2016 IIHF World Championship


The 2016 IIHF World Championship was the 80th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation, being held in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 6 May to 22 May 2016. Canada entered the tournament as the defending 2015 champions. Hungary returned to the Championship after a 6-year absence, and 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.

Moscow
Saint Petersburg
VTB Ice Palace
Yubileyny Sports Palace
Capacity: 12,100
Capacity: 7,300


Participants

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
;Group B
Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters 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.
RefereesLinesmen

  • Tobias Björk
  • Stefan Fonselius
  • Martin Fraňo
  • Péter Gebei
  • Roman Gofman
  • Brett Iverson
  • Antonín Jeřábek
  • Jozef Kubuš
  • Timothy Mayer
  • Linus Ohlund
  • Konstantin Olenin
  • Daniel Piechaczek
  • Aleksi Rantala
  • Maxim Sidorenko
  • Tobias Wehrli
  • Marc Wiegand

  • Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
  • Nicolas Fluri
  • Roman Kaderli
  • Jon Killian
  • Gleb Lazarev
  • Vit Lederer
  • Miroslav Lhotský
  • Andreas Malmqvist
  • Fraser McIntyre
  • Pasi Nieminen
  • Alexander Otmakhov
  • Henrik Pihlblad
  • Nikolaj Ponomarjow
  • Judson Ritter
  • Peter Šefčík
  • Sakari Suominen

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 15 July 2015.

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

Final

Final ranking

Awards and statistics

Awards

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Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Vadim Shipachyov1061218+108F
Artemi Panarin106915+94F
Evgenii Dadonov106713+106F
Patrik Laine107512+44F
Mikael Granlund104812+62F
Derick Brassard105611+94F
Pavel Datsyuk1011011+60F
Matt Duchene105510+102F
Mikko Koivu104610+812F
Mark Stone104610+86F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Dominik Furch255:0040.9410096.002
Mikko Koskinen479:0191.1316994.671
Cam Talbot480:00101.2516794.014
Sebastian Dahm434:04162.2124893.551
Sergei Bobrovsky520:51151.7321893.121

TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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