The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Katowice, Poland, on 23–29 April 2016 and Group B in Zagreb, Croatia, on 17–23 April 2016.
Venues Group A Group BKatowiceZagreb SpodekCapacity: 11,500 Dom SportovaCapacity: 6,500
Group A tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated.Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated.Host, placed 3rd in Division I A last year. Placed 4th in Division I A last year.Placed 5th in Division I A last year.Placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted.
Match officials 7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IA AssignmentsReferees named
Referees Jonathan Alarie Mikko Kaukokari Artur Kulev Trpimir Piragić Stephen Reneau Marian Rohatsch Robin Šír
Linesmen Henrik Haurum Artur Hyliński Martin Korba Kriss Kupcus Joep Leermakers Yakov Paley Anton Semjonov
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Bernhard Starkbaum Best Defenseman: Thomas Larkin Best Forward: Patryk Wronka Source: IIHF.com
Media All-Stars: MVP: Jan Urbas Goalkeeper: Gašper Krošelj Defenceman: Sabahudin Kovačević / Paweł Dronia Forwards: Michael Swift / Jan Urbas / Patryk Wronka Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Ken Ograjenšek 5 2 4 6 +2 2 Jan Urbas 5 2 4 6 +3 0 Tomasz Malasiński 5 5 0 5 +5 4 Michael Swift 5 5 0 5 +3 12 Kim Ki-sung 5 3 2 5 +1 0 Krzysztof Zapała 5 0 5 5 +2 4 Grzegorz Pasiut 5 3 1 4 0 0 Žiga Jeglič 5 2 2 4 +1 2 Aleš Mušič 5 2 2 4 +3 2 Miha Verlič 5 2 2 4 +3 6 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes Source: IIHF.com
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.
Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Gašper Krošelj 200:00 3 0.90 82 96.34 0 Bernhard Starkbaum 302:45 8 1.59 126 93.65 0 Matt Dalton 302:47 11 2.18 156 92.95 1 Andreas Bernard 180:00 6 2.00 79 92.41 0 Przemysław Odrobny 238:22 9 2.27 113 92.04 1 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Group B tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.Host, placed 4th in Division I B last year.Placed 5th in Division I B last year.Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IB Assignments
Referees Jimmy Bergamelli Daniel Gamper Mikael Holm Manuel Nikolic
Linesmen Vanja Belić Franco Espinoza Tomislav Grozaj Markus Hägerström Shunsuke Ichikawa Park Jun-soo Damir Rakovič
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Eduard Zakharchenko Best Defenseman: Ben O'Connor Best Forward: Borna Rendulić Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Robert Rooba 5 4 4 8 −4 0 F Ben O'Connor 5 1 7 8 +2 12 D Vladyslav Gavryk 5 3 4 7 +7 2 F Borna Rendulić 4 2 5 7 −3 0 F Mike Glumac 5 4 2 6 +3 4 F Russell Cowley 5 3 3 6 +4 2 F Jonathan Phillips 5 3 3 6 +6 6 F Aleksandr Petrov 5 2 4 6 −3 0 F Nerijus Ališauskas 5 3 2 5 +4 2 D Ivan Janković 5 3 2 5 +1 4 F Andrei Makrov 5 3 2 5 –3 6 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
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.
Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Eduard Zakharchenko 298:25 6 1.21 129 95.35 0 Vilim Rosandič 135:21 4 1.77 56 92.86 0 Artur Pavliukov 275:42 11 2.39 140 92.14 0 Ben Bowns 302:56 7 1.39 86 91.86 1 Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 222:45 14 3.77 114 87.72 1 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
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