2005 World Championship

2005 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Austria
Dates	April 30 - May 15
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (5th title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Scoring leader(s)	Joe Thornton (16 points)

The 2005 Men's Ice Hockey Championships was held in May 2005 in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 69th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

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.

	Team advanced to the Qualifying round
	Team sent to compete in the Relegation round

Group A

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	13	5	8	5
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

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 Brueckler	Referees: Yuriy Oskirko Rob Matsuoka
	10:10 - Ovechkin (Malkin) 23:10 - Kharitonov (SH1) 56:18 - Kovalev (Markov) 59:51 - Kovalchuk (EN)	1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 2 4 - 2	15:48 - Setzinger (Kalt, Viveiros) (PP1) 47:07 - Divis (Unterluggauer)
	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
	Jan Lasak	Goalies	Andrei Mezin	Referee: Brent Reiber
	41:45 - Hossa (Gaborik, Demitra) 56:32 - Gaborik (Hossa)	1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1	43:26 - Koltsov (Grabovski)
	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
	Jan Lasak	Goalies	Maxim Sokolov	Referee: Hannu Henriksson
	12:57 - Palffy (Strbak) (PP1) 29:23 - Hossa (Stumpel, Strbak) (PP1) 41:27 – Visnovsky (Palffy, Orszagh) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 2 3 - 3	29:45 - Nepryaev (Antipov) 32:22 - Markov (Karpovtsev) (PP2) 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 Brueckler	Referee: Milan Minar
	14:41 - Grabovski (Mikulchik, Koltsov) (PP1) 29:34 - Grabovski (Koltsov, Tsyplakov) 38:58 - Zadelenov (Svita, Skabelka) 44:19 - Grabovski (Koltsov, Bashko) (PP1) 49:43 - Grabovski (Erkovich, Tsyplakov) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 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
	28:22 - Kharitonov (Datsyuk, Vyshedkevich) 51:40 - Vyshedkevich (Markov, Kovalev)	1 - 0 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 Stana	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	48:08 - Unterluggauer (Ulrich, Trattnig) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 4 - 1 5 - 1 6 - 1 7 - 1 8 - 1	2:44 - Gaborik (Hossa, Demitra) 21:06 - Palffy (Visnovsky, Stana) 33:52 - Visnovsky (Palffy, Stumpel) (PP1) 42:56 - Hossa (Demitra, Chara) 50:28 - Zednik (Strbak, Stumpel) (PP1) 55:04 - Handzus (Satan, Pucher) 55:28 - Strbak (Visnovsky, Pucher)(PP1) 55:47 - Palffy (Stumpel, Pucher)
	24 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	49

Group B

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	17	5	12	6
United States of America	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

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 Masalskis Arturs Irbe	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	3:29 - Semjonovs (Nizivijs, Tambijevs) 30:55 - Ankipans (Sprukts, Macijevskis) 46:16 - Sprukts (Ignatjevs, Ankipans) (PP1) 49:00 - Skrastins (Sirokovs, Pantelejevs)	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 3 2 - 4 2 - 5 3 - 5 4 - 5 4 - 6	2:55 - Morrison (Redden, Marleau) (PP1) 27:49 - Thornton (Nash) (PP1) 34:00 - Nash (PP1) 35:32 - Marleau (Heatley) (PP1) 36:50 - Nash (Boyle, Thornton) 54:17 - Nash (Gagne, Thornton)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	46

May 1, 2005 16:15

United States of America

7 - 0 (3-0, 2-0, 2-0)

Slovenia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 4540

Game reference
	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	:31 - Knuble (Cole) 16:34 - Hall (Legwand) 18:59 - Parrish (Weight) 25:48 - Knuble 27:57 - Halpern (Gionta) 51:19 - Stastny (Cole) (SH1) 58:34 - Gionta (York) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0 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 Glavic	Referee: Rudolf Lauff
	1:03 - Thornton 5:08 - Thornton (Gagne) 13:17 – Morrison (Smyth) 21:49 - Maltby (Draper) 32:58 - Gagne (Redden, Thornton) (PP1) 44:53 - Nash (Thornton, Redden) 46:43 - Morrison (Phillips) 54:23 - Smyth (Maltby, Draper)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0 7 - 0 8 - 0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	55	Shots	12

May 3, 2005 20:15

United States of America

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

Latvia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5460

Game reference
	Ty Conklin	Goalies	Arturs Irbe	Referee: Vladimir Sindler
	33:36 - Weight (Cole) 47:44 - Parrish (Weight, Cole) (PP1) 59:58 - Parrish (Miller, Weight)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1	16:17 - Sprukts (Ankipans, Cipulis)
	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 Glavic	Goalies	Arturs Irbe	Referee: Milan Minar
	31:55 - Golicic	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3	12:17 - Cipulis (Ankipans, Lavins) (PP1) 25:51 - Tribuncovs (Pantelejevs, Cipruss) 59:35 - Ankipans (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 of America

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 6307

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Brent Reiber
	20:51 - Nash 31:29 - Nash (Boyle) 52:22 - Thornton (Nash, Jovanovski) (PP1)	1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1	25:16 - Knuble (Hauer) (PP1)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	35

Group C

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Sweden	3	3	0	0	15	3	12	6
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

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
	18:42 - Karalahti (J. Jokinen, Kapanen) (PP1) 41:43 - Kapanen (Hentunen, Parssinen)	1 - 0 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: Vladimir Sindler
	26:32 - Savenko (Gunko, Bobrovnikov) 16:34 - Klymentyev	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 3	5:17 - Kahnberg (Rhodin, Nordstrom) 9:07 - K. Jonsson (Rhodin, Alfredsson) (PP1) 50:08 - Alfredsson (Backman, Pahlsson)
	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 Backstrom	Goalies	Konstyantyn Simchuk	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	8:30 - Niemi (Nummelin, Kallio) (PP1) 23:55 - Peltonen (O. Jokinen, Kallio) 27:20 - Timonen (Parssinen, Kapanen) 57:38 - Hentunen (Karalahti, Kapanen)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 3 - 1 4 - 1	35:38 - Varlamov (Timchenko, Shakhraychuk)
	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
	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Brent Reiber
	9:33 - D. Sedin (Sundin, Johansson) 12:58 - Axelsson (Alfredsson, Pahlsson) 25:29 - D. Sedin (Samuelsson, Norstrom) 32:29 - Alfredsson (Kronwall) 38:05 - Kahnberg (Kronwall, Norstrom) 47:19 - Hedstrom (Zetterberg, Hoglund) 56:47 - H. Sedin (D. Sedin)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0 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
	28:28 - L. Degn (Green) (PP1)	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2	34:57 - Varlamov (Kasianchuk, Shakhraychuk) 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
	2:17 - Kronwall (D. Sedin, H. Sedin) 16:03 - Sundin (H. Sedin, D. Sedin) 27:11 - Hedstrom (Weinhandl) 34:40 - Pahlsson (Johansson, Sundin) 58:18 - Hedstrom (Alfredsson) (PP1)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 4 - 1 5 - 1	:50 - Niemi (Parssinen)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	26

Group D

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	6	1	5	6
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

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	Tomas Vokoun	Referee: Rick Looker
	12:42 - Blindenbacher (Wichser, Lemm) (PP1)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3	4:52 - Prospal (Kubina, Dvorak) (PP1) 7:31 - Jagr (Prospal, Kubina) (PP1) 45:56 - F. Kaberle (Rucinsky) (PP1)
	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
	39:32 - Martinec (Fical, Lewandowski)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2	1:24 - Upper (Blokhin, Vladimir Antipin) (PP1) 17:55 - Y. Koreshkov (Koledayev, A. Koreshkov)
	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
	6:37 - Litvinenko (Kovalenko)	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2	10:23 - Fischer (Lemm, Wichser) 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
	Tomas Vokoun	Goalies	Robert Muller	Referee: Hannu Henriksson
	7:22 - Kubina (Jagr, Prospal) (PP1) 53:51 - Sykora	1 - 0 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 Hnilicka	Goalies	Vitaliy Kolesnik	Referee: Rudolf Lauff
	30:44 - Hemsky (Rucinsky)	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
	15:10 - Furchner (Lewandowski)	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 4 1 - 5	5:39 - Ivo Ruthemann (Streit) (PP1) 28:28 - Pluss (Ivo Ruthemann, Streit) (PP1) 48:33 - Fischer (Streit) (PP1) 52:00 - Pluss (Streit, di Pietro) (PP1) 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.

	Team advanced to the Playoff round
	Team eliminated from advancing

Group E

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Russia	5	3	2	0	13	8	5	8
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
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
	2:28 - Datsyuk (Kovalev) 5:11 - Kovalchuk (Zinoviev) (PP1) 38:26 - Kovalev (Datsyuk)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 2 2 - 3 3 - 3	1:43 - Lemm (Fischer, Blindenbacher) (PP1) 8:52 - di Pietro (Pluss) 22:38 - Streit (di Pietro) (PP2)
	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
	29:20 - Erkovich (Zadelenov, Skabelka) (PP1) 59:58 - Koltsov (Tsyplakov) (EN)	1 - 0 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 Jan Lasak	Goalies	Tomas Vokoun	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	27:23 - Strbak (Visnovsky, Palffy) (PP1)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 4 1 - 5	1:49 - Sykora (Hlavac, Fischer) 14:24 - Straka (Prospal, T. Kaberle) 30:51 - T. Kaberle (Vyborny, Jagr) (PP1) 31:31 - Hemsky (Hlavac, Cajanek 32:23 - Kubina (Jagr, Straka) (PP1)
	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
	Jan Lasak	Goalies	Martin Gerber	Referee: Rob Matsuoka
	34:34 - Satan (Demitra) (PP1) 38:29 - Hossa (Demitra, Chara) 44:12 - Palffy (Stumpel, Satan)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1	23:49 - Ruthemann (Lemm, Forster) (PP1)
	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
	Tomas Vokoun	Goalies	Maxim Sokolov	Referee: Hannu Henriksson
	16:32 - Vyborny (Jagr, Zidlicky) (PP1)	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2	32:59 - Kovalchuk (Zinoviev, Ryazantsev) (PP1) 48:12 - Semin (Kovalchuk, Denisov) (PP1)
	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
	23:46 - Datsyuk (Markov, Ovechkin) 27:42 - Ovechkin (Datsyuk, Kovalev) 35:47 - Zinoviev (Kovalchuk)	1 - 0 2 - 0 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
	1:55 - Bezina (Jeannin, Fischer) 59:34 - Ziegler (Streit, Pluss) (EN)	1 - 0 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	Jan Lasak	Referee: Rick Looker
	9:47 - Ogorodnikov (Trochshinskiy, Pchelyakov) (PP1)	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3	5:58 - Satan (Stumpel, Strbak) (PP1) 23:17 - Palffy (Visnovsky, Stumpel) (PP1) 42:54 - Handzus (Zednik)
	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
	Tomas Vokoun	Goalies	Sergei Shabanov	Referee: Rob Matsuoka
	16:28 - Cajanek (Rucinsky, Zidlicky) 26:43 - Hlavac (Vyborny) 32:46 - Jagr (Prospal, T. Kaberle) 46:42 - Straka (Jagr, T. Kaberle) 49:21 - Varada (Vrbata, Vasicek	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 3 - 1 4 - 1 5 - 1	37:59 - Koltsov (Tsyplakov)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	48	Shots	10

Group F

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Sweden	5	4	0	1	23	13	10	8
Canada	5	3	1	1	18	14	4	7
United States of America	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
Ukraine	5	0	1	4	5	13	-8	1

May 6, 2005 20:15

United States of America

4 - 4 (1-1, 0-0, 3-3)

Finland

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 3540

Game reference
	Ty Conklin	Goalies	Niklas Backstrom	Referee: Milan Minar
	12:30 - Park (Weight, Roach) (PP1) 45:16 - Hauer (Leopold) (PP1) 46:37 - Modano (Cole, Knuble) 59:20 - Parrish (Roach)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 3 - 2 3 - 3 3 - 4 4 - 4	3:38 - Parssinen (Timonen) (PP1) 46:53 - Hagman (Rita, Vaananen) 53:10 - O. Jokinen (Peltonen, Nummelin) 54:57 - Ruutu (Karalahti, Backstrom
	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
	Arturs Irbe	Goalies	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Referee: Brent Reiber
	33:38 - Tambijevs|Tamvijevs (Nizivijs, Semjonovs) 45:15 - Skrastins (Ankipans, Cipulis) 57:05 - Semjonovs (Tambijevs|Tamvijevs)	1 - 0 2 - 0 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

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 5558

Game reference
	Martin Brodeur	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	8:13 - Thornton (Gagne) 8:48 - Heatley (Doan) 22:07 - Doan (Souray) 46:50 - Nash (Thornton, Gagne) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 3 - 1 3 - 2 3 - 3 3 - 4 4 - 4 4 - 5	16:27 - D. Sedin (Samuelsson) 26:56 - Pahlsson (K. Jonsson, Nordstrom) 28:14 - Samuelsson (K. Jonsson, Norstrom) 38:27 - Zetterberg (Pahlsson, Hedstrom) 53:47 - K. Jonsson (Pahlsson, Norstrom)
	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 Backstrom	Referee: Rudolf Lauff
	39:10 - Redden (Heatley) 48:58 - Nash (Gagne) 49:49 - Marleau (Morrow)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 3 3 - 3	11:00 - Hagman (O. Jokinen) 24:02 - Hentunen (Kapanen, Parssinen) (PP1) 46:19 - Kallio (O. Jokinen)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	31

May 8, 2005 20:15

Sweden

1 - 5 (0-1, 0-2, 1-2)

United States of America

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 4708

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	50:23 - Franzen (Hoglund, J. Jonsson)	0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 4 0 - 5 1 - 5	19:42 - Knuble (Miller, Modano) 26:21 - Stastny (DiPietro) (SH1) 27:40 - Cole (Knuble) 47:39 - Modano (Roach) 48:43 - Gionta (Parise)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	20

May 9, 2005 16:15

United States of America

1 - 1 (0-0, 0-1, 1-0)

Ukraine

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 1909

Game reference
	Ty Conklin	Goalies	Kostyantyn Simchuk	Referee: Rudolf Lauff
	42:45 - Hauer (Weight) (PP1)	0 - 1 1 - 1	30:15 - Kasianchuk (Semenchenko)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	9

May 9, 2005 20:15

Finland

0 - 0 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0)

Latvia

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 2235

Game reference
	Niklas Backstrom	Goalies	Arturs 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: Vladimir Sindler
	10:43 - Sryubko (Savenko, Bobrovnikov)	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2	6:43 - Morrison (Heatley, Doan) 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

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 2349

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Arturs Irbe Edgars Masalskis	Referee: Richard Schuetz
	:28 - Kronwall (Pahlsson, Alfredsson) 14:47 - Alfredsson 19:15 - Backman (Alfredsson, Hedstrom) (PP1) 21:05 - Rhodin (Alfredsson, Zetterberg) (PP1) 36:10 - Johansson (Samuelsson, Zetterberg) 40:24 - J. Jonsson (Nordstrom, Johansson) 46:41 - J. Jonsson (Nordstrom, Hoglund) 47:01 - Nordstrom (Hoglund, Norstrom) 52:50 - Hoglund (J. Jonsson, Norstrom) (PP1)	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0 7 - 0 8 - 0 8 - 1 9 - 1	50:04 - Ziedins (Redlihs, Galvins)
	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.

	Team qualified for the 2006 IIHF World Championship
	Team relegated to Division I

Group G

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Slovenia	3	2	0	1	11	14	-3	4
Denmark	3	2	0	1	10	9	1	4
Germany	3	1	1	1	13	5	8	3
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 Muller	Goalies	Bernd Brueckler	Referee: Rob Matsuoka
	4:42 - Kathan (Felski, Barta) 16:09 - Barta (Kathan)	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2	22:24 - A. Lakos (Welser, Setzinger) 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 Glavic	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Vladimir Sindler
	37:26 - Jan (Varl, Rodman) 43:47 - Kopitar (Jan) 44:10 - Rozic (Zagar, Razingar) 51:15 - Terglav (Kontrec) (SH1)	0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 1 - 3 2 - 3 3 - 3 4 - 3	5:05 - Damgaard (Green, Andersen)(PP1) 11:55 - K. Degn (Green, Akesson) 12:17 - Nielsen (Kjaergaard, Regin)
	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 Brueckler	Referee: Milan Minar
	1:20 - Nielsen (Regin) (SH1) 32:02 - Grey (Smidt) 36:03 - Green (Damgaard) 47:41 - Nielsen (Akesson, Regin) (PP1)	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 2 - 3 3 - 3 4 - 3	11:05 - P. Lakos (Ulrich) 18:06 - Unterluggauer (Ulrich, Kalt) (PP1) 18:39 - Robert Lukas (P. Lakos, Kaspitz)
	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 Glavic Andrej Hocevar	Goalies	Robert Muller	Referee: Milan Minar
	49:08 - Kontrec (Golicic)	0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 4 0 - 5 0 - 6 0 - 7 0 - 8 0 - 9 1 - 9	3:35 - Goc (SH1) 10:33 - Kreutzer (Schubert, Benda) (PP1) 19:32 - Hecht (Schubert) (PP1) 27:06 - Benda (Hecht) 27:59 - Furchner (PP1) 28:46 - Hecht (Benda) 30:58 - Boos (Lewandowski, Retzer)(PP1) 33:31 - Goc (Kreutzer) 48:26 - Martinec (Ehrhoff, Schubert)
	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 Muller	Goalies	Peter Hirsch	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	3:16 - Hecht (Schubert, Benda) (PP1) 25:44 - Boos (Schuaer, Furchner)	1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 2 2 - 3	14:00 - Andreasen (Andersen, Green) (PP1) 36:08 - Grey (Schioldan) 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, 0-3)

Slovenia

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 2827

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

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinal

F1

Sweden

2

E4

Switzerland

1

Semifinal

QF1

Sweden

2

Quarterfinal

QF2

Czech Republic

3

E2

Czech Republic

3

F3

United States of America

2

Final

SF1

Czech Republic

3

Quarterfinal

SF2

Canada

0

F2

Canada

5

E3

Slovakia

4

Semifinal

Bronze Medal Game

QF3

Canada

4

SF2

Russia

6

Quarterfinal

QF4

Russia

3

SF1

Sweden

3

E1

Russia

4

F4

Finland

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 of America

Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7700

Game reference
	Tomas Vokoun	Goalies	Rick DiPietro	Referee: Rob Matsuoka
	41:40 - Zidlicky (Vyborny) 49:50 - Spacek (Prospal) 70:00 - Rucinsky (GWS)	0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 2 2 - 2 3 - 2	9:18 - Modano (Cole, Hauer) 25:47 - Parrish (Parise, Hauer) (PP1)
	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	Jan Lasak	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	5:52 - Heatley (Fisher) (PP1) 16:47 - Smyth (Heatley, Marleau) (PP1) 24:21 - Gagne (Nash) 48:15 - Gagne (Nash, Thornton) 55:38 - Thornton (Nash, Gagne)	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 3 - 2 3 - 3 3 - 4 4 - 4 5 - 4	:45 - Gaborik (Palffy, Visnovsky) 8:22 - Handzus (Bartecko, Lasak) 34:08 - Demitra (Strbak, Visnovsky) (PP2) 43:46 - Demitra (Hossa) (SH1)
	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: 7530

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

May 12, 2005 16:15

Sweden

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

Switzerland

Olympiaworld, Innsbruck Attendance: 5103

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Martin Gerber	Referee: Milan Minar
	6:45 - Kronwall (Hedstrom, Zetterberg) 24:43 - D. Sedin (Kronwall, J. Jonsson)	0 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 1	1:20 - Pluss (Ruthemann, Streit) (PP1)
	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: 7500

Game reference
	Maxim Sokolov	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Hannu Henriksson
	34:22 - Semin (Yashin) 39:18 - Yashin 46:27 - Ovechkin (Fedorov, Malkin)	0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 1 - 4 2 - 4 3 - 4	1:38 - Redden (Thornton) 5:46 - Souray (Thornton, Gagne) 10:37 - Heatley (Doan, Boyle) (PP2) 21:40 - Jovanovski (Nash, Thornton) (PP1)
	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	Tomas Vokoun	Referee: Rick Looker
	31:39 - Hoglund (Norstrom) 52:03 - D. Sedin (H. Sedin) (PP1)	1 – 0 1 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 2 – 3	35:03 - Cajanek (Sykora) 45:16 - Straka (Prospal) 64:43 - Dvorak (Zidlicky)
	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
	8:11 - Sundin (H. Sedin) (PP1) 13:13 - Zetterberg (Johansson, Hedstrom) 42:46 - H. Sedin (Samuelsson, D. Sedin)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3 2 – 3 2 - 4 2 - 5 2 - 6 3 - 6	1:02 - Afinogenov (Ovechkin, Malkin) 3:58 - Afinogenov (Ovechkin) 15:24 - Kovalev (Datsyuk, Markov) 21:33 - Ovechkin (Ryazantsev, Malkin) 25:57 - Yashin 28:43 - Semin (Afinogenov)
	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
	Tomas Vokoun	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Thomas Andersson
	4:13 - Prospal (Rucinsky, Jagr) 43:12 - Rucinsky (Jagr, Cajanek) 59:07 - Vasicek (EN)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0
	20 min	Penalties	30 min
	27	Shots	29

Ranking and statistics

2006 IIHF World Championship Winners  Czech Republic 5th title Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Tomas Vokoun Best Defenseman: Wade Redden Best Forward: Alexei Kovalev Most Valuable Player: Joe Thornton

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

	Czech Republic
	Canada
	Russia
4	Sweden
5	Slovakia
6	United States of America
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 Gagne	9	3	7	10	+7	0	F
Zigmund Palffy	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
Jaromir Jagr	8	2	7	9	+4	5	F
Alexander Ovechkin	8	5	3	8	+7	4	F
Lubomir Visnovsky	7	2	6	8	+2	0	D
Vaclav 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
Tomas 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
Arturs Irbe	283:03	124	7	1.48	94.35	2

Source: [2]

Team Photos

Switzerland

Finland