2015 IIHF World Championship Group A

Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship

See also: 2015 IIHF World Championship Group B

Group A was one of two groups of the 2015 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2016.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	7	0	0	0	49	14	+35	21	Advance to the playoff round
2	Sweden	7	4	2	0	1	34	19	+15	16
3	Czech Republic (H)	7	4	1	1	1	27	18	+9	15
4	Switzerland	7	2	0	4	1	12	18	−6	10
5	Germany	7	2	0	1	4	11	24	−13	7
6	France	7	1	1	0	5	13	20	−7	5 [lower-alpha 1]
7	Latvia	7	0	2	1	4	11	25	−14	5 [lower-alpha 1]
8	Austria	7	0	2	1	4	10	29	−19	5 [lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Division I A

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2015. Source: Standings
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. ^[1]
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. Head to head record; France 5p, Latvia 3p and Austria 1p. Austria relegated on head-to-head points.

All times are local (UTC+2).

1 May

Canada vs Latvia

1 May 2015 16:15

Canada

6–1 (3–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,013

Game reference
	Mike Smith	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis Ervīns Muštukovs	Referees: Pavel Hodek Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jon Killian Miroslav Lhotský
	MacKinnon (Spezza, Savard) – 09:57 1–0 Spezza (Hamhuis, MacKinnon) – 13:04 2–0 Duchene (Hall, Barrie) – 14:11 3–0 Toffoli (Hamhuis, Burns) – 22:20 4–0 Spezza (MacKinnon, Crosby) – 23:04 5–0 5–1 52:06 – Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Džeriņš) Crosby (PS) – 59:37 6–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	17

Czech Republic vs Sweden

1 May 2015 20:15

Czech Republic

5–6 GWS (1–2, 0–1, 4–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Alexander Salák	Goalies	Jhonas Enroth	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Sakari Suominen
	0–1 03:23 – Lundqvist (Sjögren, Josefson) 0–2 07:30 – Kronwall (Ekholm, Lander) (PP) Jágr (Nakládal, Voráček) (PP) – 13:28 1–2 1–3 34:34 – Rask (Lindholm, Hjalmarsson) Hertl (Němec, Klepiš) (PP) – 42:52 2–3 2–4 44:08 – Lindström (Möller) Simon (Hejda) – 51:34 3–4 Červenka (Voráček, Čáslava) – 52:31 4–4 Zaťovič (Novotný, Simon) – 56:53 5–4 5–5 59:07 – Sjögren (Lindström, Klingberg) (PP, EA)
	Klepiš Voráček Sobotka	Shootout	Lindholm Josefson Ekman-Larsson
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	25

2 May

Switzerland vs Austria

2 May 2015 12:15

Switzerland

3–4 GWS (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 13,953

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Šefčík
	Du Bois (Fiala, Almond) – 01:14 1–0 1–1 22:12 – T. Raffl (Pallestrang) Ambühl (Josi) (SH) – 25:54 2–1 2–2 43:33 – Lebler (Herburger) Bieber (Almond, Grossmann) – 51:01 3–2 3–3 59:10 – M. Raffl (T. Raffl, Schumnig) (EA)
	Suri Brunner Josi	Shootout	M. Raffl Komarek
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	25

France vs Germany

2 May 2015 16:15

France

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,903

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Dennis Endras	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri André Schrader
	0–1 12:10 – Wolf (Rieder, Hager) Fleury (S. Da Costa) – 50:44 1–1 1–2 59:00 – Reimer (Hager) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	26

Latvia vs Czech Republic

2 May 2015 20:15

Latvia

2–4 (1–0, 1–3, 0–1)

Czech Republic

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Alexander Salák Ondřej Pavelec	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Jon Killian Masi Puolakka
	Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Galviņš) (PP) – 13:13 1–0 1–1 22:01 – Jordán (Červenka, Novotný) Rēdlihs (Sprukts) (PP) – 23:18 2–1 2–2 24:25 – Kovář (Nakládal, Erat) (PP) 2–3 32:44 – Jágr (Erat, Kovář) (PP) 2–4 45:29 – Voráček (Kovář, Nakládal) (PP)
	35 min	Penalties	8 min
	10	Shots	35

3 May

Austria vs Sweden

3 May 2015 12:15

Austria

1–6 (0–3, 0–3, 1–0)

Sweden

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,051

Game reference
	Rene Swette Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Anders Nilsson	Referees: Roman Gofman Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
	0–1 13:38 – Forsberg 0–2 18:37 – Klefbom (Sjögren, Josefson) 0–3 19:18 – Lander (Eriksson, Forsberg) 0–4 28:22 – Forsberg (Eriksson, Ekman-Larsson) 0–5 29:13 – Lindholm 0–6 31:14 – Forsberg (Lander, Ekman-Larsson) Heinrich (Komarek, Latusa) – 53:17 1–6
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	17	Shots	41

Canada vs Germany

3 May 2015 16:15

Canada

10–0 (4–0, 5–0, 1–0)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,046

Game reference
	Martin Jones	Goalies	Dennis Endras Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Peter Šefčík
	Crosby (O'Reilly) – 08:02 1–0 Hall (Eberle, Duchene) – 08:25 2–0 Eakin (O'Reilly) – 16:58 3–0 Eakin (Toffoli) – 19:49 4–0 Hall (Duchene, Eberle) – 22:10 5–0 Ekblad (Giroux, Wiercioch) – 24:29 6–0 Giroux (Ennis, Savard) – 27:34 7–0 Ennis (Giroux, Hamhuis) – 35:16 8–0 Hall (Duchene, Muzzin) – 39:37 9–0 Duchene (PS) – 42:03 10–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	17

France vs Switzerland

3 May 2015 20:15

France

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,780

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Pavel Hodek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Masi Puolakka
	0–1 15:36 – Hollenstein (Brunner, Josi) (PP) 0–2 21:24 – Josi (Fiala, Blum) Raux – 48:31 1–2 1–3 59:06 – Suri (Brunner) (ENG)
	63 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	35

4 May

Latvia vs Sweden

4 May 2015 16:15

Latvia

1–8 (0–1, 1–3, 0–4)

Sweden

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,315

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Jhonas Enroth	Referees: Pavel Hodek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jon Killian
	0–1 17:37 – Eriksson (PP) 0–2 30:05 – Eriksson (Ekholm, Kronwall) (PP) Dārziņš (Daugaviņš, Galviņš) (PP) – 32:53 1–2 1–3 33:03 – Forsberg (PS) 1–4 39:46 – Eriksson (Ahnelöv) 1–5 44:43 – Möller (Ekman-Larsson, Klingberg) (PP) 1–6 49:32 – Josefson (Lundqvist) 1–7 57:04 – Lundqvist (Hjalmarsson, Ekman-Larsson) 1–8 59:51 – Rask (Ericsson, Lindholm)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	36

Canada vs Czech Republic

4 May 2015 20:15

Canada

6–3 (2–1, 1–1, 3–1)

Czech Republic

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Mike Smith	Goalies	Ondřej Pavelec	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Sakari Suominen
	Eberle (Ekblad, Duchene) – 04:18 1–0 Hall (Muzzin, Eberle) – 19:02 2–0 2–1 19:22 – Erat (Kovář, Jágr) 2–2 35:45 – Zaťovič (Simon, Kolář) Couturier (Toffoli) – 37:40 3–2 Seguin (Hall, Barrie) (PP) – 42:02 4–2 Crosby (Giroux) (PP) – 50:07 5–2 5–3 57:36 – Sobotka (Voráček) Toffoli (O'Reilly, MacKinnon) (ENG) – 58:31 6–3
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	25

5 May

Switzerland vs Germany

5 May 2015 16:15

Switzerland

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 10,253

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Mikael Nord Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Peter Šefčík
	Hollenstein (Brunner, Romy) – 52:16 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	18

Austria vs France

5 May 2015 20:15

Austria

0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

France

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 5,857

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 46:13 – Fleury (S. Da Costa, Auvitu) (PP) 0–2 59:02 – Meunier (Y. Treille, Hecquefeuille) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	17

6 May

Switzerland vs Latvia

6 May 2015 16:15

Switzerland

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 10,856

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Jon Killian
	0–1 24:19 – Džeriņš (Dārziņš, Rēdlihs) Bieber – 58:09 1–1 1–2 62:19 – Daugaviņš (Dārziņš)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	21

Sweden vs Canada

6 May 2015 20:15

Sweden

4–6 (3–0, 1–3, 0–3)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,695

Game reference
	Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Mike Smith	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Miroslav Lhotský
	Lander (Eriksson, Granberg) – 05:06 1–0 Rask (Klefbom, Lindholm) – 17:21 2–0 Forsberg (Eriksson, Klingberg) – 17:49 3–0 3–1 26:43 – Ekblad (Burns, O'Reilly) 3–2 31:27 – Hall (PS) 3–3 34:23 – Couturier (Ekblad) Möller (Sjögren, Ekman-Larsson) – 35:19 4–3 4–4 50:24 – Wiercioch (Eberle, Crosby) 4–5 53:31 – Ennis (Hall, Spezza) (PP) 4–6 58:10 – Seguin (O'Reilly) (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	39

7 May

Czech Republic vs France

7 May 2015 16:15

Czech Republic

5–1 (0–0, 2–1, 3–0)

France

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,110

Game reference
	Ondřej Pavelec	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Mikael Nord Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Sakari Suominen
	Němec (Novotný) – 21:10 1–0 Sobotka (Krejčík) – 26:58 2–0 2–1 28:41 – Hecquefeuille (Lampérier, Guttig) Jágr (Kovář, Simon) – 44:25 3–1 Němec (Hertl, Voráček) – 48:28 4–1 Červenka (Němec, Krejčík) (PP) – 54:49 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	20

Sweden vs Germany

7 May 2015 20:15

Sweden

4–3 (2–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,137

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Pavel Hodek Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Peter Šefčík
	Möller (Lindström, Sjögren) – 11:19 1–0 Lindström (Möller]) – 12:44 2–0 2–1 15:48 – Kink (Rieder, Daschner) (PP) 2–2 29:30 – Krämmer Klingberg (Kronwall, Möller) – 42:56 3–2 Möller (Ekman-Larsson, Lindström) – 48:40 4–2 4–3 54:39 – Plachta (Hospelt, Seidenberg)
	6 min	Penalties	29 min
	35	Shots	27

8 May

Czech Republic vs Austria

8 May 2015 16:15

Czech Republic

4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Ondřej Pavelec	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum Rene Swette	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Fraser McIntyre
	Němec (Simon) – 31:09 1–0 Zaťovič (Hejda, Němec) – 38:04 2–0 Sobotka (Červenka, Krejčík) – 39:08 3–0 Voráček (Jordán, Hertl) – 40:07 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	12

Germany vs Latvia

8 May 2015 20:15

Germany

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,494

Game reference
	Dennis Endras	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Jon Killian
	0–1 11:05 – Dārziņš (Daugaviņš) (PP) Wolf (Reimer, Krueger) (PP) – 46:46 1–1 Plachta – 57:35 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	27 min
	24	Shots	16

9 May

France vs Canada

9 May 2015 12:15

France

3–4 (1–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,300

Game reference
	Ronan Quemener	Goalies	Martin Jones	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Šefčík
	0–1 11:26 – Seguin (Spezza, Barrie) (PP) 0–2 12:32 – Eberle (MacKinnon, Duchene) Desrosiers (Meunier, Auvitu) – 16:31 1–2 1–3 37:02 – Seguin (Spezza) (PP) Y. Treille (Meunier) (PP) – 46:21 2–3 Fleury – 46:56 3–3 3–4 49:18 – Eberle (Burns, Crosby)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	43

Austria vs Latvia

9 May 2015 16:15

Austria

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT 0–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 12,735

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský
	Lebler (M. Raffl) – 16:07 1–0 1–1 32:15 – Dārziņš (Daugaviņš) 1–2 60:33 – Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Galviņš)
	2 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	18

Sweden vs Switzerland

9 May 2015 20:15

Sweden

2–1 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT 1–0)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,201

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Jon Killian
	Lindholm (Rask, Ericsson) – 07:17 1–0 1–1 40:34 – Bodenmann (Blum, Ambühl) Forsberg (Eriksson, Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 63:49 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	16

10 May

Germany vs Czech Republic

10 May 2015 16:15

Germany

2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Czech Republic

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Timo Pielmeier	Goalies	Ondřej Pavelec	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Fraser McIntyre
	Pietta (Müller, Krueger) – 07:13 1–0 1–1 13:39 – Vondrka Wolf (Rieder) – 23:50 2–1 2–2 25:58 – Koukal (Kolář, Simon) 2–3 27:36 – Voráček (Jágr, Nakládal) (PP) 2–4 55:58 – Jágr (Červenka)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	38

Switzerland vs Canada

10 May 2015 20:15

Switzerland

2–7 (1–2, 0–3, 1–2)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,003

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Mike Smith	Referees: Timothy Mayer Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 00:53 – Seguin (Muzzin, Giroux) Trachsler (Schäppi, Streit) – 06:21 1–1 1–2 19:42 – MacKinnon (Spezza, Wiercioch) 1–3 27:59 – Ekblad (Couturier, Eakin) 1–4 39:00 – Eberle (Crosby, Burns) (PP) 1–5 39:59 – Eakin (Couturier, Ekblad) Brunner – 42:17 2–5 2–6 52:27 – Couturier (Toffoli, Hamhuis) 2–7 57:08 – Giroux (Burns, O'Reilly) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	46

11 May

Germany vs Austria

11 May 2015 16:15

Germany

2–3 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 11,302

Game reference
	Dennis Endras	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Šefčík
	0–1 34:33 – T. Raffl (M. Raffl, Heinrich) Wolf (Pietta, Müller) – 44:14 1–1 1–2 54:22 – Rotter (Muhlstein) Reimer (Kohl, Krämmer) – 57:59 2–2
	Hospelt Rieder Reimer	Shootout	Heinrich Komarek Lebler
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	34

Sweden vs France

11 May 2015 20:15

Sweden

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

France

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 12,490

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Cristobal Huet Florian Hardy	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Jon Killian
	Josefson (Klefbom, Ekman-Larsson) – 11:00 1–0 1–1 20:34 – Fleury (Roussel, T. Da Costa) 1–2 22:52 – Fleury (Roussel, Auvitu) Forsberg (Lindholm) (PP) – 34:52 2–2 Forsberg (Ekman-Larsson) – 40:52 3–2 Ekman-Larsson (Eriksson, Klefbom) – 43:27 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	41	Shots	17

12 May

Canada vs Austria

12 May 2015 12:15

Canada

10–1 (4–0, 2–0, 4–1)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,031

Game reference
	Mike Smith	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum Rene Swette	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Roman Gofman Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Peter Šefčík
	Barrie (O'Reilly, Giroux) – 06:04 1–0 Duchene (Spezza, Muzzin) – 09:09 2–0 Hall (Burns) – 11:17 3–0 Ekblad (Eberle) – 14:10 4–0 Spezza (Duchene, Wiercioch) – 21:58 5–0 Eberle (Burns) – 35:52 6–0 6–1 42:44 – Heinrich (Rotter) MacKinnon (Muzzin]) – 42:53 7–1 Spezza – 43:05 8–1 Schenn (Duchene) – 46:09 9–1 Duchene (MacKinnon,Spezza) – 54:43 10–1
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	46	Shots	15

Latvia vs France

12 May 2015 16:15

Latvia

2–3 GWS (1–0, 1–0, 0–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

France

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,167

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Timothy Mayer Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Miroslav Lhotský
	Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Galviņš) – 11:25 1–0 Galviņš (Dārziņš, Daugaviņš) (PP) – 22:48 2–0 2–1 48:21 – S. Da Costa (Fleury) 2–2 55:20 – S. Treille (Hecquefeuille, Huet)
	Dārziņš Daugaviņš	Shootout	Fleury Desrosiers S. Da Costa
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	35

Czech Republic vs Switzerland

12 May 2015 20:15

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Ondřej Pavelec	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 16:56 – Fiala (Brunner, Streit) (PP2) Zaťovič (Kovář, Kolář) – 50:44 1–1
	Voráček Kovář Vondrka	Shootout	Fiala Ambühl Loeffel
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	27

References

1. "Information - 2015 WM - International Icehockey Federation IIHF". IIHF. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

External links

• Official website