2015 IIHF World Championship

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2015 IIHF World Championship
2015 IIHF World Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Czech Republic
Dates 1–17 May
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada (25 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 64
Goals scored 354  (5.53 per game)
Attendance 741,700  (11,589 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Jason Spezza
MVP Flag of the Czech Republic Jaromír Jágr[1]

The 2015 IIHF World Championship was the 79th event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), held in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic, between 1–17 May 2015. The tournament was the top division of the 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. It broke the historical attendance record of IIHF World Championships.[2]

Canada won their 25th title by defeating Russia 6–1 in the championship final game.[3] Canada went undefeated at the tournament to win its first IIHF championship since 2007. With the win, Canadian captain Sidney Crosby became a member of the Triple Gold Club and the first to be the team captain for all three events. After the final game, most Russian players walked out from the medal ceremony before the Canadian anthem was played.[4] For winning all of its tournament games in regulation, the Canadian team earned the new Infront Team Jackpot award of one million Swiss francs. The Russians on the other hand were fined 80,000 CHF for leaving the ice early, and chose not to appeal the penalty.[5]

The United States won the bronze medal, defeating Czech Republic 3–0 in the bronze medal final game.[6] Czech player Jaromír Jágr (at 43 years of age) was the MVP of the tournament, and announced his retirement from international competition afterwards.

Bids

On 21 May 2010, the Czech bid was successful and got 84 votes in the race for hosting the 2015 IIHF World Championship. The application beat out that from Kiev, Ukraine (22 votes).[7]

The two venues for the tournament were the O2 Arena (formerly Sazka Arena) in Prague and ČEZ Aréna in Ostrava, the same two venues that co-hosted the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Before Ostrava was announced, Plzeň, Brno, Pardubice, and even Bratislava, Slovakia, were considered.[8][9]

Participants

* = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2014 IIHF World Championship
^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I
† = Qualified as host

Format

Of the 16 teams in the tournament Czech Republic qualified as host while Austria and Slovenia qualified through the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I, the rest qualified after a top 14 placement at the 2014 IIHF World Championship. The teams were divided into two groups of which the four best from each advanced to the quarterfinals. Here they met cross-over as indicated in the section below.[10]

In the group round, points are awarded as follows:

  • 3 points for a win in regulation time (W)
  • 2 point for a team that drew in regulation time but won the following overtime (OTW) or game winning shots (GWS) Note: In group play, overtime is played as 5 minutes of sudden death after a 3-minute intermission. If no goal is scored, the game goes to a shootout (Game Winning Shots). During a quarter-, semi- or bronze final, the sudden death period would be 10 minutes and during the final it would be 20 minutes.[10] Game Winning Shots procedure is as follows: Three different players from each team would take alternate shots. If the game is still tied after this, one player from each team would take alternating shots until one scored and the other missed. Only the decisive goal counted in the result table for group play.[10]
  • 1 point for a team that drew and lost the above-mentioned competition (OTL)
  • 0 points for a team that lost in regulation time (L)

If two or more teams finished with an equal number of points in the same group, their standings were determined by the following tiebreaking formula:[10]

  1. Points in games between the tied teams
  2. Goal difference in games between the tied teams
  3. Goals scored in games between the tied teams
  4. Results against the closest best-ranking team outside the original group of tied teams
  5. Results against the next highest ranking team outside the original group of tied teams
  6. Tournament seedings

Final ranking: places 1–4 are determined by the medal games. Other places are determined by playoff positioning, group play positioning in the group, number of points, goal difference, goals scored, and tournament seeding. The two lowest ranking teams overall are relegated to Division I A.[10]

Seeding

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2014 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2014 IIHF World Championship. Slovakia and Switzerland swapped their slots between their groups to optimize the seeding for the Czech organizers.[11]

Group A (Prague)

Group B (Ostrava)

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 21 August 2014.[12]

Group A

Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship Group A
Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1. Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 7 7 0 0 0 49:14 21
2.  Sweden 7 4 2 0 1 34:19 16
3.  Czech Republic 7 4 1 1 1 27:18 15
4.  Switzerland 7 2 0 4 1 12:18 10
5.  Germany 7 2 0 1 4 11:24 7
6. Flag of France.svg.png France 7 1 1 0 5 13:20 5
7. Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 7 0 2 1 4 11:25 5
8. Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 7 0 2 1 4 10:29 5
1 May 2015
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6–1 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 5–6 GWS Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
2 May 2015
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 3–4 GWS Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
France Flag of France.svg.png 1–2 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg.png 2–4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
3 May 2015
Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 1–6 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 10–0 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
France Flag of France.svg.png 1–3 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
4 May 2015
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg.png 1–8 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6–3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
5 May 2015
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 1–0 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 0–2 Flag of France.svg.png France
6 May 2015
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 1–2 OT Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 4–6 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
7 May 2015
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 5–1 Flag of France.svg.png France
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 4–3 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
8 May 2015
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 4–0 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 2–1 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
9 May 2015
France Flag of France.svg.png 3–4 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 1–2 OT Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 2–1 OT Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
10 May 2015
Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 2–4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 2–7 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
11 May 2015
Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 2–3 GWS Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 4–2 Flag of France.svg.png France
12 May 2015
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 10–1 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg.png 2–3 GWS Flag of France.svg.png France
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 2–1 GWS Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland

Group B

Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship Group B
Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1. Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 7 5 1 0 1 22:14 17
2.  Finland 7 4 2 0 1 22:9 16
3.  Russia 7 4 1 1 1 30:16 15
4. Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus 7 4 0 2 1 20:19 14
5.  Slovakia 7 1 2 2 2 17:19 9
6.  Norway 7 2 0 0 5 12:23 6
7.  Denmark 7 1 0 1 5 10:20 4
8.  Slovenia 7 1 0 0 6 9:22 3
1 May 2015
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 5–1 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 6–2 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
2 May 2015
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 4–3 GWS Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg.png 4–2 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia
Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 1–2 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
3 May 2015
Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 5–3 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia
Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg.png 1–2 OT Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 0–3 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
4 May 2015
Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 2–4 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 0–5 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
5 May 2015
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 1–5 Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 3–1 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia
6 May 2015
Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 5–2 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 2–3 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
7 May 2015
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 2–5 Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 4–0 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia
8 May 2015
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg.png 1–3 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 1–0 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
9 May 2015
Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg.png 0–7 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3–0 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 4–1 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
10 May 2015
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg.png 1–3 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 2–3 OT Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
11 May 2015
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3–2 GWS Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg.png 1–0 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
12 May 2015
Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 2–3 Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 5–4 OT Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3–2 GWS Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia

Playoff round

Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Gold medal game

17 May 2015
20:45 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6–1
(1–0, 3–0, 2–1) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia

Ranking and statistics

 2015 IIHF World Championship winners 

Canada
25th title

Final ranking

The official IIHF final ranking of the tournament:

Gold medal icon.png Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Silver medal icon.png Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
Bronze medal icon.png Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
5 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
6 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
7 Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
8 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
9 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
10 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
11 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
12 Flag of France.svg.png France
13 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
14 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
15 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
16 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia

Notes

  1. ↑ "Jagr wins MVP". iihfworlds2015.com. 17 May 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/awards/. 
  2. ↑ "Attendance record broken". iihfworlds2015.com. 14 May 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/attendance-record-broken/. 
  3. ↑ "Million-dollar Maple Leafs". iihfworlds2015.com. 17 May 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/gold/. 
  4. ↑ "Канада – Россия. Россияне ушли со льда до канадского гимна", sports.ru, 18 May 2015. Retrieved on 18 May 2015. (Russian) 
  5. ↑ "Russia issued fine". iihf.com. 24 August 2015. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9985&cHash=5dd671a73a4522d601b140eab87dfd1a. Retrieved 25 August 2015. 
  6. ↑ "USA bringing bronze home". iihfworlds2015.com. 17 May 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/bronze-medal-recap-usa-cze/. 
  7. ↑ "Worlds come back to Prague". IIHF. 2010-05-21. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4702. Retrieved 2010-06-20. 
  8. ↑ Vezme Plzeň Ostravě také mistrovství světa v hokeji?
  9. ↑ Prague & Bratislava to co-host Worlds?
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "Information". IIHF. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/information/. Retrieved 6 April 2015. 
  11. ↑ "Sweden defends first place". iihfworlds2014.com. 2014-05-25. http://www.iihfworlds2014.com/en/news/world-ranking/. 
  12. ↑ "Schedule released". iihfworlds2015.com. 2014-08-21. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/schedule-released/. 

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