2016 IIHF World Championship

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]

2016 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Dates6–22 May
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (26th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Russia
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored363 (5.67 per match)
Attendance417,414 (6,522 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Vadim Shipachyov
(18 points)
MVP Patrik Laine
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2017 →
2016 postage stamp of Russia, dedicated to 2016 IIHF World Championship. Laika, the mascot of the championship, is in the centre.
Main article: 2016 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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]

Venues
Moscow
Saint Petersburg
VTB Ice Palace Yubileyny Sports Palace
Capacity: 12,100 Capacity: 7,300

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]

Rosters
Further information: 2016 IIHF World Championship rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and three goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting.

Officials

The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament.[9]

Henrik Pihlblad, Tobias Wehrli, Stefan Fonselius and Peter Šefčík during Norway vs. Denmark match
RefereesLinesmen

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 15 July 2015.[10]

Group A
Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Czech Republic 7 5 1 1 0 27 12 +15 18[lower-alpha 1] Playoff round
2  Russia (H) 7 6 0 0 1 32 10 +22 18[lower-alpha 1]
3  Sweden 7 3 2 0 2 23 18 +5 13
4  Denmark 7 2 2 1 2 17 22 −5 11
5  Norway 7 2 1 0 4 13 22 −9 8[lower-alpha 2]
6   Switzerland 7 1 1 3 2 20 26 −6 8[lower-alpha 2]
7  Latvia 7 1 0 3 3 13 22 −9 6
8  Kazakhstan (R) 7 0 1 0 6 15 28 −13 2 Relegation to Division I A[lower-alpha 3]
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Czech Republic 3–0 Russia
  2. Norway 4–3 Switzerland
  3. The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2017 hosts (France and Germany) cannot be relegated by rule.[11]
6 May 2016
Sweden 2–1 (OT) Latvia
Czech Republic 3–0 Russia
7 May 2016
Switzerland  2–3 (GWS) Kazakhstan
Norway 0–3 Denmark
Latvia 3–4 (GWS) Czech Republic
8 May 2016
Kazakhstan 4–6 Russia
Norway 4–3 (OT)  Switzerland
Sweden 5–2 Denmark
9 May 2016
Latvia 0–4 Russia
Sweden 2–4 Czech Republic
10 May 2016
Switzerland  3–2 (OT) Denmark
Kazakhstan 2–4 Norway
11 May 2016
Switzerland  5–4 Latvia
Sweden 7–3 Kazakhstan
12 May 2016
Czech Republic 7–0 Norway
Russia 10–1 Denmark
13 May 2016
Czech Republic 3–1 Kazakhstan
Denmark 3–2 (GWS) Latvia
14 May 2016
Norway 2–3 Sweden
Russia 5–1  Switzerland
Kazakhstan 1–2 Latvia
15 May 2016
Denmark 2–1 (GWS) Czech Republic
Switzerland  2–3 (GWS) Sweden
16 May 2016
Russia 3–0 Norway
Denmark 4–1 Kazakhstan
17 May 2016
Czech Republic 5–4  Switzerland
Latvia 1–3 Norway
Russia 4–1 Sweden

Group B
Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Finland 7 7 0 0 0 29 6 +23 21 Playoff round
2  Canada 7 6 0 0 1 34 8 +26 18
3  Germany 7 4 0 1 2 22 20 +2 13
4  United States 7 3 0 1 3 22 18 +4 10
5  Slovakia 7 2 1 0 4 15 23 −8 8
6  Belarus 7 2 0 0 5 16 32 −16 6
7  France 7 1 1 0 5 11 23 −12 5
8  Hungary (R) 7 1 0 0 6 12 31 −19 3 Relegation to Division I A[lower-alpha 1]
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2017 hosts (France and Germany) cannot be relegated by rule.[12][13]
6 May 2016
United States 1–5 Canada
Finland 6–2 Belarus
7 May 2016
Slovakia 4–1 Hungary
France 3–2 (GWS) Germany
Belarus 3–6 United States
8 May 2016
Hungary 1–7 Canada
Finland 5–1 Germany
France 1–5 Slovakia
9 May 2016
Belarus 0–8 Canada
Finland 3–2 United States
10 May 2016
Slovakia 1–5 Germany
Hungary 2–6 France
11 May 2016
Slovakia 2–4 Belarus
Finland 3–0 Hungary
12 May 2016
United States 4–0 France
Canada 5–2 Germany
13 May 2016
United States 5–1 Hungary
Germany 5–2 Belarus
14 May 2016
France 1–3 Finland
Hungary 5–2 Belarus
Canada 5–0 Slovakia
15 May 2016
Germany 3–2 United States
Slovakia 0–5 Finland
16 May 2016
Canada 4–0 France
Germany 4–2 Hungary
17 May 2016
United States 2–3 (OT) Slovakia
Belarus 3–0 France
Canada 0–4 Finland

Playoff round
Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship playoff round
  Quarterfinals Semifinals
                           
  A1  Czech Republic 1  
B4  United States (GWS) 2  
  B4  United States 3  
  B2  Canada 4  
B2  Canada 6 Final
  A3  Sweden 0  
    B2  Canada 2
  B1  Finland 0
  B1  Finland 5  
A4  Denmark 1  
  B1  Finland 3 Bronze medal game
  A2  Russia 1  
A2  Russia 4 B4  United States 2
  B3  Germany 1   A2  Russia 7

Final
Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship Final
22 May 2016
20:45		Finland 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 CanadaVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 11,509

Final ranking
Team Canada celebrates with the cup
Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Canada 10 9 0 0 1 46 11 +35 27 Champions
2 B  Finland 10 9 0 0 1 37 10 +27 27 Runners-up
3 A  Russia (H) 10 8 0 0 2 44 16 +28 24 Third place
4 B  United States 10 3 1 1 5 29 30 −1 12 Fourth place
5 A  Czech Republic 8 5 1 2 0 28 14 +14 19 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 A  Sweden 8 3 2 0 3 23 24 −1 13
7 B  Germany 8 4 0 1 3 23 24 −1 13
8 A  Denmark 8 2 2 1 3 18 27 −9 11
9 B  Slovakia 7 2 1 0 4 15 23 −8 8 Eliminated in
Group stage
10 A  Norway 7 2 1 0 4 13 22 −9 8
11 A   Switzerland 7 1 1 3 2 20 26 −6 8
12 B  Belarus 7 2 0 0 5 16 32 −16 6
13 A  Latvia 7 1 0 3 3 13 22 −9 6
14 B  France 7 1 1 0 5 11 23 −12 5
15 B  Hungary 7 1 0 0 6 12 31 −19 3 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I
16 A  Kazakhstan 7 0 1 0 6 15 28 −13 2
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Vadim Shipachyov1061218+108F
Artemi Panarin106915+94F
Evgenii Dadonov106713+106F
Patrik Laine107512+44F
Mikael Granlund104812+62F
Derick Brassard105611+94F
Pavel Datsyuk1011011+60F
Matt Duchene105510+102F
Mikko Koivu104610+812F
Mark Stone104610+86F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Dominik Furch255:0040.9410096.002
Mikko Koskinen479:0191.1316994.671
Cam Talbot480:00101.2516794.014
Sebastian Dahm434:04162.2124893.551
Sergei Bobrovsky520:51151.7321893.121

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

References
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  3. "Connor-da Gold!". iihfworlds2016.com. 22 May 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. Nelson, Dustin L. (May 22, 2016). "Corey Perry Enters Triple Gold Club". The Hockey Writers. The Hockey Writers. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  5. "Happy ending for hosts". iihfworlds2016.com. 22 May 2016. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  6. Three bids for 2016
  7. "Format". Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  8. "Canada tops World Ranking". iihfworlds2015.com. 17 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  9. Match officials
  10. "Russia to open vs. Czechs". iihfworlds2016.com. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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  12. "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 September 2015.
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