Group A was one of two groups of the 2017 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2018. [1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 18 | Playoff round |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 10 | +25 | 17 | |
3 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 16 | |
4 | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 11 | |
5 | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 10 | |
6 | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 7 | |
7 | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 28 | −16 | 4 | |
8 | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 32 | −26 | 1 | Relegation to Division I A [lower-alpha 1] |
All times are local (UTC+2).
5 May 2017 16:15 | Sweden ![]() | 1–2 GWS (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 18,357 |
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Viktor Fasth | Goalies | Andrei Vasilevskiy | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||
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Lindholm ![]() Ekman-Larsson ![]() Nylander ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||
23 | Shots | 30 |
5 May 2017 20:15 | United States ![]() | 1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 18,688 |
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Jimmy Howard | Goalies | Thomas Greiss | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
43 | Shots | 27 |
6 May 2017 12:15 | Latvia ![]() | 3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 13,453 |
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Elvis Merzļikins | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||
35 | Shots | 27 |
6 May 2017 16:15 | Slovakia ![]() | 3–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 12,229 |
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Július Hudáček | Goalies | Andreas Bernard | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 19 |
6 May 2017 20:15 | Germany ![]() | 2–7 (1–1, 1–3, 0–3) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 18,673 |
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Thomas Greiss Danny aus den Birken | Goalies | Viktor Fasth | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 44 |
7 May 2017 12:15 | Italy ![]() | 1–10 (0–2, 1–3, 0–5) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 10,893 |
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Frederic Cloutier | Goalies | Andrei Vasilevskiy Ilya Sorokin | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Shots | 36 |
7 May 2017 16:15 | United States ![]() | 7–2 (3–1, 3–1, 1–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 8,764 |
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Connor Hellebuyck | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 24 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 25 |
7 May 2017 20:15 | Latvia ![]() | 3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 8,149 |
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Elvis Merzļikins | Goalies | Ján Laco | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 37 min | ||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 30 |
8 May 2017 16:15 | Germany ![]() | 3–6 (0–3, 0–2, 3–1) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 18,734 |
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Thomas Greiss | Goalies | Andrei Vasilevskiy | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 35 |
8 May 2017 20:15 | United States ![]() | 4–3 (2–3, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 18,398 |
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Jimmy Howard | Goalies | Viktor Fasth | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Shots | 42 |
9 May 2017 16:15 | Italy ![]() | 1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 6,332 |
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Andreas Bernard | Goalies | Elvis Merzļikins | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
21 | Shots | 24 |
9 May 2017 20:15 | Slovakia ![]() | 3–4 GWS (0–1, 0–2, 3–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 4,454 |
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Július Hudáček | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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L. Hudáček ![]() Haščák ![]() Dravecký ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
14 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 26 |
10 May 2017 16:15 | United States ![]() | 3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 7,168 |
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Jimmy Howard | Goalies | Andreas Bernard | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
32 | Shots | 8 |
10 May 2017 20:15 | Slovakia ![]() | 2–3 GWS (1–0, 1–2, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 17,647 |
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Július Hudáček | Goalies | Thomas Greiss Danny aus den Birken | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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Hrnka ![]() Bližňák ![]() Miklík ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 31 |
11 May 2017 16:15 | Russia ![]() | 3–0 (0–0, 3–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 6,932 |
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Andrei Vasilevskiy | Goalies | Georg Sørensen | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
33 | Shots | 21 |
11 May 2017 20:15 | Sweden ![]() | 2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 8,276 |
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Eddie Läck | Goalies | Elvis Merzļikins | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||
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16 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||
30 | Shots | 19 |
12 May 2017 16:15 | Sweden ![]() | 8–1 (2–0, 1–1, 5–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 10,878 |
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Viktor Fasth | Goalies | Frédéric Cloutier | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Shots | 15 |
12 May 2017 20:15 | Denmark ![]() | 3–2 OT (2–2, 0–0, 0–0) (OT 1–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 18,629 |
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Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Danny aus den Birken | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 29 |
13 May 2017 12:15 | Latvia ![]() | 3–5 (1–0, 2–3, 0–2) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 17,936 |
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Elvis Merzļikins | Goalies | Connor Hellebuyck | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Shots | 33 |
13 May 2017 16:15 | Russia ![]() | 6–0 (3–0, 2–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 18,591 |
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Andrei Vasilevskiy | Goalies | Július Hudáček | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 22 |
13 May 2017 20:15 | Italy ![]() | 1–4 (1–2, 0–2, 0–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 18,712 |
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Andreas Bernard | Goalies | Danny aus den Birken | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
18 | Shots | 37 |
14 May 2017 16:15 | Slovakia ![]() | 1–6 (0–1, 1–3, 0–2) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 13,267 |
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Július Hudáček | Goalies | Jimmy Howard | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 28 |
14 May 2017 20:15 | Denmark ![]() | 2–4 (0–1, 0–2, 2–1) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 10,314 |
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Georg Sørensen | Goalies | Henrik Lundqvist | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 33 |
15 May 2017 16:15 | Denmark ![]() | 2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 5,653 |
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Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Andreas Bernard | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||
38 | Shots | 16 |
15 May 2017 20:15 | Russia ![]() | 5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 16,439 |
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Ilya Sorokin | Goalies | Ivars Punnenovs | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 24 |
16 May 2017 12:15 | Sweden ![]() | 4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 10,259 |
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Henrik Lundqvist | Goalies | Július Hudáček Jaroslav Janus | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | Shots | 15 |
16 May 2017 16:15 | Russia ![]() | 3–5 (1–0, 2–3, 0–2) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 18,756 |
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Andrei Vasilevskiy | Goalies | Jimmy Howard | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Shots | 35 |
16 May 2017 20:15 | Germany ![]() | 4–3 GWS (0–0, 2–1, 1–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | ![]() | Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 18,797 |
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Philipp Grubauer | Goalies | Elvis Merzļikins | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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Kahun ![]() Draisaitl ![]() Tiffels ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
41 | Shots | 30 |
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