2017 IIHF World Championship

2017 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host countries  France
 Germany
Dates 5–21 May
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2017 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Paris, France and Cologne, Germany from 5 to 21 May 2017.

Bids

There were two official bids to host these championships.

Denmark has never hosted these championships. Latvia hosted these championships for the first time in 2006. The proposed arenas were Arena Riga and the planned Copenhagen Arena.[1]
France last hosted these championships in 1951. Germany hosted the championships most recently in 2010. The proposed arenas were Bercy Arena in Paris and Lanxess Arena in Cologne.

The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 17, 2013.[2] The united bid of France and Germany received 63 votes, while the bid of Denmark and Latvia received 45.[2]

Participants

* = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2016 IIHF World Championship
^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2016 IIHF World Championship Division I
† = Qualified as co-host

Seeding

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2016 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[3]

Group A (Cologne)
Group B (Paris)

Venues

Paris, France Cologne, Germany
AccorHotels Arena
Capacity: 15,000		 Lanxess Arena
Capacity: 18,500

Rosters

Each team's roster will consist of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, will have to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.[4]

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 9 August 2016.[5]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Playoff round
2  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Germany (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Division I A
First match(es) will be played on 5 May 2017. Source:
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.
5 May 2017
Sweden  –  Russia
United States  –  Germany
6 May 2017
Latvia  –  Denmark
Slovakia  –  Italy
Germany  –  Sweden
7 May 2017
Italy  –  Russia
United States  –  Denmark
Latvia  –  Slovakia
8 May 2017
Germany  –  Russia
United States  –  Sweden
9 May 2017
Italy  –  Latvia
Slovakia  –  Denmark
10 May 2017
United States  –  Italy
Slovakia  –  Germany
11 May 2017
Russia  –  Denmark
Sweden  –  Latvia
12 May 2017
Sweden  –  Italy
Denmark  –  Germany
13 May 2017
Latvia  –  United States
Russia  –  Slovakia
Italy  –  Germany
14 May 2017
Slovakia  –  United States
Denmark  –  Sweden
15 May 2017
Denmark  –  Italy
Russia  –  Latvia
16 May 2017
Sweden  –  Slovakia
Russia  –  United States
Germany  –  Latvia

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Playoff round
2  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7  France (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Division I A
First match(es) will be played on 5 May 2017. Source:
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.
5 May 2017
Finland  –  Belarus
Czech Republic  –  Canada
6 May 2017
Switzerland   –  Slovenia
Belarus  –  Czech Republic
Norway  –  France
7 May 2017
Slovenia  –  Canada
Finland  –  France
Norway  –   Switzerland
8 May 2017
Belarus  –  Canada
Finland  –  Czech Republic
9 May 2017
Slovenia  –  Norway
Switzerland   –  France
10 May 2017
Switzerland   –  Belarus
Finland  –  Slovenia
11 May 2017
Czech Republic  –  Norway
Canada  –  France
12 May 2017
Czech Republic  –  Slovenia
France  –  Belarus
13 May 2017
Norway  –  Finland
Slovenia  –  Belarus
Canada  –   Switzerland
14 May 2017
France  –  Czech Republic
Switzerland   –  Finland
15 May 2017
Canada  –  Norway
France  –  Slovenia
16 May 2017
Belarus  –  Norway
Czech Republic  –   Switzerland
Canada  –  Finland

Playoff round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
18 May
 
 
 
 
20 May
 
 
 
 
 
18 May
 
 
 
 
 
21 May
 
 
 
 
 
18 May
 
 
 
 
 
20 May
 
 
 
 
 
18 May
 
 Third place
 
 
 
21 May
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ IIHF: Place your bids
  2. 1 2 To Cologne & Paris in 2017, International Ice Hockey Federation
  3. ↑ "2017 Worlds groups named". iihfworlds2017.com. 24 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Team Entry Long List". IIHF Tournament Administration Packages. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  5. ↑ "All systems go for 2017". iihfworlds2017.com. 9 August 2016.

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