2016_IIHF_World_U18_Championship_Division_III References

2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group B
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–19 February 2016
Teams	3
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	South Africa
Third place	Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	53 (8.83 per game)
Attendance	1,751 (292 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Benjamin Harford

2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–20 March 2016
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runner-up	Turkey
Third place	Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	109 (7.27 per game)
Attendance	11,180 (745 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ferhat Bakal

2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division IIII
Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria; South Africa
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	14–20 March 2016; 14–19 February 2016
Teams	12
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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

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)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 258




6 min	Penalties	12 min
28	Shots	21

14 March 2016
16:30

Turkey

5 – 4 OT
(4–1, 0–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 268




8 min	Penalties	18 min
37	Shots	37

14 March 2016
20:00

Bulgaria

3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Australia

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,150




12 min	Penalties	12 min
33	Shots	32

15 March 2016
13:00

Israel

1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 125




18 min	Penalties	12 min
26	Shots	40

15 March 2016
16:30

Australia

6–3
(1–1, 1–2, 4–0)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 369




6 min	Penalties	4 min
36	Shots	18

15 March 2016
20:00

Mexico

2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,850




6 min	Penalties	16 min
31	Shots	22

17 March 2016
13:00

Mexico

1–4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 100




2 min	Penalties	10 min
19	Shots	26

17 March 2016
16:30

Australia

4–3
(2–1, 0–0, 2–2)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 365




29 min	Penalties	6 min
35	Shots	27

17 March 2016
20:00

Bulgaria

9–3
(4–0, 3–2, 2–1)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,890




26 min	Penalties	8 min
36	Shots	22

18 March 2016
13:00

Turkey

9–6
(4–0, 2–4, 3–2)

Australia

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 230




8 min	Penalties	6 min
46	Shots	39

18 March 2016
16:30

Chinese Taipei

4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 190




8 min	Penalties	12 min
23	Shots	24

18 March 2016
20:00

Israel

4–3
(3–3, 1–0, 0–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,800




12 min	Penalties	8 min
22	Shots	32

20 March 2016
13:00

Chinese Taipei

3 – 4 SO
(0–0, 1–2, 2–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 140




10 min	Penalties	4 min
28	Shots	40

20 March 2016
16:30

Bulgaria

1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,995




33 min	Penalties	6 min
30	Shots	22

20 March 2016
20:00

Australia

5–4
(0–1, 1–1, 4–2)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace
Attendance: 450




6 min	Penalties	4 min
25	Shots	19

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Ferhat Bakal	5	9	5	14	+11	2	F
Ellesse Carini	5	6	7	13	+7	4	F
Wei Chiang	5	4	7	11	−2	0	F
Thomas Steven	5	6	4	10	+4	2	F
Liam Manwarring	5	5	5	10	+6	29	F
Jorge Perez	5	7	2	9	−3	4	F
Veselin Dikov	5	5	4	9	+2	43	F
Tom Ignatovich	5	4	5	9	+6	8	F
Hakan Salt	5	4	5	9	+10	2	F
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
Tolga Bozaci	300:11	149	12	2.40	91.95	0
Raz Werner	304:15	162	14	2.76	91.36	0
Aleksandar Tomov	295:32	129	13	2.64	89.92	1
Sheng-Chun Huang	248:06	136	16	3.87	88.24	0
Leonardo Chavez	119:08	47	6	3.02	87.23	0

Division III Group B tournament

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	30	9	+21	12	Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
2	South Africa	4	1	3	11	19	−8	3
3	Hong Kong	4	1	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 Africa

Ice Station
Attendance: 400


			Referee: Laurent Garbay Linesmen: Jeremie Douchy Barna Kis-Király

6 min	Penalties	26 min
35	Shots	23

15 February 2016
20:00

New Zealand

8–4
(5–1, 0–1, 3–2)

Hong Kong

Ice Station
Attendance: 126


			Referee: Daniel Rencz Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Jeremie Douchy

62 min	Penalties	40 min
47	Shots	35

16 February 2016
17:45

South Africa

1–6
(0–3, 1–3, 0–0)

New Zealand

Ice Station
Attendance: 253


			Referee: Laurent Garbay Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Barna Kis-Király

45 min	Penalties	32 min
30	Shots	40

17 February 2016
17:45

Hong Kong

3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

South Africa

Ice Station
Attendance: 289


			Referee: Daniel Rencz Linesmen: Jeremie Douchy Barna Kis-Király

16 min	Penalties	12 min
31	Shots	26

18 February 2016
17:45

New Zealand

9–2
(3–0, 5–0, 1–2)

Hong Kong

Ice Station
Attendance: 94


			Referee: Laurent Garbay Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Jeremie Douchy

4 min	Penalties	6 min
56	Shots	28

19 February 2016
17:45

South Africa

2–7
(0–3, 0–1, 2–3)

New Zealand

Ice Station
Attendance: 589


			Referee: Daniel Rencz Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Barna Kis-Király

35 min	Penalties	16 min
29	Shots	33

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Benjamin Harford	4	7	4	11	+13	24	F
Shaun Brown	4	4	4	8	+12	6	F
Hing Yui Tsang	4	4	4	8	−6	18	F
Logan Fraser	4	2	6	8	+3	14	F
Alexander Egan	4	3	4	7	−1	12	F
Mak Rawiri	4	5	1	6	+1	2	F
Rom van Stolk	4	3	1	4	+5	2	F
Ho Ming Herman Lui	4	1	3	4	−9	14	F
Luke Vivier	4	3	0	3	0	0	F
Aidan Beukes	4	2	1	3	+1	6	F
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%
James Moore	120:00	57	4	2.00	92.98
Taylor Goodall	120:00	65	5	2.50	92.31
Ryan Boyd	166:55	96	13	4.67	86.46
Joshua Sun Ho Ho	152:57	101	18	7.06	82.18

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v t e IIHF World U18 Championships
Current champions (2023): United States
2023 Championship teams	Canada Czechia Finland Germany Latvia Norway Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States
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Division I	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024
Division II	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024
Division III	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024
Predecessor: IIHF European Junior Championships (1967–1998)

Tournament details

Host countries	Bulgaria South Africa
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	14–20 March 2016 14–19 February 2016
Teams	12
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