# 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

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.

## Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from 13 to 19 December 2015.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| 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 |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 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 |

### Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 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 |

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 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 |

### Awards
#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Matiss Kivlenieks
* Defenceman: Karlis Cukste
* Forward: Florian Baltram

## Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from 12 to 18 December 2015.
On 10 December, it was announced that Japan had withdrawn, and would be automatically relegated for the 2017 tournament.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| 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 |
| Japan | placed 5th in Division I B last year; withdrew this year |
| Great Britain | placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 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 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn; relegated to the 2017 Division II A |

### Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 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

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 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

### Awards
#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Bogdan Dyachenko
* Defenceman: Marcin Horzelski
* Forward: Guillaume Leclerc