# 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A was contested in Elektrėnai, Lithuania and Division II B in Novi Sad, Serbia. These tournaments represent the fourth and fifth tiers of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

## Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from 13 to 19 December 2015.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Hungary | Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated. |
| Lithuania | Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II A last year. |
| South Korea | Placed 3rd in Division II A last year. |
| Netherlands | Placed 4th in Division II A last year. |
| Estonia | Placed 5th in Division II A last year. |
| Croatia | Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted. |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hungary | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9 | +27 | 15 | Promoted to the 2017 Division I B |
| 2 | Lithuania (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 11 | |
| 3 | Estonia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 9 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 6 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 2 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 2 | Relegated to the 2017 Division II B |

### Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Vilmos Gallo | Hungary | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +14 | 2 |
| 1 | Vadim Vasjonkin | Estonia | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +4 | 10 |
| 3 | Csanad Erdely | Hungary | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | +10 | 6 |
| 4 | Istvan Terbocs | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +10 | 6 |
| 5 | Nikita Kozorev | Estonia | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +2 | 25 |
| 6 | Kim Yeajun | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Dmitri Vinogradov | Estonia | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Zsombor Kiss | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +10 | 0 |
| 9 | Lee Chonghyun | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | David Jaszai | Hungary | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | +11 | 2 |

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Gergely Arany | Hungary | 257:51 | 6 | 91.55 | 1.40 | 1 |
| 2 | Artur Pavliukov | Lithuania | 305:00 | 16 | 90.24 | 3.15 | 0 |
| 3 | Vilim Rosandic | Croatia | 219:56 | 11 | 89.42 | 3.00 | 0 |
| 4 | Ruud Leeuwesteijn | Netherlands | 185:00 | 11 | 89.32 | 3.57 | 0 |
| 5 | Daniil Seppenen | Estonia | 298:00 | 26 | 86.93 | 5.23 | 0 |

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

* Goaltender: Artur Pavliukov
* Defenceman: Domanatas Cypas
* Forward: Vilmos Gallo

## Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 17 to 23 January 2016.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Romania | Placed 6th in the Division II A last year and were relegated. |
| Spain | Placed 2nd in Division II B last year. |
| Australia | Placed 3rd in Division II B last year. |
| Belgium | Placed 4th in Division II B last year. |
| Serbia | Hosts; placed 5th in Division II B last year. |
| China | Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted. |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 14 | Promoted to the 2017 Division II A |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 12 | |
| 3 | Serbia (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 9 | +25 | 10 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 6 | |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 35 | −24 | 3 | |
| 6 | China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45 | −39 | 0 | Relegated to the 2017 Division III |

### Match results

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

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Norbert Rokaly | Romania | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | +12 | 0 |
| 2 | Oriol Rubio | Spain | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +10 | 0 |
| 3 | Mirko Djumic | Serbia | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +11 | 29 |
| 4 | Ivan Glavonjic | Serbia | 5 | 9 | 3 | 12 | +15 | 0 |
| 5 | Robert Gyorgy | Romania | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +9 | 10 |
| 6 | Szilard Rokaly | Romania | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +12 | 6 |
| 7 | Pablo Pantoja | Spain | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +6 | 4 |
| 8 | Uros Bjelogrlic | Serbia | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +10 | 22 |
| 9 | Zoltan Sandor | Romania | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +5 | 0 |
| 10 | Ivan Anic | Serbia | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +11 | 0 |

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Ignacio Garcia | Spain | 239:31 | 11 | 90.52 | 2.76 | 0 |
| 2 | Attila Adorjan | Romania | 243:45 | 11 | 90.18 | 2.71 | 1 |
| 3 | Petar Stepanovic | Serbia | 182:30 | 8 | 87.30 | 2.63 | 1 |
| 4 | Keanu Evers | Belgium | 300:00 | 21 | 85.81 | 4.20 | 2 |
| 5 | Chen Xi | China | 135:33 | 18 | 84.87 | 7.97 | 0 |

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

* Goaltender: Ignacio Garcia
* Defenceman: Stefan Boskovic
* Forward: Pablo Pantoja