| Tourney Name: | IIHF U18 World Championship Division IIII |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Size: | 190 |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Country2: | South Africa |
| Dates: | 14–20 March 2016 14–19 February 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
See main article: 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships.
The 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A and 2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group B were a pair of international under-18 men's ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Group A and Group B tournaments made up the sixth and seventh level of competition at the 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 14 March and 20 March 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The tournament was won by Australia who gained promotion back to Division II Group B for 2017 while Mexico finished last and was relegated to Division III Group B for 2017. The Group B tournament took place from 14 February to 19 February 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa. New Zealand won the tournament and gained promotion to Division III Group A for 2017.
| Tourney Name: | IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Dates: | 14–20 March 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Type: | ih18 |
| Winners: | AUS |
| Second: | TUR |
| Third: | BUL |
| Games: | 15 |
| Goals: | 109 |
| Attendance: | 11180 |
| Scoring Leader: |  Ferhat Bakal |
The Division III Group A tournament began on 14 March 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria at the Winter Sports Palace.[1] Bulgaria, Chinese Taipei, Israel and Mexico returned to compete in Division III Group A after missing promotion in the 2015 tournament.[2] Turkey gained promotion to Division III Group A after finishing first in last years Division III Group B tournament and Australia was relegated from Division II Group B after finishing last in the 2015 tournament.[3] [4]
Australia won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion back to Division II Group B for the 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] [5] Turkey finished in second place, one point behind Australia, and Bulgaria in third place.[5] Mexico finished the tournament in last place after losing all five of their games and was relegated to Division III Group B for 2017.[1] [5] Turkey's Ferhat Bakal finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 14 points and Tolga Bozaci led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 91.95.[6] [7] Bakal was also named the best forward by the IIHF directorate.[8] Raz Werner of Israel was named the best goaltender of the tournament and Bulgaria's Atanas Genkov was named best defenceman.[8]
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| placed 6th in 2015 Division II B and were relegated | ||
| placed 2nd in 2015 Division III A | ||
| hosts; placed 3rd in 2015 Division III A | ||
| placed 4th in 2015 Division III A | ||
| placed 5th in 2015 Division III A | ||
| placed 1st in 2015 Division III B and were promoted |
All times are local. (EET – UTC+2)
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[6]
| Player | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | +11 | 2 | F | |
 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +7 | 4 | F | |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −2 | 0 | F | ||
| | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +4 | 2 | F | |
| | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +6 | 29 | F | |
 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | −3 | 4 | F | |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +2 | 43 | F | ||
 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +6 | 8 | F | |
| | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +10 | 2 | F | |
| | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +3 | 2 | F |
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.[7]
| Player | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 300:11 | 149 | 12 | 2.40 | 91.95 | 0 | |
| | 304:15 | 162 | 14 | 2.76 | 91.36 | 0 | |
| 295:32 | 129 | 13 | 2.64 | 89.92 | 1 | ||
| 248:06 | 136 | 16 | 3.87 | 88.24 | 0 | ||
| | 119:08 | 47 | 6 | 3.02 | 87.23 | 0 |
| Tourney Name: | IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group B |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Dates: | 14–19 February 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 3 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Type: | ih18 |
| Winners: | NZL |
| Second: | RSA |
| Third: | HKG |
| Games: | 6 |
| Goals: | 53 |
| Attendance: | 1751 |
| Scoring Leader: |  Benjamin Harford |
The Division III Group B tournament began on 14 February 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa at the Ice Station.[9] Hong Kong and New Zealand returned to compete in Division III Group B after missing promotion in the 2015 tournament.[3] South Africa entered the competition after being relegated from Division III Group A in 2015.[2]
New Zealand won the tournament after winning all four of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to Division III Group A for the 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships.[9] [10] South Africa and Hong Kong both completed the tournament with three points each, with South Africa taking second place with a better goal difference.[10] New Zealand's Benjamin Harford finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eleven points and James Moore led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 92.98.[11] [12] Harford was also named the best forward of the tournament and Moore best goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[13] Thomas Pugh of New Zealand was named best defenceman.[13]
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| hosts; placed 6th in 2015 Division III A and were relegated | ||
| placed 2nd in 2015 Division III B | ||
| placed 3rd in 2015 Division III B |
All times are local. (SAST – UTC+2)
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[11]
| Player | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +13 | 24 | F | |
| | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +12 | 6 | F | |
 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −6 | 18 | F | |
| | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +3 | 14 | F | |
| | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 12 | F | |
| | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +1 | 2 | F | |
| | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +5 | 2 | F | |
| | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −9 | 14 | F | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | F | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | F | ||
| | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −8 | 6 | F |
Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[12]
| Player | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 120:00 | 57 | 4 | 2.00 | 92.98 | 0 | |
| | 120:00 | 65 | 5 | 2.50 | 92.31 | 0 | |
| 166:55 | 96 | 13 | 4.67 | 86.46 | 0 | ||
| | 152:57 | 101 | 18 | 7.06 | 82.18 | 0 |