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The '''2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships''' was the 79th such event hosted by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]. Teams participated at several levels of competition, which also served as qualification to the [[2016 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]] and finalize seeding for [[2018 Winter Olympics]] qualification.

==Championship==
{{main|2015 IIHF World Championship}}
The top division championship took place from 1 to 17 May 2015 with the participation of sixteen teams. [[Czech Republic]] hosted the event with games played in [[Prague]] and [[Ostrava]]. Canada won the championship, defeating Russia in the final.

The IIHF's official final rankings of the tournament:<ref>[http://statspdf.iihf.com/Hydra/414/IHM4149900_76_9_0.pdf Playoffs and Final Rankings]</ref>

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{| class="wikitable" style="width:200px;"
|- style="background:gold;"
|align=center|[[Image:gold medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|CAN}}
|- style="background:silver;"
|align=center|[[Image:silver medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|RUS}}
|- style="background:peru;"
|align=center|[[Image:bronze medal icon.png]]|| {{ih|USA}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{ih|CZE}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{ih|SWE}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{ih|FIN}}
|-
|align=center|7|| {{ih|BLR}}
|-
|align=center|8|| {{ih|SUI}}
|-
|align=center|9|| {{ih|SVK}}
|-
|align=center|10|| {{ih|GER}}
|-
|align=center|11|| {{ih|NOR}}
|-
|align=center|12|| {{ih|FRA}}
|-
|align=center|13|| {{ih|LAT}}
|-
|align=center|14|| {{ih|DEN}}
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|align=center|15|| {{ih|AUT}}
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|align=center|16|| {{ih|SVN}}
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#ffcccc;"|Relegated to the 2016 Division I A
|}

==Division I==
{{main|2015 IIHF World Championship Division I}}

===Division I A===
The Division I A tournament was played April 19 to 25, 2015. Ukraine was to host the tournament, with some matches in [[Donetsk]], but withdrew in advance due to "the political tension in the country being an obstacle for foreign visitors and fans who want to visit the ice festival in Donetsk."<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9070&cHash=a2a132d3d08637d7797fc22070a25f83 Ukraine withdraws]</ref><ref name="Assigned">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihfworlds2014.com/en/news/28-tournaments-confirmed/|title=28 tournaments confirmed|date=2014-05-23|work=iihfworlds2014.com}}</ref> On 18 September 2014, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted in [[Kraków]], [[Poland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world.einnews.com/article/224487490/jbkd7OKU9T_U4W0L|title=Poland gets Division IA Worlds|publisher=world.einnews.com|date=2014-09-18|accessdate=2014-09-18}}</ref>

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{{iht team|t={{ih|HUN}}|w=4|ow=0|ol=0|l=1|gf=14|ga=11|bc=#ccffcc}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|POL}}|w=2|ow=0|ol=0|l=3|gf=9|ga=9}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|JPN}}|w=2|ow=0|ol=0|l=3|gf=10|ga=16}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|ITA}}|w=1|ow=1|ol=0|l=3|gf=7|ga=12}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|UKR}}|w=0|ow=0|ol=1|l=4|gf=8|ga=17|bc=#ffcccc}}
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#cfc;"|Promoted to the 2016 Top Division
|style="background:#fcc;"|Relegated to the 2016 Division I B
|}

===Division I B===
The Division I B tournament was played in [[Eindhoven]], [[Netherlands]], from 13 to 19 April 2015.<ref name="Assigned" />

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{{iht team|t={{ih|KOR}}|w=4|ow=0|ol=0|l=1|gf=30|ga=11|bc=#ccffcc}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|GBR}}|w=3|ow=1|ol=0|l=1|gf=13|ga=10}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|LTU}}|w=3|ow=0|ol=0|l=2|gf=11|ga=12}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|CRO}}|w=2|ow=0|ol=1|l=2|gf=16|ga=20}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|EST}}|w=1|ow=0|ol=0|l=4|gf=10|ga=21}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|NED}}|w=1|ow=0|ol=0|l=4|gf=9|ga=15|bc=#ffcccc}}
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#cfc;"|Promoted to the 2016 Division I A
|style="background:#fcc;"|Relegated to the 2016 Division II A
|}

==Division II==
{{main|2015 IIHF World Championship Division II}}

===Division II A===
The Division II A tournament was played in [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]], from 13 to 19 April 2015.<ref name="Assigned" />

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{{iht team|t={{ih|ROU}}|w=4|ow=1|ol=0|l=0|gf=27|ga=11|bc=#ccffcc}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|BEL}}|w=2|ow=1|ol=0|l=2|gf=22|ga=15}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|SRB}}|w=1|ow=1|ol=2|l=1|gf=18|ga=22}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|ESP}}|w=2|ow=0|ol=1|l=2|gf=16|ga=20}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|ISL}}|w=2|ow=0|ol=1|l=2|gf=17|ga=13}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|AUS}}|w=0|ow=1|ol=0|l=4|gf=11|ga=30|bc=#ffcccc}}
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#cfc;"|Promoted to the 2016 Division I B
|style="background:#fcc;"|Relegated to the 2016 Division II B
|}

===Division II B===
The Division II B tournament was played in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], from 13 to 19 April 2015.<ref name="Assigned" />

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{{iht team|t={{ih|CHN}}|w=4|ow=1|ol=0|l=0|gf=33|ga=15|bc=#ccffcc}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|NZL}}|w=3|ow=0|ol=0|l=2|gf=21|ga=17}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|MEX}}|w=3|ow=0|ol=0|l=2|gf=24|ga=15}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|BUL}}|w=2|ow=0|ol=0|l=3|gf=17|ga=30}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|ISR}}|w=1|ow=0|ol=1|l=3|gf=20|ga=29}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|RSA}}|w=1|ow=0|ol=0|l=4|gf=11|ga=20|bc=#ffcccc}}
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#cfc;"|Promoted to the 2016 Division II A
|style="background:#fcc;"|Relegated to the 2016 Division III
|}

==Division III==
{{main|2015 IIHF World Championship Division III}}
The Division III tournament was played in [[İzmir]], [[Turkey]], from 3 to 12 April 2015.<ref name="Assigned" />

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{{iht team|t={{ih|PRK}}|w=5|ow=1|ol=0|l=0|gf=50|ga=9|bc=#ccffcc}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|TUR}}|w=5|ow=0|ol=1|l=0|gf=59|ga=11}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|LUX}}|w=4|ow=0|ol=0|l=2|gf=39|ga=19}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|HKG}}|w=3|ow=0|ol=0|l=3|gf=30|ga=30}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|GEO}}|w=1|ow=1|ol=0|l=4|gf=20|ga=56}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|UAE}}|w=1|ow=0|ol=1|l=4|gf=14|ga=44}}
{{iht team|t={{ih|BIH}}|w=0|ow=0|ol=0|l=6|gf=3|ga=46}}
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#cfc;"|Promoted to the 2016 Division II B
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com/ IIHF Official Website]

{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}

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[[Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]]

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