it was announced that Japan had withdrawn, and would be automatically relegated for the 2017 tournament. [5]
Team | Qualification |
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Slovenia | placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated |
Ukraine | placed 2nd in Division I B last year |
Poland | placed 3rd in Division I B last year |
France | hosts; placed 4th in Division I B last year |
placed 5th in Division I B last year; withdrew this year | |
Great Britain | placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | France (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 8 | Promoted to the 2017 Division I A |
2 | Poland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 8 | |
3 | Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 8 | |
4 | Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 5 | |
5 | Slovenia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 1 | |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn; relegated to the 2017 Division II A |
All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
12 December 2015 15:30 | Great Britain | 3–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) (OT: 1–0) | Slovenia | Palais des Sports, Megève Attendance: 206 |
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Jordan Hedley | Goalies | Mark Vlahovic | Referee: Juris Balodis Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Jiri Ondracek | ||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 35 |
12 December 2015 19:00 | France | 3–2 OT (1–0, 1–2, 0–0) (OT: 1–0) | Ukraine | Palais des Sports, Megève Attendance: 700 |
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Quentin Papillon | Goalies | Bogdan Dyachenko | Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Vladimir Efremov Michael Tscherrig | ||||||||||||||
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43 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
44 | Shots | 22 |
13 December 2015 15:30 | Poland | 9–3 (3–0, 3–1, 3–2) | Great Britain | Palais des Sports, Megève Attendance: 128 |
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Michal Czernik | Goalies | Jordan Hedley Ben Churchfield | Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Yann Furet Viesturs Levalds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Shots | 28 |
13 December 2015 19:00 | Slovenia | 1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2) | France | Palais des Sports, Megève Attendance: 1030 |
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Mark Vlahovic | Goalies | Raphael Garnier | Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Marcus Hoefer Jiri Ondracek | ||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 35 min | |||||||||||||||
23 | Shots | 31 |
15 December 2015 15:30 | Ukraine | 0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1) | Poland | Palais des Sports, Megève Attendance: 180 |
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Bogdan Dyachenko | Goalies | Michal Czernik | Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Yann Furet | ||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||
19 | Shots | 55 |
15 December 2015 19:00 | Great Britain | 4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0) | France | Palais des Sports, Megève Attendance: 1138 |
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Ben Churchfield | Goalies | Raphael Garnier | Referee: Juris Balodis Linesmen: Vladimir Efremov Marcus Hoefer | ||||||||||||||||||||
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20 min | Penalties | 51 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Shots | 40 |
16 December 2015 15:30 | Ukraine | 2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2) | Great Britain | Palais des Sports, Megève Attendance: 126 |
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Bogdan Dyachenko | Goalies | Ben Churchfield | Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Vladimir Caillot Jiri Ondracek | ||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 22 |
16 December 2015 19:00 | Poland | 3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Slovenia | Palais des Sports, Megève Attendance: 185 |
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Michal Czernik | Goalies | Mark Vlahovic | Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Viesturs Levalds Michael Tscherrig | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||
30 | Shots | 24 |
18 December 2015 15:30 | Slovenia | 3–5 (0–1, 1–3, 2–1) | Ukraine | Palais des Sports, Megève Attendance: 103 |
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Urban Avsenik | Goalies | Bogdan Dyachenko | Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Vladimir Efremov Yann Furet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 37 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 24 |
18 December 2015 19:00 | Poland | 2–7 (0–1, 1–3, 1–3) | France | Palais des Sports, Megève Attendance: 1789 |
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Michal Czernik | Goalies | Quentin Papillon | Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Marcus Hoefer Michael Tscherrig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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31 | Shots | 45 |
Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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1 | Bastien Maia | France | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +4 | 10 |
2 | Fabien Colotti | France | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
2 | Olexi Vorona | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Kamil Sikora | Poland | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +5 | 4 |
5 | Guillaume Leclerc | France | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 2 |
6 | Ivan Radetsky | Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Macaulay Heywood | Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
8 | Gabin Ville | France | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 29 |
9 | Marcin Horzelski | Poland | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 4 |
10 | Oliver Betteridge | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
10 | Hugo Gallet | France | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 4 |
10 | Kamil Paszek | Poland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
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1 | Bogdan Dyachenko | Ukraine | 247:16 | 10 | 93.29 | 2.43 | 0 |
2 | Quentin Papillon | France | 124:36 | 4 | 92.45 | 1.93 | 0 |
3 | Ben Churchfield | Great Britain | 149:09 | 8 | 92.16 | 3.22 | 0 |
4 | Michal Czernik | Poland | 244:04 | 10 | 91.38 | 2.46 | 2 |
5 | Mark Vlahovic | Slovenia | 178:44 | 9 | 90.43 | 3.02 | 0 |
Source: IIHF.com
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The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 15 to 24 January 2016. Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The champions, Mexico, were promoted to the Division II B for the 2017 tournament, and the last-placed nation were to be relegated to a qualification tournament for 2017, instead an eight-team Division III tournament was decided on in September 2016. Israel participated in a World Junior tournament for the first time since 1997, while Bulgaria returned after withdrawing from the 2015 tournament.
The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In each of the two groups, six teams played a round-robin tournament; the first-placed team was promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and third tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. To be eligible as a "junior" a player couldn't be born earlier than 1997.
The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
The 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. Due to the exclusion of Russia and Belarus, the following changes in promotions and relegations were made: Latvia as the second-placed team of Division I A were promoted to the 2022 Top Division, their second Junior World Championship tournament this season. In Division I B, the top two teams were promoted to the next year's Division I A. In both tournaments, no team was relegated to a lower division.
The 2023 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I competitions were two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team was relegated to a lower division.