2016 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2016 IIHF World Championship was the 80th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), being held in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, from 6 May to 22 May 2016.IIHF: 2016 Worlds go to Russia Canada entered the tournament as the defending 2015 champions. Hungary returned to the Championship after a 6-year absence, and Kazakhstan after a 1-year absence.
Canada won their 26th gold medal, defeating Finland 2–0 in the gold medal game. With the win Corey Perry became the second consecutive Canadian team captain to earn membership in the Triple Gold Club. Russia won the bronze medal, defeating the United States 7–2 in the bronze medal game.
==Bids==
There were three official bids to host these championships. The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided during the final weekend of the 2011 IIHF World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia.Three bids for 2016
* Denmark
** Copenhagen/Herning
::Denmark has never hosted these championships. The tournament was proposed to run from May 6–22, 2016 in Parken Stadium (Copenhagen, 15,000 seats) and Jyske Bank Boxen (Herning, 12,000 seats).
* Russia
** Moscow/Saint Petersburg
::Russia was the only bidder to ever have hosted these championships, with the most recent being in 2007. The tournament was proposed to run from April 29 – May 15, 2016 in Megasport Arena (Moscow, 13,577 seats) and Ice Palace (Saint Petersburg, 12,300 seats).
* Ukraine
** Kyiv
::Ukraine, like Denmark, has never hosted these championships. The tournament was proposed to run from May 6–22, 2016 in Palace of Sports (Kyiv, 7,000 seats) and a new 12,000 seat arena to be built by 2015 in Kyiv.
==Venues==
Moscow 	Saint Petersburg
VTB Ice Palace 	Yubileyny Sports Palace
Capacity: 12,100	Capacity: 7,300
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==Participants==
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:* = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2015 IIHF World Championship
:^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I
:† = Qualified as host
==Format==
The 16 teams were split into two groups of eight teams. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams advance to the knockout stage, to play out the winner. The last team of each group will be relegated to Division I the following year.
==Seeding==
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2015 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2015 IIHF World Championship.
;Group A (Moscow)
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;Group B (St. Petersburg)
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* (8)
* (9)
* (12)
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==Rosters==
Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and three goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting.
==Officials==
The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament.Match officials
200px|thumb|right|Henrik Pihlblad, Tobias Wehrli, Stefan Fonselius and Peter Šefčík during Norway vs. Denmark match
Referees	Linesmen
* Tobias Björk
* Stefan Fonselius
* Martin Fraňo
* Péter Gebei
* Roman Gofman
* Brett Iverson
* Antonín Jeřábek
* Jozef Kubuš
* Timothy Mayer
* Linus Ohlund
* Konstantin Olenin
* Daniel Piechaczek
* Aleksi Rantala
* Maxim Sidorenko
* Tobias Wehrli
* Marc Wiegand	
* Nicolas Chartrand-Piché
* Nicolas Fluri
* Roman Kaderli
* Jon Killian
* Gleb Lazarev
* Vit Lederer
* Miroslav Lhotský
* Andreas Malmqvist
* Fraser McIntyre
* Pasi Nieminen
* Alexander Otmakhov
* Henrik Pihlblad
* Nikolaj Ponomarjow
* Judson Ritter
* Peter Šefčík
* Sakari Suominen
==Preliminary round==
The schedule was released on 15 July 2015.
===Group A===
 		 			
6 May 2016 		 			
 		2–1 (OT) 			
 		3–0 			
7 May 2016 		 			
 		2–3 (GWS)			
 		0–3 			
 		3–4 (GWS)			
8 May 2016 		 			
 		4–6 			
 		4–3 (OT) 			
 		5–2 			
9 May 2016 		 			
 		0–4 			
 		2–4 			
10 May 2016		 			
 		3–2 (OT) 			
 		2–4 			
11 May 2016		 			
 		5–4 			
 		7–3 			
12 May 2016		 			
 		7–0 			
 		10–1 			
13 May 2016		 			
 		3–1 			
 		3–2 (GWS)			
14 May 2016		 			
 		2–3 			
 		5–1 			
 		1–2 			
15 May 2016		 			
 		2–1 (GWS)			
 		2–3 (GWS)			
16 May 2016		 			
 		3–0 			
 		4–1 			
17 May 2016		 			
 		5–4 			
 		1–3 			
 		4–1 			
===Group B===
 		 			
6 May 2016 		 			
 		1–5 			
 		6–2 			
7 May 2016 		 			
 		4–1 			
 		3–2 (GWS)			
 		3–6 			
8 May 2016 		 			
 		1–7 			
 		5–1 			
 		1–5 			
9 May 2016 		 			
 		0–8 			
 		3–2 			
10 May 2016		 			
 		1–5 			
 		2–6 			
11 May 2016		 			
 		2–4 			
 		3–0 			
12 May 2016		 			
 		4–0 			
 		5–2 			
13 May 2016		 			
 		5–1 			
 		5–2 			
14 May 2016		 			
 		1–3 			
 		5–2 			
 		5–0 			
15 May 2016		 			
 		3–2 			
 		0–5 			
16 May 2016		 			
 		4–0 			
 		4–2 			
17 May 2016		 			
 		2–3 (OT) 			
 		3–0 			
 		0–4 			
==Playoff round==
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==Final ranking==
===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Mikko Koskinen
** Best Defenceman: Mike Matheson
** Best Forward: Patrik Laine
Source: IIHF.com
*Media All-Stars:
** MVP: Patrik Laine
** Goaltender: Mikko Koskinen
** Defencemen: Nikita Zaitsev / Mike Matheson
** Forwards: Patrik Laine / Vadim Shipachyov / Mikael Granlund
Source: IIHF.com
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Vadim Shipachyov	10	6	12	18 	+10	8 	F
Artemi Panarin 	10	6	9 	15 	+9 	4 	F
Evgenii Dadonov 	10	6	7 	13 	+10	6 	F
Patrik Laine 	10	7	5 	12 	+4 	4 	F
Mikael Granlund 	10	4	8 	12 	+6 	2 	F
Derick Brassard 	10	5	6 	11 	+9 	4 	F
Pavel Datsyuk 	10	1	10	11 	+6 	0 	F
Matt Duchene 	10	5	5 	10 	+10	2 	F
Mikko Koivu 	10	4	6 	10 	+8 	12 	F
Mark Stone 	10	4	6 	10 	+8 	6 	F
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
Dominik Furch 	255:00	4 	0.94	100	96.00	2
Mikko Koskinen 	479:01	9 	1.13	169	94.67	1
Cam Talbot 	480:00	10	1.25	167	94.01	4
Sebastian Dahm 	434:04	16	2.21	248	93.55	1
Sergei Bobrovsky	520:51	15	1.73	218	93.12	1
TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
==References==
==External links==
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Category:IIHF World Championship
Iihf World Championship, 2016
World Ice Hockey Championships - Men's
2016 IIHF World Championship