2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Year:2016
Size:220
Country:Lithuania
Country2:Serbia
Dates:13–19 December 2015
17–23 January 2016
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2017

See also: 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A was contested in Elektrėnai, Lithuania and Division II B in Novi Sad, Serbia. These tournaments represent the fourth and fifth tiers of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Year:2016
Country:Lithuania
City:Elektrėnai
Dates:13–19 December 2015
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:123
Attendance:14464
Scoring Leader: Vilmos Galló
Vadim Vasjonkin
Points:13
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from 13 to 19 December 2015.[1] [2]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
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.

Final standings

Match results

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

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 6 7 13 +14 2
1 5 6 7 13 +4 10
3 5 8 3 11 +10 6
4 5 4 7 11 +10 6
5 4 4 6 10 +2 25
6 5 4 5 9 -2 4
7 5 3 6 9 0 2
8 5 4 4 8 +10 0
9 5 2 6 8 -2 4
10 5 0 8 8 +11 2

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 257:51 6 91.55 1.40 1
2 305:00 16 90.24 3.15 0
3 219:56 11 89.42 3.00 0
4 185:00 11 89.32 3.57 0
5 298:00 26 86.93 5.23 0

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Artur Pavliukov
  • Defenceman: Domanatas Cypas
  • Forward: Vilmos Gallo

Division II B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Year:2016
Country:Serbia
City:Novi Sad
Dates:17–23 January 2016
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:136
Attendance:2436
Scoring Leader: Norbert Rokaly
Points:19
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 17 to 23 January 2016.[3] [4]

Participating teams

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

Final standings

Match results

All times are local (Central European TimeUTC+1).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 5 14 19 +12 0
2 5 6 8 14 +10 0
3 5 6 7 13 +11 29
4 5 9 3 12 +15 0
5 5 7 5 12 +9 10
6 5 6 6 12 +12 6
7 5 7 4 11 +6 4
8 5 2 8 10 +10 22
9 5 6 2 8 +5 0
10 5 1 7 8 +11 0

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 239:31 11 90.52 2.76 0
2 243:45 11 90.18 2.71 1
3 182:30 8 87.30 2.63 1
4 300:00 21 85.81 4.20 2
5 135:33 18 84.87 7.97 0

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Ignacio Garcia
  • Defenceman: Stefan Boskovic
  • Forward: Pablo Pantoja

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2016/wm20iia 2016 World Championship Division II A official website
  2. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/543/statistics.html 2016 World Championship Division II A statistics
  3. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2016/wm20iib 2016 World Championship Division II B official website
  4. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/544/statistics.html 2016 World Championship Division II B statistics