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 |
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1 | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | +15 | 18[a] | Playoff round |
2 | ![]() |
7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 18[a] | |
3 | ![]() |
7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 13 | |
4 | ![]() |
7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 11 | |
5 | ![]() |
7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 8[b] | |
6 | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 8[b] | |
7 | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 6 | |
8 | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 2 | Relegation to Division I A[c] |
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 4,420 |
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Jacob Markström | Goalies | Elvis Merzļikins | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 9,696 |
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Dominik Furch | Goalies | Sergei Bobrovsky | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,420 |
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Reto Berra | Goalies | Vitali Kolesnik | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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Hollenstein ![]() Martschini ![]() Niederreiter ![]() Martschini ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,668 |
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Lars Haugen | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 4,650 |
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Edgars Masaļskis | Goalies | Pavel Francouz | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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Ābols ![]() Daugaviņš ![]() Bukarts ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 10,122 |
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Vitali Kolesnik | Goalies | Sergei Bobrovsky | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 4,515 |
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Lars Volden | Goalies | Robert Mayer | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,385 |
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Viktor Fasth | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 10,440 |
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Elvis Merzļikins | Goalies | Sergei Bobrovsky | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,780 |
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Jacob Markström | Goalies | Pavel Francouz | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,962 |
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Reto Berra Robert Mayer | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,384 |
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Vitali Kolesnik | Goalies | Lars Haugen | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,692 |
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Reto Berra | Goalies | Edgars Masaļskis | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,729 |
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Viktor Fasth | Goalies | Vitali Kolesnik Pavel Poluektov | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,124 |
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Dominik Furch | Goalies | Lars Volden Lars Haugen | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,022 |
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Sergei Bobrovsky Ilya Sorokin | Goalies | Simon Nielsen | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,234 |
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Pavel Francouz | Goalies | Vitali Kolesnik | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,788 |
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Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Elvis Merzļikins | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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Eller ![]() Ehlers ![]() Nick. Jensen ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,221 |
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Lars Haugen | Goalies | Jacob Markström | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,222 |
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Sergei Bobrovsky Ilya Sorokin | Goalies | Reto Berra | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,305 |
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Vitali Kolesnik | Goalies | Elvis Merzļikins | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,107 |
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Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Dominik Furch | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||
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Eller ![]() Ehlers ![]() Nick. Jensen ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,214 |
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Reto Berra | Goalies | Jacob Markström | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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Hollenstein ![]() Andrighetto ![]() Niederreiter ![]() Niederreiter ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,116 |
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Ilya Sorokin | Goalies | Steffen Søberg | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,097 |
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Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Pavel Poluektov Dmitri Malgin | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,101 |
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Pavel Francouz | Goalies | Reto Berra | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,037 |
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Elvis Merzļikins Edgars Masaļskis | Goalies | Steffen Søberg | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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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) | ![]() | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,181 |
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Sergei Bobrovsky | Goalies | Jacob Markström | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 37 |
References[]
- ^ "Russia to open vs. Czechs". iihfworlds2016.com. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 September 2015.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2016 IIHF World Championship