2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first-placed team is promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team is relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U20 Championship. To be eligible as a "junior" a player cannot be born earlier than 1996.
The winners of Division I B, France, was promoted to the 2017 Division I A, and the winners of Division I A, Latvia, was promoted to the 2017 top division.
==Division I A==
The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from 13 to 19 December 2015.I A statistics
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 10th in the Top Division last year and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in Division I A last year
 	placed 3rd in Division I A last year
 	placed 4th in Division I A last year
 	placed 5th in Division I A last year
 	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted
===Final standings===
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Promoted to the 2017 Top Division	Relegated to the 2017 Division I B
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1 	Dominic Zwerger 	 	5 	3	4	7 	+2 	2
2 	Vladimir Volkov 	 	5 	2	5	7 	–1 	0
3 	Alikhan Asetov 	 	5 	6	0	6 	+2 	0
4 	Florian Baltram 	 	5 	3	3	6 	+4 	4
5 	Dmitri Grents 	 	5 	2	4	6 	+1 	2
6 	Anders Gulliksen 	 	5 	1	5	6 	+4 	0
7 	Henrik Knold 	 	5 	5	0	5 	+5 	2
8 	Rodrigo Ābols 	 	5 	4	1	5 	+1 	0
9 	Fredrik Jorgensen	 	5 	3	2	5 	+4 	2
10 	Frenks Razgals 	 	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 	 	245:00	7 	94.12	1.71	0
2 	Hannes Treibenreif	 	214:02	14	91.30	3.92	0
3 	Fredrik Gronstrand	 	194:24	9 	89.77	2.78	0
4 	Thomas Stroj 	 	180:00	9 	89.41	3.00	0
5 	Anton Bruyev 	 	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was played in Megève, France, from 12 to 18 December 2015.I B statistics On 10 December it was announced that Japan had withdrawn, and would be automatically relegated for the 2017 tournament.Japan withdraws
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in Division I B last year
 	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
 	placed 4th in Division I B last year
 	placed 5th in Division I B last year, withdrew.
 	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
===Final standings===
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Promoted to the 2017 Division I A	Relegated to the 2017 Division II A
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1 	Bastien Maia 	 	4 	6	5	11 	+4 	10
2 	Fabien Colotti 	 	4 	3	3	6 	+4 	4
2 	Olexi Vorona 	 	4 	3	3	6 	0 	0
4 	Kamil Sikora 	 	4 	2	4	6 	+5 	4
5 	Guillaume Leclerc	 	4 	1	5	6 	+4 	2
6 	Ivan Radetsky 	 	4 	4	1	5 	0 	0
7 	Macaulay Heywood 	 	4 	3	2	5 	-2 	4
8 	Gabin Ville 	 	3 	2	3	5 	+4 	29
9 	Marcin Horzelski 	 	4 	2	3	5 	+4 	4
10 	Oliver Betteridge	 	4 	1	3	4 	-2 	0
10 	Hugo Gallet 	 	4 	1	3	4 	+5 	4
10 	Kamil Paszek 	 	4 	1	3	4 	+5 	0
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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	 	247:16	10	93.29	2.43	0
2 	Quentin Papillon	 	124:36	4 	92.45	1.93	0
3 	Ben Churchfield 	 	149:09	8 	92.16	3.22	0
4 	Michal Czernik 	 	244:04	10	91.38	2.46	2
5 	Mark Vlahovic 	 	178:44	9 	90.43	3.02	0
Source: IIHF.com</small>
===Awards===
====Best Players Selected by the Directorate====
* Goaltender: Bogdan Dyachenko
* Defenceman: Marcin Horzelski
* Forward: Guillaume Leclerc
==References==
==External links==
*IIHF.com
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