2017 IIHF World Championship

2017 IIHF World Championship
	File:2017 IIHF World Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countries	Germany; France
Dates	5–21 May 2017
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (10th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	355 (5.55 per match)
Attendance	686,391 (10,725 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Artemi Panarin; (17 points)
MVP	William Nylander
Website	Website
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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

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2016 IIHF World Championship
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Qualified as the co-hosts
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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

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

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

Group A

2017 IIHF World Championship Group A


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

2017 IIHF World Championship Group B


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

2017 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Gold medal game

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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	2018 IIHF World Championship Division I

Source: IIHF.com
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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
William Nylander	10	7	7	14	+11	2	F
Nikita Gusev	10	7	7	14	+5	4	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

References

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External links

Official website

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[Q1-11] 3.0 ^3.1 Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2016 IIHF World Championship Division I

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