2016 IIHF World Championship Division I explained

See main article: 2016 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships.

Tourney Name:	IIHF World Championship Division I
Year:	2016
Country:	Poland
Country2:	Croatia
Dates:	23–29 April 17–23 April
Num Teams:	12
Venues:	2
Cities:	2
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Katowice, Poland, on 23–29 April 2016 and Group B in Zagreb, Croatia, on 17–23 April 2016.^[1]

Venues

Group A	Group B
width=220px	Katowice	width=220px	Zagreb
Spodek Capacity: 11,500	Dom Sportova Capacity: 6,500

Group A tournament

Tourney Name:	IIHF World Championship Division I A
Year:	2016
Country:	Poland
Dates:	23–29 April
Num Teams:	6
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Games:	15
Goals:	75
Scoring Leader:	Ken Ograjenšek Jan Urbas
Points:	6
Mvp:	Jan Urbas
Website:	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
	Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated.
	Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated.
	Host, 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.

Match officials

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^{[2] [3]}

Referees

• Jonathan Alarie
• Mikko Kaukokari
• Artur Kulev
• Trpimir Piragić
• Stephen Reneau
• Marian Rohatsch
• Robin Šír

Linesmen

• Henrik Haurum
• Artur Hyliński
• Martin Korba
• Kriss Kupcus
• Joep Leermakers
• Yakov Paley
• Anton Semjonov

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Bernhard Starkbaum
  • Best Defenseman: Thomas Larkin
  • Best Forward: Patryk Wronka

Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Jan Urbas
  • Goalkeeper: Gašper Krošelj
  • Defenceman: Sabahudin Kovačević / Paweł Dronia
  • Forwards: Michael Swift / Jan Urbas / Patryk Wronka

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
	5	2	4	6	+2	2
	5	2	4	6	+3	0
	5	5	0	5	+5	4
	5	5	0	5	+3	12
	5	3	2	5	+1	0
	5	0	5	5	+2	4
	5	3	1	4	0	0
	5	2	2	4	+1	2
	5	2	2	4	+3	2
	5	2	2	4	+3	6

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
	200:00	3	0.90	82	96.34	0
	302:45	8	1.59	126	93.65	0
	302:47	11	2.18	156	92.95	1
	180:00	6	2.00	79	92.41	0
	238:22	9	2.27	113	92.04	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament

Tourney Name:	IIHF World Championship Division I B
Year:	2016
Country:	Croatia
Dates:	17–23 April
Num Teams:	6
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Games:	15
Goals:	99
Scoring Leader:	Robert Rooba
Points:	8
Website:	IIHF.com

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.
	Host, placed 4th in Division I B last year.
	Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Referees

• Jimmy Bergamelli
• Daniel Gamper
• Mikael Holm
• Manuel Nikolic

Linesmen

• Vanja Belić
• Franco Espinoza
• Tomislav Grozaj
• Markus Hägerström
• Shunsuke Ichikawa
• Park Jun-soo
• Damir Rakovič

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Eduard Zakharchenko
  • Best Defenseman: Ben O'Connor
  • Best Forward: Borna Rendulić

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	5	4	4	8	−4	0	F
	5	1	7	8	+2	12	D
	5	3	4	7	+7	2	F
	4	2	5	7	−3	0	F
	5	4	2	6	+3	4	F
	5	3	3	6	+4	2	F
	5	3	3	6	+6	6	F
Aleksandr Petrov	5	2	4	6	−3	0	F
	5	3	2	5	+4	2	D
	5	3	2	5	+1	4	F
	5	3	2	5	–3	6	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
	298:25	6	1.21	129	95.35	0
	135:21	4	1.77	56	92.86	0
	275:42	11	2.39	140	92.14	0
	302:56	7	1.39	86	91.86	1
	222:45	14	3.77	114	87.72	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament allocations. 15 May 2015. iihfworlds2015.com. 15 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416193438/http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/tournament-allocations. 16 April 2016. dead.
2. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/536/IHM536000_35B_1_0.pdf IA Assignments
3. http://wmia2016.iihf.com/en/news/referees-div-ia/ Referees named
4. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/537/IHM537000_35B_1_0.pdf IB Assignments