2016 IIHF World Championship

The 2016 IIHF World Championship was the 80th such Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#Championship, event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), being held from 6 to 22 May 2016 in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia. Canada men's national ice hockey team, Canada entered the tournament as the defending 2015 IIHF World Championship, 2015 champions. Hungary men's national ice hockey team, Hungary returned to the Championship after a 6-year absence, and Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team, Kazakhstan after a 1-year absence.

Canada won their 26th gold medal, defeating Finland 2–0 in the gold medal game. With the win Corey Perry became the second consecutive Canadian team captain to earn membership in the Triple Gold Club. Russia won the bronze medal, defeating the United States 7–2 in the bronze medal game.

Bids

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.Three bids for 2016
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* 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).

* Russia
** Moscow/Saint Petersburg
::Russia was the only bidder to ever have hosted these championships, with the most recent being in 2007 IIHF World Championship, 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), Ice Palace (Saint Petersburg, 12,300 seats).

* 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, Palace of Sports (Kyiv, 7,000 seats) and a new 12,000 seat arena to be built by 2015 in Kyiv.

Venues

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Format

The 16 teams were split into two groups of eight teams. After playing a Round-robin tournament, round-robin, the top four teams advance to the Single-elimination tournament, 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)
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;Group B (St. Petersburg)
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Rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (Forward (ice hockey), forwards and Defenceman, 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.

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 15 July 2015.

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

Awards and statistics

Awards

*Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Mikko Koskinen
** Best Defenceman: Mike Matheson
** Best Forward (ice hockey), Forward: Patrik Laine
Source
IIHF.com
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*Media All-Stars:
** MVP: Patrik Laine
** Goaltender: Mikko Koskinen
** Defencemen: Nikita Zaitsev / Mike Matheson
** Forwards: Patrik Laine / Vadim Shipachyov / Mikael Granlund
Source
IIHF.com
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Scoring leaders

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

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus (ice hockey), Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''

Source
IIHF.com
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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.

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

Source
IIHF.com
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References

External links

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