2017 IIHF World Championship Group B

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship

Group B was one of two groups of the 2017 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2018.^[1]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	6	0	1	0	32	10	+22	19	Playoff round
2	Switzerland	7	3	2	2	0	22	14	+8	15
3	Czech Republic	7	3	2	0	2	23	14	+9	13
4	Finland	7	2	2	1	2	20	22	−2	11
5	France (H)	7	2	2	0	3	23	19	+4	10
6	Norway	7	2	0	2	3	13	19	−6	8
7	Belarus	7	2	0	1	4	15	27	−12	7
8	Slovenia (R)	7	0	0	1	6	13	36	−23	1	Relegation to 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.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Matches[]

Finland vs Belarus[]

5 May 2017
16:15

Finland

3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Belarus

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 5,078


Joonas Korpisalo	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Jan Hribik Daniel Piechaczek
Aho (Filppula) – 02:43 / Osala – 05:09 / Savinainen (Rantanen, Aho) (PP) – 49:15	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	38:08 – Sharangovich (Stefanovich) / 44:32 – Kovyrshin (Hrabarenka, A. Kostitsyn)
4 min	Penalties	6 min
24	Shots	24

Czech Republic vs Canada[]

5 May 2017
20:15

Czech Republic

1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Canada

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 8,834


Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Calvin Pickard	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Stephen Reneau
Radil (Kovář, Voráček) (PP) – 52:41	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4	06:09 – O'Reilly (Scheifele, Barrie) / 20:55 – Matheson (Skinner, Giroux) (PP) / 54:50 – Barrie (Konecny, Giroux) / 59:18 – Skinner (ENG)
6 min	Penalties	10 min
29	Shots	28

Switzerland vs Slovenia[]

6 May 2017
12:15

Switzerland

5–4 GWS
(4–0, 0–1, 0–3)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Slovenia

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 4,922


Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj Matija Pintarič	Referees: Jan Hribik Marcus Linde
Ambühl (Suter) (PP) – 10:49 / Haas (Praplan, Genazzi) – 11:01 / Loeffel (Hollenstein, Praplan) – 16:59 / Bodenmann (Brunner, Richard) – 17:47	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 4–4	38:31 – Muršak (Tavželj) (SH) / 45:50 – Jeglič (Sabolič, Kranjc) / 54:02 – Urbas (Ograjenšek, Pretnar) (PP2) / 55:23 – Sabolič (Tičar) (PP)
16 min	Penalties	10 min
33	Shots	23

Belarus vs Czech Republic[]

6 May 2017
16:15

Belarus

1–6
(0–2, 1–1, 0–3)

Czech Republic

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 6,635


Kevin Lalande Mikhail Karnaukhov	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Brett Iverson Mark Lemelin
Pavlovich (Lisovets, Denisov) – 21:13	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6	13:16 – Vrána (Birner, Řepík) / 17:30 – Gudas (Voráček) / 35:38 – Červenka (Horák, Jeřábek) / 47:26 – Šimek (Voráček, Radil) (PP) / 49:37 – Voráček (Pastrňák, Kundrátek) / 59:44 – Kempný (Hanzl, Zohorna)
16 min	Penalties	12 min
7	Shots	45

Norway vs France[]

6 May 2017
20:15

Norway

3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

France

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 7,893


Lars Haugen	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Tobias Wehrli
K. Olimb (M. Olimb, Thoresen) – 25:13 / Thoresen (M. Olimb, K. Olimb) (PP) – 29:40 / Thoresen (Reichenberg) – 49:49	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2	38:14 – S. Da Costa (Fleury) / 49:59 – S. Da Costa (Auvitu, Besch)
10 min	Penalties	12 min
24	Shots	24

Slovenia vs Canada[]

7 May 2017
12:15

Slovenia

2–7
(0–3, 1–3, 1–1)

Canada

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 9,128


Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Chad Johnson	Referees: Mark Lemelin Tobias Wehrli
Muršak (Sabolič, Pretnar) – 35:44 / Urbas (Kranjc, Pretnar) (EA) – 57:55	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 2–7	04:30 – Barrie (Simmonds, Konecny) / 14:36 – MacKinnon (Skinner, Barrie) / 16:14 – Point (Konecny) / 24:44 – MacKinnon (Giroux, de Haan) / 25:43 – MacKinnon (Marner, Barrie) (PP) / 37:11 – Marner (Konecny) / 47:07 – Skinner (MacKinnon, Barrie)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
14	Shots	51

Finland vs France[]

7 May 2017
16:15

Finland

1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

France

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 11,433


Joonas Korpisalo	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Brett Iverson Marcus Linde
Lehtonen (Pihlström, Rantanen) – 21:33	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5	14:17 – Bellemare (Rech, Meunier) / 33:58 – Roussel (Bellemare) / 38:49 – Claireaux (Janil, Rech) (PP) / 48:27 – Roussel (Rech) / 57:49 – Fleury (T. Da Costa) (ENG)
8 min	Penalties	20 min
43	Shots	26

Norway vs Switzerland[]

7 May 2017
20:15

Norway

0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Switzerland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 7,782


Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Stephen Reneau
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3	32:04 – Schäppi (Loeffel, Almond) / 34:00 – Almond (Rüfenacht, Untersander) / 49:37 – Suter (Almond, Ambühl) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	8 min
20	Shots	38

Belarus vs Canada[]

8 May 2017
16:15

Belarus

0–6
(0–1, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 4,363


Mikhail Karnaukhov	Goalies	Calvin Pickard	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Jan Hribik
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6	05:08 – Point (Marner, Konecny) / 24:20 – MacKinnon (Marner, Barrie) (PP) / 35:21 – MacKinnon (Skinner, Giroux) / 47:01 – Skinner (MacKinnon, Matheson) / 50:16 – Giroux (Skinner, Morrissey) / 54:42 – Point (Konecny, Vlasic)
12 min	Penalties	6 min
13	Shots	45

Finland vs Czech Republic[]

8 May 2017
20:15

Finland

3–4 GWS
(3–0, 0–0, 0–3)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Czech Republic

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 8,112


Joonas Korpisalo	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Stephen Reneau
Filppula (Aho, Rantanen) – 00:58 / Jaakola (Rantanen, Filppula) – 02:41 / V. Lajunen (Pihlström, J. Aaltonen) – 13:51	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3	47:37 – Horák (Pastrňák, Červenka) (PP) / 57:46 – Gudas (Krejčík, Řepík) / 58:09 – Kovář (Pastrňák)
20 min	Penalties	6 min
21	Shots	34

Slovenia vs Norway[]

9 May 2017
16:15

Slovenia

1–5
(0–3, 1–1, 0–1)

Norway

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 2,696


Matija Pintarič Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Roman Gofman Antonín Jeřábek
Sabolič (Podlipnik, Vidmar) – 39:45	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5	05:57 – M. Olimb (Thoresen, K. Olimb) / 14:35 – K. Olimb (Thoresen, Nørstebø) / 18:20 – Forsberg / 38:58 – Reichenberg (Holøs, Haugen) (PP) / 59:17 – Thoresen (K. Olimb, Bonsaksen)
6 min	Penalties	10 min
16	Shots	23

Switzerland vs France[]

9 May 2017
20:15

Switzerland

3–4 GWS
(0–1, 2–0, 1–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

France

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 6,747


Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Eduards Odiņš Linus Öhlund
Praplan (Hollenstein, Loeffel) – 21:22 / Praplan (Hollenstein, Haas) – 23:48 / Ambühl (Suter, Untersander) – 53:41	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3	02:53 – Auvitu (Perret) (SH) / 43:02 – S. Da Costa (Auvitu) (PP) / 55:41 – Rech (Meunier)
12 min	Penalties	12 min
26	Shots	25

Switzerland vs Belarus[]

10 May 2017
16:15

Switzerland

3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Belarus

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 3,212


Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Roman Gofman Anssi Salonen
Schäppi (Untersander, Genazzi) (PP) – 17:54 / Ambühl (Hollenstein, Loeffel) – 35:29 / Almond (Schäppi) – 47:55	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
6 min	Penalties	10 min
23	Shots	14

Finland vs Slovenia[]

10 May 2017
20:15

Finland

5–2
(0–1, 2–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 3,436


Harri Säteri	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Linus Öhlund Daniel Stricker
Savinainen (Sallinen) – 24:06 / Rantanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) – 25:51 / Aho (Rantanen) – 49:30 / Hännikäinen (J. Lajunen) – 50:34 / Sallinen (Pyörälä, Järvinen) (ENG) – 59:15	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2	14:21 – Kuralt (Pem) / 45:50 – Tičar (Sabolič) (PP)
4 min	Penalties	6 min
49	Shots	14

Czech Republic vs Norway[]

11 May 2017
16:15

Czech Republic

1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)

Norway

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 6,381


Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Oliver Gouin Daniel Stricker
Kovář (Pastrňák, Jeřábek) – 61:25	1–0
8 min	Penalties	4 min
32	Shots	10

Canada vs France[]

11 May 2017
20:15

Canada

3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

France

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 14,510


Chad Johnson	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Jozef Kubuš
O'Reilly (MacKinnon, Scheifele) (PP) – 05:19 / Giroux (Lee) (PP) – 39:11 / Vlasic – 42:22	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	09:00 – Dame-Malka (Rech, Ritz) / 21:37 – Fleury (S. Da Costa, Auvitu) (PP)
33 min	Penalties	10 min
35	Shots	24

Czech Republic vs Slovenia[]

12 May 2017
16:15

Czech Republic

5–1
(3–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Slovenia

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 2,805


Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Roman Gofman Anssi Salonen
Řepík (Kovář, Červenka) (PP) – 02:12 / Horák (Pastrňák, Voráček) (PP) – 08:20 / Horák (Gudas, Šimek) – 11:46 / Kempný (Vrána) – 22:09 / Červenka (Kovář) – 47:15	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 5–1	44:04 – Verlič (Muršak, Urbas)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
37	Shots	15

France vs Belarus[]

12 May 2017
20:15

France

4–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Belarus

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 6,802


Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Eduards Odiņš Linus Öhlund
Treille (T. Da Costa, Raux) – 12:29 / Fleury (Roussel, S. Da Costa) (PP) – 20:54 / Bellemare (S. Da Costa) – 52:35	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3	26:40 – Pavlovich (Sharangovich, Vorobey) / 37:47 – Sharangovich (Linglet) / 41:20 – Kulakov (S. Kostitsyn, Demkov) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	10 min
31	Shots	22

Norway vs Finland[]

13 May 2017
12:15

Norway

2–3 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1)

Finland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 8,108


Lars Haugen	Goalies	Joonas Korpisalo	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Jozef Kubuš
Bastiansen (Nørstebø) (PP) – 18:38 / Martinsen (Roest) (EA) – 59:31	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	25:33 – Hietanen (Aho, V. Lajunen) (PP) / 28:11 – Honka (Ohtamaa, Hännikäinen) / 61:55 – Hännikäinen (Pyörälä)
12 min	Penalties	24 min
21	Shots	28

Slovenia vs Belarus[]

13 May 2017
16:15

Slovenia

2–5
(2–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Belarus

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 7,158


Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Oliver Gouin Daniel Stricker
Jeglič (Verlič, Sabolič) (PP) – 16:52 / Rodman (Kovačević, Pretnar) – 19:15	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5	13:12 – Pavlovich (Shinkevich, Linglet) / 20:29 – Kovyrshin (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn) / 29:48 – Pavlovich (Shinkevich) / 38:05 – Shinkevich (Pavlovich, Linglet) / 39:43 – Stas (Stefanovich) (PP)
20 min	Penalties	10 min
30	Shots	29

Canada vs Switzerland[]

13 May 2017
20:15

Canada

2–3 OT
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2)
(OT: 0–1)

Switzerland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,932


Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Jonas Hiller Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Eduards Odiņš Anssi Salonen
O'Reilly (Marner, Parayko) (PP) – 04:22 / Marner (Lee, Konecny) – 06:28	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3	46:37 – Herzog (Praplan, Richard) (PP) / 49:44 – Praplan (Hollenstein) / 63:40 – Herzog (Untersander, Ambühl)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
45	Shots	26

France vs Czech Republic[]

14 May 2017
16:15

France

2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Czech Republic

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 13,003


Florian Hardy	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Oliver Gouin Jozef Kubuš
S. Da Costa (Fleury) (PP) – 20:53 / Roussel – 50:38	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5	08:32 – Pastrňák (Horák, Voráček) (PP) / 26:52 – Řepík (Kundrátek) / 37:01 – Rutta (Červenka) (PP) / 48:03 – Řepík (Kempný) / 58:56 – Zohorna (Horák) (ENG)
6 min	Penalties	14 min
24	Shots	28

Switzerland vs Finland[]

14 May 2017
20:15

Switzerland

2–3 OT
(2–1, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)

Finland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 10,860


Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Joonas Korpisalo Harri Säteri	Referees: Roman Gofman Linus Öhlund
Herzog (Richard, Untersander) – 04:40 / Genazzi (Loeffel) – 10:30	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3	19:01 – Hietanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) / 47:40 – Rantanen (V. Lajunen, Aho) (PP) / 62:24 – Filppula (Savinainen, Hietanen)
20 min	Penalties	12 min
27	Shots	27

Canada vs Norway[]

15 May 2017
16:15

Canada

5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 5,093


Chad Johnson	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland Steffen Søberg	Referees: Roman Gofman Marcus Linde
Schenn (Simmonds) (PP) – 17:48 / Parayko (MacKinnon, O'Reilly) (PP) – 18:42 / Scheifele (Matheson, Skinner) – 34:57 / Parayko (MacKinnon, Marner) (PP) – 38:14 / O'Reilly (Scheifele, MacKinnon) (PP) – 57:20	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
8 min	Penalties	10 min
48	Shots	10

France vs Slovenia[]

15 May 2017
20:15

France

4–1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Slovenia

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,807


Cristobal Huet Florian Hardy	Goalies	Matija Pintarič	Referees: Brett Iverson Mark Lemelin
Roussel (Auvitu, S. Da Costa) (PP) – 28:20 / Auvitu (Bellemare, Roussel) – 31:08 / Roussel (Auvitu) (PP2) – 44:01 / Roussel (SH, ENG) – 58:30	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1	44:25 – Muršak (Mušič, Pintarič) (SH)
4 min	Penalties	6 min
25	Shots	27

Belarus vs Norway[]

16 May 2017
12:15

Belarus

4–3
(0–0, 2–1, 2–2)

Norway

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 3,867


Mikhail Karnaukhov	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Tobias Wehrli
Lisovets (Stefanovich) – 26:08 / Kulakov (Stas, Demkov) – 37:52 / Shinkevich (Kovyrshin, Stefanovich) – 54:06 / Lisovets (Pavlovich, Linglet) – 56:56	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3	35:05 – Sørvik (M. Olimb) / 41:19 – Reichenberg (Thoresen, Ødegaard) / 43:41 – Holøs (Martinsen, M. Olimb)
6 min	Penalties	4 min
19	Shots	26

Czech Republic vs Switzerland[]

16 May 2017
16:15

Czech Republic

1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 4,531


Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Niklas Schlegel	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Marcus Linde
Červenka (Pastrňák, Šulák) – 34:08	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3	01:42 – Praplan (Diaz) / 28:36 – Suri (Kukan, Schlumpf) / 52:09 – Brunner (Richard, Marti)
2 min	Penalties	6 min
24	Shots	21

Canada vs Finland[]

16 May 2017
20:15

Canada

5–2
(3–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Finland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 10,202


Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Mark Lemelin Stephen Reneau
Marner (Point, Matheson) – 02:46 / Parayko (Marner) (PP) – 04:06 / Marner (Scheifele, MacKinnon) (PP) – 13:45 / Point (Matheson, Parayko) – 28:09 / Duchene (Couturier) – 40:34	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2	03:08 – J. Lajunen (Osala) / 36:51 – Ohtamaa (Honka, Kemppainen)
10 min	Penalties	20 min
28	Shots	20

References[]

↑ All systems go for 2017. iihfworlds2017.com (9 August 2016).

External links[]

Official website

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[1] All systems go for 2017. iihfworlds2017.com (9 August 2016).

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