2016 IIHF World Championship

- Russia **Russia** - **Moscow/Saint Petersburg** ::Russia was the only bidder to ever have hosted these championships, with the most recent being in [2007](2007-iihf-world-championship). The tournament was proposed to run from April 29 – May 15, 2016 in Megasport Arena (Moscow, 13,577 seats) and Ice Palace (Saint Petersburg, 12,300 seats). - Ukraine **Ukraine** - **Kyiv** ::Ukraine, like Denmark, has never hosted these championships. The tournament was proposed to run from May 6–22, 2016 in Palace of Sports (Kyiv, 7,000 seats) and a new 12,000 seat arena to be built by 2015 in Kyiv. ## Venues ::data[format=table] | [[File:Coat of arms of Moscow.svg|20px]] Moscow | |---| | | | VTB Ice Palace | | **Capacity:** 12,100 | | [[File:ВТБ Ледовый дворец, вход для зрителей.JPG|280px]] | :: ## Participants - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ## Format The 16 teams were split into two groups of eight teams. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams advance to the knockout stage, to play out the winner. The last team of each group will be relegated to Division I the following year. ## Seeding The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2015 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2015 IIHF World Championship. ;Group A (Moscow) - (2) - (3) - (6) - (7) - (10) - (11) - (15) - (17) ;Group B (St. Petersburg) - (1) - (4) - (5) - (8) - (9) - (12) - (13) - (19) ## Rosters Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and three goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting. ## Officials The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/2016_IIHF_WC_Norway_vs._Denmark_(07.05.16)_28.JPG" caption="Henrik Pihlblad, Tobias Wehrli, Stefan Fonselius and Peter Šefčík during Norway vs. Denmark match"] :: ::data[format=table] | Referees | Linesmen | |---|---| | | | | :: ## Preliminary round The schedule was released on 15 July 2015. ### Group A ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Russian_Federation_v_Czech_Republic_match_(2016_IIHF_WC).jpg" caption="Russia vs Czech Republic at the VTB Ice Palace"] :: *Main article: [2016 IIHF World Championship Group A](2016-iihf-world-championship-group-a)* ::data[format=table] | | | [4–1](2016-iihf-world-championship-group-a-russia-vs-sweden) | | | | |---|---|---|---|---|---| :: ### Group B *Main article: [2016 IIHF World Championship Group B](2016-iihf-world-championship-group-b)* ::data[format=table] | | | [0–4](2016-iihf-world-championship-group-b-canada-vs-finland) | | | | |---|---|---|---|---|---| :: ## Playoff round *Main article: [2016 IIHF World Championship playoff round](2016-iihf-world-championship-playoff-round)* ### Quarterfinals 1–1 OT (0–0) GWS (0–1) Koukal Zohorna 21:27 – Matthews (Vatrano, Wideman) Matthews 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Ohtamaa) – 21:45 Laine (Hietanen, Jaakola) – 38:57 Jokinen (Koivu) (EN) – 57:46 Granlund – 58:07 31:42 – Eller (Christensen, Ehlers) (PP) 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 Shipachyov (Dadonov, Belov) – 20:40 Dadonov (Shipachyov) – 27:17 Shipachyov (Telegin) – 34:14 Ovechkin (Kuznetsov, Lyubimov) – 42:45 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 Dumba (Stone, Scheifele) (PP) – 26:05 Marchand (Dumba, Scheifele) – 32:02 Domi (Reinhart, Matheson) – 32:13 Stone – 51:05 Brassard (Gallagher, Hall) – 53:22 ### Semifinals 1–1 2–1 3–1 Aho (Granlund, Lindell) (PP) – 25:34 Jokinen (Laine) – 35:50 Aho (Koskiranta, Koivu) (PP) – 38:15 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–3 4–3 Marchand (Ceci) – 18:02 Brassard (O'Reilly, Perry) (PP) – 35:30 Ellis (Murray, McDavid) – 41:34 21:14 – Matthews (Wideman, Larkin) (PP) 23:57 – Warsofsky (Nelson, Fasching) 28:25 – Motte (Larkin, Compher) ### Bronze medal game 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1 5–2 6–2 7–2 Mike Condon Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Orlov) (PP) – 13:41 Telegin (Datsyuk, Mozyakin) – 29:36 Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) – 32:49 Panarin (Belov, Chudinov) – 35:22 Mozyakin (Datsyuk) – 53:13 Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin) (PP) – 59:53 34:29 – Vatrano (Warsofsky, Nelson) (PP) 43:42 – Vatrano (Warsofsky) ### Gold medal game *Main article: [2016 IIHF World Championship Final](2016-iihf-world-championship-final)* ## Final ranking ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/2016_IIHF_World_Championship._Final_match_(2016-05-22)-02.jpg" caption="Team Canada celebrates with the cup"] :: Quarter-finals Group stage ### Awards and statistics #### Awards - Best players selected by the directorate: - Best Goaltender: FIN Mikko Koskinen - Best Defenceman: CAN Mike Matheson - Best Forward: FIN Patrik Laine Source: [IIHF.com](https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415000_85I_1_0.pdf) - Media All-Stars: - MVP: FIN Patrik Laine - Goaltender: FIN Mikko Koskinen - Defencemen: RUS Nikita Zaitsev / CAN Mike Matheson - Forwards: FIN Patrik Laine / RUS Vadim Shipachyov / FIN Mikael Granlund Source: [IIHF.com](https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415000_98_1_0.pdf) ### Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. ::data[format=table] | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | RUS Vadim Shipachyov | 10 | 6 | 12 | **18** | +10 | 8 | F | | RUS Artemi Panarin | 10 | 6 | 9 | **15** | +9 | 4 | F | | RUS Evgenii Dadonov | 10 | 6 | 7 | **13** | +10 | 6 | F | | FIN Patrik Laine | 10 | 7 | 5 | **12** | +4 | 4 | F | | FIN Mikael Granlund | 10 | 4 | 8 | **12** | +6 | 2 | F | | CAN Derick Brassard | 10 | 5 | 6 | **11** | +9 | 4 | F | | RUS Pavel Datsyuk | 10 | 1 | 10 | **11** | +6 | 0 | F | | CAN Matt Duchene | 10 | 5 | 5 | **10** | +10 | 2 | F | | FIN Mikko Koivu | 10 | 4 | 6 | **10** | +8 | 12 | F | | CAN Mark Stone | 10 | 4 | 6 | **10** | +8 | 6 | F | :: *GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position* Source: [IIHF.com](http://statspdf.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415000_85B_48_0.pdf) ### 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. ::data[format=table] | Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | CZE Dominik Furch | 255:00 | 4 | 0.94 | 100 | **96.00** | 2 | | FIN Mikko Koskinen | 479:01 | 9 | 1.13 | 169 | **94.67** | 1 | | CAN Cam Talbot | 480:00 | 10 | 1.25 | 167 | **94.01** | 4 | | DEN Sebastian Dahm | 434:04 | 16 | 2.21 | 248 | **93.55** | 1 | | RUS Sergei Bobrovsky | 520:51 | 15 | 1.73 | 218 | **93.12** | 1 | :: *TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts* Source: [IIHF.com](http://statspdf.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415000_85A_48_0.pdf) ## IIHF honors and awards The 2016 IIHF Hall of Fame inductees and award recipients were honored during the World Championship medal ceremonies in Moscow. **IIHF Hall of Fame inductees** - Peter Bondra, Slovakia - Sergei Fedorov, Russia - Valeri Kamensky, Russia - Ville Peltonen, Finland - Pat Quinn, Canada - Ben Smith, United States **Award recipients** - Nikolai Ozerov of Russia posthumously received the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey. - Gábor Ocskay of Hungary posthumously received the Torriani Award for a player with an outstanding career from non-top hockey nation. ## References ## References 1. 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