2016 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 18th IIHF World U18 Championship. It was played from April 14 to 24, 2016 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States.

Officials
The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship. They were the following:

Referees
 * 🇸🇰 Vladimir Baluska
 * Jacob Grumsen
 * 🇳🇴 Roystian Hansen
 * 🇨🇿 Jan Hribik
 * 🇩🇪 Sirko Hunnius
 * 🇨🇦 Jeff Ingram
 * 🇸🇪 Marcus Linde
 * 🇫🇮 Jari-Pukka Pajula
 * 🇺🇸 Brett Sheva
 * 🇸🇮 Viktor Trilar
 * 🇺🇸 Cameron Voss
 * 🇦🇹 Shane Warschaw

Linesmen
 * 🇬🇧 Andrew Dalton
 * 🇺🇸 Jake Davis
 * 🇧🇾 Dmitry Golyak
 * 🇸🇪 Johannes Kack
 * 🇦🇹 David Nothegger
 * 🇸🇰 Tibor Rovensky
 * 🇫🇮 Joonas Saha
 * 🇨🇿 Libor Suchanek
 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Sysuev
 * 🇨🇦 Nathan Vanoosten

Group A
''All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)''

Group B
''All times are local. (Central Daylight Time – UTC−05:00)''

Semifinals
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Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

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

Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 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

Tournament awards
Most Valuable Player
 * Forward: 🇺🇸 Clayton Keller

All-star team
 * Goaltender: 🇫🇮 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
 * Defencemen: 🇺🇸 Adam Fox, 🇨🇦 David Quenneville
 * Forwards: 🇨🇦 Tyson Jost, 🇫🇮 Jesse Puljujärvi, 🇺🇸 Clayton Keller

IIHF best player awards References:
 * Goaltender: 🇸🇪 Filip Gustavsson
 * Defenceman: 🇺🇸 Adam Fox
 * Forward: 🇨🇦 Tyson Jost

Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from April 9 to 15, 2016.

Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from April 18 to 24, 2016.

Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from April 4 to 10, 2016.

Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from March 26 to April 1, 2016.

Division III A
The Division III A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 14 to 20, 2016.

Division III B
The Division III B tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from February 14 to 19, 2016.