2016 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships (WFAC)

The 2016 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 48th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). 52 teams representing their countries participated in six levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2020 competition.

Championship (top division)
The top division was contested in Prague and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.

The official IIHF final ranking of the tournament:

Division I
The Division I competition took place in May 2016. Group A games were played in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, and Group B were played in Vilnius, Lithuania. Division I represented the second and third tiers of the Ice Hockey World Championships.

Division II
The Division II competition took place in April 2016. Group A games were played in Mexico City, Mexico, and Group B were played in Reykjavik, Iceland. Division II represented the fourth and fifth tiers of the Ice Hockey World Championships.

Division III
The Division II competition took place in April 2016 and was contested in Tbilisi, Georgia. Division III represented the sixth tier of the Ice Hockey World Championships.

Qualification tournament
The qualification tournament was contested in Algiers, Algeria.