2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Year:2016
Size:x240px
Country:Mexico
City:Mexico City
Dates:15–24 January 2016
Num Teams:7
Venues:1
Cities:1
Website:www.iihf.com
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2017

See also: 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 15 to 24 January 2016.[1] [2] Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The champions, Mexico, were promoted to the Division II B for the 2017 tournament, and the last-placed nation (South Africa) were to be relegated to a qualification tournament for 2017,[3] instead an eight-team Division III tournament was decided on in September 2016. Israel participated in a World Junior tournament for the first time since 1997, while Bulgaria returned after withdrawing from the 2015 tournament.

Participating teams

TeamQualification
placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
placed 2nd in Division III last year
hosts; placed 3rd in Division III last year
placed 4th in Division III last year
placed 5th in Division III last year
withdrew from competition last year
last participated in 1997

Final standings

Match results

All times are local (Central Standard TimeUTC–6).

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 6 7 11 18 +4 2
2 6 10 6 16 +5 12
3 6 9 4 13 +3 6
4 6 7 6 13 +8 8
5 6 5 7 12 +7 4
6 6 1 10 11 +8 6
7 6 6 4 10 +9 6
8 6 3 7 10 +3 4
9 6 5 4 9 +3 6
10 6 4 5 9 +3 6

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 319:08 11 93.45 2.07 0
2 254:56 9 92.04 2.12 1
3 298:05 15 90.38 3.02 0
4 357:21 15 87.50 2.52 2
5 300:39 18 85.25 3.59 0

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Jaime Perez
  • Defenceman: Fatih Faner
  • Forward: Oliver Hay

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2016/wm20iii 2016 World Championship Division III official website
  2. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/545/statistics.html 2016 World Championship Division III statistics
  3. Web site: 2017 event schedule . 9 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605092646/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships/2017-events/ . 5 June 2016 . dead . dmy-all .