2016 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Katowice, Poland, on 23–29 April 2016 and Group B in Zagreb, Croatia, on 17–23 April 2016.

Match officials
7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇨🇦 Jonathan Alarie
 * 🇫🇮 Mikko Kaukokari
 * 🇷🇺 Artur Kulev
 * Trpimir Piragić
 * 🇺🇸 Stephen Reneau
 * 🇩🇪 Marian Rohatsch
 * 🇨🇿 Robin Šír


 * Linesmen
 * Henrik Haurum
 * 🇵🇱 Artur Hyliński
 * 🇸🇰 Martin Korba
 * Kriss Kupcus
 * Joep Leermakers
 * 🇷🇺 Yakov Paley
 * 🇪🇪 Anton Semjonov

Results
All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇦🇹 Bernhard Starkbaum
 * Best Defenseman: 🇮🇹 Thomas Larkin
 * Best Forward: 🇵🇱 Patryk Wronka

Source: IIHF.com
 * Media All-Stars:
 * MVP: 🇸🇮 Jan Urbas
 * Goalkeeper: 🇸🇮 Gašper Krošelj
 * Defenceman: 🇸🇮 Sabahudin Kovačević / 🇵🇱 Paweł Dronia
 * Forwards: 🇰🇷 Michael Swift / 🇸🇮 Jan Urbas / 🇵🇱 Patryk Wronka

Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
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.

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇫🇷 Jimmy Bergamelli
 * 🇮🇹 Daniel Gamper
 * 🇸🇪 Mikael Holm
 * 🇦🇹 Manuel Nikolic


 * Linesmen
 * Vanja Belić
 * Franco Espinoza
 * Tomislav Grozaj
 * 🇫🇮 Markus Hägerström
 * 🇯🇵 Shunsuke Ichikawa
 * 🇰🇷 Park Jun-soo
 * 🇸🇮 Damir Rakovič

Results
All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇺🇦 Eduard Zakharchenko
 * Best Defenseman: 🇬🇧 Ben O'Connor
 * Best Forward: Borna Rendulić

Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
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.

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com