2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship was the 40th Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It was hosted in Helsinki, Finland.^[1][2][3] It began on December 26, 2015, and ended with the gold medal game on January 5, 2016. This marked the sixth time that Finland has hosted the WJC, and the hosts defeated Russia 4–3 in overtime to win their fourth title in history and second in the last three years. Belarus 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.

Nations participating at 2016 IIHF World Junior Championships

2016 IIHF World Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
City	Helsinki
Venue(s)	Hartwall Arena and Helsinki Ice Hall (in 1 host city)
Dates	December 26, 2015 – January 5, 2016
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Finland (4th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	193 (6.43 per game)
Attendance	215,226 (7,174 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jesse Puljujärvi (17 points)
Awards
MVP	Jesse Puljujärvi
Official website
worldjunior2016.com
← 2015 2017 →

Player eligibility

A player is eligible to play in the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships if:^[4]

• 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 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

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.^[5]

Top Division

Venues

Helsinki	Helsinki	Helsinki
Hartwall Arena Capacity: 13,349		Helsinki Ice Hall Capacity: 8,200

Match officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to officiate during the tournament:^[6]

Referees

• Alexei Anisimov
• Andris Ansons
• Stefan Fonselius
• Brett Iverson
• Daniel Konc
• Mikael Nord
• Vladimir Pešina
• Daniel Piechaczek
• Christopher Pitoscia
• Aleksi Rantala
• Jean-Philippe Sylvain
• Marc Wiegand

Linesmen

• Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
• Matjaž Hribar
• Rene Jensen
• Roman Kaderli
• Pasi Nieminen
• Brian Oliver
• Alexander Otmakhov
• Henrik Pihlblad
• Hannu Sormunen
• Alexander Waldejer

Rosters

Main article: 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 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.^[7]

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	19	5	+14	12	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	18	5	+13	9
3	Canada	4	1	1	0	2	13	12	+1	5
4	Denmark	4	1	0	0	3	4	16	−12	3
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	1	3	7	23	−16	1	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

December 26, 2015 16:00

Switzerland

3–8 (1–3, 1–3, 1–2)

Sweden

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 5,600

Game reference
	Gauthier Descloux Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Andris Ansons Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Brian Oliver
	0–1 01:21 – W. Nylander (A. Nylander, Timashov) 0–2 10:17 – Lindblom (Holmström, Kempe) Kessler (Malgin, Glauser) – 17:23 1–2 1–3 19:31 – Timashov (A. Nylander) (PP) 1–4 21:48 – Timashov (Pettersson, A. Nylander) (PP) 1–5 24:17 – Asplund (Carlsson, Pettersson) Rod (Harlacher, Malgin) – 27:11 2–5 2–6 32:50 – Forsbacka-Karlsson (Lagesson) 2–7 42:34 – Larsson (A. Nylander, A. Holmström) Kessler (SH) – 51:57 3–7 3–8 56:40 – Ollas Matsson (Pettersson)
	60 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	39

December 26, 2015 20:00

United States

4–2 (0–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Canada

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 6,112

Game reference
	Alex Nedeljkovic	Goalies	Mason McDonald	Referees: Mikael Nord Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 25:06 – Barzal (Chartier, Gauthier) White (Milano, Dvorak) – 36:33 1–1 Werenski (Matthews, Tkachuk) (PP) – 47:22 2–1 2–2 50:45 – Strome (Marner, Dermott) (PP) Belpedio (Borgen, White) – 56:42 3–2 Matthews (Werenski, Tkachuk) – 57:23 4–2
	27 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	27

December 27, 2015 20:00

Denmark

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 1,596

Game reference
	Thomas Lillie	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Alexei Anisimov Christopher Pitoscia Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Alexander Waldejer
	0–1 08:21 – Rod (Harlacher, Karrer) Nielsen (K. Jensen, Røndbjerg) – 41:17 1–1 From (True, Krag) – 46:20 2–1
	25 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	23

December 28, 2015 16:00

Sweden

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

United States

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 5,415

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Alex Nedeljkovic	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Jean-Phillippe Sylvain Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Hannu Sormunen
	A. Nylander (Timashov, Carlsson) – 22:41 1–0
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	46

December 28, 2015 20:00

Canada

6–1 (1–1, 4–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 5,891

Game reference
	Mason McDonald	Goalies	Mathias Seldrup	Referees: Daniel Konc Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Pasi Nieminen
	0–1 12:49 – True (From, Krogsgaard) Beauvillier (Barzal, Chartier) – 13:52 1–1 Quenneville (Marner, Fleury) – 21:14 2–1 Barzal (Chabot, Hicketts) (PP) – 25:03 3–1 Crouse (Konecny, Dermott) – 25:54 4–1 Marner (Strome, Point) – 31:30 5–1 Strome (Point) (PP) – 49:32 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	58	Shots	11

December 29, 2015 20:00

Switzerland

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

Canada

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 3,522

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Mackenzie Blackwood	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Mikael Nord Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Hannu Sormunen
	Riat (Rod, Malgin) (PP) – 02:12 1–0 Meyer (Forrer, Privet) – 15:37 2–0 2–1 19:37 – Strome (Chabot, Crouse) 2–2 32:17 – Hicketts (Crouse)
	Suter Meier	Shootout	Strome Point Barzal
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	35

December 30, 2015 16:00

Sweden

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 4,193

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Thomas Lillie	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Alexander Waldejer
	Kempe (Lindblom) – 00:13 1–0 Forsling (Forsbacka-Karlsson) (PP) – 10:22 2–0 Lindblom (Holmström, Ollas Mattsson) – 37:17 3–0 Lagesson (Lööke, Ehn) – 50:02 4–0 A. Nylander (Asplund, Larsson) – 55:55 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	9

December 30, 2015 20:00

United States

10–1 (6–0, 4–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 3,701

Game reference
	Alex Nedeljkovic Brandon Halverson	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe Ludovic Waeber	Referees: Daniel Konc Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Rene Jensen Pasi Nieminen
	Dvorak (Werenski, Milano) – 7:23 1–0 Matthews (Tkachuk, White) – 8:26 2–0 Carlo (Werenski) – 10:13 3–0 Werenski (Dvorak, Milano) – 12:59 4–0 Tkachuk (Matthews) – 15:10 5–0 Schmaltz (Hitchcock, Boeser) – 16:33 6–0 6–1 21:26 – Meier (Hischier) Tkachuk (Matthews) – 22:12 7–1 Matthews (Schmaltz, White) (PP) – 28:09 8–1 White (Dvorak) (SH) – 29:00 9–1 Donato – 30:58 10–1
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	28

December 31, 2015 16:00

Denmark

1–4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–2)

United States

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 5,128

Game reference
	Mathias Seldrup	Goalies	Brandon Halverson	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Henrik Pihlblad
	Lassen – 10:14 1–0 1–1 17:04 – Matthews (White, Tkachuk) 1–2 24:02 – Milano (Belpedio) 1–3 45:40 – White (Tkachuk, Matthews) 1–4 47:43 – Bjork (Milano, Fortunato) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	44

December 31, 2015 20:00

Canada

2–5 (1–2, 0–1, 1–2)

Sweden

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 7,003

Game reference
	Mackenzie Blackwood	Goalies	Linus Söderström Felix Sandström	Referees: Alexei Anisimov Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Brian Oliver
	0–1 4:37 – A. Nylander (Asplund, Timashov) (PP) 0–2 7:08 – Forsling (Nylander, Kempe) (PP) Stephens (Chabot) – 15:51 1–2 1–3 33:38 – Kempe (Holmström, Forsling) (PP) 1–4 47:09 – Karlsson (Carlsson, Lööke) Marner (Hicketts, Strome) (PP2) – 54:10 2–4 2–5 59:49 – Asplund (Englund) (ENG)
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	32

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	3	1	0	0	14	7	+7	11	Quarterfinals
2	Finland (H)	4	3	0	0	1	23	13	+10	9
3	Czech Republic	4	2	0	1	1	12	10	+2	7
4	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	8	14	−6	3
5	Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	6	19	−13	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

December 26, 2015 14:00

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 10,106

Game reference
	Vítek Vaněček	Goalies	Alexandar Georgiev	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Henrik Pihlblad
	Špaček (PS) – 33:54 1–0 1–1 49:09 – Lauta (Fazleyev, Dergachyov)
	Lakatoš Chlapík Kaše	Shootout	Lazarev Polunin Lauta
	27 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	22

December 26, 2015 18:00

Finland

6–0 (0–0, 1–0, 5–0)

Belarus

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 12,222

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Ivan Kulbakov	Referees: Daniel Konc Jean-Philippe Sylvain Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Rene Jensen
	Puljujärvi (Aho) – 37:14 1–0 Laine (Puljujärvi, Juolevi) – 41:33 2–0 Niku (Siikonen, Björkqvist) – 45:46 3–0 Puljujärvi (Juolevi, Aho) (PP) – 47:26 4–0 Repo (Saarela) – 53:04 5–0 Rantanen (Aho, Mikkola) (SH, ENG) – 59:40 6–0
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	37	Shots	10

December 27, 2015 16:00

Belarus

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Slovakia

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 1,472

Game reference
	Ivan Kulbakov Vladislav Verbitski	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Rene Jensen Roman Kaderli
	0–1 06:56 – Koch (Sukeľ, Šiška) (EA) Malinovski (Chernikov, Sushko) – 11:33 1–1 Vasilchuk (Belevich, Karaban) (PP) – 22:21 2–1 2–2 32:28 – Lešťan (Surový) 2–3 40:19 – Hrušík (Paločko) 2–4 59:41 – Šiška (AG, EN)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	39

December 28, 2015 14:00

Slovakia

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 8,998

Game reference
	Adam Húska	Goalies	Vítek Vaněček	Referees: Andris Ansons Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Alexander Waldejer
	0–1 36:58 – Pastrňák (Zbořil, Kaše) (PP) 0–2 51:55 – Lakatoš (Hronek)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	34

December 28, 2015 18:00

Russia

6–4 (1–2, 4–1, 1–1)

Finland

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 12,526

Game reference
	Alexandar Georgiev	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen	Referees: Brett Iverson Christopher Pitoscia Linesmen: Brian Oliver Henrik Pihlblad
	0–1 04:13 – Aho (Puljujärvi, Laine) Kaprizov (Provorov, Lazarev) (PP) – 06:10 1–1 1–2 18:53 – Laine (Puljujärvi, Keskitalo) 1–3 20:53 – Saarela (Puljujärvi, Laine) (PP) Svetlakov (Korshkov, Voronkov) (SH) – 28:48 2–3 Kraskovsky (Korshkov, Zhuldikov) (PP) – 32:29 3–3 Kamenev (Kaprizov, Lazarev) (PP) – 35:28 4–3 Polunin (Korshkov) – 36:05 5–3 5–4 41:18 – Saarela (Nättinen) Fazleyev (Provorov, Lauta) – 53:48 6–4
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	32

December 29, 2015 16:00

Belarus

1–4 (0–3, 0–0, 1–1)

Russia

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 2,342

Game reference
	Vladislav Verbitski	Goalies	Ilya Samsonov	Referees: Andris Ansons Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Rene Jensen
	0–1 10:00 – Lazarev (Kamenev, Kaprizov) (PP) 0–2 15:42 – Polunin (Kraskovsky, Korshkov) (PP) 0–3 18:19 – Kamenev (Provorov, Lazarev) Alexei Patsenkin (Busko) – 46:14 1–3 1–4 47:41 – Polunin (Korshkov, Zhuldikov)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	32

December 30, 2015 14:00

Czech Republic

5–3 (1–0, 1–3, 3–0)

Belarus

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 8,456

Game reference
	Vítek Vaněček	Goalies	Ivan Kulbakov	Referees: Brett Iverson Jean-Philippe Sylvain Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Roman Kaderli
	Stránský – 15:39 1–0 1–1 20:43 – Falkovski (Chernikov, Karaban) 1–2 30:26 – Sharangovich (Karaban, Falkovski) (PP) Lakatoš (Pastrňák, Hronek) – 32:26 2–2 2–3 37:31 – Vladislav Goncharov (Karaban) (PP) Smejkal (Špaček, Ordoš) – 52:06 3–3 Veselý (Špaček) – 54:20 4–3 Mašín (Smejkal) (ENG) – 59:40 5–3
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	49	Shots	24

December 30, 2015 18:00

Slovakia

3–8 (2–1, 0–2, 1–5)

Finland

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 12,723

Game reference
	Adam Húska Stanislav Skorvanek	Goalies	Kaapo Kähkönen	Referees: Alexei Anisimov Cristopher Pitoscia Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Brian Oliver
	Sukeľ (Paločko, Sloboda) (PP) – 9:50 1–0 Bondra (Romančík, Surový) – 11:55 2–0 2–1 15:15 – Aho (Laine, Puljujärvi) (PP) 2–2 34:07 – Saarela (Juolevi, Puljujärvi) (PP) 2–3 38:22 – Hintz (Saarijärvi, Rantanen) 2–4 40:28 – Puljujärvi (Laine, Aho) 2–5 42:41 – Aho (Puljujärvi, Juolevi) (PP) Maier (Sukeľ, Jaroš) (PP,EA) – 45:27 3–5 3–6 51:52 – Laine 3–7 52:30 – Kapanen (Saarijärvi, Hintz) (PP) 3–8 57:42 – Björkqvist (Saarijärvi, Siikonen)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	48

December 31, 2015 14:00

Russia

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 6,497

Game reference
	Alexandar Georgiev	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Mikael Nord Jean-Philippe Sylvain Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Hannu Sormunen
	Lauta (Mikulovich, Provorov) – 15:29 1–0 Rykov – 29:12 2–0 2–1 35:50 – Jaroš (Sukeľ)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	21

December 31, 2015 18:00

Finland

5–4 (0–0, 3–3, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Arena Attendance: 12,198

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen	Goalies	Vítek Vaněček	Referees: Andris Ansons Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Alexander Waldejer
	Puljujärvi (Aho) – 20:57 1–0 1–1 24:22 – Smejkal (Špaček, Pastrňák) 1–2 26:08 – Ordoš (Voženílek, Šoustal) Hintz – 28:06 2–2 Kalapudas (Kapanen, Niku) (PP) – 30:46 3–2 3–3 39:27 – Sklenička (Mašín, Zacha) 3–4 48:37 – Špaček (Pastrňák, Smejkal) Puljujärvi (Nättinen, Juolevi) (PP) – 50:10 4–4 Laine (Juolevi, Aho) – 54:13 5–4
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	35

Relegation round

January 2, 2016 12:00

Switzerland

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Belarus

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 453

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Ivan Kulbakov	Referees: Daniel Konc Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Rene Jensen Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 01:59 – Buinitsky (Veremyov) (PP) Rod (Kessler) – 06:36 1–1 Malgin (Meier, Riat) – 35:36 2–1 Riat (Malgin, Meier) – 38:41 3–1 Privet (Hischier) – 51:05 4–1 Meier (Suter, Malgin) (PP) – 58:59 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	26 min
	42	Shots	21

January 3, 2016 12:00

Belarus

2–6 (2–3, 0–3, 0–0)

Switzerland

Helsinki Ice Hall Attendance: 748

Game reference
	Vladislav Verbitski Ivan Kulbakov	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Alexei Anisimov Mikael Nord Linesmen: Rene Jensen Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 03:41 – Suter (Meier, Malgin) (PP) 0–2 03:50 – Suter (Karrer, Siegenthaler) 0–3 12:43 – Suter (Rod, Malgin) (PP) Buinitsky (Vorobei, Bokun) – 15:20 1–3 Filippovich (Belevich, Patsenkin) – 16:44 2–3 2–4 28:18 – Rod (Malgin, Kessler) (PP) 2–5 31:52 – Thürkauf (Kessler, Riat) 2–6 35:21 – Meyer (Thürkauf)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	44

Note:  Belarus was relegated to the 2017 Division I A

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

1A

Sweden

6

4B

Slovakia

0

1A

Sweden

1

2B

Finland

2

2B

Finland

6

3A

Canada

5

2B

Finland (OT)

4

1B

Russia

3

1B

Russia (OT)

4

4A

Denmark

3

1B

Russia

2

Bronze medal game

2A

United States

1

2A

United States

7

1A

Sweden

3

3B

Czech Republic

0

2A

United States

8

Quarterfinals

2 January 2016 14:00

Russia

4–3 OT (1–0, 0–2, 2–1) (OT 1–0)

Denmark

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 8,869

Game reference
	Alexandar Georgiev	Goalies	Thomas Lillie	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Roman Kaderli
	Korshkov (Kraskovsky, Rykov) – 2:49 1–0 1–1 22:37 – Ma. Jensen (Holmberg, Olsen) 1–2 29:20 – Olsen (K. Jensen, Nielsen) Lauta (Dergachyov, Fazleyev) – 52:31 2–2 2–3 54:36 – E. Christensen (Krogsgaard) Kamenev (Lauta, Provorov) (EA) – 59:16 3–3 Kamenev (Provorov, Svetlakov) – 65:00 4–3
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	46	Shots	21

2 January 2016 16:00

Sweden

6–0 (2–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,796

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Andris Ansons Jean-Philippe Sylvain Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Alexander Waldejer
	Eriksson Ek (Forsbacka-Karlsson) – 5:10 1–0 Lindblom (Holmström, Kempe) (PP) – 11:35 2–0 Ehn (Lööke) – 30:07 3–0 Kempe (Holmström, Englund) – 43:43 4–0 Lööke (Forsbacka-Karlsson) (SH) – 45:36 5–0 A. Nylander (Timashov, Pettersson) – 56:57 6–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	55	Shots	17

2 January 2016 18:00

Finland

6–5 (1–2, 3–1, 2–2)

Canada

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 13,016

Game reference
	Veini Vehviläinen (out 27:20) Kaapo Kähkönen (in 27:20)	Goalies	Mackenzie Blackwood	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Christopher Pitoscia Linesmen: Brian Oliver Henrik Pihlblad
	0–1 5:21 – Konecny (Quenneville, Stephens) 0–2 10:59 – Strome (Gauthier, Crouse) Laine (Aho, Puljujärvi) – 19:49 1–2 Kalapudas (Juolevi, Tuulola) – 26:18 2–2 2–3 27:20 – Crouse (Virtanen) Saarela (Puljujärvi) (PP) – 35:44 3–3 Nättinen (Saarela, Juolevi) – 37:17 4–3 4–4 43:14 – Marner (Point, Sanheim) (PP) Aho (Puljujärvi, Laine) – 44:21 5–4 5–5 45:57 – Marner (P. Point) (PP) Laine (Juolevi, Aho) (PP2) – 54:10 6–5
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	29	Shots	34

2 January 2016 20:00

United States

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,113

Game reference
	Alex Nedeljkovic	Goalies	Vítek Vaněček (out 20:00) Aleš Stezka (in 20:00)	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Pasi Nieminen
	Schmaltz (Boeser) – 5:17 1–0 Dvorak (Carlo, Milano) – 15:14 2–0 Matthews (Borgen, Tkachuk) – 24:15 3–0 Matthews (Schmaltz, Werenski) (PP) – 29:08 4–0 Eansor (SH) – 38:04 5–0 Matthews (Schmaltz, Werenski) (PP) – 40:24 6–0 DeBrincat (Donato, MacInnis) – 51:53 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	28

Semifinals

4 January 2016 16:00

Sweden

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Finland

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 13,340

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Kaapo Kähkönen	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Christopher Pitoscia Linesmen: Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov
	Asplund (Timashov, Larsson) – 10:17 1–0 1–1 31:08 – Hintz (Rantanen, Kapanen) 1–2 33:04 – Kalapudas (Rantanen, Kapanen) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	28

4 January 2016 20:00

Russia

2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0)

United States

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 11,812

Game reference
	Ilya Samsonov	Goalies	Alex Nedeljkovic	Referees: Brett Iverson Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Pasi Nieminen
	0–1 9:03 – Dvorak (Milano, Werenski) Kraskovsky (Korshkov) – 35:08 1–1 Korshkov – 37:56 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	27

Bronze medal game

5 January 2016 16:00

Sweden

3–8 (2–2, 0–4, 1–2)

United States

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 10,889

Game reference
	Felix Sandström	Goalies	Alex Nedeljkovic	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Pasi Nieminen
	0–1 11:59 – Bjork (Dvorak) 0–2 15:32 – Tkachuk (Werenski, Schmaltz) Lagesson (Kempe) – 17:39 1–2 Grundström (Eriksson Ek, Forsbacka-Karlsson) – 18:34 2–2 2–3 22:17 – Boeser (Borgen, Tkachuk) 2–4 24:06 – Donato (Carlo, MacInnis) 2–5 36:31 – Bjork (Milano, Dvorak) 2–6 39:51 – Carlo (Schmaltz, Hitchcock) 2–7 43:38 – Donato (MacInnis) 2–8 51:12 – Tkachuk (Schmaltz) Holmström (Lindblom, Kempe) – 58:28 3–8
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	29

Final

5 January 2016 20:30

Russia

3–4 OT (1–0, 0–0, 2–3) (OT 0–1)

Finland

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 13,479

Game reference
	Alexandar Georgiev	Goalies	Kaapo Kähkönen	Referees: Brett Iverson Christopher Pitoscia Linesmen: Brian Oliver Henrik Pihlblad
	Kamenev (Provorov, Lazarev) (PP) – 4:50 1–0 1–1 40:24 – Laine (Aho, Puljujärvi) Svetlakov – 41:41 2–1 2–2 50:07 – Aho (Puljujärvi, Laine) 2–3 57:51 – Rantanen (Saarijärvi, Kalapudas) (PP) Svetlakov (Provorov, Rykov) (EA) – 59:54 3–3 3–4 61:33 – Kapanen (Saarela)
	40 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	29

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Jesse Puljujärvi	Finland	7	5	12	17	+8	0
2	Sebastian Aho	Finland	7	5	9	14	+9	4
3	Patrik Laine	Finland	7	7	6	13	+8	6
4	Auston Matthews	United States	7	7	4	11	+6	2
5	Matthew Tkachuk	United States	7	4	7	11	+7	6
6	Alexander Nylander	Sweden	7	4	5	9	+5	0
7	Zach Werenski	United States	7	2	7	9	+10	4
8	Denis Malgin	Switzerland	6	1	8	9	−1	6
9	Olli Juolevi	Finland	7	0	9	9	+6	4
10	Christian Dvorak	United States	7	3	5	8	+8	0
10	Adrian Kempe	Sweden	7	3	5	8	+1	8

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF^[8]

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Linus Söderström	Sweden	295:28	7	1.42	94.70	2
2	Alex Nedeljkovic	United States	325:52	9	1.66	94.27	1
3	Thomas Lillie	Denmark	185:00	10	3.24	91.45	0
4	Kaapo Kähkönen	Finland	214:13	9	2.52	90.91	0
5	Adam Húska	Slovakia	292:30	19	3.90	89.89	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF^[9]

Tournament awards

Jesse Puljujärvi being interviewed at the U20 World Championships 2016

Reference: Most Valuable Player

• Forward: Jesse Puljujärvi

All-star team

• Goaltender: Linus Söderström
• Defencemen: Olli Juolevi, Zach Werenski
• Forwards: Jesse Puljujärvi, Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Linus Söderström
• Defenceman: Zach Werenski
• Forward: Jesse Puljujärvi

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Finland
	Russia
	United States
4th	Sweden
5th	Czech Republic
6th	Canada
7th	Slovakia
8th	Denmark
9th	Switzerland
10th	Belarus

Relegated to the 2017 Division I A

2016 IIHF Junior World champions
Finland 4th title

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

Main article: 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Group A

The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from December 13 to 19, 2015.^[10][11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Latvia	5	4	1	0	0	20	7	+13	14	Promoted to the 2017 Top Division
2	Austria (H)	5	3	0	0	2	18	18	0	9
3	Kazakhstan	5	2	1	0	2	21	13	+8	8
4	Norway	5	1	1	2	1	21	14	+7	7
5	Germany	5	2	0	1	2	10	14	−4	7
6	Italy	5	0	0	0	5	5	29	−24	0	Relegated to the 2017 Division I B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Group B

The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from December 12 to 18, 2015.^[12][11] Prior to the start of the tournament, Japan withdrew, and was relegated for 2017.^[13]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	France (H)	4	2	1	0	1	17	9	+8	8	Promoted to the 2017 Division I A
2	Poland	4	2	1	0	1	15	10	+5	8
3	Great Britain	4	2	1	0	1	13	16	−3	8
4	Ukraine	4	1	0	2	1	9	10	−1	5
5	Slovenia	4	0	0	1	3	6	15	−9	1
6	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn; relegated to the 2017 Division II A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Division II

Main article: 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Group A

The Division II A tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from December 13 to 19, 2015.^[14][11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	36	9	+27	15	Promoted to the 2017 Division I B
2	Lithuania (H)	5	3	1	0	1	18	16	+2	11
3	Estonia	5	3	0	0	2	27	26	+1	9
4	Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	13	21	−8	6
5	Netherlands	5	0	1	0	4	14	23	−9	2
6	South Korea	5	0	0	2	3	15	28	−13	2	Relegated to the 2017 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

Group B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from January 17 to 23, 2016.^[15][11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Romania	5	4	1	0	0	37	14	+23	14	Promoted to the 2017 Division II A
2	Spain	5	4	0	0	1	34	12	+22	12
3	Serbia (H)	5	3	0	1	1	34	9	+25	10
4	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	14	21	−7	6
5	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	11	35	−24	3
6	China	5	0	0	0	5	6	45	−39	0	Relegated to the 2017 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

Division III

Main article: 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from January 15 to 24, 2016.^[16][11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Mexico (H)	6	5	0	0	1	24	14	+10	15	Promoted to the 2017 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: 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