2014 IIHF World Championship

2014 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Belarus
Dates 9–25 May
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Russia (5th title)
Runner-up   Finland
Third place   Sweden
Fourth place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played 64
Goals scored 352 (5.5 per match)
Attendance 640,044 (10,001 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Russia Viktor Tikhonov
(16 points)
MVP Finland Pekka Rinne
2013
2015

The 2014 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Belarus in its capital, Minsk. Sixteen national teams were competing in two venues, the Minsk-Arena and Chizhovka-Arena. It was the first time Belarus hosted the tournament. The selection of Belarus to host this competition was the subject of much debate, with some politicians in both Europe and the United States calling for the IIHF to move the tournament to another country.

Russia remained undefeated throughout the championship and captured the gold medal by defeating Finland 5–2 in the final.[1] Sweden captured the bronze medal with a 3–0 victory over the Czech Republic. Host team Belarus made the playoffs for the first time since 2009, losing to Sweden 3–2 in the quarterfinal. Italy and Kazakhstan were relegated to Division I A. Prior to the championship, Division I-III had played their tournaments to establish the rank between teams of lower levels.

The tournament saw a new attendance record for the World Championship, as a total of 640,044 people attended games, surpassing the record set at the 2004 tournament in the Czech Republic, which had 552,097 spectators.[2]

Participants and their results

Host selection

On 8 May 2009, the Belarusian bid was successful and got 75 votes in the race for hosting the 2014 IIHF World Championship. The application with the slogan “Welcome to the young hockey country” beat out those from Hungary (24 votes), Latvia (3), and Ukraine (3).[3]

The two main venues listed as hosts for the ice hockey teams were Minsk-Arena (capacity around 15000) and Chizhovka-Arena (capacity around 9600). The larger arena was completed and opened in 2010, whereas construction of the smaller one was completed in 2012.

The selection of Belarus as hosts caused great controversy (Minsk2014 Campaign).[4] On 11 April 2011, United States Senator Dick Durbin and Representative Michael Quigley urged the IIHF to move the World Championship to another location, citing concerns over the authoritarian government of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko's alleged human rights violations had resulted in numerous sanctions placed on himself and 157 of his associates by the European Union and United States. Senator Durbin and Representative Quigley were supported by former Slovak ice hockey player and current Member of the European Parliament Peter Šťastný.[5] According to a 2013 report by the U.S. organisation Freedom House, Belarus was the least democratic country in Europe at the time.[6] However, the IIHF remarked that its statutes did not allow it to discriminate on political grounds, and spokespersons for the Latvian and Lithuanian ice hockey federations stated that they had no desire for "mixing politics with sports".[7]

On 16 January 2012, President Lukashenko announced that any foreigners who wanted to attend the World Championships would not need a visa to enter Belarus, or the medical insurance required for entry. The only documentation required was an original or electronic copy of a ticket to a game.[8]

Venues

Minsk Minsk
Minsk-Arena
Capacity: 15,000
Chizhovka-Arena
Capacity: 9,600
Group B, 2 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals, 3rd place match, final Group A, 2 quarterfinals

Rosters

For more details on this topic, see 2014 IIHF World Championship rosters.

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and three goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, have to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting.

Officials

Bus in Minsk in 2012 advertising the 2014 World Championships

The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2014 IIHF World Championship. They were the following:[9]

Referees Linesmen

  • Belarus Ivan Dedyulya
  • Canada Chris Carlson
  • Canada Justin Hull
  • Czech Republic Vit Lederer
  • Estonia Anton Semjonov
  • Finland Masi Puolakka
  • Finland Sakari Suominen
  • France Pierre Dehaen

  • Germany Andre Schrader
  • Netherlands Joep Leermakers
  • Norway Jon Killian
  • Russia Stanislav Raming
  • Slovakia Miroslav Valach
  • Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
  • Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
  • United States Paul Carnathan

Format

Of the 16 teams in the tournament Belarus qualified as host while Kazakhstan and Italy qualified through the 2013 IIHF World Championship Division I, the rest qualified after a top 14 placement at the 2013 IIHF World Championship.[n 1] The teams are divided into two groups of which the four best from each will advance to the quarter finals. Here they will meet cross-over as indicated in the section below.[10]

In the group round, points were awarded as follows:[10][n 2]

If two or more teams finished with an equal number of points in the same group, their standings were determined by the following tiebreaking formula:[10][n 3]

  1. Points in games between the tied teams
  2. Goal difference in games between the tied teams
  3. Goals scored in games between the tied teams
  4. Results against the closest best-ranking team outside the original group of tied teams
  5. Results against the next highest ranking team outside the original group of tied teams
  6. Tournament seedings

Final ranking: places 1–4 were determined by the medal games. Other places were determined by playoff positioning, group play positioning in the group, number of points, goal difference, goals scored, and tournament seeding. The two lowest ranking teams overall were relegated to Division I A.[10][n 4]

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 5 September 2013.[11]

     Team advances to the Playoff round
     Team relegated to Division I A

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Canada 7 5 1 1 0 28 13 +15 18
 Sweden 7 5 1 1 0 21 10 +11 18
 Czech Republic 7 2 2 2 1 20 18 +2 12
 France 7 2 2 1 2 25 20 +5 11
 Slovakia 7 3 0 1 3 20 21 1 10
 Norway 7 2 0 1 4 16 19 3 7
 Denmark 7 1 1 0 5 17 27 10 5
 Italy 7 1 0 0 6 6 25 19 3
9 May 2014
16:45
France 3–2 GWS
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 CanadaChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 6,780
9 May 2014
20:45
Slovakia 2–3 OT
(0–1, 2–0, 0–1)
(OT 0–1)
 Czech RepublicChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 6,920
10 May 2014
12:45
Italy 0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
 NorwayChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 4,200
10 May 2014
16:45
Sweden 3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 DenmarkChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 4,900
10 May 2014
20:45
Canada 4–1
(0–0, 1–1, 3–0)
 SlovakiaChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 6,200
11 May 2014
12:45
France 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
 ItalyChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 4,600
11 May 2014
16:45
Norway 4–3
(1–2, 2–0, 1–1)
 DenmarkChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 4,837
11 May 2014
20:45
Sweden 4–3 GWS
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 Czech RepublicChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 6,018
12 May 2014
16:45
Slovakia 3–5
(1–0, 2–1, 0–4)
 FranceChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 5,358
12 May 2014
20:45
Czech Republic 3–4
(1–1, 0–3, 2–0)
 CanadaChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 6,317
13 May 2014
16:45
Italy 1–4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)
 DenmarkChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 5,092
13 May 2014
20:45
Norway 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
 SwedenChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 6,389
14 May 2014
16:45
Czech Republic 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 ItalyChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 4,160
14 May 2014
20:45
Slovakia 5–2
(2–2, 1–0, 2–0)
 NorwayChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 5,881
15 May 2014
16:45
Canada 6–1
(1–1, 1–0, 4–0)
 DenmarkChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 7,085
15 May 2014
20:45
Sweden 2–1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1)
 FranceChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 7,045
16 May 2014
16:45
Canada 6–1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)
 ItalyChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 5,772
16 May 2014
20:45
Sweden 3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
 SlovakiaChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 7,563
17 May 2014
12:45
France 5–4 GWS
(0–1, 3–1, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 NorwayChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 6,103
17 May 2014
16:45
Denmark 4–3 GWS
(1–2, 0–0, 2–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 Czech RepublicChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 6,892
17 May 2014
20:45
Slovakia 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
 ItalyChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 5,929
18 May 2014
16:45
Canada 3–2 OT
(0–1, 2–1, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)
 SwedenChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 8,453
18 May 2014
20:45
Czech Republic 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 NorwayChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 7,902
19 May 2014
16:45
Denmark 2–6
(1–2, 1–0, 0–4)
 FranceChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 7,450
19 May 2014
20:45
Italy 1–5
(1–2, 0–2, 0–1)
 SwedenChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 7,878
20 May 2014
12:45
Norway 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
 CanadaChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 7,487
20 May 2014
16:45
Denmark 3–4
(0–1, 1–0, 2–3)
 SlovakiaChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 7,251
20 May 2014
20:45
Czech Republic 5–4 OT
(1–3, 3–0, 0–1)
(OT 1–0)
 FranceChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 8,214

Group B

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Russia 7 7 0 0 0 31 7 +24 21
 United States 7 4 1 0 2 27 23 +4 14
 Belarus 7 4 0 0 3 18 17 +1 12
 Finland 7 3 1 0 3 18 15 +3 11
  Switzerland 7 3 0 1 3 19 21 2 10
 Latvia 7 3 0 0 4 20 24 4 9
 Germany 7 1 1 0 5 13 23 10 5
 Kazakhstan 7 0 0 2 5 16 32 16 2
9 May 2014
16:45
Switzerland  0–5
(0–3, 0–1, 0–1)
 RussiaMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 13,300
9 May 2014
20:45
Belarus 1–6
(0–1, 1–3, 0–2)
 United StatesMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 13,600
10 May 2014
12:45
Kazakhstan 1–2 GWS
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 GermanyMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 12,880
10 May 2014
16:45
Finland 2–3
(1–1, 1–0, 0–2)
 LatviaMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 11,700
10 May 2014
20:45
United States 3–2
(0–0, 1–2, 2–0)
  SwitzerlandMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 11,000
11 May 2014
13:45
Germany 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)
 LatviaMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 11,200
11 May 2014
17:30
Belarus 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 KazakhstanMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 13,734
11 May 2014
21:00
Finland 2–4
(1–2, 1–2, 0–0)
 RussiaMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 13,934
12 May 2014
16:45
Switzerland  3–4
(2–1, 0–1, 1–2)
 BelarusMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 13,207
12 May 2014
20:45
Russia 6−1
(2−0, 4−1, 0−0)
 United StatesMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,124
13 May 2014
16:45
Germany 0–4
(0–2, 0–2, 0–0)
 FinlandMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 10,959
13 May 2014
20:45
Kazakhstan 4–5
(2–1, 2–3, 0–1)
 LatviaMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 10,870
14 May 2014
16:45
Switzerland  3–2
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0)
 GermanyMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 11,628
14 May 2014
20:45
Russia 7–2
(1–0, 3–0, 3–2)
 KazakhstanMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 12,299
15 May 2014
16:45
United States 5–6
(1–2, 2–1, 2–3)
 LatviaMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 11,814
15 May 2014
20:45
Finland 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 BelarusMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,447
16 May 2014
16:45
United States 4–3 OT
(1–1, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
 KazakhstanMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 10,779
16 May 2014
20:45
Finland 3–2 GWS
(1–0, 1–0, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
  SwitzerlandMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 12,630
17 May 2014
12:45
Latvia 1–4
(1–3, 0–1, 0–0)
 RussiaMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,427
17 May 2014
16:45
Belarus 5–2
(1–2, 1–0, 3–0)
 GermanyMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,478
17 May 2014
20:45
Switzerland  6–2
(2–0, 2–0, 2–2)
 KazakhstanMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 11,739
18 May 2014
16:45
United States 3–1
(1–0, 0–0, 2–1)
 FinlandMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 13,030
18 May 2014
20:45
Russia 3–0
(0–0, 0–0, 3–0)
 GermanyMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,021
19 May 2014
16:45
Kazakhstan 3–4
(2–2, 0–2, 1–0)
 FinlandMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 12,119
19 May 2014
20:45
Latvia 1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)
 BelarusMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,531
20 May 2014
12:45
Germany 4–5
(0–0, 3–3, 1–2)
 United StatesMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 11,845
20 May 2014
16:45
Latvia 2–3
(0–2, 1–1, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 12,868
20 May 2014
20:45
Russia 2–1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1)
 BelarusMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,679

Playoff round

  Quarterfinal                    
  A1   Canada 2  
  B4   Finland 3   Semifinal
      B4   Finland 3  
  Quarterfinal   A3   Czech Republic 0  
  B2   United States 3
  A3   Czech Republic 4         Final
              B4   Finland 2
  Quarterfinal             B1   Russia 5
  B1   Russia 3      
  A4   France 0   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      B1   Russia 3   A3   Czech Republic 0
  Quarterfinal   A2   Sweden 1     A2   Sweden 3
  A2   Sweden 3
  B3   Belarus 2  

Quarterfinals

22 May 2014
16:00
United States 3–4
(1–1, 0–3, 2–0)
 Czech RepublicChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 8,234
22 May 2014
17:00
Russia 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 FranceMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,011
22 May 2014
20:00
Canada 2–3
(0–1, 2–0, 0–2)
 FinlandChizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 8,671
22 May 2014
21:00
Sweden 3–2
(1–0, 1–2, 1–0)
 BelarusMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,598

Semifinals

24 May 2014
14:45
Russia 3–1
(2–1, 1–0, 0–0)
 SwedenMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,521
24 May 2014
18:45
Czech Republic 0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
 FinlandMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,378

Bronze medal game

25 May 2014
16:30
Sweden 3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 14,001

Gold medal game

25 May 2014
21:00
Russia 5–2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0)
 FinlandMinsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 15,112

Ranking and statistics

 
 2014 IIHF World Championship Winners 

Russia
27th title

Tournament Awards

Final ranking

The official IIHF final ranking of the tournament:

 Russia
 Finland
 Sweden
4  Czech Republic
5  Canada
6  United States
7  Belarus
8  France
9  Slovakia
10   Switzerland
11  Latvia
12  Norway
13  Denmark
14  Germany
15  Italy
16  Kazakhstan

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Russia Viktor Tikhonov 10 8 8 16 +10 10 F
Russia Danis Zaripov 10 3 10 13 +7 6 F
Russia Sergei Plotnikov 10 6 6 12 +7 12 F
Finland Jori Lehterä 10 3 9 12 +4 10 F
France Antoine Roussel 8 6 5 11 +6 16 F
Sweden Joakim Lindström 10 5 6 11 +4 4 F
Slovakia Michel Miklík 7 4 7 11 +5 0 F
Russia Alexander Ovechkin 9 4 7 11 +6 8 F
United States Seth Jones 8 2 9 11 +8 6 D
United States Johnny Gaudreau 8 2 8 10 +4 2 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top ten 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
Russia Sergei Bobrovsky 480:00 9 1.13 181 95.03 2
Norway Steffen Søberg 175:45 6 2.05 116 94.83 2
Belarus Kevin Lalande 240:37 5 1.25 80 93.75 0
Sweden Anders Nilsson 545:11 14 1.54 224 93.75 2
Canada Ben Scrivens 241:07 7 1.74 112 93.75 0
Finland Pekka Rinne 543:21 17 1.88 237 92.83 3
Canada James Reimer 245:00 9 2.20 101 91.09 0
Italy Daniel Bellissimo 398:02 23 3.47 238 90.34 0
France Cristobal Huet 369:01 16 2.60 163 90.18 0
Switzerland Reto Berra 362:45 16 2.65 163 90.18 0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

IIHF broadcasting rights

Country Broadcaster
 Austria ORF
 Belarus BTRC
 Brazil SporTV
 Bulgaria Nova Sport
 Canada TSN
RDS
 Croatia Arena Sport
 Czech Republic ČT
 Denmark TV3 Sport 1
 Finland MTV3
 France Sport+
 Germany SPORT1
 Hungary Sport 1
 Kazakhstan KazSport TV
 Latvia Viasat
 Norway TV2
 Poland TVP
 Russia C1R
VGTRK
 Slovakia RTVS
 Slovenia Šport TV
 Sweden TV4
TV12
  Switzerland SRG SSR
 Ukraine XSPORT
 United Kingdom Premier Sports
 United States NBC Sports Network

Notes

  1. Belarus was also in top 14 in the previous championship, which means that the number of participants adds up to 16 and not 17 as it may sound.
  2. In group play, overtime was played as 5 minutes of sudden death after a 3-minute intermission. If no goal was scored, the game would go to a shootout (Game Winning Shots). During a quarter-, semi- or bronze final, the sudden death period would be 10 minutes and during the final it would be 20 minutes; in the latter case, new ice would be laid first.[10]
    Game Winning Shots procedure was as follows: Three different players from each team would take alternate shots. If the game was still tied after this, one player from each team would take alternating shots until one scored and the other missed. Only the decisive goal counted in the result table for group play.[10]
  3. If not all mutual games had been played yet in an ongoing tournament, the tied teams were ranked in the standings according to the following criteria: lowest number of games, goal difference, goals scored and seeding.[10]
  4. The two lowest ranking teams were in practice the loser of each group, which followed from the tie-breaking rules.

References

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  2. Merk, Martin (2014-05-26). "Rinne MVP". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  3. Belarus lands 2014 Worlds
  4. Minsk2014 Campaign site
  5. US lawmakers: Move ice hockey tourney from Belarus
  6. "Nations in Transit 2013" (PDF). Freedom House. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  7. "Ice Hockey finals in Belarus still on schedule". EUobserver. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  8. RIA Novosti (16 January 2012). "Lukashenko allows visa-free entry to Belarus for 2014 IIHF Championship". RIA Novosti. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  9. "Referee Assignments". Iihf.com. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Information". IIHF. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  11. "Belarus opens vs. U.S.". iihfworlds2014.com. 2013-09-05.
  12. IIHF.com Source IIHF
  13. IIHF.com Source IIHF

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