Ice hockey at the Summer 2015 World Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in ice hockey at the Dankonía Kastalinn 2015 was held in Dankonía Kastalinn, Dancony, from TBA to TBA August 2015. Games were hosted at two venues – Mercator Sports Center and Kastalinn Indoor Arena.
Teams from twelve national hockey associations will compete, seeded into three groups for the preliminary round. The tournament consisted of 30 games: 18 in the preliminary round (teams played the other teams in their own group); 4 qualification playoff games; 4 quarterfinal games; 2 semifinal games; 1 bronze medal game; and 1 gold medal game.
==Groups==
Group A	Group B	Group C
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:* Indicates Confirmed
:^ Indicates Replacement
==Preliminary round==
In each group, teams will be ranked according to the following criteria:
#Number of points (3 points for a regulation time win, 2 points for an overtime or shootout win, 1 point for an overtime or shootout defeat, 0 points for a regulation time defeat);
#In case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking;
#In case three or four teams are tied on points, the following criteria will apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remain tied, the result of their head-to-head match will determine their ranking):
##Points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
##Goal difference in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
##Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
##If three teams remain tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
##Place in LIHF World Ranking.
    	Team advanced to Quarterfinals
    	Team must play in Qualification playoffs
===Group A===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
 	3 	2	1 	0 	0	9 	3 	+6	8
 	3 	2	0 	1 	0	7 	5 	+2	7
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	5 	5 	+0	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	0 	8 	-8	0
===Group B===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
 	3 	2	1 	0 	0	8 	5 	+3	8
 	3 	2	0 	1 	0	9 	8 	+1	7
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	6 	4 	+2	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	4 	10	-6	0
===Group C===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	12	4 	+6	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	10	5 	+5	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	5 	11	-6	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	5 	12	-7	0
==Playoff round==
Following the completion of the preliminary round, all teams will be ranked 1D through 12D. To determine this ranking, the following criteria will be used in the order presented:
*higher position in the group
*higher number of points
*better goal difference
*higher number of goals scored for
*better June 2015 LIHF World Ranking. 
===Ranking after preliminary round===
Team advances to Quarterfinals
Team must play in Qualification playoffs
Rank	Team	Group	 	 	 	 	 	
1D 	 	C 	1	3	9	+6	12	3
2D 	 	A 	1	3	8	+6	9 	6
3D 	 	B 	1	3	8	+3	9 	5
4D 	 	A 	2	3	7	+2	7 	1
5D 	 	B 	2	3	7	+1	9 	8
6D 	 	C 	2	3	6	+5	10	11
7D 	 	B 	3	3	3	+2	6 	15
8D 	 	A 	3	3	3	+0	5 	23
9D 	 	C 	3	3	3	-6	5 	22
10D 	 	B 	4	3	0	-6	4 	12
11D 	 	C 	4	3	0	-7	5 	18
12D 	 	A 	4	3	0	-8	0 	14
===Bracket===
:† Indicates overtime victory
:‡ Indicates shootout victory
===Qualification playoffs===
The top four ranked teams (1D–4D) received byes to and were deemed the home team in the quarterfinals as they are seeded to advance, with the remaining eight teams (5D–12D) playing qualification playoff games as follows:
* vs. (winner re-ranked as E1)
* vs. (winner re-ranked as E2)
* vs. (winner re-ranked as E3)
* vs. (winner re-ranked as E4).
Should the score remain even after regulation an overtime period of at most ten minutes is to be played. Should neither team score, a shoot out of three rounds of penalty shots decides the winner. The four winners of these qualification playoff games advanced to the quarterfinal round, while the losers of the qualification playoff games received a final ranking of 9 through 12 based on their preliminary round ranking.
All times are local (LTC-3)
===Quarterfinals===
Teams seeded D1 to D4 are the home teams.
Following the quarterfinal games, the winning teams will be re-ranked F1 through F4, with the winner of 1D vs. E4 re-ranked as F1, the winner of 2D vs. E3 re-ranked as F2, the winner of 3D vs. E2 re-ranked as F3, and the winner of 4D vs. E1 re-ranked as F4. The losers of the quarterfinal round games will receive a final ranking of 5 through 8 based on their preliminary round ranking.
===Semifinals===
===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==Final rankings==
The final standings of the tournament according to the LIHF.
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Category:LIHF World Championship
Category:2015 Summer in ice hockey
Category:Summer 2015 in ice hockey