2016 IIHF World Championship

The 2016 IIHF World Championship was the 80th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), being held from 6 to 22 May 2016 in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[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

Чемпионат мира по хоккею с шайбой 2016 (in Russian)
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	6–22 May
Opened by	Dmitry Medvedev
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Canada (26th title)
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	64
Goals scored	363 (5.67 per game)
Attendance	417,414 (6,522 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Vadim Shipachyov (18 points)
Awards
MVP	Patrik Laine
← 2015 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
  • Copenhagen/Herning

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
  • Moscow/Saint Petersburg

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
  • Kyiv

Ukraine, like Denmark, has never hosted these championships. The tournament was proposed to run from May 6–22, 2016 in Palace of Sports (Kyiv, 7,000 seats) and a new 12,000 seat arena to be built by 2015 in Kyiv.^[6]

Venues

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

Participants

•  Belarus^[a]
•  Canada^[a]
•  Czech Republic^[a]
•  Denmark^[a]
•  Finland^[a]
•  France^[a]
•  Germany^[a]
•  Hungary^[b]
•  Kazakhstan^[b]
•  Latvia^[a]
•  Norway^[a]
•  Russia^[c]
•  Slovakia^[a]
•  Sweden^[a]
•   Switzerland^[a]
•  United States^[a]

1. Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2015 IIHF World Championship
2. Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I
3. 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)  Russia (2)  Sweden (3)  Czech Republic (6)   Switzerland (7)  Latvia (10)  Norway (11)  Denmark (15)  Kazakhstan (17)

Group B (St. Petersburg)  Canada (1)  Finland (4)  United States (5)  Slovakia (8)  Belarus (9)  France (12)  Germany (13)  Hungary (19)

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

Referees	Linesmen
Tobias Björk Stefan Fonselius Martin Fraňo Péter Gebei Roman Gofman Brett Iverson Antonín Jeřábek Jozef Kubuš Timothy Mayer Linus Ohlund Konstantin Olenin Daniel Piechaczek Aleksi Rantala Maxim Sidorenko Tobias Wehrli Marc Wiegand	Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Nicolas Fluri Roman Kaderli Jon Killian Gleb Lazarev Vit Lederer Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist Fraser McIntyre Pasi Nieminen Alexander Otmakhov Henrik Pihlblad Nikolaj Ponomarjow Judson Ritter Peter Šefčík Sakari Suominen

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Russia vs Czech Republic at the VTB Ice Palace

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Czech Republic	7	5	1	1	0	27	12	+15	18[a]	Playoff round
2	Russia (H)	7	6	0	0	1	32	10	+22	18[a]
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[b]
6	Switzerland	7	1	1	3	2	20	26	−6	8[b]
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[c]

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 (OT) 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 v t e	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[a]

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

Finals

A1

Czech Republic

1

B4

United States (GWS)

2

B2

Canada

4

B4

United States

3

B2

Canada

6

A3

Sweden

0

B1

Finland

0

B2

Canada

2

B1

Finland

5

A4

Denmark

1

B1

Finland

3

Bronze medal game

A2

Russia

1

A2

Russia

4

A2

Russia

7

B3

Germany

1

B4

United States

2

Quarterfinals

19 May 2016 16:15

Czech Republic

1–2 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) OT (0–0) GWS (0–1)

United States

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,853

Game reference
	Dominik Furch	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Linus Ohlund Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Henrik Pihlblad
	Zohorna (PS) – 15:23 1–0 1–1 21:27 – Matthews (Vatrano, Wideman)
	Kašpar Koukal Zohorna	Shootout	Hendricks Matthews
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	28

19 May 2016 16:15

Finland

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,038

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Martin Fraňo Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev
	Granlund (Koivu, Komarov) – 14:29 1–0 Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Ohtamaa) – 21:45 2–0 2–1 31:42 – Eller (Christensen, Ehlers) (PP) Laine (Hietanen, Jaakola) – 38:57 3–1 Jokinen (Koivu) (EN) – 57:46 4–1 Granlund – 58:07 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	17

19 May 2016 20:15

Russia

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Germany

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,199

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Thomas Greiss	Referees: Tobias Björk Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 04:45 – Reimer Shipachyov (Dadonov, Belov) – 20:40 1–1 Dadonov (Shipachyov) – 27:17 2–1 Shipachyov (Telegin) – 34:14 3–1 Ovechkin (Kuznetsov, Lyubimov) – 42:45 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	20

19 May 2016 20:15

Canada

6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 6,090

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Judson Ritter Sakari Suominen
	Scheifele (O'Reilly, Stone) – 18:39 1–0 Dumba (Stone, Scheifele) (PP) – 26:05 2–0 Marchand (Dumba, Scheifele) – 32:02 3–0 Domi (Reinhart, Matheson) – 32:13 4–0 Stone – 51:05 5–0 Brassard (Gallagher, Hall) – 53:22 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	34	Shots	24

Semifinals

21 May 2016 16:15

Finland

3–1 (0–1, 3–0, 0–0)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,215

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Martin Fraňo Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Judson Ritter
	0–1 02:52 – Shirokov (Telegin, Marchenko) Aho (Granlund, Lindell) (PP) – 25:34 1–1 Jokinen (Laine) – 35:50 2–1 Aho (Koskiranta, Koivu) (PP) – 38:15 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	29

21 May 2016 20:15

Canada

4–3 (2–0, 1–3, 1–0)

United States

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 10,455

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Alexander Otmakhov
	Gallagher (Jenner, Reinhart) – 08:59 1–0 Marchand (Ceci) – 18:02 2–0 2–1 21:14 – Matthews (Wideman, Larkin) (PP) 2–2 23:57 – Warsofsky (Nelson, Fasching) 2–3 28:25 – Motte (Larkin, Compher) Brassard (O'Reilly, Perry) (PP) – 35:30 3–3 Ellis (Murray, McDavid) – 41:34 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	33

Bronze medal game

22 May 2016 16:15

Russia

7–2 (2–0, 3–1, 2–1)

United States

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,043

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid Mike Condon	Referees: Tobias Björk Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Henrik Pihlblad
	Voynov (Kalinin, Shirokov) – 06:23 1–0 Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Orlov) (PP) – 13:41 2–0 Telegin (Datsyuk, Mozyakin) – 29:36 3–0 Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) – 32:49 4–0 4–1 34:29 – Vatrano (Warsofsky, Nelson) (PP) Panarin (Belov, Chudinov) – 35:22 5–1 5–2 43:42 – Vatrano (Warsofsky) Mozyakin (Datsyuk) – 53:13 6–2 Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin) (PP) – 59:53 7–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	30

Gold medal game

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship Final

22 May 2016 20:45

Finland

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,509

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Cam Talbot	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 11:24 – McDavid (Duchene) 0–2 59:59 – Duchene (Marchand) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	33

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

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Mikko Koskinen
  • Best Defenceman: Mike Matheson
  • Best Forward: Patrik Laine

Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Patrik Laine
  • Goaltender: Mikko Koskinen
  • Defencemen: Nikita Zaitsev / Mike Matheson
  • Forwards: Patrik Laine / Vadim Shipachyov / Mikael Granlund

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Vadim Shipachyov	10	6	12	18	+10	8	F
Artemi Panarin	10	6	9	15	+9	4	F
Evgenii Dadonov	10	6	7	13	+10	6	F
Patrik Laine	10	7	5	12	+4	4	F
Mikael Granlund	10	4	8	12	+6	2	F
Derick Brassard	10	5	6	11	+9	4	F
Pavel Datsyuk	10	1	10	11	+6	0	F
Matt Duchene	10	5	5	10	+10	2	F
Mikko Koivu	10	4	6	10	+8	12	F
Mark Stone	10	4	6	10	+8	6	F

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 Furch	255:00	4	0.94	100	96.00	2
Mikko Koskinen	479:01	9	1.13	169	94.67	1
Cam Talbot	480:00	10	1.25	167	94.01	4
Sebastian Dahm	434:04	16	2.21	248	93.55	1
Sergei Bobrovsky	520:51	15	1.73	218	93.12	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

IIHF honors and awards

The 2016 IIHF Hall of Fame inductees and award recipients were honored during the World Championship medal ceremonies in Moscow.^[14][15]

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

• Peter Bondra, Slovakia^[16]
• Sergei Fedorov, Russia^[17]
• Valeri Kamensky, Russia^[17]
• Ville Peltonen, Finland^[18]
• Pat Quinn, Canada^[14]
• Ben Smith, United States^[14]

Award recipients

• Nikolai Ozerov of Russia posthumously received the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.^[15]
• Gábor Ocskay of Hungary posthumously received the Torriani Award for a player with an outstanding career from non-top hockey nation.^[19]