2016 IIHF World Championship Group A

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Playoff round
2	Russia (H)	7	6	0	0	1	32	10	+22	18^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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 2]}
6	Switzerland	7	1	1	3	2	20	26	−6	8^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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 3]}

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:

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

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)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 4,420


Jacob Markström	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Maxim Sidorenko
Ericsson (Backlund, Fransson) – 02:52 Nyquist (Wennberg) – 64:06	1–0 1–1 2–1	52:29 – Sotnieks (Rēdlihs, Džeriņš) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	10 min
44	Shots	21

Czech Republic vs Russia[]

6 May 2016
20:15

Czech Republic

3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 9,696


Dominik Furch	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Tobias Wehrli
Kundrátek (Kovář, Kempný) – 14:48 Červenka (Jeřábek, Pastrňák) (PP) – 20:48 Birner (ENG) – 58:28	1–0 2–0 3–0
10 min	Penalties	10 min
27	Shots	25

Switzerland vs Kazakhstan[]

7 May 2016
12:15

Switzerland

2–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
OT (0–0)
GWS (0–1)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 5,420


Reto Berra	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referees: Roman Gofman Brett Iverson
Walser (Diaz, Andrighetto) – 14:56 Hollenstein (Ambühl, Du Bois) (PP) – 52:01	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2	30:57 – Savchenko (SH) 50:30 – Starchenko (Rymarev) (PP)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
51	Shots	27

Norway vs Denmark[]

7 May 2016
16:15

Norway

0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 6,668


Lars Haugen	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Tobias Wehrli
	0–1 0–2 0–3	21:06 – Nick. Jensen (Storm, Madsen) 34:12 – J. Jensen (Eller, D. Nielsen) 59:45 – Nick. Jensen (D. Nielsen) (ENG)
4 min	Penalties	16 min
44	Shots	28

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 Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 4,650


Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Aleksi Rantala
Bukarts (Džeriņš, Rēdlihs) – 35:26 Girgensons (Ābols, Daugaviņš) (PP) – 48:20 Rēdlihs (Džeriņš, Bukarts) – 57:41	0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3	03:33 – Plekanec (Pastrňák, Červenka) 06:23 – Plekanec (Kašpar, Červenka) (PP) 59:01 – Řepík (Jeřábek, Kovář) (EA)
31 min	Penalties	8 min
25	Shots	39

Kazakhstan vs Russia[]

8 May 2016
12:15

Kazakhstan

4–6
(3–3, 0–1, 1–2)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 10,122


Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Maxim Sidorenko
Boyd (Bochenski, Dawes) (PP) – 08:04 Starchenko (Khudyakov, Rymarev) – 09:02 Rymarev (Starchenko) (PP) – 19:46 Semyonov (Boyd, Dawes) (PP) – 41:00	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–3 3–4 4–4 4–5 4–6	06:43 – Dadonov (Shipachyov, Belov) 09:21 – Lyubimov (Kalinin, Plotnikov) 11:11 – Mozyakin (Dadonov, Shipachyov) (PP2) 38:02 – Belov (Datsyuk, Antipin) (PP) 43:57 – Belov (Chudinov, Mozyakin) 48:38 – Lyubimov (Belov, Datsyuk) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	8 min
19	Shots	49

Norway vs Switzerland[]

8 May 2016
16:15

Norway

4–3 OT
(1–1, 2–0, 0–2)
OT (1–0)

Switzerland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 4,515


Lars Volden	Goalies	Robert Mayer	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Aleksi Rantala
K. Olimb (M. Olimb, Zuccarello) (EA) – 14:07 Røymark (Forsberg) – 23:03 M. Olimb (K. Olimb, Olsen) (PP) – 38:03 Martinsen (M. Olimb, Trygg) (PP) – 63:23	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 3–3 4–3	02:27 – Walser (Weber, Martschini) (PP) 43:24 – Moser (Diaz, Niederreiter) 59:50 – Du Bois (Diaz, Ambühl) (EA)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
26	Shots	39

Sweden vs Denmark[]

8 May 2016
20:15

Sweden

5–2
(0–1, 4–0, 1–1)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 5,385


Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Roman Gofman Brett Iverson
Rosén (Fantenberg, Ritola) – 27:03 Backlund (Ericsson, Omark) (PP) – 28:30 Nygren (Omark, Sundström) (PP2) – 37:06 Backlund (Ericsson, Omark) (PP) – 39:00 Nyquist (PP) – 49:35	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–2	15:05 – Ehlers (J. Jensen, Eller) (PP) 59:54 – J. Jensen (Bjorkstrand, Christensen)
10 min	Penalties	16 min
42	Shots	25

Latvia vs Russia[]

9 May 2016
16:15

Latvia

0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 10,440


Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Tobias Wehrli
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4	20:29 – Panarin (Datsyuk) 27:34 – Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) 47:02 – Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) 57:30 – Panarin (Chudinov, Shipachyov) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	35 min
27	Shots	37

Sweden vs Czech Republic[]

9 May 2016
20:15

Sweden

2–4
(2–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,780


Jacob Markström	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Maxim Sidorenko
Rosén (Gustafsson, Wennberg) (PP) – 09:15 Lundberg (Sjögren) (SH) – 19:52	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4	26:45 – Pastrňák (Červenka, Jeřábek) 33:38 – Kovář (Jeřábek, Birner) 37:59 – Birner (SH) 54:32 – Birner
4 min	Penalties	6 min
28	Shots	33

Switzerland vs Denmark[]

10 May 2016
16:15

Switzerland

3–2 OT
(0–2, 0–0, 2–0)
OT (1–0)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 5,962


Reto Berra Robert Mayer	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin
Weber (Moser, Niederreiter) – 49:42 Niederreiter (Moser, Diaz) – 57:58 Blum (Ambühl) – 64:08	0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2	07:08 – Storm (Nielsen, Nick. Jensen) (PP) 18:54 – Ehlers (Eller, Hansen) (PP)
16 min	Penalties	12 min
42	Shots	28

Kazakhstan vs Norway[]

10 May 2016
20:15

Kazakhstan

2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,384


Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Timothy Mayer Linus Ohlund
Dawes (Boyd, Semyonov) (PP) – 07:00 Bochenski (Savchenko, Dawes) (PP) – 35:47	0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4	03:24 – Johannessen (Forsberg) 33:04 – K. Olimb (Olsen, Nørstebø) 38:17 – M. Olimb (K. Olimb, Holøs) 57:37 – Zuccarello (Haugen) (ENG)
18 min	Penalties	12 min
19	Shots	43

Switzerland vs Latvia[]

11 May 2016
16:15

Switzerland

5–4
(0–0, 3–3, 2–1)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 5,692


Reto Berra	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Timothy Mayer Maxim Sidorenko
Niederreiter (Andrighetto, Diaz) (PP) – 23:33 Niederreiter (Du Bois, Diaz) (PP) – 26:06 Hofmann (Andrighetto, Schäppi) – 28:30 Andrighetto (Geering) – 45:56 Blum – 58:31	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–3 4–3 4–4 5–4	33:24 – Rēdlihs (Sotnieks, Cibuļskis) (PP) 37:23 – Rēdlihs (Sotnieks, Cibuļskis) (PP) 38:36 – Ķēniņš 46:22 – A. Širokovs (Galviņš, Daugaviņš)
10 min	Penalties	22 min
31	Shots	17

Sweden vs Kazakhstan[]

11 May 2016
20:15

Sweden

7–3
(3–1, 3–0, 1–2)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 8,729


Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik Pavel Poluektov	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin
Backlund (Omark, Fantenberg) – 12:20 Klasen (Nyquist, Wennberg) – 15:11 Larsson (Norman) – 16:15 Nyquist (Wennberg, Klasen) (PP) – 24:25 Nyquist (Omark, Ericsson) – 28:51 Wennberg (SH) – 30:42 Nyquist (Fransson, Wennberg) (SH) – 54:02	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 6–2 6–3 7–3	19:59 – Boyd (Dawes) (PP) 46:49 – Markelov (Pushkaryov, Solaryov) 47:57 – Savchenko (Rymarev, Poluektov)
14 min	Penalties	8 min
46	Shots	26

Czech Republic vs Norway[]

12 May 2016
16:15

Czech Republic

7–0
(3–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 5,124


Dominik Furch	Goalies	Lars Volden Lars Haugen	Referees: Tobias Björk Marc Wiegand
Červenka (Pastrňák, Kundrátek) – 05:11 Zohorna – 09:33 Kousal – 19:45 Kašpar (Kundrátek) – 22:10 Šimek (Birner) – 28:37 Řepík (Jeřábek, Kovář) – 34:53 Kašpar (Zohorna, Doudera) (PP) – 39:09	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0
20 min	Penalties	12 min
33	Shots	26

Russia vs Denmark[]

12 May 2016
20:15

Russia

10–1
(3–0, 4–1, 3–0)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 11,022


Sergei Bobrovsky Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Simon Nielsen	Referees: Martin Fraňo Linus Ohlund
Marchenko (Dadonov, Zaitsev) – 02:38 Chudinov (Shipachyov, Panarin) (PP) – 12:45 Zaitsev (Burmistrov) – 13:06 Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Lyubimov) (PP) – 30:43 Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Belov) – 33:42 Shirokov (Voinov) – 33:52 Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) – 37:37 Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin) (PP) – 41:50 Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) – 44:38 Panarin (Voinov, Shipachyov) (PP) – 55:31	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 8–1 9–1 10–1	29:56 – Hansen (Ehlers, Eller)
6 min	Penalties	16 min
41	Shots	17

Czech Republic vs Kazakhstan[]

13 May 2016
16:15

Czech Republic

3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 8,234


Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referees: Péter Gebei Timothy Mayer
Plekanec (Pastrňák, Červenka) – 06:55 Plekanec (Pastrňák) – 42:51 Kousal (Jordán, Řepík) (ENG) – 58:51	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1	55:30 – Dawes (Boyd, Tryasunov)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
36	Shots	20

Denmark vs Latvia[]

13 May 2016
20:15

Denmark

3–2 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
OT (0–0)
GWS (1–0)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,788


Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Linus Ohlund Marc Wiegand
Nick. Jensen (Madsen, Green) (PP) – 11:57 Poulsen (Bødker, Christensen) – 28:28	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2	17:45 – Džeriņš (Bukarts, Cibuļskis) (PP) 21:57 – Daugaviņš (Bukarts, Džeriņš) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	33 min
36	Shots	32

Norway vs Sweden[]

14 May 2016
12:15

Norway

2–3
(0–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 6,221


Lars Haugen	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Péter Gebei Timothy Mayer
Olsen (M. Olimb, Johannessen) – 43:41 Martinsen (Holøs, M. Olimb) (EA) – 58:02	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3	20:56 – Nyquist 42:43 – Lundberg (Fransson, Sjögren) (SH) 51:47 – Rosén (Gustafsson, Wennberg) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	10 min
25	Shots	35

Russia vs Switzerland[]

14 May 2016
16:15

Russia

5–1
(1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Switzerland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 11,222


Sergei Bobrovsky Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Aleksi Rantala
Telegin (Lyubimov) – 05:13 Kuznetsov (Ovechkin) – 28:40 Telegin (Lyubimov) – 48:50 Shirokov (Zaitsev) – 55:20 Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Sannikov) – 59:43	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1	58:44 – Moser (Weber, Niederreiter)
6 min	Penalties	26 min
38	Shots	35

Kazakhstan vs Latvia[]

14 May 2016
20:15

Kazakhstan

1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,305


Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Tobias Björk Martin Fraňo
Ivanov – 04:37	1–0 1–1 1–2	35:14 – Daugaviņš 54:49 – Bičevskis (Indrašis, Cibuļskis)
10 min	Penalties	4 min
20	Shots	38

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 Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 8,107


Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Dominik Furch	Referees: Tobias Björk Aleksi Rantala
Madsen (Storm, Nick. Jensen) (PP) – 43:10	0–1 1–1	24:09 – Plekanec (Červenka)
2 min	Penalties	19 min
21	Shots	41

Switzerland vs Sweden[]

15 May 2016
20:15

Switzerland

2–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
OT (0–0)
GWS (0–1)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 8,214


Reto Berra	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson
Andrighetto (Schneeberger) – 18:21 Hollenstein (Blum, Ambühl) (PP) – 44:58	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2	31:12 – Sundström (Omark, Nygren) (PP) 50:02 – Nyquist (Larsson, Rosén) (PP)
18 min	Penalties	16 min
29	Shots	36

Russia vs Norway[]

16 May 2016
16:15

Russia

3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 12,116


Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Steffen Søberg	Referees: Tobias Björk Daniel Piechaczek
Telegin (Orlov, Kalinin) – 22:09 Panarin (Shipachyov) – 37:52 Lyubimov (Emelin, Orlov) – 42:31	1–0 2–0 3–0
6 min	Penalties	8 min
28	Shots	27

Denmark vs Kazakhstan[]

16 May 2016
20:15

Denmark

4–1
(3–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,097


Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Pavel Poluektov Dmitri Malgin	Referees: Péter Gebei Jozef Kubuš
Lauridsen (Eller, Hansen) (PP) – 08:56 Hansen (Storm) (PP) – 16:46 Nick. Jensen (Storm) (PP) – 17:50 Ehlers (Lauridsen) (PP) – 29:53	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1	23:57 – Dawes (Bochenski, Lipin)
2 min	Penalties	12 min
36	Shots	19

Czech Republic vs Switzerland[]

17 May 2016
12:15

Czech Republic

5–4
(1–0, 1–1, 3–3)

Switzerland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,101


Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Tobias Björk Daniel Piechaczek
Birner (Kempný, Řepík) (PP) – 17:00 Kašpar (PS) – 24:50 Zaťovič – 41:45 Zohorna (Kousal, Kolář) – 49:59 Jordán (SH, ENG) – 54:15	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 4–2 5–2 5–3 5–4	11:36 – Hollenstein (Andrighetto, Schäppi) 45:38 – Moser (Du Bois, Trachsler) (PP) 55:42 – Schneeberger (Moser, Hofmann) 59:34 – Andrighetto (Hollenstein) (EA)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
31	Shots	23

Latvia vs Norway[]

17 May 2016
16:15

Latvia

1–3
(1–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 6,037


Elvis Merzļikins Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Steffen Søberg	Referees: Péter Gebei Timothy Mayer
Indrašis (Galviņš) (PP) – 11:42	1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3	16:12 – K. Olimb (Olsen) 20:40 – Holøs (Martinsen, Zuccarello) 20:56 – Johannessen
6 min	Penalties	26 min
24	Shots	26

Russia vs Sweden[]

17 May 2016
20:15

Russia

4–1
(2–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 12,181


Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Aleksi Rantala
Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) – 14:43 Panarin (Shipachyov, Marchenko) – 17:52 Datsyuk (Zaitsev) – 21:34 Lyubimov (Mozyakin, Datsyuk) – 29:40	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1	41:08 – Ekholm (Larsson, Wennberg) (PP)
4 min	Penalties	8 min
40	Shots	37

References[]

External links[]

Official website

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[1] Russia to open vs. Czechs. iihfworlds2016.com (15 July 2015).

[4] Statutes and Bylaws (701.3). iihf.com (10 September 2015).

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