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2016 IIHF World Championship
Division I
2016 IIHF World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Poland Poland
Flag of Croatia Croatia
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates 23–29 April
17–23 April
Teams 12
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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.[1]

Venues[]

Group A Group B
Katowice Zagreb
Spodek
Capacity: 11,500
Dom Sportova
Capacity: 6,500
Katowice Spodek- Nowa elewacja Dom sportova (Zagreb)

Group A tournament[]

2016 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Poland Poland
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 23–29 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 75 (5 per game)
Attendance 55,300 (3,687 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Slovenia Ken Ograjenšek
Flag of Slovenia Jan Urbas (6 points)
MVP Flag of Slovenia Jan Urbas
Website IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Austria Austria Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated.
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated.
Flag of Poland Poland Host, placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
Flag of Japan Japan Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
Flag of Italy Italy Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
Flag of Korea South Korea Placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2][3]

Referees
  • Flag of Canada Jonathan Alarie
  • Flag of Finland Mikko Kaukokari
  • Flag of Russia Artur Kulev
  • Flag of Croatia Trpimir Piragić
  • Flag of the United States Stephen Reneau
  • Flag of Germany Marian Rohatsch
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Robin Šír

Linesmen
  • Flag of Denmark Henrik Haurum
  • Flag of Poland Artur Hyliński
  • Flag of Slovakia Martin Korba
  • Flag of Latvia Kriss Kupcus
  • Flag of Netherlands Joep Leermakers
  • Flag of Russia Yakov Paley
  • Flag of Estonia Anton Semjonov

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 18 8 +10 12 Promoted to the 2017 Top division
2 Flag of Italy Italy 5 3 0 0 2 11 10 +1 9[lower-alpha 1]
3 Flag of Poland Poland (H) 5 3 0 0 2 17 12 +5 9[lower-alpha 1]
4 Flag of Austria Austria 5 2 1 0 2 11 8 +3 8
5 Flag of Korea South Korea 5 2 0 1 2 11 11 0 7
6 Flag of Japan Japan 5 0 0 0 5 7 26 −19 0 Relegation to Division I B[4]
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.
Notes:
  1. Tournament allocations. iihfworlds2015.com (15 May 2015).
  2. IA Assignments
  3. Referees named
  4. Division I Group A Tournament Format. iihf.com (22 April 2016).

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

23 April 2016
13:00
Japan Flag of Japan 1–7
(0–1, 0–4, 1–2)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 1,300
23 April 2016
16:30
Italy Flag of Italy 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of Poland Poland Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 8,500
23 April 2016
20:00
South Korea Flag of Korea 2–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–0, 0–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Austria Austria Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 2,000
24 April 2016
13:00
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 3–1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)
Flag of Italy Italy Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 2,000
24 April 2016
16:30
Poland Flag of Poland 1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)
Flag of Korea South Korea Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 6,500
24 April 2016
20:00
Austria Flag of Austria 3–1
(1–1, 0–0, 2–0)
Flag of Japan Japan Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 1,000
26 April 2016
13:00
South Korea Flag of Korea 3–0
(3–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Japan Japan Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 1,500
26 April 2016
16:30
Austria Flag of Austria 4–2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2)
Flag of Italy Italy Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 1,500
26 April 2016
20:00
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 1–4
(1–1, 0–3, 0–0)
Flag of Poland Poland Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 6,500
27 April 2016
13:00
Japan Flag of Japan 1–3
(1–1, 0–2, 0–0)
Flag of Italy Italy Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 1,500
27 April 2016
16:30
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 5–1
(2–1, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Korea South Korea Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 2,500
27 April 2016
20:00
Poland Flag of Poland 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Austria Austria Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 7,500
29 April 2016
13:00
Italy Flag of Italy 2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)
Flag of Korea South Korea Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 2,500
29 April 2016
16:30
Austria Flag of Austria 1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 4,000
29 April 2016
20:00
Poland Flag of Poland 10–4
(6–1, 1–1, 3–2)
Flag of Japan Japan Spodek, Katowice
Attendance: 8,500

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Flag of Slovenia Ken Ograjenšek 5 2 4 6 +2 2
Flag of Slovenia Jan Urbas 5 2 4 6 +3 0
Flag of Poland Tomasz Malasiński 5 5 0 5 +5 4
Flag of South Korea Michael Swift 5 5 0 5 +3 12
Flag of South Korea Kim Ki-sung 5 3 2 5 +1 0
Flag of Poland Krzysztof Zapała 5 0 5 5 +2 4
Flag of Poland Grzegorz Pasiut 5 3 1 4 0 0
Flag of Slovenia Žiga Jeglič 5 2 2 4 +1 2
Flag of Slovenia Aleš Mušič 5 2 2 4 +3 2
Flag of Slovenia Miha Verlič 5 2 2 4 +3 6

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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Flag of Slovenia Gašper Krošelj 200:00 3 0.90 82 96.34 0
Flag of Austria Bernhard Starkbaum 302:45 8 1.59 126 93.65 0
Flag of South Korea Matt Dalton 302:47 11 2.18 156 92.95 1
Flag of Italy Andreas Bernard 180:00 6 2.00 79 92.41 0
Flag of Poland Przemysław Odrobny 238:22 9 2.27 113 92.04 1

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

Group B tournament[]

2016 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Croatia Croatia
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 17–23 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 99 (6.6 per game)
Attendance 13,920 (928 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Estonia Robert Rooba (8 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated.
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
Flag of Croatia Croatia Host, placed 4th in Division I B last year.
Flag of Estonia Estonia Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Flag of Romania Romania Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[1]

Referees
  • Flag of France Jimmy Bergamelli
  • Flag of Italy Daniel Gamper
  • Flag of Sweden Mikael Holm
  • Flag of Austria Manuel Nikolic

Linesmen
  • Flag of Croatia Vanja Belić
  • Flag of Switzerland Franco Espinoza
  • Flag of Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
  • Flag of Finland Markus Hägerström
  • Flag of Japan Shunsuke Ichikawa
  • Flag of South Korea Park Jun-soo
  • Flag of Slovenia Damir Rakovič

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 5 4 0 0 1 20 6 +14 12 Promoted to Division I A
2 Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 5 3 1 0 1 23 7 +16 11
3 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 5 3 0 1 1 15 14 +1 10
4 Flag of Croatia Croatia (H) 5 2 1 0 2 21 17 +4 8
5 Flag of Estonia Estonia 5 1 0 1 3 12 23 −11 4
6 Flag of Romania Romania 5 0 0 0 5 8 32 −24 0 Relegation to Division II A
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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

17 April 2016
13:00
Estonia Flag of Estonia 2–7
(1–2, 1–4, 0–1)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 95
17 April 2016
16:30
Romania Flag of Romania 1–6
(1–2, 0–1, 0–3)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 200
17 April 2016
20:00
Croatia Flag of Croatia 1–4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,600
18 April 2016
13:00
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of Romania Romania Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 100
18 April 2016
16:30
United Kingdom Flag of Great Britain 4–3 OT
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT 1–0)
Flag of Estonia Estonia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 455
18 April 2016
20:00
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 4–1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
20 April 2016
13:00
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 7–1
(2–0, 2–1, 3–0)
Flag of Estonia Estonia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 120
20 April 2016
16:30
United Kingdom Flag of Great Britain 8–0
(2–0, 6–0, 0–0)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 450
20 April 2016
20:00
Romania Flag of Romania 5–12
(1–3, 2–4, 2–5)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,650
22 April 2016
13:00
United Kingdom Flag of Great Britain 6–1
(2–0, 2–0, 2–1)
Flag of Romania Romania Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 400
22 April 2016
16:30
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 350
22 April 2016
20:00
Croatia Flag of Croatia 5–3
(1–2, 3–1, 1–0)
Flag of Estonia Estonia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,800
23 April 2016
13:00
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 500
23 April 2016
16:30
Estonia Flag of Estonia 3–0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)
Flag of Romania Romania Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 200
23 April 2016
20:00
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 1–2 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,500

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

  • Best players selected by the directorate:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Estonia Robert Rooba 5 4 4 8 −4 0 F
Flag of United Kingdom Ben O'Connor 5 1 7 8 +2 12 D
Flag of Ukraine Vladyslav Gavryk 5 3 4 7 +7 2 F
Flag of Croatia Borna Rendulić 4 2 5 7 −3 0 F
Flag of Croatia Mike Glumac 5 4 2 6 +3 4 F
Flag of United Kingdom Russell Cowley 5 3 3 6 +4 2 F
Flag of United Kingdom Jonathan Phillips 5 3 3 6 +6 6 F
Flag of Estonia Aleksandr Petrov 5 2 4 6 −3 0 F
Flag of Lithuania Nerijus Ališauskas 5 3 2 5 +4 2 D
Flag of Croatia Ivan Janković 5 3 2 5 +1 4 F
Flag of Estonia Andrei Makrov 5 3 2 5 –3 6 F

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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Flag of Ukraine Eduard Zakharchenko 298:25 6 1.21 129 95.35 0
Flag of Croatia Vilim Rosandič 135:21 4 1.77 56 92.86 0
Flag of Lithuania Artur Pavliukov 275:42 11 2.39 140 92.14 0
Flag of United Kingdom Ben Bowns 302:56 7 1.39 86 91.86 1
Flag of Estonia Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 222:45 14 3.77 114 87.72 1

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

References[]

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