2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2016 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates December 26 – January 5
Teams 10
Venue(s) Hartwall Arena and Helsinki Ice Hall (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Finland (4th title)
Runner-up   Russia
Third place   United States
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Goals scored 193 (6.43 per match)
Attendance 215,226 (7,174 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Finland Jesse Puljujärvi
(17 points)
MVP Finland Jesse Puljujärvi
Website http://www.worldjunior2016.com
2015
2017

The 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 40th World Junior Ice Hockey Championship. It was hosted in Helsinki in Finland.[1] It began on December 26, 2015, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2016. This marked the sixth time that Finland has hosted the WJC, and the hosts defeated Russia 4-3 in overtime to win their fourth title in history and second in the last three years. Belarus was relegated to Division I-A for 2017 by merit of their tenth-place finish, while Finnish right winger Jesse Puljujärvi earned MVP and top scorer honors.

Nations participating at 2016 IIHF World Junior Championships

Player eligibility

A player is eligible to play in the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:[2]

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.[3]

Top Division

Venues

Hartwall Arena
Capacity: 13,349
Helsinki Ice Hall
Capacity: 8,200
 FinlandHelsinki  FinlandHelsinki

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:[4]

Referees

  • Russia Alexei Anisimov
  • Latvia Andris Ansons
  • Finland Stefan Fonselius
  • Canada Brett Iverson
  • Slovakia Daniel Konc
  • Sweden Mikael Nord
  • Czech Republic Vladimir Pešina
  • Germany Daniel Piechaczek
  • United States Christopher Pitoscia
  • Finland Aleksi Rantala
  • Canada Jean-Philippe Sylvain
  • Switzerland Marc Wiegand

Linesmen

  • Canada Nicolas Chartrand-Piche
  • Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
  • Denmark Rene Jensen
  • Switzerland Roman Kaderli
  • Finland Pasi Nieminen
  • United States Brian Oliver
  • Russia Alexander Otmakhov
  • Sweden Henrik Pihlblad
  • Finland Hannu Sormunen
  • Norway Alexander Waldejer

Rosters

Results

Preliminary round

Format

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups play a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.[5]

All times are local. (Eastern European TimeUTC+2)

Team qualified to Quarterfinals
Team will play in Relegation round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 19 5 +14 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  United States 4 3 0 0 1 18 5 +13 9
3  Canada 4 1 1 0 2 13 12 +1 5
4  Denmark 4 1 0 0 3 4 16 12 3
5   Switzerland 4 0 0 1 3 7 23 16 1 Advance to Relegation
Source: IIHF
December 26, 2015
16:00
Switzerland   3–8
(1–3, 1–3, 1–2)
 Sweden Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 5,600
December 26, 2015
20:00
United States  4–2
(0–0, 1–1, 3–1)
 Canada Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 6,112
December 27, 2015
20:00
Denmark  2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)
  Switzerland Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,596
December 28, 2015
16:00
Sweden  1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 United States Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 5,415
December 28, 2015
20:00
Canada  6–1
(1–1, 4–0, 1–0)
 Denmark Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 5,891
December 29, 2015
20:00
Switzerland   2–3 GWS
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 Canada Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 3,522
December 30, 2015
16:00
Sweden  5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 Denmark Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 4,193
December 30, 2015
20:00
United States  10–1
(6–0, 4–1, 0–0)
  Switzerland Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 3,701
December 31, 2015
16:00
Denmark  1–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2)
 United States Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 5,128
December 31, 2015
20:00
Canada  2–5
(1–2, 0–1, 1–2)
 Sweden Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 7,003

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 4 3 1 0 0 14 7 +7 11 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Finland (H) 4 3 0 0 1 23 13 +10 9
3  Czech Republic 4 2 0 1 1 12 10 +2 7
4  Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 8 14 6 3
5  Belarus 4 0 0 0 4 6 19 13 0 Advance to Relegation
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.
December 26, 2015
14:00
Czech Republic  1–2 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 Russia Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,106
December 26, 2015
18:00
Finland  6–0
(0–0, 1–0, 5–0)
 Belarus Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,222
December 27, 2015
16:00
Belarus  2–4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2)
 Slovakia Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 1,472
December 28, 2015
14:00
Slovakia  0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 Czech Republic Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 8,998
December 28, 2015
18:00
Russia  6–4
(1–2, 4–1, 1–1)
 Finland Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,526
December 29, 2015
16:00
Belarus  1–4
(0–3, 0–0, 1–1)
 Russia Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 2,342
December 30, 2015
14:00
Czech Republic  5–3
(1–0, 1–3, 3–0)
 Belarus Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 8,456
December 30, 2015
18:00
Slovakia  3–8
(2–1, 0–2, 1–5)
 Finland Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,723
December 31, 2015
14:00
Russia  2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 Slovakia Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 6,497
December 31, 2015
18:00
Finland  5–4
(0–0, 3–3, 2–1)
 Czech Republic Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,198

Relegation

January 2, 2016
12:00
Switzerland   5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 Belarus Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 453
January 3, 2016
12:00
Belarus  2–6
(2–3, 0–3, 0–0)
  Switzerland Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 748

Playoff round

  Quarterfinal                    
  1A   Sweden 6  
  4B   Slovakia 0   Semifinal
      1A   Sweden 1  
  Quarterfinal   2B   Finland 2  
  2B   Finland 6
  3A   Canada 5         Final
              2B   Finland 4
  Quarterfinal             1B   Russia 3
  1B   Russia 4      
  4A   Denmark 3   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      1B   Russia 2   1A   Sweden 3
  Quarterfinal   2A   United States 1     2A   United States 8
  2A   United States 7
  3B   Czech Republic 0  

Quarterfinals

2 January 2016
14:00
Russia  4–3 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 2–1)
(OT 1–0)
 Denmark Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 8,869
2 January 2016
16:00
Sweden  6–0
(2–0, 1–0, 3–0)
 Slovakia Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 3,796
2 January 2016
18:00
Finland  6–5
(1–2, 3–1, 2–2)
 Canada Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 13,016
2 January 2016
20:00
United States  7–0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0)
 Czech Republic Helsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 3,113

Semifinals

4 January 2016
16:00
Sweden  1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)
 Finland Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 13,340
4 January 2016
20:00
Russia  2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
 United States Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 11,812

Bronze medal game

5 January 2016
16:00
Sweden  3–8
(2–2, 0–4, 1–2)
 United States Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,889

Final

5 January 2016
20:30
Russia  3–4 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 2–3)
(OT 0–1)
 Finland Hartwall Arena
Attendance: 13,479

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Jesse Puljujärvi  Finland 7 5 12 17 +8 0
2 Sebastian Aho  Finland 7 5 9 14 +9 4
3 Patrik Laine  Finland 7 7 6 13 +8 6
4 Auston Matthews  United States 7 7 4 11 +6 2
5 Matthew Tkachuk  United States 7 4 7 11 +7 6
6 Alexander Nylander  Sweden 7 4 5 9 +5 0
7 Zach Werenski  United States 7 2 7 9 +10 4
8 Denis Malgin   Switzerland 6 1 8 9 –1 6
9 Olli Juolevi  Finland 7 0 9 9 +6 4
10 Christian Dvorak  United States 7 3 5 8 +8 0
10 Adrian Kempe  Sweden 7 3 5 8 +1 8

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF [6]

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Linus Söderström  Sweden 295:28 7 1.42 94.70 2
2 Alex Nedeljkovic  United States 325:52 9 1.66 94.27 1
3 Thomas Lillie  Denmark 185:00 10 3.24 91.45 0
4 Kaapo Kähkönen  Finland 214:13 9 2.52 90.91 0
5 Adam Huska  Slovakia 292:30 19 3.90 89.89 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF[7]

Tournament awards

Reference: Most Valuable Player

All-star team

IIHF best player awards

Final standings

Team
1st  Finland
2nd  Russia
3rd  United States
4th  Sweden
5th  Czech Republic
6th  Canada
7th  Slovakia
8th  Denmark
9th   Switzerland
10th  Belarus

Division I

Group A

The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from 13 to 19 December 2015.[8]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Latvia 5 4 1 0 0 20 7 +13 14
 Austria 5 3 0 0 2 18 18 0 9
 Kazakhstan 5 2 1 0 2 21 13 +8 8
 Norway 5 1 1 2 1 21 14 +7 7
 Germany 5 2 0 1 2 10 14 4 7
 Italy 5 0 0 0 5 5 29 24 0
Promoted to the 2017 Top Division Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

Group B

The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from 12 to 18 December 2015.[9] Prior to the start of the tournament Japan withdrew, and was relegated for 2017.[10]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 France 4 2 1 0 1 17 9 +8 8
 Poland 4 2 1 0 1 15 10 +5 8
 Great Britain 4 2 1 0 1 13 16 3 8
 Ukraine 4 1 0 2 1 9 10 1 5
 Slovenia 4 0 0 1 3 6 15 9 1
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Promoted to the 2017 Division I A Relegated to the 2017 Division II A

Division II

Group A

The Division II A tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from 13 to 19 December 2015.[11]

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

Group B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 17 to 23 January 2016.[12]

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

Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 15 to 24 January 2016.[13]


Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Mexico 6 5 0 0 1 24 14 +10 15
 Bulgaria 6 4 0 0 2 18 13 +5 12
 New Zealand 6 4 0 0 2 29 16 +13 12
 Israel 6 3 0 1 2 39 23 +16 10
 Iceland 6 2 1 0 3 24 21 +3 8
 Turkey 6 2 0 0 4 20 15 +5 6
 South Africa 6 0 0 0 6 7 59 52 0
Promoted to the 2017 Division II B

References

  1. "Future Hosts". USA Hockey. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. "IIHF statutes and bylaws" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  3. "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  4. "Referee assignments 2015/2016". IIHF.com. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  5. "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF.com. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  6. "Scoring Leaders" (PDF) (PDF). IIHF. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  7. "Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF.com. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  8. Division IA statistics
  9. Division IB statistics
  10. Japan withdraws
  11. Division II A statistics
  12. Division II B statistics
  13. Division III statistics

External links

See also

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