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

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	Jamie 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

External links

• IIHF.com

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