2016 IIHF World Championship Group B

Group B 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

Team Canada wins the first match in Saint Petersburg against the United States

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Finland	7	7	0	0	0	29	6	+23	21	Playoff round
2	Canada	7	6	0	0	1	34	8	+26	18
3	Germany	7	4	0	1	2	22	20	+2	13
4	United States	7	3	0	1	3	22	18	+4	10
5	Slovakia	7	2	1	0	4	15	23	−8	8
6	Belarus	7	2	0	0	5	16	32	−16	6
7	France	7	1	1	0	5	11	23	−12	5
8	Hungary (R)	7	1	0	0	6	12	31	−19	3	Relegation to 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. The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2017 hosts (France and Germany) cannot be relegated by rule.^[2][3]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Matches

United States vs Canada

6 May 2016 16:15

United States

1–5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,236

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Cam Talbot	Referees: Tobias Björk Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský
	Maroon (Connor, Warsofsky) (PP) – 04:54 1–0 1–1 05:25 – Hall (Brassard, Perry) 1–2 08:48 – Gallagher (O'Reilly) 1–3 31:37 – Duchene (Ceci, Murray) 1–4 45:54 – Jenner (O'Reilly) 1–5 51:16 – Marchand (Duchene) (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	33

Finland vs Belarus

6 May 2016 20:15

Finland

6–2 (0–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,877

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Martin Fraňo Péter Gebei Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Andreas Malmqvist
	Laine (Barkov) – 21:45 1–0 Koivu (Granlund, Lindell) – 32:28 2–0 2–1 37:55 – Stas (Pavlovich) (SH) Laine (Koivu, Jokinen) (PP2) – 38:36 3–1 Granlund (Laine, Barkov) (PP) – 39:56 4–1 Pihlström (Pulkkinen) – 42:59 5–1 Granlund (Salmela, Aho) – 47:51 6–1 6–2 51:01 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	16

Slovakia vs Hungary

7 May 2016 12:15

Slovakia

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 2,830

Game reference
	Branislav Konrád	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Timothy Mayer Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Judson Ritter
	Marcinko (Graňák, Dravecký) – 07:07 1–0 1–1 13:30 – Banham (Galló, Bartalis) (PP) Jurčo (Sekera, Marinčin) – 17:43 2–1 Sekera (Jurčo, Marinčin) – 35:09 3–1 Lušňák (Hrnka, Švarný) (ENG) – 57:43 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	21

France vs Germany

7 May 2016 16:15

France

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

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Martin Frano Antonin Jerabek Linesmen: Jon Kilian Sakari Suominen
	Raux (Perret, Meunier) – 03:38 1–0 1–1 20:26 – Rieder (Gogulla, Schütz) (PP) 1–2 36:50 – Schütz (Gogulla, Hager) Claireaux (Beron, Chakiachvili) – 39:10 2–2
	Desrosiers Fleury	Shootout	Draisaitl Rieder Goc
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	29

Belarus vs United States

7 May 2016 20:15

Belarus

3–6 (0–2, 2–3, 1–1)

United States

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,762

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande	Goalies	Mike Condon	Referees: Linus Ohlund Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Miroslav Lhotsky
	0–1 09:58 – Wood (Vatrano, Hinostroza) 0–2 13:38 – Wideman (Matthews, Larkin) (PP) 0–3 22:13 – Larkin (Schroeder) (PP) Platt (Stepanov, Linglet) (PP) – 27:10 1–3 1–4 28:09 – Hanifin (Hinostroza, Motte) 1–5 34:25 – Matthews (Connor, Hanifin) (PP) Stas – 38:12 2–5 Korobov (Kostitsyn, Stepanov) (PP2) – 49:28 3–5 3–6 54:40 – Matthews (Vatrano, Hanifin)
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	33

Hungary vs Canada

8 May 2016 12:15

Hungary

1–7 (1–2, 0–4, 0–1)

Canada

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,825

Game reference
	Zoltán Hetényi Ádám Vay	Goalies	Calvin Pickard	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Sakari Suominen
	0–1 05:54 – Scheifele (Stone, McDavid) (PP) 0–2 10:04 – Perry (Hall, Brassard) Bartalis – 18:14 1–2 1–3 27:12 – Stone (Ceci, Reinhart) 1–4 29:05 – Marchand (McDavid, Matheson) 1–5 31:36 – Brassard (Tanev, Rielly) 1–6 32:45 – Matheson (Hutton, Scheifele) 1–7 44:35 – Hall (Matheson)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	36

Finland vs Germany

8 May 2016 16:15

Finland

5–1 (2–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,409

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Timothy Mayer Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Jon Killian
	Laine (Hietanen, Jokinen) (PP) – 06:22 1–0 Komarov (Jokinen, Laine) (PP) – 09:08 2–0 Aho (Granlund) – 29:53 3–0 Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Komarov) – 37:50 4–0 4–1 38:42 – Macek (Draisaitl, Kahun) (PP) Laine (Koivu, Granlund) – 59:57 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	28 min
	22	Shots	17

France vs Slovakia

8 May 2016 20:15

France

1–5 (1–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,850

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet Florian Hardy	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Tobias Björk Péter Gebei Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Judson Ritter
	Perret (Beron) – 01:09 1–0 1–1 03:55 – Sekera (L. Hudáček, Viedenský) 1–2 13:55 – Graňák (Dravecký, Lušňák) 1–3 34:52 – Bakoš (Meszároš, Sersen) (PP) 1–4 35:40 – L. Hudáček (Jurčo, Viedenský) 1–5 57:55 – Jaroš (Viedenský, Jurčo)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	22

Belarus vs Canada

9 May 2016 16:15

Belarus

0–8 (0–1, 0–4, 0–3)

Canada

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,536

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande Dmitri Milchakov	Goalies	Cam Talbot	Referees: Péter Gebei Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 16:26 – Brassard (Perry, Duchene) 0–2 21:03 – Perry (Murray) 0–3 23:58 – O'Reilly (Jenner, Ceci) (SH) 0–4 31:19 – Duchene (Brassard, Ceci) (PP) 0–5 31:39 – Hall (McDavid) 0–6 41:26 – O'Reilly (Duchene, Scheifele) 0–7 49:17 – Stone (Scheifele) 0–8 53:52 – Matheson (Gallagher, McDavid) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	40

Finland vs United States

9 May 2016 20:15

Finland

3–2 (2–1, 0–0, 1–1)

United States

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,830

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Mike Condon	Referees: Tobias Björk Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist
	Koivu (Granlund, Aho) – 09:16 1–0 Pihlström (Pulkkinen, Sallinen) – 12:04 2–0 2–1 13:45 – Vatrano (Matthews) 2–2 40:54 – Murphy (Maroon, Larkin) Komarov (Barkov, Jokinen) (PP) – 44:16 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	18

Slovakia vs Germany

10 May 2016 16:15

Slovakia

1–5 (1–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,715

Game reference
	Branislav Konrád Július Hudáček	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Brett Iverson Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Jon Killian Judson Ritter
	Cehlárik (Bartánus, Mikuš) – 08:42 1–0 1–1 24:23 – Hager (Schütz, Gogulla) 1–2 28:57 – Gogulla (Müller, Hager) 1–3 34:48 – Reimer (Kahun, Draisaitl) (PP) 1–4 43:45 – Macek (Braun, Müller) 1–5 54:36 – Kahun (Reimer, Rieder)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	28

Hungary vs France

10 May 2016 20:15

Hungary

2–6 (1–3, 0–1, 1–2)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,340

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Roman Gofman Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 09:14 – Ritz (Auvitu, Moisand) M. Vas (G. Nagy, Wehrs) (PP) – 13:10 1–1 1–2 17:28 – S. Treille 1–3 19:26 – Fleury (Bellemare, Auvitu) (PP) 1–4 38:03 – Chakiachvili (Y. Treille) Sofron (M. Vas, Bartalis) – 47:58 2–4 2–5 53:03 – S. Treille (Bellemare, Fleury) (PP) 2–6 56:11 – S. Treille (Bellemare, Claireaux)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	21

Slovakia vs Belarus

11 May 2016 16:15

Slovakia

2–4 (0–0, 2–0, 0–4)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,172

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Roman Gofman Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Jon Killian Sakari Suominen
	Sekera (Réway, Daňo) (PP2) – 20:47 1–0 Jurčo (Mikuš, L. Hudáček) – 36:26 2–0 2–1 42:22 – Gotovets (Lisovets) 2–2 48:34 – Gavrus (Gotovets, Kovyrshin) 2–3 54:42 – Stepanov (Lisovets) 2–4 57:16 – Linglet (Platt, Lisovets)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	20

Finland vs Hungary

11 May 2016 20:15

Finland

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,794

Game reference
	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Brett Iverson Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Andreas Malmqvist
	Ohtamaa (Komarov) – 36:22 1–0 Koivu (Granlund, Komarov) – 49:27 2–0 Barkov (Laine, Jokinen) (PP) – 56:34 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	51	Shots	13

United States vs France

12 May 2016 16:15

United States

4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,287

Game reference
	Mike Condon	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev
	Wideman (Foligno, Larkin) (PP) – 34:23 1–0 Murphy (Matthews, Vatrano) – 36:30 2–0 Compher (Hendricks, Motte) – 39:55 3–0 Skjei (Larkin) – 41:19 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	19

Canada vs Germany

12 May 2016 20:15

Canada

5–2 (1–0, 1–2, 3–0)

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,369

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Judson Ritter
	Hall (Murray) – 03:54 1–0 Perry (Duchene, Brassard) (PP) – 23:22 2–0 2–1 31:31 – Reimer (Noebels, Kahun) 2–2 37:36 – Akdag (Gogulla, Schütz) Hall (McDavid, Matheson) – 43:12 3–2 Jenner (Rielly, Brassard) – 46:50 4–2 Ceci (Reilly) (PP) – 53:17 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	19

United States vs Hungary

13 May 2016 16:15

United States

5–1 (0–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,598

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
	Foligno (Wideman, Hanifin) (PP) – 24:37 1–0 Hinostroza (Fasching) – 24:55 2–0 Larkin (McCabe, Murphy) – 34:12 3–0 Foligno – 52:07 4–0 Murphy (Foligno) – 55:20 5–0 5–1 57:59 – Sofron (Bartalis, Sarauer) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	8

Germany vs Belarus

13 May 2016 20:15

Germany

5–2 (3–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,275

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson Linesmen: Jon Killian Andreas Malmqvist
	Reimer (Müller) – 04:26 1–0 Draisaitl (Noebels, Macek) – 05:44 2–0 Schütz (Gogulla, Hager) (PP) – 10:47 3–0 3–1 28:08 – Stepanov (Koval, Linglet) (PP) Brooks (Reul, Noebels) – 34:23 4–1 4–2 49:14 – Stas (Lisovets, Koval) Gogulla (Boyle) (PP, ENG) – 59:51 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	18

France vs Finland

14 May 2016 12:15

France

1–3 (0–0, 0–3, 1–0)

Finland

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,278

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet Ronan Quemener	Goalies	Mikko Koskinen	Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 25:00 – Lindell (Granlund, Koivu) (PP) 0–2 30:40 – Barkov (Laine, Jokinen) 0–3 34:50 – Laine (Jokinen) Bellemare (Treille, Auvitu) (PP2) – 52:31 1–3
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	19

Hungary vs Belarus

14 May 2016 16:15

Hungary

5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,539

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Kevin Lalande Vitali Koval	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Judson Ritter Sakari Suominen
	G. Nagy (Sarauer, Kóger) – 5:31 1–0 J. Vas (Sarauer) (SH) – 10:31 2–0 2–1 12:31 – Platt (Stepanov) (PP) 2–2 26:43 – Gavrus (Stepanov, Kovyrshin) Sebők (Szirányi) – 30:32 3–2 Galló (Szirányi, Sofron) – 33:49 4–2 J. Vas (SH,ENG) – 59:57 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	19

Canada vs Slovakia

14 May 2016 20:15

Canada

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,512

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Gleb Lazarev
	Rielly (Brassard) – 11:09 1–0 Duchene (Marchand) – 18:30 2–0 Hall (Stone, McDavid) (PP) – 33:56 3–0 Scheifele (Reinhart, Stone) – 38:35 4–0 Brassard (Perry, Murray) – 50:27 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	18

Germany vs United States

15 May 2016 16:15

Germany

3–2 (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,798

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Mike Condon	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Andreas Malmqvist
	Hager (Schütz, Boyle) (PP) – 02:19 1–0 1–1 10:35 – McCabe (Compher, Murphy) Ehrhoff (Schütz, Hager) – 13:06 2–1 2–2 20:26 – Matthews (Nelson) (PP) Holzer (Goc) – 59:27 3–2
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	33

Slovakia vs Finland

15 May 2016 20:15

Slovakia

0–5 (0–0, 0–2, 0–3)

Finland

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,679

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Juuse Saros	Referees: Linus Ohlund Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Jon Killian Judson Ritter
	0–1 31:07 – Koivu (Lindell, Aho) (PP) 0–2 31:47 – Pihlström (Sallinen, Pokka) 0–3 46:46 – Barkov (Hietanen, Jaakola) (EA) 0–4 59:45 – Jokinen (Hietanen, Barkov) (PP) 0–5 59:57 – Laine (Barkov)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	35

Canada vs France

16 May 2016 16:15

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,219

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Ronan Quemener	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Jon Killian Sakari Suominen
	Stone (Hall, McDavid) (PP) – 08:32 1–0 Duchene (Perry, Ellis) – 35:26 2–0 Scheifele (Stone, Marchand) – 43:51 3–0 Perry (O'Reilly, Gallagher) – 54:45 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	46	Shots	13

Germany vs Hungary

16 May 2016 20:15

Germany

4–2 (0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,038

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Martin Fraňo Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Gleb Lazarev
	0–1 09:09 – Sofron (Bartalis) Hager (PP) – 31:42 1–1 Reul – 41:22 2–1 2–2 45:14 – Wehrs (Magosi) Braun (Akdag, Draisaitl) – 57:24 3–2 Goc (Seidenberg, Greiss) (ENG) – 59:27 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	16

United States vs Slovakia

17 May 2016 12:15

United States

2–3 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) OT (0–1)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,080

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Sakari Suominen
	0–1 18:39 – Jaroš (Viedenský) Nelson (Warsofsky, Vatrano) (PP) – 27:15 1–1 Foligno (Larkin) – 42:53 2–1 2–2 52:14 – Skalický (Marcinko, Graňák) 2–3 60:59 – Daňo (Švarný, Meszároš)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	30

Belarus vs France

17 May 2016 16:15

Belarus

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,895

Game reference
	Vitali Koval	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Martin Fraňo Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Andreas Malmqvist
	Stas (Linglet, Gotovets) – 25:12 1–0 Platt (Linglet, Gotovets) – 38:23 2–0 Stas (Linglet, Platt) – 44:59 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	21

Canada vs Finland

17 May 2016 20:15

Canada

0–4 (0–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Finland

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,890

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Mikko Koskinen	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Judson Ritter
	0–1 26:10 – Kivistö (Rantanen) 0–2 36:03 – Komarov (Granlund) 0–3 38:50 – Pyörälä (Aho) 0–4 42:32 – Koskiranta (Pyörälä)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	19

References

1. "Russia to open vs. Czechs". iihfworlds2016.com. 15 July 2015.
2. "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 September 2015.
3. "Tournament Format". iihf.com. 22 April 2016.

External links

• Official website