2017 IIHF World Championship

The 2017 IIHF World Championship, the 2017 edition of the annual Ice Hockey World Championships, was hosted by Paris, France, and Cologne, Germany, from 5 to 21 May 2017. The official tournament mascots were Asterix and Obelix, the main characters from popular French comic book series The Adventures of Asterix. The logo incorporates the silhouette of deceased German national team goaltender Robert Müller, who succumbed to a brain tumor at just 28 years of age. German tennis player Angelique Kerber, 1. FC Köln and German Olympic soccer team goalkeeper Timo Horn and Paris Saint-Germain F.C.'s Brazilian winger Lucas Moura were named celebrity ambassadors for the event.
Sweden won the tournament by defeating Canada 2–1 after a penalty shoot-out.
==Bids==
There were two official bids to host these championships.
* Denmark/ Latvia
** Copenhagen/Riga
::Denmark has never hosted these championships. Latvia hosted these championships for the first time in 2006. The proposed arenas were Arena Riga and the planned Copenhagen Arena.
* France/ Germany
** Paris/Cologne
::France last hosted these championships in 1951. Germany hosted the championships most recently in 2010. The proposed arenas were AccorHotels Arena in Paris and Lanxess Arena in Cologne.
The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 17, 2013.To Cologne & Paris in 2017, International Ice Hockey Federation The united bid of France and Germany received 63 votes, while the bid of Denmark and Latvia received 45.
==Participants==
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:* = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2016 IIHF World Championship
:^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2016 IIHF World Championship Division I
:† = Qualified as the co-hosts
==Seeding==
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2016 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2016 IIHF World Championship.
;Group A (Cologne)
* (2)
* (4)
* (5)
* (8)
* (10)
* (12)
* (13)
* (16)
;Group B (Paris)
* (1)
* (3)
* (6)
* (7)
* (9)
* (11)
* (14)
* (15)
==Officials==
The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament.
Referees	Linesmen
* Stefan Fonselius
* Roman Gofman
* Oliver Gouin
* Jan Hribik
* Brett Iverson
* Antonín Jeřábek
* Jozef Kubuš
* Mark Lemelin
* Marcus Linde
* Eduards Odiņš
* Linus Öhlund
* Daniel Piechaczek
* Stephen Reneau
* Anssi Salonen
* Daniel Stricker
* Tobias Wehrli	
* Ivan Dedyulya
* Rene Jensen
* Roman Kaderli
* Lukas Kohlmüller
* Gleb Lazarev
* Joep Leermakers
* Miroslav Lhotský
* Andreas Malmqvist
* Brian Oliver
* Alexander Otmakhov
* Judson Ritter
* Peter Šefčík
* Hannu Sormunen
* Libor Suchánek
* Sakari Suominen
* Nathan Vanoosten
==Preliminary round==
The schedule was announced on 9 August 2016.
===Group A===
Pl.		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1. 		7 	6	0 	0 	1	31:14	18
2. 		7 	5	1 	0 	1	35:10	17
3. 		7 	5	0 	1 	1	29:13	16
4. 		7 	2	2 	1 	2	20:23	11
5. 		7 	3	0 	1 	3	14:18	10
6. 		7 	1	2 	0 	4	13:22	7
7. 		7 	0	1 	2 	4	12:28	4
8. 		7 	0	0 	1 	6	6:32 	1
 		 			
5 May 2017 		 			
align=right		1–2 (GWS)			
align=right		1–2 			
6 May 2017 		 			
align=right		3–0 			
align=right		3–2 (OT) 			
align=right		2–7 			
7 May 2017 		 			
align=right		1–10 			
align=right		7–2 			
align=right		3–1 			
8 May 2017 		 			
align=right		3–6 			
align=right		4–3 			
9 May 2017 		 			
align=right		1–2 			
align=right		3–4 (GWS)			
10 May 2017		 			
align=right		3–0 			
align=right		2–3 (GWS)			
11 May 2017		 			
align=right		3–0 			
align=right		2–0 			
12 May 2017		 			
align=right		8–1 			
align=right		3–2 (OT) 			
13 May 2017		 			
align=right		3–5 			
align=right		6–0 			
align=right		1–4 			
14 May 2017		 			
align=right		1–6 			
align=right		2–4 			
15 May 2017		 			
align=right		2–0 			
align=right		5–0 			
16 May 2017		 			
align=right		4–2 			
align=right		3–5 			
align=right		4–3 (GWS)			
===Group B===
Pl.		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1. 		7 	6	0 	1 	0	32:10	19
2. 		7 	3	2 	2 	0	22:14	15
3. 		7 	3	2 	0 	2	23:14	13
4. 		7 	2	2 	1 	2	21:22	11
5. 		7 	2	2 	0 	3	23:19	10
6. 		7 	2	0 	2 	3	13:20	8
7. 		7 	2	0 	1 	4	15:27	7
8. 		7 	0	0 	1 	6	13:36	1
 		 			
5 May 2017 		 			
align=right		3–2 			
align=right		1–4 			
6 May 2017 		 			
align=right		5–4 (GWS)			
align=right		1–6 			
align=right		3–2 			
7 May 2017 		 			
align=right		2–7 			
align=right		1–5 			
align=right		0–3 			
8 May 2017 		 			
align=right		0–6 			
align=right		3–4 (GWS)			
9 May 2017 		 			
align=right		1–5 			
align=right		3–4 (GWS)			
10 May 2017		 			
align=right		3–0 			
align=right		5–2 			
11 May 2017		 			
align=right		1–0 (OT) 			
align=right		3–2 			
12 May 2017		 			
align=right		5–1 			
align=right		4–3 (GWS)			
13 May 2017		 			
align=right		2–3 (OT) 			
align=right		2–5 			
align=right		2–3 (OT) 			
14 May 2017		 			
align=right		2–5 			
align=right		2–3 (OT) 			
15 May 2017		 			
align=right		5–0 			
align=right		4–1 			
16 May 2017		 			
align=right		4–3 			
align=right		1–3 			
align=right		5–2 			
==Playoff round==
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
Category:2017 in ice hockey
Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships