The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 15 to 24 January 2016.2016 World Championship Division III official website2016 World Championship Division III statistics Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The champions, Mexico, were promoted to the Division II B for the 2017 tournament, and the last-placed nation (South Africa) were to be relegated to a qualification tournament for 2017, instead an eight-team Division III tournament was decided on in September 2016. Israel participated in a World Junior tournament for the first time since 1997, while Bulgaria returned after withdrawing from the 2015 tournament.
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 6th in Division II B last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division III last yearhosts; placed 3rd in Division III last yearplaced 4th in Division III last yearplaced 5th in Division III last yearwithdrew from competition last yearlast participated in 1997
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central Standard Time – UTC–6).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/-PIM 1 Roey Aharonovich 6 7 11 18 +4 2 2 Ilya Spektor 6 10 6 16 +5 12 3 Mark Revniaga 6 9 4 13 +3 6 4 Oliver Hay 6 7 6 13 +8 8 5 Robin Vortanov 6 5 7 12 +7 4 6 Miroslav Vasilev 6 1 10 11 +8 6 7 Veselin Dikov 6 6 4 10 +9 6 8 Styrmir Maack 6 3 7 10 +3 4 9 Bjarki Johannesson 6 5 4 9 +3 6 10 Thomas Carson-Pratt 6 4 5 9 +3 6
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Dimitar Dimitrov 319:08 11 93.45 2.07 0 2 Jaime Perez 254:56 9 92.04 2.12 1 3 Liam Henare 298:05 15 90.38 3.02 0 4 Tolga Bozaci 357:21 15 87.50 2.52 2 5 Maxim Gokhberg 300:39 18 85.25 3.59 0
Awards
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Jaime Perez Defenceman: Fatih Faner Forward: Oliver Hay
References
External links Official website of IIHF