2019 IIHF World Championship

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2019 IIHF World Championship
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Tournament details
Host nation  Slovakia
Dates 10–26 May
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Finland (3 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 64
Goals scored 412  (6.44 per game)
Attendance 470,853  (7,357 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Sweden William Nylander
MVP Flag of Canada Mark Stone
Main article: 2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2019 IIHF World Championship was hosted from 10 to 26 May 2019 by Slovakia. It was the second time that Slovakia has hosted the event as an independent country, as was the case in 2011. The host cities were Bratislava and Košice, as announced by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) on 15 May 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.[1]

Finland won their third title by defeating Canada in the final.[2] The Finns had 18 first-timers for the 2019 IIHF World Championship and were widely regarded as an outsider to win any medal at all.[2] Despite this, the Finns won their third World Championship and lost only two games in the tournament (against the USA, and Germany). Russia secured the bronze medal after a penalty-shootout win over the Czech Republic.[3] This tournament was also the first time since the 2006 IIHF World Championship that both promoted teams (Great Britain and Italy) stayed in the top division.

Rule changes

In December 2018, the IIHF announced changes to the overtime procedures beginning at this tournament: all overtime periods would be 3-on-3 regardless of round (rather than progressing from 3-on-3 to 4-on-4 and 5-on-5 over the course of the tournament), and the gold medal game would no longer go to a shootout; play would continue in 20-minute periods of 3-on-3 until a winning goal would be scored.[4]

In the semifinals, there was no set bracket. After the quarterfinals, a re-seeding took place with the highest seed plays the lowest remaining seed. Seeds were determined by performance in the preliminary round.[5]

Participants

Macejko, was the mascot for the tournament.
Qualified as host
Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2018 IIHF World Championship
Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2018 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2018 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system. On 22 May 2018, the IIHF and the local organizing committee announced the groups, in which Slovakia and Norway switched places so that Slovakia would play in Košice and the Czech Republic and Austria would play in Bratislava.[6]

Group A (Košice)
Group B (Bratislava)

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 15 August 2018.[7]

Group A

Group A matches were played at the Steel Arena in Košice.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Canada 7 6 0 0 1 36 11 25 18 Quarterfinals
2  Finland 7 5 0 1 1 22 11 11 16
3  Germany 7 5 0 0 2 18 18 0 15
4  United States 7 4 1 0 2 27 15 12 14
5  Slovakia (H) 7 3 1 0 3 28 19 9 11
6  Denmark 7 1 1 1 4 18 23 −5 6
7  Great Britain 7 0 1 0 6 9 41 −32 2
8  France (R) 7 0 0 2 5 14 34 −20 2 Relegation to 2020 Division I A
10 May 2019
Finland  3–1  Canada
United States  1–4  Slovakia
11 May 2019
Denmark  5–4
(GWS)		  France
Germany  3–1  Great Britain
Slovakia  2–4  Finland
12 May 2019
United States  7–1  France
Denmark  1–2  Germany
Great Britain  0–8  Canada
13 May 2019
United States  3–2
(OT)		  Finland
Slovakia  5–6  Canada
14 May 2019
Great Britain  0–9  Denmark
Germany  4–1  France
15 May 2019
United States  6–3  Great Britain
Germany  3–2  Slovakia
16 May 2019
Canada  5–2  France
Finland  3–1  Denmark
17 May 2019
France  3–6  Slovakia
Finland  5–0  Great Britain
18 May 2019
Denmark  1–7  United States
Canada  8–1  Germany
Great Britain  1–7  Slovakia
19 May 2019
Germany  1–3  United States
France  0–3  Finland
20 May 2019
France  3–4
(OT)		  Great Britain
Canada  5–0  Denmark
21 May 2019
Finland  2–4  Germany
Slovakia  2–1
(GWS)		  Denmark
Canada  3–0  United States

Group B

Group B matches were played at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Russia 7 7 0 0 0 36 7 29 21 Quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 7 6 0 0 1 39 14 25 18
3  Sweden 7 5 0 0 2 41 21 20 15
4  Switzerland 7 4 0 0 3 27 14 13 12
5  Latvia 7 3 0 0 4 21 20 1 9
6  Norway 7 2 0 0 5 19 33 −14 6
7  Italy 7 0 1 0 6 5 48 −43 2
8  Austria (R) 7 0 0 1 6 9 40 −31 1 Relegation to 2020 Division I A
10 May 2019
Russia  5–2  Norway
Czech Republic  5–2  Sweden
11 May 2019
Switzerland  9–0  Italy
Latvia  5–2  Austria
Norway  2–7  Czech Republic
12 May 2019
Russia  5–0  Austria
Italy  0–8  Sweden
Latvia  1–3  Switzerland
13 May 2019
Russia  3–0  Czech Republic
Norway  1–9  Sweden
14 May 2019
Italy  0–3  Latvia
Switzerland  4–0  Austria
15 May 2019
Switzerland  4–1  Norway
Russia  10–0  Italy
16 May 2019
Sweden  9–1  Austria
Czech Republic  6–3  Latvia
17 May 2019
Austria  3–5  Norway
Czech Republic  8–0  Italy
18 May 2019
Latvia  1–3  Russia
Italy  1–7  Norway
Sweden  4–3  Switzerland
19 May 2019
Austria  0–8  Czech Republic
Switzerland  0–3  Russia
20 May 2019
Sweden  5–4  Latvia
Austria  3–4
(GWS)		  Italy
21 May 2019
Czech Republic  5–4  Switzerland
Norway  1–4  Latvia
Sweden  4–7  Russia

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

23 May 2019
16:15 		Canada  3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Switzerland Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,157
23 May 2019
16:15 		Russia  4–3
(2–0, 0–1, 2–2) 		 United States Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085
23 May 2019
20:15 		Finland  5–4 OT
(1–2, 2–2, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Sweden Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,304
23 May 2019
20:15 		Czech Republic  5–1
(0–0, 1–1, 4–0) 		 Germany Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085

Semifinals

25 May 2019
15:15 		Russia  0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1) 		 Finland Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085
25 May 2019
19:15 		Canada  5–1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1) 		 Czech Republic Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085

Bronze medal game

26 May 2019
15:45 		Russia  3–2 GWS
(1–2, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Czech Republic Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085

Gold medal game

26 May 2019
20:15 		Canada  1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2) 		 Finland Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085

References

  1. ↑ "Back to Slovakia, Switzerland". iihfworlds2015.com. 15 May 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/back-to-slovakia-switzerland/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Finns repeat in Slovakia". iihf.com. 26 May 2019. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm/news/13067/gold. 
  3. ↑ "Russia shoots down Czechs for bronze". iihf.com. 26 May 2019. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm/news/13054/rus-cze-bmg. 
  4. ↑ "New OT format at Worlds". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm/news/8090/new-ot-format-at-worlds. 
  5. ↑ "Semi-final format changed". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm/news/11183/semi-final-format-changed. 
  6. ↑ "Groups for 2019". iihfworlds.com. 15 August 2018. http://2019.iihfworlds.com/en/news/groups-for-2019/. 
  7. ↑ "Slovakia opens vs. USA". iihfworlds.com. 15 August 2018. http://2019.iihfworlds.com/en/news/slovakia-opens-vs-usa/. 


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