2016 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Istanbul, Turkey, from 31 March to 6 April 2016. The host team, Turkey, won all of its games and was promoted to Division II B for 2017.

The United Arab Emirates withdrew shortly before the tournament, leaving six teams to play. Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded their first victory in an IIHF tournament, defeating Hong Kong 5–4. Georgia's results were later recorded as 5–0 forfeits due to the use of ineligible players.

Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇬🇧 Stefan Hogarth
 * 🇸🇪 Christoffer Holm
 * 🇫🇮 Joonas Kova
 * 🇷🇴 Valentin Lascar


 * Linesmen
 * 🇹🇷 Yasin Akyürek
 * 🇹🇷 Murat Aygün
 * 🇳🇴 Knut Braten
 * 🇫🇮 Timo Heinonen
 * 🇺🇸 Charlie O'Connor
 * 🇨🇿 Josef Špůr
 * 🇱🇹 Laurynas Stepankevičius

Results
All times are local (UTC+3).
 * Due to eligibility violations all of Georgia's games were declared 5–0 forfeits.

Awards


Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goaltender: 🇹🇷 Erol Kahraman
 * Best Defenceman: Andre Marais
 * Best Forward: Boris Kochkin

Scoring leaders
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.

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