2018 IIHF World Championship

2018 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Denmark
Dates	4–20 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (11th title)
Runner-up	Switzerland
Third place	United States of America
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	384 (6 per match)
Attendance	520,481 (8,133 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Patrick Kane; (20 points)
MVP	Patrick Kane
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament hosted by the Denmark cities of Copenhagen and Herning. The IIHF announced the winning bid on 23 May 2014.^[1]^[2] South Korea made its debut at the World Championship, having played in the lower divisions previously.^[3]

Sweden won their second consecutive and eleventh overall title after defeating Switzerland in the final.^[4]

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

Bids[]

There were two bids to host this championship.^[6]

Denmark
- Copenhagen/Herning

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.^[7]

Latvia
- Riga

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. The final tally was 95-12 in favor of Denmark.^[1]^[2]

Venues[]

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

Qualified teams[]

* = 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

^† = Qualified as host.

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.^[8]

Denmark and Sweden played in separate groups, Denmark at the Jyske Bank Boxen while Sweden at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.^[9]

Group A

Russia (2)
Sweden (3)
Czech Republic (6)
Switzerland (7)
Belarus (10)
Slovakia (11)
France¹ (13)
Austria (16)

Group B

Canada (1)
Finland (4)
United States of America (5)
Germany (8)
Norway (9)
Latvia (12)
Denmark¹ (14)
South Korea (21)

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.^[10]^[11]

Referees

Linesmen

Mark Lemelin
Oliver Gouin
Brett Iverson
Jan Hribik
Antonín Jeřábek
Mikko Kaukokari
Aleksi Rantala
Gordon Schukies

Roman Gofman
Konstantin Olenin
Tobias Wehrli
Jozef Kubuš
Linus Öhlund
Mikael Sjöqvist
Timothy Mayer
Stephen Reneau

Dmitri Golyak
Dustin McCrank
Nathan Vanoosten
Miroslav Lhotský
Rene Jensen
Hannu Sormunen
Sakari Suominen
Lukas Kohlmüller

Jon Kilian
Alexander Otmakhov
Gleb Lazarev
Nicolas Fluri
Peter Šefčík
Andreas Malmqvist
Jake Davis
Brian Oliver

Preliminary round[]

The schedule was released on 8 August 2017.^[12]

Group A[]

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship Group A

Pos	Team [v • d • e]	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Denmark to host Ice Hockey World Championship in 2018
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 To Denmark in 2018
↑ Merk, Martin (29 April 2017). Korea Promoted!. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 29 April 2017.
↑ Tre Kronor golden again!. IIHF.com (20 May 2018). Retrieved on 20 May 2018.
↑ http://2018.iihfworlds.com/en/news/help-us-name-the-mascot/
↑ Two applicants for 2018 : Denmark, Latvia vying to host men's World Championship. IIHF (20 September 2013). Retrieved on 9 April 2014.
↑ IIHF impressed on site visit to Denmark. denmark2018 (9 March 2014). Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved on 9 April 2014.
↑ Groups for 2018
↑ 7 events for 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. denmark2018. Retrieved on 16 May 2017.
↑ On-ice officials named. iihf.com (21 March 2018).
↑ Assignments
↑ Worlds schedule released. iihfworlds.com (8 August 2017).
↑ Statutes and Bylaws (701.3). iihf.com (10 September 2015).


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 [v • d • e]	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Finland	7	5	0	1	1	38	11	+27	16^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Quarterfinals
2	United States of America	7	4	2	0	1	39	16	+23	16^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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:


4 May 2018
United States of America	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 of America
6 May 2018
South Korea	0–10	Canada
Germany	4–5 (GWS)	Norway
Latvia	1–8	Finland
7 May 2018
United States of America	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 of America	3–2 (OT)	Latvia
Norway	0–5	Canada
11 May 2018
Denmark	3–0	Norway
United States of America	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 of America
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 of America
Canada	3–0	Germany
Latvia	1–0	Denmark

Playoff round[]

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship

The playoff round of the 2018 IIHF World Championship was held from 17 to 20 May 2018. The top four-placed teams of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.^[1]

Qualified teams[]

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Sweden	Russia	Czech Republic	Switzerland
B	Finland	United States of America	Canada	Latvia

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals

A1

Sweden

3

B4

Latvia

2

Semifinals

QF1

Sweden

6

Quarterfinals

QF2

United States

0

B2

United States

3

A3

Czech Republic

2

Final

SF1

Sweden

3 (SO)

Quarterfinals

SF2

Switzerland

2

A2

Russia

4

B3

Canada

5 (OT)

Semifinals

Bronze Medal Game

QF3

Canada

2

SF1

United States

4

Quarterfinals

QF4

Switzerland

3

SF2

Canada

1

B1

Finland

2

A4

Switzerland

3

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals[]

17 May 2018
16:15

Russia

4–5 OT
(0–1, 2–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–1)

Canada

Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 9,017


Igor Shestyorkin	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Mark Lemelin Aleksi Rantala
Mikheyev (Anisimov, Zaitsev) – 32:53 / Barabanov (Dadonov) (EA) – 37:32 / Andronov (Zaitsev, Soshnikov) – 48:44 / Anisimov (Grigorenko, Zaitsev) – 54:34	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 4–4 / 4–5	04:45 – Parayko (McDavid, Eberle) (PP) / 31:51 – Nugent-Hopkins (McDavid, Parayko) (PP) / 47:11 – Turris (Schwartz) / 52:36 – Dubois (Jost) / 64:57 – O'Reilly (McDavid, Ekblad) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	2 min
30	Shots	41

17 May 2018
16:15

United States of America

3–2
(2–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 4,846


Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Jozef Kubuš
Kane (Ryan) – 10:36 / Atkinson (Bonino, Gaudreau) – 12:19 / Kane (Ryan) – 46:58	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	24:56 – Řepík (Faksa, Gudas) / 30:55 – Nečas (Pastrňák, Hronek) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	2 min
31	Shots	26

17 May 2018
20:15

Sweden

3–2
(0–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Latvia

Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490


Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Timothy Mayer Konstantin Olenin
Forsberg (Kempe, Ekman-Larsson) – 26:36 / Arvidsson (Ekholm) – 41:49 / Ekman-Larsson (Kempe, Rakell) (PP) – 46:27	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2	31:59 – Bļugers (Ri. Bukarts) / 50:21 – Balcers (Ķēniņš)
10 min	Penalties	2 min
34	Shots	24

17 May 2018
20:15

Finland

2–3
(1–0, 0–3, 1–0)

Switzerland

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 5,634


Harri Säteri	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Stephen Reneau
Nutivaara (Koivisto, Rantanen) – 07:01 / Rantanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) – 48:20	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3	29:13 – Corvi (Fiala, Niederreiter) / 32:32 – Vermin (Meier) / 33:08 – Hofmann (Moser, Fora)
0 min	Penalties	8 min
34	Shots	27

Semifinals[]

19 May 2018
15:15

Sweden

6–0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

United States of America

Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490


Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Roman Gofman Oliver Gouin
Arvidsson (De la Rose, Forsberg) – 14:43 / Pääjärvi (Backlund) (SH) – 27:09 / Hörnqvist (Backlund, Klingberg) (PP) – 30:05 / Janmark-Nylén (Rakell) – 30:16 / Arvidsson (Zibanejad) (ENG) – 51:07 / Kempe (Backlund) – 57:01	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0
14 min	Penalties	6 min
20	Shots	41

19 May 2018
19:15

Canada

2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,166


Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Jozef Kubuš
Horvat (Dubois, Pageau) – 27:20 / Parayko (McDavid, Schenn) (EA) – 57:53	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3	18:41 – Scherwey (Untersander, Kukan) / 29:40 – Hofmann (Fiala, Andrighetto) (PP) / 44:14 – Haas (Andrighetto, Diaz) (PP)
6 min	Penalties	2 min
45	Shots	17

Bronze medal game[]

20 May 2018
15:45

United States of America

4–1
(0–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Canada

Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,111


Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Curtis McElhinney	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Jozef Kubuš
Kreider (Larkin, DeBrincat) (PP) – 26:40 / Bonino (Kane) (PP) – 53:21 / Lee (McAvoy) (ENG) – 57:45 / Kreider (ENG) – 58:18	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	38:06 – Vlasic (Horvat, Turris)
4 min	Penalties	14 min
37	Shots	25

Gold medal game[]

Main article: 2018 IIHF World Championship Final

20 May 2018
20:15 (UTC+2)

Sweden

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

Switzerland

Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490


Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Roman Gofman Oliver Gouin
Nyquist (Ekholm) – 17:54 / Zibanejad (Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 34:53	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2	16:38 – Niederreiter (Josi, Fiala) / 23:13 – Meier (Corvi, Josi) (PP)
4 min	Penalties	10 min
38	Shots	27

References[]

↑ Worlds schedule released. iihfworlds.com (8 August 2017).

External links[]

Official website

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Final[]

20 May 2018
20:15 (UTC+2)

Sweden

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

Switzerland

Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490


Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Roman Gofman Oliver Gouin
Nyquist (Ekholm) – 17:54 / Zibanejad (Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 34:53	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2	16:38 – Niederreiter (Josi, Fiala) / 23:13 – Meier (Corvi, Josi) (PP)
4 min	Penalties	10 min
38	Shots	27

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

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

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Frederik Andersen
- Best Defenceman: John Klingberg
- Best Forward: Sebastian Aho

Source: IIHF.com

Media All-Stars:
- MVP: Patrick Kane
- Goaltender: Anders Nilsson
- Defencemen: Adam Larsson / Oliver Ekman-Larsson
- Forwards: Rickard Rakell / Patrick Kane / Sebastian Aho

Source: IIHF.com

References[]

External links[]

Official website

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[announce-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Denmark to host Ice Hockey World Championship in 2018

[iihf-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 To Denmark in 2018

[3] Merk, Martin (29 April 2017). Korea Promoted!. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 29 April 2017.

[4] Tre Kronor golden again!. IIHF.com (20 May 2018). Retrieved on 20 May 2018.

[5] ttp://2018.iihfworlds.com/en/news/help-us-name-the-mascot/

[6] Two applicants for 2018 : Denmark, Latvia vying to host men's World Championship. IIHF (20 September 2013). Retrieved on 9 April 2014.

[7] IIHF impressed on site visit to Denmark. denmark2018 (9 March 2014). Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved on 9 April 2014.

[8] Groups for 2018

[9] 7 events for 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. denmark2018. Retrieved on 16 May 2017.

[10] On-ice officials named. iihf.com (21 March 2018).

[11] Assignments

[12] Worlds schedule released. iihfworlds.com (8 August 2017).

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

[16] Worlds schedule released. iihfworlds.com (8 August 2017).

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