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2016 World Cup of Hockey

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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]

2015 IIHF Rankings

  1.  Canada
  2.  Russia
  3.  Sweden
  4.  Finland
  5.  United States
  6.  Czech Republic
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.

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Pre-tournament venues

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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)
 RussiaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 6,311
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September 8, 2016
12:00 PM
Sweden 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
 FinlandHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 11,634
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September 8, 2016
8:00 PM
North America4–0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)
EuropeVideotron Centre, Quebec City
Attendance: 18,005
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September 9, 2016
7:00 PM
Canada 2–4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1)
 United StatesNationwide Arena, Columbus
Attendance: 17,791
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September 10, 2016
10:30 AM
Russia 1–2 SO
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 13,848
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September 10, 2016
12:00 PM
Finland 3–6
(0–2, 2–1, 1–3)
 SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 12,044
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September 10, 2016
7:00 PM
United States 2–5
(1–3, 1–1, 0–1)
 CanadaCanadian Tire Centre, Ottawa
Attendance: 18,687
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September 11, 2016
6:00 PM
Europe4–7
(1–5, 2–0, 1–2)
North AmericaBell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 17,243
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September 13, 2016
7:00 PM
Finland 2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–0)
 United StatesVerizon Center, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 15,653
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September 14, 2016
3:30 PM
Czech Republic 3–2
(1–0, 0–0, 2–2)
North AmericaCONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh
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September 14, 2016
7:00 PM
Sweden 2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)
EuropeVerizon Center, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 13,523
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September 14, 2016
7:30 PM
Canada 3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 1–0)
 RussiaCONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh
Attendance: 12,332
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Group stage

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During a game between Team Europe and United States

All games are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).[6]

Group A

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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).
September 17, 2016
3:30 PM
Europe3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)
 United StatesAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,959
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September 17, 2016
8:00 PM
Canada 6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,978
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September 19, 2016
3:00 PM
Czech Republic 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–1)
EuropeAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 8,574
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September 20, 2016
8:00 PM
Canada 4–2
(3–1, 1–0, 0–1)
 United StatesAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,106
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September 21, 2016
8:00 PM
Canada 4–1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)
EuropeAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,926
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September 22, 2016
8:00 PM
Czech Republic 4–3
(1–1, 3–1, 0–1)
 United StatesAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 11,987
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Group B

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Source: National Hockey League
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)
 SwedenAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,966
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September 18, 2016
8:00 PM
Finland 1–4
(0–1, 0–3, 1–0)
North AmericaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,029
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September 19, 2016
8:00 PM
North America3–4
(1–0, 1–4, 1–0)
 RussiaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,078
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September 20, 2016
3:00 PM
Finland 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 SwedenAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 11,604
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September 21, 2016
3:00 PM
North America4–3 OT
(3–2, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT 1–0)
 SwedenAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,104
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September 22, 2016
3:00 PM
Finland 0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
 RussiaAir 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-finalsFinal (best of three)
 
          
 
September 24
 
 
 Canada5
 
September 27 & 29
 
 Russia3
 
 Canada32
 
September 25
 
Europe11
 
 Sweden2
 
 
Europe (OT)3
 

Semi-finals

September 24, 2016
7:00 PM
Canada 5–3
(1–0, 1–2, 3–1)
 RussiaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,021
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September 25, 2016
1:00 PM
Sweden 2–3 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–1)
EuropeAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 12,595
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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)
EuropeAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,377
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September 29, 2016
8:00 PM
Europe1–2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–2)
 CanadaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,080
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Ranking and statistics

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 2016 World Cup of Hockey winners 

Canada
2nd title

Final standings

1 Canada
2Europe
3 Sweden
4 Russia
5North America
6 Czech Republic
7 United States
8 Finland

Scoring leaders

List depicts skaters sorted by points, then goals.

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Source: WCH2016

Leading goaltenders

Only goaltenders who played greater than or equal to one-third of the team's minutes are included.

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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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