2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division IIII
Tournament details
Host countries Bulgaria
 South Africa
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates14–20 March 2016
14–19 February 2016
Teams12
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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.

Division III Group A tournament

2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–20 March 2016
Teams6
Final positions
Champions  Australia
Runner-up  Turkey
Third place  Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored109 (7.27 per game)
Attendance11,180 (745 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Turkey 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]

Participants

Team Qualification
 Australia placed 6th in 2015 Division II B and were relegated
 Mexico placed 2nd in 2015 Division III A
 Bulgaria hosts; placed 3rd in 2015 Division III A
 Chinese Taipei placed 4th in 2015 Division III A
 Israel placed 5th in 2015 Division III A
 Turkey placed 1st in 2015 Division III B and were promoted

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Australia 5 4 0 0 1 25 22 +3 12 Promoted to the 2017 Division II B
2  Turkey 5 3 1 0 1 22 13 +9 11
3  Bulgaria 5 3 0 0 2 20 13 +7 9
4  Israel 5 2 1 0 2 15 15 0 8
5  Chinese Taipei 5 1 0 2 2 17 26 −9 5
6  Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 10 20 −10 0 Relegated to the 2017 Division III B
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

All times are local. (EET – UTC+2)

14 March 2016
13:00		Mexico 1–3
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 258
Game reference
6 minPenalties12 min
28Shots21
14 March 2016
16:30		Turkey 5 – 4 OT
(4–1, 0–1, 0–2, 1–0)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 268
Game reference
8 minPenalties18 min
37Shots37
14 March 2016
20:00		Bulgaria 3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)		 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,150
Game reference
12 minPenalties12 min
33Shots32
15 March 2016
13:00		Israel 1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 125
Game reference
18 minPenalties12 min
26Shots40
15 March 2016
16:30		Australia 6–3
(1–1, 1–2, 4–0)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 369
Game reference
6 minPenalties4 min
36Shots18
15 March 2016
20:00		Mexico 2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,850
Game reference
6 minPenalties16 min
31Shots22
17 March 2016
13:00		Mexico 1–4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 100
Game reference
2 minPenalties10 min
19Shots26
17 March 2016
16:30		Australia 4–3
(2–1, 0–0, 2–2)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 365
Game reference
29 minPenalties6 min
35Shots27
17 March 2016
20:00		Bulgaria 9–3
(4–0, 3–2, 2–1)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,890
Game reference
26 minPenalties8 min
36Shots22
18 March 2016
13:00		Turkey 9–6
(4–0, 2–4, 3–2)		 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 230
Game reference
8 minPenalties6 min
46Shots39
18 March 2016
16:30		Chinese Taipei 4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)		 MexicoWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 190
Game reference
8 minPenalties12 min
23Shots24
18 March 2016
20:00		Israel 4–3
(3–3, 1–0, 0–0)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,800
Game reference
12 minPenalties8 min
22Shots32
20 March 2016
13:00		Chinese Taipei 3 – 4 SO
(0–0, 1–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 140
Game reference
10 minPenalties4 min
28Shots40
20 March 2016
16:30		Bulgaria 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,995
Game reference
33 minPenalties6 min
30Shots22
20 March 2016
20:00		Australia 5–4
(0–1, 1–1, 4–2)		 MexicoWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 450
Game reference
6 minPenalties4 min
25Shots19

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[6]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Turkey Ferhat Bakal 5 9 5 14 +11 2 F
Australia Ellesse Carini 5 6 7 13 +7 4 F
Chinese Taipei Wei Chiang 5 4 7 11 −2 0 F
Australia Thomas Steven 5 6 4 10 +4 2 F
Australia Liam Manwarring 5 5 5 10 +6 29 F
Mexico Jorge Perez 5 7 2 9 −3 4 F
Bulgaria Veselin Dikov 5 5 4 9 +2 43 F
Israel Tom Ignatovich 5 4 5 9 +6 8 F
Turkey Hakan Salt 5 4 5 9 +10 2 F
Israel Mark Revniaga 5 4 4 8 +3 2 F

Leading goaltenders

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 MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Turkey Tolga Bozaci 300:11 149 12 2.40 91.95 0
Israel Raz Werner 304:15 162 14 2.76 91.36 0
Bulgaria Aleksandar Tomov 295:32 129 13 2.64 89.92 1
Chinese Taipei Sheng-Chun Huang 248:06 136 16 3.87 88.24 0
Mexico Leonardo Chavez 119:08 47 6 3.02 87.23 0

Division III Group B tournament

2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group B
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–19 February 2016
Teams3
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand
Runner-up  South Africa
Third place  Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored53 (8.83 per game)
Attendance1,751 (292 per game)
Scoring leader(s)New Zealand 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]

Participants

Team Qualification
 South Africa hosts; placed 6th in 2015 Division III A and were relegated
 New Zealand placed 2nd in 2015 Division III B
 Hong Kong placed 3rd in 2015 Division III B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  New Zealand 4 4 0 0 0 30 9 +21 12 Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
2  South Africa 4 1 0 0 3 11 19 −8 3
3  Hong Kong 4 1 0 0 3 12 25 −13 3
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

All times are local. (SAST – UTC+2)

14 February 2016
20:00		Hong Kong 3–6
(1–4, 2–1, 0–1)		 South AfricaIce Station
Attendance: 400
Game reference
Referee:
France Laurent Garbay
Linesmen:
France Jeremie Douchy
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
6 minPenalties26 min
35Shots23
15 February 2016
20:00		New Zealand 8–4
(5–1, 0–1, 3–2)		 Hong KongIce Station
Attendance: 126
Game reference
Referee:
Hungary Daniel Rencz
Linesmen:
South Africa Jonathan Burger
France Jeremie Douchy
62 minPenalties40 min
47Shots35
16 February 2016
17:45		South Africa 1–6
(0–3, 1–3, 0–0)		 New ZealandIce Station
Attendance: 253
Game reference
Referee:
France Laurent Garbay
Linesmen:
South Africa Jonathan Burger
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
45 minPenalties32 min
30Shots40
17 February 2016
17:45		Hong Kong 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 South AfricaIce Station
Attendance: 289
Game reference
Referee:
Hungary Daniel Rencz
Linesmen:
France Jeremie Douchy
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
16 minPenalties12 min
31Shots26
18 February 2016
17:45		New Zealand 9–2
(3–0, 5–0, 1–2)		 Hong KongIce Station
Attendance: 94
Game reference
Referee:
France Laurent Garbay
Linesmen:
South Africa Jonathan Burger
France Jeremie Douchy
4 minPenalties6 min
56Shots28
19 February 2016
17:45		South Africa 2–7
(0–3, 0–1, 2–3)		 New ZealandIce Station
Attendance: 589
Game reference
Referee:
Hungary Daniel Rencz
Linesmen:
South Africa Jonathan Burger
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
35 minPenalties16 min
29Shots33

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[11]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
New Zealand Benjamin Harford 4 7 4 11 +13 24 F
New Zealand Shaun Brown 4 4 4 8 +12 6 F
Hong Kong Hing Yui Tsang 4 4 4 8 −6 18 F
New Zealand Logan Fraser 4 2 6 8 +3 14 F
New Zealand Alexander Egan 4 3 4 7 −1 12 F
New Zealand Mak Rawiri 4 5 1 6 +1 2 F
New Zealand Rom van Stolk 4 3 1 4 +5 2 F
Hong Kong Ho Ming Herman Lui 4 1 3 4 −9 14 F
South Africa Luke Vivier 4 3 0 3 0 0 F
South Africa Aidan Beukes 4 2 1 3 +1 6 F
Hong Kong Hing Wing Tsang 4 2 1 3 −8 6 F

Leading goaltenders

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 MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
New Zealand James Moore 120:00 57 4 2.00 92.98 0
New Zealand Taylor Goodall 120:00 65 5 2.50 92.31 0
South Africa Ryan Boyd 166:55 96 13 4.67 86.46 0
Hong Kong Joshua Sun Ho Ho 152:57 101 18 7.06 82.18 0

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