2016 IIHF World Championship

There were three official bids to host these championships. The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided during the final weekend of the 2011 IIHF World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia.[http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=5784 Three bids for 2016]

• {{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark
• Copenhagen/Herning

::Denmark has never hosted these championships. The tournament was proposed to run from May 6–22, 2016 in Parken Stadium (Copenhagen, 15,000 seats) and Jyske Bank Boxen (Herning, 12,000 seats).

• {{flagicon|Russia}} Russia
• Moscow/Saint Petersburg

::Russia was the only bidder to ever have hosted these championships, with the most recent being in 2007. 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).

• {{flagicon|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.

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• {{ih|BLR}}{{efn|name=QA|Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2015 IIHF World Championship}}
• {{ih|CAN}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|CZE}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|DEN}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|FIN}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|FRA}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|GER}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|HUN}}{{efn|name=Q1|Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I}}
• {{ih|KAZ}}{{efn|name=Q1}}
• {{ih|LAT}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|NOR}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|RUS}}{{efn|name=QH|Qualified as host}}
• {{ih|SVK}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|SWE}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|SWI}}{{efn|name=QA}}
• {{ih|USA}}{{efn|name=QA}}

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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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/information/#tournament-format |title=Format |access-date=2016-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504231535/http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/information#tournament-format |archive-date=2016-05-04 |url-status=dead }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/world-ranking/|title=Canada tops World Ranking|date=17 May 2015|work=iihfworlds2015.com|access-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418233432/http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/world-ranking|archive-date=18 April 2016|url-status=dead}}

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;Group A (Moscow)

• {{ih|RUS}} (2)
• {{ih|SWE}} (3)
• {{ih|CZE}} (6)
• {{ih|SUI}} (7)
• {{ih|LAT}} (10)
• {{ih|NOR}} (11)
• {{ih|DEN}} (15)
• {{ih|KAZ}} (17)

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;Group B (St. Petersburg)

• {{ih|CAN}} (1)
• {{ih|FIN}} (4)
• {{ih|USA}} (5)
• {{ih|SVK}} (8)
• {{ih|BLR}} (9)
• {{ih|FRA}} (12)
• {{ih|GER}} (13)
• {{ih|HUN}} (19)

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{{details|2016 IIHF World Championship 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.

The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament.[http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415000_35B_1_0.pdf Match officials]

File:2016 IIHF WC Norway vs. Denmark (07.05.16) 28.JPG

The schedule was released on 15 July 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/russia-to-open-vs-czechs/|title=Russia to open vs. Czechs|date=15 July 2015|work=iihfworlds2016.com|access-date=20 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628033747/http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/russia-to-open-vs-czechs/|archive-date=28 June 2016|url-status=dead}}

{{Main|2016 IIHF World Championship Group A}}

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{{Main|2016 IIHF World Championship Group B}}

{{:2016 IIHF World Championship Group B}}

{{Main|2016 IIHF World Championship playoff round}}

{{:2016 IIHF World Championship playoff round}}

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|date = 19 May 2016

|time = 16:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|CZE}}

|team2 = {{ih|USA}}

|score = 1–2 GWS

|progression= 1–0
1–1

|periods = (1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
OT (0–0)
GWS (0–1)

|goalie1 = Dominik Furch

|goalie2 = Keith Kinkaid

|goals1 = Zohorna (PS) – 15:23

| soshots1 = Kašpar {{SOmiss}}
Koukal {{SOmiss}}
Zohorna {{SOmiss}}

|goals2 =
21:27 – Matthews (Vatrano, Wideman)

| soshots2 = {{SOmiss}} Hendricks
{{SOgoal}} Matthews

|stadium = VTB Ice Palace, Moscow

|attendance = 7,853

|official = {{flagicon|SWE}} Linus Ohlund

|official2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Tobias Wehrli

|linesman = {{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Otmakhov

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Henrik Pihlblad

|reference = http://statspdf.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415357_74_5_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 12

|penalties2 = 12

|shots1 = 32

|shots2 = 28

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|date = 19 May 2016

|time = 16:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|FIN}}

|team2 = {{ih|DEN}}

|score = 5–1

|progression= 1–0
2–0
2–1
3–1
4–1
5–1

|periods = (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

|goalie1 = Mikko Koskinen

|goalie2 = Sebastian Dahm

|goals1 = Granlund (Koivu, Komarov) – 14:29
Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Ohtamaa) – 21:45

Laine (Hietanen, Jaakola) – 38:57
Jokinen (Koivu) (EN) – 57:46
Granlund – 58:07

|goals2 =

31:42 – Eller (Christensen, Ehlers) (PP)

|stadium = Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg

|attendance = 5,038

|official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Fraňo

|official2 = {{flagicon|SVK}} Jozef Kubuš

|linesman = {{flagicon|SUI}} Nicolas Fluri

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} Gleb Lazarev

|reference = http://statspdf.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415358_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 6

|penalties2 = 6

|shots1 = 28

|shots2 = 17

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|date = 19 May 2016

|time = 20:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|RUS}}

|team2 = {{ih|GER}}

|score = 4–1

|progression= 0–1
1–1
2–1
3–1
4–1

|periods = (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

|goalie1 = Sergei Bobrovsky

|goalie2 = Thomas Greiss

|goals1 =
Shipachyov (Dadonov, Belov) – 20:40
Dadonov (Shipachyov) – 27:17
Shipachyov (Telegin) – 34:14
Ovechkin (Kuznetsov, Lyubimov) – 42:45

|goals2 = 04:45 – Reimer

|stadium = VTB Ice Palace, Moscow

|attendance = 12,199

|official = {{flagicon|SWE}} Tobias Björk

|official2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} Aleksi Rantala

|linesman = {{flagicon|CZE}} Miroslav Lhotský

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Fraser McIntyre

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415359_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 2

|penalties2 = 4

|shots1 = 37

|shots2 = 20

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|date = 19 May 2016

|time = 20:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|CAN}}

|team2 = {{ih|SWE}}

|score = 6–0

|progression= 1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
5–0
6–0

|periods = (1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

|goalie1 = Cam Talbot

|goalie2 = Jacob Markström

|goals1 = Scheifele (O'Reilly, Stone) – 18:39
Dumba (Stone, Scheifele) (PP) – 26:05
Marchand (Dumba, Scheifele) – 32:02
Domi (Reinhart, Matheson) – 32:13
Stone – 51:05
Brassard (Gallagher, Hall) – 53:22

|goals2 =

|stadium = Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg

|attendance = 6,090

|official = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Gofman

|official2 = {{flagicon|BLR}} Maxim Sidorenko

|linesman = {{flagicon|USA}} Judson Ritter

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sakari Suominen

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415360_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 10

|penalties2 = 18

|shots1 = 34

|shots2 = 24

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|date = 21 May 2016

|time = 16:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|FIN}}

|team2 = {{ih|RUS}}

|score = 3–1

|progression= 0–1
1–1
2–1
3–1

|periods = (0–1, 3–0, 0–0)

|goalie1 = Mikko Koskinen

|goalie2 = Sergei Bobrovsky

|goals1 =
Aho (Granlund, Lindell) (PP) – 25:34
Jokinen (Laine) – 35:50
Aho (Koskiranta, Koivu) (PP) – 38:15

|goals2 = 02:52 – Shirokov (Telegin, Marchenko)

|stadium = VTB Ice Palace, Moscow

|attendance = 12,215

|official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Fraňo

|official2 = {{flagicon|SVK}} Jozef Kubuš

|linesman = {{flagicon|USA}} Fraser McIntyre

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Judson Ritter

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415261_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 10

|penalties2 = 8

|shots1 = 16

|shots2 = 29

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|date = 21 May 2016

|time = 20:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|CAN}}

|team2 = {{ih|USA}}

|score = 4–3

|progression= 1–0
2–0
2–1
2–2
2–3
3–3
4–3

|periods = (2–0, 1–3, 1–0)

|goalie1 = Cam Talbot

|goalie2 = Keith Kinkaid

|goals1 = Gallagher (Jenner, Reinhart) – 08:59
Marchand (Ceci) – 18:02



Brassard (O'Reilly, Perry) (PP) – 35:30
Ellis (Murray, McDavid) – 41:34

|goals2 =

21:14 – Matthews (Wideman, Larkin) (PP)
23:57 – Warsofsky (Nelson, Fasching)
28:25 – Motte (Larkin, Compher)

|stadium = VTB Ice Palace, Moscow

|attendance = 10,455

|official = {{flagicon|RUS}} Roman Gofman

|official2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Tobias Wehrli

|linesman = {{flagicon|CZE}} Miroslav Lhotský

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Otmakhov

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415262_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 6

|penalties2 = 14

|shots1 = 27

|shots2 = 33

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|date = 22 May 2016

|time = 16:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|RUS}}

|team2 = {{ih|USA}}

|score = 7–2

|progression= 1–0
2–0
3–0
4–0
4–1
5–1
5–2
6–2
7–2

|periods = (2–0, 3–1, 2–1)

|goalie1 = Sergei Bobrovsky

|goalie2 = Keith Kinkaid
Mike Condon

|goals1 = Voynov (Kalinin, Shirokov) – 06:23
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

|goals2 =



34:29 – Vatrano (Warsofsky, Nelson) (PP)

43:42 – Vatrano (Warsofsky)

|stadium = VTB Ice Palace, Moscow

|attendance = 12,043

|official = {{flagicon|SWE}} Tobias Björk

|official2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Fraňo

|linesman = {{flagicon|CZE}} Miroslav Lhotský

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Henrik Pihlblad

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415163_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 10

|penalties2 = 8

|shots1 = 29

|shots2 = 30

}}

{{Main|2016 IIHF World Championship Final}}

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File:2016 IIHF World Championship. Final match (2016-05-22)-02.jpg

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• Best players selected by the directorate:
• Best Goaltender: {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Koskinen
• Best Defenceman: {{flagicon|CAN}} Mike Matheson
• Best Forward: {{flagicon|FIN}} Patrik Laine

Source: [http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415000_85I_1_0.pdf IIHF.com]

• Media All-Stars:
• MVP: {{flagicon|FIN}} Patrik Laine
• Goaltender: {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Koskinen
• Defencemen: {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Zaitsev / {{flagicon|CAN}} Mike Matheson
• Forwards: {{flagicon|FIN}} Patrik Laine / {{flagicon|RUS}} Vadim Shipachyov / {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikael Granlund

Source: [http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415000_98_1_0.pdf IIHF.com]

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

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position

Source: [http://statspdf.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415000_85B_48_0.pdf IIHF.com]

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.

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: [http://statspdf.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415000_85A_48_0.pdf IIHF.com]

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