2018 IIHF World Championship - wikipedia 2018 IIHF World Championship 2018 IIHF World Championship Tournament details Host country Denmark Dates 4 -- 20 May Teams 16 Venue ( s ) 2 ( in 2 host cities ) Final positions Champions Sweden ( 11th title ) Runner - up Switzerland Third place United States Fourth place Canada Tournament statistics Matches played 64 Goals scored 384 ( 6 per match ) Attendance 520,481 ( 8,133 per match ) Scoring leader ( s ) Patrick Kane ( 20 points ) MVP Patrick Kane ← 2017 2019 → The 2018 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament hosted by the Denmark cities of Copenhagen and Herning. The IIHF announced the winning bid on 23 May 2014. South Korea made its debut at the World Championship, having played in the lower divisions previously. Sweden won their second consecutive and eleventh overall title after defeating Switzerland in the final. The official mascot of the tournament was a duck, inspired by the Danish writer and poet Hans Christian Andersen 's fairytale about The Ugly Duckling. Contents 1 Bids 2 Venues 3 Qualified teams 4 Seeding 5 Rosters 6 Officials 7 Preliminary round 7.1 Group A 7.2 Group B 8 Playoff round 8.1 Final 9 Final ranking and statistics 9.1 Final ranking 9.2 Scoring leaders 9.3 Goaltending leaders 9.4 Awards 10 References 11 External links Bids There were two bids to host this championship. Denmark Copenhagen / Herning Denmark is the only top - ranked IIHF country that has never hosted the tournament. The proposed arenas were the Royal Arena in Copenhagen and the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning. Both arenas have a capacity of around 12,000 for hockey games. Latvia Riga Latvia hosted the IIHF World Championship in 2006. The proposed arenas were Arena Riga, and a secondary venue to be built. The decision was announced on 23 May 2014. The final tally was 95 - 12 in favor of Denmark. Venues Copenhagen Copenhagen Herning Herning Royal Arena Capacity : 12,500 Jyske Bank Boxen Capacity : 12,000 Qualified teams Austria ^ Belarus * Canada * Czech Republic * Denmark † Finland * France * Germany * Latvia * Norway * Russia * Slovakia * South Korea ^ Sweden * Switzerland * United States * * = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2017 IIHF World Championship ^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I = Qualified as host. Seeding The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2017 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2017 IIHF World Championship. Denmark and Sweden played in separate groups, Denmark at the Jyske Bank Boxen while Sweden at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen. Group A Russia ( 2 ) Sweden ( 3 ) Czech Republic ( 6 ) Switzerland ( 7 ) Belarus ( 10 ) Slovakia ( 11 ) France ( 13 ) Austria ( 16 ) Group B Canada ( 1 ) Finland ( 4 ) United States ( 5 ) Germany ( 8 ) Norway ( 9 ) Latvia ( 12 ) Denmark ( 14 ) South Korea ( 21 ) Denmark and France swapped sides so Denmark would not be in the same group as Sweden. Rosters Main article : 2018 IIHF World Championship rosters Each team 's roster consisted 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, 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 16 referees and linesman were announced on 21 March 2018. Referees Linesmen Mark Lemelin Oliver Gouin Brett Iverson Jan Hribik Antonín Jeřábek Mikko Kaukokari Aleksi Rantala Gordon Schukies Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Tobias Wehrli Jozef Kubuš Linus Öhlund Mikael Sjöqvist Timothy Mayer Stephen Reneau Dmitri Golyak Dustin McCrank Nathan Vanoosten Miroslav Lhotský Rene Jensen Hannu Sormunen Sakari Suominen Lukas Kohlmüller Jon Kilian Alexander Otmakhov Gleb Lazarev Nicolas Fluri Peter Šefčík Andreas Malmqvist Jake Davis Brian Oliver Preliminary round The schedule was released on 8 August 2017. Group a Main article : 2018 IIHF World Championship Group A Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Sweden 7 6 0 0 31 9 + 22 20 Quarterfinals Russia 7 5 0 32 10 + 22 16 Czech Republic 7 0 27 15 + 12 15 Switzerland 7 25 19 + 6 12 5 Slovakia 7 0 19 20 − 1 11 6 France 7 0 0 5 13 29 − 16 6 7 Austria 7 0 5 13 30 − 17 8 Belarus ( R ) 7 0 0 0 7 8 36 − 28 0 Relegation to 2019 Division IA 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. ( R ) Relegated. Notes : Jump up ^ The rules state that `` the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated '' and the 2019 hosts ( Slovakia ) can not be relegated by rule. 4 May 2018 Russia 7 -- 0 France Sweden 5 -- 0 Belarus 5 May 2018 Switzerland 3 -- 2 ( OT ) Austria France 6 -- 2 Belarus Czech Republic 3 -- 2 ( OT ) Slovakia 6 May 2018 Austria 0 -- 7 Russia Sweden 3 -- 2 Czech Republic Slovakia 0 -- 2 Switzerland 7 May 2018 Belarus 0 -- 6 Russia Sweden 4 -- 0 France 8 May 2018 Austria 2 -- 4 Slovakia Czech Republic 5 -- 4 ( GWS ) Switzerland 9 May 2018 Switzerland 5 -- 2 Belarus Sweden 7 -- 0 Austria 10 May 2018 Slovakia 3 -- 1 France Czech Republic 4 -- 3 ( OT ) Russia 11 May 2018 France 5 -- 2 Austria Belarus 0 -- 3 Czech Republic 12 May 2018 Slovakia 3 -- 4 ( OT ) Sweden Austria 4 -- 0 Belarus Russia 4 -- 3 Switzerland 13 May 2018 France 0 -- 6 Czech Republic Switzerland 3 -- 5 Sweden 14 May 2018 Russia 4 -- 0 Slovakia Czech Republic 4 -- 3 Austria 15 May 2018 Switzerland 5 -- 1 France Belarus 4 -- 7 Slovakia Russia 1 -- 3 Sweden Group b Main article : 2018 IIHF World Championship Group B Pos Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Finland 7 5 0 38 11 + 27 16 Quarterfinals United States 7 0 39 16 + 23 16 Canada 7 32 12 + 20 15 Latvia 7 16 16 0 13 5 Denmark ( H ) 7 0 13 17 − 4 11 6 Germany 7 16 20 − 4 7 7 Norway 7 13 31 − 18 6 8 South Korea ( R ) 7 0 0 0 7 48 − 44 0 Relegation to 2019 Division IA 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 : ^ Jump up to : Finland 6 -- 2 United States 4 May 2018 United States 5 -- 4 ( GWS ) Canada Germany 2 -- 3 ( GWS ) Denmark 5 May 2018 Norway 2 -- 3 ( OT ) Latvia Finland 8 -- 1 South Korea Denmark 0 -- 4 United States 6 May 2018 South Korea 0 -- 10 Canada Germany 4 -- 5 ( GWS ) Norway Latvia 1 -- 8 Finland 7 May 2018 United States 3 -- 0 Germany Canada 7 -- 1 Denmark 8 May 2018 South Korea 0 -- 5 Latvia Finland 7 -- 0 Norway 9 May 2018 Germany 6 -- 1 South Korea Finland 2 -- 3 Denmark 10 May 2018 United States 3 -- 2 ( OT ) Latvia Norway 0 -- 5 Canada 11 May 2018 Denmark 3 -- 0 Norway United States 13 -- 1 South Korea 12 May 2018 Latvia 3 -- 1 Germany Denmark 3 -- 1 South Korea Canada 1 -- 5 Finland 13 May 2018 Norway 3 -- 9 United States Germany 3 -- 2 ( OT ) Finland 14 May 2018 South Korea 0 -- 3 Norway Canada 2 -- 1 ( OT ) Latvia 15 May 2018 Finland 6 -- 2 United States Canada 3 -- 0 Germany Latvia 1 -- 0 Denmark Playoff round Main article : 2018 IIHF World Championship playoff round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 17 May Sweden 19 May Latvia Sweden 6 17 May United States 0 United States 20 May Czech Republic Sweden ( GWS ) 17 May Switzerland Russia 19 May Canada ( OT ) 5 Canada 17 May Switzerland Third place Finland 20 May Switzerland United States Canada Final 20 May 2018 20 : 15 ( UTC + 2 ) Sweden 3 -- 2 GWS ( 1 -- 1, 1 -- 1, 0 -- 0 ) ( OT : 0 -- 0 ) ( SO : 1 -- 0 ) Switzerland Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance : 12,490 show Game reference Anders Nilsson Goalies Leonardo Genoni Referees : Roman Gofman Oliver Gouin Linesmen : Gleb Lazarev Nathan Vanoosten 0 -- 1 16 : 38 -- Niederreiter ( Josi, Fiala ) Nyquist ( Ekholm ) -- 17 : 54 1 -- 1 1 -- 2 23 : 13 -- Meier ( Corvi, Josi ) ( PP ) Zibanejad ( Ekman - Larsson ) ( PP ) -- 34 : 53 2 -- 2 Zibanejad Rakell Ekman - Larsson Forsberg Shootout Andrighetto Fiala Corvi Haas Niederreiter 4 min Penalties 10 min 38 Shots 27 Final Ranking and statistics Final Ranking Pos Grp Team Pld OTW OTL GF GA GD Pts Final result Sweden 10 8 0 0 43 13 + 30 28 Champions Switzerland 10 5 33 26 + 7 19 Runners - up United States 10 6 0 46 25 + 21 22 Third place Canada 10 40 23 + 17 17 Fourth place 5 Finland 8 5 0 40 14 + 26 16 Eliminated in Quarter - finals 6 Russia 8 5 0 36 15 + 21 17 7 Czech Republic 8 0 29 18 + 11 15 8 Latvia 8 18 19 − 1 13 9 Slovakia 7 0 19 20 − 1 11 Eliminated in Group stage 10 Denmark ( H ) 7 0 13 17 − 4 11 11 Germany 7 16 20 − 4 7 12 France 7 0 0 5 13 29 − 16 6 13 Norway 7 13 31 − 18 6 14 Austria 7 0 5 13 30 − 17 15 Belarus 7 0 0 0 7 8 36 − 28 0 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I 16 South Korea 7 0 0 0 7 48 − 44 0 Source : IIHF.com Rules for classification : 1 ) position in the group ; 2 ) number of points ; 3 ) goal difference ; 4 ) goals scored ; 5 ) seeding before tournament. ( H ) Host. Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP Pts + / − PIM POS Patrick Kane 10 8 12 20 − 2 0 Sebastian Aho 8 9 9 18 + 15 Connor McDavid 10 5 12 17 + 6 10 Rickard Rakell 10 6 8 14 + 7 6 Teuvo Teräväinen 8 5 9 14 + 14 8 Cam Atkinson 10 7 11 − 3 Mika Zibanejad 10 6 5 11 + 10 0 Mikko Rantanen 8 5 6 11 + 1 6 Mattias Janmark 10 6 10 + 8 8 Chris Kreider 10 6 10 + 7 GP = Games played ; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; + / − = Plus / Minus ; PIM = Penalties in Minutes ; POS = Position Source : IIHF.com 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 Anders Nilsson 440 : 00 8 1.09 174 95.40 Frederik Andersen 362 : 56 10 1.65 178 94.38 Igor Shestyorkin 204 : 57 5 1.46 86 94.19 Elvis Merzļikins 360 : 35 9 1.50 151 94.04 Harri Säteri 298 : 31 7 1.41 114 93.86 TOI = Time on Ice ( minutes : seconds ) ; SA = Shots Against ; GA = Goals Against ; GAA = Goals Against Average ; Sv % = Save Percentage ; SO = Shutouts Source : IIHF.com Awards Best players selected by the directorate : Best Goaltender : Frederik Andersen Best Defenceman : John Klingberg Best Forward : Sebastian Aho Source : IIHF.com Media All - Stars : MVP : Patrick Kane Goaltender : Anders Nilsson Defencemen : Adam Larsson / Oliver Ekman - Larsson Forwards : Rickard Rakell / Patrick Kane / Sebastian Aho Source : IIHF.com References ^ Jump up to : Denmark to host Ice Hockey World Championship in 2018 ^ Jump up to : To Denmark in 2018 Jump up ^ Merk, Martin ( 29 April 2017 ). `` Korea Promoted ! ''. IIHF.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Tre Kronor golden again ! ''. IIHF.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018. Jump up ^ http://2018.iihfworlds.com/en/news/help-us-name-the-mascot/ Jump up ^ `` Two applicants for 2018 : Denmark, Latvia vying to host men 's World Championship ''. IIHF. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2014. Jump up ^ `` IIHF impressed on site visit to Denmark ''. denmark2018. 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014. Jump up ^ Groups for 2018 Jump up ^ `` 7 events for 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship ''. denmark2018. Retrieved 16 May 2017. Jump up ^ `` On - ice officials named ''. iihf.com. 21 March 2018. Jump up ^ Assignments Jump up ^ `` Worlds schedule released ''. iihfworlds.com. 8 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Statutes and Bylaws ( 701.3 ) '' ( PDF ). iihf.com. 10 September 2015. Jump up ^ 2018 tournament rules Jump up ^ IIHF Sport Regulations ( pg4 ) External links Official website Ice Hockey World Championships Current champions ( 2018 ) : Sweden 2018 Championship teams Austria Belarus Canada Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Latvia Norway Russia Slovakia South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Tournaments 1920 1924 1928 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1985 1986 2001 2017 2018 2019 Championships ( Top Division ) Editions Switzerland 1998 Norway 1999 Russia 2000 Germany 2001 Sweden 2002 Finland 2003 Czech Republic 2004 Austria 2005 Latvia 2006 Russia 2007 Canada 2008 Switzerland 2009 Germany 2010 Slovakia 2011 Finland / Sweden 2012 Sweden / Finland 2013 Belarus 2014 Czech Republic 2015 Russia 2016 France / Germany 2017 Denmark 2018 Slovakia 2019 Switzerland 2020 Belarus / Latvia 2021 Finland 2022 2023 Finals 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Rosters 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Division I 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Division II 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Division III 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Medalists Attendance Awards winners 2017 -- 18 in men 's ice hockey International Olympics Rosters World Championships Championship Rosters Group A Group B Playoff round Final Division I Division II Division III Under - 20 Division I Division II Division III Under - 18 Division I Division II Division III Leagues International National Hockey League AHL ECHL Kontinental Hockey League Champions Hockey League Continental Cup Austria League Asia League MOL Liga Domestic Australia ' 17 ' 18 Belarus Czech Republic 2nd tier Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany 2nd tier Latvia Norway 2nd tier Poland Slovakia Sweden 2nd tier Switzerland 2nd tier Ukraine United Kingdom Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_IIHF_World_Championship&oldid=846490918 '' Categories : IIHF World Championship 2018 IIHF World Championship 2018 IIHF Men 's World Ice Hockey Championships 2018 in ice hockey International ice hockey competitions hosted by Denmark 2018 in Danish sport Sport in Copenhagen Sport in Herning May 2018 sports events in Europe Talk Contents About Wikipedia Беларуская Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Čeština Dansk Español Français Hrvatski עברית Latviešu Magyar Norsk Polski Русский Slovenčina Српски / srpski Suomi Українська 中文 9 more Edit links This page was last edited on 19 June 2018, at 02 : 46 ( UTC ). 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Question: where is the world hockey championship being played
Answer: the Denmark cities of Copenhagen and Herning