2017 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2017 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 81st such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2018 competition.

2017 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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Championship (Top Division)

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship

The tournament was held in Cologne, Germany and Paris, France from 5 to 21 May 2017.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Sweden	10	7	1	1	1	38	16	+22	24	Champions
2	B	Canada	10	8	0	2	0	39	15	+24	26	Runners-up
3	A	Russia	10	7	1	0	2	45	17	+28	23	Third place
4	B	Finland	10	3	2	1	4	26	31	−5	14	Fourth place
5	A	United States	8	6	0	0	2	31	16	+15	18	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	B	Switzerland	8	3	2	2	1	23	17	+6	15
7	B	Czech Republic	8	3	2	0	3	23	17	+6	13
8	A	Germany (H)	8	2	2	1	3	21	25	−4	11
9	B	France (H)	7	2	2	0	3	23	19	+4	10	Eliminated in Group stage
10	A	Latvia	7	3	0	1	3	14	18	−4	10
11	B	Norway	7	2	0	2	3	13	19	−6	8
12	A	Denmark	7	1	2	0	4	13	22	−9	7
13	B	Belarus	7	2	0	1	4	15	27	−12	7
14	A	Slovakia	7	0	1	2	4	12	28	−16	4
15	B	Slovenia	7	0	0	1	6	13	36	−23	1	2018 IIHF World Championship Division I
16	A	Italy	7	0	0	1	6	6	32	−26	1

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

Division I

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Kyiv, Ukraine from 22 to 28 April 2017.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Austria (P)	5	4	0	0	1	22	4	+18	12	2018 IIHF World Championship
2	South Korea (P)	5	3	1	0	1	14	11	+3	11^[a]
3	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	13	10	+3	11^[a]
4	Poland	5	2	0	1	2	6	17	−11	7
5	Hungary	5	1	0	0	4	8	14	−6	3
6	Ukraine (H, R)	5	0	0	1	4	7	14	−7	1	Relegation to 2018 Division I B

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Kazakhstan 2–5 South Korea

Group B

The tournament was held in Belfast, United Kingdom from 23 to 29 April 2017.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Great Britain (H, P)	5	5	0	0	0	32	5	+27	15	Promoted to 2018 Division I A
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	22	11	+11	12
3	Lithuania	5	3	0	0	2	18	12	+6	9
4	Estonia	5	2	0	0	3	11	20	−9	6
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	14	17	−3	3
6	Netherlands (R)	5	0	0	0	5	6	38	−32	0	Relegation to 2018 Division II 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division II

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Galați, Romania from 3 to 9 April 2017.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Romania (H, P)	5	4	0	0	1	24	5	+19	12	Promoted to Division I B
2	Australia	5	3	1	0	1	16	13	+3	11
3	Serbia	5	2	0	2	1	23	15	+8	8
4	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	17	27	−10	6^[a]
5	Iceland	5	2	0	0	3	10	20	−10	6^[a]
6	Spain (R)	5	0	1	0	4	13	23	−10	2	Relegation to Division II B

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Iceland 3–9 Belgium

Group B

The tournament was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 4 to 10 April 2017.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	China (P)	5	5	0	0	0	29	12	+17	15	Promoted to Division II A
2	New Zealand (H)	5	4	0	0	1	23	11	+12	12
3	Israel	5	3	0	0	2	24	14	+10	9
4	North Korea	5	1	0	0	4	18	33	−15	3^[a]
5	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4	12	16	−4	3^[a]
6	Turkey (R)	5	1	0	0	4	7	27	−20	3^[a]	Relegation to Division III

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. North Korea 3 Pts, +4 GD; Mexico 3 Pts, +3 GD, Turkey 3 Pts, −7 GD

Division III

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III

The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 10 to 16 April 2017.^[1] At the September 2016 IIHF congress it was decided to change the format so that there would be a single tournament in Bulgaria.^[2]

Rank	Team	Result
1	Luxembourg	Promoted to 2018 IIHF Division II B
2	Bulgaria
3	Georgia
4	Hong Kong
5	South Africa
6	Chinese Taipei
7	United Arab Emirates
–	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Withdrew

References

1. . iihfworlds2016.com. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
2. Men's Division III realigned.

External links

• IIHF Official Website