# 2016 World Cup of Hockey

The 2016 World Cup of Hockey (abbreviated WCH2016) was an international ice hockey tournament. It was the third installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, 12 years after the second World Cup of Hockey in 2004. It was held from September 17 to September 29 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Canada won the championship, defeating Team Europe in the best-of-three final.

## Teams

The teams were officially announced on September 10, 2015, by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The teams were:
* Canada (24-and-over players) — host
* Czech Republic
* Finland
* Russia
* Sweden
* United States (24-and-over players)
* Europe (Players from European nations not already represented in the tournament.)
* North America (23-and-under players)

### 2015 IIHF Rankings

* Canada
* Russia
* Sweden
* Finland
* United States
* Czech Republic
       Europe (unranked)
       North America (unranked)

### National anthems

The national anthem for each team playing was played before the start of each game. However, there were two exceptions: no anthem was played for Team Europe because of the team's multiple national representatives, while both "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "O Canada" were played before games Team North America played. Team Europe players wore badges with their respective nations' flags on their jerseys.

## Rosters

Each team's roster was limited to twenty skaters (forwards and defencemen) and three goaltenders. All eight participating teams submitted their initial roster of sixteen players on March 2, 2016.

### Jerseys

Each one of the national teams' players wore a customized jersey manufactured by Adidas.
Jerseys :
Group A
Czech RepublicCanadaUSATeam Europe
Group B
FinlandRussiaSwedenTeam North America :

## Venue

In contrast to previous World Cups, all contests in the 2016 World Cup were held at the same site.
* Air Canada Centre Capacity: 18,819
* Canada – Toronto

### Pre-tournament venues

Pre-tournament venues :
| Bell Centre Capacity: 21,273 | Canadian Tire Centre Capacity: 18,694 | Consol Energy Center Capacity: 18,387 | Hartwall Arena Capacity: 13,349 | Nationwide Arena Capacity: 18,500 |
| Canada – Montreal | Canada – Ottawa | United States – Pittsburgh | Finland – Helsinki | United States – Columbus |
| O$_2$ Arena Capacity: 17,360 | Scandinavium Capacity: 12,044 | Verizon Center Capacity: 18,506 | Vidéotron Centre Capacity: 18,249 | Yubileyny Sports Palace Capacity: 7,012 |
| Czech Republic – Prague | Sweden – Gothenburg | United States – Washington, D.C. | Canada – Quebec City | Russia – Saint Petersburg |

## Pre-tournament games

All games are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).
Start date: September 8, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

## Group stage

All games are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Europe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | North America | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

All times are local, Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final (best of three) | Final (best of three) | Final (best of three) | Final (best of three) |
| September 24 | September 24 | September 24 | September 24 |
| Canada | Canada | Canada | 5 |
| Canada | Canada | Canada | 5 | September 27 & 29 | September 27 & 29 | September 27 & 29 | September 27 & 29 |
| Russia | Russia | Russia | 3 | September 27 & 29 | September 27 & 29 | September 27 & 29 | September 27 & 29 |
| Russia | Russia | Russia | 3 | Canada | 3 | 2 | – |
| September 25 | September 25 | September 25 | September 25 | | | | Canada | 3 | 2 | – |
| September 25 | September 25 | September 25 | September 25 | Europe | 1 | 1 | – |
| Sweden | Sweden | Sweden | 2 | Europe | 1 | 1 | – |
| Europe (OT) | Europe (OT) | Europe (OT) | 3 | | | | |

### Final

The final was played in a best-of-three format.

## Ranking and statistics

* 2016 World Cup of Hockey winners
* Canada 2nd title

### Final standings

| 1 | Canada |
| 2 | Europe |
| 3 | Sweden |
| 4 | Russia |
| 5 | North America |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | United States |
| 8 | Finland |

### Scoring leaders

List depicts skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- |
| Sidney Crosby | Canada | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| Brad Marchand | Canada | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| Patrice Bergeron | Canada | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Jonathan Toews | Canada | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Johnny Gaudreau | North America | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Nicklas Bäckström | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Matt Duchene | Canada | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Erik Karlsson | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Logan Couture | Canada | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| John Tavares | Canada | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Mats Zuccarello | Europe | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Source: WCH2016

### Leading goaltenders

Only goaltenders who played greater than or equal to one-third of the team's minutes are included.
| Player | Team | GP | W | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO | MIP |
| Carey Price | Canada | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0.957 | 1 | 300 |
| Jaroslav Halák | Europe | 6 | 3 | 13 | 2.15 | 0.941 | 1 | 362 |
| Henrik Lundqvist | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2.25 | 0.940 | 1 | 187 |
| John Gibson | North America | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.09 | 0.932 | 0 | 86 |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | Russia | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2.53 | 0.930 | 1 | 237 |
| Petr Mrázek | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2.98 | 0.925 | 1 | 121 |
| Tuukka Rask | Finland | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.02 | 0.920 | 0 | 119 |
Source: WCH2016

## Broadcasting

In Canada, Rogers Communications held broadcast rights to the tournament; the tournament was aired by Sportsnet in English and TVA Sports in French. Similarly to its sub-licensing agreement for Hockey Night in Canada, the semi-finals and finals were simulcast by CBC Television. Although it was initially reported that Rogers was allowed to match competing bids for the rights (such as by Bell Media and ESPN's TSN) per its holding of exclusive national media rights to the NHL in Canada, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman denied that there was such a rule, and that the bidding process was "competitive".
In the United States, the tournament was broadcast by ESPN and ESPN Deportes in English and Spanish, respectively; NBC Sports, the national rightsholder of the NHL in the United States, passed on the tournament due to scheduling conflicts with various events being broadcast by its networks in that period of time.
ESPN also broadcast the tournament for the Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, the Commonwealth Caribbean, the Pacific Rim and Brazil. In Russia, the tournament was broadcast by Channel One and Match TV. In Finland, the tournament was broadcast by Viasat Sport and Nelonen. In Sweden, Denmark and Norway, the tournament was broadcast by Viasat Sport. In the Czech Republic, the tournament and exhibition games were broadcast by public channel ČT Sport and in Slovakia by Markíza. In Germany, the tournament was broadcast by Sport 1. In Poland, the tournament was broadcast by public channel TVP Sport.
The broadcasts incorporated the use of technology by British firm Supponor to allow for the digital replacement of advertising on the rink boards on selected camera shots. These allowed a single advertiser at a time to brand the entire board, localization of advertising in different media markets, and other customized graphics to be substituted onto the boards. Advertisements are replaced when cameras shots are switched to minimize distractions.

## Officials

The NHL selected seven of their referees and seven linesmen to officiate the tournament.
| Referees | Linesmen |
| 19 – Gord Dwyer | 75 – Derek Amell |
| 27 – Eric Furlatt | 76 – Michel Cormier |
| 28 – Chris Lee | 55 – Shane Heyer |
| 4 – Wes McCauley | 89 – Steve Miller |
| 13 – Dan O'Halloran | 93 – Brian Murphy |
| 9 – Dan O'Rourke | 95 – Jonny Murray |
| 11 – Kelly Sutherland | 65 – Pierre Racicot |