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2014 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2014 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

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year	2014
prevseason	[2013](2013-men-s-ice-hockey-world-championships)
nextseason	[2015](2015-men-s-ice-hockey-world-championships)

The 2014 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 78th such event organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at six levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2015 competition.

Controversy

Main article: 2014 IIHF World Championship#Controversy

The selection of Belarus as hosts caused great controversy and initiated the Minsk2014.No Campaign. The European Parliament called the IIHF to move the venue and demanded the release of all political prisoners as a condition to continue the Championship in Minsk.

Championship

Main article: 2014 IIHF World Championship

The top division championship took place with the participation of sixteen teams from 9 to 25 May 2014. Belarus hosted the event with games played in Minsk.

The IIHF's official final ranking of the tournament:

16

Relegated to the 2015 Division I A

Division I

Main article: 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Goyang, South Korea, from 20 to 26 April 2014.

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 20 to 26 April 2014.

Division II

Main article: 2014 IIHF World Championship Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 April 2014.

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 5 to 11 April 2014.

Division III

Main article: 2014 IIHF World Championship Division III

The Division III tournament was played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, from 6 to 12 April 2014.

References

"Minsk2014 Campaign site".
"Ice Hockey finals in Belarus still on schedule". [[EUobserver]].
[http://www.iihfworlds2014.com/ Championship official website]
"Playoffs and Final Ranking". [[International Ice Hockey Federation.
[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/385/ Division I A Statistics]
[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/386/ Division I B Statistics]
[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/383/ Division II A Statistics]
[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/384/ Division II B Statistics]
[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/382/ Division III Statistics]

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