2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.
==Division I A==
The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 April 2016.Division I A statistics
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 10th in 2015 Top Division and were relegated
 	hosts, placed 2nd in 2015 Division I A
 	placed 3rd in 2015 Division I A
 	placed 4th in 2015 Division I A
 	placed 5th in 2015 Division I A
 	placed 1st in 2015 Division I B and were promoted
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local. (Further-eastern European Time – UTC+3) 
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=== Statistics and awards ===
==== Scoring leaders ====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	Niklas Postel 	 	5 	2	6	8 	+3 	0
2 	Cristoffer Karlsen 	 	5 	4	2	6 	0 	2
3 	Vladislav Martynyuk 	 	5 	2	4	6 	0 	4
3 	Maksim Sushko 	 	5 	2	4	6 	0 	2
3 	Alexandre Texier 	 	5 	2	4	6 	+1 	6
6 	Sayan Daniyar 	 	5 	4	1	5 	+2 	0
7 	Justin Addamo 	 	5 	3	2	5 	0 	27
7 	Jean Gleizes 	 	5 	3	2	5 	0 	0
7 	Mathias Emilio Pettersen	 	5 	3	2	5 	–2 	0
10 	Leonid Ivanovski 	 	5 	2	3	5 	+2 	0
10 	Charlie Jahnke 	 	5 	2	3	5 	+4 	2
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	TOI 	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
1 	Nikita Boyarkin 	 	297:03	151	15	3.03	90.07	0
2 	Gaetan Richard 	 	297:05	156	17	3.43	89.10	0
3 	Mirko Pantkowski 	 	180:03	66 	8 	2.67	87.88	1
4 	Jakob Holzer 	 	200:49	122	15	4.48	87.70	0
5 	Alexei Potapchenko	 	131:49	38 	5 	2.28	86.84	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 
====IIHF best player awards====
* Goaltender: Mirko Pantkowski
* Defenceman: Vladislav Martynyuk
* Forward: Sayan Daniyar
==Division I B==
The Division I B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 18 to 24 April 2016.Division I B statistics
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 6th in 2015 Division I A and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in 2015 Division I B
 	placed 3rd in 2015 Division I B
 	placed 4th in 2015 Division I B
 	placed 5th in 2015 Division I B
 	placed 1st in 2015 Division II A and were promoted
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2) 
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=== Statistics and awards ===
==== Scoring leaders ====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	Vadim Mazur 	 	5 	4	7	11 	+10	6
2 	Andri Denyskin	 	5 	4	5	9 	+5 	2
2 	Patrik Kiss 	 	5 	4	5	9 	+7 	4
4 	Balint Horvath	 	5 	5	3	8 	+8 	2
4 	Donat Szita 	 	5 	5	3	8 	+4 	2
6 	Jan Drozg 	 	5 	3	4	7 	–1 	2
7 	Simon Berger 	 	5 	1	6	7 	–2 	10
8 	Igor Merezhko 	 	5 	0	7	7 	+7 	24
9 	Kevin Fink 	 	5 	5	1	6 	–2 	4
10 	Bogdan Stupak 	 	5 	4	2	6 	+7 	14
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	TOI 	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
1 	Martin Szeles 	 	151:14	80 	5 	1.98	93.75	0
2 	Ryota Koda 	 	239:42	91 	6 	1.50	93.41	1
3 	David Mark Kovacs	 	148:46	68 	6 	2.42	91.18	0
4 	Bogdan Dyachennko	 	299:00	156	14	2.81	91.03	0
5 	Ziga Kogovsek 	 	176:47	72 	7 	2.38	90.28	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 
====IIHF best player awards====
* Goaltender: David Mark Kovacs
* Defenceman: Junki Shinoda
* Forward: Jan Drozg
==References==
Category:2016 IIHF World U18 Championships
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