2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2016 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	15 – 24 January 2016
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
	← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 15 to 24 January 2016.[1] 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,[2] 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.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Iceland	finished 6th in 2015 Division II B and were relegated
New Zealand	finished 2nd in 2015
Mexico	finished 3rd in 2015
South Africa	finished 4th in 2015
Turkey	finished 5th in 2015
Israel	last participated in 1997
Bulgaria	withdrew from competition in 2015

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mexico	6	5	0	0	1	24	14	+10	15	Promoted to Division II B
2	Bulgaria	6	4	0	0	2	18	13	+5	12
3	New Zealand	6	4	0	0	2	29	16	+13	12
4	Israel	6	3	0	1	2	39	23	+16	10
5	Iceland	6	2	1	0	3	24	21	+3	8
6	Turkey	6	2	0	0	4	20	15	+5	6
7	South Africa	6	0	0	0	6	7	59	−52	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Results

All times are local (UTC–6).

15 January 2016
13:00

New Zealand

1–4
(0–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Bulgaria

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Liam Henare

Goalies

Dimitar Dimitrov

Referee:

Jens Christian Gregersen
Linesmen:

Maxime Chaput

Sem Ramirez

	0–1	08:59 – Gatchev (Chompolov, Blagoev)
	0–2	12:08 – Dikov (V. Vasilev, M. Vasilev) (PP)
J. Rawiri (Leahy) – 26:54	1–2
	1–3	52:19 – Dikov (M. Vasilev, T. Georgiev) (PP)
	1–4	58:21 – Dikov (M. Vasilev)

47 min

Penalties

6 min

40

Shots

35

15 January 2016
16:15

South Africa

0–10
(0–5, 0–3, 0–2)

Turkey

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Marcello Strydom
Aslam Khan

Goalies

Tolga Bozaci

Referee:

Michael Campbell
Linesmen:

David Campillo

Stef Oosterling

	0–1	08:30 – Kuntel (Ulas)
	0–2	12:38 – Hars (H. Secer, Faner) (PP)
	0–3	13:44 – Kavaz (Hars, H. Secer)
	0–4	14:08 – H. Salt (H. Secer, Bakal)
	0–5	14:40 – H. Salt
	0–6	21:35 – H. Salt (Savas)
	0–7	26:30 – Uzunali (H. Salt, K. Salt)
	0–8	30:01 – O. Kars (K. Salt) (PP)
	0–9	51:40 – Hars (Y. Kars)
	0–10	58:30 – Savas (O. Kars, Takar)

12 min

Penalties

4 min

8

Shots

65

15 January 2016
20:30

Mexico

6–5
(1–2, 4–2, 1–1)

Israel

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 1750

Game reference

Jaime Perez

Goalies

Maxim Gokhberg

Referee:

Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:

Jan-Christian Muller

James Scarpace

	0–1	01:52 – Spektor (R. Aharonovich, Vinitzki)
Najera (Garcia, Dunn) (PP) – 07:24	1–1
	1–2	19:56 – Spektor (R. Aharonovich)
Jo. Perez (Bermejo, Cosio) – 20:47	2–2
Najera (SH) – 22:54	3–2
	3–3	31:51 – Spektor (R. Aharonovich) (PP)
Senties (Alva) – 35:27	4–3
Bermejo – 38:05	5–3
	5–4	38:35 – Revniaga (Kafri, Avraham)
Garcia (Alva) – 52:07	6–4
	6–5	57:47 – Spektor (Boudnikov, T. Aharonovich)

18 min

Penalties

12 min

38

Shots

48

16 January 2016
17:00

Iceland

2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Bulgaria

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 125

Game reference

Atti Valdimarsson

Goalies

Dimitar Dimitrov

Referee:

Miroslav Stefik
Linesmen:

David Campillo

Simone Mischiatti

	0–1	10:14 – M. Vasilev (Stoilov)
	0–2	12:39 – Dikov (T. Georgiev, M. Vasilev)
Arason (Maack) (PP) – 17:46	1–2
	1–3	24:17 – T. Georgiev (M. Vasilev) (PP)
Johannesson (Kristinsson, Maack) – 26:35	2–3
	2–4	48:44 – Dikov (Blagoev) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

18 min

40

Shots

27

16 January 2016
20:15

Israel

2–6
(0–1, 2–2, 0–3)

New Zealand

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 110

Game reference

Raz Werner

Goalies

Liam Henare

Referee:

Michael Campbell
Linesmen:

Jan-Christian Muller

Sem Ramirez

	0–1	16:27 – Hay (Orr, Carson-Pratt) (PP)
Revniaga (R. Aharonovich, Hoffman) (PP) – 25:22	1–1
	1–2	27:29 – Hay (Kennedy, Carson-Pratt) (PP)
	1–3	34:34 – Hay (SH)
Kozev (Vinitzki) (PP) – 35:45	2–3
	2–4	40:49 – Jonsson (Scott)
	2–5	41:27 – Scott (Jonsson)
	2–6	56:15 – M. Rawiri (J. Rawiri, Kennedy)

8 min

Penalties

31 min

38

Shots

34

17 January 2016
20:00

Turkey

2–3
(1–0, 1–0, 0–3)

Mexico

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 1000

Game reference

Tolga Bozaci

Goalies

Jaime Perez

Referee:

Miroslav Stefik
Linesmen:

Simone Mischiatti

Stef Oosterling

H. Secer (Kavaz, O. Kars) (PP2) – 19:54	1–0
Bakal (Uzunali, Faner) (PP) – 20:46	2–0
	2–1	42:48 – Senties (Berard)
	2–2	54:26 – Benabib
	2–3	56:16 – Senties (Benabib, Jo. Perez) (PP)

24 min

Penalties

12 min

17

Shots

24

18 January 2016
13:00

Iceland

6–5 GWS
(2–1, 1–1, 2–3)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–0)

Israel

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Atli Valdimarsson

Goalies

Maxim Gokhberg

Referee:

Jens Christian Gregersen
Linesmen:

Stef Oosterling

Sem Ramirez

Induss (Olafsson) – 09:23	1–0
Arnason (Kristinsson, Maack) – 09:44	2–0
	2–1	15:19 – Revniaga (Avraham) (EA)
Sigrunarson – 29:29	3–1
	3–2	38:48 – Kafri (R. Aharonovich) (PP)
Sigrunarson (Arnason) – 48:37	4–2
	4–3	49:04 – Revniaga (Halpert, Kozev)
Olafsson (Johannsson) – 49:17	5–3
	5–4	58:21 – R. Aharonovich (Boudnikov) (EA)
	5–5	59:23 – R. Aharonovich (Spektor) (EA)

Sigrunarson

Olafsson

Shootout

Revniaga

Kafri

8 min

Penalties

12 min

25

Shots

24

18 January 2016
16:15

South Africa

2–4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Marcello Strydom

Goalies

Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Videnov

Referee:

Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:

Jan-Christian Muller

James Scarpace

	0–1	0:15 – Dikov (Blagoev, M. Vasilev)
	0–2	16:20 – T. Georgiev (Dikov)
Saaiman (PP) – 23:04	1–2
	1–3	34:17 – T. Georgiev (Davidov, Dikov)
Bremner – 48:39	2–3
	2–4	57:39 – Mladenov (Dikov, M. Vasilev)

12 min

Penalties

10 min

17

Shots

36

18 January 2016
20:00

New Zealand

3–2
(0–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Turkey

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Liam Henare

Goalies

Tolga Bozaci

Referee:

Miroslav Stefik
Linesmen:

David Campillo

Maxime Chaput

Hay (Leahy) (SH) – 33:35	1–0
Kennedy (J. Rawiri, M. Rawiri) (PP) – 39:36	2–0
Hay (Orr) – 40:33	3–0
	3–1	44:10 – Uzunali (PP)
	3–2	45:49 – Bakal (Bingol) (PP)

24 min

Penalties

10 min

31

Shots

33

19 January 2016
13:00

Israel

17–0
(5–0, 5–0, 7–0)

South Africa

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Maxim Gokhberg
Raz Werner

Goalies

Marcello Strydom
Aslam Khan

Referee:

Jens Christian Gregersen
Linesmen:

Maxime Chaput

Simone Mischiatti

Spektor (Kozev, Revniaga) (PP) – 01:12	1–0
Avraham (Sever) – 06:18	2–0
Haver (Natalchenko) – 10:51	3–0
Boudnikov (Spektor, R. Aharonovich) – 14:21	4–0
Revniaga (Spektor, R. Aharonovich) (PP) – 18:21	5–0
Spektor (R. Aharonovich) – 23:17	6–0
Spektor (Boudnikov, R. Aharonovich) – 31:18	7–0
Revniaga (R. Aharonovich, Kafri) (PP2) – 33:08	8–0
R. Aharonovich (Boudnikov, Chernin) – 35:23	9–0
Natalchenko (Halpert, T. Aharonovich) – 36:50	10–0
Natalchenko (T. Aharanovich) – 44:35	11–0
Sever (Revniaga) – 45:44	12–0
Spektor (R. Aharonovich) – 47:21	13–0
Natalchenko (Kafri) – 48:16	14–0
R. Aharonovich – 49:04	15–0
Halpert (PS) – 56:44	16–0
Sever (Revniaga) (SH) – 59:42	17–0

27 min

Penalties

10 min

35

Shots

9

19 January 2016
16:15

Turkey

3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Iceland

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 75

Game reference

Tolga Bozaci

Goalies

Atti valdimarsson

Referee:

Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:

David Campillo

James Scarpace

Bakal (Savas, H. Secer) (PP) – 31:48	1–0
Bakal (Uzunali, H. Secer) – 45:50	2–0
Faner (ENG) – 59:57	3–0

4 min

Penalties

12 min

15

Shots

17

19 January 2016
20:00

Bulgaria

0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 750

Game reference

Dimitar Dimitrov

Goalies

Jaime Perez

Referee:

Michael Campbell
Linesmen:

Jan-Christian Muller

Stef Oosterling

	0–1	07:40 – Cruz
	0–2	16:12 – Cruz (PS)
	0–3	57:08 – Fonseca (Ramos, Alva)

26 min

Penalties

10 min

18

Shots

32

21 January 2016
13:00

Israel

4–3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 70

Game reference

Maxim Gokhberg

Goalies

Dimitar Dimitrov

Referee:

Miroslav Stefik
Linesmen:

David Campillo

Simone Mischiatti

R. Aharonovich (Spektor) (PP) – 07:22	1–0
	1–1	18:36 – Dilkov (T. Georgiev)
	1–2	22:47 – Blagoev (V. Videnov)
R. Aharonovich (Kozev) – 34:11	2–2
Revniaga (Sever, Hoffman) – 39:03	3–2
R. Aharonovich (Boudnikov, Spektor) –51:48	4–2
	4–3	55:28 – T. Georgiev (M. Vasilev) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

28

Shots

18

21 January 2016
16:15

Iceland

7–2
(3–0, 2–1, 2–1)

South Africa

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 80

Game reference

Atti Valdimarsson

Goalies

Aslam Khan
Marcello Strydom

Referee:

Michael Campbell
Linesmen:

Maxime Chaput

Sem Ramirez

Kristinsson – 01:18	1–0
Maack (Olafsson) – 06:56	2–0
Lindal (Oskarsson) – 08:10	3–0
Arason (Kristinsson) – 21:54	4–0
Oskarsson (Maack, Johannesson) (PP) – 30:23	5–0
	5–1	33:57 – Johnson (Bremner)
Maack (Johannesson) – 45:59	6–1
Arason (Oskarsson) (PP) – 48:17	7–1
	7–2	59:13 – Bremner

6 min

Penalties

10 min

26

Shots

5

21 January 2016
20:00

New Zealand

1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Mexico

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 1000

Game reference

Liam Henare

Goalies

Jaime Perez

Referee:

Jens Christian Gregersen
Linesmen:

Stef Oosterling

James Scarpace

	0–1	05:30 – A. Garcia (Dunn) (PP)
Kennedy (Vortanov, Hay) (PP) – 19:33	1–1
	1–2	31:34 – A. Garcia (Bermejo)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

24

Shots

25

22 January 2016
13:00

Bulgaria

3–1
(1-0, 1-0, 1-1)

Turkey

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 50

Game reference

Dimitar Dimitrov

Goalies

Tolga Bozaci

Referee:

Jens Christian Gregersen
Linesmen:

Jan-Christian Muller

Jafet Ramirez

Chompolov (Stoilov, M. Vasilev) – 03:48	1–0
Tchaliov (M. Vasilev, Dikov) – 37:50	2–0
Blagoev (Genkov, Dilkov) – 48:11	3–0
	3–1	52:30 – Uzunali

8 min

Penalties

4 min

18

Shots

25

22 January 2016
16:15

South Africa

1–12
(1–2, 0–6, 0–4)

New Zealand

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 45

Game reference

Marcello Strydom
Aslam Khan

Goalies

Evan Froger

Referee:

Michael Campbell
Linesmen:

David Campillo

Simone Mischiatti

	0–1	06:58 – Vortanov (Leahy)
	0–2	12:32 – Hay
Ruthven (Thornton, Bremner) – 17:37	1–2
	1–3	20:31 – Carson-Pratt (Orr, Hay)
	1–4	29:54 – Carson-Pratt (Orr)
	1–5	31:29 – Scott (Vortanov)
	1–6	31:43 – Vortanov (Leahy, Scott)
	1–7	36:51 – Hay (Kennedy, Vortanov) (PP)
	1–8	39:37 – Orr (Carson-Pratt, Hay)
	1–9	45:14 – Vortanov (Scott)
	1–10	46:53 – M. Rawiri (J. Rawiri, Rooney)
	1–11	50:23 – Jonsson (Vortanov)
	1–12	57:28 – Scott (Jonsson, Vortanov)

6 min

Penalties

2 min

9

Shots

38

22 January 2016
20:00

Mexico

1–4
(1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Iceland

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 1000

Game reference

Leonardo Chavez

Goalies

Nicolas Jouanne

Referee:

Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:

Maxime Chaput

James Scarpace

	0–1	03:10 – Johannesson (Arason, Induss)
Jo. Perez (Garcia) – 09:11	1–1
	1–2	47:30 – Olafsson (Johannsson, Induss)
	1–3	55:22 – Sigrunarson (Induss, Johannesson) (PP)
	1–4	57:54 – Arnason (Arason) (ENG)

10 min

Penalties

12 min

18

Shots

29

24 January 2016
13:00

Turkey

2–6
(0–1, 1–0, 1–5)

Israel

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 70

Game reference

Tolga Bozaci

Goalies

Maxim Gokhberg

Referee:

Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:

Jafet Ramirez

James Scarpace

	0–1	17:21 – Kozev (Natalchenko, Halpert)
Bakal (H. Secer) (PP) – 30:30	1–1
	1–2	49:14 – Spektor (Natalchenko)
	1–3	52:34 – Spektor (R. Aharonovich, Kozev)
	1–4	53:45 – Revniaga (Kafri, Hoffman) (PP)
	1–5	55:12 – Revniaga
Avci (K. Salt, Takar) – 56:06	2–5
	2–6	57:33 – Avraham (Spektor) (PP)

28 min

Penalties

22 min

25

Shots

21

24 January 2016
16:15

Iceland

5–6
(0–2, 4–2, 1–2)

New Zealand

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 200

Game reference

Nicolas Jouanne

Goalies

Liam Henare

Referee:

Miroslav Stefik
Linesmen:

Jan-Christian Muller

Stef Oosterling

	0–1	01:07 – Scott (Vortanov)
	0–2	15:41 – Vortanov (Louw, Henare)
Arnason (Atlason) – 20:45	1–2
Maack (Johannesson) – 21:56	2–2
	2–3	23:43 – Leahy (Hay, Carson-Pratt)
Sigrunarson (Olafsson, Johannsson) (PP) – 25:18	3–3
Kristinsson (Maack) (PP) – 33:57	4–3
	4–4	36:42 – Kennedy (Carson-Pratt) (PP)
	4–5	42:46 – Carson-Pratt (Hay, Orr) (PP)
Johannesson (Maack)	5–5
	5–6	58:12 – Carson-Pratt (Hay, Vortanov) (PP)

8 min

Penalties

14 min

25

Shots

23

24 January 2016
20:00

Mexico

9–2
(4–0, 2–1, 3–1)

South Africa

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 2000

Game reference

Sebastian de la Vega
Jaime Perez

Goalies

Marcello Strydom

Referee:

Jens Christian Gregersen
Linesmen:

Maxime Chaput

Simone Mischiatti

Benabib (Garcia) – 04:03	1–0
Alva (Ramos, Benabib) (PP) – 10:21	2–0
Rios – 14:07	3–0
Ramos (Benabib) – 15:40	4–0
Dunn (Garcia, Jo. Perez) (PP2) – 27:12	5–0
	5–1	32:20 – Bremner (Husselman, Thornton) (PP)
Jo. Perez (Garcia) (PP) – 36:58	6–1
	6–2	45:08 – Saaiman (Obery)
Jo. Perez (Garcia) (PP) – 52:49	7–2
Cosio (Jo. Perez) – 54:35	8–2
Najera (Berard) – 57:43	9–2

29 min

Penalties

28 min

30

Shots

10

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Roey Aharonovich	Israel	6	7	11	18	+4	2
2	Ilya Spektor	Israel	6	10	6	16	+5	12
3	Mark Revniaga	Israel	6	9	4	13	+3	6
4	Oliver Hay	New Zealand	6	7	6	13	+8	8
5	Robin Vortanov	New Zealand	6	5	7	12	+7	4
6	Miroslav Vasilev	Bulgaria	6	1	10	11	+8	6
7	Veselin Dikov	Bulgaria	6	6	4	10	+9	6
8	Styrmir Maack	Iceland	6	3	7	10	+3	4
9	Bjarki Johannesson	Iceland	6	5	4	9	+3	6
10	Thomas Carson-Pratt	New Zealand	6	4	5	9	+3	6

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Dimitar Dimitrov	Bulgaria	319:08	11	93.45	2.07	0
2	Jaime Perez	Mexico	254:56	9	92.04	2.12	1
3	Liam Henare	New Zealand	298:05	15	90.38	3.02	0
4	Tolga Bozaci	Turkey	357:21	15	87.50	2.52	2
5	Maxim Gokhberg	Israel	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

Official Division III page
"2017 event schedule". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

External links

IIHF.com

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