2017 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship

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	Winner: Sweden

The 81st Men's Ice Hockey World Championships of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF was the Ice Hockey World Championships of 2017 . A total of 48 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III between April 3 and May 21, 2017 . In contrast to the previous year, the United Arab Emirates took part again, and the Republic of China's national ice hockey team competed in Division III for the first time.

The top division tournament with 16 national teams took place from May 5th to 21st, 2017 in Germany and France . The other tournaments took place in April 2017 in Kiev , Belfast , Galați , Auckland and Sofia .

Overview men's world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Cologne Paris	0May 5, 2017 - May 21, 2017	16	686.391	64	10,725
Division IA	Kiev	Apr 22, 2017 - Apr 28, 2017	6th	51,851	15th	3,456
Division IB	Belfast	Apr. 23, 2017 - Apr. 29, 2017	6th	21,208	15th	1.314
Division II A	Galați	0Apr 3, 2017 - Apr 9, 2017 0	6th	14,910	15th	994
Division II B	Auckland	0Apr. 4, 2017 - Apr. 10, 2017	6th	3,229	15th	215
Division III	Sofia	Apr 10, 2017 - Apr 16, 2017	8th	4,800	15th	320

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: May 5-21, 2017 in Cologne , Germany and Paris , France

  Participants: Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Italy (promoted) , Canada (defending champion) , Latvia , Norway , Russia , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , Slovenia (promoted) , Czech Republic , USA , Belarus                

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 22-28, 2017 in Kiev , Ukraine

    Participants: Kazakhstan (relegated) , Austria , Poland , South Korea , Ukraine (promoted) , Hungary (relegated)        

  • Group B: April 23-29, 2017 in Belfast , Northern Ireland , UK

    Participants: Estonia , Great Britain , Japan (relegated) , Croatia , Lithuania , Netherlands (promoted)       

• Division II
  • Group A: April 3 to 9, 2017 in Galați , Romania

    Participants: Australia (promoted) , Belgium , Iceland , Serbia , Spain , Romania (relegated)       

  • Group B: April 9-15, 2017 in Auckland , New Zealand

    Participants: People's Republic of China (relegated) , Israel , Mexico , New Zealand , North Korea , Turkey (promoted)       

• Division III: April 10-16, 2017 in Sofia , Bulgaria

  Participants: Bulgaria (relegated) , Republic of China (Taiwan) (newcomer) , Georgia , Hong Kong , Luxembourg , South Africa , United Arab Emirates (first participation since 2014)         

 Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew its participation shortly before the start of the Division III tournament.

mode

In the top division, the four best teams in each group qualified directly for the quarter-finals. The total number of games was 64 games.

In divisions I and II, the twelve teams were divided qualitatively into two groups of six teams. This was done on the basis of the final placements of the World Championships in 2016 . Division III played (as an exception) at one venue in two groups of four teams each.

The last two of the two preliminary round groups were relegated from the top division to Division IA. For the same reason, the two first place winners will be promoted to the top division next year, while the sixth place winners will be relegated to the IB division. In return, the winner of Division IB rose to Division IA. The last one from Division IB was also relegated to Division II A. The promotion regulation of Division IB with one promoted and relegated also applied to Divisions II A and II B.

Top division

World Cup 2017 men
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Sweden
silver	Canada
bronze	Russia
Relegated	Italy Slovenia
venue	Cologne , Germany & Paris , France
opening	5th May 2017
Endgame	May 21, 2017
spectator	686,391 (10,725 per game)
Gates	355 (5.55 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Andrei Wassilewski
Best defender	Dennis Seidenberg
Best striker	Artemi Panarin
MVP	William Nylander
Top scorer	Artemi Panarin (17 points)

The 81st men's ice hockey world championship took place between May 5th and 21st, 2017 in Germany and France . The venues were the Lanxess Arena in Cologne and the AccorHotels Arena in Paris .

The first independent World Cup in 1930 was held in France and Germany, after the tournament, which was originally held in Chamonix , was canceled after a drop in heat and continued in Berlin .

The main host Germany was automatically qualified for the tournament. Since Germany was also athletically qualified as seventh in the 2016 World Cup, the host starting position would have been given to France, which had also qualified as fourteenth in the previous year's World Cup.

The logo of the World Cup is reminiscent of the deceased national goalkeeper Robert Müller .

Award

The IIHF had two applications for the event, each of which provided for tournaments in two countries: Denmark and Latvia with the host cities Copenhagen and Riga, and Germany and France with Cologne and Paris . All four countries originally submitted individual applications. Germany and France announced in January 2012 that they would host the 2017 World Cup together, while Denmark and Latvia merged the applications in November 2012. The International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF decided in September 2012 to also allow joint applications from two countries after the 2012 World Cup in Finland and Sweden had already been held together. The final decision on the host was made on May 17, 2013 at the annual congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Stockholm . 63 delegates voted for Germany / France and 45 for Denmark / Latvia.

Break show in the Lanxess Arena

For Denmark it would have been the first ice hockey world championship. The Danes had already applied for the 2016 World Cup , but withdrew their application shortly before the vote. Germany last hosted the World Cup in 2010 , Latvia last hosted it in 2006 . The last World Cup in France took place in 1968 as part of the Winter Olympics in Grenoble .

Attendees

The tournament was attended by the 14 best teams from the previous year's World Cup as well as the two first-placed teams in the A group of Division I last year:

14 from Europe	Denmark	Germany (host)	Finland	France (hosts)
	Italy (promoted from Division IA)	Latvia	Norway	Russia
	Sweden	Switzerland	Slovakia	Slovenia (promoted from Division IA)
	Czech Republic		Belarus
2 from North America	Canada (defending champion)		United States

Grouping

The group division for the preliminary round was based on the IIHF world rankings that were current after the 2016 World Cup .

Group A	Group B
Russia (2)	Canada (1)
USA (4)	Finland (3)
Sweden (5)	Czech Republic (6)
Slovakia (8)	Switzerland (7)
Germany (10)	Belarus (9)
Latvia (12)	Norway (11)
Denmark (13)	France (14)
Italy (18)	Slovenia (15)

* The respective world ranking is given in brackets.

Venues

Cologne , Germany	Paris Cologne World Championship venues	Paris , France
Lanxess Arena Capacity: 18,700		AccorHotels Arena Capacity: 14,500

Preliminary round

The preliminary round of the World Championship started on May 5th and ended on May 16th.

Group A

May 5, 2017 4:15 p.m. (local time)

Sweden E. Lindholm (14:40)

1: 2 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Russia S. Andronov (43:58) A. Panarin (PS)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 18,537

May 5, 2017 8:15 pm

USA C. Murphy (51:00)

1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1) game report

Germany T. Rieder (10:50) P. Hager (53:58)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 18,688

May 6, 2017 12:15 pm

Latvia G. Meija (23:08) M. Indrašis (41:48) M. Indrašis (52:40)

3: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Denmark

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 13,453

May 6, 2017 4:15 pm

Slovakia M. Miklík (6:58) L. Hudáček (58:56) P. Čerešňák (62:45)

3: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Italy G. Morini (35:06) L. Frigo (42:41)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 12,229

May 6, 2017 8:15 pm

Germany P. Hager (16:14) P. Gogulla (25:26)

2: 7 (1: 1, 1: 3, 0: 3) game report

Sweden O. Ekman Larsson (6:56) V. Rask (20:23) L. Omark (35:14) J. Brodin (39:57) G. Landeskog (49:42) W. Nylander (50:40) W. Nylander (51:59)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 18,673

May 7, 2017 12:15 pm

Italy T. Traversa (23:40)

1:10 (0: 2, 1: 3, 0: 5) game report

Russia S. Andronow (9:35) J. Dadonow (18:59) N. Kutscherow (24:51) W. Namestnikow (35:04) A. Panarin (36:21) S. Plotnikow (43:39) S. . Mosjakin (45:29) W. Namestnikow (45:48) A. Panarin (50:21) S. Andronow (58:54)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 10,893

May 7, 2017 4:15 pm

USA A. Lee (5:37) C. Keller (13:06) J. Gaudreau (18:59) C. Keller (34:33) A. Lee (37:09) B. Nelson (37:37) C. Basement (53:00)

7: 2 (3: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0) game report

Denmark M. Madsen (16:10) N. Hardt (21:08)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 8,764

May 7, 2017 8:15 pm

Latvia J. Sprukts (10:24) Z. Girgensons (27:26) A. Džeriņš (50:36)

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

Slovakia M. Miklík (49:09)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 8,149

May 8, 2017 4:15 pm

Germany B. Macek (45:53) P. Gogulla (48:34) F. Tiffels (59:10)

3: 6 (0: 3, 0: 2, 3: 1) game report

Russia W. Schipachev (1:04) W. Schipachev (17:10) S. Plotnikow (18:15) N. Gussew (31:10) N. Kutscherow (35:16) N. Kutscherow (51:40)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 18,734

May 8, 2017 8:15 pm

USA C. Keller (3:21) J. Gaudreau (18:12) J. Gaudreau (22:57) JT Compher (51:47)

4: 3 (2: 3, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Sweden E. Lindholm (2:14) E. Lindholm (13:23) V. Hedman (18:47)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 18,398

May 9, 2017 4:15 pm

Italy M. Insam (3:38)

1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Latvia A. Džeriņš (12:09) A. Džeriņš (58:41)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 6,332

May 9, 2017 8:15 pm

Slovakia M. Gernát (41:22) M. Bližňák (46:05) M. Miklík (51:53)

3: 4 n.P. (0: 1, 0: 2, 3: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Denmark N. Hardt (16:20) P. Russell (24:46) M. Poulsen (39:57) M. Green (PS)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 4,454

May 10, 2017 4:15 p.m.

USA B. Nelson (5:17) B. Nelson (25:53) A. Lee (27:47)

3: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

Italy

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 7,168

May 10, 2017 8:15 pm

Slovakia T. Matoušek (9:23) L. Hudáček (21:58)

2: 3 n.P. (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Germany P. Reimer (36:11) Y. Ehliz (36:38) D. Kahun (PS)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 17,647

May 11, 2017 4:15 pm

Russia B. Kisselewitsch (35:36) S. Plotnikow (35:54) N. Gussew (36:46)

3: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0) game report

Denmark

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 6,932

May 11, 2017 8:15 pm

Sweden G. Landeskog (9:13) E. Lindholm (56:42)

2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Latvia

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 8,276

May 12, 2017 4:15 pm

Sweden V. Rask (3:24) P. Holm (8:34) J. Brodin (29:52) E. Lindholm (40:41) L. Omark (50:09) C. Klingberg (54:53) J Eriksson Ek (56:51) C. Klingberg (58:25)

8: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 5: 0) game report

Italy G. Morini (23:50)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 10,878

May 12, 2017 8:15 pm

Denmark F. Storm (16:09) M. Poulsen (16:34) P. Regin (61:40)

3: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Germany P. Reimer (8:26) B. Macek (9:43)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 18,629

May 13, 2017 12:15 pm

Latvia T. Bļugers (11:23) K. Daugaviņš (20:07) O. Cibuļskis (31:37)

3: 5 (1: 0, 2: 3, 0: 2) game report

USA J. T. Compher (29:00) N. Bjugstad (33:44) J. Gaudreau (38:37) A. Copp (56:38) D. Larkin (58:58)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 17,936

May 13, 2017 4:15 p.m.

Russia J. Dadonow (1:12) J. Dadonow (13:32) A. Mironow (19:19) N. Kutscherow (22:53) I. Telegin (32:50) W. Gawrikow (55:47)

6: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Slovakia

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 18,591

May 13, 2017 8:15 pm

Italy M. Marchetti (4:21)

1: 4 (1: 2, 0: 2, 0: 0) match report

Germany C. Ehrhoff (3:34) M. Plachta (18:16) Y. Seidenberg (22:46) D. Kahun (26:00)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 18,712

May 14, 2017 4:15 pm

Slovakia M. Gernát (30:40)

1: 6 (0: 1, 1: 3, 0: 2) game report

USA C. Keller (8:12) J. Gaudreau (25:57) C. Dvorak (36:04) J. Trouba (38:01) J. Gaudreau (42:16) A. Lee (47:23)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 13,267

May 14, 2017 8:15 pm

Denmark M. Madsen (49:11) M. Lauridsen (55:17)

2: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 2: 1) game report

Sweden J. Lundqvist (2:19) W. Nylander (35:20) W. Nylander (39:06) N. Bäckström (57:31)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 10,314

May 15, 2017 4:15 pm

Denmark N. Hardt (57:36) P. Regin (58:47)

2: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) game report

Italy

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 5,653

May 15, 2017 8:15 pm

Russia B. Kisselewitsch (12:10) I. Telegin (18:41) W. Namestnikow (20:57) N. Kutscherow (39:00) A. Below (53:17)

5: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Latvia

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 16,439

May 16, 2017 12:15 pm

Sweden W. Nylander (4:02) O. Ekman Larsson (8:14) D. Everberg (25:45) W. Karlsson (59:28)

4: 2 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

Slovakia T. Matoušek (24:08) A. Kudrna (41:34)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 10,259

May 16, 2017 4:15 pm

Russia N. Gusew (12:29) A. Below (27:33) N. Gusew (36:15)

3: 5 (1: 0, 2: 3, 0: 2) game report

USA K. Hayes (21:00) D. Larkin (32:18) K. Hayes (37:43) A. Lee (52:57) B. Nelson (59:38)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 18,756

May 16, 2017 8:15 pm

Germany D. Wolf (31:02) D. Seidenberg (31:29) F. Schütz (59:27) F. Tiffels (PS)

4: 3 n.P. (0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Latvia G. Skvorcovs (38:42) J. Sprukts (48:22) A. Džeriņš (56:08)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 18,797

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	7th	6th	0	0	1	31:14	18th
2.	Russia	7th	5	1	0	1	35:10	17th
3.	Sweden	7th	5	0	1	1	29:13	16
4th	Germany	7th	2	2	1	2	20:23	11
5.	Latvia	7th	3	0	1	3	14:18	10
6th	Denmark	7th	1	2	0	4th	13:22	7th
7th	Slovakia	7th	0	1	2	4th	12:28	4th
8th.	Italy	7th	0	0	1	6th	06:32	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: quarter-finals , relegated to Division IA

Group B

May 5, 2017 4:15 p.m. (local time)

Finland S. Aho (2:43) O. Osala (5:09) V.-M. Savinainen (49:15)

3: 2 (2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1) game report

Belarus J. Sharanhovich (38:08) J. Kawyrschyn (44:32)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 5,078

May 5, 2017 8:15 pm

Czech Republic L. Radil (52:41)

1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2) game report

Canada R. O'Reilly (6:09) M. Matheson (20:55) T. Barrie (54:50) J. Skinner (59:18)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris spectators: 8,834

May 6, 2017 12:15 pm

Switzerland A. Ambühl (10:49) G. Haas (11:01) R. Loeffel (16:69) S. Bodenmann (17:47) D. Brunner (PS)

5: 4 n.P. (4: 0, 0: 1, 0: 3, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Slovenia J. Muršak (38:31) Z. Jeglič (45:50) J. Urbas (54:02) R. Sabolič (55:23)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 4,922

May 6, 2017 4:15 pm

Belarus A. Paulowitsch (21:13)

1: 6 (0: 2, 1: 1, 0: 3) game report

Czech Republic P. Vrána (13:16) R. Gudas (17:30) R. Červenka (35:38) R. Šimek (47:26) J. Voráček (49:37) M. Kempný (59:44)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 6,635

May 6, 2017 8:15 pm

Norway K. A. Olimb (25:13) P. Thoresen (29:40) P. Thoresen (49:49)

3: 2 (0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1) game report

France S. Da Costa (38:14) S. Da Costa (49:59)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 7,893

May 7, 2017 12:15 pm

Slovenia J. Muršak (35:44) J. Urbas (57:55)

2: 7 (0: 3, 1: 3, 1: 1) game report

Canada T. Barrie (4:30) N. MacKinnon (14:36) B. Point (16:14) N. MacKinnon (24:44) N. MacKinnon (25:43) M. Marner (37:11) J. . Skinner (47:07)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 9,128

May 7, 2017 4:15 pm

Finland M. Lehtonen (21:33)

1: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report

France P.-É. Bellemare (14:17) A. Roussel (33:58) V. Claireaux (38:49) A. Roussel (48:27) D. Fleury (57:49)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris spectators: 11,433

May 7, 2017 8:15 pm

Norway

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Switzerland R. Schäppi (32:04) C. Almond (34:00) P. Suter (49:37)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 7,782

May 8, 2017 4:15 pm

Belarus

0: 6 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 3) game report

Canada B. Point (5:08) N. MacKinnon (24:20) N. MacKinnon (35:21) J. Skinner (47:01) C. Giroux (50:16) B. Point (54:42)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 4,363

May 8, 2017 8:15 pm

Finland V. Filppula (0:58) T. Jaakola (2:41) V. Lajunen (13:51)

3: 4 n.P. (3: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Czech Republic R. Horák (47:37) R. Gudas (57:46) J. Kovář (58:09) R. Hanzl (PS)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 8,112

May 9, 2017 4:15 pm

Slovenia R. Sabolič (39:45)

1: 5 (0: 3, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Norway M. Olimb (5:57) KA Olimb (14:35) K. Forsberg (18:20) A. Reichenberg (38:58) P. Thoresen (59:17)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 2,696

May 9, 2017 8:15 pm

Switzerland V. Praplan (21:22) V. Praplan (23:48) A. Ambühl (53:14)

3: 4 n.P. (0: 1, 2: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

France Y. Auvitu (2:53) S. Da Costa (43:02) A. Rech (55:41) S. Da Costa (PS)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris spectators: 6,747

May 10, 2017 4:15 p.m.

Switzerland R. Schäppi (17:54) A. Ambühl (35:29) C. Almond (47:55)

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Belarus

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 3,212

May 10, 2017 8:15 pm

Finland V.-M. Savinainen (24:06) M. Rantanen (25:51) S. Aho (49:30) M. Hännikäinen (50:34) T. Sallinen (59:15)

5: 2 (0: 1, 2: 0, 3: 1) game report

Slovenia A. Kuralt (14:21) R. Tičar (45:50)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris spectators: 3,436

May 11, 2017 4:15 pm

Czech Republic J. Kovář (61:25)

1: 0 a.d. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Norway

AccorHotels Arena, Paris spectators: 6,381

May 11, 2017 8:15 pm

Canada R. O'Reilly (5:19) C. Giroux (39:11) M.-É. Vlasic (42:22)

3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

France O. Dame-Malka (9:00) D. Fleury (21:37)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 14,510

May 12, 2017 4:15 pm

Czech Republic M. Řepík (2:12) R. Horák (8:20) R. Horák (11:46) M. Kempný (22:09) R. Červenka (47:15)

5: 1 (3: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

Slovenia M. Verlič (44:04)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 2,805

May 12, 2017 8:15 pm

France S. Treille (12:29) D. Fleury (20:54) P.-É. Bellemare (52:35) S. Da Costa (PS)

4: 3 n.P. (1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Belarus A. Paulowitsch (26:40) J. Scharanhowitsch (37:47) A. Kulakou (41:20)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 6,802

May 13, 2017 12:15 pm

Norway A. Bastiansen (18:38) A. Martinsen (59:31)

2: 3 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Finland J. Hietanen (25:33) J. Honka (28:11) M. Hännikäinen (61:55)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 8,108

May 13, 2017 4:15 p.m.

Slovenia Ž. Jeglič (16:52) D. Rodman (19:15)

2: 5 (2: 1, 0: 4, 0: 0) game report

Belarus A. Paulowitsch (13:12) J. Kawyrschyn (20:29) A. Paulowitsch (29:48) I. Schynkewitsch (38:05) A. Stas (39:43)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 7,158

May 13, 2017 8:15 pm

Canada R. O'Reilly (4:22) M. Marner (6:28)

2: 3 n.V. (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Switzerland F. Herzog (46:37) V. Praplan (49:44) F. Herzog (63:40)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 12,932

May 14, 2017 4:15 pm

France S. Da Costa (20:53) A. Roussel (50:38)

2: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 2) game report

Czech Republic D. Pastrňák (8:32) M. Řepík (26:52) J. Rutta (37:01) M. Řepík (48:03) T. Zohorna (58:56)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 13.003

May 14, 2017 8:15 pm

Switzerland F. Herzog (4:40) J. Genazzi (10:30)

2: 3 n.V. (2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Finland J. Hietanen (19:01) M. Rantanen (47:40) V. Filppula (62:41)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris spectators: 10,860

May 15, 2017 4:15 pm

Canada B. Schenn (17:48) C. Parayko (18:42) M. Scheifele (34:57) C. Parayko (38:14) R. O'Reilly (57:20)

5: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Norway

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 5,093

May 15, 2017 8:15 pm

France A. Roussel (28:20) Y. Auvitu (31:08) A. Roussel (44:01) A. Roussel (58:30)

4: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1) game report

Slovenia J. Muršak (44:25)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 12,807

May 16, 2017 12:15 pm

Belarus J. Lissawez (26:08) A. Kulakou (37:52) I. Schynkewitsch (54:06) J. Lissawez (56:56)

4: 3 (0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 2) game report

Norway D. Sørvik (35:05) A. Reichenberg (41:19) J. Holøs (43:41)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris spectators: 3,867

May 16, 2017 4:15 pm

Czech Republic R. Červenka (34:08)

1: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Switzerland V. Praplan (1:42) R. Suri (28:36) D. Brunner (52:09)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 4,531

May 16, 2017 8:15 pm

Canada M. Marner (2:46) C. Parayko (4:06) M. Marner (13:45) B. Point (28:09) M. Duchene (40:34)

5: 2 (3: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Finland J. Lajunen (3:08) A. Ohtamaa (36:51)

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 10,202

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	7th	6th	0	1	0	32:10	19th
2.	Switzerland	7th	3	2	2	0	22:14	15th
3.	Czech Republic	7th	3	2	0	2	23:14	13
4th	Finland	7th	2	2	1	2	21:22	11
5.	France	7th	2	2	0	3	23:19	10
6th	Norway	7th	2	0	2	3	13:20	8th
7th	Belarus	7th	2	0	1	4th	15:27	7th
8th.	Slovenia	7th	0	0	1	6th	13:36	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: quarter-finals , relegated to Division IA

Final round

Spectators during the final on May 21, 2017

The Swedish team celebrates winning the title

The final round began after the preliminary round on May 18, 2017, so that all teams had at least one day off. Two of the quarter-finals will be played in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, the other two in the AccorHotels Arena in Paris. As in the previous year, the games took place in a cross comparison of the two preliminary round groups. Only in the event that Germany and France would have met directly, would the quarter-finals have been held within the group. From the semi-finals on May 20th, all matches were played in Cologne. The final and the bronze match were scheduled for May 21st.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

B2

Switzerland

1

A3

Sweden

3

A3

Sweden

4th

B4

Finland

1

A1

United States

0

B4

Finland

2

A3

Sweden

2

B1

Canada

1

B1

Canada

2

A4

Germany

1

B1

Canada

4th

3rd place match

A2

Russia

2

A2

Russia

3

A2

Russia

5

B3

Czech Republic

0

B4

Finland

3

Quarter finals

May 18, 2017 4:15 p.m. (local time)

United States

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Finland M. Rantanen (21:01) J. Kemppainen (46:49)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 8,968

May 18, 2017 4:15 pm

Russia D. Orlov (08:45) N. Kutscherow (13:36) A. Panarin (53:55)

3: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Czech Republic

Accor Hotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 6,209

May 18, 2017 8:15 pm

Canada M. Scheifele (17:11) J. Skinner (38:08)

2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Germany Y. Seidenberg (53:21)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 16,653

May 18, 2017 8:15 pm

Switzerland G. Haas (12:53)

1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Sweden N. Bäckström (4:15) W. Nylander (33:15) A. Edler (43:44)

Accor Hotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 8,417

Semifinals

May 20, 2017 3:15 pm

Canada M. Scheifele (40:17) N. MacKinnon (55:07) R. O'Reilly (56:58) S. Couturier (58:53)

4: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 4: 0) game report

Russia J. Kuznetsov (32:16) N. Gusew (34:50)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 16,469

May 20, 2017 7:15 pm

Sweden A. Edler (1:49) J. Klingberg (24:36) W. Nylander (34:52) J. Nordström (53:52)

4: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Finland J. Kemppainen (4:45)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 11,242

3rd place match

May 21, 2017 4:15 p.m.

Russia N. Gusew (6:58) W. Tkachev (21:48) N. Gussew (27:01) B. Kisselewitsch (28:16) N. Kutscherow (48:03)

5: 3 (1: 0, 3: 1, 1: 2) game report

Finland M. Rantanen (39:33) M. Lehtonen (41:16) V.-M. Savinainen (45:29)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 16,182

final

May 21, 2017 8:45 p.m.

Canada R. O'Reilly (41:58)

1: 2 n.P. (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Sweden V. Hedman (39:39) N. Bäckström (PS)

Lanxess Arena, Cologne spectators: 17,363

statistics

Best scorer

Source: IIHF; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Artemi Panarin	Russia	9	4th	13	17th	+4	4th
Nikita Kucherov	Russia	10	7th	8th	15th	+7	8th
Nathan MacKinnon	Canada	10	6th	9	15th	+6	6th
Nikita Gusew	Russia	10	7th	7th	14th	+5	4th
William Nylander	Sweden	10	7th	7th	14th	+11	2
Vadim Schipachev	Russia	10	2	11	13	+1	2
Mitchell Marner	Canada	10	4th	8th	12	+1	8th
Johnny Gaudreau	United States	8th	6th	5	11	+2	0
Sebastian Aho	Finland	10	2	9	11	−2	4th
Stéphane Da Costa	France	6th	6th	4th	10	+3	2

Best goalkeeper

Source: IIHF; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), SaT = shots on goal, GT = goals conceded, SVS = shots saved, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals against goal , SO = shutouts ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SVS	SO	Sv%	GTS
Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	5	320: 00	7th	122	0	94.57	1.31
Calvin Pickard	Canada	7th	443: 40	11	167	1	93.82	1.49
Andrei Wassilewski	Russia	9	522: 51	15th	218	3	93.56	1.72
Elvis Merzļikins	Latvia	6th	364: 04	12	171	1	93.44	1.98
Leonardo Genoni	Switzerland	6th	361: 32	10	140	2	93.33	1.66
Florian Hardy	France	4th	178: 01	8th	97	0	92.38	2.70
Andreas Bernard	Italy	5	300: 52	13	149	0	91.98	2.59
Jimmy Howard	United States	6th	355: 25	11	126	1	91.97	1.86
Harri Säteri	Finland	6th	318: 15	12	130	1	91.55	2.26
Pavel Francouz	Czech Republic	4th	241: 25	6th	61	1	91.04	1.49

Final placements

The placements were based on the following criteria:

• Places 1 to 4: Results in the final and in the game for 3rd place
• Places 5 to 8 (losers in the quarter-finals): according to placement, then points, then goal difference in the preliminary round
• Places 9 to 16 (preliminary round): according to placement, then points, then goal difference in the preliminary round

Pl.	team
1	Sweden
2	Canada
3	Russia
4th	Finland
5	United States
6th	Switzerland
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Germany
9	France
10	Latvia
11	Norway
12	Denmark
13	Belarus
14th	Slovakia
15th	Slovenia
16	Italy

Title, promotion and relegation

Victory celebration of Tre Kronor on Sergels torg in Stockholm (May 22, 2017)

World champion Sweden	Viktor Fasth , Eddie Läck , Henrik Lundqvist - Jonas Brodin , Alexander Edler , Oliver Ekman Larsson , Victor Hedman , Philip Holm , John Klingberg , Anton Strålman - Nicklas Bäckström , Joel Eriksson Ek , Dennis Everberg , William Karlsson , Carl Klingberg , Marcus Krüger , Gabriel Landeskog , Oscar Lindberg , Elias Lindholm , Joel Lundqvist , Joakim Nordström , William Nylander , Linus Omark , Victor Rask , Carl Söderberg Head coach: Rikard Grönborg Assistant coach: Johan Garpenlöv , Peter Popovic , Todd Woodcroft
Silver Canada	Eric Comrie , Chad Johnson , Calvin Pickard - Tyson Barrie , Jason Demers , Calvin de Haan , Chris Lee , Mike Matheson , Josh Morrissey , Colton Parayko , Marc-Édouard Vlasic - Sean Couturier , Matt Duchene , Claude Giroux , Alexander Killorn , Travis Konecny , Nathan MacKinnon , Mitchell Marner , Ryan O'Reilly , Brayden Point , Mark Scheifele , Brayden Schenn , Wayne Simmonds , Jeff Skinner Head Coach: Jon Cooper Assistant Coach : Gerard Gallant , Dave Hakstol
Bronze Russia	Igor Schestjorkin , Ilya Sorokin , Andrei Vasilevsky - Viktor Antipin , Anton Belov , Vladislav Gawrikow , Bogdan Kisselewitsch , Andrei Mironov , Dmitry Orlov , Ivan Provorov , Artyom Sub - Sergei Andronow , Alexander Barabanov , Yevgeny Dadonow , Nikita Gusev , Yevgeny Kuznetsov , Nikita Kucherov , Sergei Mosjakin , Vladislav Namestnikow , Valeri Nitschuschkin , Artemi Panarin , Sergei Plotnikov , Vadim Schipatschow , Ivan Telegin , Vladimir Tkachev Head coach: Oleg Znarok assistant coach: Raschit Davydov , Igor Nikitin , Harijs Vītoliņš , Ilya Vorobyov

Relegated to Division IA:	Italy, Slovenia
Promoted to the top division:	Austria, South Korea

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	William Nylander	Sweden
Best goalkeeper	Andrei Wassilewski	Russia
Best defender	Dennis Seidenberg	Germany
Best striker	Artemi Panarin	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	William Nylander - Artemi Panarin - Nathan MacKinnon
Defense:	Colton Parayko - Dennis Seidenberg
Goal:	Andrei Wassilewski

Division I.

Group A in Kiev, Ukraine

2017 World Cup of Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Austria South Korea
Relegated	Ukraine
Venue (s)	Kiev , Ukraine
opening	April 22, 2017
Final day	April 28, 2017
spectator	51,851 (3,456 per game)
Gates	70 (4.67 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Bernhard Starkbaum
Best defender	Dominique Heinrich
Best striker	Nigel Dawes
Most valuable player	Thomas Raffl
Top scorer	Nigel Dawes (9 points)
All-Star Team
Thomas Raffl - Konstantin Komarek - Nigel Dawes
Dominique Heinrich - Alex Plante
Bernhard Starkbaum

The Group A tournament was held from April 22nd to 28th, 2017 in the Ukrainian capital Kiev . The games took place in the city's 7,000-seat sports palace . A total of 51,851 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 3,456 per game.

As in previous years, the Group A tournament of Division I presented itself as a sportily balanced tournament. Neither team remained undefeated in the course of the tournament, nor did a team remain without any point gains. After two years of membership in Division IA, the team from Austria and, for the first time in its history, South Korea secured promotion to the top division. The tournament started surprisingly for both of the later promoted teams. While the South Koreans were able to defeat last year's relegated Kazakhstan 5-2 on the second match day, the Austrians had lost their opening game against the same opponent the day before with 2: 3, which put their promotion ambitions down for the first time. However, Austria continued to improve in the further course of the tournament, clearly defeating the previous leaders South Korea 5-0 on the day of the advance and secured their return to the top on the last matchday with an 11-0 win over Poland, who also had opportunities for promotion. Division. Behind them came South Korea, which in the last tournament game against the designated relegated Ukraine in the penalty shoot-out earned the necessary two points for promotion. By winning in a direct comparison with Kazakhstan, South Korea rose to the top division for the first time and thus succeeded Japan as the first representative of East Asia in the top division since the 2004 World Cup .

In addition to Kazakhstan, Hungary, who had been relegated from the previous year, also missed direct re-promotion. The Hungarians were able to leave the ice as winners at the start against the hosts and newly promoted Ukraine, but then won no more game. The hosts from Ukraine could not use their home advantage during the entire tournament and were relegated again after the fourth match day. Only in the final tournament game did the team, which had to do without many of their top players due to the regulations of the Continental Hockey League and injuries, get their only point.

With one exception, the individual awards were made between the players from Austria and Kazakhstan. The Austrian Bernhard Starkbaum was honored as the best goalkeeper . After five missions, he had the lowest goals against goals , the highest catch rate and the most shutouts . He was also appointed to the All-Star Team. Another Austrian, Dominique Heinrich, secured the title of best defender and was appointed to the All-Star Team . Heinrich also had the best plus / minus balance of all players with +12 . The naturalized Kazakh Nigel Dawes was named the best striker . The native Canadian was leading in both categories with five goals and nine scorer points and found himself as part of the assault line in the All-Star team. This was supplemented by the Austrians Konstantin Komarek , who also collected nine points, and Thomas Raffl , the most valuable player of the tournament. The all-star team was completed by the naturalized South Korean Alex Plante in the defensive position. The Austrian Martin Schumnig collected the most assists in the tournament .

venue

Kiev , Ukraine

Kiev World championship venue

Venue

Kiev Sports Palace Capacity: 7,000

Exterior view of the Palace of Sports in Kiev

April 22, 2017 1:30 p.m. (local time)

Ukraine S. Kusmik (13:48) M. Buzenko (27:33) M. Buzenko (38:51)

3: 5 (1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 3) game report

Hungary I. Bartalis (14:35) J. Vas (20:20) A. Sarauer (50:41) K. Dansereau (52:53) J. Hári (59:49)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 4,612

April 22, 2017 5:00 p.m.

South Korea Kim K.-s. (7:51) Shin S.-w. (27:07) Lee Y.-j. (42:07) Kim S.-w. (46:02)

4: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1) game report

Poland M. Bryk (34:40) B. Pociecha (49:48)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 2,257

April 22, 2017 8:30 p.m.

Austria K. Komarek (24:32) T. Raffl (37:31)

2: 3 (0: 2, 2: 0, 0: 1) game report

Kazakhstan N. Dawes (8:26) N. Dawes (14:56) W. Markelow (43:38)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 2,819

April 23, 2017 5:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan B. Bochenski (8:01) N. Dawes (33:25)

2: 5 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 4) game report

South Korea Ahn J.-h. (15:56) A. Plante (45:49) Shin S.-h. (47:03) A. Plante (49:58) Kim K.-s. (51:41)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 2,463

April 23, 2017 8:30 p.m.

Poland T. Malasiński (19:56) D. Kapica (46:34)

2: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) match report

Ukraine R. Blahyj (38:30)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 5,291

April 24, 2017 8:30 p.m.

Hungary K. Dansereau (6:23)

1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2) game report

Austria T. Raffl (3:51) F. Hofer (44:33) D. Heinrich (47:21)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 2,861

April 25, 2017 1:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan K. Dallman (61:39)

1: 0 a.d. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Poland

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 1,536

April 25, 2017 5:00 p.m.

Hungary D. Kóger (23:45)

1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report

South Korea Kim K.-s. (35:43) Shin S.-h. (46:31) Shin S.-w. (55:13)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 2,713

April 25, 2017 8:30 p.m.

Ukraine

0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Austria D. Woger (35:57)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 5,005

April 26, 2017 8:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan N. Dawes (3:21) M. St. Pierre (19:59) N. Michailis (41:59) B. Bochenski (57:04)

4: 2 (2: 0, 0: 2, 2: 0) game report

Ukraine D. Nimenko (34:25) S. Babynez (35:16)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 4,806

April 27, 2017 5:00 p.m.

Poland K. Zapała (25:01) T. Malasiński (25:50)

2: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

Hungary

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 2,874

April 27, 2017 8:30 p.m.

Austria L. Haudum (12:09) B. Lebler (12:57) D. Heinrich (16:26) K. Komarek (24:36) S. Strong (49:09)

5: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

South Korea

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 3,511

April 28, 2017 1:30 p.m.

Hungary K. SAGES (17:34)

1: 3 (1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) match report

Kazakhstan K. Dallman (2:48) N. Michailis (10:25) N. Dawes (59:47)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 2,323

April 28, 2017 5:00 p.m.

Poland

0:11 (0: 3, 0: 4, 0: 4) game report

Austria M. Ulmer (1:44) B. Lebler (7:01) F. Hofer (10:02) T. Raffl (28:36) L. Haudum (29:07) K. Komarek (35:39) K . Komarek (39:51) S. Strong (46:52) L. Haudum (48:27) B. Lebler (50:31) B. Lebler (55:20)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 3,453

April 28, 2017 8:30 p.m.

South Korea Ahn J.-h. (24:59) M. Swift (PS)

2: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Ukraine S. Babynez (33:24)

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 5,327

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Nigel Dawes	5	5	4th	9	+5	0
Konstantin Komarek	5	4th	5	9	+10	0
Brandon Bochenski	5	2	5	7th	+3	4th
Thomas Raffl	4th	3	3	6th	+6	2
Martin Schumnig	5	0	6th	6th	+8	0
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Bernhard Starkbaum	5	299: 05	4th	3	97.08	0.80
Eduard Sachartschenko	4th	242: 32	9	0	94.30	2.23
Przemysław Odrobny	5	260: 42	9	1	92.74	2.07

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Austria	5	4th	0	0	1	22: 04	12
2.	South Korea	5	3	1	0	1	14:11	11
3.	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	13:10	11
4th	Poland	5	2	0	1	2	06:17	7th
5.	Hungary	5	1	0	0	4th	08:14	3
6th	Ukraine	5	0	0	1	4th	07:14	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: promoted to the top division , relegated to the division IB

Division IA promotion teams

Division IA promoted Austria

Christoph Duller , Manuel Ganahl , Lukas Haudum , Dominique Heinrich , Fabio Hofer , Thomas Hundertpfund , David Kickert , Erik Kirchschläger , Konstantin Komarek , Brian Lebler , Patrick Obrist , Thomas Raffl , Alexander Rauchwald , Markus Schlacher , Martin Schumnig , Patrick Spannring , Bernhard Starkbaum , Steven Strong , Martin Ulmer , Stefan Ulmer , Layne Viveiros , Daniel Woger Trainer: Roger Bader

Division IA promoted South Korea

Ahn Jin-hui , Cho Min-ho , Matt Dalton , Kim Ki-sung , Kim Sang-wook , Kim Won-jun , Kim Won-jung , Lee Chong-hyun , Lee Don-ku , Lee Young-jun , Oh Hyon -ho , Park Jin-kyu , Park Sung-je , Park Woo-sang , Alex Plante , Eric Regan , Seo Yeong-jun , Shin Hyung-jun , Shin Sang-hoon , Shin Sang-woo , Michael Swift , Bryan Young Trainer : Jim Paek

Group B in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

2017 World Cup of Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Great Britain
Relegated	Netherlands
Venue (s)	Belfast , Northern Ireland , UK
opening	April 23, 2017
Final day	April 29, 2017
spectator	21,208 (1,413 per game)
Gates	103 (6.87 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Yutaka Fukufuji
Best defender	Ben O'Connor
Best striker	Colin Shields
Top scorer	Daisuke Obara (10 points)

The group B tournament was held from April 23-29, 2017 in the Northern Irish capital Belfast . The games took place in the 9,957-seat SSE Arena . A total of 21,208 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 1,413 per game.

Both the hosts from Great Britain and last year's relegated Japan confirmed their position as favorites from the first day of the tournament and remained victorious on the first four game days. So the last tournament game had to be used in a direct comparison of both teams to determine who was promoted to the A group of Division I. Ultimately, the British team clearly prevailed 4-0 and returned to Group A after four years of abstinence without losing points. While the East Asians took second place, the Baltic states of Lithuania and Estonia followed in the other places. In the relegation battle, the Netherlands had to accept the direct relegation to Division II after they had not won a point and had only scored six goals. The Croatians placed before had won the decisive direct duel on matchday three with 6-2.

In the individual awards, the Japanese Yutaka Fukufuji was named the best goalkeeper, the British Ben O'Connor as the best defender and Colin Shields as the best striker. The Japanese Daisuke Obara collected the most points . Among his ten points there were five goals, which made him the top scorer.

venue

Belfast , Northern Ireland , UK

Belfast World championship venue

Venue

SSE Arena Capacity: 9,957

Exterior view of the competition venue

April 23, 2017 12:30 p.m. (local time)

Netherlands S. Mason (37:02)

1: 6 (0: 2, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report

Japan H. Satō (5:21) K. Takagi (13:59) M. Furuhashi (24:15) D. Obara (32:31) D. Obara (41:39) H. Ueno (57:20)

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 943

April 23, 2017 4:00 p.m.

Croatia M. Blagus (28:17) D. Brine (54:25)

2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 3) game report

Great Britain R. Dowd (15:30) D. Clarke (43:46) E. Mosey (46:45) R. Cowley (58:56)

SSE Arena, Belfast spectators: 1,830

April 23, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Estonia

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0) game report

Lithuania P. Rulevičius (14:28) A. Bendžius (30:18) U. Čižas (37:56)

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 914

April 24, 2017 12:30 p.m.

Japan K. Koizumi (8:40) S. Satō (16:40) G. Tanaka (26:41) Y. Hirano (46:57)

4: 2 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2) game report

Croatia A. Sertich (45:36) A. Sertich (58:39)

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 351

April 24, 2017 4:00 p.m.

Lithuania D. Čypas (3:27) P. Rulevičius (14:27) U. Čižas (30:45) E. Krakauskas (34:48) E. Rybakov (35:26) D. Pliskauskas (36:08) A. . Bendžius (42:35) P. Gintautas (53:52)

8: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 2: 0) game report

Netherlands

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 519

April 24, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Great Britain M. Garside (4:38) D. Phillips (19:19) L. Stewart (41:16) D. Clarke (44:02) E. Mosey (44:28)

5: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0) game report

Estonia R. Andrejev (29:20)

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 1,437

April 26, 2017 12:30 p.m.

Japan D. Obara (19:06) K. Minoshima (20:43) D. Obara (31:48) S. Nakajima (33:29) H. Ueno (42:49) G. Tanaka (44:13)

6: 2 (1: 0, 3: 1, 2: 1) game report

Estonia R. Embrich (34:26) V. Vasjonkin (41:55)

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 575

April 26, 2017 4:00 p.m.

Netherlands R. van der Schuit (37:25) R. van der Schuit (55:25)

2: 6 (0: 4, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

Croatia I. Janković (1:59) B. Rendulić (13:29) M. Miličić (13:41) L. Jarčov (13:50) M. Blagus (21:35) B. Rendulić (58:33)

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 703

April 26, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Great Britain C. Shields (1:41) J. Phillips (7:26) E. Mosey (12:55) R. Farmer (16:15) B. O'Connor (47:47)

5: 2 (4: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1) game report

Lithuania A. Bosas (2:12) U. Čižas (40:33)

SSE Arena, Belfast spectators: 1,787

April 28, 2017 12:30 p.m.

Lithuania E. Krakauskas (21:52) M. Kaleinikovas (25:16)

2: 6 (0: 1, 2: 2, 0: 3) game report

Japan M. Furuhashi (2:23) D. Obara (23:47) K. Takagi (32:50) Y. Nakayashiki (47:13) K. Takagi (47:52) G. Tanaka (54:51)

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 811

April 28, 2017 4:00 p.m.

Croatia M. Blagus (22:18) D. Kanaet (30:25) B. Rendulić (38:01)

3: 4 (0: 1, 3: 2, 0: 1) game report

Estonia A. Makrov (5:04) R. Rooba (26:45) A. Sibirtsev (28:06) A. Makrov (40:23)

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 922

April 28, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Great Britain C. Shields (4:14) J. Phillips (4:50) S. Duggan (18:39) B. Brooks (21:34) C. Peacock (31:02) R. Lachowicz (31:23) C. Shields (32:17) S. Duggan (34:51) L. Stewart (43:25) R. Dowd (47:23) C. Shields (49:32) M. Myers (53:00) B. Brooks (54:16) R. Dowd (56:16)

14: 0 (3: 0, 5: 0, 6: 0) game report

Netherlands

SSE Arena, Belfast

April 29, 2017 12:30 p.m.

Lithuania M. Kieras (16:41) E. Protčenko (24:23) U. Čižas (45:13)

3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Croatia L. Mikulić (10:18)

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 1,343

April 29, 2017 4:00 p.m.

Estonia R. Rooba (17:54) R. Rooba (37:08) A. Petrov (47:58) R. Rooba (53:38)

4: 3 (1: 2, 1: 1, 2: 0) match report

Netherlands G. van Nes (15:12) J. Melissant (16:43) K. Bruijsten (28:40)

SSE Arena, Belfast Spectators: 1,608

April 29, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Japan

0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 3, 0: 0) game report

Great Britain R. Dowd (17:42) B. Brooks (24:37) M. Myers (29:19) M. Myers (37:55)

SSE Arena, Belfast spectators: 4,460

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Daisuke Obara	5	5	5	10	+7	4th
Robert Dowd	5	4th	4th	8th	+6	4th
Colin Shields	5	4th	4th	8th	+9	2
Evan Mosey	5	3	5	8th	+10	2
Borna Rendulić	5	3	5	8th	+1	16
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Stephen Murphy	2	120: 00	1	1	96.97	0.50
Ben Bowns	3	180: 00	4th	1	95.12	1.33
Yutaka Fukufuji	5	280: 04	11	0	92.14	2.36

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	0	32: 05	15th
2.	Japan	5	4th	0	0	1	22:11	12
3.	Lithuania	5	3	0	0	2	18:12	9
4th	Estonia	5	2	0	0	3	11:20	6th
5.	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4th	14:17	3
6th	Netherlands	5	0	0	0	5	06:38	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IA , relegated to Division IIA

Division IB winning team

Division IB promoted Great Britain

Ben Bowns , Brendan Brooks , David Clarke , Russell Cowley , Robert Dowd , Samuel Duggan , Robert Farmer , Mark Garside , Robert Lachowicz , Stephen Lee , Evan Mosey , Stephen Murphy , Matthew Myers , Ben O'Connor , Craig Peacock , Dave Phillips , Jonathan Phillips , Mark Richardson , Colin Shields , Liam Stewart , Paul Swindlehurst , Jonathan Weaver Trainer: Peter Russell

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IA:	Italy, Slovenia
Promoted to the top division:	Austria, South Korea
Relegated to Division IB:	Ukraine
Promoted to Division IA:	Great Britain
Relegated to Division IIA:	Netherlands
Promoted to Division IB:	Romania

Division II

Group A in Galați, Romania

2017 World Cup of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Romania
Relegated	Spain
Venue (s)	Galați , Romania
opening	3rd April 2017
Final day	April 9, 2017
spectator	14,910 (994 per game)
Gates	103 (6.87 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Anthony Kimlin
Best defender	Dominik Crnogorac
Best striker	Csanád Fodor
Top scorer	Ede Mihály (9 points)

The Group A tournament was held from April 3 to 9, 2017 in the Romanian city ​​of Galați . The games took place in the Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea Galați with a capacity of 5,000 . A total of 14,910 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 994 per game.

The hosts and last year's relegated Romania secured promotion to Group B of Division I with a clear 6-0 win in the final tournament game against Spain. With four wins from five games, the Romanians achieved immediate promotion. Behind the victorious hosts, promoted Australia surprisingly finished the tournament second. Spain had to go to Group B of Division II after three years of membership in Group A. The Iberians, who were runner-up in the group last year, could only collect two points and had no more chances of staying up before the last tournament game.

venue

Galați , Romania

Galați World championship venue

Venue

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea Galați Capacity: 5,000

April 3, 2017 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Australia W. Darge (7:28) T. Powell (41:20) J. Rezek (41:55) J. Rezek (61:17)

4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0) game report

Serbia A. Luković (14:47) M. Milovanović (31:33) M. Sretović (55:26)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 250

April 3, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Spain I. Solórzano (4:48) G. González (37:09)

2: 3 (1: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0) match report

Iceland P. Maack (0:07) J. Leifsson (7:20) R. Pálsson (38:59)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 190

April 3, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Belgium J. Paulus (5:29)

1: 9 (1: 2, 0: 3, 0: 4) match report

Romania E. Mihály (11:23) E. Mihály (19:42) E. Mihály (23:11) A. Irimia (27:40) E. Mihály (34:34) C. Fodor (43:17) E. . Mihály (47:30) A. Salló (54:36) F. Bocu (58:21)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 2,230

April 4, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Iceland Ó. Björnsson (32:44) S. Ingason (36:50)

2: 3 (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1) game report

Australia J. Woodman (14:23) W. Darge (30:39) P. Baranzelli (43:00)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 250

April 4, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Spain O. Rubio (52:51) P. Puyuelo (57:58) J. Brabo (59:58)

3: 5 (0: 1, 0: 2, 3: 2) game report

Belgium B. Kolodziejczyk (7:46) B. Kolodziejczyk (21:26) M. Morgan (25:06) M. Distate (41:07) A. Bremer (56:53)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 210

April 4, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Romania B. Flinta (6:47) M. Georgescu (16:05) M. Bíró (40:37) B. Flinta (44:24)

4: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0) game report

Serbia D. Filipović (36:10)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 2,100

April 6, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Belgium J. Paulus (16:18) B. Kolodziejczyk (50:04)

2: 9 (1: 2, 0: 2, 1: 5) match report

Serbia M. Sretović (1:07) P. Popravka (7:25) M. Đumić (23:55) N. Vučurević (28:29) N. Vučurević (41:09) R. Sabadoš (44:02) A. . Luković (53:13) P. Ogrizović (54:44) M. Sretović (59:22)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 100

April 6, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Spain A. Carbonell (4:31) A. Carbonell (50:59) O. Rubio (58:32)

3: 5 (1: 2, 0: 1, 2: 2) game report

Australia J. Rezek (0:44) B. Taylor (6:52) P. Baranzelli (21:59) J. Rezek (40:24) B. Taylor (59:11)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 300

April 6, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Romania

0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Iceland K. Kristinsson (25:27) A. Knútsson (54:07)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 2,600

April 7, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Serbia M. Đumić (22:14) P. Ogrizović (39:14) D. Filipović (44:58) M. Milovanović (55:44)

4: 5 a.d. (0: 3, 2: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1) game report

Spain G. Betran (4:59) B. Baldris (13:26) O. Boronat (18:56) P. Fuentes (29:11) G. González (63:15)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 130

April 7, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Iceland R. Hedström (17:37) A. Mikaelsson (25:50) P. Maack (26:24)

3: 9 (1: 3, 2: 4, 0: 2) game report

Belgium V. Morgan (4:03) F. Neven (9:21) M. Morgan (15:17) B. van den Bogaert (27:31) M. Pellegrims (31:46) V. Morgan (34:58 ) Y. de Smet (35:21) Y. de Smet (44:01) M. Morgan (55:14)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 200

April 7, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Australia J. Rezek (17:14)

1: 5 (1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Romania S. Rokaly (17:44) I. Nagy (28:36) M. Bíró (37:35) E. Mihály (51:11) C. Fodor (56:29)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 2,800

April 9, 2017 1 p.m.

Belgium

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Australia C. Todd (15:51) C. Wong (22:27) C. Todd (45:42)

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 150

April 9, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Serbia N. Vučurević (3:51) M. Brkušanin (13:55) N. Vučurević (16:04) M. Brkušanin (26:07) M. Brkušanin (34:16) N. Vučurević (40:55)

6: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Iceland

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 200

April 9, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Romania S. Rokaly (16:05) O. Bíró (22:24) E. Mihály (32:52) E. Mihály (43:29) M. Georgescu (43:45) H.-F. Bors (57:20)

6: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

Spain

Patinoarul Artificial Dunărea, Galați audience: 3,200

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Ede Mihály	5	8th	1	9	+6	4th
Marko Sretović	5	4th	6th	9	+9	0
Mitch Morgan	5	2	7th	9	−2	2
Nemanja Vučurević	5	5	3	8th	+5	12
Mátyás Bíró	5	2	6th	8th	+5	0
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Zoltán Tőke	5	288: 21	5	1	94.44	1.04
Anthony Kimlin	5	301: 17	13	1	91.88	2.59
Arsenije Ranković	5	304: 21	15th	1	90.38	2, 96

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Romania	5	4th	0	0	1	24: 05	12
2.	Australia	5	3	1	0	1	16:13	11
3.	Serbia	5	2	0	2	1	23:15	8th
4th	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	17:27	6th
5.	Iceland	5	2	0	0	3	10:20	6th
6th	Spain	5	0	1	0	4th	13:23	2

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IB , relegated to Division IIB

Division IIA winning team

Division IIA promoted Romania

Sándor László Barabás , Gergő Bíró , Mátyás Bíró , Ottó Bíró , Florian Bocu , Huba Ferenc Bors , Botond Flinta , Csanád Fodor , Hugó Gecse , Mihail Georgescu , Roberto Gliga , Tihamér Győrfy , Adrian Irimia , Nicuşor Luşneac , Ede Mihály , István Nagy , Ottó Onodi , Zsolt Péter , Norbert Rokaly , Szilárd Rokaly , Alpár Salló , Zoltán Tőke Trainer: Martin Lacroix

Group B in Auckland, New Zealand

World Cup 2017 of Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	People's Republic of China
Relegated	Turkey
Venue (s)	Auckland , New Zealand
opening	4th April 2017
Final day	April 10, 2017
spectator	3,229 (215 per game)
Gates	113 (7.53 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Richard Parry
Best defender	Mikhail Kozhevnikov
Best striker	Zhang Hao
Top scorer	Elie Klein (11 points)

The Group B tournament was held from April 4 to 10, 2017 in the New Zealand city ​​of Auckland . The games took place in the 400-seat Paradice Botany . A total of 3,229 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 215 per game.

On the day of the advance, the team from the People's Republic of China secured immediate promotion back to Division IIA. The Asians kept themselves free of loss points during the tournament with five wins from five games and laid the foundation for the tournament victory on the second day of the tournament with a 5-2 victory over the hosts and later runners-up New Zealand. The relegation was decided before the last match day between three teams, each of which won once and thus entered the last day of the tournament tied on points. Since none of the three teams won a point, the direct comparison between the teams decided, so that ultimately Turkey had to accept relegation to Division III. The Turks had the worst goal difference in a three-way comparison with North Korea and Mexico.

venue

Auckland , New Zealand

Auckland World championship venue

Venue

Paradice Botany Capacity: 400

April 4, 2017 1:00 p.m. (local time)

April 4, 2017 3:00 a.m. ( CEST )

Mexico L.A. de la Vega (18:52) J. Pérez (25:47) LA de la Vega (26:50) J. Pérez (32:06) Ó. Rubio (53:46)

5: 1 (1: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0) game report

North Korea Ri C.-m. (35:51)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 100

April 4, 2017 4:30 p.m.

April 4, 2017 6:30 am

Israel E. Kozhevnikov (19:40) T. Aharonovich (39:21)

2: 5 (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 3) game report

People's Republic of China Xia T. (0:53) R. Ying (1:58) Zhang P. (47:24) Zhang Z. (55:39) Zhang H. (59:59)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 100

April 4, 2017 8:00 p.m.

April 4, 2017 10:00 am

Turkey S. Semiz (59:55)

1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 1) game report

New Zealand P. Heyd (17:57) J. Challis (20:29) J. Ratcliffe (24:58) J. Challis (55:14)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 350

April 5, 2017 1:00 p.m.

April 5, 2017 3:00 am

Mexico C. Gómez (50:27) H. Majul (51:44)

2: 6 (0: 0, 0: 4, 2: 2) game report

Israel R. Aharonovich (30:49) I. Spektor (32:51) D. Mazour (33:10) M. Kozhevnikov (39:13) I. Spektor (52:16) D. Mazour (55:54)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 100

April 5, 2017 4:30 p.m.

April 5, 2017 6:30 am

North Korea Ri P.-i. (2:58) Hong C.-r. (7:09) Kim H.-j. (7:33) To C.-h. (10:30 am) Kim S.-g. (12:59) Hong C.-r. (18:47) Ri C.-m. (25:27) Kim M.-c. (29:04) Kim K.-h. (32:56) Hong C.-r. (34:33) Kim K.-h. (42:15)

11: 3 (6: 0, 4: 2, 1: 1) game report

Turkey Y. Halil (27:11) S. Gümüş (36:21) Y. Halil (49:18)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 100

April 5, 2017 8:00 p.m.

April 5, 2017 10:00 am

People's Republic of China Ji P. (18:24) Yang M. (27:40) Xiang X. (47:31) Zhang P. (50:23) Xiang X. (59:33)

5: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 3: 0) game report

New Zealand P. Heyd (11:59) R. Ruddle (24:54)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 450

April 7, 2017 1:00 p.m.

April 7, 2017 3:00 am

People's Republic of China Zhang Z. (1:57) Zhang C. (2:31) Zhang H. (7:15) Liu Q. (12:18) Yang M. (16:46) Guan T. (19:59) Yang M. (30:34) Xia T. (50:47)

8: 3 (6: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

North Korea Kim C.-g. (14:49) Kim C.-g. (23:20) Kim K.-h. (59:59)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 100

April 7, 2017 4:30 p.m.

April 7, 2017 6:30 am

Mexico

0: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Turkey F. Bakal (17:11)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 100

April 7, 2017 8:00 p.m.

April 7, 2017 10:00 am

Israel I. Spector (18:24) I. Spector (44:56)

2: 5 (1: 3, 0: 2, 1: 0) match report

New Zealand C. Burns (1:48) J. Ratcliffe (3:31) J. Ratcliffe (16:46) J. Ratcliffe (27:34) P. Heyd (36:41)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 500

April 9, 2017 1 p.m.

April 9, 2017 3:00 am

Turkey F. Bakal (16:59) F. Bakal (53:29)

2: 7 (1: 2, 0: 2, 1: 3) match report

People's Republic of China Zhang H. (7:30) Zhang C. (10:09) Zhang Z. (27:10) Zhang C. (39:42) Zhang C. (43:49) Xiang X. (49:59) Zhang H. (54:46)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 100

April 9, 2017 4:30 p.m.

April 9, 2017 6:30 am

North Korea Kim M.-c. (37:13) Ri C.-m. (53:49)

2: 9 (0: 1, 1: 6, 1: 2) game report

Israel R. Aharonovich (12:47) I. Spektor (28:43) R. Aharonovich (32:09) E. Kozhevnikov (33:06) E. Klein (34:30) E. Klein (35:30) M. . Kozhevnikov (35:57) D. Mazour (43:26) I. Spektor (57:03)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 100

April 9, 2017 8:00 p.m.

April 9, 2017 10:00 am

New Zealand F. Ellis (18:52) C. Eaden (19:39) R. Sandoy (36:14) J. Ratcliffe (55:40)

4: 2 (2: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0) game report

Mexico L.A. de la Vega (23:54) LA de la Vega (38:46)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 518

April 10, 2017 1:00 p.m.

April 10, 2017 3:00 am

Israel D. Mazour (8:46) J. Greenberg (22:03) E. Klein (46:16) D. Mazour (47:11) D. Mazour (51:49)

5: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

Turkey

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 101

April 10, 2017 4:30 p.m.

April 10, 2017 6:30 am

People's Republic of China Xia T. (7:46) Liang W. (18:18) Lu H. (35:40) Xia T. (36:47)

4: 3 (2: 0, 2: 3, 0: 0) game report

Mexico C. Gómez (26:39) M. Colás (37:55) H. Majul (39:18)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 103

April 10, 2017 8:00 p.m.

April 10, 2017 10:00 a.m.

New Zealand J. Challis (0:57) J. Ratcliffe (19:42) R. Ruddle (22:24) A. Cox (26:44) R. Ruddle (34:12) R. Ruddle (39:58) J . Challis (59:17) A. Hay (59:40)

8: 1 (2: 1, 4: 0, 2: 0) game report

North Korea Kim C.-g. (15:20)

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 407

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Elie Klein	5	4th	7th	11	+3	4th
Jacob Ratcliffe	5	6th	4th	10	+4	4th
Ilya Spector	5	6th	3	9	+2	4th
Daniel Mazour	5	5	2	7th	± 0	6th
Zhang Cheng	5	4th	3	7th	+3	12
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Richard Parry	4th	239: 45	9	0	93.28	2.25
Sun Zehao	5	300: 00	12	0	91.89	2.40
Maxim Gokhberg	5	289: 28	12	1	91.55	2.49

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	5	5	0	0	0	29:12	15th
2.	New Zealand	5	4th	0	0	1	23:11	12
3.	Israel	5	3	0	0	2	24:14	9
4th	North Korea	5	1	0	0	4th	18:33	3
5.	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4th	12:16	3
6th	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4th	07:27	3

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IIA , relegated to Division III

Division IIB winning team

Division IIB promoted People's Republic of China

Bao Jiachang , Chen Ling , Guan Tianyi , Hu Tianyu , Ji Peng , Li Hang , Li Zhengyu , Liang Wenbin , Liu Qing , Liu Yongshen , Lu Hengnan , Ren Mingwei , Sun Zehao , Wen Chao , Xia Tianxiang , Xiang Xudong , Yang Mingxi , Rudi Ying , Zhang Cheng , Zhang Pengfei , Zhang Hao , Zhang Zesen Trainers: Hu Jiang

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIA:	Netherlands
Promoted to Division IB:	Romania
Relegated to Division IIB:	Spain
Promoted to Division IIA:	People's Republic of China
Relegated to Division III:	Turkey
Promoted to Division IIB:	Luxembourg

Division III

World Cup 2017 of Division III
Number of nations	8th
Climbers	Luxembourg
Relegated	Bosnia and Herzegovina United Arab Emirates
Venue (s)	Sofia , Bulgaria
opening	April 10, 2017
Final day	April 16, 2017
spectator	4,800 (320 per game)
Gates	158 (10.53 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Liao Yu-Cheng
Best defender	Artyom Kurbatov
Best striker	Robert Beran
Top scorer	Artyom Kosjulin (25 points)

The Division III tournament was held from April 10 to 16, 2017 in the Bulgarian capital Sofia . The games took place in the 4600-seat Winter Sports Palace. A total of 4,800 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 320 per game.

Since the teams from the United Arab Emirates , which had canceled their participation at short notice last year, and the Republic of China (Taiwan) had two additional teams registered for Division III, the mode of the tournament was changed: the eight teams were reduced to two Divided into groups of four. While the first two teams each crossed the semifinals, in which the participants of the final and match for third place were determined, the third and fourth placed teams also played the participants in the placement games for fifth and seventh place crosswise.
A few days before the start of the tournament, the team from Bosnia and Herzegovina withdrew their participation in the tournament at short notice. The tournament format remained unaffected. All games of the team were rated with three points and 5-0 goals for the respective opponent.

In Group A, the hosts Bulgaria and the team from Hong Kong, who beat the newcomer Republic of China (Taiwan) in a direct duel, qualified for the final round in the preliminary round. In Group B, Luxembourg and Georgia made it to the semi-finals. There the two group winners Bulgaria and Luxembourg prevailed confidently and reached the final. After a balanced first third, in which the previous year’s relegated Bulgaria took the lead, Luxembourg finally won confidently and rose to Division II for the first time since the 2004 World Cup . Georgia secured third place and thus achieved its best World Cup placement. The co-favorite South Africa disappointed in fifth place. Bosnia and Herzegovina rose - subject to further sanctions due to the short-term withdrawal from the tournament - to qualify for Division III.

venue

Sofia , Bulgaria

Sofia World championship venue

Venue

Sofia Winter Sports Palace Capacity: 4,600

Exterior view of the Winter Sports Palace (on the right in the picture)

Preliminary round

Group A

April 10, 2017 10:00 a.m. (local time)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0: 5 (rating)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

April 10, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

3: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 950

April 11, 2017 10:00 am

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0: 5 (rating)

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

April 11, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Hong Kong

3:10 (2: 4, 1: 2, 0: 4) game report

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 800

April 13, 2017 10:00 am

Bulgaria

5: 0 (rating)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

April 13, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

2: 5 (0: 3, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 50

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Bulgaria	3	3	0	0	0	18: 03	9
2.	Hong Kong	3	2	0	0	1	13:12	6th
3.	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3	1	0	0	2	07: 08	3
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	0	3	00:15	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Participants in the semifinals , participants in the placement round for 5th place till 8

Group B

April 10, 2017 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Luxembourg

17: 0 (4: 0, 6: 0, 7: 0) game report

United Arab Emirates

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 50

April 10, 2017 4:30 p.m.

South Africa

5: 6 (1: 1, 1: 2, 3: 3) game report

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 100

April 11, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Luxembourg

6: 4 (1: 1, 3: 1, 2: 2) game report

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 50

April 11, 2017 4:30 p.m.

United Arab Emirates

0: 8 (0: 1, 0: 4, 0: 3) game report

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 50

April 13, 2017 1 p.m.

Georgia

19: 0 (9: 0, 2: 0, 8: 0) game report

United Arab Emirates

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 300

April 13, 2017 8:00 p.m.

South Africa

1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 2) game report

Luxembourg

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 250

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Luxembourg	3	3	0	0	0	26: 05	9
2.	Georgia	3	2	0	0	1	29:11	6th
3.	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	14: 09	3
4th	United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	0	3	00:44	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Participants in the semifinals , participants in the placement round for 5th place till 8

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Artyom Kozulin	5	13	12	25th	+13	6th
Ivan Sharchev	5	11	9	20th	+9	2
Artyom Kurbatov	5	6th	14th	20th	+16	8th
Robert Beran	5	6th	13	19th	+14	8th
Colm Cannon	5	11	6th	17th	+14	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Philippe Lepage	4th	240: 00	9	1	91.59	2.25
Liao Yu-Cheng	4th	169: 59	9	1	91.26	3.18
Andrei Ilienko	5	287: 28	21st	1	87.57	4.38

Placement round places 5 to 8

	Placement round places 5 to 8					Play for 5th place
	B3	South Africa	5
	A4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
						B3	South Africa	7th
						A3	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3
	A3	Republic of China (Taiwan)	4th
	B4	United Arab Emirates	0
						Game for 7th place
						A4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
						B4	United Arab Emirates	5

April 15, 2017 10:00 a.m. (local time)

South Africa

5: 0 (rating)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

April 15, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

4: 0 (3: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

United Arab Emirates

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 50

Game for 7th place

April 16, 2017 10:00 am

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0: 5 (rating)

United Arab Emirates

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Play for 5th place

April 16, 2017 12:30 p.m.

South Africa

7: 3 (3: 2, 3: 0, 1: 1) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 150

Final round

The winner of the final will be promoted to Group B of Division II.

	Semifinals					final
	B1	Luxembourg	8th
	A2	Hong Kong	1
						B1	Luxembourg	10
						A1	Bulgaria	4th
	A1	Bulgaria	9
	B2	Georgia	3
						3rd place match
						A2	Hong Kong	3
						B2	Georgia	14th

Semifinals

April 15, 2017 4:30 p.m. (local time)

Luxembourg

8: 1 (3: 0, 2: 1, 3: 0) game report

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 250

April 15, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

9: 3 (4: 0, 2: 1, 3: 2) game report

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 750

3rd place match

April 16, 2017 4:00 p.m.

Hong Kong

3:14 (1: 6, 1: 3, 1: 5) game report

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 50

final

April 16, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Luxemburg T. Beran (4:36) B. Welter (15:47) F. Schons (18:49) K. Linster (22:48) B. Welter (31:34) M. Mosr (37:56) C. Cannon (39:53) M. Mosr (51:06) T. Beran (52:50) R. Beran (56:34)

10: 4 (3: 3, 4: 1, 3: 0) game report

Bulgaria M. Wassilew (2:15) A. Jotow (9:17) G. Iskrenow (15:15) A. Jotow (29:39)

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 950

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Luxembourg
2	Bulgaria
3	Georgia
4th	Hong Kong
5	South Africa
6th	Republic of China (Taiwan)
7th	United Arab Emirates
8th	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Division III winning team

Division III promoted Luxembourg

Robert Beran , Thierry Beran , Colm Cannon , Marcus Eriksson , Cédric Farinon , Joël Holtzem , Ben Houdremont , Philippe Lepage , Bob Linster , Kai Linster , Gilles Mangen , Steven Minden , Mirko Mosr , Nicolas Mossong , Ronny Scheier , François Schons , Xavier Thill , Eric Wambach , Benny Welter Trainer: Petr Fical

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	Turkey
Promoted to Division IIB:	Luxembourg
Relegated to qualification for Division III:	Bosnia and Herzegovina United Arab Emirates

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championship 2017 (overview)
• 2017 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2017 U18 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2017 U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

Web links

Commons : 2017 IIHF World Championship  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : 2017 IIHF World Championship Division IA  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website of the top division

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Bosnia withdraws. Division III with seven teams. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 7, 2017, accessed April 8, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} World Cup 2017 in Cologne and Paris. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 17, 2013, accessed on May 18, 2013 : “The joint application for the 2017 World Cup with France was accepted. The final and the games of the German team will be played in Cologne. " 
3. ↑ Ice hockey: World Cup 2017: DEB has the right of promotion. In: zeit.de . May 28, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Denmark, Latvia join for 2017. In: iihf.com. November 7, 2012, accessed August 12, 2016 . 
5. ↑ German World Cup application 2017 takes the first hurdle. (No longer available online.) In: t-online.de. August 13, 2014, archived from the original on August 12, 2016 ; accessed on August 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ "All systems go for 2017" at www.iihf.com, accessed on October 3, 2016.
7. ↑ iihf.com, Scoring Leaders
8. ↑ iihf.com, Leading Goalkeepers
9. ↑ iihf.com, Best Players selected by the IIHF Directorate
10. ↑ iihf.com, Media All-Star Team
11. ↑ Martin Merk: Austria returns to Worlds. Comeback in Denmark after a two-year break. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 28, 2017, accessed April 29, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Martin Merk: Korea promoted! Joins Austria to the top division. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 28, 2017, accessed April 29, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Martin Merk: Ukraine hopes to build legacy. After relegation, planning for the future begins. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 27, 2017, accessed April 29, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Martin Merk: Thomas Raffl MVP. Awards, All-Star Team named. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 29, 2017, accessed April 29, 2017 . 
15. ^ Andy Potts: A Great Night for Britain. GB storms past Japan, returns to Div. IA. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 29, 2017, accessed May 1, 2017 . 
16. ^ Henrik Manninen: Romania rising. Hosts celebrate instant return to Division I. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 10, 2017, accessed on April 10, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Alistair McMurran: vision of China. Olympics give new life to Chinese ice hockey. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 11, 2017, accessed April 11, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Ivan Tchechankov: First gold for Luxembourg. Team beats host Bulgaria for Division III title. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 17, 2017, accessed April 17, 2017 . 

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