2016 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 18th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. The tournament was played in April 2016.
==Venues==
Ralph Engelstad ArenaCapacity: 11,643	Icon Sports Center (Judd/Rydell)
 	
– Grand Forks, North Dakota 	– 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===
	Team qualified to Quarterfinals
	Team will play in Relegation round
====Group A====
All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)
====Group B====
All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)
=== Relegation round ===
===Playoff round===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
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====Bronze medal game====
====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
Danil 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===
 	Team
 	
 	
 	
4th 	
5th 	
6th 	
7th 	
8th 	
9th 	
10th	
Relegated to the 2016 Division I A
==Division I==
===Division I A===
The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from April 9 to 15, 2016.
Division I A statistics
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Promoted to the 2017 Top Division
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.
Division I B statistics
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Promoted to the 2017 Division I A
Relegated to the 2017 Division II A
==Division II==
===Division II A===
The Division II A tournament was played in Brasov, Romania, from April 4 to 10, 2016.
Division II A statistics
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Promoted to the 2017 Division I B
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.
Division II B statistics
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Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
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.
Division III A statistics
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Promoted to the 2017 Division II B
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.Division III B statistics
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Promoted to the 2017 Division III A
==References==
==External links==
*Website
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