2016 IIHF World Championship

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2016 IIHF World Championship
2016 IIHF World Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Russia
Dates 6–22 May
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada (26 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 64
Goals scored 363  (5.67 per game)
Attendance 417,414  (6,522 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Russia Vadim Shipachyov
MVP Flag of Finland Patrik Laine
2016 postage stamp of Russia, dedicated to 2016 IIHF World Championship. Laika, the mascot of the championship, is in the centre.

The 2016 IIHF World Championship was the 80th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), being held in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 6 May to 22 May 2016.[1] Canada entered the tournament as the defending 2015 champions. Hungary returned to the Championship after a 6-year absence, and Kazakhstan after a 1-year absence.[2]

Canada won their 26th gold medal, defeating Finland 2–0 in the gold medal game.[3] With the win Corey Perry became the second consecutive Canadian team captain to earn membership in the Triple Gold Club.[4] Russia won the bronze medal, defeating the United States 7–2 in the bronze medal game.[5]

Bids

There were three official bids to host these championships. The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided during the final weekend of the 2011 IIHF World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia.[6]

Denmark has never hosted these championships. The tournament was proposed to run from May 6–22, 2016 in Parken Stadium (Copenhagen, 15,000 seats) and Jyske Bank Boxen (Herning, 12,000 seats).[6]
Russia was the only bidder to ever have hosted these championships, with the most recent being in 2007. The tournament was proposed to run from April 29 – May 15, 2016 in Megasport Arena (Moscow, 13,577 seats) and Ice Palace (Saint Petersburg, 12,300 seats).[6]
Ukraine, like Denmark, has never hosted these championships. The tournament was proposed to run from May 6–22, 2016 in Palace of Sports (Kiev, 7,000 seats) and a new 12,000 seat arena to be built by 2015 in Kiev.[6]

Participants

* = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2015 IIHF World Championship
^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I
† = Qualified as host

Format

The 16 teams were split into two groups of eight teams. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams advance to the knockout stage, to play out the winner. The last team of each group will be relegated to Division I the following year.[7]

Seeding

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2015 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2015 IIHF World Championship.[8]

Group A (Moscow)
Group B (St. Petersburg)

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 15 July 2015.[9]

Group A

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship Group A
Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 7 5 1 1 0 27 12 +15 18
2. Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 7 6 0 0 1 32 10 +22 18
3. Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 7 3 2 0 2 23 18 +5 13
4. Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 7 2 2 1 2 17 22 −5 11
5. Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 7 2 1 0 4 13 22 −9 8
6. Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 7 1 1 3 2 20 26 −6 8
7. Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 7 1 0 3 3 13 22 −9 6
8. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 7 0 1 0 6 15 28 −13 2
6 May 2016
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 2–1 (OT) Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 3–0 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
7 May 2016
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 2–3 (GWS) Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan
Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 0–3 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg.png 3–4 (GWS) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
8 May 2016
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 4–6 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 4–3 (OT) Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 5–2 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
9 May 2016
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg.png 0–4 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 2–4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
10 May 2016
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 3–2 (OT) Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 2–4 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
11 May 2016
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 5–4 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 7–3 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan
12 May 2016
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 7–0 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 10–1 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
13 May 2016
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 3–1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 3–2 (GWS) Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
14 May 2016
Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 2–3 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 5–1 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 1–2 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
15 May 2016
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 2–1 (GWS) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 2–3 (GWS) Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
16 May 2016
Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 3–0 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 4–1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan
17 May 2016
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 5–4 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg.png 1–3 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 4–1 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden

Group B

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship Group B
Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1. Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 7 7 0 0 0 29 6 +23 21
2. Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 7 6 0 0 1 34 8 +26 18
3. Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 7 4 0 1 2 22 20 +2 13
4. Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 7 3 0 1 3 22 18 +4 10
5. Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 7 2 1 0 4 15 23 −8 8
6. Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus 7 2 0 0 5 16 32 −16 6
7. Flag of France.svg.png France 7 1 1 0 5 11 23 −12 5
8. Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 7 1 0 0 6 12 31 −19 3
6 May 2016
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 1–5 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 6–2 Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
7 May 2016
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 4–1 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
France Flag of France.svg.png 3–2 (GWS) Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg.png 3–6 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
8 May 2016
Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 1–7 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 5–1 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
France Flag of France.svg.png 1–5 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
9 May 2016
Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg.png 0–8 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3–2 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
10 May 2016
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 1–5 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 2–6 Flag of France.svg.png France
11 May 2016
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 2–4 Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3–0 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
12 May 2016
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4–0 Flag of France.svg.png France
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 5–2 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
13 May 2016
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 5–1 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 5–2 Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
14 May 2016
France Flag of France.svg.png 1–3 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 5–2 Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 5–0 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
15 May 2016
Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 3–2 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 0–5 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
16 May 2016
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4–0 Flag of France.svg.png France
Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 4–2 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
17 May 2016
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 2–3 (OT) Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg.png 3–0 Flag of France.svg.png France
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 0–4 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland

Playoff round

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Final

References

  1. ↑ IIHF: 2016 Worlds go to Russia
  2. ↑ Merk, Martin (2015-06-02). "To Russia with love". IIHFWorlds2016.com. http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/to-russia-with-love/. Retrieved 2016-05-14. 
  3. ↑ "Connor-da Gold!". iihfworlds2016.com. 22 May 2016. http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/gold-game/. 
  4. ↑ Nelson, Dustin L. (May 22, 2016). "Corey Perry Enters Triple Gold Club". The Hockey Writers. http://thehockeywriters.com/corey-perry-enters-triple-gold-club/. Retrieved May 22, 2016. 
  5. ↑ "Happy ending for hosts". iihfworlds2016.com. 22 May 2016. http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/rus-usa/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Three bids for 2016
  7. ↑ Format
  8. ↑ "Canada tops World Ranking". iihfworlds2015.com. 17 May 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/world-ranking/. 
  9. ↑ "Russia to open vs. Czechs". iihfworlds2016.com. 15 July 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/russia-to-open-vs-czechs/. 


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