2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2016 IIHF World U20 Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	December 26, 2015 – January 5, 2016
Teams	10
Venue(s)	Hartwall Arena and Helsinki Ice Hall (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Finland (4th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	United States of America
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	193 (6.43 per match)
Attendance	215,226 (7,174 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Jesse Puljujärvi (17 points)
MVP	Jesse Puljujärvi
Website	http://www.worldjunior2016.com
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The 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship was the 40th World Junior Ice Hockey Championship. It was hosted in Helsinki, Finland. 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.

Player eligibility

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

• 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 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.

Top Division

Venues

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

Officials

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

Referees Alexei Anisimov Andris Ansons Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson Daniel Konc Mikael Nord Vladimir Pešina Daniel Piechaczek Christopher Pitoscia Aleksi Rantala Jean-Philippe Sylvain Marc Wiegand

Linesmen Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Matjaž Hribar Rene Jensen Roman Kaderli Pasi Nieminen Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov Henrik Pihlblad Hannu Sormunen Alexander Waldejer

Results

Preliminary round

Format

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.

All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

	Team qualified to Quarterfinals
	Team will play in Relegation round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	19	5	12
United States of America	4	3	0	0	1	18	5	9
Canada	4	1	1	0	2	13	12	5
Denmark	4	1	0	0	3	4	16	3
Switzerland	4	0	0	1	3	7	23	1

December 26, 2015 16:00

Switzerland

3–8 (1–3, 1–3, 1–2)

Sweden

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 5,600

Game reference
	Gauthier Descloux Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Andris Ansons Vladimir Pesina
	Kessler (Malgin, Glauser) – 17:23 Rod (Harlacher, Malgin) – 27:11 Kessler (SH) – 51:57	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 2–5 2–6 2–7 3–7 3–8	01:21 – W. Nylander (A. Nylander, Timashov) 10:17 – Lindblom (Holmström, Kempe) 19:31 – Timashov (A. Nylander) (PP) 21:48 – Timashov (Pettersson, A. Nylander) (PP) 24:17 – Asplund (Carlsson, Pettersson) 32:50 – Forsbacka-Karlsson (Lagesson) 42:34 – Larsson (A. Nylander, A.Holmström) 56:40 – Ollas Matsson (Pettersson)
	60 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	39

December 26, 2015 20:00

United States of America

4–2 (0–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Canada

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 6,112

Game reference
	Alex Nedeljkovic	Goalies	Mason McDonald	Referees: Mikael Nord Aleksi Rantala
	White (Milano, Dvorak) – 36:33 Werenski (Matthews, Tkachuk) (PP) – 47:22 Belpedio (Borgen, White) – 56:42 Matthews (Werenski, Tkachuk) – 57:23	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2	25:06 – Barzal (Chartier, Gauthier) 50:45 – Strome (Marner, Dermott) (PP)
	27 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	27

December 27, 2015 20:00

Denmark

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 1,596

Game reference
	Thomas Lillie	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Alexei Anisimov Christopher Pitoscia
	Nielsen (K. Jensen, Røndbjerg) – 41:17 From (True, Krag) – 46:20	0–1 1–1 2–1	08:21 – Rod (Harlacher, Karrer)
	25 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	23

December 28, 2015 16:00

Sweden

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

United States of America

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 5,415

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Alex Nedeljkovic	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Jean-Phillippe Sylvain
	A. Nylander (Timashov, Carlsson) – 22:41	1–0
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	46

December 28, 2015 20:00

Canada

6–1 (1–1, 4–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 5,891

Game reference
	Mason McDonald	Goalies	Mathias Seldrup	Referees: Daniel Konc Marc Wiegand
	Beauvillier (Barzal, Chartier) – 13:52 Quenneville (Marner, Fleury) – 21:14 Barzal (Chabot, Hicketts) (PP) – 25:03 Crouse (Konecny, Dermott) – 25:54 Marner (Strome, Point) – 31:30 Strome (Point) (PP) – 49:32	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1	12:49 – True (From, Krogsgaard)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	58	Shots	11

December 29, 2015 20:00

Switzerland

2–3 GWS (2–1, 0–1, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Canada

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 3,522

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Mackenzie Blackwood	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Mikael Nord
	Riat (Rod, Malgin) (PP) – 02:12 Meyer (Forrer, Privet) – 15:37	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2	19:37 – Strome (Chabot, Crouse) 32:17 – Hicketts (Crouse)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	35

December 30, 2015 16:00

Sweden

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 4,193

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Thomas Lillie	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Marc Wiegand
	Kempe (Lindblom) – 00:13 Forsling (Forsbacka-Karlsson) (PP) – 10:22 Lindblom (Holmström, Ollas Mattsson) – 37:17 Lagesson (Lööke, Ehn) – 50:02 A. Nylander (Asplund, Larsson) – 55:55	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	9

December 30, 2015 20:00

United States of America

10–1 (6–0, 4–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 3,701

Game reference
	Alex Nedeljkovic Brandon Halverson	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe Ludovic Waeber	Referees: Daniel Konc Daniel Piechaczek
	Dvorak (Werenski, Milano) – 7:23 Matthews (Tkachuk, White) – 8:26 Carlo (Werenski) – 10:13 Werenski (Dvorak, Milano) – 12:59 Tkachuk (Matthews) – 15:10 Schmaltz (Hitchcock, Boeser) – 16:33 Tkachuk (Matthews) – 22:12 Matthews (Schmaltz, White) (PP) – 28:09 White (Dvorak) (SH) – 29:00 Donato – 30:58	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 6–1 7–1 8–1 9–1 10–1	21:26 – Meier (Hischier)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	28

December 31, 2015 16:00

Denmark

1–4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–2)

United States of America

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 5,128

Game reference
	Mathias Seldrup	Goalies	Brandon Halverson	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson
	Lassen – 10:14	1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4	17:04 – Matthews (White, Tkachuk) 24:02 – Milano (Belpedio) 45:40 – White (Tkachuk, Matthews) 47:43 – Bjork (Milano, Fortunato) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	44

December 31, 2015 20:00

Canada

2–5 (1–2, 0–1, 1–2)

Sweden

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 7,003

Game reference
	Mackenzie Blackwood	Goalies	Linus Söderström Felix Sandström	Referees: Alexei Anisimov Vladimir Pesina
	Stephens (Chabot) – 15:51 Marner (Hicketts, Strome) (PP2) – 54:10	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 2–4 2–5	4:37 – A. Nylander (Asplund, Timashov) (PP) 7:08 – Forsling (Nylander, Kempe) (PP) 33:38 – Kempe (Holmström, Forsling) (PP) 47:09 – Karlsson (Carlsson, Lööke) 59:49 – Asplund (Englund) (ENG)
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	32

Group B

Team	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	4	3	1	0	0	14	7	11
Finland	4	3	0	0	1	23	13	9
Czech Republic	4	2	0	1	1	12	10	7
Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	8	14	3
Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	6	19	0

December 26, 2015 14:00

Czech Republic

1–2 GWS (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Russia

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 10,106

Game reference
	Vítek Vaněček	Goalies	Alexandar Georgiyev	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Daniel Piechaczek
	Špaček (PS) – 33:54	1–0 1–1	49:09 – Lauta (Fazleyev, Dergachyov)
	27 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	22

December 26, 2015 18:00

Finland

6–0 (0–0, 1–0, 5–0)

Belarus

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 12,222

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Ivan Kulbakov	Referees: Daniel Konc Jean-Philippe Sylvain
	Puljujärvi (Aho) – 37:14 Laine (Puljujärvi, Juolevi) – 41:33 Niku (Siikonen, Björkqvist) – 45:46 Puljujärvi (Juolevi, Aho) (PP) – 47:26 Repo (Saarela) – 53:04 Rantanen (Aho, Mikkola) (SH, ENG) – 59:40	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	37	Shots	10

December 27, 2015 16:00

Belarus

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Slovakia

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 1,472

Game reference
	Ivan Kulbakov Vladislav Verbitski	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Marc Wiegand
	Malinovski (Chernikov, Sushko) – 11:33 Vasilchuk (Belevich, Karaban) (PP) – 22:21	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4	06:56 – Koch (Sukel, Šiška) (EA) 32:28 – Lešťan (Surový) 40:19 – Hrusik (Paločko) 59:41 – Šiška (AG, EN)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	39

December 28, 2015 14:00

Slovakia

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 8,998

Game reference
	Adam Húska	Goalies	Vítek Vaněček	Referees: Andris Ansons Aleksi Rantala
		0–1 0–2	36:58 – Pastrňák (Zbořil, Kaše) (PP) 51:55 – Lakatos (Hronek)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	34

December 28, 2015 18:00

Russia

6–4 (1–2, 4–1, 1–1)

Finland

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 12,526

Game reference
	Alexandar Georgiyev	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen	Referees: Brett Iverson Christopher Pitoscia
	Kaprizov (Provorov, Lazarev) (PP) – 06:10 Svetlakov (Korshkov, Voronkov) (SH) – 28:48 Kraskovsky (Korshkov, Zhuldikov) (PP) – 32:29 Kamenev (Kaprizov, Lazarev) (PP) – 35:28 Polunin (Korshkov) – 36:05 Fazleyev (Provorov, Lauta) – 53:48	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–3 4–3 5–3 5–4 6–4	04:13 – Aho (Puljujärvi, Laine) 18:53 – Laine (Puljujärvi, Keskitalo) 20:53 – Saarela (Puljujärvi, Laine) (PP) 41:18 – Saarela (Nättinen)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	32

December 29, 2015 16:00

Belarus

1–4 (0–3, 0–0, 1–1)

Russia

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 2,342

Game reference
	Vladislav Verbitski	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Andris Ansons Vladimir Pesina
	Alexei Patsenkin (Busko) – 46:14	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4	10:00 – Lazarev (Kamenev, Kaprizov) (PP) 15:42 – Polunin (Kraskovsky, Korshkov) (PP) 18:19 – Kamenev (Provorov, Lazarev) 47:41 – Polunin (Korshkov, Zhuldikov)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	32

December 30, 2015 14:00

Czech Republic

5–3 (1–0, 1–3, 3–0)

Belarus

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 8,456

Game reference
	Vítek Vaněček	Goalies	Ivan Kulbakov	Referees: Brett Iverson Jean-Philippe Sylvain
	Stransky – 15:39 Lakatos (Pastrňák, Hronek) – 32:26 Smejkal (Špaček, Ordos) – 52:06 Veselý (Špaček) – 54:20 Masin (Smejkal) (ENG) – 59:40	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 3–3 4–3 5–3	20:43 – Falkovski (Chernikov, Karaban) 30:26 – Sharangovich (Karaban, Falkovski) (PP) 37:31 – Vladislav Goncharov (Karaban) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	49	Shots	24

December 30, 2015 18:00

Slovakia

3–8 (2–1, 0–2, 1–5)

Finland

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 12,723

Game reference
	Adam Húska Stanislav Skorvanek	Goalies	Kaapo Kähkönen	Referees: Alexei Anisimov Cristopher Pitoscia
	Sukeľ, (Paločko, Sloboda) (PP) – 9:50 Bondra (Romančík, Surový) – 11:55 Maier (Sukel, Jaros) (PP,EA) – 45:27	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–5 3–5 3–6 3–7 3–8	15:15 – Aho (Laine, Puljujärvi) (PP) 34:07 – Saarela (Juolevi, Puljujärvi) (PP) 38:22 – Hintz (Saarijärvi, Rantanen) 40:28 – Puljujärvi (Laine, Aho) 42:41 – Aho (Puljujärvi, Juolevi) (PP) 51:52 – Laine 52:30 – Kapanen (Saarijärvi, Hintz) (PP) 57:42 – Björkqvist (Saarijärvi, Siikonen)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	48

December 31, 2015 14:00

Russia

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 6,497

Game reference
	Alexandar Georgiyev	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Mikael Nord Jean-Philippe Sylvain
	Lauta (Mikulovich, Provorov) – 15:29 Rykov – 29:12	1–0 2–0 2–1	35:50 – Jaros (Sukel)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	21

December 31, 2015 18:00

Finland

5–4 (0–0, 3–3, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 12,198

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Vítek Vaněček	Referees: Andris Ansons Marc Wiegand
	Puljujärvi (Aho) – 20:57 Hintz – 28:06 Kalapudas (Kapanen, Niku) (PP) – 30:46 Puljujärvi (Nättinen, Juolevi) (PP) – 50:10 Laine (Juolevi, Aho) – 54:13	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 3–4 4–4 5–4	24:22 – Smejkal (Špaček, Pastrňák) 26:08 – Ordos (Voženílek, Soustal) 39:27 – Sklenicka (Mašín, Zacha) 48:37 – Špaček (Pastrňák, Smejkal)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	35

Relegation

January 2, 2016 12:00

Switzerland

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Belarus

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 453

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Ivan Kulbakov	Referees: Daniel Konc Vladimir Pesina
	Rod (Kessler) – 06:36 Malgin (Meier, Riat) – 35:36 Riat (Malgin, Meier) – 38:41 Privet (Hischier) – 51:05 Meier (Suter, Malgin) (PP) – 58:59	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1	01:59 – Buinitsky (Veremyov) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	26 min
	42	Shots	21

January 3, 2016 12:00

Belarus

2–6 (2–3, 0–3, 0–0)

Switzerland

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 748

Game reference
	Vladislav Verbitski Ivan Kulbakov	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Alexei Anisimov Mikael Nord
	Buinitsky (Vorobei, Bokun) – 15:20 Filippovich (Belevich, Patsenkin) – 16:44	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 2–3 2–4 2–5 2–6	03:41 – Suter (Meier, Malgin) (PP) 03:50 – Suter (Karrer, Siegenthaler) 12:43 – Suter (Rod, Malgin) (PP) 28:18 – Rod (Malgin, Kessler) (PP) 31:52 – Thurkauf (Kessler, Riat) 35:21 – Meyer (Thurkauf)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	44

Playoff round

Quarterfinal

1A

Sweden

6

4B

Slovakia

0

Semifinal

1A

Sweden

1

Quarterfinal

2B

Finland

2

2B

Finland

6

3A

Canada

5

Final

2B

Finland

4

Quarterfinal

1B

Russia

3

1B

Russia

4

4A

Denmark

3

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

1B

Russia

2

1A

Sweden

3

Quarterfinal

2A

United States of America

1

2A

United States of America

8

2A

United States of America

7

3B

Czech Republic

0

Quarterfinals

2 January 2016 14:00

Russia

4–3 OT (1–0, 0–2, 2–1) (OT 1–0)

Denmark

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 8,869

Game reference
	Alexandar Georgiyev	Goalies	Thomas Lillie	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Marc Wiegand
	Korshkov (Kraskovsky, Rykov) – 02:49 Lauta (Dergachyov, Fazleyev) – 52:31 Kamenev (Lauta, Provorov) (EA) – 59:16 Kamenev (Provorov, Svetlakov) – 65:00	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 3–3 4–3	22:37 – Ma. Jensen (Holmberg, Olsen) 29:20 – Olsen (K. Jensen, Nielsen) 54:36 – E. Christensen (Krogsgaard)
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	46	Shots	21

2 January 2016 16:00

Sweden

6–0 (2–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 3,796

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Andris Ansons Jean-Philippe Sylvain
	Eriksson Ek (Forsbacka-Karlsson) – 05:10 Lindblom (Holmström, Kempe) (PP) – 11:35 Ehn (Lööke) – 30:07 Kempe (Holmström, Englund) – 43:43 Lööke (Forsbacka-Karlsson) (SH) – 45:36 A. Nylander (Timashov) – 56:57	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	55	Shots	17

2 January 2016 18:00

Finland

6–5 (1–2, 3–1, 2–2)

Canada

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 13,016

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen Kaapo Kähkönen	Goalies	Mackenzie Blackwood	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Christopher Pitoscia
	Laine (Aho, Puljujärvi) – 19:49 Kalapudas (Juolevi, Tuulola) – 26:18 Saarela (Puljujärvi) (PP) – 35:44 Nättinen (Saarela, Juolevi) – 37:17 Aho (Puljujärvi, Laine) – 44:21 Laine (Juolevi, Aho) (PP2) – 54:10	0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 3–3 4–3 4–4 5–4 5–5 6–5	05:21 – Konecny (Quenneville, Stephens) 10:59 – Strome (Gauthier, Crouse) 27:20 – Crouse (Virtanen) 43:14 – Marner (Point, Sanheim) (PP) 45:57 – Marner (Point) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	29	Shots	34

2 January 2016 20:00

United States of America

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 3,113

Game reference
	Alex Nedeljkovic	Goalies	Vitek Vanecek Ales Stezka	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson
	Schmaltz (Boeser) – 05:17 Dvorak (Carlo, Milano) – 15:14 Matthews (Borgen, Tkachuk) – 24:15 Matthews (Schmaltz, Werenski) (PP) – 29:08 Eansor (SH) – 38:04 Matthews (Schmaltz, Werenski) (PP) – 40:24 DeBrincat (Donato, MacInnis) – 51:53	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	28

Semifinals

4 January 2016 16:00

Sweden

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Finland

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 13,340

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Kaapo Kähkönen	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Christopher Pitoscia
	Asplund (Timashov, Larsson) – 10:17	1–0 1–1 1–2	31:08 – Hintz (Rantanen, Kapanen) 33:04 – Kalapudas (Rantanen, Kapanen) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	28

4 January 2016 20:00

Russia

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

United States of America

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 11,812

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov	Goalies	Alex Nedeljkovic	Referees: Brett Iverson Marc Wiegand
	Kraskovsky (Korshkov) – 35:08 Korshkov – 37:56	0–1 1–1 2–1	09:03 – Dvorak (Milano, Werenski)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	27

Bronze medal game

5 January 2016 16:00

Sweden

3–8 (2–2, 0–4, 1–2)

United States of America

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 10,889

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Alex Nedeljkovic	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Aleksi Rantala
	Lagesson (Kempe) – 17:39 Grundström (Eriksson Ek, Forsbacka-Karlsson) – 18:34 Holmström (Lindblom, Kempe) – 58:28	0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–5 2–6 2–7 2–8 3–8	11:59 – Bjork (Dvorak) 15:32 – Tkachuk (Werenski, Schmaltz) 22:17 – Boeser (Borgen, Tkachuk) 24:06 – Donato (Carlo, MacInnis) 36:31 – Bjork (Milano, Dvorak) 39:51 – Carlo (Schmaltz, Hitchcock) 43:38 – Donato (MacInnis) 51:12 – Tkachuk (Schmaltz)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	29

Final

5 January 2016 20:30

Russia

3–4 OT (1–0, 0–0, 2–3) (OT 0–1)

Finland

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 13,479

Game reference
	Alexandar Georgiyev	Goalies	Kaapo Kähkönen	Referees: Brett Iverson Christopher Pitoscia
	Kamenev (Provorov, Lazarev) (PP) – 04:50 Svetlakov – 41:41 Svetlakov (Provorov, Rykov) (EA) – 59:54	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–3 3–4	40:24 – Laine (Aho, Puljujärvi) 50:07 – Aho (Puljujärvi, Laine) 57:51 – Rantanen (Saarijärvi, Kalapudas) (PP) 61:33 – Kapanen (Saarela)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	29

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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 of America	7	7	4	11	+6	2
5	Matthew Tkachuk	United States of America	7	4	7	11	+7	6
6	Alexander Nylander	Sweden	7	4	5	9	+5	0
7	Zach Werenski	United States of America	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 of America	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

Goaltending leaders

(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 of America	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 Huska	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

Tournament awards

Reference: [1] Most Valuable Player

• Forward: Jesse Puljujärvi

All-star team

• Goaltender: Linus Söderström
• Defencemen: Olli Juolevi, Zach Werenski
• Forwards: Jesse Puljujärvi, Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Linus Söderström
• Defenceman: Zach Werenski
• Forward: Jesse Puljujärvi

Final standings

Team 01 Finland 2 Russia 3 United States of America 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

Group A

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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	5	4	1	0	0	20	7	+13	14
Austria	5	3	0	0	2	18	18	0	9
Kazakhstan	5	2	1	0	2	21	13	+8	8
Norway	5	1	1	2	1	21	14	+7	7
Germany	5	2	0	1	2	10	14	−4	7
Italy	5	0	0	0	5	5	29	−24	0

Promoted to the 2017 Top Division

Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

Group B

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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	4	2	1	0	1	17	9	+8	8
Poland	4	2	1	0	1	15	10	+5	8
United Kingdom	4	2	1	0	1	13	16	−3	8
Ukraine	4	1	0	2	1	9	10	−1	5
Slovenia	4	0	0	1	3	6	15	−9	1
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Promoted to the 2017 Division I A

Relegated to the 2017 Division II A

Division II

Group A

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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	36	9	+27	15
Lithuania	5	3	1	0	1	18	16	+2	11
Estonia	5	3	0	0	2	27	26	+1	9
Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	13	21	−8	6
Netherlands	5	0	1	0	4	14	23	−9	2
South Korea	5	0	0	2	3	15	28	−13	2

Promoted to the 2017 Division I B

Relegated to the 2017 Division II B

Group B

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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	5	4	1	0	0	37	14	+23	14
Spain	5	4	0	0	1	34	12	+22	12
Serbia	5	3	0	1	1	34	9	+25	10
Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	14	21	−7	6
Australia	5	1	0	0	4	11	35	−24	3
China	5	0	0	0	5	6	45	−39	0

Promoted to the 2017 Division II A

Relegated to the 2017 Division III

Division III

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

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	6	5	0	0	1	24	14	+10	15
Bulgaria	6	4	0	0	2	18	13	+5	12
New Zealand	6	4	0	0	2	29	16	+13	12
Israel	6	3	0	1	2	39	23	+16	10
Iceland	6	2	1	0	3	24	21	+3	8
Turkey	6	2	0	0	4	20	15	+5	6
South Africa	6	0	0	0	6	7	59	−52	0

Promoted to the 2017 Division II B

External links

• Official site for the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships