2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Belarus  Italy
Dates	9 – 24 April 2016
Teams	12
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The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I was 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.^[1]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Germany	placed 10th in 2015 Top Division and were relegated
Belarus	hosts, placed 2nd in 2015 Division I A
France	placed 3rd in 2015 Division I A
Norway	placed 4th in 2015 Division I A
Kazakhstan	placed 5th in 2015 Division I A
Austria	placed 1st in 2015 Division I B and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belarus	5	4	0	0	1	23	15	+8	12	Promoted to the top Division
2	Germany	5	3	1	0	1	20	14	+6	11
3	Kazakhstan	5	2	1	1	1	17	16	+1	9
4	France	5	2	0	0	3	18	18	0	6
5	Norway	5	1	0	1	3	16	22	−6	4
6	Austria	5	1	0	0	4	11	20	−9	3	Relegation to Division I B

Results

All times are local. (Further-eastern European Time – UTC+3)

9 April, 2016 12:00

France

5–2 (1–0, 1–2, 3–0)

Austria

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 410

Game reference
	Gaetan Richard	Goalies	Jakob Holzer	Referee: Oldrich Hejduk Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Stanislav Raming
	Addamo (Cantagallo) – 03:06 1–0 1–1 26:13 – Winkler (Witting, Obersteiner) (PP) 1–2 34:06 – Winkler (Witting) (PP) Gleizes (Texier) (PP) – 38:39 2–2 Gleizes (Mathieu) (PP) – 46:29 3–2 Devouassoux (Sarlin) – 52:51 4–2 Munoz (ENG) – 59:42 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	20

9 April, 2016 15:30

Germany

6–3 (2–1, 1–2, 3–0)

Norway

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1200

Game reference
	Jonas Steinmann	Goalies	Fredrik Bockmann	Referee: Jari Suorsa Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Marc-Henri Progin
	Kiefersauer – 03:25 1–0 1–1 08:25 – Karlsen (Ellingsen, Ronnild) Weyrauch (Latta) – 19:20 2–1 Reichel (Hessler, Jahnke) – 23:47 3–1 3–2 30:30 – Noer (Ekberg, Harbosen) 3–3 35:13 – Ekberg (Christensen) (SH) Latta (Weyrauch, Appendino) – 48:50 4–3 Reichel (Jahnke, Postel) – 52:40 5–3 Latta (Kohler, Weyrauch) – 55:32 6–3
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	29

9 April, 2016 19:00

Belarus

5–2 (0–0, 2–2, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 4700

Game reference
	Dzmitry Rodzik	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referee: Gints Zviedritis Linesmen: Ryan Daisy Marek Hlavaty
	Astashevich (Anosau, Ivanovski) (PP) – 22:14 1–0 1–1 30:27 – Vakulenko (Sinitsyn, Gabdullin) Mikalayeu (Bovin) – 30:52 2–1 2–2 34:43 – Borisevich (Lazarev) (PP) Sharangovich (Yaromenka, Arlouski) – 41:01 3–2 Mikalayeu (Bovin) – 52:34 4–2 Sushko – 53:08 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	26

10 April, 2016 12:00

Austria

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Germany

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 789

Game reference
	Daniel Polzl	Goalies	Mirko Pantkowski	Referee: Ken Mollard Linesmen: Marek Hlavaty Mark-Henry Progin
	0–1 29:49 – Walther (Eder, Busch) 0–2 52:01 – Sorames (Postel, Walther)
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	17	Shots	25

10 April, 2016 15:30

Kazakhstan

4–3 (1–1, 0–1, 1–1)

France

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 530

Game reference
	Nikita Boyarkin	Goalies	Gaetan Richard	Referee: Jari Suorsa Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Ryan Daisy
	Pismarkin (Gabdullin, Orekhov) – 04:08 1–0 1–1 14:54 – Gleizes (Munoz) 1–2 35:13 – Texier (Robert) 1–3 45:27 – Texier (Guebey, Prissaint) Dzhangazinov (Nazarenko) – 47:39 2–3 Sam. Daniyar (Pismarkin, Say. Daniyar) (PP) – 58:13 3–3 Borisevich (Saburov) – 58:46 4–3
	0 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	32

10 April, 2016 19:00

Norway

3–6 (3–3, 0–3, 0–0)

Belarus

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 5,450

Game reference
	Jakob Opsahl Fredrik Bockmann	Goalies	Dzmitry Rodzik Aliaksei Patapchanka	Referee: Oldrich Hejduk Linesmen: Kensuke Kanazawa Stanislav Raming
	0–1 07:19 – Pishchuk (Martyniuk, Sushko) (PP) Noer (Jessesen) – 14:45 1–1 Pettersen (Johansen) (PP) – 15:25 2–1 Grosvik (Borvik) – 15:42 3–1 3–2 17:12 – Sokolovski (Arlouski) 3–3 18:29 – Boubel (Arlouski) 3–4 20:47 – Martyniuk (Pishchuk) 3–5 30:56 – Litvinau (Ivanovski) 3–6 31:40 – Anosau (Bovin)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	37

12 April, 2016 12:00

Germany

4–3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 789

Game reference
	Mirko Pantkowski	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referee: Jari Suorsa Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Kensuke Kanazawa
	0–1 05:16 – Nazarenko (Shulga, Dzhangazinov) Soramies (Walther, Adam) (PP) – 09:06 1–1 Jahnke (Reichel, Hessler) – 22:48 2–1 2–2 26:20 – Ponomaryov (Vakulenko, Sinitsyn) Walther (Soramies, Postel) – 58:39 3–2 3–3 59:59 – Melikhov (Lazarev) (EA) Hessler (Jahnke, Appendino) – 61:29 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	44	Shots	24

12 April, 2016 15:30

Austria

2–4 (1–3, 0–1, 1–0)

Norway

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 853

Game reference
	Jakob Holzer Daniel Polzl	Goalies	Fredrik Bockmann	Referee: Gints Zviedritis Linesmen: Ryan Daisy Stanislav Raming
	0–1 02:41 – Harbosen (Ellingsen) 0–2 10:56 – Karlsen (Borvik, Johansen) Zitz (Bretschneider, Trothan) – 11:35 1–2 1–3 18:51 – Pettersen (Johansen) (PP) 1–4 24:21 – Christensen (Ellingsen, Karlsen) (PP2) Winkler (Goritschnig, Witting) (PP) 2–4
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	34

12 April, 2016 19:00

Belarus

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

France

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 6,800

Game reference
	Aliaksei Patapchanka	Goalies	Gaetan Richard	Referee: Ken Mollard Linesmen: Marek Hlavaty Marc-Henri Progin
	Martynau (Martyniuk, Sushko) (PP) – 02:10 1–0 1–1 15:07 – Guebey (Boudon, Addamo) (PP) Martyniuk (Mikalayeu) (PP) – 32:35 2–1 Ivanovski (Anosau) – 45:56 3–1 3–2 47:23 – Mathieu (Bougro, Petit)
	8 min	Penalties	59 min
	29	Shots	17

13 April, 2016 12:00

Norway

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

Kazakhstan

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 678

Game reference
	Fredrik Bockmann	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referee: Ken Mollard Linesmen: Marc-Henri Progin Stanislav Raming
	Johanse (Pettersen, Ekberg) (PP) – 14:34 1–0 Dahl (Ellingsen) – 18:19 2–0 2–1 21:05 – Daniyar (Gabdullin, Pismarkin) 2–2 24:15 – Daniyar (Orekhov, Pismarkin)
	Karlsen Pettersen	Shootout	Daniyar Borisevich
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	36

13 April, 2016 15:30

France

3–5 (0–1, 2–2, 1–2)

Germany

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 630

Game reference
	Gaetan Richard	Goalies	Jonas Steinmann	Referee: Gints Zviedritis Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Ryan Daisy
	0–1 05:55 – Adam (Postel) Robert (Berard, Texier) – 20:58 1–1 Bougro (Addamo) (PP) – 24:21 2–1 2–2 34:12 – Eder (Eckl, Huss) 2–3 35:08 – Adam (Gawanke, Postel) (PP) Robert (Texier, Guebey) – 49:26 3–3 3–4 49:44 – Postel (Busch) 3–5 59:31 – Kiefersauer (Eder) (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	41

13 April, 2016 19:00

Belarus

4–5 (2–2, 1–3, 1–0)

Austria

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 4,800

Game reference
	Dmitri Holzer Alexei Potapchenko	Goalies	Jakob Holzer	Referee: Oldrich Hejduk Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Kensuke Kanazawa
	Sushko (Martynyuk, Litvinov) (PP) – 02:45 1–0 1–1 11:24 – Pusnik (Witting) 1–2 12:29 – Haberl (Zitz) Martynov (Martynyuk, Pishuk) (PP) – 16:49 2–2 2–3 25:59 – Obersteiner (Artner) 2–4 26:26 – Artner (Maxa) 2–5 31:39 – Klockl (Demuth) Sharangovich (Yeryomenko) (PP) – 35:48 3–5 Bovin (Bovbel, Nikolayev) – 43:07 4–5
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	16

15 April, 2016 12:00

France

5–4 (1–2, 3–2, 1–0)

Norway

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 678

Game reference
	Gaetan Richard	Goalies	Fredrik Bockmann	Referee: Ken Mollard Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Marek Hlavaty
	Munoz (Gleizes) – 03:23 1–0 1–1 14:51 – Karlsen (Pettersen, Borvik) 1–2 15:38 – Noer (Dahl) 1–3 21:35 – Pettersen (Karlsen) Robert (Pascal, Texier) (PP) – 23:23 2–3 Addamo (Bougro) – 31:08 3–3 Munoz (Boudon, Gleizes) – 32:07 4–3 4–4 33:49 – Karlsen (Ellingsen, Christensen) (PP) Addamo (Bougro, Guebey) – 40:38 5–4
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	28

15 April, 2016 15:30

Kazakhstan

5–2 (1–0, 4–1, 0–1)

Austria

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1000

Game reference
	Nikita Boyarkin Andrei Shutov	Goalies	Jakob Holzer Daniel Polzl	Referee: Jari Suorsa Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Kensuke Kanazawa
	Daniyar – 17:18 1–0 Beketayev (Nazarenko) – 21:45 2–0 2–1 25:29 – Maxa (Goritschnig) (SH) Dzhangazinov (Shulga) (PP) – 27:49 3–1 Sinitsyn (Durnev) – 32:58 4–1 Borisevich (Polokhov) (PP) – 36:27 5–1 5–2 55:30 – Konig (Steffler)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	18

15 April, 2016 19:00

Germany

3–5 (1–2, 2–1, 0–2)

Belarus

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 9,200

Game reference
	Mirko Pantkowski	Goalies	Dmitri Rodik	Referee: Oldrich Hejduk Linesmen: Ryan Daisy Stanislav Raming
	0–1 03:14 – Martynov (Sushko) 0–2 04:48 – Litvinov (Ivanovski, Deryabin) Postel – 18:26 1–2 1–3 23:10 – Ivanovski (Yeryomenko) (PP) Jahnke (Reichel) – 24:37 2–3 Kiefersauer (Huss, Busch) (PP) – 32:44 3–3 3–4 44:01 – Pishuk (Yeryomenko) 3–5 58:12 – Martynov (Sushko)
	33 min	Penalties	18 min
	18	Shots	25

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Niklas Postel	Germany	5	2	6	8	+3	0
2	Cristoffer Karlsen	Norway	5	4	2	6	0	2
3	Vladislav Martynyuk	Belarus	5	2	4	6	0	4
3	Maksim Sushko	Belarus	5	2	4	6	0	2
3	Alexandre Texier	France	5	2	4	6	+1	6
6	Sayan Daniyar	Kazakhstan	5	4	1	5	+2	0
7	Justin Addamo	France	5	3	2	5	0	27
7	Jean Gleizes	France	5	3	2	5	0	0
7	Mathias Emilio Pettersen	Norway	5	3	2	5	–2	0
10	Leonid Ivanovski	Belarus	5	2	3	5	+2	0
10	Charlie Jahnke	Germany	5	2	3	5	+4	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Nikita Boyarkin	Kazakhstan	297:03	151	15	3.03	90.07	0
2	Gaetan Richard	France	297:05	156	17	3.43	89.10	0
3	Mirko Pantkowski	Germany	180:03	66	8	2.67	87.88	1
4	Jakob Holzer	Austria	200:49	122	15	4.48	87.70	0
5	Alexei Potapchenko	Belarus	131:49	38	5	2.28	86.84	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Mirko Pantkowski
• Defenceman: Vladislav Martynyuk
• Forward: Sayan Daniyar

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 18 to 24 April 2016.^[2]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Hungary	placed 6th in 2015 Division I A and were relegated
Slovenia	placed 2nd in 2015 Division I B
Japan	placed 3rd in 2015 Division I B
Ukraine	placed 4th in 2015 Division I B
Italy	placed 5th in 2015 Division I B
South Korea	placed 1st in 2015 Division II A and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	28	11	+17	15	Promoted to Division I A
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	13	9	+4	12
3	Ukraine	5	3	0	0	2	17	15	+2	9
4	Slovenia	5	2	0	0	3	19	17	+2	6
5	Italy	5	1	0	0	4	12	20	−8	3
6	South Korea	5	0	0	0	5	10	27	−17	0	Relegation to Division II A

Results

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

18 April 2016 13:30

South Korea

2–6 (0–1, 1–1, 1–4)

Hungary

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Kim Tae-kyung	Goalies	Martin Szeles	Referee: Vladimir Nalivaiko Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmuller Ulrich Pardatscher
	0–1 19:14 – Kreisz Lee C. – 37:07 1–1 1–2 38:05 – Toth (P. Kiss) Lee J. (Choi, Lee C.) (PP) – 40:41 2–2 2–3 44:58 – Szita 2–4 45:17 – Horvath (R. Kiss, P. Kiss) 2–5 49:03 – Kreisz (Szita) 2–6 59:01 – Horvath (P. Kiss)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	47

18 April, 2016 17:00

Ukraine

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Luka Sotlar	Referee: Wlodzimierz Marczuk Linesmen: Christian Cristeli Mihail Stupak
	0–1 03:58 – Svetina (Brglez) Stupak (Mazur) (SH) – 15:25 1–1 Stupak (Denyskin, Mazur) – 24:37 2–1 Mazur (Stupak, Shvachka) – 41:49 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	25

18 April, 2016 20:30

Italy

2–3 (2–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Japan

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Robin Quagliato	Goalies	Ryota Koda	Referee: Stefan Siegel Linesmen: Havar Dahl Jakob Schauer
	de Francesco (Vinatzer, Bergmeister) (PP) – 04:42 1–0 Oberrauch (Spinell, Fink) – 16:32 2–0 2–1 29:48 – Namae (Takebe, Miura) 2–2 31:56 – Kobori 2–3 53:55 – Igari
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	30

19 April 2016 13:30

Hungary

6–2 (2–1, 0–1, 4–0)

Ukraine

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 130

Game reference
	David Mark Kovacs	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Stefan Siegel Linesmen: Christian Cristeli Jakob Schauer
	0–1 05:16 – Mazur (Merezhko) Revesz (Szabó) – 06:20 1–1 Almasi (Szita, Peter) (PP) – 13:27 2–1 2–2 25:47 – Lesnikov (Mkrtchyan) P. Kiss (Horvath) (PP) – 45:10 3–2 P. Kiss (Toth, Fejes) (PP2) – 55:42 4–2 Kreisz (SH,ENG, AG) – 58:57 5–2 Horvath (SH) – 59:27 6–2
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	35	Shots	31

19 April, 2016 17:00

Japan

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Ryota Koda	Goalies	Kim Tae-kyung	Referee: Milan Novak Linesmen: Ulrich Pardatscher Gabriel Pointel
	Arai (Shimizu) – 10:11 1–0
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	21

19 April, 2016 20:30

Slovenia

4–2 (0–2, 1–0, 3–0)

Italy

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Kogovsek	Goalies	Robin Quagliato	Referee: Vladimir Nalivaiko Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmuller Mihail Stupak
	0–1 11:23 – Berger (Gios) (PP) 0–2 16:27 – Fink (Berger, Oberrauch) (PP) Sodja (Rajsar) – 33:14 1–2 Ban (Drozg) – 50:53 2–2 Drozg (Klofutar, Ban) – 56:12 3–2 Ban (Matevz, Jugovic) (PP) – 56:46 4–2
	37 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	22

21 April 2016 13:30

Slovenia

1–4 (0–3, 1–0, 0–1)

Japan

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Luka Sotlar	Goalies	Ryota Koda	Referee: Milan Novak Linesmen: Christian Cristelli Ulrich Padatscher
	0–1 01:58 – Sawade (Yasuda) 0–2 02:48 – Igari (Kaneko, Aki) 0–3 08:33 – Iwamura (Sawade, Yasuda) Svetina (Sturm, Sodja) (PP) – 33:12 1–3 1–4 41:24 – Sawade
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	17	Shots	32

21 April, 2016 17:00

South Korea

3–6 (1–2, 1–2, 1–2)

Ukraine

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Jong Hun Chun	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Stefan Siegel Linesmen: Havar Dahl Lukas Kohlmuller
	0–1 02:45 – Mazur Lee J. – 05:40 1–1 1–2 16:43 – Stupak (Mazur, Grygoryev) (PP) Kim J. (Lee S., Lee T.) – 27:35 2–2 2–3 29:11 – Denyskin (Mazur, Stupak) 2–4 35:18 – Denyskin (Mazur, Merezhko) 2–5 52:18 – Denyskin (Merezhko, Shevchenko) (PP) 2–6 55:38 – Ruban (Denyskin) Lee C. (Chae) – 56:33 3–6
	49 min	Penalties	49 min
	40	Shots	34

21 April, 2016 20:30

Hungary

7–1 (3–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Italy

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Martin Szeles	Goalies	Robin Quagliato	Referee: Wlodzimierz Marczuk Linesmen: Gabriel Pointel Mikhail Stupak
	Nagy (Szabó) – 02:46 1–0 Szita (Peter, Almasi) – 09:52 2–0 2–1 17:18 – Spitfaller (Zebetto) Peter (Almasi, Szita) – 17:57 3–1 Kriesz (Molnar) – 31:40 4–1 Almasi– 45:48 5–1 Horvath (Kiss, Toth) – 46:11 6–1 Revesz – 57:37 7–1
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	31

22 April 2016 13:30

Slovenia

9–3 (3–1, 3–1, 3–1)

South Korea

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Ziga Kogovsek	Goalies	Kim Tae-kyung Chun Jong-hun	Referee: Wlodzimierz Marczuk Linesmen: Havar Dahl Lukas Kohlmuller
	0–1 02:47 – Chae (Lee J.) Drozg (Petek, Rajsar) (PP) – 08:30 1–1 Sodja (Sturm, Rajsar) – 09:43 2–1 Sturm (Rajsar, Svetina) (PP) – 13:09 3–1 3–2 25:54 – Lee S. (SH) Sersen (Brglez, Klofutar) – 27:27 4–2 Petek (Drozg) – 29:25 5–2 Voh – 29:51 6–2 Kujavec (Drozg) – 40:56 7–2 Sturm (Sodja) – 47:40 8–2 Svetina (Brglez) – 56:41 9–2 9–3 56:57 – Chae (Lee S.)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	21

22 April, 2016 17:00

Japan

2–4 (0–0, 2–2, 0–2)

Hungary

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Ryota Koda	Goalies	David Mark Kovacs	Referee: Vladimir Nalivaiko Linesmen: Christian Cristeli Jakob Schauer
	Arai (Kon} – 20:56 1–0 1–1 23:30 – Szigeti (Vas) Yasuda (Iwamura, Tokuda) (PP) – 28:04 2–1 2–2 33:44 – Szita (PS) 2–3 45:23 – Toth (P. Kiss) 2–4 59:52 – Horvath (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	20

22 April, 2016 20:30

Ukraine

4–2 (2–2, 1–0, 1–0)

Italy

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Diego de Silvestro	Referee: Milan Novak Linesmen: Gabriel Pointel Mihail Stupak
	Stupak (Denyskin, Igor Merezhko) – 12:02 1–0 1–1 13:33 – Fink (Berger, Spinell) Grygoryev (Denyskin, Merezhko) – 14:46 2–1 2–2 15:54 – Topatigh Grygoryev (Mazur, Merezhko) (PP2) – 24:12 3–2 Chorny (PS) – 47:15 4–2
	64 min	Penalties	24 min
	36	Shots	24

24 April 2016 13:30

Japan

3–2 (2–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Ukraine

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Yasuto Nakajima	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Vladimir Nalivaiko Linesmen: Ulrich Pardatshcer Gabriel Pointel
	Kobori (Sawade, Tokuda) – 00:58 1–0 Kaneko (Arai, Igari) – 05:19 2–0 2–1 08:31 – Denyskin (Merezhko, Mazur) (PP) 2–2 26:17 – Mazur (Denyskin) Tokuda (Iwamura, Kobori) (PP) – 34:37 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	32	Shots	22

24 April, 2016 17:00

Hungary

5–4 (2–2, 1–1, 2–1)

Slovenia

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Martin Szeles David Mark Kovacs	Goalies	Luka Sotlar	Referee: Milan Novak Linesmen: Havar Dahl Mihail Stupak
	Szita (Peter) – 01:19 1–0 Szita (R. Kiss) (PP) – 04:13 2–0 2–1 14:24 – Tislar (Jugovic, Ban) (PP) 2–2 17:05 – Urukalo (Rajsar, Svetina) (PP2) Molnar (Bugar, Szigeti) – 23:46 3–2 3–3 31:50 – Sodja (Petek) (PP2) P. Kiss (Horvath) – 51:29 4–3 4–4 55:46 – Drozg (Ban) (SH) P. Kiss (Horvath) – 59:37 5–4
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	31

24 April, 2016 20:30

Italy

5–2 (1–0, 3–1, 1–1)

South Korea

Pala Odegar, Asiago Attendance: 1,050

Game reference
	Robin Quagliato	Goalies	Kim Tae-kyung	Referee: Stefan Siegel Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmuller Jakob Schauer
	Gios (Berger, Oberrauch) (PP) – 19:38 1–0 Fink (Berger, Oberrauch) (PP) – 24:42 2–0 Fink (Berger, Oberrauch) – 27:22 3–0 3–1 28:15 – Park M. (Lee H.) de Francesco (Kasslatter) – 32:09 4–1 Fink (Gios, Berger) (PP) – 40:49 5–1 5–2 56:02 – Yoon (Chae)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	28

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Vadim Mazur	Ukraine	5	4	7	11	+10	6
2	Andri Denyskin	Ukraine	5	4	5	9	+5	2
2	Patrik Kiss	Hungary	5	4	5	9	+7	4
4	Balint Horvath	Hungary	5	5	3	8	+8	2
4	Donat Szita	Hungary	5	5	3	8	+4	2
6	Jan Drozg	Slovenia	5	3	4	7	–1	2
7	Simon Berger	Italy	5	1	6	7	–2	10
8	Igor Merezhko	Ukraine	5	0	7	7	+7	24
9	Kevin Fink	Italy	5	5	1	6	–2	4
10	Bogdan Stupak	Ukraine	5	4	2	6	+7	14

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Martin Szeles	Hungary	151:14	80	5	1.98	93.75	0
2	Ryota Koda	Japan	239:42	91	6	1.50	93.41	1
3	David Mark Kovacs	Hungary	148:46	68	6	2.42	91.18	0
4	Bogdan Dyachennko	Ukraine	299:00	156	14	2.81	91.03	0
5	Ziga Kogovsek	Slovenia	176:47	72	7	2.38	90.28	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: David Mark Kovacs
• Defenceman: Junki Shinoda
• Forward: Jan Drozg

References

IIHF World U18 Championships
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