2017 IIHF World Championship

2017 IIHF World Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Germany   France
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	5–21 May 2017
Opened by	Frank-Walter Steinmeier and François Hollande
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (10th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	64
Goals scored	355 (5.55 per game)
Attendance	686,391 (10,725 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Artemi Panarin (17 points)
MVP	William Nylander
Official website
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Main article: 2017 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2017 IIHF World Championship, the 2017 edition of the annual Ice Hockey World Championships, was held from 5 to 21 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany and Paris, France. The official tournament mascots were Asterix and Obelix, the main characters from popular French comic book series The Adventures of Asterix . ^[1] The logo incorporates the silhouette of deceased German national team goaltender Robert Müller, who succumbed to a brain tumor at just 28 years of age. ^[2] German tennis player Angelique Kerber, ^[3] 1. FC Köln and German Olympic soccer team goalkeeper Timo Horn ^[4] and Paris Saint-Germain F.C.'s Brazilian winger Lucas Moura ^[5] were named celebrity ambassadors for the event.

Sweden won the tournament by defeating Canada 2–1 after a penalty shoot-out. ^[6] Russia won the bronze medal game, defeating Finland 5–3.

Bids

There were two official bids to host these championships.

• Denmark / Latvia
  • Copenhagen/Riga

Denmark has never hosted these championships. Latvia hosted these championships for the first time in 2006. The proposed arenas were Arena Riga and the planned Copenhagen Arena. ^[7]

• France / Germany
  • Paris/Cologne

France last hosted these championships in 1951. Germany hosted the championships most recently in 2010. The proposed arenas were AccorHotels Arena in Paris and Lanxess Arena in Cologne.

The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 17, 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden. ^[8] The united bid of France and Germany received 63 votes, while the bid of Denmark and Latvia received 45. ^[8]

Participants

•   Belarus ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   Canada ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   Czech Republic ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   Denmark ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   Finland ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   France ^{[lower-alpha 2]}
•   Germany ^{[lower-alpha 2]}
•   Italy ^{[lower-alpha 3]}
•   Latvia ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   Norway ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   Russia ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   Slovakia ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   Slovenia ^{[lower-alpha 3]}
•   Sweden ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•    Switzerland ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
•   United States ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

1. Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2016 IIHF World Championship
2. Qualified as the co-hosts
3. Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2016 IIHF World Championship Division I

Seeding

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2016 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2016 IIHF World Championship. ^[9]

Group A (Cologne)   Russia (2)   United States (4)   Sweden (5)   Slovakia (8)   Germany (10)   Latvia (12)   Denmark (13)   Italy (16)

Group B (Paris)   Canada (1)   Finland (3)   Czech Republic (6)    Switzerland (7)   Belarus (9)   Norway (11)   France (14)   Slovenia (15)

Venues

France	Paris Cologne	Germany
Paris		Cologne
AccorHotels Arena Capacity: 14,510		Lanxess Arena Capacity: 18,500

Rosters

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament. ^[10]

Officials

The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament. ^{[11] [12]}

Referees	Linesmen
Stefan Fonselius Roman Gofman Oliver Gouin Jan Hribik Brett Iverson Antonín Jeřábek Jozef Kubuš Mark Lemelin Marcus Linde Eduards Odiņš Linus Öhlund Daniel Piechaczek Stephen Reneau Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker Tobias Wehrli	Ivan Dedyulya Rene Jensen Roman Kaderli Lukas Kohlmüller Gleb Lazarev Joep Leermakers Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov Judson Ritter Peter Šefčík Hannu Sormunen Libor Suchánek Sakari Suominen Nathan Vanoosten

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 9 August 2016. ^[13]

Group A

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	United States	7	6	0	0	1	31	14	+17	18	Playoff round
2	Russia	7	5	1	0	1	35	10	+25	17
3	Sweden	7	5	0	1	1	29	13	+16	16
4	Germany (H)	7	2	2	1	2	20	23	−3	11
5	Latvia	7	3	0	1	3	14	18	−4	10
6	Denmark	7	1	2	0	4	13	22	−9	7
7	Slovakia	7	0	1	2	4	12	28	−16	4
8	Italy (R)	7	0	0	1	6	6	32	−26	1	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.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2018 hosts (Denmark) cannot be relegated by rule. ^[14]

5 May 2017
Sweden		1–2 (GWS)		Russia
United States		1–2		Germany
6 May 2017
Latvia		3–0		Denmark
Slovakia		3–2 (OT)		Italy
Germany		2–7		Sweden
7 May 2017
Italy		1–10		Russia
United States		7–2		Denmark
Latvia		3–1		Slovakia
8 May 2017
Germany		3–6		Russia
United States		4–3		Sweden
9 May 2017
Italy		1–2		Latvia
Slovakia		3–4 (GWS)		Denmark
10 May 2017
United States		3–0		Italy
Slovakia		2–3 (GWS)		Germany
11 May 2017
Russia		3–0		Denmark
Sweden		2–0		Latvia
12 May 2017
Sweden		8–1		Italy
Denmark		3–2 (OT)		Germany
13 May 2017
Latvia		3–5		United States
Russia		6–0		Slovakia
Italy		1–4		Germany
14 May 2017
Slovakia		1–6		United States
Denmark		2–4		Sweden
15 May 2017
Denmark		2–0		Italy
Russia		5–0		Latvia
16 May 2017
Sweden		4–2		Slovakia
Russia		3–5		United States
Germany		4–3 (GWS)		Latvia

Group B

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	6	0	1	0	32	10	+22	19	Playoff round
2	Switzerland	7	3	2	2	0	22	14	+8	15
3	Czech Republic	7	3	2	0	2	23	14	+9	13
4	Finland	7	2	2	1	2	20	22	−2	11
5	France (H)	7	2	2	0	3	23	19	+4	10
6	Norway	7	2	0	2	3	13	19	−6	8
7	Belarus	7	2	0	1	4	15	27	−12	7
8	Slovenia (R)	7	0	0	1	6	13	36	−23	1	Relegation to Division I 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.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated

5 May 2017
Finland		3–2		Belarus
Czech Republic		1–4		Canada
6 May 2017
Switzerland		5–4 (GWS)		Slovenia
Belarus		1–6		Czech Republic
Norway		3–2		France
7 May 2017
Slovenia		2–7		Canada
Finland		1–5		France
Norway		0–3		Switzerland
8 May 2017
Belarus		0–6		Canada
Finland		3–4 (GWS)		Czech Republic
9 May 2017
Slovenia		1–5		Norway
Switzerland		3–4 (GWS)		France
10 May 2017
Switzerland		3–0		Belarus
Finland		5–2		Slovenia
11 May 2017
Czech Republic		1–0 (OT)		Norway
Canada		3–2		France
12 May 2017
Czech Republic		5–1		Slovenia
France		4–3 (GWS)		Belarus
13 May 2017
Norway		2–3 (OT)		Finland
Slovenia		2–5		Belarus
Canada		2–3 (OT)		Switzerland
14 May 2017
France		2–5		Czech Republic
Switzerland		2–3 (OT)		Finland
15 May 2017
Canada		5–0		Norway
France		4–1		Slovenia
16 May 2017
Belarus		4–3		Norway
Czech Republic		1–3		Switzerland
Canada		5–2		Finland

Playoff round

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship playoff round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	18 May - Cologne
	United States	0
					20 May - Cologne
	Finland	2
					Finland	1
	18 May - Paris
					Sweden	4
	Switzerland	1
									21 May - Cologne
	Sweden	3
									Sweden (GWS)	2
	18 May - Cologne
									Canada	1
	Canada	2
					20 May - Cologne
	Germany	1
					Canada	4
	18 May - Paris
					Russia	2			Third place
	Russia	3
									21 May - Cologne
	Czech Republic	0
									Russia	5
									Finland	3

Quarterfinals

18 May 2017 16:15

United States

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 8,968

Game reference
	Jimmy Howard	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Oliver Gouin Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 21:01 – Rantanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) 0–2 46:49 – Kemppainen (J. Aaltonen)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	20

18 May 2017 16:15

Russia

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,209

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Mark Lemelin Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Brian Oliver Nathan Vanoosten
	Orlov (Plotnikov, Antipin) – 08:45 1–0 Kucherov (Kuznetsov, Antipin) (PP) – 13:36 2–0 Panarin (Kucherov, Kuznetsov) – 53:55 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	27

18 May 2017 20:15

Canada

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Germany

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 16,653

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Jan Hribik Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Judson Ritter Sakari Suominen
	Scheifele (O'Reilly, Marner) (PP) – 17:11 1–0 Skinner (Matheson, Scheifele) – 38:08 2–0 2–1 53:21 – Y. Seidenberg (Ehrhoff) (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	50	Shots	20

18 May 2017 20:15

Switzerland

1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Sweden

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,417

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referees: Brett Iverson Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Libor Suchánek
	0–1 04:15 – Bäckström (Lindberg, Nylander) Haas – 12:53 1–1 1–2 33:15 – Nylander (Ekman-Larsson) 1–3 43:44 – Edler (J. Lundqvist)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	29

Semifinals

20 May 2017 15:15

Canada

4–2 (0–0, 0–2, 4–0)

Russia

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 16,469

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Referees: Mark Lemelin Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Brian Oliver
	0–1 32:16 – Kuznetsov (Panarin, Kucherov) 0–2 34:50 – Gusev (Shipachyov, Panarin) (PP) Scheifele (MacKinnon, Parayko) (PP) – 40:17 1–2 MacKinnon (Konecny) – 55:07 2–2 O'Reilly (Matheson) – 56:58 3–2 Couturier (O'Reilly, Parayko) (ENG) – 58:53 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	38	Shots	28

20 May 2017 19:15

Sweden

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 11,242

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Jan Hribik Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Nathan Vanoosten
	Edler (Bäckström) – 01:49 1–0 1–1 04:45 – Kemppainen (Aaltonen) J. Klingberg (Ekman-Larsson, Nylander) (PP) – 24:36 2–1 Nylander (Bäckström) (PP) – 34:52 3–1 Nordström (Krüger) – 53:52 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	23

Bronze medal game

21 May 2017 16:15

Russia

5–3 (1–0, 3–1, 1–2)

Finland

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 16,182

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Goalies	Joonas Korpisalo Harri Säteri	Referees: Oliver Gouin Brett Iverson Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Brian Oliver
	Gusev (Antipin, Nichushkin) – 06:58 1–0 Tkachyov (Nichushkin, Zub) (SH) – 21:48 2–0 Gusev (Panarin, Dadonov) (PP) – 27:01 3–0 Kiselevich (Namestnikov, Nichushkin) – 28:16 4–0 4–1 39:33 – Rantanen (Filppula) 4–2 41:16 – Lehtonen (Aho) 4–3 45:29 – Savinainen (Rantanen, Aho) (PP) Kucherov (Gusev, Belov) – 49:49 5–3
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	29

Gold medal game

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship Final

21 May 2017 20:45

Canada

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

Sweden

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 17,363

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Sakari Suominen
	0–1 39:39 – Hedman (SH) O'Reilly (Marner, MacKinnon) (PP) – 41:58 1–1
	MacKinnon Point O'Reilly Marner	Shootout	Nylander Bäckström Ekman-Larsson Landeskog
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	42

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Sweden	10	7	1	1	1	38	16	+22	24	Champions
2	B	Canada	10	8	0	2	0	39	15	+24	26	Runners-up
3	A	Russia	10	7	1	0	2	45	17	+28	23	Third place
4	B	Finland	10	3	2	1	4	26	31	−5	14	Fourth place
5	A	United States	8	6	0	0	2	31	16	+15	18	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	B	Switzerland	8	3	2	2	1	23	17	+6	15
7	B	Czech Republic	8	3	2	0	3	23	17	+6	13
8	A	Germany (H)	8	2	2	1	3	21	25	−4	11
9	B	France (H)	7	2	2	0	3	23	19	+4	10	Eliminated in Group stage
10	A	Latvia	7	3	0	1	3	14	18	−4	10
11	B	Norway	7	2	0	2	3	13	19	−6	8
12	A	Denmark	7	1	2	0	4	13	22	−9	7
13	B	Belarus	7	2	0	1	4	15	27	−12	7
14	A	Slovakia	7	0	1	2	4	12	28	−16	4
15	B	Slovenia	7	0	0	1	6	13	36	−23	1	2018 IIHF World Championship Division I
16	A	Italy	7	0	0	1	6	6	32	−26	1

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Artemi Panarin	9	4	13	17	+4	4	F
Nikita Kucherov	10	7	8	15	+7	8	F
Nathan MacKinnon	10	6	9	15	+6	6	F
Nikita Gusev	10	7	7	14	+5	4	F
William Nylander	10	7	7	14	+11	2	F
Vadim Shipachyov	10	2	11	13	+1	2	F
Mitch Marner	10	4	8	12	+1	8	F
Johnny Gaudreau	8	6	5	11	+2	0	F
Sebastian Aho	10	2	9	11	-2	4	F
Stéphane Da Costa	6	6	4	10	+3	2	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
Henrik Lundqvist	320:00	7	1.31	129	94.57	0
Calvin Pickard	443:40	11	1.49	178	93.82	1
Andrei Vasilevskiy	522:51	15	1.72	233	93.56	3
Elvis Merzļikins	364:04	12	1.98	183	93.44	1
Leonardo Genoni	361:32	10	1.66	150	93.33	2

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

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Best Defenceman: Dennis Seidenberg
  • Best Forward: Artemi Panarin

Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: William Nylander
  • Goaltender: Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • Defencemen: Colton Parayko / Dennis Seidenberg
  • Forwards: William Nylander / Artemi Panarin / Nathan MacKinnon

Source: IIHF.com

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External links

• Official website