2017 IIHF World Championship

The 2017 IIHF World Championship, the 2017 edition of the annual Ice Hockey World Championships, was hosted by Paris, France, and Cologne, Germany, from 5 to 21 May 2017. The official tournament mascots were Asterix and Obelix, the main characters from popular French comic book series The Adventures of Asterix. The logo incorporates the silhouette of deceased German national team goaltender Robert Müller, who succumbed to a brain tumor at just 28 years of age. German tennis player Angelique Kerber, 1. FC Köln and German Olympic soccer team goalkeeper Timo Horn and Paris Saint-Germain F.C.'s Brazilian winger Lucas Moura were named celebrity ambassadors for the event.
Sweden won the tournament by defeating Canada 2–1 after a penalty shoot-out.

Bids

There were two official bids to host these championships.

Denmark/ Latvia
* Copenhagen/Riga
France/ Germany
* Paris/Cologne

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

Participants

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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.
;Group A

;Group B

Venues

Rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had 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.

Officials

The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament.

Referees	Linesmen
Stefan Fonselius Roman Gofman Oliver Gouin Jan Hribik Brett Iverson Antonín Jeřábek Jozef Kubuš Mark Lemelin Marcus Linde Eduards Odiņš Linus Öhlund Daniel Piechaczek Stephen Reneau Anssi Salonen Daniel Stricker Tobias Wehrli	Ivan Dedyulya Rene Jensen Roman Kaderli Lukas Kohlmüller Gleb Lazarev Joep Leermakers Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov Judson Ritter Peter Šefčík Hannu Sormunen Libor Suchánek Sakari Suominen Nathan Vanoosten

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 9 August 2016.

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Artemi Panarin	9	4	13	17	+4	4	F
Nikita Kucherov	10	7	8	15	+7	8	F
Nathan MacKinnon	10	6	9	15	+6	6	F
William Nylander	10	7	7	14	+11	2	F
Nikita Gusev	10	7	7	14	+5	4	F
Vadim Shipachyov	10	2	11	13	+1	2	F
Mitch Marner	10	4	8	12	+1	8	F
Johnny Gaudreau	8	6	5	11	+2	0	F
Sebastian Aho	10	2	9	11	-2	4	F
Stéphane Da Costa	6	6	4	10	+3	2	F

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Henrik Lundqvist	320:00	7	1.31	129	94.57	0
Calvin Pickard	443:40	11	1.49	178	93.82	1
Andrei Vasilevskiy	522:51	15	1.72	233	93.56	3
Elvis Merzļikins	364:04	12	1.98	183	93.44	1
Leonardo Genoni	361:32	10	1.66	150	93.33	2

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

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Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
*Best Goaltender: Andrei Vasilevskiy
*Best Defenceman: Dennis Seidenberg
*Best Forward: Artemi Panarin

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Media All-Stars:
*MVP: William Nylander
*Goaltender: Andrei Vasilevskiy
*Defencemen: Colton Parayko / Dennis Seidenberg
*Forwards: William Nylander / Artemi Panarin / Nathan MacKinnon