2016 IIHF World Championship Division II

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The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Jaca, Spain and Group B in Mexico City, Mexico on 9–15 April 2016.^[1]

2016 IIHF World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Spain Mexico
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	9–15 April
Teams	12
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Venues

Group A	Group B
Jaca	Mexico City
Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca Capacity: 3,579	Icedome Capacity: 4,155

Group A tournament

2016 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–15 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	94 (6.27 per game)
Attendance	8,297 (553 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Erik Tummers (9 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Netherlands	Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Serbia	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Spain	Host, placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Iceland	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
China	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[2]

Referees Eduard Ibatulin Przemysław Kepa Yuri Oskirko Rasmus Toppel

Linesmen Sergio Biec Daniel Hynek Lukáš Kacej Rudy Meyer Attila Nagy Emil Yletyinen Viktor Zinchenko

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	0	24	6	+18	14	Promoted to Division I B
2	Spain (H)	5	3	1	1	0	17	9	+8	12
3	Belgium	5	1	2	0	2	15	18	−3	7[a]
4	Serbia	5	2	0	1	2	16	14	+2	7[a]
5	Iceland	5	1	0	1	3	16	23	−7	4
6	China	5	0	0	1	4	6	24	−18	1	Relegation to Division II B

Source: IIHF
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.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Belgium 4–2 Serbia

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

9 April 2016 13:00

Belgium

5–4 GWS (2–2, 2–1, 0–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Iceland

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Mike Jansen	Goalies	Snorri Sigurbergsson	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Rudy Meyer
	0–1 02:02 – Helgason (Pålsson) 0–2 05:39 – Sigurðsson De Smet (Van den Bogaert, Distate) – 11:06 1–2 Pellegrims (Gyesbreghs, B. Kolodziejczyk) (PP) – 18:34 2–2 2–3 29:22 – Sigurðsson Paulus (Vercammen) – 30:43 3–3 Kolodziejczyk (Pellegrims) – 31:32 4–3 4–4 59:37 – Sigurðarson (Helgason) (EA)
	Distate Van den Bogaert De Smet	Shootout	Sigurðarson Alengård Sigurðsson
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	37

9 April 2016 16:30

Serbia

2–3 (0–0, 2–3, 0–0)

Netherlands

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Sjoerd Idzenga	Referee: Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Sergio Biec Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 23:09 – Hermens (Van Nes) 0–2 26:59 – Van Nes (Hermens) 0–3 31:38 – K. Bruijsten (Tummers, Joly) Raković (Ristić, Đumić) – 36:17 1–3 Popravka (Vučurević, Luković) – 38:26 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	41

9 April 2016 20:00

China

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Spain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Xia Shengrong	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Viktor Zinchenko
	0–1 08:39 – P. Muñoz 0–2 56:37 – Ubieto (A. García) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	34

10 April 2016 13:00

Belgium

4–2 (1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Serbia

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Tom Prodi	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Przemysław Kepa Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Rudy Meyer
	De Smet (Bremer, Van den Bogaert) – 00:49 1–0 1–1 14:55 – Ristić 1–2 18:30 – Sretović (Popravka, Vučurević) Van den Bogaert (Dewin) (PP) – 33:06 2–2 Van den Bogaert (Paulus) – 46:18 3–2 Van den Bogaert (B. Kolodziejczyk, De Smet) (PP, ENG) – 59:25 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	46

10 April 2016 16:30

Iceland

7–4 (3–2, 2–2, 2–0)

China

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Snorri Sigurbergsson Dennis Hedström	Goalies	Xia Shengrong Sun Zehao	Referee: Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Sergio Biec Daniel Hynek
	Leifsson (Andrésson, R. Hedström) – 03:28 1–0 Andrésson (Guðnason, Sigrunarson) – 12:27 2–0 2–1 12:35 – Xia (Chen) Leifsson – 17:41 3–1 3–2 19:40 – Zhu (Zhang C., Yang) Sigurðsson (Sigurðsson, Jónsson) – 20:12 4–2 R. Hedström (Helgason, Jónsson) (PP) – 24:03 5–2 5–3 28:00 – Yang 5–4 35:32 – Zhang C. Alengård (Pålsson) (SH) – 44:08 6–4 Sigurðsson (Sigurðsson) (PP) – 58:34 7–4
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	47	Shots	21

10 April 2016 20:00

Netherlands

3–2 OT (0–0, 0–2, 2–0) (OT 1–0)

Spain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
	Sjoerd Idzenga	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Attila Nagy Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 25:42 – Betrán (Quevedo, Carbonell) (PP) 0–2 39:37 – Brabo (P. Muñoz) K. Bruijsten (Tummers, Van Gestel) (PP) – 51:49 1–2 K. Bruijsten (Tummers) – 58:31 2–2 Van Gestel (Tummers) – 62:04 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	39 min
	38	Shots	22

12 April 2016 13:00

Netherlands

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Iceland

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Sjoerd Idzenga	Goalies	Dennis Hedström	Referee: Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Attila Nagy Viktor Zinchenko
	Joly (Tummers, Oosterveld) (SH) – 07:21 1–0 Hermens (Kick) – 08:47 2–0 K. Bruijsten (Joly, Tummers) (ENG) – 59:37 3–0
	18 min	Penalties	14 min
	53	Shots	25

12 April 2016 16:30

Belgium

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT 1–0)

China

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 148

Game reference
	Tom Prodi	Goalies	Xia Shengrong	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Sergio Biec Lukáš Kacej
	Van den Bogaert (De Smet, Distate) (PP) – 02:26 1–0 1–1 35:29 – Yang (Hu) (PP) Bremer (Thurura, Paulus) (PP) – 36:30 2–1 2–2 40:36 – Zhang H. (Zhang Z.) Bremer (B. Kolodziejczyk, Gyesbreghs) (PP) – 63:42 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	46	Shots	23

12 April 2016 20:00

Serbia

3–4 GWS (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Spain

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 950

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Przemysław Kepa Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Emil Yletyinen
	Popravka (Vučurević, Filipović) – 04:33 1–0 1–1 21:12 – Betrán (PP) Raković (Bjelogrlić) – 27:20 2–1 2–2 48:25 – Puyuelo (Ubieto) 2–3 50:17 – Quevedo (Puyuelo, Ubieto) Milovanović (Đumić) – 51:05 3–3
	Sretović Popravka Milovanović Milovanović Komazec Milovanović	Shootout	P. Muňoz Fuentes Quevedo Fuentes Brabo Fuentes
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	38

14 April 2016 13:00

China

0–9 (0–3, 0–2, 0–4)

Netherlands

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Xia Shengrong Sun Zehao	Goalies	Sjoerd Idzenga	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Sergio Biec Daniel Hynek
	0–1 00:08 – Joly (Melissant) 0–2 13:28 – K. Bruijsten (Tummers, Nagtzaam) 0–3 15:32 – Kick (Hermens) 0–4 31:09 – Tummers (Nagtzaam, Van Bentem) 0–5 34:35 – Van Bentem 0–6 41:57 – Van Lijden (Van Bentem, Nagtzaam) (PP) 0–7 45:40 – Van Lijden (Marx, Smid) 0–8 50:45 – Van Lijden (Wurm, Oosterveld) 0–9 53:13 – Kick (Smid, Hermens) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	49

14 April 2016 16:30

Iceland

3–6 (3–0, 0–4, 0–2)

Serbia

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Dennis Hedström	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Emil Yletyinen
	Andrésson (Alengård, Helgason) (PP) – 01:29 1–0 Leifsson (Alengård) – 08:15 2–0 Andrésson (Guðnason) – 14:15 3–0 3–1 21:35 – Sretović (PP) 3–2 23:37 – Filipović 3–3 31:27 – Sretović (Luković, Đumić) 3–4 34:12 – Bjelogrlić (Ilić, Bibić) (PP) 3–5 42:41 – Lestarić (Bibić, Raković) 3–6 53:26 – Bjelogrlić (Bibić) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	36	Shots	53

14 April 2016 20:00

Spain

4–1 (3–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Belgium

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 1,150

Game reference
	Ander Alcaine	Goalies	Tom Prodi Mike Jansen	Referee: Przemysław Kepa Linesmen: Attila Nagy Viktor Zinchenko
	Puyuelo (Quevedo, Hernández) – 05:19 1–0 Fuentes (Ubieto) – 11:06 2–0 Solórzano (J. Muñoz, Fuentes) – 13:56 3–0 3–1 25:59 – Pellegrims (B. Kolodziejczyk, Vercammen) J. Muñoz (Fuentes, Solórzano) – 32:37 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	28

15 April 2016 13:00

Serbia

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

China

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 67

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković Petar Stepanović	Goalies	Xia Shengrong	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Sergio Biec Attila Nagy
	Sretović (Popravka, Raković) – 20:45 1–0 Raković (Podunavac) – 32:08 2–0 Luković (Filipović) – 45:22 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	44	Shots	18

15 April 2016 16:30

Netherlands

6–2 (3–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Belgium

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Sjoerd Idzenga	Goalies	Mike Jansen	Referee: Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Emil Yletyinen Viktor Zinchenko
	Wurm (Nagtzaam, Van Bentem) (PP2) – 04:43 1–0 Melissant (Joly, K. Bruijsten) – 12:04 2–0 Oosterveld (Tummers, Van Gestel) – 15:27 3–0 Van Lijden (Van Nes) – 32:41 4–0 4–1 37:21 – A. Kolodziejczyk (Gyesbreghs, Van Rooy) Wurm (Van Bentem) – 44:27 5–1 Van Lijden (Van Bentem, Nagtzaam) (PP) – 48:39 6–1 6–2 53:46 – Vercammen (Goris, Gyesbreghs)
	31 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	24

15 April 2016 20:00

Spain

5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Iceland

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca Attendance: 1,480

Game reference
	Ignacio García	Goalies	Snorri Sigurbergsson	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Lukáš Kacej
	Pantoja (P. Muñoz) (PP) – 08:42 1–0 1–1 12:36 – Mikaelsson (Sigurðsson, Sigurðarson) Brabo (Carbonell, P. Muñoz) – 34:18 2–1 2–2 34:43 – Leifsson (Alengård, R. Hedström) González (Quevedo, Vicente) – 38:02 3–2 Solórzano (P. Muñoz) – 48:26 4–2 J. Muñoz – 51:41 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	25

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Ander Alcaine
  • Best Defenseman: Erik Tummers
  • Best Forward: Ben Van den Bogaert

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Erik Tummers	5	1	8	9	+11	2	D
Kevin Bruijsten	5	5	1	6	+5	4	F
Ben Van den Bogaert	5	4	2	6	0	2	F
Raphael Joly	5	2	4	6	+6	29	F
Alan van Bentem	5	1	5	6	+2	4	F
Julian van Lijden	5	5	0	5	+2	2	F
Yoren De Smet	5	3	2	5	+2	6	F
Nenad Raković	5	3	2	5	+5	0	F
Max Hermens	5	2	3	5	+4	6	F
Robert Sigurðsson	5	2	3	5	–1	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Sjoerd Idzenga	282:04	6	1.28	116	94.83	1
Ander Alcaine	247:04	7	1.70	106	93.40	1
Tom Prodi	134:38	6	2.67	74	91.89	0
Arsenije Ranković	299:25	13	2.61	160	91.88	0
Dennis Hedström	157:28	10	3.81	120	91.67	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament

2016 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–15 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	169 (11.27 per game)
Attendance	5,315 (354 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Wehebe Darge (24 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
New Zealand	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Mexico	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Israel	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
North Korea	Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 6 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Referees Martin de Wilde Miklós Haszonits Mario Maillet Stephen Thomson

Linesmen William Hancock Michael Harrington James Kavanagh Jos Korte Sem Ramírez Maarten Van den Acker

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Australia	5	4	1	0	0	58	10	+48	14	Promoted to Division II A
2	Mexico (H)	5	4	0	1	0	30	13	+17	13
3	Israel	5	2	0	0	3	22	33	−11	6[a]
4	New Zealand	5	2	0	0	3	27	19	+8	6[a]
5	North Korea	5	2	0	0	3	24	42	−18	6[a]
6	Bulgaria	5	0	0	0	5	8	52	−44	0	Relegation to Division III

Source: IIHF
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.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points and goal difference: Israel 3, 11–10; New Zealand 3, 10–10; North Korea 3, 11–12

Results

All times are local (UTC−5).

9 April 2016 13:00

New Zealand

6–3 (3–0, 1–2, 2–1)

Israel

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Rick Parry	Goalies	Alexander Loginov Maxim Gokhberg	Referee: Martin de Wilde Linesmen: Michael Harrington Sem Ramírez
	Henderson (Heyd) (PP) – 02:27 1–0 Harrison (M. Frear) – 10:45 2–0 Ruddle (Harrop, Challis) – 12:15 3–0 3–1 23:57 – Klein (Aharonovich) (PP) Ruddle (Challis, Harrop) – 24:28 4–1 4–2 29:37 – Mazour 4–3 43:07 – Klein (Spivak) Cox (Lawrence) – 49:08 5–3 Lawrence (Challis, Harrop) (PP) – 54:19 6–3
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	32

9 April 2016 16:30

North Korea

9–3 (4–1, 2–1, 3–1)

Bulgaria

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Pak Kuk-chol Pak Il	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov Todor Petkov	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Jos Korte Maarten Van den Acker
	Kim N. (Kim K.-h.) – 01:34 1–0 Hong (Kim H., Ri P.) – 02:30 2–0 Hong (Kim S., An) (PP) – 04:58 3–0 3–1 10:58 – Abdi Ri P. (Ri C., Kim H.) – 17:46 4–1 Kim K.-c. (Kang M., Pak S.) – 22:05 5–1 Kim H. (Ri C.) – 25:21 6–1 6–2 29:22 – Georgiev (Iskrenov) 6–3 45:13 – Abdi (Petkov) Kim M. (Kim K.-h., Kim N.) (PP) – 48:01 7–3 An – 54:04 8–3 An (Pak S.) – 56:55 9–3
	4 min	Penalties	32 min
	45	Shots	16

9 April 2016 20:00

Mexico

4–5 OT (1–0, 1–4, 2–0) (OT 0–1)

Australia

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
	Andrés de la Garma	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Mario Maillet Linesmen: William Hancock James Kavanagh
	Majul (Cervantes) – 07:07 1–0 Majul (Ugarte, Cervantes) – 25:28 2–0 2–1 28:01 – Jones (Powell, Humphries) (PP2) 2–2 31:10 – Darge (Todd, Malloy) (SH) 2–3 35:19 – Humphries (Powell, Webster) (PP) 2–4 39:14 – Byers (Darge, Schlamp) Cervantes (Majul) – 40:28 3–4 Arroyo (Ugarte, Cervantes) (PP) – 55:37 4–4 4–5 63:42 – Humphries (SH)
	18 min	Penalties	32 min
	33	Shots	38

10 April 2016 13:00

Israel

8–4 (5–1, 2–1, 1–2)

North Korea

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Maxim Gokhberg	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol Pak Il	Referee: Mario Maillet Linesmen: William Hancock Jos Korte
	Kniter (Aharonovich) – 01:53 1–0 Rosenthal (Klein, Maaravi) – 03:27 2–0 Spektor (SH) – 05:30 3–0 Spektor (Aharonovich, Mazour) – 16:18 4–0 Pyshkin (Klein) – 17:07 5–0 5–1 19:44 – Ri C. (Kim K.-h., Kim N.) (PP) Aharonovich (Klein, Pyshkin) (PP) – 24:50 6–1 Schwarzman (Mazour, Spektor) (PP) – 26:23 7–1 7–2 37:19 – Hong (Ri C.) 7–3 56:16 – Kim K.-c. (PP) Spivak (Pyshkin, Schwarzman) – 56:43 8–3 8–4 59:59 – Kim K.-c. (Ri C.)
	44 min	Penalties	36 min
	38	Shots	42

10 April 2016 16:30

Australia

14–0 (2–0, 6–0, 6–0)

Bulgaria

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin Charlie Smart	Goalies	Todor Petkov Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Sem Ramírez Maarten Van den Acker
	Schlamp (Darge, Todd) – 14:46 1–0 Tesarik – 15:16 2–0 Humphries (Byers, McKenzie) (SH) – 23:00 3–0 Humphries (Powell) – 27:43 4–0 Todd – 31:42 5–0 Darge (Jones, Byers) – 32:23 6–0 Baranzelli (Huxley) (PP) – 36:18 7–0 Todd (Kyros) (SH) – 39:48 8–0 Webster (Malloy) – 40:43 9–0 Schlamp (Darge) – 40:58 10–0 Darge (Webster, Huxley) – 45:35 11–0 Todd (Darge, Malloy) – 48:45 12–0 Humphries (Webster) (PP) – 52:52 13–0 McKenzie (Tesarik, Jones) – 54:35 14–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	40	Shots	7

10 April 2016 20:00

New Zealand

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Mexico

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Rick Parry	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Michael Harrington James Kavanagh
	Cox (PS) – 22:43 1–0 1–1 42:42 – Arroyo (PP) 1–2 43:37 – Arroyo (Cervantes, Ugarte)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	26

12 April 2016 13:00

Australia

11–3 (6–2, 3–0, 2–1)

Israel

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Maxim Gokhberg Alexander Loginov	Referee: Mario Maillet Linesmen: William Hancock Sem Ramírez
	0–1 00:49 – Rosenthal (Pyshkin, Shwarzman) Stringer (Darge) – 03:11 1–1 Webster – 03:37 2–1 Todd (PP) – 10:42 3–1 Tesarik (Powell) (PP) – 12:41 4–1 Baranzelli (Darge, Todd) (PP) – 17:15 5–1 McKenzie (Tesarik, Jones) – 17:36 6–1 6–2 19:46 – Pishkin (Spivak, Kafri) (PP) Baranzelli (Webster, Powell) – 25:20 7–2 McKenzie (Tesarik, Jones) – 26:58 8–2 Darge (Baranzelli, Todd) – 34:25 9–2 Tesarik (Webster, Powell) (PP) – 41:13 10–2 Darge (Todd) (SH) – 48:23 11–2 11–3 53:09 – Rosenthal (Spivak, Mazour) (PP2)
	69 min	Penalties	30 min
	47	Shots	35

12 April 2016 16:30

New Zealand

4–7 (0–0, 2–3, 2–4)

North Korea

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Rick Parry	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol	Referee: Stephen Thomson Linesmen: Michael Harrington James Kavanagh
	Frear (Sandoy, Darling) – 22:03 1–0 1–1 22:24 – Ri P. (H.) Henderson (Heyd, Ratcliffe) (PP) – 30:22 2–1 2–2 35:19 – Kang I. (Kim M., Kim K.-h.) 2–3 38:18 – Kang I. (Kim M.) (PP) 2–4 40:58 – Hong (Ri C., An) (PP2) Cox – 46:21 3–4 3–5 47:28 – Hong (Ri C., Ri P.) (PP) Cox (Heyd) – 47:55 4–5 4–6 58:55 – Ri C. (ENG) 4–7 59:22 – Kim M. (ENG)
	46 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	44

12 April 2016 20:00

Mexico

10–1 (4–0, 4–1, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Andrés de la Garma Alfonso de Alba	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Martin de Wilde Linesmen: Jos Korte Maarten Van den Acker
	Arroyo (Gómez) – 00:47 1–0 De la Vega (Majul, Arroyo) (PP) – 06:19 2–0 Cervantes (Ugarte) (PP2, EA) – 19:50 3–0 Chabat (Gómez) (PP2) – 19:59 4–0 Gómez (Gutiérrez, Escandón) (PP) – 24:02 5–0 5–1 27:37 – Dikov (Iskrenov) Chabat (Ugarte, Majul) – 31:08 6–1 De la Vega (PP) – 34:28 7–1 Gutiérrez (De la Vega) – 35:40 8–1 Carrero (De la Vega, Dueñas) – 42:41 9–1 Arroyo (Smithers, Gómez) – 56:54 10–1
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	43	Shots	7

14 April 2016 13:00

Bulgaria

1–14 (0–6, 1–6, 0–2)

New Zealand

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov Todor Petkov	Goalies	Rick Parry Michael Hopkinson	Referee: Martin de Wilde Linesmen: Jos Korte Sem Ramírez
	0–1 02:50 – Henderson (Cox) 0–2 03:36 – Ratcliffe (Harrop, Burns) 0–3 03:54 – Ruddle (PS) 0–4 09:23 – Burns (Ratcliffe, Harrop) 0–5 14:45 – Burns (Heyd) (PP) 0–6 17:58 – Ratcliffe (Cox) 0–7 20:28 – M. Frear (Cox, Harrison) 0–8 23:28 – Henderson (M. Frear, Harrison) 0–9 24:46 – Ruddle (Burns, Lawrence) (PP2) Iskrenov (PS) – 25:09 1–9 1–10 27:05 – Harrison (Cox) 1–11 32:38 – Ratcliffe (Sandoy, Cox) 1–12 34:40 – Challis (Ruddle) 1–13 45:46 – Cox (Henderson, Ratcliffe) (PP) 1–14 55:58 – Burns (Ratcliffe, Harrop)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	12	Shots	41

14 April 2016 16:30

North Korea

1–22 (1–5, 0–9, 0–8)

Australia

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Pak Il Pak Kuk-chol	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin Charlie Smart	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: James Kavanagh Maarten Van den Acker
	0–1 00:38 – Webster (Powell, Humphries) 0–2 01:19 – Todd (Schlamp, Malloy) 0–3 08:24 – Darge (Schlamp, Lindsay) Pak (Kang M.) – 14:23 1–3 1–4 14:51 – Darge (Huxley, Baranzelli) 1–5 19:16 – Rummukainen (Darge, Baranzelli) (PP2) 1–6 20:44 – Malloy (Webster, Tesarik) (PP) 1–7 22:15 – McKenzie (Huxley) (SH) 1–8 23:46 – Powell (Humphries, Webster) 1–9 27:30 – Todd (Baranzelli, Schlamp) 1–10 31:14 – Schlamp (Todd, Darge) 1–11 31:38 – Todd (Lindsay, Malloy) 1–12 35:15 – Malloy (Webster, Powell) (PP) 1–13 35:31 – Humphries (Byers, Webster) 1–14 37:07 – Schlamp (Todd, Darge) (PP) 1–15 41:58 – Powell (Malloy, Webster) (PP) 1–16 44:10 – Schlamp (Baranzelli, Darge) 1–17 47:50 – Webster (Powell, Malloy) (PP2) 1–18 48:48 – Darge (Baranzelli, Huxley) (PP) 1–19 52:01 – Humphries 1–20 55:03 – Byers (Humphries, Webster) 1–21 55:40 – Darge (Todd, Rummukainen) 1–22 59:59 – McKenzie (Kyros, Rummukainen) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	42

14 April 2016 20:00

Israel

3–9 (2–2, 0–4, 1–3)

Mexico

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Andrés de la Garma	Goalies	Maxim Gokhberg	Referee: Stephen Thomson Linesmen: William Hancock Michael Harrington
	0–1 00:50 – Gómez (Arroyo) 0–2 01:45 – Majul (Cervantes) Rosenthal (Mazour, Spektor) (PP) – 04:36 1–2 Ben Tov (Kniter, Spivak) – 12:47 2–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	33

15 April 2016 13:00

Australia

6–2 (2–0, 4–0, 0–2)

New Zealand

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Rick Parry	Referee: Martin de Wilde Linesmen: William Hancock Michael Harrington
	Kyros (Darge) – 07:11 1–0 Huxley (Todd) (PP) – 18:06 2–0 Darge (Todd) – 23:31 3–0 Humphries (Tesarik, Powell) (PP) – 30:50 4–0 Humphries (Tesarik) (PP) – 33:46 5–0 Darge (Todd) – 39:43 6–0 6–1 45:44 – M. Frear (Heyd, Challis) 6–2 55:39 – Ratcliffe (Harrop)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	24

15 April 2016 16:30

Bulgaria

3–5 (1–1, 2–2, 0–2)

Israel

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Alexander Loginov	Referee: Stephen Thomson Linesmen: James Kavanagh Sem Ramírez
	Iskrenov (Georgiev) – 08:29 1–0 1–1 19:58 – Pyshkin (Margoulis, Mazour) Iskrenov – 25:15 2–1 2–2 31:14 – Nosankov (Rosenthal, Kafri) (PP) 2–3 35:20 – Ben Tov Dikov (Boyadjiev) – 36:44 3–3 3–4 46:57 – Aharonovich (PP2) 3–5 59:24 – Mazour (ENG)
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	10	Shots	53

15 April 2016 20:00

Mexico

5–3 (0–1, 3–0, 2–2)

North Korea

Icedome, Mexico City Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol	Referee: Mario Maillet Linesmen: Jos Korte Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 05:19 – Hong (Kim H., Ri P.) Majul (De la Vega) (SH) – 32:44 1–1 Arroyo (Majul, Cervantes) (PP) – 36:01 2–1 Majul – 37:09 3–1 Arroyo (Pérez) – 44:32 4–1 4–2 45:27 – Kang M. (Pak S.) 4–3 53:19 – Hong (Ri C.) Arroyo (PS) – 56:03 5–3
	41 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	17

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Anthony Kimlin
  • Best Defenseman: Paul Baranzelli
  • Best Forward: Héctor Majul

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

Wehebe Darge of Australia led Division IIB in scoring, with 24 points in 5 games.

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Wehebe Darge	5	11	13	24	+25	2	F
Cameron Todd	5	8	13	21	+23	14	F
Lliam Webster	5	5	11	16	+5	18	F
Mitch Humphries	5	8	5	13	+2	4	F
Héctor Majul	5	7	6	13	+7	16	F
Adrián Cervantes	5	3	10	13	+8	6	F
Brian Arroyo	5	8	4	12	0	2	F
Thomas Powell	5	2	10	12	0	4	F
Robert Malloy	5	2	9	11	+14	2	D
Andrew Cox	5	5	5	10	+6	14	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Anthony Kimlin	254:56	10	2.35	109	90.83	0
Alfonso de Alba	148:52	4	1.61	38	89.47	0
Rick Parry	258:48	16	3.71	142	88.73	0
Maxim Gokhberg	173:40	18	6.22	120	85.00	0
Andrés de la Garma	154:50	9	3.49	56	83.93	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com