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2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2016 IIHF World Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
CityHelsinki
Venue(s)Hartwall Arena and Helsinki Ice Hall (in 1 host city)
DatesDecember 26, 2015 – January 5, 2016
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Finland (4th title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  United States
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played30
Goals scored193 (6.43 per game)
Attendance215,226 (7,174 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Jesse Puljujärvi (17 points)
MVPFinland Jesse Puljujärvi
Official website
worldjunior2016.com
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The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship was the 40th Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It was hosted in Helsinki, Finland.[1][2][3] It began on December 26, 2015, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2016. This marked the sixth time that Finland has hosted the WJC, and the hosts defeated Russia 4–3 in overtime to win their fourth title in history and second in the last three years. Belarus was relegated to Division I-A for 2017 by merit of their tenth-place finish, while Finnish right winger Jesse Puljujärvi earned MVP and top scorer honors.

Nations participating at 2016 IIHF World Junior Championships

Player eligibility

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A player is eligible to play in the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:[4]

  • the player is of male gender;
  • the player was born at the earliest in 1996, and at the latest, in 2001;
  • the player is a citizen in the country he represents;
  • the player is under the jurisdiction of a national association that is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.[5]

Top Division

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Venues

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Helsinki Helsinki
Hartwall Arena
Capacity: 13,349
Helsinki Ice Hall
Capacity: 8,200

Match officials

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The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:[6]

Referees

  • Russia Alexei Anisimov
  • Latvia Andris Ansons
  • Finland Stefan Fonselius
  • Canada Brett Iverson
  • Slovakia Daniel Konc
  • Sweden Mikael Nord
  • Czech Republic Vladimir Pešina
  • Germany Daniel Piechaczek
  • United States Christopher Pitoscia
  • Finland Aleksi Rantala
  • Canada Jean-Philippe Sylvain
  • Switzerland Marc Wiegand

Linesmen

  • Canada Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
  • Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
  • Denmark Rene Jensen
  • Switzerland Roman Kaderli
  • Finland Pasi Nieminen
  • United States Brian Oliver
  • Russia Alexander Otmakhov
  • Sweden Henrik Pihlblad
  • Finland Hannu Sormunen
  • Norway Alexander Waldejer

Rosters

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Format

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The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last-placed team from both groups play a relegation round in a best-of-three format to determine the relegated team.[7]

Preliminary round

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

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 19 5 +14 12 Quarterfinals
2  United States 4 3 0 0 1 18 5 +13 9
3  Canada 4 1 1 0 2 13 12 +1 5
4  Denmark 4 1 0 0 3 4 16 −12 3
5   Switzerland 4 0 0 1 3 7 23 −16 1 Relegation round
Source: IIHF
December 26, 2015
16:00
Switzerland 3–8
(1–3, 1–3, 1–2)
 SwedenHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 5,600
Game reference
Gauthier Descloux
Joren van Pottelberghe
GoaliesLinus SöderströmReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Czech Republic Vladimír Pešina
Linesmen:
Finland Pasi Nieminen
United States Brian Oliver
0–101:21 – W. Nylander (A. Nylander, Timashov)
0–210:17 – Lindblom (Holmström, Kempe)
Kessler (Malgin, Glauser) – 17:231–2
1–319:31 – Timashov (A. Nylander) (PP)
1–421:48 – Timashov (Pettersson, A. Nylander) (PP)
1–524:17 – Asplund (Carlsson, Pettersson)
Rod (Harlacher, Malgin) – 27:112–5
2–632:50 – Forsbacka-Karlsson (Lagesson)
2–742:34 – Larsson (A. Nylander, A. Holmström)
Kessler (SH) – 51:573–7
3–856:40 – Ollas Matsson (Pettersson)
60 minPenalties10 min
18Shots39
December 26, 2015
20:00
United States 4–2
(0–0, 1–1, 3–1)
 CanadaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 6,112
Game reference
Alex NedeljkovicGoaliesMason McDonaldReferees:
Sweden Mikael Nord
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Finland Hannu Sormunen
0–125:06 – Barzal (Chartier, Gauthier)
White (Milano, Dvorak) – 36:331–1
Werenski (Matthews, Tkachuk) (PP) – 47:222–1
2–250:45 – Strome (Marner, Dermott) (PP)
Belpedio (Borgen, White) – 56:423–2
Matthews (Werenski, Tkachuk) – 57:234–2
27 minPenalties4 min
25Shots27
December 27, 2015
20:00
Denmark 2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)
  SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,596
Game reference
Thomas LillieGoaliesJoren van PottelbergheReferees:
Russia Alexei Anisimov
United States Christopher Pitoscia
Linesmen:
Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
Norway Alexander Waldejer
0–108:21 – Rod (Harlacher, Karrer)
Nielsen (K. Jensen, Røndbjerg) – 41:171–1
From (True, Krag) – 46:202–1
25 minPenalties4 min
22Shots23
December 28, 2015
16:00
Sweden 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 5,415
Game reference
Linus SöderströmGoaliesAlex NedeljkovicReferees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Canada Jean-Phillippe Sylvain
Linesmen:
Canada Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
Finland Hannu Sormunen
A. Nylander (Timashov, Carlsson) – 22:411–0
16 minPenalties12 min
23Shots46
December 28, 2015
20:00
Canada 6–1
(1–1, 4–0, 1–0)
 DenmarkHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 5,891
Game reference
Mason McDonaldGoaliesMathias SeldrupReferees:
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Finland Pasi Nieminen
0–112:49 – True (From, Krogsgaard)
Beauvillier (Barzal, Chartier) – 13:521–1
Quenneville (Marner, Fleury) – 21:142–1
Barzal (Chabot, Hicketts) (PP) – 25:033–1
Crouse (Konecny, Dermott) – 25:544–1
Marner (Strome, Point) – 31:305–1
Strome (Point) (PP) – 49:326–1
6 minPenalties10 min
58Shots11
December 29, 2015
20:00
Switzerland 2–3 GWS
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 CanadaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 3,522
Game reference
Joren van PottelbergheGoaliesMackenzie BlackwoodReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Sweden Mikael Nord
Linesmen:
Sweden Henrik Pihlblad
Finland Hannu Sormunen
Riat (Rod, Malgin) (PP) – 02:121–0
Meyer (Forrer, Privet) – 15:372–0
2–119:37 – Strome (Chabot, Crouse)
2–232:17 – Hicketts (Crouse)
Suter MISS
Meier MISS
ShootoutMISS Strome
GOAL Point
GOAL Barzal
8 minPenalties4 min
25Shots35
December 30, 2015
16:00
Sweden 5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 DenmarkHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 4,193
Game reference
Felix SandströmGoaliesThomas LillieReferees:
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Norway Alexander Waldejer
Kempe (Lindblom) – 00:131–0
Forsling (Forsbacka-Karlsson) (PP) – 10:222–0
Lindblom (Holmström, Ollas Mattsson) – 37:173–0
Lagesson (Lööke, Ehn) – 50:024–0
A. Nylander (Asplund, Larsson) – 55:555–0
4 minPenalties10 min
48Shots9
December 30, 2015
20:00
United States 10–1
(6–0, 4–1, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 3,701
Game reference
Alex Nedeljkovic
Brandon Halverson
GoaliesJoren van Pottelberghe
Ludovic Waeber
Referees:
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Finland Pasi Nieminen
Dvorak (Werenski, Milano) – 7:231–0
Matthews (Tkachuk, White) – 8:262–0
Carlo (Werenski) – 10:133–0
Werenski (Dvorak, Milano) – 12:594–0
Tkachuk (Matthews) – 15:105–0
Schmaltz (Hitchcock, Boeser) – 16:336–0
6–121:26 – Meier (Hischier)
Tkachuk (Matthews) – 22:127–1
Matthews (Schmaltz, White) (PP) – 28:098–1
White (Dvorak) (SH) – 29:009–1
Donato – 30:5810–1
6 minPenalties14 min
33Shots28
December 31, 2015
16:00
Denmark 1–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2)
 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 5,128
Game reference
Mathias SeldrupGoaliesBrandon HalversonReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Canada Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Canada Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
Sweden Henrik Pihlblad
Lassen – 10:141–0
1–117:04 – Matthews (White, Tkachuk)
1–224:02 – Milano (Belpedio)
1–345:40 – White (Tkachuk, Matthews)
1–447:43 – Bjork (Milano, Fortunato) (PP)
6 minPenalties2 min
17Shots44
December 31, 2015
20:00
Canada 2–5
(1–2, 0–1, 1–2)
 SwedenHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 7,003
Game reference
Mackenzie BlackwoodGoaliesLinus Söderström
Felix Sandström
Referees:
Russia Alexei Anisimov
Czech Republic Vladimír Pešina
Linesmen:
Finland Pasi Nieminen
United States Brian Oliver
0–14:37 – A. Nylander (Asplund, Timashov) (PP)
0–27:08 – Forsling (Nylander, Kempe) (PP)
Stephens (Chabot) – 15:511–2
1–333:38 – Kempe (Holmström, Forsling) (PP)
1–447:09 – Karlsson (Carlsson, Lööke)
Marner (Hicketts, Strome) (PP2) – 54:102–4
2–559:49 – Asplund (Englund) (ENG)
20 minPenalties14 min
24Shots32

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 4 3 1 0 0 14 7 +7 11 Quarterfinals
2  Finland (H) 4 3 0 0 1 23 13 +10 9
3  Czech Republic 4 2 0 1 1 12 10 +2 7
4  Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 8 14 −6 3
5  Belarus 4 0 0 0 4 6 19 −13 0 Relegation round
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
December 26, 2015
14:00
Czech Republic 1–2 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 RussiaHartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,106
Game reference
Vítek VaněčekGoaliesAlexandar GeorgievReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Canada Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
Sweden Henrik Pihlblad
Špaček (PS) – 33:541–0
1–149:09 – Lauta (Fazleyev, Dergachyov)
Lakatoš MISS
Chlapík MISS
Kaše MISS
ShootoutGOALLazarev
MISS Polunin
MISS Lauta
27 minPenalties6 min
25Shots22
December 26, 2015
18:00
Finland 6–0
(0–0, 1–0, 5–0)
 BelarusHartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,222
Game reference
Veini VehviläinenGoaliesIvan KulbakovReferees:
Slovakia Daniel Konc
France Jean-Philippe Sylvain
Linesmen:
Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
Denmark Rene Jensen
Puljujärvi (Aho) – 37:141–0
Laine (Puljujärvi, Juolevi) – 41:332–0
Niku (Siikonen, Björkqvist) – 45:463–0
Puljujärvi (Juolevi, Aho) (PP) – 47:264–0
Repo (Saarela) – 53:045–0
Rantanen (Aho, Mikkola) (SH, ENG) – 59:406–0
8 minPenalties18 min
37Shots10
December 27, 2015
16:00
Belarus 2–4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2)
 SlovakiaHartwall Arena
Attendance: 1,472
Game reference
Ivan Kulbakov
Vladislav Verbitski
GoaliesAdam HúskaReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
0–106:56 – Koch (Sukeľ, Šiška) (EA)
Malinovski (Chernikov, Sushko) – 11:331–1
Vasilchuk (Belevich, Karaban) (PP) – 22:212–1
2–232:28 – Lešťan (Surový)
2–340:19 – Hrušík (Paločko)
2–459:41 – Šiška (AG, EN)
10 minPenalties4 min
26Shots39
December 28, 2015
14:00
Slovakia 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 Czech RepublicHartwall Arena
Attendance: 8,998
Game reference
Adam HúskaGoaliesVítek VaněčekReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Norway Alexander Waldejer
0–136:58 – Pastrňák (Zbořil, Kaše) (PP)
0–251:55 – Lakatoš (Hronek)
6 minPenalties4 min
18Shots34
December 28, 2015
18:00
Russia 6–4
(1–2, 4–1, 1–1)
 FinlandHartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,526
Game reference
Alexandar GeorgievGoaliesVeini VehviläinenReferees:
Canada Brett Iverson
United States Christopher Pitoscia
Linesmen:
United States Brian Oliver
Sweden Henrik Pihlblad
0–104:13 – Aho (Puljujärvi, Laine)
Kaprizov (Provorov, Lazarev) (PP) – 06:101–1
1–218:53 – Laine (Puljujärvi, Keskitalo)
1–320:53 – Saarela (Puljujärvi, Laine) (PP)
Svetlakov (Korshkov, Voronkov) (SH) – 28:482–3
Kraskovsky (Korshkov, Zhuldikov) (PP) – 32:293–3
Kamenev (Kaprizov, Lazarev) (PP) – 35:284–3
Polunin (Korshkov) – 36:055–3
5–441:18 – Saarela (Nättinen)
Fazleyev (Provorov, Lauta) – 53:486–4
12 minPenalties12 min
25Shots32
December 29, 2015
16:00
Belarus 1–4
(0–3, 0–0, 1–1)
 RussiaHartwall Arena
Attendance: 2,342
Game reference
Vladislav VerbitskiGoaliesIlya SamsonovReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Czech Republic Vladimír Pešina
Linesmen:
Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
Denmark Rene Jensen
0–110:00 – Lazarev (Kamenev, Kaprizov) (PP)
0–215:42 – Polunin (Kraskovsky, Korshkov) (PP)
0–318:19 – Kamenev (Provorov, Lazarev)
Alexei Patsenkin (Busko) – 46:141–3
1–447:41 – Polunin (Korshkov, Zhuldikov)
6 minPenalties6 min
18Shots32
December 30, 2015
14:00
Czech Republic 5–3
(1–0, 1–3, 3–0)
 BelarusHartwall Arena
Attendance: 8,456
Game reference
Vítek VaněčekGoaliesIvan KulbakovReferees:
Canada Brett Iverson
Canada Jean-Philippe Sylvain
Linesmen:
Canada Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Stránský – 15:391–0
1–120:43 – Falkovski (Chernikov, Karaban)
1–230:26 – Sharangovich (Karaban, Falkovski) (PP)
Lakatoš (Pastrňák, Hronek) – 32:262–2
2–337:31 – Vladislav Goncharov (Karaban) (PP)
Smejkal (Špaček, Ordoš) – 52:063–3
Veselý (Špaček) – 54:204–3
Mašín (Smejkal) (ENG) – 59:405–3
4 minPenalties2 min
49Shots24
December 30, 2015
18:00
Slovakia 3–8
(2–1, 0–2, 1–5)
 FinlandHartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,723
Game reference
Adam Húska
Stanislav Skorvanek
GoaliesKaapo KähkönenReferees:
Russia Alexei Anisimov
United States Cristopher Pitoscia
Linesmen:
Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
United States Brian Oliver
Sukeľ (Paločko, Sloboda) (PP) – 9:501–0
Bondra (Romančík, Surový) – 11:552–0
2–115:15 – Aho (Laine, Puljujärvi) (PP)
2–234:07 – Saarela (Juolevi, Puljujärvi) (PP)
2–338:22 – Hintz (Saarijärvi, Rantanen)
2–440:28 – Puljujärvi (Laine, Aho)
2–542:41 – Aho (Puljujärvi, Juolevi) (PP)
Maier (Sukeľ, Jaroš) (PP,EA) – 45:273–5
3–651:52 – Laine
3–752:30 – Kapanen (Saarijärvi, Hintz) (PP)
3–857:42 – Björkqvist (Saarijärvi, Siikonen)
16 minPenalties8 min
28Shots48
December 31, 2015
14:00
Russia 2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 SlovakiaHartwall Arena
Attendance: 6,497
Game reference
Alexandar GeorgievGoaliesAdam HúskaReferees:
Sweden Mikael Nord
Canada Jean-Philippe Sylvain
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Finland Hannu Sormunen
Lauta (Mikulovich, Provorov) – 15:291–0
Rykov – 29:122–0
2–135:50 – Jaroš (Sukeľ)
14 minPenalties8 min
27Shots21
December 31, 2015
18:00
Finland 5–4
(0–0, 3–3, 2–1)
 Czech RepublicHartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,198
Game reference
Veini VehviläinenGoaliesVítek VaněčekReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Norway Alexander Waldejer
Puljujärvi (Aho) – 20:571–0
1–124:22 – Smejkal (Špaček, Pastrňák)
1–226:08 – Ordoš (Voženílek, Šoustal)
Hintz – 28:062–2
Kalapudas (Kapanen, Niku) (PP) – 30:463–2
3–339:27 – Sklenička (Mašín, Zacha)
3–448:37 – Špaček (Pastrňák, Smejkal)
Puljujärvi (Nättinen, Juolevi) (PP) – 50:104–4
Laine (Juolevi, Aho) – 54:135–4
8 minPenalties10 min
27Shots35

Relegation round

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January 2, 2016
12:00
Switzerland 5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 BelarusHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 453
Game reference
Joren van PottelbergheGoaliesIvan KulbakovReferees:
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Czech Republic Vladimír Pešina
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Finland Hannu Sormunen
0–101:59 – Buinitsky (Veremyov) (PP)
Rod (Kessler) – 06:361–1
Malgin (Meier, Riat) – 35:362–1
Riat (Malgin, Meier) – 38:413–1
Privet (Hischier) – 51:054–1
Meier (Suter, Malgin) (PP) – 58:595–1
8 minPenalties26 min
42Shots21
January 3, 2016
12:00
Belarus 2–6
(2–3, 0–3, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 748
Game reference
Vladislav Verbitski
Ivan Kulbakov
GoaliesJoren van PottelbergheReferees:
Russia Alexei Anisimov
Sweden Mikael Nord
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Finland Hannu Sormunen
0–103:41 – Suter (Meier, Malgin) (PP)
0–203:50 – Suter (Karrer, Siegenthaler)
0–312:43 – Suter (Rod, Malgin) (PP)
Buinitsky (Vorobei, Bokun) – 15:201–3
Filippovich (Belevich, Patsenkin) – 16:442–3
2–428:18 – Rod (Malgin, Kessler) (PP)
2–531:52 – Thürkauf (Kessler, Riat)
2–635:21 – Meyer (Thürkauf)
16 minPenalties14 min
23Shots44

Note:  Belarus was relegated to the 2017 Division I A

Playoff round

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
1A  Sweden 6
4B  Slovakia 0
1A  Sweden 1
2B  Finland 2
2B  Finland 6
3A  Canada 5
2B  Finland 4
1B  Russia 3
1B  Russia 4
4A  Denmark 3
1B  Russia 2 Bronze medal game
2A  United States 1
2A  United States 7 1A  Sweden 3
3B  Czech Republic 0 2A  United States 8

Quarterfinals

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2 January 2016
14:00
Russia 4–3 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 2–1)
(OT 1–0)
 DenmarkHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,869
Game reference
Alexandar GeorgievGoaliesThomas LillieReferees:
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Korshkov (Kraskovsky, Rykov) – 2:491–0
1–122:37 – Ma. Jensen (Holmberg, Olsen)
1–229:20 – Olsen (K. Jensen, Nielsen)
Lauta (Dergachyov, Fazleyev) – 52:312–2
2–354:36 – E. Christensen (Krogsgaard)
Kamenev (Lauta, Provorov) (EA) – 59:163–3
Kamenev (Provorov, Svetlakov) – 65:004–3
14 minPenalties2 min
46Shots21
2 January 2016
16:00
Sweden 6–0
(2–0, 1–0, 3–0)
 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,796
Game reference
Linus SöderströmGoaliesAdam HúskaReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Canada Jean-Philippe Sylvain
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Norway Alexander Waldejer
Eriksson Ek (Forsbacka-Karlsson) – 5:101–0
Lindblom (Holmström, Kempe) (PP) – 11:352–0
Ehn (Lööke) – 30:073–0
Kempe (Holmström, Englund) – 43:434–0
Lööke (Forsbacka-Karlsson) (SH) – 45:365–0
A. Nylander (Timashov, Pettersson) – 56:576–0
12 minPenalties14 min
55Shots17
2 January 2016
18:00
Finland 6–5
(1–2, 3–1, 2–2)
 CanadaHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,016
Game reference
Veini Vehviläinen (out 27:20)
Kaapo Kähkönen (in 27:20)
GoaliesMackenzie BlackwoodReferees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
United States Christopher Pitoscia
Linesmen:
United States Brian Oliver
Sweden Henrik Pihlblad
0–15:21 – Konecny (Quenneville, Stephens)
0–210:59 – Strome (Gauthier, Crouse)
Laine (Aho, Puljujärvi) – 19:491–2
Kalapudas (Juolevi, Tuulola) – 26:182–2
2–327:20 – Crouse (Virtanen)
Saarela (Puljujärvi) (PP) – 35:443–3
Nättinen (Saarela, Juolevi) – 37:174–3
4–443:14 – Marner (Point, Sanheim) (PP)
Aho (Puljujärvi, Laine) – 44:215–4
5–545:57 – Marner (P. Point) (PP)
Laine (Juolevi, Aho) (PP2) – 54:106–5
12 minPenalties18 min
29Shots34
2 January 2016
20:00
United States 7–0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0)
 Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,113
Game reference
Alex NedeljkovicGoaliesVítek Vaněček (out 20:00)
Aleš Stezka (in 20:00)
Referees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Canada Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Canada Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
Finland Pasi Nieminen
Schmaltz (Boeser) – 5:171–0
Dvorak (Carlo, Milano) – 15:142–0
Matthews (Borgen, Tkachuk) – 24:153–0
Matthews (Schmaltz, Werenski) (PP) – 29:084–0
Eansor (SH) – 38:045–0
Matthews (Schmaltz, Werenski) (PP) – 40:246–0
DeBrincat (Donato, MacInnis) – 51:537–0
6 minPenalties10 min
35Shots28

Semifinals

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4 January 2016
16:00
Sweden 1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)
 FinlandHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,340
Game reference
Linus SöderströmGoaliesKaapo KähkönenReferees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
United States Christopher Pitoscia
Linesmen:
United States Brian Oliver
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Asplund (Timashov, Larsson) – 10:171–0
1–131:08 – Hintz (Rantanen, Kapanen)
1–233:04 – Kalapudas (Rantanen, Kapanen) (PP)
20 minPenalties6 min
22Shots28
4 January 2016
20:00
Russia 2–1
(0–1, 2–0, 0–0)
 United StatesHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 11,812
Game reference
Ilya SamsonovGoaliesAlex NedeljkovicReferees:
Canada Brett Iverson
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Canada Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
Finland Pasi Nieminen
0–19:03 – Dvorak (Milano, Werenski)
Kraskovsky (Korshkov) – 35:081–1
Korshkov – 37:562–1
4 minPenalties8 min
33Shots27

Bronze medal game

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5 January 2016
16:00
Sweden 3–8
(2–2, 0–4, 1–2)
 United States 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Hartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 10,889
Game reference
Felix SandströmGoaliesAlex NedeljkovicReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Canada Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
Finland Pasi Nieminen
0–111:59 – Bjork (Dvorak)
0–215:32 – Tkachuk (Werenski, Schmaltz)
Lagesson (Kempe) – 17:391–2
Grundström (Eriksson Ek, Forsbacka-Karlsson) – 18:342–2
2–322:17 – Boeser (Borgen, Tkachuk)
2–424:06 – Donato (Carlo, MacInnis)
2–536:31 – Bjork (Milano, Dvorak)
2–639:51 – Carlo (Schmaltz, Hitchcock)
2–743:38 – Donato (MacInnis)
2–851:12 – Tkachuk (Schmaltz)
Holmström (Lindblom, Kempe) – 58:283–8
8 minPenalties10 min
38Shots29

Final

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5 January 2016
20:30
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia 3–4 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 2–3)
(OT 0–1)
 Finland 1st place, gold medalist(s)Hartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,479
Game reference
Alexandar GeorgievGoaliesKaapo KähkönenReferees:
Canada Brett Iverson
United States Christopher Pitoscia
Linesmen:
United States Brian Oliver
Sweden Henrik Pihlblad
Kamenev (Provorov, Lazarev) (PP) – 4:501–0
1–140:24 – Laine (Aho, Puljujärvi)
Svetlakov – 41:412–1
2–250:07 – Aho (Puljujärvi, Laine)
2–357:51 – Rantanen (Saarijärvi, Kalapudas) (PP)
Svetlakov (Provorov, Rykov) (EA) – 59:543–3
3–461:33 – Kapanen (Saarela)
40 minPenalties4 min
25Shots29

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Jesse Puljujärvi  Finland 7 5 12 17 +8 0
2 Sebastian Aho  Finland 7 5 9 14 +9 4
3 Patrik Laine  Finland 7 7 6 13 +8 6
4 Auston Matthews  United States 7 7 4 11 +6 2
5 Matthew Tkachuk  United States 7 4 7 11 +7 6
6 Alexander Nylander  Sweden 7 4 5 9 +5 0
7 Zach Werenski  United States 7 2 7 9 +10 4
8 Denis Malgin   Switzerland 6 1 8 9 −1 6
9 Olli Juolevi  Finland 7 0 9 9 +6 4
10 Christian Dvorak  United States 7 3 5 8 +8 0
10 Adrian Kempe  Sweden 7 3 5 8 +1 8

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF[8]

Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Linus Söderström  Sweden 295:28 7 1.42 94.70 2
2 Alex Nedeljkovic  United States 325:52 9 1.66 94.27 1
3 Thomas Lillie  Denmark 185:00 10 3.24 91.45 0
4 Kaapo Kähkönen  Finland 214:13 9 2.52 90.91 0
5 Adam Húska  Slovakia 292:30 19 3.90 89.89 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF[9]

Tournament awards

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Jesse Puljujärvi being interviewed at the U20 World Championships 2016

Reference: [1] Most Valuable Player

All-star team

IIHF best player awards

Final standings

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
4th  Sweden
5th  Czech Republic
6th  Canada
7th  Slovakia
8th  Denmark
9th   Switzerland
10th  Belarus
Relegated to the 2017 Division I A
 2016 IIHF Junior World champions 

Finland
4th title

Note that due to the lack of playoff games for determining the spots 5–8, these spots were determined by the preliminary round records for each team.

Division I

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Group A

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The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from December 13 to 19, 2015.[10][11]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Latvia 5 4 1 0 0 20 7 +13 14 Promoted to the 2017 Top Division
2  Austria (H) 5 3 0 0 2 18 18 0 9
3  Kazakhstan 5 2 1 0 2 21 13 +8 8
4  Norway 5 1 1 2 1 21 14 +7 7
5  Germany 5 2 0 1 2 10 14 −4 7
6  Italy 5 0 0 0 5 5 29 −24 0 Relegated to the 2017 Division I B
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Group B

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The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from December 12 to 18, 2015.[12][13] Prior to the start of the tournament, Japan withdrew, and was relegated for 2017.[14]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  France (H) 4 2 1 0 1 17 9 +8 8 Promoted to the 2017 Division I A
2  Poland 4 2 1 0 1 15 10 +5 8
3  Great Britain 4 2 1 0 1 13 16 −3 8
4  Ukraine 4 1 0 2 1 9 10 −1 5
5  Slovenia 4 0 0 1 3 6 15 −9 1
6  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn; relegated to the 2017 Division II A
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division II

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Group A

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The Division II A tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from December 13 to 19, 2015.[15][16]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Hungary 5 5 0 0 0 36 9 +27 15 Promoted to the 2017 Division I B
2  Lithuania (H) 5 3 1 0 1 18 16 +2 11
3  Estonia 5 3 0 0 2 27 26 +1 9
4  Croatia 5 2 0 0 3 13 21 −8 6
5  Netherlands 5 0 1 0 4 14 23 −9 2
6  South Korea 5 0 0 2 3 15 28 −13 2 Relegated to the 2017 Division II B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Group B

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The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from January 17 to 23, 2016.[17][18]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Romania 5 4 1 0 0 37 14 +23 14 Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
2  Spain 5 4 0 0 1 34 12 +22 12
3  Serbia (H) 5 3 0 1 1 34 9 +25 10
4  Belgium 5 2 0 0 3 14 21 −7 6
5  Australia 5 1 0 0 4 11 35 −24 3
6  China 5 0 0 0 5 6 45 −39 0 Relegated to the 2017 Division III
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Division III

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The Division III tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from January 15 to 24, 2016.[19][20]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Mexico (H) 6 5 0 0 1 24 14 +10 15 Promoted to the 2017 Division II B
2  Bulgaria 6 4 0 0 2 18 13 +5 12
3  New Zealand 6 4 0 0 2 29 16 +13 12
4  Israel 6 3 0 1 2 39 23 +16 10
5  Iceland 6 2 1 0 3 24 21 +3 8
6  Turkey 6 2 0 0 4 20 15 +5 6
7  South Africa 6 0 0 0 6 7 59 −52 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

References

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  1. ^ 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship official website
  2. ^ 2016 Top Division statistics
  3. ^ "Future Hosts". USA Hockey. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "IIHF statutes and bylaws" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  5. ^ "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  6. ^ "Referee assignments 2015/2016". IIHF. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  7. ^ "New format for U18, U20 Worlds". IIHF. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  8. ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF) (PDF). IIHF. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF.com. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  10. ^ 2016 Division I A official website
  11. ^ 2016 Division I A statistics
  12. ^ 2016 Division I B official website
  13. ^ 2016 Division I B statistics
  14. ^ Japan withdraws
  15. ^ 2016 Division II A official website
  16. ^ 2016 Division II A statistics
  17. ^ 2016 Division II B official website
  18. ^ 2016 Division II B statistics
  19. ^ 2016 Division III official website
  20. ^ 2016 Division III statistics
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