2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In each of the two groups, the participating teams played a round-robin tournament; the first-placed team was promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and third tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. To be eligible as a "junior" a player couldn't be born earlier than 1996.

The winners of Division I A, Latvia, were promoted to the 2017 Top Division and the winners of Division I B, France, were promoted to the 2017 Division I A.

Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Vienna, Austria, from 13 to 19 December 2015.

Final standings


Match results
All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

 * Goaltender: Matiss Kivlenieks
 * Defenceman: Karlis Cukste
 * Forward: 🇦🇹 Florian Baltram

Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Megève, France, from 12 to 18 December 2015.

On 10 December, it was announced that Japan had withdrawn, and would be automatically relegated for the 2017 tournament.

Final standings


Match results
''All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Source: IIHF.com

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

 * Goaltender: 🇺🇦 Bogdan Dyachenko
 * Defenceman: 🇵🇱 Marcin Horzelski
 * Forward: 🇫🇷 Guillaume Leclerc