2016 IIHF World Championship

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.

• Denmark Denmark
  • Copenhagen/Herning

• Russia Russia
  • Moscow/Saint Petersburg

• Ukraine Ukraine
  • Kyiv

Venues

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)

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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.

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 15 July 2015.

Group A

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship Group A

Group B

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship Group B

Playoff round

Main article: 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

Final ranking

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

• 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

Scoring leaders

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: 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.

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

Source: IIHF.com

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.

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