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2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Hungary
 Austria
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates7–11 January 2016
10–16 January 2016
Teams14
Final positions
Champions  Japan
Runner-up  Germany
Third place  Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Germany Emily Nix
Norway Millie Sirum (8 points)
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The 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I and 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division I Qualification were a pair of international under-18 women's ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I and Division I Qualification tournaments made up the second and third level of competition at the 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships respectively. The Division I tournament took place between 10 January and 16 January 2016 in Miskolc, Hungary. The tournament was won by Japan who gained promotion back to the Championship Division for 2017 while Denmark finished last and was placed in the newly formed Division I Group B tournament for 2017. The Division I Qualification tournament took place from 7 January to 11 January 2016 in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria. Austria won the tournament defeating Italy in the final and gained promotion to Division I Group A for 2017. Italy, Kazakhstan, Great Britain, China and Poland were promoted to Division I Group B after finishing second through to sixth in the Division I Qualification tournament.

Division I tournament

The Division I tournament began on 10 January 2016 in Miskolc, Hungary at the Miskolc Arena. Germany, Hungary, Norway and Slovakia returned to compete in the Division I competition after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. Denmark gained promotion to the 2016 Division I tournament after finishing first in last years Division I Qualification and Japan was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

Japan won the tournament after winning all five of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion back to the Championship Division for the 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships. Germany finished in second place after losing only to Japan and Slovakia finished in third place. Denmark finished the tournament in last place after losing all five of their games and was relegated back to Division I Qualification for 2017. Ayu Tonosaki of Japan led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 96.55 and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Germany's Emily Nix and Norway's Millie Sirum finished as the top scorers of the tournament with eight points each which included two goals and six assists. Nix was also named as the tournaments best forward and Tatiana Ištocyová of Slovakia was named best defenceman.

Following the announcement of the 2017 World Championship program the IIHF revealed that the Division I tournament had been renamed to Division I Group A to allow for the creation of a Division I Group B tournament. As a result, Denmark was placed in the Group B tournament for 2017 instead of the Qualification tournament.

Standings

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
 Japan 5 5 0 0 0 18 2 +16 15 Promoted to the 2017 Top Division
 Germany 5 3 1 0 1 19 8 +11 11
 Slovakia 5 3 0 1 1 18 9 +9 10
 Norway 5 2 0 0 3 14 12 +2 6
 Hungary 5 1 0 0 4 4 24 −20 3
 Denmark 5 0 0 0 5 2 20 −18 0 Relegated to 2017 Division I Group B
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

All times are local. (CETUTC+1)

10 January 2016
12:30
Denmark 0 – 3
(0–0, 0–1, 0–2)
 JapanMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 55
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10 January 2016
16:00
Germany 5 – 1
(0–1, 4–0, 1–0)
 NorwayMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 110
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10 January 2016
19:30
Hungary 0 – 5
(0–3, 0–0, 0–2)
 SlovakiaMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 350
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11 January 2016
12:30
Japan 3 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 2–0)
 GermanyMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 45
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11 January 2016
16:00
Slovakia 5 – 0
(1–0, 4–0, 0–0)
 DenmarkMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 40
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11 January 2016
19:30
Norway 5 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)
 HungaryMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 150
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13 January 2016
12:30
Norway 2 – 5
(1–0, 0–2, 1–3)
 SlovakiaMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 85
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13 January 2016
16:00
Denmark 1 – 3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
 GermanyMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 65
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13 January 2016
19:30
Japan 7 – 0
(2–0, 4–0, 1–0)
 HungaryMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 120
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14 January 2016
12:30
Norway 6 – 1
(2–0, 3–0, 1–1)
 DenmarkMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 55
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14 January 2016
16:00
Slovakia 1 – 4
(0–2, 1–0, 0–2)
 JapanMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 90
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14 January 2016
19:30
Germany 7 – 1
(2–0, 4–0, 1–1)
 HungaryMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 100
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16 January 2016
12:30
Slovakia 2 – 3 OT
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1)
 GermanyMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 95
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16 January 2016
16:00
Japan 1 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 NorwayMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 50
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16 January 2016
19:30
Hungary 3 – 0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 DenmarkMiskolc Arena
Attendance: 250
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Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Germany Emily Nix 5 2 6 8 +8 2 F
Norway Millie Sirum 5 2 6 8 +3 12 F
Slovakia Viktória Maskaľová 5 6 1 7 +4 2 F
Norway Josefine Biseth Engmann 5 5 2 7 +3 4 F
Slovakia Tatiana Ištocyová 5 1 5 6 +6 4 D
Germany Larissa Eicher 5 4 1 5 –4 2 F
Japan Ran Hinata 5 3 2 5 +4 0 F
Slovakia Romana Košecká 5 3 2 5 +1 4 F
Slovakia Annamária Suráková 5 2 3 5 +1 8 F
Germany Kelsey Soccio 5 4 0 4 +4 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.

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Japan Ayu Tonosaki 274:26 58 2 0.44 96.55 1
Norway Ena Nystrom 277:18 142 10 2.16 92.96 1
Denmark Cassandra Repstock-Romme 120:40 85 6 2.98 92.94 0
Germany Johanna May 260:52 80 6 1.38 92.50 0
Slovakia Adriana Stofankova 272:32 99 9 1.98 90.91 1

Division I Qualification tournament

The Division I Qualification tournament began on 7 January 2016 in Spittal an der Drau and Radenthein, Austria at the Eis Sport Arena and Nockhalle respectively. China, Great Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan and Poland returned to compete in the Division I Qualification competition after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championships. Australia and Romania made their debut in the competition and Austria entered the tournament after being relegated from Division I at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

The teams were divided into two groups of four for the preliminary round. Group A was won by Austria and Group B by Italy with both teams advancing to the gold medal game. Kazakhstan and Great Britain both advanced to the bronze medal game after finishing second in their groups. China and Poland made up the fifth place classification match after finishing third in the preliminary round and Australia and Romania were drawn against each other for the seventh place classification match. Austria defeated Italy 3–2 in the gold medal game to win the tournament and gain promotion back to Division I for the 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships. Kazakhstan finished third after beating Great Britain 2–0 in the bronze medal game. Following the end of the tournament the IIHF directorate named China's Siye He best goaltender of the tournament, Italy's Nadia Mattivi best defenceman and Theresa Schafzahl of Austria best forward. Italy's Eugenia Pompanin led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 93.81 and Malika Aldabergenova of Kazakhstan finished as the top scorer with twelve points which included five goals and seven assists.

Following the announcement of the 2017 World Championship program the IIHF revealed that the Division I tournament had been renamed to Division I Group A to allow for the creation of a Division I Group B tournament. As a result, Austria was promoted to the Division I Group A tournament while Italy, Kazakhstan, Great Britain, China and Poland were promoted to the Division I Group B tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 3 3 0 0 0 20 1 +19 9
 Kazakhstan 3 2 0 0 1 20 7 +13 6
 China 3 1 0 0 2 12 11 +1 3
 Romania 3 0 0 0 3 3 36 −33 0
Source: IIHF

All times are local. (CETUTC+1)

7 January 2016
12:00
Kazakhstan 5 – 2
(2–1, 0–1, 3–0)
 ChinaEis Sport Arena
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7 January 2016
15:30
Austria 12 – 0
(3–0, 5–0, 4–0)
 RomaniaEis Sport Arena
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8 January 2016
12:00
Kazakhstan 15 – 0
(5–0, 3–0, 7–0)
 RomaniaEis Sport Arena
Attendance: 150
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8 January 2016
15:30
China 1 – 3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)
 AustriaEis Sport Arena
Attendance: 590
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10 January 2016
12:00
Romania 3 – 9
(0–0, 1–6, 2–3)
 ChinaEis Sport Arena
Attendance: 110
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10 January 2016
15:30
Austria 5 – 0
(3–0, 0–0, 2–0)
 KazakhstanEis Sport Arena
Attendance: 625
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Group B

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 3 0 0 0 15 3 +12 9
 Great Britain 3 2 0 0 1 7 6 +1 6
 Poland 3 1 0 0 2 14 7 +7 3
 Australia 3 0 0 0 3 2 22 −20 0
Source: IIHF

All times are local. (CETUTC+1)

7 January 2016
11:45
Poland 11 – 0
(6–0, 2–0, 3–0)
 AustraliaNockhalle
Attendance: 110
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7 January 2016
15:15
Italy 3 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)
 Great BritainNockhalle
Attendance: 110
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8 January 2016
11:45
Poland 1 – 3
(0–2, 0–1, 1–0)
 Great BritainNockhalle
Attendance: 120
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8 January 2016
15:15
Australia 0 – 8
(0–2, 0–3, 0–3)
 ItalyNockhalle
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10 January 2016
11:45
Great Britain 3 – 2
(1–0, 0–0, 2–2)
 AustraliaNockhalle
Attendance: 120
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10 January 2016
15:15
Italy 4 – 2
(0–0, 2–0, 2–2)
 PolandNockhalle
Attendance: 250
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Playoff round

Seventh place game

11 January 2016
11:45
Romania 6 – 7 SO
(3–1, 2–2, 1–3, 0–0, 0–1)
 AustraliaNockhalle
Attendance: 130
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Fifth place game

11 January 2016
15:15
China 5 – 2
(1–0, 4–0, 0–2)
 PolandNockhalle
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Bronze medal game

11 January 2016
12:00
Kazakhstan 2 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 Great BritainEis Sport Arena
Attendance: 300
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Gold medal game

11 January 2016
15:30
Austria 3 – 2
(1–2, 1–0, 1–0)
 ItalyEis Sport Arena
Attendance: 736
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Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kazakhstan
4.  Great Britain
5.  China
6.  Poland
7.  Australia
8.  Romania

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Kazakhstan Malika Aldabergenova 4 5 7 12 +13 12 F
Kazakhstan Anastassiya Petsevich 4 7 3 10 +13 4 F
Italy Anita Muraro 4 7 1 8 +6 2 F
Austria Theresa Schafzahl 4 3 5 8 +11 4 F
China Rui Zhu 4 5 2 7 +4 2 F
Romania Voicu Ana 4 3 4 7 –17 14 F
Kazakhstan Alexandra Feklistova 4 5 1 6 +14 4 D
China Naiyuan Tian 4 5 1 6 +2 10 F
Austria Sophie Engelhart 4 4 2 6 +9 0 F
Austria Jennifer Pesendorfer 4 3 3 6 +10 0 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.

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Italy Eugenia Pompanin 180:00 97 6 2.00 93.81 0
United Kingdom Isobel Wallace 180:00 74 5 1.67 93.24 0
Austria Jessica Ekrt 180:00 24 2 0.67 91.67 2
Kazakhstan Alexandra Poliyenko 180:00 83 7 2.33 91.57 1
China Siye He 234:45 147 13 3.32 91.16 0

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