# 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships

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.

## 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:
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 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Russia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 5 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Latvia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 2 | Advance to Relegation round |
All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)

#### 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 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 6 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 4 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 28 | −19 | 0 | Advance to Relegation round |
All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)

### Relegation round

* Latvia won two games to one, relegating Denmark

### Playoff round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1A | United States | 8 | | | | | | |
| 4B | Czech Republic | 0 | | | | | | |
| 4B | Czech Republic | 0 | 1A | United States | 2 | | | |
| | | | 2B | Finland | 4 | | | |
| 2B | Finland | 4 | 2B | Finland | 4 | | | |
| 3A | Russia | 3 | | | | | | |
| 3A | Russia | 3 | | | | 2B | Finland | 6 |
| | | | | | | 2A | Sweden | 1 |
| 1B | Canada | 9 | | | | | | | 2A | Sweden | 1 |
| 4A | Switzerland | 1 | | | |
| 4A | Switzerland | 1 | 1B | Canada | 5 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | 2A | Sweden | 6 |
| 2A | Sweden | 7 | 2A | Sweden | 6 | 1A | United States | 10 |
| 3B | Slovakia | 2 | | | | 1B | Canada | 3 |

#### Final
### 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
### Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from April 9 to 15, 2016.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from April 18 to 24, 2016.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

## Division II
### Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from April 4 to 10, 2016.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from March 26 to April 1, 2016.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

## Division III
### Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 14 to 20, 2016.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from February 14 to 19, 2016.
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |