2018 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Denmark
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates4–20 May
Opened byMargrethe II
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (11th title)
Runner-up   Switzerland
Third place  United States
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played64
Goals scored384 (6 per game)
Attendance520,481 (8,133 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Patrick Kane (20 points)
MVPUnited States Patrick Kane
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The 2018 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament hosted by the Danish cities of Copenhagen and Herning, held from 4 to 20 May 2018. The IIHF announced the winning bid on 23 May 2014 in Minsk, Belarus.[1][2] South Korea made its debut at the World Championship, having played in the lower divisions previously.[3]

Sweden went undefeated at the tournament to win their second consecutive and eleventh overall title after defeating Switzerland in the final.[4] The United States won the bronze medal game, defeating Canada 4–1.

The official mascot of the tournament was a swan,[5] inspired by the Danish writer and poet Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale about The Ugly Duckling.[6]

Bids

There were two bids to host this championship.[7]

Denmark is the only top-ranked IIHF country that has never hosted the tournament. The proposed arenas were the Royal Arena in Copenhagen and the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning.[2] Both arenas have a capacity of around 12,000 for hockey games.[8]
Latvia hosted the IIHF World Championship in 2006. The proposed arenas were Arena Riga, and a secondary venue to be built.[2]

The decision was announced on 23 May 2014 in Minsk, Belarus. The final tally was 95-12 in favor of Denmark.[1][2]

Venues

Copenhagen
Herning
Royal Arena Jyske Bank Boxen
Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 12,000

Qualified teams

Mascot: Duckly
Qualified as host
Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2017 IIHF World Championship
Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I

Seeding

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2017 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2017 IIHF World Championship.[9]

Denmark and Sweden played in separate groups, Denmark at the Jyske Bank Boxen while Sweden at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.[10]

1 Denmark and France swapped sides so Denmark would not be in the same group as Sweden.

Rosters

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.

Officials

16 referees and linesman were announced on 21 March 2018.[11][12]

Referees Linesmen
  • Austria Mark Lemelin
  • Canada Oliver Gouin
  • Canada Brett Iverson
  • Czech Republic Jan Hribik
  • Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
  • Finland Mikko Kaukokari
  • Finland Aleksi Rantala
  • Germany Gordon Schukies
  • Russia Roman Gofman
  • Russia Konstantin Olenin
  • Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
  • Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
  • Sweden Linus Öhlund
  • Sweden Mikael Sjöqvist
  • United States Timothy Mayer
  • United States Stephen Reneau
  • Belarus Dmitri Golyak
  • Canada Dustin McCrank
  • Canada Nathan Vanoosten
  • Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
  • Denmark Rene Jensen
  • Finland Hannu Sormunen
  • Finland Sakari Suominen
  • Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
  • Norway Jon Kilian
  • Russia Alexander Otmakhov
  • Russia Gleb Lazarev
  • Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
  • Slovakia Peter Šefčík
  • Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
  • United States Jake Davis
  • United States Brian Oliver

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 8 August 2017.[13]

Group A

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Sweden 7 6 1 0 0 31 9 +22 20 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 7 5 0 1 1 32 10 +22 16
3  Czech Republic 7 3 3 0 1 27 15 +12 15
4   Switzerland 7 3 1 1 2 25 19 +6 12
5  Slovakia 7 3 0 2 2 19 20 −1 11
6  France 7 2 0 0 5 13 29 −16 6
7  Austria 7 1 0 1 5 13 30 −17 4
8  Belarus (R) 7 0 0 0 7 8 36 −28 0 Relegation to 2019 Division I A[a]
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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2019 hosts (Slovakia) cannot be relegated by rule.[14]
4 May 2018
Russia  7–0  France
Sweden  5–0  Belarus
5 May 2018
Switzerland  3–2 (OT)  Austria
France  6–2  Belarus
Czech Republic  3–2 (OT)  Slovakia
6 May 2018
Austria  0–7  Russia
Sweden  3–2  Czech Republic
Slovakia  0–2   Switzerland
7 May 2018
Belarus  0–6  Russia
Sweden  4–0  France
8 May 2018
Austria  2–4  Slovakia
Czech Republic  5–4 (GWS)   Switzerland
9 May 2018
Switzerland  5–2  Belarus
Sweden  7–0  Austria
10 May 2018
Slovakia  3–1  France
Czech Republic  4–3 (OT)  Russia
11 May 2018
France  5–2  Austria
Belarus  0–3  Czech Republic
12 May 2018
Slovakia  3–4 (OT)  Sweden
Austria  4–0  Belarus
Russia  4–3   Switzerland
13 May 2018
France  0–6  Czech Republic
Switzerland  3–5  Sweden
14 May 2018
Russia  4–0  Slovakia
Czech Republic  4–3  Austria
15 May 2018
Switzerland  5–1  France
Belarus  4–7  Slovakia
Russia  1–3  Sweden

Group B

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Finland 7 5 0 1 1 38 11 +27 16[a] Quarterfinals
2  United States 7 4 2 0 1 39 16 +23 16[a]
3  Canada 7 4 1 1 1 32 12 +20 15
4  Latvia 7 3 1 2 1 16 16 0 13
5  Denmark (H) 7 3 1 0 3 13 17 −4 11
6  Germany 7 1 1 2 3 16 20 −4 7
7  Norway 7 1 1 1 4 13 31 −18 6
8  South Korea (R) 7 0 0 0 7 4 48 −44 0 Relegation to 2019 Division I A
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. ^ a b Finland 6–2 United States
4 May 2018
United States  5–4 (GWS)  Canada
Germany  2–3 (GWS)  Denmark
5 May 2018
Norway  2–3 (OT)  Latvia
Finland  8–1  South Korea
Denmark  0–4  United States
6 May 2018
South Korea  0–10  Canada
Germany  4–5 (GWS)  Norway
Latvia  1–8  Finland
7 May 2018
United States  3–0  Germany
Canada  7–1  Denmark
8 May 2018
South Korea  0–5  Latvia
Finland  7–0  Norway
9 May 2018
Germany  6–1  South Korea
Finland  2–3  Denmark
10 May 2018
United States  3–2 (OT)  Latvia
Norway  0–5  Canada
11 May 2018
Denmark  3–0  Norway
United States  13–1  South Korea
12 May 2018
Latvia  3–1  Germany
Denmark  3–1  South Korea
Canada  1–5  Finland
13 May 2018
Norway  3–9  United States
Germany  3–2 (OT)  Finland
14 May 2018
South Korea  0–3  Norway
Canada  2–1 (OT)  Latvia
15 May 2018
Finland  6–2  United States
Canada  3–0  Germany
Latvia  1–0  Denmark

Playoff round

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship playoff round
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
17 May
 
 
 Sweden3
 
19 May
 
 Latvia2
 
 Sweden6
 
17 May
 
 United States0
 
 United States3
 
20 May
 
 Czech Republic2
 
 Sweden (GWS)3
 
17 May
 
  Switzerland2
 
 Russia4
 
19 May
 
 Canada (OT)5
 
 Canada2
 
17 May
 
  Switzerland3 Third place
 
 Finland2
 
20 May
 
  Switzerland3
 
 United States4
 
 
 Canada1
 

Quarterfinals

17 May 2018
16:15		Russia 4–5 OT
(0–1, 2–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–1)		 CanadaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 9,017
Game reference
Igor ShestyorkinGoaliesDarcy KuemperReferees:
Austria Mark Lemelin
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
United States Brian Oliver
Finland Hannu Sormunen
0–104:45 – Parayko (McDavid, Eberle) (PP)
0–231:51 – Nugent-Hopkins (McDavid, Parayko) (PP)
Mikheyev (Anisimov, Zaitsev) – 32:531–2
Barabanov (Dadonov) (EA) – 37:322–2
2–347:11 – Turris (Schwartz)
Andronov (Zaitsev, Soshnikov) – 48:443–3
3–452:36 – Dubois (Jost)
Anisimov (Grigorenko, Zaitsev) – 54:344–4
4–564:57 – O'Reilly (McDavid, Ekblad) (PP)
8 minPenalties2 min
30Shots41
17 May 2018
16:15		United States 3–2
(2–0, 0–2, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicJyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 4,846
Game reference
Keith KinkaidGoaliesPavel FrancouzReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Canada Dustin McCrank
Finland Sakari Suominen
Kane (Ryan) – 10:361–0
Atkinson (Bonino, Gaudreau) – 12:192–0
2–124:56 – Řepík (Faksa, Gudas)
2–230:55 – Nečas (Pastrňák, Hronek) (PP)
Kane (Ryan) – 46:583–2
10 minPenalties2 min
31Shots26
17 May 2018
20:15		Sweden 3–2
(0–0, 1–1, 2–1)		 LatviaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
Anders NilssonGoaliesElvis MerzļikinsReferees:
United States Timothy Mayer
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Forsberg (Kempe, Ekman-Larsson) – 26:361–0
1–131:59 – Bļugers (Ri. Bukarts)
Arvidsson (Ekholm) – 41:492–1
Ekman-Larsson (Kempe, Rakell) (PP) – 46:273–1
3–250:21 – Balcers (Ķēniņš)
10 minPenalties2 min
34Shots24
17 May 2018
20:15		Finland 2–3
(1–0, 0–3, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandJyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 5,634
Game reference
Harri SäteriGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
United States Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Nutivaara (Koivisto, Rantanen) – 07:011–0
1–129:13 – Corvi (Fiala, Niederreiter)
1–232:32 – Vermin (Meier)
1–333:08 – Hofmann (Moser, Fora)
Rantanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) – 48:202–3
0 minPenalties8 min
34Shots27

Semifinals

19 May 2018
15:15		Sweden 6–0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 United StatesRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
Anders NilssonGoaliesKeith KinkaidReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Canada Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Canada Dustin McCrank
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
Arvidsson (De la Rose, Forsberg) – 14:431–0
Pääjärvi (Backlund) (SH) – 27:092–0
Hörnqvist (Backlund, Klingberg) (PP) – 30:053–0
Janmark-Nylén (Rakell) – 30:164–0
Arvidsson (Zibanejad) (ENG) – 51:075–0
Kempe (Backlund) – 57:016–0
14 minPenalties6 min
20Shots41
19 May 2018
19:15		Canada 2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)		  SwitzerlandRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,166
Game reference
Darcy KuemperGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
United States Brian Oliver
0–118:41 – Scherwey (Untersander, Kukan)
Horvat (Dubois, Pageau) – 27:201–1
1–229:40 – Hofmann (Fiala, Andrighetto) (PP)
1–344:14 – Haas (Andrighetto, Diaz) (PP)
Parayko (McDavid, Schenn) (EA) – 57:532–3
6 minPenalties2 min
45Shots17

Bronze medal game

20 May 2018
15:45		United States 4–1
(0–0, 1–1, 3–0)		 CanadaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,111
Game reference
Keith KinkaidGoaliesCurtis McElhinneyReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Finland Sakari Suominen
Kreider (Larkin, DeBrincat) (PP) – 26:401–0
1–138:06 – Vlasic (Horvat, Turris)
Bonino (Kane) (PP) – 53:212–1
Lee (McAvoy) (ENG) – 57:453–1
Kreider (ENG) – 58:184–1
4 minPenalties14 min
37Shots25

Gold medal game

20 May 2018
20:15 (UTC+2)		Sweden 3–2 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		  SwitzerlandRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
Anders NilssonGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Canada Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
0–116:38 – Niederreiter (Josi, Fiala)
Nyquist (Ekholm) – 17:541–1
1–223:13 – Meier (Corvi, Josi) (PP)
Zibanejad (Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 34:532–2
Zibanejad MISS
Rakell MISS
Ekman-Larsson GOAL
Forsberg GOAL		ShootoutGOAL Andrighetto
MISS Fiala
MISS Corvi
MISS Haas
MISS Niederreiter
4 minPenalties10 min
38Shots27

Final ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  Sweden 10 8 2 0 0 43 13 +30 28 Champions
2 A   Switzerland 10 5 1 2 2 33 26 +7 19 Runners-up
3 B  United States 10 6 2 0 2 46 25 +21 22 Third place
4 B  Canada 10 4 2 1 3 40 23 +17 17 Fourth place
5 B  Finland 8 5 0 1 2 40 14 +26 16 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 A  Russia 8 5 0 2 1 36 15 +21 17
7 A  Czech Republic 8 3 3 0 2 29 18 +11 15
8 B  Latvia 8 3 1 2 2 18 19 −1 13
9 A  Slovakia 7 3 0 2 2 19 20 −1 11 Eliminated in
Group stage
10 B  Denmark (H) 7 3 1 0 3 13 17 −4 11
11 B  Germany 7 1 1 2 3 16 20 −4 7
12 A  France 7 2 0 0 5 13 29 −16 6
13 B  Norway 7 1 1 1 4 13 31 −18 6
14 A  Austria 7 1 0 1 5 13 30 −17 4
15 A  Belarus 7 0 0 0 7 8 36 −28 0 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I
16 B  South Korea 7 0 0 0 7 4 48 −44 0
Source: IIHF.com
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament.[15][16]
(H) Host

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
United States Patrick Kane 10 8 12 20 −2 0 F
Finland Sebastian Aho 8 9 9 18 +15 2 F
Canada Connor McDavid 10 5 12 17 +6 10 F
Sweden Rickard Rakell 10 6 8 14 +7 6 F
Finland Teuvo Teräväinen 8 5 9 14 +14 8 F
United States Cam Atkinson 10 7 4 11 −3 2 F
Sweden Mika Zibanejad 10 6 5 11 +10 0 F
Finland Mikko Rantanen 8 5 6 11 +1 6 F
Sweden Mattias Janmark 10 4 6 10 +8 8 F
United States Chris Kreider 10 4 6 10 +7 2 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
Sweden Anders Nilsson 440:00 8 1.09 174 95.40 3
Denmark Frederik Andersen 362:56 10 1.65 178 94.38 1
Russia Igor Shestyorkin 204:57 5 1.46 86 94.19 2
Latvia Elvis Merzļikins 360:35 9 1.50 151 94.04 2
Finland Harri Säteri 298:31 7 1.41 114 93.86 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

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

References

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  2. ^ a b c d To Denmark in 2018
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  6. ^ "IIHF - Home 2018 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP".
  7. ^ "Two applicants for 2018 : Denmark, Latvia vying to host men's World Championship". IIHF. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  8. ^ "IIHF impressed on site visit to Denmark". denmark2018. 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Groups for 2018". Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  10. ^ "7 events for 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship". denmark2018. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  11. ^ "On-ice officials named". iihf.com. 21 March 2018.
  12. ^ Assignments
  13. ^ "Worlds schedule released". iihfworlds.com. 8 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). IIHF. 10 September 2015.
  15. ^ 2018 tournament rules
  16. ^ IIHF Sport Regulations (pg4)

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