2016 IIHF World Championship Division II explained

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

Tourney Name:IIHF World Championship
Division II
Year:2016
Country:Spain
Country2:Mexico
Dates:9–15 April
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2017

The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Jaca, Spain and Group B in Mexico City, Mexico on 9–15 April 2016.[1]

Venues

Group AGroup B
width=220pxJacawidth=220pxMexico City
Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca
Capacity: 3,579
Icedome
Capacity: 4,155

Group A tournament

Tourney Name:IIHF World Championship Division II A
Year:2016
Country:Spain
Dates:9–15 April
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:94
Scoring Leader: Erik Tummers
Points:9
Website:IIHF.com

Participants

TeamQualification
Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Host, placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Referees
Linesmen

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
5 1 8 9 +11 2 D
5 5 1 6 +5 4 F
5 4 2 6 0 2 F
5 2 4 6 +6 29 F
5 1 5 6 +2 4 F
5 5 0 5 +2 2 F
5 3 2 5 +2 6 F
5 3 2 5 +5 0 F
5 2 3 5 +4 6 F
5 2 3 5 –1 0 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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
282:04 6 1.28 116 94.83 1
247:04 7 1.70 106 93.40 1
134:38 6 2.67 74 91.89 0
299:25 13 2.61 160 91.88 0
157:28 10 3.81 120 91.67 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

Group B tournament

Tourney Name:IIHF World Championship Division II B
Year:2016
Country:Mexico
Dates:9–15 April
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:169
Scoring Leader: Wehebe Darge
Points:24
Website:IIHF.com

Participants

TeamQualification
Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Host, placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 6 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees
Linesmen

Results

All times are local (UTC−5).

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
5 11 13 24 +25 2 F
5 8 13 21 +23 14 F
5 5 11 16 +5 18 F
5 8 5 13 +2 4 F
5 7 6 13 +7 16 F
5 3 10 13 +8 6 F
5 8 4 12 0 2 F
5 2 10 12 0 4 F
5 2 9 11 +14 2 D
5 5 5 10 +6 14 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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
254:56 10 2.35 109 90.83 0
148:52 4 1.61 38 89.47 0
258:48 16 3.71 142 88.73 0
173:40 18 6.22 120 85.00 0
154:50 9 3.49 56 83.93 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

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/538/IHM538000_35B_1_0.pdf IIA Assignments
  3. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/539/IHM539000_35B_1_0.pdf IIB Assignments