2016 IIHF World Championship Group A

Group A was one of two groups of the 2016 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2017.[1]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Czech Republic 7 5 1 1 0 27 12 +15 18 Playoff round
2  Russia (H) 7 6 0 0 1 32 10 +22 18
3  Sweden 7 3 2 0 2 23 18 +5 13
4  Denmark 7 2 2 1 2 17 22 5 11
5  Norway 7 2 1 0 4 13 22 9 8[lower-alpha 1]
6   Switzerland 7 1 1 3 2 20 26 6 8[lower-alpha 1]
7  Latvia 7 1 0 3 3 13 22 9 6
8  Kazakhstan (R) 7 0 1 0 6 15 28 13 2 Relegation to Division I A[lower-alpha 2]
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Norway 4–3 Switzerland
  2. The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2017 hosts (France and Germany) cannot be relegated by rule.[2]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Matches

Sweden vs Latvia

6 May 2016
16:15
Sweden 2–1 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
OT (1–0)
 LatviaVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 4,420

Czech Republic vs Russia

6 May 2016
20:15
Czech Republic 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 RussiaVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 9,696

Switzerland vs Kazakhstan

7 May 2016
12:15
Switzerland  2–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
OT (0–0)
GWS (0–1)
 KazakhstanVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 5,420

Norway vs Denmark

7 May 2016
16:15
Norway 0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
 DenmarkVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 6,668

Latvia vs Czech Republic

7 May 2016
20:15
Latvia 3–4 GWS
(0–2, 1–0, 2–1)
OT (0–0)
GWS (0–1)
 Czech RepublicVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 4,650

Kazakhstan vs Russia

8 May 2016
12:15
Kazakhstan 4–6
(3–3, 0–1, 1–2)
 RussiaVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 10,122

Norway vs Switzerland

8 May 2016
16:15
Norway 4–3 OT
(1–1, 2–0, 0–2)
OT (1–0)
  SwitzerlandVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 4,515

Sweden vs Denmark

8 May 2016
20:15
Sweden 5–2
(0–1, 4–0, 1–1)
 DenmarkVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 5,385

Latvia vs Russia

9 May 2016
16:15
Latvia 0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
 RussiaVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 10,440

Sweden vs Czech Republic

9 May 2016
20:15
Sweden 2–4
(2–0, 0–3, 0–1)
 Czech RepublicVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,780

Switzerland vs Denmark

10 May 2016
16:15
Switzerland  3–2 OT
(0–2, 0–0, 2–0)
OT (1–0)
 DenmarkVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 5,962

Kazakhstan vs Norway

10 May 2016
20:15
Kazakhstan 2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0–1)
 NorwayVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,384

Switzerland vs Latvia

11 May 2016
16:15
Switzerland  5–4
(0–0, 3–3, 2–1)
 LatviaVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 5,692

Sweden vs Kazakhstan

11 May 2016
20:15
Sweden 7–3
(3–1, 3–0, 1–2)
 KazakhstanVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 8,729

Czech Republic vs Norway

12 May 2016
16:15
Czech Republic 7–0
(3–0, 4–0, 0–0)
 NorwayVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 5,124

Russia vs Denmark

12 May 2016
20:15
Russia 10–1
(3–0, 4–1, 3–0)
 DenmarkVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 11,022

Czech Republic vs Kazakhstan

13 May 2016
16:15
Czech Republic 3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)
 KazakhstanVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 8,234

Denmark vs Latvia

13 May 2016
20:15
Denmark 3–2 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
OT (0–0)
GWS (1–0)
 LatviaVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,788

Norway vs Sweden

14 May 2016
12:15
Norway 2–3
(0–0, 0–1, 2–2)
 SwedenVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 6,221

Russia vs Switzerland

14 May 2016
16:15
Russia 5–1
(1–0, 1–0, 3–1)
  SwitzerlandVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 11,222

Kazakhstan vs Latvia

14 May 2016
20:15
Kazakhstan 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 LatviaVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,305

Denmark vs Czech Republic

15 May 2016
16:15
Denmark 2–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
OT (0–0)
GWS (1–0)
 Czech RepublicVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 8,107

Switzerland vs Sweden

15 May 2016
20:15
Switzerland  2–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
OT (0–0)
GWS (0–1)
 SwedenVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 8,214

Russia vs Norway

16 May 2016
16:15
Russia 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 NorwayVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 12,116

Denmark vs Kazakhstan

16 May 2016
20:15
Denmark 4–1
(3–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 KazakhstanVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,097

Czech Republic vs Switzerland

17 May 2016
12:15
Czech Republic 5–4
(1–0, 1–1, 3–3)
  SwitzerlandVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,101

Latvia vs Norway

17 May 2016
16:15
Latvia 1–3
(1–1, 0–2, 0–0)
 NorwayVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 6,037

Russia vs Sweden

17 May 2016
20:15
Russia 4–1
(2–0, 2–0, 0–1)
 SwedenVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 12,181

References

  1. "Russia to open vs. Czechs". iihfworlds2016.com. 15 July 2015.
  2. "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 September 2015.

External links

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