2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 15 to 24 January 2016.Official Division III page 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 (South Africa) 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.
==Participants==
Team	Qualification
 	finished 6th in 2015 Division II B and were relegated
 	finished 2nd in 2015
 	finished 3rd in 2015
 	finished 4th in 2015
 	finished 5th in 2015
 	last participated in 1997
 	withdrew from competition in 2015
==Standings==
===Results===
All times are local (UTC–6).
===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
1 	Roey Aharonovich 	 	6 	7 	11	18 	+4 	2
2 	Ilya Spektor 	 	6 	10	6 	16 	+5 	12
3 	Mark Revniaga 	 	6 	9 	4 	13 	+3 	6
4 	Oliver Hay 	 	6 	7 	6 	13 	+8 	8
5 	Robin Vortanov 	 	6 	5 	7 	12 	+7 	4
6 	Miroslav Vasilev 	 	6 	1 	10	11 	+8 	6
7 	Veselin Dikov 	 	6 	6 	4 	10 	+9 	6
8 	Styrmir Maack 	 	6 	3 	7 	10 	+3 	4
9 	Bjarki Johannesson 	 	6 	5 	4 	9 	+3 	6
10 	Thomas Carson-Pratt	 	6 	4 	5 	9 	+3 	6
====Goaltending leaders====
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Dimitar Dimitrov	 	319:08	11	93.45	2.07	0
2 	Jaime Perez 	 	254:56	9 	92.04	2.12	1
3 	Liam Henare 	 	298:05	15	90.38	3.02	0
4 	Tolga Bozaci 	 	357:21	15	87.50	2.52	2
5 	Maxim Gokhberg 	 	300:39	18	85.25	3.59	0
===Awards===
====Best Players Selected by the Directorate====
* Goaltender: Jaime Perez
* Defenceman: Fatih Faner
* Forward: Oliver Hay
==References==
==External links==
*IIHF.com
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