2016 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 18th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. The tournament was played in April 2016.
Venues
| Ralph Engelstad Arena Capacity: 11,643 | Icon Sports Center |
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| – Grand Forks, North Dakota | – Grand Forks, North Dakota |
Top Division
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
- Andrew Dalton
- Jake Davis
- Dmitry Golyak
- Johannes Kack
- David Nothegger
- Tibor Rovensky
- Joonas Saha
- Libor Suchanek
- Alexander Sysuev
- Nathan Vanoosten
Preliminary round
Group A
All times are local.Group B
All times are local.Relegation round
Playoff round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
 Tyson Jost | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | +7 | 2 |
 Clayton Keller | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +11 | 2 |
| Kailer Yamamoto | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +7 | 12 |
| Logan Brown | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +6 | 2 |
 Alexander Nylander | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +5 | 0 |
| Joey Anderson | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +12 | 2 |
 Eeli Tolvanen | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +6 | 0 |
| Lias Andersson | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +3 | 8 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +6 | 2 |
| Aapeli Räsänen | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +8 | 12 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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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.| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Joseph Woll | 179:31 | 75 | 4 | 1.34 | 94.67 | 1 |
| Jake Oettinger | 240:00 | 91 | 6 | 1.50 | 93.41 | 1 |
 Danil Tarasov | 227:48 | 101 | 8 | 2.11 | 92.08 | 1 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 180:00 | 72 | 6 | 2.00 | 91.67 | 0 |
| Filip Gustavsson | 289:21 | 138 | 13 | 2.70 | 90.58 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Tournament awards
Most Valuable Player- Forward: Clayton Keller
- Goaltender: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
- Defencemen: Adam Fox, David Quenneville
- Forwards: Tyson Jost, Jesse Puljujärvi, Clayton Keller
- Goaltender: Filip Gustavsson
- Defenceman: Adam Fox
- Forward: Tyson Jost
Final standings
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