The 2016 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I and 2016 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I Qualification were a pair of international under-18 women's

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tournaments run by the

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. The Division I and Division I Qualification tournaments made up the second and third level of competition at the

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s respectively. The Division I tournament took place between 10 January and 16 January 2016 in

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, Hungary. The tournament was won by

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who gained promotion back to the Championship Division for 2017 while

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finished last and was placed in the newly formed Division I Group B tournament for 2017. The Division I Qualification tournament took place from 7 January to 11 January 2016 in

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, Austria.

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won the tournament defeating

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in the final and gained promotion to Division I Group A for 2017. Italy,

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and

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were promoted to Division I Group B after finishing second through to sixth in the Division I Qualification tournament.

Division I tournament

The Division I tournament began on 10 January 2016 in

, Hungary at the Miskolc Arena.

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and

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returned to compete in the Division I competition after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.

gained promotion to the 2016 Division I tournament after finishing first in last years Division I Qualification and

was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. Japan won the tournament after winning all five of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion back to the Championship Division for the

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s. Germany finished in second place after losing only to Japan and Slovakia finished in third place. Denmark finished the tournament in last place after losing all five of their games and was relegated back to Division I Qualification for 2017. Ayu Tonosaki of Japan led the tournament in goaltending with a

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of 96.55 and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Germany's

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and Norway's Millie Sirum finished as the top scorers of the tournament with eight points each which included two goals and six assists. Nix was also named as the tournaments best forward and Tatiana Ištocyová of Slovakia was named best defenceman. Following the announcement of the 2017 World Championship program the IIHF revealed that the Division I tournament had been renamed to Division I Group A to allow for the creation of a Division I Group B tournament. As a result, Denmark was placed in the Group B tournament for 2017 instead of the Qualification tournament.

Standings

Fixtures

''All times are local.'' (

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)

Scoring leaders

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

Leading goaltenders

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.

Division I Qualification tournament

The Division I Qualification tournament began on 7 January 2016 in

and

, Austria at the Eis Sport Arena and Nockhalle respectively.

and

returned to compete in the Division I Qualification competition after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championships.

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and

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made their debut in the competition and

entered the tournament after being relegated from Division I at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. The teams were divided into two groups of four for the preliminary round. Group A was won by Austria and Group B by Italy with both teams advancing to the gold medal game. Kazakhstan and Great Britain both advanced to the bronze medal game after finishing second in their groups. China and Poland made up the fifth place classification match after finishing third in the preliminary round and Australia and Romania were drawn against each other for the seventh place classification match. Austria defeated Italy 3–2 in the gold medal game to win the tournament and gain promotion back to Division I for the

s. Kazakhstan finished third after beating Great Britain 2–0 in the bronze medal game. Following the end of the tournament the IIHF directorate named China's Siye He best goaltender of the tournament, Italy's Nadia Mattivi best defenceman and

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of Austria best forward. Italy's Eugenia Pompanin led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 93.81 and Malika Aldabergenova of Kazakhstan finished as the top scorer with twelve points which included five goals and seven assists. Following the announcement of the 2017 World Championship program the IIHF revealed that the Division I tournament had been renamed to Division I Group A to allow for the creation of a Division I Group B tournament. As a result, Austria was promoted to the Division I Group A tournament while Italy, Kazakhstan, Great Britain, China and Poland were promoted to the Division I Group B tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

''All times are local.'' (

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Group B

''All times are local.'' (

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Playoff round

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to

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Scoring leaders

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

Leading goaltenders

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.

References

External links

Division I
at IIHF.com

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