2016 IIHF World Championship Division III


The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Istanbul, Turkey, from 31 March to 6 April 2016. The host team, Turkey, won all of its games and was promoted to Division II B for 2017.
The United Arab Emirates withdrew shortly before the tournament, leaving six teams to play. Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded their first victory in an IIHF tournament, defeating Hong Kong 5–4. Georgia's results were later recorded as 5–0 forfeits due to the use of ineligible players.

Venue

Participants

TeamQualification
Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Placed 7th in Division III last year.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
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;Linesmen

Results

All times are local.

Awards

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Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Gilles Mangen180:0062.0010094.001
Andrei Ilienko263:04102.2812692.061
Erol Kahraman260:0092.0810891.670
Ashley Bock180:0093.008088.751
Philippe Lepage120:00136.509185.710

TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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