2016 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 18th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. The tournament was played in April 2016.[1]

2016 IIHF U18 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
DatesApril 14 – 24, 2016
Teams10
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Finland (3rd title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored233 (7.52 per match)
Attendance71,505 (2,307 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Tyson Jost
(15 points)
MVP Clayton Keller
2015
2017

Venues

Ralph Engelstad Arena
Capacity: 11,643
Icon Sports Center (Judd/Rydell)
 United StatesGrand Forks, North Dakota  United StatesGrand 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:[2]

Preliminary round

Team qualified to Quarterfinals
Team will play in Relegation 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
Source: IIHF.com

All times are local. (Central Daylight TimeUTC−05:00)

April 14, 2016
12:00
Latvia 4–5 OT
(1–0, 1–3, 2–1)
(OT 0–1)
  SwitzerlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,538
April 14, 2016
19:30
Russia 2–8
(1–2, 1–2, 0–4)
 United StatesRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 4,137
April 15, 2016
15:00
Sweden 4–3 OT
(2–0, 0–1, 1–2)
(OT 1–0)
 LatviaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,282
April 16, 2016
12:00
Switzerland  1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT 0–1)
 RussiaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,538
April 16, 2016
15:45
United States 6–1
(1–0, 3–0, 2–1)
 SwedenRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 3,401
April 17, 2016
15:00
Latvia 1–12
(0–2, 1–6, 0–4)
 United StatesRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,560
April 18, 2016
12:00
Russia 7–0
(4–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 LatviaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,754
April 18, 2016
15:45
Switzerland  1–8
(1–1, 0–3, 0–4)
 SwedenRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,787
April 19, 2016
12:00
Sweden 5–1
(1–0, 3–0, 1–1)
 RussiaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,619
April 19, 2016
19:30
United States 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,267

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
Source: IIHF.com

All times are local. (Central Daylight TimeUTC−05:00)

April 14, 2016
15:45
Slovakia 5–4
(4–3, 0–1, 1–0)
 DenmarkRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,557
April 14, 2016
18:00
Czech Republic 3–4 GWS
(1–3, 0–0, 2–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 FinlandIcon Sports Center, Grand Forks
Attendance: 406
April 15, 2016
19:00
Denmark 2–10
(2–2, 0–5, 0–3)
 CanadaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,475
April 16, 2016
18:00
Finland 4–2
(1–0, 2–2, 1–0)
 SlovakiaIcon Sports Center, Grand Forks
Attendance: 427
April 16, 2016
19:30
Canada 3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1)
 Czech RepublicRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,478
April 17, 2016
19:00
Denmark 1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)
 FinlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,644
April 18, 2016
18:00
Czech Republic 9–2
(1–0, 2–1, 6–1)
 DenmarkIcon Sports Center, Grand Forks
Attendance: 417
April 18, 2016
19:30
Canada 3–1
(0–0, 3–0, 0–1)
 SlovakiaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,122
April 19, 2016
15:45
Finland 1–3
(0–2, 0–0, 1–1)
 CanadaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,832
April 19, 2016
18:00
Slovakia 4–3
(1–2, 1–1, 2–0)
 Czech RepublicIcon Sports Center, Grand Forks
Attendance: 463

Relegation round

April 21, 2016
11:00
Latvia 5–1
(1–1, 1–0, 3–0)
 DenmarkIcon Sports Center, Grand Forks
Attendance: 101
April 22, 2016
19:00
Denmark 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
 LatviaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 3,703
April 24, 2016
11:00
Latvia 4–3 GWS
(0–1, 0–1, 3–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 DenmarkRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 3,039
Latvia won two games to one, relegating Denmark

Playoff round

  Quarterfinals Semifinals
                           
  1A  United States 8  
4B  Czech Republic 0  
  1A  United States 2  
  2B  Finland 4  
2B  Finland 4 Final
  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, 2016Finland 4–3
(1–0, 3–2, 0–1)
 RussiaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,117
April 21, 2016
15:30
Canada 9–1
(2–0, 3–1, 4–0)
  SwitzerlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,164
April 21, 2016
18:00
Sweden 7–2
(3–1, 3–0, 1–1)
 SlovakiaIcon Sports Center, Grand Forks
Attendance: 301
April 21, 2016
19:30
United States 8–0
(0–0, 3–0, 5–0)
 Czech RepublicRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,381

Semifinals

April 23, 2016
15:00
United States 2–4
(1–1, 0–0, 1–3)
 FinlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 2,931
April 23, 2016
19:00
Canada 5–6
(1–1, 1–2, 3–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 SwedenRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 3,073

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Bronze medal game

April 24, 2016
15:00
United States 10–3
(6–1, 1–0, 3–2)
 CanadaRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 3,448

Final

April 24, 2016
19:00
Sweden 1–6
(0–3, 1–1, 0–2)
 FinlandRalph Engelstad Arena, Grand Forks
Attendance: 3,543

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Tyson Jost76915+72
Clayton Keller741014+112
Kailer Yamamoto77613+712
Logan Brown73912+62
Alexander Nylander73811+50
Joey Anderson7729+122
Eeli Tolvanen7729+60
Lias Andersson7549+38
Casey Mittelstadt7459+62
Aapeli Räsänen7369+812

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 Woll179:317541.3494.671
Jake Oettinger240:009161.5093.411
Danil Tarasov227:4810182.1192.081
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen180:007262.0091.670
Filip Gustavsson289:21138132.7090.580

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

All-star team

IIHF best player awards

References:

Final standings

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