The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 40th
Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It was hosted in Helsinki,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...
. It began on December 26, 2015, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2016. This marked the sixth time that
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...
has hosted the WJC, and the hosts defeated
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
4–3 in
overtime
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to win their fourth title in history and second in the last three years.
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
was relegated to Division I-A for 2017 by merit of their tenth-place finish, while Finnish right winger
Jesse Puljujärvi earned
MVP and top scorer honors.
Player eligibility
A player is eligible to play in the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:
* the player is of male gender;
* the player was born at the earliest in 1996, and at the latest, in 2001;
* the player is a citizen in the country he represents;
* the player is under the jurisdiction of a national association that is a member of the
IIHF
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 ...
.
If a player who has never played in IIHF-organized competition wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for two consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, as well as show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card. In case the player has previously played in IIHF-organized competition but wishes to switch national eligibility, he must have played in competitions for four consecutive years in the new country without playing in another country, he must show his move to the new country's national association with an international transfer card, as well as be a citizen of the new country. A player may only switch national eligibility once.
Top Division
Venues
Officials
The
IIHF
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 ...
selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:
Referees
* Alexei Anisimov
* Andris Ansons
*
Stefan Fonselius
Stefan Fonselius (born September 19, 1976) is a Finnish ice hockey linesman who works in the SM-liiga. He has also officiated in the ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He gained notoriety when he unwittingly took the Gold Medal-winning puc ...
* Brett Iverson
* Daniel Konc
* Mikael Nord
* Vladimir Pešina
* Daniel Piechaczek
* Christopher Pitoscia
* Aleksi Rantala
* Jean-Philippe Sylvain
* Marc Wiegand
Linesmen
* Nicolas Chartrand-Piche
* Matjaž Hribar
* Rene Jensen
* Roman Kaderli
* Pasi Nieminen
* Brian Oliver
* Alexander Otmakhov
* Henrik Pihlblad
* Hannu Sormunen
* Alexander Waldejer
Rosters
Format
The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups play a relegation round in a
best of three format to determine the relegated team.
Preliminary round
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Group A
Group B
Relegation
Playoff round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Statistics
Scoring leaders
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source: IIHF
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Tournament awards
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Most Valuable Player
* Forward: Jesse Puljujärvi
All-star team
* Goaltender: Linus Söderström
* Defencemen: Olli Juolevi
Olli Juolevi (; born 5 May 1998) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the San Diego Gulls in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He ...
, Zach Werenski
* Forwards: Jesse Puljujärvi, Patrik Laine
Patrik Laine (; born 19 April 1998) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. Laine formerly played in his native Finland with Tappara in the Finnish Liiga befor ...
, Auston Matthews
Auston Taylour Matthews (born September 17, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey center and alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in San Ramon, California, Matthews and his family moved ...
IIHF best player awards
* Goaltender: Linus Söderström
* Defenceman: Zach Werenski
* Forward: Jesse Puljujärvi
Final standings
Note that due to the lack of playoff games for determining the spots 5–8, these spots were determined by the preliminary round records for each team.
Division I
Group A
The Division I A tournament was played in
Vienna
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Austria
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, from 13 to 19 December 2015.
Group B
The Division I B tournament was played in
Megève
Megève (; frp, Megéva) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France with a population of more than 3,000 residents. The town is well known as a ski resort near Mont Blanc in the Fren ...
,
France
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, from 12 to 18 December 2015. Prior to the start of the tournament Japan withdrew, and was relegated for 2017.
Division II
Group A
The Division II A tournament was played in
Elektrėnai,
Lithuania, from 13 to 19 December 2015.
Group B
The Division II B tournament was played in
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the P ...
,
Serbia
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, from 17 to 23 January 2016.
Division III
The Division III tournament was played in
Mexico City
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,
Mexico
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, from 15 to 24 January 2016.
Division III statistics
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References
External links
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Official site for the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
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