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(IIHF).

Top Division

The Top Division tournament was played during 8 to 15 January 2016 in

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Match officials

Six referees and nine linesmen were selected for the tournament. of Sweden was the tournament chairperson. ;Referees * Brandy Dewar * Lisa Grison * Kaisa Ketonen * Michaela Kiefer * Marie Picavet * Melissa Szkola ;Linesmen * Bettina Angerer * Daniela Kiefer * Jessica Leclerc * Lisa Linnek * Danielle McGurry * Stina Nilsson * Anna Nygård * Justine Todd * Sueva Torribio Rousselin

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Relegation round

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team. ----

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final rankings

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate

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Media All Stars

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Goaltending leaders

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Division I

The Division I tournament was played in

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during 10 to 16 January 2016.

Division I Qualification

The Division I Qualification tournament was played in

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and

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during 7 to 11 January 2016. The teams were divided into two groups of four where the winners played off against each other for promotion to the 2017 Division I Group A tournament. The teams ranking second through sixth remained in the newly titled Division I Group B and were joined by the relegated team from the 2016 Division I tournament. As the lowest ranking teams,

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and

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were relegated to the new Division I Group B Qualification tournament.

won the tournament and gained promotion to the 2017 Division I Group A tournament. ;Group A ;Group B

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

First place game

References

External links

AllSportDB.com Event page

IIHF.com 2016 events index

Hockey Canada page

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