# 2005 IIHF World Championship

The 2005 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship was held 30 April – 15 May 2005 in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 69th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

## Venues

| Wiener Stadthalle Capacity: 16,000 | ViennaInnsbruck | Olympic Ice Hockey Center Capacity: 7,800 |
| Austria – Vienna | ViennaInnsbruck | Austria – Innsbruck |

## Preliminary round

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round. The last team in each group competed in the relegation round.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 | Qualifying round |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 2 | Qualifying round |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times local (UTC +3)

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 4 | Qualifying round |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 2 | Qualifying round |
| Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times local (UTC +3)

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | Qualifying round |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | Qualifying round |
| Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times local (UTC +3)

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Qualifying round |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | Qualifying round |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | Qualifying round |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | Relegation round |
All times local (UTC +3)

## Qualifying round

The top three teams from each group in the first round advance to the qualifying round. The top three teams from Groups A and D advance to Group E, and the top three teams from Groups B and C advance to Group F.
Teams in the qualifying round carry forward the results and points gained in the preliminary round with the teams that they have played and advance with. Teams, which have played in the preliminary round, do not meet again in the qualifying round.

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 8 | Playoff round |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 8 | Playoff round |
| Slovakia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 7 | Playoff round |
| Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 5 | Playoff round |
| Belarus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | Eliminated |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | Eliminated |
All times local (UTC+3)

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Sweden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 8 | Playoff round |
| Canada | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 7 | Playoff round |
| United States | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 6 | Playoff round |
| Finland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 5 | Playoff round |
| Latvia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | Eliminated |

## Relegation round

The consolation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, and the bottom two teams get relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.

### Group G

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 4 | Qualified for the 2006 IIHF World Championship |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 4 | Qualified for the 2006 IIHF World Championship |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 3 | Relegated to Division I |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 1 | Relegated to Division I |
All times local (UTC +3)

## Playoff round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| F1 | Sweden | 2 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Switzerland | 1 | | | | | | |
| E4 | Switzerland | 1 | QF1 | Sweden | 2 | | | |
| | | | QF2 | Czech Republic | 3 | | | |
| E2 | Czech Republic | 3 | QF2 | Czech Republic | 3 | | | |
| F3 | United States | 2 | | | | | | |
| F3 | United States | 2 | | | | SF1 | Czech Republic | 3 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Canada | 0 |
| F2 | Canada | 5 | | | | | | | SF2 | Canada | 0 |
| E3 | Slovakia | 4 | | | |
| E3 | Slovakia | 4 | QF3 | Canada | 4 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | QF4 | Russia | 3 |
| E1 | Russia | 4 | QF4 | Russia | 3 | SF2 | Russia | 6 |
| F4 | Finland | 3 | | | | SF1 | Sweden | 3 |

### Gold medal game
## Ranking and statistics

* 2005 IIHF World Championship winners
* Czech Republic 5th title

### Tournament Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Tomáš Vokoun
** Best Defenceman: Wade Redden
** Best Forward: Alexei Kovalev
** Most Valuable Player: Joe Thornton
* Media All-Star Team:
** Goaltender: Tomáš Vokoun
** Defence: Niklas Kronwall, Marek Židlický
** Forwards: Jaromír Jágr, Rick Nash, Joe Thornton

### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
| | Czech Republic |
| | Canada |
| | Russia |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Slovakia |
| 6 | United States |
| 7 | Finland |
| 8 | Switzerland |
| 9 | Latvia |
| 10 | Belarus |
| 11 | Ukraine |
| 12 | Kazakhstan |
| 13 | Slovenia |
| 14 | Denmark |
| 15 | Germany |
| 16 | Austria |

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Joe Thornton | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +7 | 4 | F |
| Rick Nash | 9 | 9 | 6 | 15 | +7 | 8 | F |
| Simon Gagné | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +7 | 0 | F |
| Žigmund Pálffy | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +1 | 10 | F |
| Daniel Sedin | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Daniel Alfredsson | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +6 | 6 | F |
| Jaromír Jágr | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +4 | 5 | F |
| Alexander Ovechkin | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +7 | 4 | F |
| Ľubomír Višňovský | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +2 | 0 | D |
| Václav Prospal | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 4 | F |
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### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Andrei Mezin | 297:24 | 175 | 5 | 1.01 | 97.14 | 2 |
| Tomáš Vokoun | 499:17 | 190 | 9 | 1.08 | 95.26 | 2 |
| Vitaliy Kolesnik | 279:20 | 168 | 8 | 1.72 | 95.24 | 0 |
| Martin Gerber | 359:17 | 186 | 10 | 1.67 | 94.62 | 1 |
| Artūrs Irbe | 283:03 | 124 | 7 | 1.48 | 94.35 | 2 |
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