2005 IIHF World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	30 April – 15 May
Opened by	Heinz Fischer
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (5th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	56
Goals scored	289 (5.16 per game)
Attendance	323,974 (5,785 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Joe Thornton (16 points)
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The 2005 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship was held 30 April – 15 May 2005 in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 69th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Venues

Wiener Stadthalle Capacity: 16,000	Vienna Innsbruck	Olympic Ice Hockey Center Capacity: 7,800
Austria – Vienna		Austria – Innsbruck

Rosters

Preliminary round

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round. The last team in each group competed in the relegation round.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	13	5	+8	5	Qualifying round
Russia	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	5
Belarus	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	2
Austria	3	0	0	3	3	17	−14	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

April 30, 2005 16:15

Russia

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Austria

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 8024

Game reference
	Maxim Sokolov	Goalies	Bernd Brückler	Referees: Yuriy Oskirko Rob Matsuoka
	Ovechkin (Malkin) – 10:10 1–0 1–1 15:48 - Setzinger (Kalt, Viveiros) (PP) Kharitonov (SH) – 23:10 2–1 2–2 47:07 - Divis (Unterluggauer) Kovalev (Markov) – 56:18 3–2 Kovalchuk (EN) – 59:51 4–2
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	25

April 30, 2005 20:15

Slovakia

2–1 (0-0, 0-0, 2-1)

Belarus

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 8025

Game reference
	Ján Lašák	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Brent Reiber
	Hossa (Gáborík, Demitra) – 41:45 1-0 1-1 43:26 - Koltsov (Grabovski) Gáborík (Hossa) – 56:32 2-1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	52	Shots	19

May 2, 2005 16:15

Slovakia

3–3 (1-0, 1-2, 1-1)

Russia

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7800

Game reference
	Ján Lašák	Goalies	Maxim Sokolov	Referee: Hannu Henriksson
	Pálffy (Štrbák) (PP) – 12:57 1-0 Hossa (Stümpel, Štrbák) (PP) – 29:23 2-0 2-1 29:45 - Nepryaev (Antipov) 2-2 32:22 - Markov (Karpovtsev) (PP2) Višňovský (Pálffy, Országh) (PP) – 41:27 3-2 3-3 57:39 - Kozlov (Kovalchuk)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	41

May 2, 2005 20:15

Belarus

5–0 (1-0, 2-0, 2-0)

Austria

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7691

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Bernd Brückler	Referee: Milan Minar
	Grabovski (Mikulchik, Koltsov) (PP) – 14:41 1-0 Grabovski (Koltsov, Tsyplakov) – 29:34 2-0 Zadelenov (Svita, Skabelka) – 38:58 3-0 Grabovski (Koltsov, Bashko) (PP) – 44:19 4-0 Grabovski (Erkovich, Tsyplakov) (PP) – 49:43 5-0
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	31	Shots	29

May 4, 2005 16:15

Russia

2–0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0)

Belarus

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7037

Game reference
	Sergei Zvyagin	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	Kharitonov (Datsyuk, Vyshedkevich) – 28:22 1-0 Vyshedkevich (Markov, Kovalev) – 51:40 2-0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	12

May 4, 2005 20:15

Austria

1–8 (0-1, 0-2, 1-5)

Slovakia

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 8635

Game reference
	Patrick Machreich	Goalies	Rastislav Staňa	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	0–1 2:44 - Gáborík (Hossa, Demitra) 0–2 21:06 - Pálffy (Višňovský, Staňa) 0–3 33:52 - Višňovský (Pálffy, Stümpel) (PP) 0–4 42:56 - Hossa (Demitra, Chára) Unterluggauer (Ulrich, Trattnig) (PP) – 48:08 1–4 1–5 50:28 - Zedník (Štrbák, Stümpel) (PP) 1–6 55:04 - Handzuš (Šatan, Pucher) 1–7 55:28 - Štrbák (Višňovský, Pucher)(PP) 1–8 55:47 - Pálffy (Stümpel, Pucher)
	24 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	49

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	3	3	0	0	17	5	+12	6	Qualifying round
United States	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	4
Latvia	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	2
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

April 30, 2005 16:15

Latvia

4–6 (1-1, 1-4, 2-1)

Canada

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5344

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis Artūrs Irbe	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	0 - 1 2:55 - Morrison (Redden, Marleau) (PP) Semjonovs (Ņiživijs, Tambijevs) – 03:29 1 - 1 1 - 2 27:49 - Thornton (Nash) (PP) Ankipāns (Sprukts, Macijevskis) – 30:55 2 - 2 2 - 3 34:00 - Nash (PP) 2 - 4 35:32 - Marleau (Heatley) (PP) 2 - 5 36:50 - Nash (Boyle, Thornton) Sprukts (Ignatjevs, Ankipans) (PP) – 46:16 3 - 5 Skrastiņš (Širokovs, Panteļejevs) – 49:00 4 - 5 4 - 6 54:17 - Nash (Gagné, Thornton)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	46

May 1, 2005 16:15

United States

7–0 (3-0, 2-0, 2-0)

Slovenia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 4540

Game reference
	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Knuble (Cole) – 00:31 1 - 0 Hall (Legwand) – 16:34 2 - 0 Parrish (Weight) – 18:59 3 - 0 Knuble – 25:48 4 - 0 Halpern (Gionta) – 27:57 5 - 0 Stastny (Cole) (SH) – 51:19 6 - 0 Gionta (York) (PP) – 58:34 7 - 0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	16

May 3, 2005 16:15

Canada

8–0 (3-0, 2-0, 3-0)

Slovenia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5370

Game reference
	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Gaber Glavič	Referee: Rudolf Lauff
	Thornton – 01:03 1 - 0 Thornton (Gagné) – 05:08 2 - 0 Morrison (Smyth) – 13:17 3 - 0 Maltby (Draper) – 21:49 4 - 0 Gagné (Redden, Thornton) (PP) – 32:58 5 - 0 Nash (Thornton, Redden) – 44:53 6 - 0 Morrison (Phillips) – 46:43 7 - 0 Smyth (Maltby, Draper) – 54:23 8 - 0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	55	Shots	12

May 3, 2005 20:15

United States

3–1 (0-1, 1-0, 2-0)

Latvia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5460

Game reference
	Ty Conklin	Goalies	Artūrs Irbe	Referee: Vladimír Šindler
	0 - 1 16:17 - Sprukts (Ankipāns, Cipulis) Weight (Cole) – 33:36 1 - 1 Parrish (Weight, Cole) (PP) 47:44 2 - 1 Parrish (Miller, Weight) – 59:58 3 - 1
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	17

May 5, 2005 16:15

Slovenia

1–3 (0-1, 1-1, 0-1)

Latvia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 6300

Game reference
	Gaber Glavič	Goalies	Artūrs Irbe	Referee: Milan Minar
	0 - 1 12:17 - Cipulis (Ankipāns, Laviņš) (PP) 0 - 2 25:51 - Tribuncovs (Panteļejevs, Cipruss) Goličič – 31:55 1 - 2 1 - 3 59:35 - Ankipāns (Ignatjevs) (EN)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	39

May 5, 2005 20:15

Canada

3 - 1 (0-0, 2-1, 1-0)

United States

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 6307

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Brent Reiber
	Nash – 20:51 1 - 0 1 - 1 25:16 - Knuble (Hauer) (PP) Nash (Boyle) – 31:29 2 - 1 Thornton (Nash, Jovanovski) (PP) – 52:22 3 - 1
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	35

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	6	Qualifying round
Finland	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	4
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

April 30, 2005 20:15

Finland

2–1 (1-0, 0-0, 1-1)

Denmark

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5030

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Rudolf Lauff
	Karalahti (J. Jokinen, Kapanen) (PP) – 18:42 1 - 0 Kapanen (Hentunen, Parssinen) – 41:43 2 - 0 2 - 1 59:02 - K. Degn (Andreasen)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	15

May 1, 2005 20:15

Ukraine

2–3 (0-2, 2-0, 0-1)

Sweden

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 4061

Game reference
	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Vladimír Šindler
	0 - 1 5:17 - Kahnberg (Rhodin, Nordström) 0 - 2 9:07 - K. Jönsson (Rhodin, Alfredsson) (PP) Savenko (Gunko, Bobrovnikov) – 26:32 1 - 2 Klymentyev – 32:37 2 - 2 2 - 3 50:08 - Alfredsson (Bäckman, Påhlsson)
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	47

May 2, 2005 16:15

Finland

4–1 (1-0, 2-1, 1-0)

Ukraine

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 4386

Game reference
	Niklas Bäckström	Goalies	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	Niemi (Nummelin, Kallio) (PP) – 08:30 1 - 0 Peltonen (O. Jokinen, Kallio) – 23:55 2 - 0 Timonen (Pärssinen, Kapanen) – 27:20 3 - 0 3 - 1 35:38 - Varlamov (Timchenko, Shakhraychuk) Hentunen (Karalahti, Kapanen) – 57:38 4 - 1
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	53	Shots	20

May 2, 2005 20:15

Sweden

7–0 (2-0, 3-0, 2-0)

Denmark

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 4457

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Brent Reiber
	D. Sedin (Sundin, Johansson) – 09:33 1 - 0 Axelsson (Alfredsson, Påhlsson) – 12:58 2 - 0 D. Sedin (Samuelsson, Norström) – 25:29 3 - 0 Alfredsson (Kronwall) – 32:29 4 - 0 Kahnberg (Kronwall, Norström) – 38:05 5 - 0 Hedström (Zetterberg, Höglund) – 47:19 6 - 0 H. Sedin (D. Sedin) – 56:47 7 - 0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	49	Shots	12

May 4, 2005 16:15

Denmark

1–2 (0-0, 1-1, 0-1)

Ukraine

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5623

Game reference
	Peter Hirsch	Goalies	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Referee: Rick Looker
	L. Degn (Green) (PP) – 28:28 1 - 0 1 - 1 34:57 - Varlamov (Kasianchuk, Shakhraychuk) 1 - 2 57:48 - Savenko (Bobrovnikov, Semenchenko)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	31

May 4, 2005 20:15

Sweden

5–1 (2-1, 2-0, 1-0)

Finland

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 6202

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Fredrik Norrena	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	0 - 1 00:50 - Niemi (Pärssinen) Kronwall (D. Sedin, H. Sedin) – 02:17 1 - 1 Sundin (H. Sedin, D. Sedin) – 16:03 2 - 1 Hedström (Weinhandl) – 27:11 3 - 1 Påhlsson (Johansson, Sundin) – 34:40 4 - 1 Hedström (Alfredsson) (PP) – 58:18 5 - 1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	26

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Qualifying round
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	4
Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2
Germany	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0	Relegation round

All times local (UTC +3)

May 1, 2005 16:15

Switzerland

1–3 (1-2, 0-0, 0-1)

Czech Republic

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7328

Game reference
	Martin Gerber	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun	Referee: Rick Looker
	0 - 1 4:52 - Prospal (Kubina, Dvořák) (PP) 0 - 2 7:31 - Jágr (Prospal, Kubina) (PP) Blindenbacher (Wichser, Lemm) (PP) – 12:42 1 - 2 1 - 3 45:56 - F. Kaberle (Ručinský) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	42

May 1, 2005 20:15

Germany

1–2 (0-2, 1-0, 0-0)

Kazakhstan

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 6676

Game reference
	Oliver Jonas	Goalies	Vitaliy Kolesnik	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	0 - 1 1:24 - Upper (Blokhin, Vladimir Antipin) (PP1) 0 - 2 17:55 - Y. Koreshkov (Koledayev, A. Koreshkov) Martinec (Fical, Lewandowski) – 39:22 1 - 2
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	20

May 3, 2005 16:15

Kazakhstan

1–2 (1-1, 0-0, 0-1)

Switzerland

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7500

Game reference
	Vitaliy Kolesnik	Goalies	Martin Gerber	Referee: Rob Matsuoka
	Litvinenko (Kovalenko) – 06:37 1 - 0 1 - 1 10:23 - Fischer (Lemm, Wichser) 1 - 2 44:14 - Jeannin (Wichser)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	26	Shots	37

May 3, 2005 20:15

Czech Republic

2–0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Germany

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 8000

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Robert Müller	Referee: Hannu Henriksson
	Kubina (Jágr, Prospal) (PP) – 07:22 1 - 0 Sýkora – 53:51 2 - 0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	18

May 5, 2005 16:15

Czech Republic

1–0 (0-0, 1-0, 0-0)

Kazakhstan

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7041

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Vitaliy Kolesnik	Referee: Rudolf Lauff
	Hemský (Ručinský) – 30:44 1 - 0
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	16

May 5, 2005 20:15

Germany

1–5 (1-1, 0-1, 0-3)

Switzerland

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7900

Game reference
	Oliver Jonas	Goalies	Martin Gerber	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	0 - 1 5:39 - Ivo Rüthemann (Streit) (PP1) Furchner (Lewandowski) – 15:10 1 - 1 1 - 2 28:28 - Plüss (Ivo Rüthemann, Streit) (PP1) 1 - 3 48:33 - Fischer (Streit) (PP1) 1 - 4 52:00 - Plüss (Streit, DiPietro) (PP1) 1 - 5 52:55 - Forster (EN)
	37 min	Penalties	20 min
	26	Shots	30

Qualifying round

The top three teams from each group in the first round advance to the qualifying round. The top three teams from Groups A and D advance to Group E, and the top three teams from Groups B and C advance to Group F.

Teams in the qualifying round carry forward the results and points gained in the preliminary round with the teams that they have played and advance with. Teams, which have played in the preliminary round, do not meet again in the qualifying round.

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	5	3	2	0	13	8	+5	8	Playoff round
Czech Republic	5	4	0	1	15	5	+10	8
Slovakia	5	3	1	1	12	11	+1	7
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	9	10	−1	5
Belarus	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	2	Eliminated
Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	3	11	−8	0

All times local (UTC+3)

May 6, 2005 20:15

Russia

3–3 (2-2, 1-1, 0-0)

Switzerland

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 5680

Game reference
	Sergei Zvyagin	Goalies	David Aebischer	Referee: Rick Looker
	0 - 1 01:43 - Lemm (Fischer, Blindenbacher) (PP) Datsyuk (Kovalev) – 02:28 1 - 1 Kovalchuk (Zinoviev) (PP) – 05:11 2 - 1 2 - 2 8:52 - DiPietro (Pluss) 2 - 3 22:38 - Streit (DiPietro) (PP2) Kovalev (Datsyuk) – 38:26 3 - 3
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	33	Shots	15

May 7, 2005 16:15

Belarus

2–0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0)

Kazakhstan

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 6234

Game reference
	Andrei Mezin	Goalies	Vitaliy Kolesnik	Referee: Hannu Henriksson
	Erkovich (Zadelenov, Skabelka) (PP) – 29:20 1 - 0 Koltsov (Tsyplakov) (EN) – 59:58 2 - 0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	37

May 7, 2005 20:15

Slovakia

1–5 (0-2, 1-3, 0-0)

Czech Republic

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7614

Game reference
	Rastislav Stana Ján Lašák	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	0 - 1 01:49 - Sýkora (Hlaváč, Fischer) 0 - 2 14:24 - Straka (Prospal, T. Kaberle) Štrbák (Višňovský, Pálffy) (PP) – 27:23 1 - 2 1 - 3 30:51 - T. Kaberle (Výborný, Jágr) (PP) 1 - 4 31:31 - Hemský (Hlaváč, Čajánek 1 - 5 32:23 - Kubina (Jágr, Straka) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	28

May 8, 2005 16:15

Slovakia

3–1 (0-0, 2-1, 1-0)

Switzerland

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7522

Game reference
	Ján Lašák	Goalies	Martin Gerber	Referee: Rob Matsuoka
	0 - 1 23:49 - Rüthemann (Lemm, Forster) (PP) Šatan (Demitra) (PP) – 34:34 1 - 1 Hossa (Demitra, Chára) – 38:29 2 - 1 Pálffy (Stümpel, Šatan) – 44:12 3 - 1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	18

May 8, 2005 20:15

Czech Republic

1–2 (1-0, 0-1, 0-1)

Russia

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7709

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Maxim Sokolov	Referee: Hannu Henriksson
	Výborný (Jágr, Židlický) (PP) – 16:32 1 - 0 1 - 1 32:59 - Kovalchuk (Zinoviev, Ryazantsev) (PP) 1 - 2 48:12 - Semin (Kovalchuk, Denisov) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	20

May 9, 2005 16:15

Russia

3–1 (0-0, 3-0, 0-1)

Kazakhstan

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 5520

Game reference
	Maxim Sokolov	Goalies	Vitaliy Kolesnik Sergey Ogureshnikov	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	Datsyuk (Markov, Ovechkin) – 23:46 1 - 0 Ovechkin (Datsyuk, Kovalev) – 27:42 2 - 0 Zinoviev (Kovalchuk) – 35:47 3 - 0 3 - 1 57:38 - Dudarev (Kozlov, Upper)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	49	Shots	19

May 9, 2005 20:15

Switzerland

2–0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Belarus

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 5502

Game reference
	Martin Gerber	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Hannu Henriksson
	Bezina (Jeannin, Fischer) – 01:55 1 - 0 Ziegler (Streit, Plüss) (EN) – 59:34 2 - 0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	17

May 10, 2005 16:15

Kazakhstan

1–3 (1-1, 0-1, 0-1)

Slovakia

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 5967

Game reference
	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Goalies	Ján Lašák	Referee: Rick Looker
	0 - 1 05:58 - Šatan (Stümpel, Štrbák) (PP) Ogorodnikov (Trochshinskiy, Pchelyakov) (PP) – 09:47 1 - 1 1 - 2 23:17 - Pálffy (Višňovský, Stümpel) (PP) 1 - 3 42:54 - Handzuš (Zedník)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	16	Shots	50

May 10, 2005 20:15

Czech Republic

5–1 (1-0, 2-1, 2-0)

Belarus

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 6201

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Sergei Shabanov	Referee: Rob Matsuoka
	Čajánek (Ručinský, Židlický) – 16:28 1 - 0 Hlaváč (Výborný) – 26:43 2 - 0 Jágr (Prospal, T. Kaberle) – 32:46 3 - 0 3 - 1 37:59 - Koltsov (Tsyplakov) Straka (Jágr, T. Kaberle) – 46:42 4 - 1 Varaďa (Vrbata, Vašíček) – 49:41 5 - 1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	48	Shots	10

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	5	4	0	1	23	13	+10	8	Playoff round
Canada	5	3	1	1	18	14	+4	7
United States	5	2	2	1	14	10	+4	6
Finland	5	1	3	1	12	13	−1	5
Latvia	5	1	1	3	9	18	−9	3	Eliminated
Ukraine	5	0	1	4	5	13	−8	1

May 6, 2005 20:15

United States

4–4 (1-1, 0-0, 3-3)

Finland

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 3540

Game reference
	Ty Conklin	Goalies	Niklas Bäckström	Referee: Milan Minar
	0 - 1 03:38 - Pärssinen (Timonen) (PP) Park (Weight, Roach) (PP) – 12:30 1 - 1 Hauer (Leopold) (PP) – 45:16 2 - 1 Modano (Cole, Knuble) – 46:37 3 - 1 3 - 2 46:53 - Hagman (Rita, Väänänen) 3 - 3 53:10 - O. Jokinen (Peltonen, Nummelin) 3 - 4 54:57 - Ruutu (Karalahti, Bäckström Parrish (Roach) – 59:20 4 - 4
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	27

May 7, 2005 16:15

Latvia

3–0 (0-0, 1-0, 2-0)

Ukraine

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 4702

Game reference
	Artūrs Irbe	Goalies	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Referee: Brent Reiber
	Tambijevs (Nizivijs, Semjonovs) – 33:38 1 - 0 Skrastiņš (Ankipāns, Cipulis) – 45:15 2 - 0 Semjonovs (Tambijevs) – 57:05 3 - 0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	17

May 7, 2005 20:15

Canada

4–5 (2-1, 1-3, 1-1)

Sweden

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5558

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Thornton (Gagné) – 08:13 1 - 0 Heatley (Doan) – 08:48 2 - 0 2 - 1 16:27 - D. Sedin (Samuelsson) Doan (Souray) – 22:07 3 - 1 3 - 2 26:56 - Påhlsson (K. Jönsson, Nordström) 3 - 3 28:14 - Samuelsson (K. Jönsson, Norström) 3 - 4 38:27 - Zetterberg (Påhlsson, Hedström) Nash (Thornton, Gagné) (PP) – 46:50 4 - 4 4 - 5 53:47 - K. Jönsson (Påhlsson, Norström)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	42

May 8, 2005 16:15

Canada

3–3 (0-1, 1-1, 2-1)

Finland

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5333

Game reference
	Roberto Luongo	Goalies	Niklas Bäckström	Referee: Rudolf Lauff
	0 - 1 11:00 - Hagman (O. Jokinen) 0 - 2 24:02 - Hentunen (Kapanen, Pärssinen) (PP) Redden (Heatley) – 39:10 1 - 2 1 - 3 46:19 - Kallio (O. Jokinen) Nash (Gagné) – 48:58 2 - 3 Marleau (Morrow) – 49:49 3 - 3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	31

May 8, 2005 20:15

Sweden

1–5 (0-1, 0-2, 1-2)

United States

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 4708

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Richard Schütz
	0 - 1 19:42 - Knuble (Miller, Modano) 0 - 2 26:21 - Stastny (DiPietro) (SH) 0 - 3 27:40 - Cole (Knuble) 0 - 4 47:39 - Modano (Roach) 0 - 5 48:43 - Gionta (Parise) Franzén (Höglund, J. Jönsson) – 50:23 1 - 5
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	20

May 9, 2005 16:15

United States

1–1 (0-0, 0-1, 1-0)

Ukraine

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 1909

Game reference
	Ty Conklin	Goalies	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Referee: Rudolf Lauff
	0 - 1 30:15 - Kasianchuk (Semenchenko) Hauer (Weight) (PP) – 42:45 1 - 1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	9

May 9, 2005 20:15

Finland

0–0 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0)

Latvia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 2235

Game reference
	Niklas Bäckström	Goalies	Artūrs Irbe	Referee: Brent Reiber
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	15

May 10, 2005 16:15

Ukraine

1–2 (1-1, 0-0, 0-1)

Canada

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 2211

Game reference
	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Vladimír Šindler
	0 - 1 06:43 - Morrison (Heatley, Doan) Sryubko (Savenko, Bobrovnikov) – 10:43 1 - 1 1 - 2 49:54 - Nash (Jovanovski, Thornton)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	35

May 10, 2005 20:15

Sweden

9–1 (3-0, 2-0, 4-1)

Latvia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 2349

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Artūrs Irbe Edgars Masaļskis	Referee: Richard Schütz
	Kronwall (Påhlsson, Alfredsson) – 00:28 1 - 0 Alfredsson – 14:47 2 - 0 Bäckman (Alfredsson, Hedström) (PP) – 19:15 3 - 0 Rhodin (Alfredsson, Zetterberg) (PP) – 21:05 4 - 0 Johansson (Samuelsson, Zetterberg) – 36:10 5 - 0 J. Jönsson (Nordström, Johansson) – 40:24 6 - 0 J. Jönsson (Nordström, Höglund) – 46:41 7 - 0 Nordström (Höglund, Norström) – 47:01 8 - 0 8 - 1 50:04 - Ziediņš (Rēdlihs, Galviņš) Höglund (J. Jönsson, Norström) (PP) – 52:50 9 - 1
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	20

Relegation round

The consolation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, and the bottom two teams get relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
Slovenia	3	2	0	1	11	14	−3	4	Qualified for the 2006 IIHF World Championship
Denmark	3	2	0	1	10	9	+1	4
Germany	3	1	1	1	13	6	+7	3	Relegated to Division I
Austria	3	0	1	2	7	12	−5	1

All times local (UTC +3)

May 6, 2005 16:15

Germany

2–2 (2-0, 0-1, 0-1)

Austria

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 6150

Game reference
	Robert Müller	Goalies	Bernd Brückler	Referee: Rob Matsuoka
	4:42 - Kathan (Felski, Barta) 1 - 0 16:09 - Barta (Kathan) 2 - 0 2 - 1 22:24 - A. Lakos (Welser, Setzinger) 2 - 2 51:06 - Welser (Lakos, Viveiros) (PP1)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	28

May 6, 2005 16:15

Slovenia

4–3 (0-3, 1-0, 3-0)

Denmark

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 3709

Game reference
	Gaber Glavič	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Vladimír Šindler
	0 - 1 5:05 - Damgaard (Green, Andersen)(PP1) 0 - 2 11:55 - K. Degn (Green, Akesson) 0 - 3 12:17 - Nielsen (Kjærgaard, Regin) 37:26 - Jan (Varl, Rodman) 1 - 3 43:47 - Kopitar (Jan) 2 - 3 44:10 - Rožič (Žagar, Razingar) 3 - 3 51:15 - Terglav (Kontrec) (SH1) 4 - 3
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	30

May 8, 2005 12:15

Denmark

4–3 (1-3, 2-0, 1-0)

Austria

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5122

Game reference
	Peter Hirsch Michael Madsen	Goalies	Bernd Brückler	Referee: Milan Minar
	1:20 - Nielsen (Regin) (SH1) 1 - 0 1 - 1 11:05 - P. Lakos (Ulrich) 1 - 2 18:06 - Unterluggauer (Ulrich, Kalt) (PP1) 1 - 3 18:39 - Robert Lukas (P. Lakos, Kaspitz) 32:02 - Grey (Smidt) 2 - 3 36:03 - Green (Damgaard) 3 - 3 47:41 - Nielsen (Akesson, Regin) (PP1) 4 - 3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	30

May 9, 2005 12:15

Slovenia

1–9 (0-3, 0-5, 1-1)

Germany

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 2177

Game reference
	Gaber Glavič Andrej Hočevar	Goalies	Robert Müller	Referee: Milan Minar
	0 - 1 3:35 - Goc (SH1) 0 - 2 10:33 - Kreutzer (Schubert, Benda) (PP1) 0 - 3 19:32 - Hecht (Schubert) (PP1) 0 - 4 27:06 - Benda (Hecht) 0 - 5 27:59 - Furchner (PP1) 0 - 6 28:46 - Hecht (Benda) 0 - 7 30:58 - Boos (Lewandowski, Retzer)(PP1) 0 - 8 33:31 - Goc (Kreutzer) 0 - 9 48:26 - Martinec (Ehrhoff, Schubert) 49:08 - Kontrec (Goličič) 1 - 9
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	52

May 10, 2005 12:15

Germany

2–3 (1-1, 1-1, 0-1)

Denmark

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 2335

Game reference
	Robert Müller	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	3:16 - Hecht (Schubert, Benda) (PP1) 1 - 0 1 - 1 14:00 - Andreasen (Andersen, Green) (PP1) 25:44 - Boos (Schuaer, Furchner) 2 - 1 2 - 2 36:08 - Grey (Schioldan) 2 - 3 49:28 - K. Degn (Damgaard)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	22

May 11, 2005 20:15

Austria

2–6 (1-0, 0-3, 1-3)

Slovenia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 2827

Game reference
	Bernd Brückler Jurgen Penker	Goalies	Gaber Glavič	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	4:06 - Kaspitz (Peintner) 1 - 0 1 - 1 25:14 - Jan (Terglav, Kontrec) (PP1) 1 - 2 34:05 - Rodman (Razingar, Ciglenečki) 1 - 3 36:48 - Razingar (Rodman, Glavič) 41:07 - Unterluggauer (Pöck, Trattnig) 2 - 3 2 - 4 45:52 - Jan (Kontrec) 2 - 5 49:25 - Jan (Kontrec, Terglav) 2 - 6 51:41 - Dervarič (Terglav, Kontrec) (PP1)
	32 min	Penalties	18 min
	38	Shots	21

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

F1

Sweden

2

E4

Switzerland

1

QF1

Sweden

2

QF2

Czech Republic

3

E2

Czech Republic

3

F3

United States

2

SF1

Czech Republic

3

SF2

Canada

0

F2

Canada

5

E3

Slovakia

4

QF3

Canada

4

Bronze medal game

QF4

Russia

3

E1

Russia

4

SF2

Russia

6

F4

Finland

3

SF1

Sweden

3

Quarter-finals

May 12, 2005 16:15

Czech Republic

3–2 (GWS) (0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

United States

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7,700

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Rob Matsuoka
	0 – 1 9:18 - M. Modano (E. Cole, B. Hauer) 0 – 2 25:47 - M. Parrish (Z. Parise, B. Hauer) (PP1) 41:40 - M. Židlický (D. Výborný) 1 – 2 49:50 - J. Špaček (A. Hemský) 2 – 2 70:00 - M. Ručinský (GWS) 3 – 2
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	27

May 12, 2005 16:15

Canada

5–4 (2–2, 1–1, 2–1)

Slovakia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5300

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Ján Lašák	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	0 – 1 0:45 - M. Gáborík (Ž. Pálffy, Ľ. Višňovský) 5:52 - D. Heatley (M. Fisher) (PP1) 1 – 1 1 – 2 8:22 - M. Handzuš (Ľ. Bartečko, J. Lašák) 16:47 - R. Smyth (D. Heatley, P. Marleau) (PP1) 2 – 2 24:21 - S. Gagné (R. Nash) 3 – 2 3 – 3 34:08 - P. Demitra (M. Štrbák, Ľ. Višňovský) (PP2) 3 – 4 43:46 - P. Demitra (M. Hossa) (SH1) 48:15 - S. Gagné (R. Nash, J. Thornton) 4 – 4 55:38 - J. Thornton (R. Nash, S. Gagné) 5 – 4
	14 min	Penalties	28 min
	33	Shots	25

May 12, 2005 20:15

Russia

4–3 (GWS) (2–3, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Finland

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7,530

Game reference
	Maxim Sokolov	Goalies	Niklas Bäckström	Referee: Brent Reiber
	0 – 1 7:34 - P. Pakaslahti (J. Karalahti, J. Rita) 0 – 2 12:13 - J. Hentunen (PP1) 16:03 - A. Ovechkin (M. Afinogenov, A. Ryazantsev) 1 – 2 17:45 - S. Gusev (A. Kovalev) (PP1) 2 – 2 2 – 3 18:52 - K. Timonen (O. Jokinen, V. Peltonen) (PP1) 31:04 - P. Datsyuk (SH1) 3 – 3 70:00 - M. Afinogenov (GWS) 4 – 3
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	27

May 12, 2005 20:15

Sweden

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5,103

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Martin Gerber	Referee: Milan Minář
	0 – 1 1:20 - M. Plüss (I. Rüthemann, M. Streit) (PP1) 6:45 - N. Kronwall (J. Hedström, H. Zetterberg) 1 – 1 24:43 - D. Sedin (N. Kronwall, J. Jönsson) 2 – 1
	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	20

Semi-finals

May 14, 2005 16:15

Russia

3–4 (0–3, 2–1, 1–0)

Canada

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7,500

Game reference
	Maxim Sokolov	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Hannu Henriksson
	0 – 1 1:38 - W. Redden (J. Thornton) 0 – 2 5:46 - S. Souray (J. Thornton, S. Gagné) 0 – 3 10:37 - D. Heatley (S. Doan, D. Boyle) (PP2) 0 – 4 21:40 - E. Jovanovski (R. Nash, J. Thornton) (PP1) 34:22 - A. Semin (A. Yashin) 1 - 4 39:18 - A. Yashin 2 - 4 46:27 - A. Ovechkin (F. Fedorov, E. Malkin) 3 - 4
	34 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	25

May 14, 2005 20:15

Sweden

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7791

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Tomáš Vokoun	Referee: Rick Looker
	31:39 - J. Höglund (M. Norström) 1 – 0 1 – 1 35:03 - P. Čajánek (P. Sýkora) 1 – 2 45:16 - M. Straka (V. Prospal) 52:03 - D. Sedin (H. Sedin) (PP1) 2 – 2 2 – 3 64:43 - R. Dvořák (M. Židlický)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	31

Bronze medal game

May 15, 2005 16:15

Sweden

3–6 (2–3, 0–3, 1–0)

Russia

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7889

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Maxim Sokolov	Referee: Brent Reiber
	0 – 1 1:02 - M. Afinogenov (A. Ovechkin, E. Malkin) 0 – 2 3:58 - M. Afinogenov (A. Ovechkin) 8:11 - R. Sundin (H. Sedin) (PP1) 1 – 2 1 – 3 15:24 - A. Kovalev (P. Datsyuk, A. Markov) 19:13 - H. Zetterberg (M. Johansson, J. Hedström) 2 – 3 2 – 4 21:33 - A. Ovechkin (A. Ryazantsev, E. Malkin) 2 – 5 25:57 - A. Yashin 2 – 6 28:43 - A. Semin (M. Afinogenov) 42:46 - H. Sedin (M. Samuelsson, D. Sedin) 3 – 6
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	32

Gold medal game

May 15, 2005 20:15

Czech Republic

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Canada

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7999

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	4:13 - V. Prospal (M. Ručinský, J. Jágr) 1 – 0 43:12 - M. Ručinský (J. Jágr, P. Čajánek) 2 – 0 59:07 - J. Vašíček (EN) 3 – 0
	20 min	Penalties	30 min
	27	Shots	29

Ranking and statistics

2005 IIHF World Championship winners
Czech Republic 5th title

Tournament Awards[edit]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Tomáš Vokoun
  • Best Defenceman: Wade Redden
  • Best Forward: Alexei Kovalev
  • Most Valuable Player: Joe Thornton
• Media All-Star Team:
  • Goaltender: Tomáš Vokoun
  • Defence: Niklas Kronwall, Marek Židlický
  • Forwards: Jaromír Jágr, Rick Nash, Joe Thornton

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Czech Republic
	Canada
	Russia
4	Sweden
5	Slovakia
6	United States
7	Finland
8	Switzerland
9	Latvia
10	Belarus
11	Ukraine
12	Kazakhstan
13	Slovenia
14	Denmark
15	Germany
16	Austria

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Joe Thornton	9	6	10	16	+7	4	F
Rick Nash	9	9	6	15	+7	8	F
Simon Gagné	9	3	7	10	+7	0	F
Žigmund Pálffy	7	5	4	9	+1	10	F
Daniel Sedin	9	5	4	9	+4	2	F
Daniel Alfredsson	9	3	6	9	+6	6	F
Jaromír Jágr	8	2	7	9	+4	5	F
Alexander Ovechkin	8	5	3	8	+7	4	F
Ľubomír Višňovský	7	2	6	8	+2	0	D
Václav Prospal	9	2	6	8	+4	4	F

Source: [1]

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Andrei Mezin	297:24	175	5	1.01	97.14	2
Tomáš Vokoun	499:17	190	9	1.08	95.26	2
Vitaliy Kolesnik	279:20	168	8	1.72	95.24	0
Martin Gerber	359:17	186	10	1.67	94.62	1
Artūrs Irbe	283:03	124	7	1.48	94.35	2

Source: [2]