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2016 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	April 14–24, 2016
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Finland (3rd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	233 (7.52 per game)
Attendance	71,505 (2,307 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Tyson Jost (15 points)
MVP	Clayton Keller
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The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 18th IIHF World U18 Championship. It was played from April 14 to 24, 2016 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States.

Venues

Ralph Engelstad Arena Capacity: 11,643	Icon Sports Center (Judd/Rydell)
United States – Grand Forks, North Dakota	United States – Grand Forks, North Dakota

Top Division

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following:

Referees

• Vladimir Baluska
• Jacob Grumsen
• Roystian Hansen
• Jan Hribik
• Sirko Hunnius
• Jeff Ingram
• Marcus Linde
• Jari-Pukka Pajula
• Brett Sheva
• Viktor Trilar
• Cameron Voss
• Shane Warschaw

Linesmen

• Andrew Dalton
• Jake Davis
• Dmitry Golyak
• Johannes Kack
• David Nothegger
• Tibor Rovensky
• Joonas Saha
• Libor Suchanek
• Alexander Sysuev
• Nathan Vanoosten

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	30	4	+26	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	4	2	1	0	1	18	11	+7	8
3	Russia	4	1	1	0	2	12	14	−2	5
4	Switzerland	4	0	1	1	2	7	18	−11	3
5	Latvia	4	0	0	2	2	8	28	−20	2	Advance to Relegation round

All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)

April 14, 2016 12:00

Latvia

4–5 OT (1–0, 1–3, 2–1) (OT 0–1)

Switzerland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,538

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals Mareks Mitens	Goalies	Matteo Ritz	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Brett Sheva Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Jake Davis
	Krastenbergs (Smons) – 03:05 1–0 1–1 20:40 – Simic (Riva, Hischier) 1–2 24:05 – Simic (Hischier) Vulkanovs (Kļaviņš, Krastenbergs) – 25:47 2–2 2–3 39:44 – Geisser (Hischier) Ezītis (Apfelbaums) – 45:55 3–3 3–4 50:33 – Kurashev (Lust, Volejnicek) Kļaviņš (Krastenbergs, Kaļķis) – 54:02 4–4 4–5 64:53 – Volejnicek (le Coultre) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	36

April 14, 2016 19:30

Russia

2–8 (1–2, 1–2, 0–4)

United States

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 4,137

Game reference
	Maxim Zhukov Daniil Tarasov	Goalies	Jake Oettinger	Referees: Marcus Linde Viktor Trilar Linesmen: Joonas Saha Libor Suchanek
	0–1 03:44 – Keller (Fox) 0–2 04:28 – Sanchez (Frederic) Y. Alexeyev (Samorukov) – 05:17 1–2 I. Kozlov (Lipanov) – 22:21 2–2 2–3 36:18 – Keller (Yamamoto) 2–4 36:32 – Bellows (Anderson, Greenway) 2–5 46:19 – Yamamoto (Krys) 2–6 47:30 – Anderson (Krys, Keller) (PP) 2–7 50:46 – Yamamoto (Brown, Mittelstadt) (PP) 2–8 54:00 – Brown (Yamamoto, Luce)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	45

April 15, 2016 15:00

Sweden

4–3 OT (2–0, 0–1, 1–2) (OT 1–0)

Latvia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,282

Game reference
	Filip Larsson	Goalies	Mareks Mitens	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Jari-Pekka Pajula Linesmen: Alexander Sysuev Nathan Vanoosten
	Bratt (Danielsson) – 01:26 1–0 Thilander (Steen) (PP) – 09:28 2–0 2–1 29:06 – Kļaviņš (Svars) 2–2 40:50 – Apfelbaums 2–3 43:16 – Zeile Nylander (Davidsson) (EA) – 59:41 3–3 Moverare (Söderlund) – 64:36 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	15

April 16, 2016 12:00

Switzerland

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

Russia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,538

Game reference
	Matteo Ritz	Goalies	Daniil Tarasov	Referees: Ryostain Hansen Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Johannes Kack David Nothegger
	0–1 33:21 – Y. Alexeyev (Kostin, Zaitsev) Hischier (Miranda) – 49:07 1–1 1–2 61:58 – Dyomin (A. Alexeyev)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	28

April 16, 2016 15:45

United States

6–1 (1–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Sweden

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,401

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Filip Larsson	Referees: Jan Hribik Sirko Hunnius Linesmen: Tibor Rovensky Joonas Saha
	Mittelstadt (Brown, Yamamoto) – 17:51 1–0 Bellows (Fox) – 22:17 2–0 Lindgren (McPhee) – 23:58 3–0 Greenway (Keller, Fox) (SH) – 37:17 4–0 Howdeshell (Brown) – 42:42 5–0 5–1 50:32 – Liljegren (Lindström, Nylander) (PP) Anderson (Krys, Keller) (PP) – 52:03 6–1
	24 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	35

April 17, 2016 15:00

Latvia

1–12 (0–2, 1–6, 0–4)

United States

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,560

Game reference
	Niklāvs Rauza Gustavs Grigals	Goalies	Jake Oettinger	Referees: Marcus Linde Viktor Trilar Linesmen: Johannes Kack Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 14:27 – Sanchez (Frederic, Hellickson) 0–2 16:29 – Anderson (Bellows, Greenway) 0–3 20:30 – Yamamoto (Brown, Mittelstadt) Nazarovs (Štrombergs, Rauza) (SH) – 28:26 1–3 1–4 29:38 – Walker (Howdeshell, Fox) 1–5 30:03 – Frederic (Lockwood, Hellickson) 1–6 30:47 – Fox (Bellows, Keller) 1–7 36:31 – Yamamoto (Brown, Martin) (EA) 1–8 37:30 – Pastujov (Walker) 1–9 48:04 – Keller (Lockwood, Fox) 1–10 51:56 – Bellows (Keller) 1–11 55:24 – Frederic (Greenway, Lockwood) (PP) 1–12 58:44 – Frederic (SH)
	14 min	Penalties	37 min
	23	Shots	58

April 18, 2016 12:00

Russia

7–0 (4–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,754

Game reference
	Daniil Tarasov	Goalies	Mareks Mittens Gustav Grigals	Referees: Jan Hribik Sirko Hunnius Linesmen: Jake Davis David Nothegger
	Svechnikov (Dyomin, Samorukov) (PP) – 11:09 1–0 Lipanov (Chekhovich, Baranov) – 17:43 2–0 Bitsadze (Kostin) – 17:57 3–0 Rubinchik (Lipanov) (SH) – 18:55 4–0 Bitsadze (Kostin, Y. Alexeyev) – 25:49 5–0 Marushev (Kuznetsov, Samorukov) – 34:35 6–0 Marushev (Kuznetsov, A. Alexeyev) (PP2) – 44:06 7–0
	24 min	Penalties	32 min
	46	Shots	20

April 18, 2016 15:45

Switzerland

1–8 (1–1, 0–3, 0–4)

Sweden

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,787

Game reference
	Matteo Ritz Leo Chuard	Goalies	Filip Gustavsson	Referees: Cameron Voss Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Nathan Vanoosten
	Eggenberger (Riva, Lust) – 08:55 1–0 1–1 15:04 – Nylander (Andersson, Pettersson) 1–2 22:33 – Davidsson (Liljegren, Nylander) (PP) 1–3 36:09 – Davidsson (Bratt, Nylander) (PP) 1–4 38:56 – Nylander (Pettersson) 1–5 46:28 – Wahlgren (Andersson, Nylander) (PP) 1–6 48:17 – Wahlgren (Nylander) (PP) 1–7 49:25 – Wahlgren (Pettersson, Andersson) (PP) 1–8 50:04 – Bokvist (Hugg, Sellgren)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	36

April 19, 2016 12:00

Sweden

5–1 (1–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Russia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,619

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson Filip Larsson	Goalies	Maxim Zhukov Daniil Tarasov	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Brett Sheva Linesmen: Tibor Rovensky Joonas Saha
	Andersson (Pettersson, Liljegren) – 11:52 1–0 Wahlgren (Lindström, Moverare) – 20:52 2–0 Steen (Liljegren, Davidsson) – 22:20 3–0 Andersson (Pettersson, Thilander) (PP) – 23:19 4–0 Jonsson Fjällby – 51:37 5–0 5–1 56:19 – Svechnikov (Dyomin, Samorukov)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	23

April 19, 2016 19:30

United States

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,267

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Philip Wüthrich	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Jari-Pekka Pajula Linesmen: Alexander Sysuev Nathan Vanoosten
	Mittelstadt (Brown, Martin) – 12:46 1–0 Yamamoto (Lindgren, Martin) (PP) – 16:43 2–0 McPhee (Lockwood) – 25:24 3–0 Mittelstadt (Brown, Yamamoto) – 56:23 4–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	15

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	0	19	5	+14	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Finland	4	2	1	0	1	13	9	+4	8
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	0	2	12	14	−2	6
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	16	13	+3	4
5	Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	9	28	−19	0	Advance to Relegation round

All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)

April 14, 2016 15:45

Slovakia

5–4 (4–3, 0–1, 1–0)

Denmark

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,557

Game reference
	Dávid Hrenák Roman Durný	Goalies	Kasper Krog Mads-Emil Gransoe	Referees: Roystian Hansen Jan Hribik Linesmen: Dmitry Golyak Johannes Kack
	Lacka (Fehérváry) – 02:43 1–0 1–1 03:25 – Schmidt-Svejstrup (Mathiasen-Wejse) 1–2 03:58 – Molge 1–3 04:21 – Krag (Røndbjerg) Solenský (Ružička) – 04:55 2–3 Buček – 10:59 3–3 Solenský (Ružička, Lacka) – 17:45 4–3 4–4 25:54 – Blichfeldt (Krag, Gatz) (PP) Roman – 48:11 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	16

April 14, 2016 18:00

Czech Republic

3–4 GWS (1–3, 0–0, 2–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Finland

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 406

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář	Goalies	Leevi Laakso	Referees: Sirko Hunnius Jeff Ingram Linesmen: David Nothegger Tibor Rovensky
	0–1 09:58 – Tolvanen (Tuulola) (PP) Zadina (Reichel, Hájek) (PP) – 12:31 1–1 1–2 14:19 – Vesalainen (Tolvanen) 1–3 16:24 – Oksanen (Somppi, Kuokkanen) (PP) Pavlík (Zadina) – 45:41 2–3 Najman (Kvasnička, Bélohorský) – 52:11 3–3
	Reichel Zadina Najman	Shootout	Tolvanen Räsänen Kuokkanen
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	47

April 15, 2016 19:00

Denmark

2–10 (2–2, 0–5, 0–3)

Canada

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,475

Game reference
	Mats-Emil Gransoe Kasper Krog	Goalies	Stuart Skinner	Referees: Cameron Voss Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Jake Davis Dimitri Golyak
	0–1 01:05 – Kyrou (Morrison, Stanley) 0–2 01:31 – Malenstyn (Laberge, Fabbro) Schmidt-Svejstrup (D. Nielsen) – 05:31 1–2 Blichfeldt (Gatz, Krag) (PP) – 06:10 2–2 2–3 20:27 – Kyrou (Jost, Hague) 2–4 26:30 – Comtois 2–5 27:21 – Shaw (Laberge, Phillips) (PP) 2–6 27:55 – Bitten (Fabbro, Jost) (PP) 2–7 34:13 – Kyrou (Bitten, Quenneville) 2–8 44:26 – Kyrou (Jost, Tippet) 2–9 50:02 – Jost (Quenneville, Morrison) 2–10 53:42 – Jost (Fabbro, Bitten) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	9	Shots	52

April 16, 2016 18:00

Finland

4–2 (1–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Slovakia

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 427

Game reference
	Leevi Laakso	Goalies	Roman Durný	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Cameron Voss Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Libor Suchanek
	Räsänen (Vesalainen, Välimäki) – 13:20 1–0 Vesalainen (Räsänen) – 22:02 2–0 2–1 28:24 – Buček (Fehérváry) (PP) Mäkinen (Jääskä) – 33:39 3–1 3–2 34:01 – Ružička (Fehérváry) Mäkinen (Vesalainen) – 52:19 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	16

April 16, 2016 19:30

Canada

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,478

Game reference
	Evan Fitzpatrick	Goalies	Josef Kořenář	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Jari-Pekka Pajula Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Alexander Sysuev
	Howden (Fabbro) – 17:41 1–0 Quenneville (Jost, Fabbro) (PP) – 18:58 2–0 Howden (Shaw) – 25:17 3–0 3–1 42:35 – Zadina (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	39

April 17, 2016 19:00

Denmark

1–4 (1–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,644

Game reference
	Kasper Krog	Goalies	Leevi Laakso	Referees: Brett Sheva Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Tibor Rovensky Libor Suchanek
	0–1 07:38 – Kuokkanen (Mäkinen) 0–2 14:56 – Tuulola (Kotkansalo) Mathiasen-Wejse (Krag, Heine) (PP) – 16:17 1–2 1–3 34:16 – Tolvanen (Räsänen, Vaakanainen) 1–4 59:40 – Tolvanen (Räsänen, Kotkansalo) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	10	Shots	46

April 18, 2016 18:00

Czech Republic

9–2 (1–0, 2–1, 6–1)

Denmark

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 417

Game reference
	Josef Kořenář	Goalies	Mads-Emil Gransoe	Referees: Jeff Ingram Marcus Linde Linesmen: Joonas Saha Alexander Sysuev
	Kantner (Kousal, Najman) – 6:03 1–0 1–1 31:00 – D. Nielsen Kurovský (Budík, Karafiát) – 32:09 2–1 Najman – 32:49 3–1 Kantner (Najman, Kousal) – 41:37 4–1 Havelka (Zachar) – 45:12 5–1 Zadina (Reichel, Budík) – 49:52 6–1 Najman (Kvasnička, Kousal) – 50:45 7–1 Karafiát (Kurovský) – 52:12 8–1 8–2 54:26 – Blichfeldt (Krag) (PP2) Doudera (Hájek, Najman) – 59:59 9–2
	14 min	Penalties	22 min
	35	Shots	22

April 18, 2016 19:30

Canada

3–1 (0–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,122

Game reference
	Stuart Skinner	Goalies	Roman Durny	Referees: Brett Sheva Viktor Trilar Linesmen: Johannes Kack Libor Suchanek
	Quenneville (Jost) – 23:50 1–0 Howden (Gregor, Hall) – 28:16 2–0 Katchouk (Jost, Bitten) – 39:20 3–0 3–1 50:17 – Buček (SH)
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	20

April 19, 2016 15:45

Finland

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Canada

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,832

Game reference
	Leevi Laakso	Goalies	Evan Fitzpatrick	Referees: Roystian Hansen Marcus Linde Linesmen: Andrew Dalton David Nothegger
	0–1 07:16 – Laberge (Kyrou, Shaw) (PP) 0–2 12:30 – Quenneville Tuulola (Salo, Nurmi) – 54:44 1–2 1–3 59:24 – Jost (McLeod, Chychrun) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	27	Shots	24

April 19, 2016 18:00

Slovakia

4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 463

Game reference
	Roman Durný	Goalies	Joseph Kořenář	Referees: Cameron Voss Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Jake Davis Dmitry Golyak
	0–1 01:18 – Zachar (Havelka) Liška (Smolka) – 03:18 1–1 1–2 12:22 – Karafiát (Bělohorský, Kurovský) 1–3 20:43 – Zadina (Doudera, Reichel) Bjalončík (Kmec) (SH) – 35:01 2–3 Solenský (PS) – 42:09 3–3 Buček (Studenič, Roman) – 56:33 4–3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	36

Relegation round

April 21, 2016 11:00

Latvia

5–1 (1–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Denmark

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 101

Game reference
	Gustav Grigals	Goalies	Kasper Krog	Referees: Roystian Hansen Viktor Trilar Linesmen: David Nothegger Tibor Rovensky
	Smirnovs (Zeile, Svars) – 13:25 1–0 1–1 15:30 – Blichfeldt (Gatz) (PP) Vulkanovs (Zeile, Svars) (PP) – 28:50 2–1 Zeile (Svars, Krastenbergs) (PP) – 51:14 3–1 Kļaviņš (Svars) – 55:12 4–1 Kļaviņš (ENG) – 58:37 5–1
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	22

April 22, 2016 19:00

Denmark

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Latvia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,703

Game reference
	Kasper Krog	Goalies	Mareks Mitens	Referees: Jari-Pekka Pajula Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Libor Suchanek Alexander Sysuev
	Molge (Blichfeldt, Larsen) – 17:00 1–0 Mortensen (Mohr, Røndbjerg) – 21:24 2–0 2–1 56:55 – Bļugers (Krastenbergs, Kļaviņš) (EA) Jessen (Mathiasen-Wejse) (ENG) – 57:19 3–1 Grundtvig (Rondbjerg) – 58:04 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	32

April 24, 2016 11:00

Latvia

4–3 GWS (0–1, 0–1, 3–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Denmark

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,039

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals	Goalies	Kasper Krog	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Jake Davis Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 11:31 – Mathiasen-Wejse (Grundtvig, Gatz) (PP) 0–2 24:05 – Gatz (Krag, Blichfeldt) (PP2) Krastenbergs (Nazarovs, Svars) (PP) – 44:57 1–2 1–3 48:17 – Grundtvig (Gath, Mortensen) Smirnovs (Smons) (PP) – 53:56 2–3 Zeile (Krastenbergs, Grigals) – 58:53 3–3
	Krastenbergs Vulkanovs Ģēģeris Smirnovs	Shootout	Schmidt-Svejstrup Blichfeldt Heine Heine
	37 min	Penalties	16 min
	41	Shots	25

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1A

United States

8

4B

Czech Republic

0

1A

United States

2

2B

Finland

4

2B

Finland

4

3A

Russia

3

2B

Finland

6

2A

Sweden

1

1B

Canada

9

4A

Switzerland

1

1B

Canada

5

Bronze medal game

2A

Sweden

6

2A

Sweden

7

1A

United States

10

3B

Slovakia

2

1B

Canada

3

Quarterfinals

April 21, 2016

Finland

4–3 (1–0, 3–2, 0–1)

Russia

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,117

Game reference
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goalies	Daniil Tarasov	Referees: Vladimir Baluska Marcus Linde Linesmen: Jake Davis Johannes Kack
	Tolvanen (Vesalainen, Jokiharju) – 16:19 1–0 Puljujärvi (Heiskanen) (PP) – 26:31 2–0 2–1 30:07 – Marushev (Lobanov, Kuznetsov) Tolvanen (Vaakanainen) – 30:48 3–1 3–2 31:05 – Samorukov (Alexeyev) Tolvanen (Puljujärvi, Räsänen) (PP) – 39:39 4–2 4–3 52:31 – Alexeyev (Bitsadze, Kostin) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	26

April 21, 2016 15:30

Canada

9–1 (2–0, 3–1, 4–0)

Switzerland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,164

Game reference
	Evan Fitzpatrick	Goalies	Philip Wüthrich	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Cameron Voss Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Joonas Saha
	Jost (Bitten, Fabbro) (SH) – 06:40 1–0 Quenneville (Howden, Jost) (PP) – 11:56 2–0 Jost (Howden) (PP) – 23:36 3–0 Morrison (Howden, Fabbro) – 30:17 4–0 McLeod (Kyrou) – 36:19 5–0 5–1 38:37 – Loosli (Kuruashev, Riva) (PP) Howden (Fabbro, Jost) (PP) – 42:01 6–1 Jost (Bitten, Quenneville) (PP) – 50:07 7–1 McLeod (Tippett, Comtois) – 51:21 8–1 Howden (Gregor, Morrison) – 55:25 9–1
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	26

April 21, 2016 18:00

Sweden

7–2 (3–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Icon Sports Center, Grand Forks Attendance: 301

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Roman Durný	Referees: Jan Hribik Brett Sheva Linesmen: Libor Suchanek Alexander Sysuev
	0–1 06:03 – Ružička Brännström (Lindström) – 11:37 1–1 Lindström (Liljegren) (PP) – 15:24 2–1 Hugg (Jonsson Fjällby, Brännström) (PP) – 16:28 3–1 Bokvist (Thilander, Moverare) – 33:59 4–1 Jonsson Fjällby (Hugg) – 38:50 5–1 Bratt – 39:31 6–1 6–2 44:28 – Zeleňak (Buček, Studenič) (PP) Wahlgren (Pettersson, Andersson) (PP) – 49:00 7–2
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	42	Shots	20

April 21, 2016 19:30

United States

8–0 (0–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Czech Republic

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,381

Game reference
	Jake Oettinger	Goalies	Josef Kořenář Dominik Groh	Referees: Sirko Hunnius Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Dmitry Golyak Nathan Vanoosten
	Mittelstadt (Brown) – 24:50 1–0 Frederic (Lockwood) – 25:51 2–0 Anderson (Bellows, Keller) (PP) – 35:35 3–0 Keller (Fox, Lindgren) – 40:36 4–0 McPhee (Pastujov, Fox) – 43:40 5–0 Pastujov (Walker, McPhee) – 43:53 6–0 Anderson (Keller) (SH) – 49:51 7–0 Lindgren (Pastujov) (PP) – 58:02 8–0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	15

Semifinals

April 23, 2016 15:00

United States

2–4 (1–1, 0–0, 1–3)

Finland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 2,931

Game reference
	Joseph Woll	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Jan Hribik Marcus Linde Linesmen: Johannes Kack Nathan Vanoosten
	Bellows (Fox, Keller) – 11:42 1–0 1–1 15:50 – Vaakanainen (Jokiharju, Nurmi) 1–2 55:11 – Räsänen (Jokiharju) (SH) Yamamoto (Martin, Lindgren) (PP1) – 56:33 2–2 2–3 59:23 – Räsänen (Vesalainen, Puljujärvi) (PP1) 2–4 59:59 – Puljujärvi (Räsänen) (ENG)
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	26

April 23, 2016 19:00

Canada

5–6 (1–1, 1–2, 3–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,073

Game reference
	Evan Fitzpatrick	Goalies	Filip Gustavsson	Referees: Brett Sheva Cameron Voss Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Dmitry Golyak
	Laberge (Chychrun) (PP1) – 02:20 1–0 1–1 16:35 – Wahlgren (Brannström, Bokvist) 1–2 21:17 – Steen (Bratt, Moverare) Quenneville (McLeod) – 28:11 2–2 2–3 29:42 – Söderlund (Hugg, Jonsson Fjallby) 2–4 47:50 – Andersson (Moverare, Nylander) Chychrun (Jost) – 48:34 3–4 3–5 52:28 – Pettersson (Nylander) Bitten (Shaw, Chychrun) – 52:45 4–5 Kyrou (Katchouk, Hague) – 54:44 5–5
	Jost Bitten Howden	Shootout	Andersson Bratt Lindström
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	59	Shots	35

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Bronze medal game

April 24, 2016 15:00

United States

10–3 (6–1, 1–0, 3–2)

Canada

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,448

Game reference
	Jake Oettinger	Goalies	Stuart Skinner Evan Fitzpatrick	Referees: Jan Hribik Marcus Linde Linesmen: Libor Suchanek Alexander Sysuev
	Anderson (Keller, Krys) (PP) – 04:40 1–0 Brown (Yamamoto, Mittelstadt) – 05:11 2–0 2–1 06:31 – Bitten (Shaw, Phillips) Bellows (Keller, Greenway) – 07:28 3–1 Brown (Mittelstadt, Yamamoto) – 11:10 4–1 Anderson (Keller, Greenway) (SH) – 14:11 5–1 Pastujov (Howdeshell, Lockwood) – 16:48 6–1 Yamamoto (Mittelstadt, Brown) (PP) – 21:27 7–1 Walker – 44:22 8–1 Luce (Hellickson, Frederic) (PP2) – 45:05 9–1 9–2 47:06 – Hall (Shaw, Malenstyn) 9–3 51:19 – Tippett (Malenstyn, Hall) Lockwood (Hellickson, McPhee) – 58:59 10–3
	20 min	Penalties	34 min
	33	Shots	32

Final

April 24, 2016 19:00

Sweden

1–6 (0–3, 1–1, 0–2)

Finland

Ralph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks Attendance: 3,543

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson Filip Larsson	Goalies	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Referees: Brett Sheva Cameron Voss Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Dmitry Golyak
	0–1 01:15 – Tolvanen (Kotkansalo) 0–2 15:28 – Somppi (Kuokkanen) 0–3 16:19 – Tuulola (Välimäki, Räsänen) 0–4 31:01 – Puljujärvi (Kuokkanen) Andersson (Nylander) – 32:01 1–4 1–5 45:14 – Puljujärvi (Kuokkanen, Kotkansalo) 1–6 59:12 – Puljujärvi (Tolvanen)
	51 min	Penalties	16 min
	18	Shots	34

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tyson Jost	7	6	9	15	+7	2
Clayton Keller	7	4	10	14	+11	2
Kailer Yamamoto	7	7	6	13	+7	12
Logan Brown	7	3	9	12	+6	2
Alexander Nylander	7	3	8	11	+5	0
Joey Anderson	7	7	2	9	+12	2
Eeli Tolvanen	7	7	2	9	+6	0
Lias Andersson	7	5	4	9	+3	8
Casey Mittelstadt	7	4	5	9	+6	2
Aapeli Räsänen	7	3	6	9	+8	12

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

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Joseph Woll	179:31	75	4	1.34	94.67	1
Jake Oettinger	240:00	91	6	1.50	93.41	1
Daniil Tarasov	227:48	101	8	2.11	92.08	1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	180:00	72	6	2.00	91.67	0
Filip Gustavsson	289:21	138	13	2.70	90.58	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

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

• Forward: Clayton Keller

All-star team

• Goaltender: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
• Defencemen: Adam Fox, David Quenneville
• Forwards: Tyson Jost, Jesse Puljujärvi, Clayton Keller

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
• Defenceman: Adam Fox
• Forward: Tyson Jost

References:

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Finland
	Sweden
	United States
4th	Canada
5th	Slovakia
6th	Russia
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Switzerland
9th	Latvia
10th	Denmark

Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from April 9 to 15, 2016.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belarus	5	4	0	0	1	23	15	+8	12	Promoted to the 2017 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	Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

Division I B

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	28	11	+17	15	Promoted to the 2017 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	Relegated to the 2017 Division II A

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from April 4 to 10, 2016.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Poland	5	5	0	0	0	43	8	+35	15	Promoted to the 2017 Division I B
2	Romania	5	4	0	0	1	27	15	+12	12
3	Lithuania	5	3	0	0	2	17	19	−2	9
4	Great Britain	5	2	0	0	3	18	23	−5	6
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	8	25	−17	3
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	0	5	6	29	−23	0	Relegated to the 2017 Division II B

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from March 26 to April 1, 2016.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Estonia	5	5	0	0	0	38	11	+27	15	Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
2	Spain	5	4	0	0	1	26	14	+12	12
3	Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	12	10	+2	9
4	Iceland	5	1	0	0	4	11	30	−19	3
5	Belgium	5	1	0	0	4	15	29	−14	3
6	China	5	1	0	0	4	12	20	−8	3	Relegated to the 2017 Division III A

Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 14 to 20, 2016.

Pos	Team v t e	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

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from February 14 to 19, 2016.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	0	30	9	+21	12	Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
2	South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	11	19	−8	3
3	Hong Kong	4	1	0	0	3	12	25	−13	3

References

1. 2016 Top Division official website
2. 2016 Top Division statistics
3. "Competition Officials" (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
4. 2016 Division I A statistics
5. 2016 Division I B statistics
6. 2016 Division II A statistics
7. 2016 Division II B statistics
8. 2016 Division III A statistics
9. 2016 Division III B statistics

External links

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