The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Jaca, Spain and Group B in Mexico City, Mexico on 9–15 April 2016.
Venues Group A Group BJacaMexico City Pabellón de Hielo de JacaCapacity: 3,579 IcedomeCapacity: 4,155
Group A tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.Host, placed 4th in Division II A last year.Placed 5th in Division II A last year.Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIA Assignments
Referees Eduard Ibatulin Przemysław Kepa Yuri Oskirko Rasmus Toppel
Linesmen Sergio Biec Daniel Hynek Lukáš Kacej Rudy Meyer Attila Nagy Emil Yletyinen Viktor Zinchenko
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Ander Alcaine Best Defenseman: Erik Tummers Best Forward: Ben Van den Bogaert Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Erik Tummers 5 1 8 9 +11 2 D Kevin Bruijsten 5 5 1 6 +5 4 F Ben Van den Bogaert 5 4 2 6 0 2 F Raphael Joly 5 2 4 6 +6 29 F Alan van Bentem 5 1 5 6 +2 4 F Julian van Lijden 5 5 0 5 +2 2 F Yoren De Smet 5 3 2 5 +2 6 F Nenad Raković 5 3 2 5 +5 0 F Max Hermens 5 2 3 5 +4 6 F Robert Sigurðsson 5 2 3 5 –1 0 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 Sjoerd Idzenga 282:04 6 1.28 116 94.83 1 Ander Alcaine 247:04 7 1.70 106 93.40 1 Tom Prodi 134:38 6 2.67 74 91.89 0 Arsenije Ranković 299:25 13 2.61 160 91.88 0 Dennis Hedström 157:28 10 3.81 120 91.67 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
Group B tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.Host, placed 3rd in Division II B last year.Placed 4th in Division II B last year.Placed 5th in Division II B last year.Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 6 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIB Assignments
Referees Martin de Wilde Miklós Haszonits Mario Maillet Stephen Thomson
Linesmen William Hancock Michael Harrington James Kavanagh Jos Korte Sem Ramírez Maarten Van den Acker
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC−5).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Anthony Kimlin Best Defenseman: Paul Baranzelli Best Forward: Héctor Majul Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Wehebe Darge 5 11 13 24 +25 2 F Cameron Todd 5 8 13 21 +23 14 F Lliam Webster 5 5 11 16 +5 18 F Mitch Humphries 5 8 5 13 +2 4 F Héctor Majul 5 7 6 13 +7 16 F Adrián Cervantes 5 3 10 13 +8 6 F Brian Arroyo 5 8 4 12 0 2 F Thomas Powell 5 2 10 12 0 4 F Robert Malloy 5 2 9 11 +14 2 D Andrew Cox 5 5 5 10 +6 14 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 Anthony Kimlin 254:56 10 2.35 109 90.83 0 Alfonso de Alba 148:52 4 1.61 38 89.47 0 Rick Parry 258:48 16 3.71 142 88.73 0 Maxim Gokhberg 173:40 18 6.22 120 85.00 0 Andrés de la Garma 154:50 9 3.49 56 83.93 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
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