2016 IIHF World Championship Group A

Group A was one of two groups of the 2016 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2017.^[1]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Czech Republic	7	5	1	1	0	27	12	+15	18[a]	Playoff round
2	Russia (H)	7	6	0	0	1	32	10	+22	18[a]
3	Sweden	7	3	2	0	2	23	18	+5	13
4	Denmark	7	2	2	1	2	17	22	−5	11
5	Norway	7	2	1	0	4	13	22	−9	8[b]
6	Switzerland	7	1	1	3	2	20	26	−6	8[b]
7	Latvia	7	1	0	3	3	13	22	−9	6
8	Kazakhstan (R)	7	0	1	0	6	15	28	−13	2	Relegation to Division I A[c]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Matches[]

Sweden vs Latvia[]

6 May 2016 16:15

Sweden

2–1 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) OT (1–0)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 4,420

Game reference
	Jacob Markström	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Alexander Otmakhov
	Ericsson (Backlund, Fransson) – 02:52 1–0 1–1 52:29 – Sotnieks (Rēdlihs, Džeriņš) (PP) Nyquist (Wennberg) – 64:06 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	21

Czech Republic vs Russia[]

6 May 2016 20:15

Czech Republic

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 9,696

Game reference
	Dominik Furch	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Henrik Pihlblad
	Kundrátek (Kovář, Kempný) – 14:48 1–0 Červenka (Jeřábek, Pastrňák) (PP) – 20:48 2–0 Birner (ENG) – 58:28 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	25

Switzerland vs Kazakhstan[]

7 May 2016 12:15

Switzerland

2–3 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) OT (0–0) GWS (0–1)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,420

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referees: Roman Gofman Brett Iverson Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Vit Lederer
	Walser (Diaz, Andrighetto) – 14:56 1–0 1–1 30:57 – Savchenko (SH) 1–2 50:30 – Starchenko (Rymarev) (PP) Hollenstein (Ambühl, Du Bois) (PP) – 52:01 2–2
	Hollenstein Martschini Niederreiter Martschini	Shootout	Dawes Starchenko Rymarev Dawes
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	27

Norway vs Denmark[]

7 May 2016 16:15

Norway

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,668

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Sefcik
	0–1 21:06 – Nick. Jensen (Storm, Madsen) 0–2 34:12 – J. Jensen (Eller, D. Nielsen) 0–3 59:45 – Nick. Jensen (D. Nielsen) (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	28

Latvia vs Czech Republic[]

7 May 2016 20:15

Latvia

3–4 GWS (0–2, 1–0, 2–1) OT (0–0) GWS (0–1)

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 4,650

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 03:33 – Plekanec (Pastrňák, Červenka) 0–2 06:23 – Plekanec (Kašpar, Červenka) (PP) Bukarts (Džeriņš, Rēdlihs) – 35:26 1–2 Girgensons (Ābols, Daugaviņš) (PP) – 48:20 2–2 Rēdlihs (Džeriņš, Bukarts) – 57:41 3–2 3–3 59:01 – Řepík (Jeřábek, Kovář) (EA)
	Ābols Daugaviņš Bukarts	Shootout	Kašpar Kovář Koukal
	31 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	39

Kazakhstan vs Russia[]

8 May 2016 12:15

Kazakhstan

4–6 (3–3, 0–1, 1–2)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 10,122

Game reference
	Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Vit Lederer Peter Šefčík
	0–1 06:43 – Dadonov (Shipachyov, Belov) Boyd (Bochenski, Dawes) (PP) – 08:04 1–1 Starchenko (Khudyakov, Rymarev) – 09:02 2–1 2–2 09:21 – Lyubimov (Kalinin, Plotnikov) 2–3 11:11 – Mozyakin (Dadonov, Shipachyov) (PP2) Rymarev (Starchenko) (PP) – 19:46 3–3 3–4 38:02 – Belov (Datsyuk, Antipin) (PP) Semyonov (Boyd, Dawes) (PP) – 41:00 4–4 4–5 43:57 – Belov (Chudinov, Mozyakin) 4–6 48:38 – Lyubimov (Belov, Datsyuk) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	49

Norway vs Switzerland[]

8 May 2016 16:15

Norway

4–3 OT (1–1, 2–0, 0–2) OT (1–0)

Switzerland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 4,515

Game reference
	Lars Volden	Goalies	Robert Mayer	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 02:27 – Walser (Weber, Martschini) (PP) K. Olimb (M. Olimb, Zuccarello) (EA) – 14:07 1–1 Røymark (Forsberg) – 23:03 2–1 M. Olimb (K. Olimb, Olsen) (PP) – 38:03 3–1 3–2 43:24 – Moser (Diaz, Niederreiter) 3–3 59:50 – Du Bois (Diaz, Ambühl) (EA) Martinsen (M. Olimb, Trygg) (PP) – 63:23 4–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	39

Sweden vs Denmark[]

8 May 2016 20:15

Sweden

5–2 (0–1, 4–0, 1–1)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,385

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Roman Gofman Brett Iverson Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Pasi Nieminen
	0–1 15:05 – Ehlers (J. Jensen, Eller) (PP) Rosén (Fantenberg, Ritola) – 27:03 1–1 Backlund (Ericsson, Omark) (PP) – 28:30 2–1 Nygren (Omark, Sundström) (PP2) – 37:06 3–1 Backlund (Ericsson, Omark) (PP) – 39:00 4–1 Nyquist (PP) – 49:35 5–1 5–2 59:54 – J. Jensen (Bjorkstrand, Christensen)
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	42	Shots	25

Latvia vs Russia[]

9 May 2016 16:15

Latvia

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 10,440

Game reference
	Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Henrik Pihlblad
	0–1 20:29 – Panarin (Datsyuk) 0–2 27:34 – Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) 0–3 47:02 – Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) 0–4 57:30 – Panarin (Chudinov, Shipachyov) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	35 min
	27	Shots	37

Sweden vs Czech Republic[]

9 May 2016 20:15

Sweden

2–4 (2–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,780

Game reference
	Jacob Markström	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Alexander Otmakhov
	Rosén (Gustafsson, Wennberg) (PP) – 09:15 1–0 Lundberg (Sjögren) (SH) – 19:52 2–0 2–1 26:45 – Pastrňák (Červenka, Jeřábek) 2–2 33:38 – Kovář (Jeřábek, Birner) 2–3 37:59 – Birner (SH) 2–4 54:32 – Birner
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	33

Switzerland vs Denmark[]

10 May 2016 16:15

Switzerland

3–2 OT (0–2, 0–0, 2–0) OT (1–0)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,962

Game reference
	Reto Berra Robert Mayer	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Alexander Otmakhov
	0–1 07:08 – Storm (Nielsen, Nick. Jensen) (PP) 0–2 18:54 – Ehlers (Eller, Hansen) (PP) Weber (Moser, Niederreiter) – 49:42 1–2 Niederreiter (Moser, Diaz) – 57:58 2–2 Blum (Ambühl) – 64:08 3–2
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	28

Kazakhstan vs Norway[]

10 May 2016 20:15

Kazakhstan

2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,384

Game reference
	Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Timothy Mayer Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 03:24 – Johannessen (Forsberg) Dawes (Boyd, Semyonov) (PP) – 07:00 1–1 1–2 33:04 – K. Olimb (Olsen, Nørstebø) Bochenski (Savchenko, Dawes) (PP) – 35:47 2–2 2–3 38:17 – M. Olimb (K. Olimb, Holøs) 2–4 57:37 – Zuccarello (Haugen) (ENG)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	43

Switzerland vs Latvia[]

11 May 2016 16:15

Switzerland

5–4 (0–0, 3–3, 2–1)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,692

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Timothy Mayer Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Vit Lederer Pasi Nieminen
	Niederreiter (Andrighetto, Diaz) (PP) – 23:33 1–0 Niederreiter (Du Bois, Diaz) (PP) – 26:06 2–0 Hofmann (Andrighetto, Schäppi) – 28:30 3–0 3–1 33:24 – Rēdlihs (Sotnieks, Cibuļskis) (PP) 3–2 37:23 – Rēdlihs (Sotnieks, Cibuļskis) (PP) 3–3 38:36 – Ķēniņš Andrighetto (Geering) – 45:56 4–3 4–4 46:22 – A. Širokovs (Galviņš, Daugaviņš) Blum – 58:31 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	31	Shots	17

Sweden vs Kazakhstan[]

11 May 2016 20:15

Sweden

7–3 (3–1, 3–0, 1–2)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,729

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik Pavel Poluektov	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Peter Šefčík
	Backlund (Omark, Fantenberg) – 12:20 1–0 Klasen (Nyquist, Wennberg) – 15:11 2–0 Larsson (Norman) – 16:15 3–0 3–1 19:59 – Boyd (Dawes) (PP) Nyquist (Wennberg, Klasen) (PP) – 24:25 4–1 Nyquist (Omark, Ericsson) – 28:51 5–1 Wennberg (SH) – 30:42 6–1 6–2 46:49 – Markelov (Pushkaryov, Solaryov) 6–3 47:57 – Savchenko (Rymarev, Poluektov) Nyquist (Fransson, Wennberg) (SH) – 54:02 7–3
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	46	Shots	26

Czech Republic vs Norway[]

12 May 2016 16:15

Czech Republic

7–0 (3–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,124

Game reference
	Dominik Furch	Goalies	Lars Volden Lars Haugen	Referees: Tobias Björk Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	Červenka (Pastrňák, Kundrátek) – 05:11 1–0 Zohorna – 09:33 2–0 Kousal – 19:45 3–0 Kašpar (Kundrátek) – 22:10 4–0 Šimek (Birner) – 28:37 5–0 Řepík (Jeřábek, Kovář) – 34:53 6–0 Kašpar (Zohorna, Doudera) (PP) – 39:09 7–0
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	26

Russia vs Denmark[]

12 May 2016 20:15

Russia

10–1 (3–0, 4–1, 3–0)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,022

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Simon Nielsen	Referees: Martin Fraňo Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Vit Lederer Henrik Pihlblad
	Marchenko (Dadonov, Zaitsev) – 02:38 1–0 Chudinov (Shipachyov, Panarin) (PP) – 12:45 2–0 Zaitsev (Burmistrov) – 13:06 3–0 3–1 29:56 – Hansen (Ehlers, Eller) Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Lyubimov) (PP) – 30:43 4–1 Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Belov) – 33:42 5–1 Shirokov (Voinov) – 33:52 6–1 Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) – 37:37 7–1 Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin) (PP) – 41:50 8–1 Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) – 44:38 9–1 Panarin (Voinov, Shipachyov) (PP) – 55:31 10–1
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	41	Shots	17

Czech Republic vs Kazakhstan[]

13 May 2016 16:15

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,234

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referees: Péter Gebei Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Judson Ritter
	Plekanec (Pastrňák, Červenka) – 06:55 1–0 Plekanec (Pastrňák) – 42:51 2–0 2–1 55:30 – Dawes (Boyd, Tryasunov) Kousal (Jordán, Řepík) (ENG) – 58:51 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	20

Denmark vs Latvia[]

13 May 2016 20:15

Denmark

3–2 GWS (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) OT (0–0) GWS (1–0)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,788

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Linus Ohlund Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Alexander Otmakhov
	Nick. Jensen (Madsen, Green) (PP) – 11:57 1–0 1–1 17:45 – Džeriņš (Bukarts, Cibuļskis) (PP) 1–2 21:57 – Daugaviņš (Bukarts, Džeriņš) (PP) Poulsen (Bødker, Christensen) – 28:28 2–2
	Eller Ehlers Nick. Jensen	Shootout	Džeriņš Indrašis Daugaviņš
	10 min	Penalties	33 min
	36	Shots	32

Norway vs Sweden[]

14 May 2016 12:15

Norway

2–3 (0–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,221

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Péter Gebei Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 20:56 – Nyquist 0–2 42:43 – Lundberg (Fransson, Sjögren) (SH) Olsen (M. Olimb, Johannessen) – 43:41 1–2 1–3 51:47 – Rosén (Gustafsson, Wennberg) (PP) Martinsen (Holøs, M. Olimb) (EA) – 58:02 2–3
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	35

Russia vs Switzerland[]

14 May 2016 16:15

Russia

5–1 (1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Switzerland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,222

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Peter Šefčík
	Telegin (Lyubimov) – 05:13 1–0 Kuznetsov (Ovechkin) – 28:40 2–0 Telegin (Lyubimov) – 48:50 3–0 Shirokov (Zaitsev) – 55:20 4–0 4–1 58:44 – Moser (Weber, Niederreiter) Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Sannikov) – 59:43 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	26 min
	38	Shots	35

Kazakhstan vs Latvia[]

14 May 2016 20:15

Kazakhstan

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,305

Game reference
	Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Tobias Björk Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Vit Lederer
	Ivanov – 04:37 1–0 1–1 35:14 – Daugaviņš 1–2 54:49 – Bičevskis (Indrašis, Cibuļskis)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	38

Denmark vs Czech Republic[]

15 May 2016 16:15

Denmark

2–1 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) OT (0–0) GWS (1–0)

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,107

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Dominik Furch	Referees: Tobias Björk Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Henrik Pihlblad
	0–1 24:09 – Plekanec (Červenka) Madsen (Storm, Nick. Jensen) (PP) – 43:10 1–1
	Eller Ehlers Nick. Jensen	Shootout	Kašpar Řepík
	2 min	Penalties	19 min
	21	Shots	41

Switzerland vs Sweden[]

15 May 2016 20:15

Switzerland

2–3 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) OT (0–0) GWS (0–1)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,214

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	Andrighetto (Schneeberger) – 18:21 1–0 1–1 31:12 – Sundström (Omark, Nygren) (PP) Hollenstein (Blum, Ambühl) (PP) – 44:58 2–1 2–2 50:02 – Nyquist (Larsson, Rosén) (PP)
	Hollenstein Andrighetto Niederreiter Niederreiter	Shootout	Burakovsky Klasen Omark Burakovsky
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	36

Russia vs Norway[]

16 May 2016 16:15

Russia

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,116

Game reference
	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Steffen Søberg	Referees: Tobias Björk Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Henrik Pihlblad
	Telegin (Orlov, Kalinin) – 22:09 1–0 Panarin (Shipachyov) – 37:52 2–0 Lyubimov (Emelin, Orlov) – 42:31 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	27

Denmark vs Kazakhstan[]

16 May 2016 20:15

Denmark

4–1 (3–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,097

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Pavel Poluektov Dmitri Malgin	Referees: Péter Gebei Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Vit Lederer Peter Šefčík
	Lauridsen (Eller, Hansen) (PP) – 08:56 1–0 Hansen (Storm) (PP) – 16:46 2–0 Nick. Jensen (Storm) (PP) – 17:50 3–0 3–1 23:57 – Dawes (Bochenski, Lipin) Ehlers (Lauridsen) (PP) – 29:53 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	19

Czech Republic vs Switzerland[]

17 May 2016 12:15

Czech Republic

5–4 (1–0, 1–1, 3–3)

Switzerland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,101

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Tobias Björk Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Peter Šefčík
	Birner (Kempný, Řepík) (PP) – 17:00 1–0 1–1 11:36 – Hollenstein (Andrighetto, Schäppi) Kašpar (PS) – 24:50 2–1 Zaťovič – 41:45 3–1 3–2 45:38 – Moser (Du Bois, Trachsler) (PP) Zohorna (Kousal, Kolář) – 49:59 4–2 Jordán (SH, ENG) – 54:15 5–2 5–3 55:42 – Schneeberger (Moser, Hofmann) 5–4 59:34 – Andrighetto (Hollenstein) (EA)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	23

Latvia vs Norway[]

17 May 2016 16:15

Latvia

1–3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,037

Game reference
	Elvis Merzļikins Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Steffen Søberg	Referees: Péter Gebei Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Vit Lederer Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	Indrašis (Galviņš) (PP) – 11:42 1–0 1–1 16:12 – K. Olimb (Olsen) 1–2 20:40 – Holøs (Martinsen, Zuccarello) 1–3 20:56 – Johannessen
	6 min	Penalties	26 min
	24	Shots	26

Russia vs Sweden[]

17 May 2016 20:15

Russia

4–1 (2–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,181

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Fraser McIntyre
	Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) – 14:43 1–0 Panarin (Shipachyov, Marchenko) – 17:52 2–0 Datsyuk (Zaitsev) – 21:34 3–0 Lyubimov (Mozyakin, Datsyuk) – 29:40 4–0 4–1 41:08 – Ekholm (Larsson, Wennberg) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	37

References[]

External links[]

• Official website