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2016 World Cup of Hockey
International ice hockey tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2016 World Cup of Hockey (abbreviated WCH2016) was an international ice hockey tournament.[1] It was the third installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, 12 years after the second World Cup of Hockey in 2004. It was held from September 17 to September 29 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Canada won the championship, defeating Team Europe in the best-of-three final.
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Teams
The teams were officially announced on September 10, 2015, by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The teams were:[2]
Canada (24-and-over players) — host
Czech Republic
Finland
Russia
Sweden
United States (24-and-over players)
Europe (Players from European nations not already represented in the tournament.)
North America (23-and-under players)
2015 IIHF Rankings
- Europe (unranked)
- North America (unranked)
National anthems
The national anthem for each team playing was played before the start of each game. However, there were two exceptions: no anthem was played for Team Europe because of the team's multiple national representatives, while both "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "O Canada" were played before games Team North America played.[3] Team Europe players wore badges with their respective nations' flags on their jerseys.[4]
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Rosters
Each team's roster was limited to twenty skaters (forwards and defencemen) and three goaltenders. All eight participating teams submitted their initial roster of sixteen players on March 2, 2016.
Jerseys
Each one of the national teams' players wore a customized jersey manufactured by Adidas.[5]
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Venue
In contrast to previous World Cups, all contests in the 2016 World Cup were held at the same site.
Pre-tournament venues
Pre-tournament games
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All games are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).[6]
Start date: September 8, 2016. Source: National Hockey League
September 8, 2016 12:30 PM | Czech Republic ![]() | 3–4 (1–1, 0–2, 2–1) | ![]() | Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 6,311 |
September 8, 2016 12:00 PM | Sweden ![]() | 2–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 0–1) | ![]() | Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 11,634 |
September 8, 2016 8:00 PM | North America | 4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0) | Europe | Videotron Centre, Quebec City Attendance: 18,005 |
September 9, 2016 7:00 PM | Canada ![]() | 2–4 (0–2, 1–1, 1–1) | ![]() | Nationwide Arena, Columbus Attendance: 17,791 |
September 10, 2016 10:30 AM | Russia ![]() | 1–2 SO (0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–0) | ![]() | O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 13,848 |
September 10, 2016 12:00 PM | Finland ![]() | 3–6 (0–2, 2–1, 1–3) | ![]() | Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 12,044 |
September 10, 2016 7:00 PM | United States ![]() | 2–5 (1–3, 1–1, 0–1) | ![]() | Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa Attendance: 18,687 |
September 11, 2016 6:00 PM | Europe | 4–7 (1–5, 2–0, 1–2) | North America | Bell Centre, Montreal Attendance: 17,243 |
September 13, 2016 7:00 PM | Finland ![]() | 2–3 (0–1, 0–2, 2–0) | ![]() | Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 15,653 |
September 14, 2016 3:30 PM | Czech Republic ![]() | 3–2 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2) | North America | CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh |
September 14, 2016 7:00 PM | Sweden ![]() | 2–6 (0–1, 1–2, 1–3) | Europe | Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 13,523 |
September 14, 2016 7:30 PM | Canada ![]() | 3–2 OT (1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 1–0) | ![]() | CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh Attendance: 12,332 |
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Group stage
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All games are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).[6]
Group A
Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: If two teams tie, then the result of their game breaks the tie. If three or more teams tie, then the following criteria are used: Regulation plus overtime wins (ROW), regulation wins (RW), goal differential (diff), and total goals for (GF).
Rules for classification: If two teams tie, then the result of their game breaks the tie. If three or more teams tie, then the following criteria are used: Regulation plus overtime wins (ROW), regulation wins (RW), goal differential (diff), and total goals for (GF).
September 17, 2016 3:30 PM | Europe | 3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,959 |
September 17, 2016 8:00 PM | Canada ![]() | 6–0 (3–0, 2–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,978 |
September 19, 2016 3:00 PM | Czech Republic ![]() | 2–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–1) | Europe | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 8,574 |
September 20, 2016 8:00 PM | Canada ![]() | 4–2 (3–1, 1–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,106 |
September 21, 2016 8:00 PM | Canada ![]() | 4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0) | Europe | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,926 |
September 22, 2016 8:00 PM | Czech Republic ![]() | 4–3 (1–1, 3–1, 0–1) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 11,987 |
Group B
Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: If two teams tie, then the result of their game breaks the tie.
Rules for classification: If two teams tie, then the result of their game breaks the tie.
September 18, 2016 3:00 PM | Russia ![]() | 1–2 (0–0, 0–2, 1–0) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,966 |
September 18, 2016 8:00 PM | Finland ![]() | 1–4 (0–1, 0–3, 1–0) | North America | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,029 |
September 19, 2016 8:00 PM | North America | 3–4 (1–0, 1–4, 1–0) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,078 |
September 20, 2016 3:00 PM | Finland ![]() | 0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 11,604 |
September 21, 2016 3:00 PM | North America | 4–3 OT (3–2, 0–0, 0–1) (OT 1–0) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,104 |
September 22, 2016 3:00 PM | Finland ![]() | 0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 12,098 |
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Knockout stage
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All times are local, Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).[6]
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final (best of three) | |||||||||
September 24 | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
September 27 & 29 | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | 2 | – | |||||||
September 25 | ||||||||||
Europe | 1 | 1 | – | |||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
Europe (OT) | 3 | |||||||||
Semi-finals
September 24, 2016 7:00 PM | Canada ![]() | 5–3 (1–0, 1–2, 3–1) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,021 |
September 25, 2016 1:00 PM | Sweden ![]() | 2–3 (OT) (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–1) | Europe | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 12,595 |
Final
The final was played in a best-of-three format.
September 27, 2016 8:00 PM | Canada ![]() | 3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0) | Europe | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,377 |
September 29, 2016 8:00 PM | Europe | 1–2 (1–0, 0–0, 0–2) | ![]() | Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,080 |
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Ranking and statistics
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Final standings
1 | ![]() |
2 | Europe |
3 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
5 | North America |
6 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
Scoring leaders
List depicts skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Source: WCH2016
Leading goaltenders
Only goaltenders who played greater than or equal to one-third of the team's minutes are included.
Source: WCH2016
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Broadcasting
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In Canada, Rogers Communications held broadcast rights to the tournament; the tournament was aired by Sportsnet in English and TVA Sports in French. Similarly to its sub-licensing agreement for Hockey Night in Canada, the semi-finals and finals were simulcast by CBC Television.[7][8] Although it was initially reported that Rogers was allowed to match competing bids for the rights (such as by Bell Media and ESPN's TSN) per its holding of exclusive national media rights to the NHL in Canada, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman denied that there was such a rule, and that the bidding process was "competitive".[9]
In the United States, the tournament was broadcast by ESPN and ESPN Deportes in English and Spanish, respectively; NBC Sports, the national rightsholder of the NHL in the United States, passed on the tournament due to scheduling conflicts with various events being broadcast by its networks in that period of time.[9][10]
ESPN also broadcast the tournament for the Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, the Commonwealth Caribbean, the Pacific Rim and Brazil. In Russia, the tournament was broadcast by Channel One and Match TV. In Finland, the tournament was broadcast by Viasat Sport and Nelonen. In Sweden, Denmark and Norway, the tournament was broadcast by Viasat Sport. In the Czech Republic, the tournament and exhibition games were broadcast by public channel ČT Sport and in Slovakia by Markíza. In Germany, the tournament was broadcast by Sport 1. In Poland, the tournament was broadcast by public channel TVP Sport.[citation needed]
The broadcasts incorporated the use of technology by British firm Supponor to allow for the digital replacement of advertising on the rink boards on selected camera shots. These allowed a single advertiser at a time to brand the entire board, localization of advertising in different media markets, and other customized graphics to be substituted onto the boards. Advertisements are replaced when cameras shots are switched to minimize distractions.[11]
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Officials
The NHL selected seven of their referees and seven linesmen to officiate the tournament.[12]
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