2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 April 2016.Participants
| Team | Qualification |
| placed 10th in 2015 Top Division and were relegated | |
| hosts, placed 2nd in 2015 Division I A | |
| placed 3rd in 2015 Division I A | |
| placed 4th in 2015 Division I A | |
| placed 5th in 2015 Division I A | |
| placed 1st in 2015 Division I B and were promoted |
Standings
Results
All times are local.----
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Statistics and awards
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Nikita Boyarkin | 297:03 | 151 | 15 | 3.03 | 90.07 | 0 | |
| 2 | Gaetan Richard | 297:05 | 156 | 17 | 3.43 | 89.10 | 0 | |
| 3 | Mirko Pantkowski | 180:03 | 66 | 8 | 2.67 | 87.88 | 1 | |
| 4 | Jakob Holzer | 200:49 | 122 | 15 | 4.48 | 87.70 | 0 | |
| 5 | Alexei Potapchenko | 131:49 | 38 | 5 | 2.28 | 86.84 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:
IIHF best player awards
- Goaltender: Mirko Pantkowski
- Defenceman: Vladislav Martynyuk
- Forward: Sayan Daniyar
Division I B
Participants
| Team | Qualification |
| placed 6th in 2015 Division I A and were relegated | |
| placed 2nd in 2015 Division I B | |
| placed 3rd in 2015 Division I B | |
| placed 4th in 2015 Division I B | |
| placed 5th in 2015 Division I B | |
| placed 1st in 2015 Division II A and were promoted |
Standings
Results
All times are local.----
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Statistics and awards
Scoring leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Vadim Mazur | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +10 | 6 | |
| 2 | Andri Denyskin | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | 2 | |
| 2 | Patrik Kiss | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +7 | 4 | |
| 4 | Balint Horvath | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +8 | 2 | |
| 4 | Donat Szita | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +4 | 2 | |
| 6 | Jan Drozg | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Simon Berger | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –2 | 10 | |
| 8 | Igor Merezhko | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +7 | 24 | |
| 9 | Kevin Fink | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | –2 | 4 | |
| 10 | Bogdan Stupak | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +7 | 14 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Martin Szeles | 151:14 | 80 | 5 | 1.98 | 93.75 | 0 | |
| 2 | Ryota Koda | 239:42 | 91 | 6 | 1.50 | 93.41 | 1 | |
| 3 | David Mark Kovacs | 148:46 | 68 | 6 | 2.42 | 91.18 | 0 | |
| 4 | Bogdan Dyachennko | 299:00 | 156 | 14 | 2.81 | 91.03 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ziga Kogovsek | 176:47 | 72 | 7 | 2.38 | 90.28 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice ; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:
IIHF best player awards
- Goaltender: David Mark Kovacs
- Defenceman: Junki Shinoda
- Forward: Jan Drozg