2018 IIHF World Championship Group A
Group A was one of two groups of the 2018 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team is relegated to Division I in 2019.[1]
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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[a] |
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:
Matches
[edit]All times are local (UTC+2).
Russia vs France
[edit]4 May 2018 16:15 | Russia | 7–0 (3–0, 1–0, 3–0) | France | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,453 |
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Vasily Koshechkin | Goalies | Florian Hardy Ronan Quemener | Referees: Jan Hribik Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Peter Šefčík Sakari Suominen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 10 |
Sweden vs Belarus
[edit]4 May 2018 20:15 | Sweden | 5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Belarus | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 10,884 |
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Magnus Hellberg | Goalies | Ivan Kulbakov Mikhail Karnaukhov | Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Dustin McCrank | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 27 |
Switzerland vs Austria
[edit]5 May 2018 12:15 | Switzerland | 3–2 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0) | Austria | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 5,019 |
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Leonardo Genoni | Goalies | Bernhard Starkbaum | Referees: Konstantin Olenin Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Gleb Lazarev | ||||||||||||||
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29 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
41 | Shots | 19 |
France vs Belarus
[edit]5 May 2018 16:15 | France | 6–2 (2–1, 1–0, 3–1) | Belarus | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,529 |
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Florian Hardy | Goalies | Ivan Kulbakov Mikhail Karnaukhov | Referees: Oliver Gouin Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Sakari Suominen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 40 |
Czech Republic vs Slovakia
[edit]5 May 2018 20:15 | Czech Republic | 3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0) | Slovakia | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,490 |
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Pavel Francouz | Goalies | Marek Čiliak | Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Dustin McCrank | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
42 | Shots | 17 |
Austria vs Russia
[edit]6 May 2018 12:15 | Austria | 0–7 (0–3, 0–3, 0–1) | Russia | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 9,502 |
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David Madlener | Goalies | Vasily Koshechkin Igor Shestyorkin | Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Peter Šefčík | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Shots | 41 |
Sweden vs Czech Republic
[edit]6 May 2018 16:15 | Sweden | 3–2 (2–0, 0–1, 1–1) | Czech Republic | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,490 |
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Magnus Hellberg | Goalies | David Rittich | Referees: Mark Lemelin Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Dmitri Golyak | ||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
27 | Shots | 25 |
Slovakia vs Switzerland
[edit]6 May 2018 20:15 | Slovakia | 0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0) | Switzerland | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 10,915 |
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Marek Čiliak | Goalies | Reto Berra | Referees: Oliver Gouin Jan Hribik Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist | |||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||
25 | Shots | 26 |
Belarus vs Russia
[edit]7 May 2018 16:15 | Belarus | 0–6 (0–1, 0–3, 0–2) | Russia | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,360 |
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Vitali Trus | Goalies | Igor Shestyorkin | Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Dustin McCrank | |||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | Shots | 27 |
Sweden vs France
[edit]7 May 2018 20:15 | Sweden | 4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0) | France | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 7,218 |
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Anders Nilsson | Goalies | Ronan Quemener | Referees: Jan Hribik Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Peter Šefčík Sakari Suominen | |||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 24 min | ||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 14 |
Austria vs Slovakia
[edit]8 May 2018 16:15 | Austria | 2–4 (1–1, 0–2, 1–1) | Slovakia | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,094 |
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Bernhard Starkbaum | Goalies | Patrik Rybár | Referees: Brett Iverson Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Andreas Malmqvist | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 30 |
Czech Republic vs Switzerland
[edit]8 May 2018 20:15 | Czech Republic | 5–4 GWS (1–1, 3–3, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | Switzerland | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,226 |
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Pavel Francouz | Goalies | Leonardo Genoni | Referees: Roman Gofman Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Gleb Lazarev | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jaškin Hyka Nečas Nestrašil Řepík | Shootout | Rod Andrighetto Niederreiter Corvi Hofmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 29 |
Switzerland vs Belarus
[edit]9 May 2018 16:15 | Switzerland | 5–2 (2–2, 1–0, 2–0) | Belarus | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 5,445 |
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Reto Berra | Goalies | Mikhail Karnaukhov | Referees: Linus Öhlund Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Jake Davis Alexander Otmakhov | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Shots | 24 |
Sweden vs Austria
[edit]9 May 2018 20:15 | Sweden | 7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0) | Austria | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 8,547 |
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Anders Nilsson | Goalies | David Madlener | Referees: Jozef Kubuš Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Hannu Sormunen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Shots | 14 |
Slovakia vs France
[edit]10 May 2018 16:15 | Slovakia | 3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0) | France | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 5,855 |
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Marek Čiliak | Goalies | Florian Hardy | Referees: Roman Gofman Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Rene Jensen Jon Kilian | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 14 |
Czech Republic vs Russia
[edit]10 May 2018 20:15 | Czech Republic | 4–3 OT (2–1, 1–2, 0–0) (OT: 1–0) | Russia | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,490 |
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David Rittich | Goalies | Vasily Koshechkin | Referees: Brett Iverson Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Jake Davis Nathan Vanoosten | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 23 |
France vs Austria
[edit]11 May 2018 16:15 | France | 5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0) | Austria | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 5,780 |
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Florian Hardy | Goalies | Bernhard Starkbaum | Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov | ||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 36 |
Belarus vs Czech Republic
[edit]11 May 2018 20:15 | Belarus | 0–3 (0–3, 0–0, 0–0) | Czech Republic | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 5,636 |
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Vitali Trus | Goalies | Pavel Francouz | Referees: Roman Gofman Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Hannu Sormunen | ||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
21 | Shots | 33 |
Slovakia vs Sweden
[edit]12 May 2018 12:15 | Slovakia | 3–4 OT (1–2, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–1) | Sweden | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,490 |
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Patrik Rybár | Goalies | Magnus Hellberg | Referees: Brett Iverson Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Rene Jensen Lukas Kohlmüller | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 33 |
Austria vs Belarus
[edit]12 May 2018 16:15 | Austria | 4–0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0) | Belarus | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 7,370 |
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Bernhard Starkbaum | Goalies | Mikhail Karnaukhov Vitali Trus | Referees: Linus Öhlund Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Brian Oliver Nathan Vanoosten | |||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 34 |
Russia vs Switzerland
[edit]12 May 2018 20:15 | Russia | 4–3 (0–0, 3–1, 1–2) | Switzerland | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,366 |
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Vasily Koshechkin | Goalies | Reto Berra | Referees: Jozef Kubuš Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Jake Davis Jon Kilian | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Shots | 27 |
France vs Czech Republic
[edit]13 May 2018 16:15 | France | 0–6 (0–3, 0–2, 0–1) | Czech Republic | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,252 |
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Ronan Quemener Sebastian Ylönen | Goalies | David Rittich | Referees: Jozef Kubuš Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Jon Kilian Nathan Vanoosten | |||||||||||||||||
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22 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Shots | 55 |
Switzerland vs Sweden
[edit]13 May 2018 20:15 | Switzerland | 3–5 (0–2, 1–1, 2–2) | Sweden | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,255 |
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Leonardo Genoni | Goalies | Anders Nilsson | Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Hannu Sormunen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Shots | 41 |
Russia vs Slovakia
[edit]14 May 2018 16:15 | Russia | 4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0) | Slovakia | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 7,732 |
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Igor Shestyorkin | Goalies | Marek Čiliak | Referees: Mark Lemelin Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Brian Oliver | |||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 23 |
Czech Republic vs Austria
[edit]14 May 2018 20:15 | Czech Republic | 4–3 (2–1, 1–0, 1–2) | Austria | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 3,843 |
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Pavel Francouz | Goalies | David Kickert | Referees: Konstantin Olenin Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Rene Jensen Alexander Otmakhov | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 27 |
Switzerland vs France
[edit]15 May 2018 12:15 | Switzerland | 5–1 (2–0, 1–0, 2–1) | France | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,573 |
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Leonardo Genoni | Goalies | Florian Hardy | Referees: Konstantin Olenin Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Jake Davis Rene Jensen | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 20 |
Belarus vs Slovakia
[edit]15 May 2018 16:15 | Belarus | 4–7 (0–2, 2–0, 2–5) | Slovakia | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 4,857 |
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Vitali Trus | Goalies | Patrik Rybár Marek Čiliak | Referees: Jan Hribik Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Jon Kilian Brian Oliver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 46 |
Russia vs Sweden
[edit]15 May 2018 20:15 | Russia | 1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1) | Sweden | Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,490 |
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Vasily Koshechkin | Goalies | Anders Nilsson | Referees: Oliver Gouin Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Nathan Vanoosten | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 29 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Worlds schedule released". iihfworlds.com. 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). IIHF. 10 September 2015.