2015 IIHF World Championship

On 21 May 2010, the Czech bid was successful and got 84 votes in the race for hosting the 2015 IIHF World Championship. The application beat out that from Kiev, Ukraine (22 votes).[7]

The two venues for the tournament were the O2 Arena (formerly Sazka Arena) in Prague and ČEZ Aréna in Ostrava, the same two venues that co-hosted the 2004 IIHF World Championship. Before Ostrava was announced, Plzeň, Brno, Pardubice, and even Bratislava, Slovakia, were considered.[8][9]

Countries participating in the 2015 IIHF Men's World Championship are marked in navy blue. The host country (Czech Republic) marked in red. Countries qualified through winning a promotion from Division I are marked in light-blue.

•  Austria^
•  Belarus*
•  Canada*
•  Czech Republic†
•  Denmark*
•  Finland*
•  France*
•  Germany*
•  Latvia*
•  Norway*
•  Russia*
•  Slovakia*
•  Slovenia^
•  Sweden*
•   Switzerland*
•  United States*

* = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2014 IIHF World Championship

^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I

^† = Qualified as host

Of the 16 teams in the tournament Czech Republic qualified as host while Austria and Slovenia qualified through the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I, the rest qualified after a top 14 placement at the 2014 IIHF World Championship. The teams were divided into two groups of which the four best from each advanced to the quarterfinals. Here they met cross-over as indicated in the section below.[12]

In the group round, points are awarded as follows:

• 3 points for a win in regulation time (W)
• 2 point for a team that drew in regulation time but won the following overtime (OTW) or game winning shots (GWS) [n 1]
• 1 point for a team that drew and lost the above-mentioned competition (OTL)
• 0 points for a team that lost in regulation time (L)

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:[12]

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 are determined by the medal games. Other places are 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 are relegated to Division I A.[12]

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2014 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2014 IIHF World Championship. Slovakia and Switzerland swapped their slots between their groups to optimize the seeding for the Czech organizers.[13]

Each team's roster consisted 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, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting.

The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament.[14][15]

The schedule was released on 21 August 2014.[16]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	7	0	0	0	49	14	+35	21	Advance to the playoff round
2	Sweden	7	4	2	0	1	34	19	+15	16
3	Czech Republic (H)	7	4	1	1	1	27	18	+9	15
4	Switzerland	7	2	0	4	1	12	18	−6	10
5	Germany	7	2	0	1	4	11	24	−13	7
6	France	7	1	1	0	5	13	20	−7	5[lower-alpha 1]
7	Latvia	7	0	2	1	4	11	25	−14	5[lower-alpha 1]
8	Austria	7	0	2	1	4	10	29	−19	5[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Division I A

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2015. Source: Standings
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.[17]
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. Head to head record; France 5p, Latvia 3p and Austria 1p. Austria relegated on head-to-head points.

1 May 2015 16:15

Canada

6–1 (3–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,013

Game reference
	Mike Smith	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis Ervīns Muštukovs	Referees: Pavel Hodek Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jon Killian Miroslav Lhotský
	MacKinnon (Spezza, Savard) – 09:57 1–0 Spezza (Hamhuis, MacKinnon) – 13:04 2–0 Duchene (Hall, Barrie) – 14:11 3–0 Toffoli (Hamhuis, Burns) – 22:20 4–0 Spezza (MacKinnon, Crosby) – 23:04 5–0 5–1 52:06 – Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Džeriņš) Crosby (PS) – 59:37 6–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	17

1 May 2015 20:15

Czech Republic

5–6 GWS (1–2, 0–1, 4–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Alexander Salák	Goalies	Jhonas Enroth	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Sakari Suominen
	0–1 03:23 – Lundqvist (Sjögren, Josefson) 0–2 07:30 – Kronwall (Ekholm, Lander) (PP) Jágr (Nakládal, Voráček) (PP) – 13:28 1–2 1–3 34:34 – Rask (Lindholm, Hjalmarsson) Hertl (Němec, Klepiš) (PP) – 42:52 2–3 2–4 44:08 – Lindström (Möller) Simon (Hejda) – 51:34 3–4 Červenka (Voráček, Čáslava) – 52:31 4–4 Zaťovič (Novotný, Simon) – 56:53 5–4 5–5 59:07 – Sjögren (Lindström, Klingberg) (PP, EA)
	Klepiš Voráček Sobotka	Shootout	Lindholm Josefson Ekman-Larsson
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	25

2 May 2015 12:15

Switzerland

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

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 13,953

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Šefčík
	Du Bois (Fiala, Almond) – 01:14 1–0 1–1 22:12 – T. Raffl (Pallestrang) Ambühl (Josi) (SH) – 25:54 2–1 2–2 43:33 – Lebler (Herburger) Bieber (Almond, Grossmann) – 51:01 3–2 3–3 59:10 – M. Raffl (T. Raffl, Schumnig) (EA)
	Suri Brunner Josi	Shootout	M. Raffl Komarek
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	25

2 May 2015 16:15

France

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,903

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Dennis Endras	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri André Schrader
	0–1 12:10 – Wolf (Rieder, Hager) Fleury (S. Da Costa) – 50:44 1–1 1–2 59:00 – Reimer (Hager) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	26

2 May 2015 20:15

Latvia

2–4 (1–0, 1–3, 0–1)

Czech Republic

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Alexander Salák Ondřej Pavelec	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Jon Killian Masi Puolakka
	Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Galviņš) (PP) – 13:13 1–0 1–1 22:01 – Jordán (Červenka, Novotný) Rēdlihs (Sprukts) (PP) – 23:18 2–1 2–2 24:25 – Kovář (Nakládal, Erat) (PP) 2–3 32:44 – Jágr (Erat, Kovář) (PP) 2–4 45:29 – Voráček (Kovář, Nakládal) (PP)
	35 min	Penalties	8 min
	10	Shots	35

3 May 2015 12:15

Austria

1–6 (0–3, 0–3, 1–0)

Sweden

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,051

Game reference
	Rene Swette Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Anders Nilsson	Referees: Roman Gofman Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
	0–1 13:38 – Forsberg 0–2 18:37 – Klefbom (Sjögren, Josefson) 0–3 19:18 – Lander (Eriksson, Forsberg) 0–4 28:22 – Forsberg (Eriksson, Ekman-Larsson) 0–5 29:13 – Lindholm 0–6 31:14 – Forsberg (Lander, Ekman-Larsson) Heinrich (Komarek, Latusa) – 53:17 1–6
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	17	Shots	41

3 May 2015 16:15

Canada

10–0 (4–0, 5–0, 1–0)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,046

Game reference
	Martin Jones	Goalies	Dennis Endras Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Peter Šefčík
	Crosby (O'Reilly) – 08:02 1–0 Hall (Eberle, Duchene) – 08:25 2–0 Eakin (O'Reilly) – 16:58 3–0 Eakin (Toffoli) – 19:49 4–0 Hall (Duchene, Eberle) – 22:10 5–0 Ekblad (Giroux, Wiercioch) – 24:29 6–0 Giroux (Ennis, Savard) – 27:34 7–0 Ennis (Giroux, Hamhuis) – 35:16 8–0 Hall (Duchene, Muzzin) – 39:37 9–0 Duchene (PS) – 42:03 10–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	17

3 May 2015 20:15

France

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 8,780

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Pavel Hodek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Masi Puolakka
	0–1 15:36 – Hollenstein (Brunner, Josi) (PP) 0–2 21:24 – Josi (Fiala, Blum) Raux – 48:31 1–2 1–3 59:06 – Suri (Brunner) (ENG)
	63 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	35

4 May 2015 16:15

Latvia

1–8 (0–1, 1–3, 0–4)

Sweden

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,315

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Jhonas Enroth	Referees: Pavel Hodek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jon Killian
	0–1 17:37 – Eriksson (PP) 0–2 30:05 – Eriksson (Ekholm, Kronwall) (PP) Dārziņš (Daugaviņš, Galviņš) (PP) – 32:53 1–2 1–3 33:03 – Forsberg (PS) 1–4 39:46 – Eriksson (Ahnelöv) 1–5 44:43 – Möller (Ekman-Larsson, Klingberg) (PP) 1–6 49:32 – Josefson (Lundqvist) 1–7 57:04 – Lundqvist (Hjalmarsson, Ekman-Larsson) 1–8 59:51 – Rask (Ericsson, Lindholm)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	36

4 May 2015 20:15

Canada

6–3 (2–1, 1–1, 3–1)

Czech Republic

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Mike Smith	Goalies	Ondřej Pavelec	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Sakari Suominen
	Eberle (Ekblad, Duchene) – 04:18 1–0 Hall (Muzzin, Eberle) – 19:02 2–0 2–1 19:22 – Erat (Kovář, Jágr) 2–2 35:45 – Zaťovič (Simon, Kolář) Couturier (Toffoli) – 37:40 3–2 Seguin (Hall, Barrie) (PP) – 42:02 4–2 Crosby (Giroux) (PP) – 50:07 5–2 5–3 57:36 – Sobotka (Voráček) Toffoli (O'Reilly, MacKinnon) (ENG) – 58:31 6–3
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	25

5 May 2015 16:15

Switzerland

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 10,253

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Mikael Nord Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Peter Šefčík
	Hollenstein (Brunner, Romy) – 52:16 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	18

5 May 2015 20:15

Austria

0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

France

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 5,857

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 46:13 – Fleury (S. Da Costa, Auvitu) (PP) 0–2 59:02 – Meunier (Y. Treille, Hecquefeuille) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	17

6 May 2015 16:15

Switzerland

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 10,856

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Jon Killian
	0–1 24:19 – Džeriņš (Dārziņš, Rēdlihs) Bieber – 58:09 1–1 1–2 62:19 – Daugaviņš (Dārziņš)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	21

6 May 2015 20:15

Sweden

4–6 (3–0, 1–3, 0–3)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,695

Game reference
	Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Mike Smith	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Miroslav Lhotský
	Lander (Eriksson, Granberg) – 05:06 1–0 Rask (Klefbom, Lindholm) – 17:21 2–0 Forsberg (Eriksson, Klingberg) – 17:49 3–0 3–1 26:43 – Ekblad (Burns, O'Reilly) 3–2 31:27 – Hall (PS) 3–3 34:23 – Couturier (Ekblad) Möller (Sjögren, Ekman-Larsson) – 35:19 4–3 4–4 50:24 – Wiercioch (Eberle, Crosby) 4–5 53:31 – Ennis (Hall, Spezza) (PP) 4–6 58:10 – Seguin (O'Reilly) (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	39

7 May 2015 16:15

Czech Republic

5–1 (0–0, 2–1, 3–0)

France

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,110

Game reference
	Ondřej Pavelec	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Mikael Nord Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Sakari Suominen
	Němec (Novotný) – 21:10 1–0 Sobotka (Krejčík) – 26:58 2–0 2–1 28:41 – Hecquefeuille (Lampérier, Guttig) Jágr (Kovář, Simon) – 44:25 3–1 Němec (Hertl, Voráček) – 48:28 4–1 Červenka (Němec, Krejčík) (PP) – 54:49 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	20

7 May 2015 20:15

Sweden

4–3 (2–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,137

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Pavel Hodek Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Peter Šefčík
	Möller (Lindström, Sjögren) – 11:19 1–0 Lindström (Möller]) – 12:44 2–0 2–1 15:48 – Kink (Rieder, Daschner) (PP) 2–2 29:30 – Krämmer Klingberg (Kronwall, Möller) – 42:56 3–2 Möller (Ekman-Larsson, Lindström) – 48:40 4–2 4–3 54:39 – Plachta (Hospelt, Seidenberg)
	6 min	Penalties	29 min
	35	Shots	27

8 May 2015 16:15

Czech Republic

4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Ondřej Pavelec	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum Rene Swette	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Fraser McIntyre
	Němec (Simon) – 31:09 1–0 Zaťovič (Hejda, Němec) – 38:04 2–0 Sobotka (Červenka, Krejčík) – 39:08 3–0 Voráček (Jordán, Hertl) – 40:07 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	12

8 May 2015 20:15

Germany

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,494

Game reference
	Dennis Endras	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Jon Killian
	0–1 11:05 – Dārziņš (Daugaviņš) (PP) Wolf (Reimer, Krueger) (PP) – 46:46 1–1 Plachta – 57:35 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	27 min
	24	Shots	16

9 May 2015 12:15

France

3–4 (1–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,300

Game reference
	Ronan Quemener	Goalies	Martin Jones	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Šefčík
	0–1 11:26 – Seguin (Spezza, Barrie) (PP) 0–2 12:32 – Eberle (MacKinnon, Duchene) Desrosiers (Meunier, Auvitu) – 16:31 1–2 1–3 37:02 – Seguin (Spezza) (PP) Y. Treille (Meunier) (PP) – 46:21 2–3 Fleury – 46:56 3–3 3–4 49:18 – Eberle (Burns, Crosby)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	43

9 May 2015 16:15

Austria

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT 0–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 12,735

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský
	Lebler (M. Raffl) – 16:07 1–0 1–1 32:15 – Dārziņš (Daugaviņš) 1–2 60:33 – Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Galviņš)
	2 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	18

9 May 2015 20:15

Sweden

2–1 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT 1–0)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,201

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Jon Killian
	Lindholm (Rask, Ericsson) – 07:17 1–0 1–1 40:34 – Bodenmann (Blum, Ambühl) Forsberg (Eriksson, Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 63:49 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	16

10 May 2015 16:15

Germany

2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Czech Republic

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Timo Pielmeier	Goalies	Ondřej Pavelec	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Fraser McIntyre
	Pietta (Müller, Krueger) – 07:13 1–0 1–1 13:39 – Vondrka Wolf (Rieder) – 23:50 2–1 2–2 25:58 – Koukal (Kolář, Simon) 2–3 27:36 – Voráček (Jágr, Nakládal) (PP) 2–4 55:58 – Jágr (Červenka)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	38

10 May 2015 20:15

Switzerland

2–7 (1–2, 0–3, 1–2)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,003

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Mike Smith	Referees: Timothy Mayer Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 00:53 – Seguin (Muzzin, Giroux) Trachsler (Schäppi, Streit) – 06:21 1–1 1–2 19:42 – MacKinnon (Spezza, Wiercioch) 1–3 27:59 – Ekblad (Couturier, Eakin) 1–4 39:00 – Eberle (Crosby, Burns) (PP) 1–5 39:59 – Eakin (Couturier, Ekblad) Brunner – 42:17 2–5 2–6 52:27 – Couturier (Toffoli, Hamhuis) 2–7 57:08 – Giroux (Burns, O'Reilly) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	46

11 May 2015 16:15

Germany

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

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 11,302

Game reference
	Dennis Endras	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Šefčík
	0–1 34:33 – T. Raffl (M. Raffl, Heinrich) Wolf (Pietta, Müller) – 44:14 1–1 1–2 54:22 – Rotter (Muhlstein) Reimer (Kohl, Krämmer) – 57:59 2–2
	Hospelt Rieder Reimer	Shootout	Heinrich Komarek Lebler
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	34

11 May 2015 20:15

Sweden

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

France

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 12,490

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Cristobal Huet Florian Hardy	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Jon Killian
	Josefson (Klefbom, Ekman-Larsson) – 11:00 1–0 1–1 20:34 – Fleury (Roussel, T. Da Costa) 1–2 22:52 – Fleury (Roussel, Auvitu) Forsberg (Lindholm) (PP) – 34:52 2–2 Forsberg (Ekman-Larsson) – 40:52 3–2 Ekman-Larsson (Eriksson, Klefbom) – 43:27 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	41	Shots	17

12 May 2015 12:15

Canada

10–1 (4–0, 2–0, 4–1)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,031

Game reference
	Mike Smith	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum Rene Swette	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Roman Gofman Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Peter Šefčík
	Barrie (O'Reilly, Giroux) – 06:04 1–0 Duchene (Spezza, Muzzin) – 09:09 2–0 Hall (Burns) – 11:17 3–0 Ekblad (Eberle) – 14:10 4–0 Spezza (Duchene, Wiercioch) – 21:58 5–0 Eberle (Burns) – 35:52 6–0 6–1 42:44 – Heinrich (Rotter) MacKinnon (Muzzin]) – 42:53 7–1 Spezza – 43:05 8–1 Schenn (Duchene) – 46:09 9–1 Duchene (MacKinnon,Spezza) – 54:43 10–1
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	46	Shots	15

12 May 2015 16:15

Latvia

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

France

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,167

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Timothy Mayer Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Miroslav Lhotský
	Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Galviņš) – 11:25 1–0 Galviņš (Dārziņš, Daugaviņš) (PP) – 22:48 2–0 2–1 48:21 – S. Da Costa (Fleury) 2–2 55:20 – S. Treille (Hecquefeuille, Huet)
	Dārziņš Daugaviņš	Shootout	Fleury Desrosiers S. Da Costa
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	35

12 May 2015 20:15

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,383

Game reference
	Ondřej Pavelec	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 16:56 – Fiala (Brunner, Streit) (PP2) Zaťovič (Kovář, Kolář) – 50:44 1–1
	Voráček Kovář Vondrka	Shootout	Fiala Ambühl Loeffel
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	27

Group B

Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	United States	7	5	1	0	1	22	14	+8	17	Advance to the playoff round
2	Finland	7	4	2	0	1	22	9	+13	16
3	Russia	7	4	1	1	1	30	16	+14	15
4	Belarus	7	4	0	2	1	20	19	+1	14
5	Slovakia	7	1	2	2	2	17	19	−2	9
6	Norway	7	2	0	0	5	12	23	−11	6
7	Denmark	7	1	0	1	5	10	20	−10	4
8	Slovenia	7	1	0	0	6	9	22	−13	3	Relegation to Division I A

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2015. Source: Standings
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.[17]

1 May 2015 16:15

United States

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Finland

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Pekka Rinne	Referees: Tobias Bjork Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Vit Lederer Rudolf Tošenovjan
	Moses (Krug, Nelson) – 19:37 1–0 1–1 25:40 – Jokipakka (Pesonen, Kemppainen) Hendricks (Sexton) – 31:57 2–1 Sexton (Krug, Hendricks) – 34:74 3–1 Bonino (Moses, Nelson) – 46:19 4–1 Hendricks (Larkin) (ENG) – 57:22 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	30

1 May 2015 20:15

Russia

6–2 (4–0, 2–2, 0–0)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,314

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Lars Volden	Referees: Timothy Mayer Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Bevan Mills
	Shipachyov (Kovalchuk, Dadonov) (PP) – 02:51 1–0 Anisimov (Kovalchuk) – 03:10 2–0 Zaripov (Mozyakin, Tikhonov) – 15:14 3–0 Tikhonov (Medvedev, Zaripov) – 16:53 4–0 4–1 20:25 – Thoresen (M. Olimb, Holøs) 4–2 26:50 – Thoresen (M. Olimb, Ask) Chudinov (Mozyakin, Zaripov) – 29:08 5–2 Panarin (Shipachyov, Biryukov) – 34:10 6–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	19

2 May 2015 12:15

Slovakia

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

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Ján Laco	Goalies	Patrick Galbraith	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri André Schrader
	0–1 25:05 – Bjorkstrand (J. Jensen, J. B. Jensen) (PP) Sersen (Hudáček, Pánik) (PP) – 48:08 1–1 Viedenský (Dravecký, Lušňák) – 49:26 2–1 2–2 49:57 – Hardt (Madsen) Graňák (Dravecký, Laco) (PP) – 51:11 3–2 3–3 57:46 – Nielsen
	Gáborík Viedenský Dravecký Gáborík Viedenský Daňo	Shootout	Hardt Madsen Spelling J. Jensen Hardt Green
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	19

2 May 2015 16:15

Belarus

4–2 (2–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 5,995

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Anton Semjonov Vit Lederer
	Stas (Korobov, Gavrus) – 10:08 1–0 1–1 10:42 – Jeglič (Tičar) A. Kostitsyn (Stas, Gavrus) – 12:16 2–1 Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn) – 23:51 3–1 3–2 51:47 – Pance (Razingar, Kopitar) Kitarov (ENG) – 59:41 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	23

2 May 2015 20:15

Norway

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,301

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Bevan Mills Rudolf Tošenovjan
	Ask (Tollefsen, M. Olimb) – 06:39 1–0 1–1 12:14 – Lewis (Vesey) 1–2 25:58 – Nelson (Krug, Lewis)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	23	Shots	35

3 May 2015 12:15

Russia

5–3 (3–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,557

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin	Goalies	Luka Gračnar	Referees: Tobias Bjork Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Vit Lederer
	Kovalchuk (Dadonov, Barulin) – 04:03 1–0 Kulemin (Antipin) – 04:39 2–0 Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) (PP) – 18:56 3–0 3–1 23:14 – Kopitar (Pretnar, Kranjc) Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) – 29:27 4–1 4–2 34:30 – Pance Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) – 45:45 5–2 5–3 54:46 – Sabolič (Tičar, Jeglič)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	25

3 May 2015 16:15

Belarus

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT 0–1)

Slovakia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande	Goalies	Ján Laco	Referees: Timothy Mayer Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Paul Carnathan Jimmy Dahmen
	S. Kostitsyn (Kalyuzhny, A. Kostitsyn) – 51:27 1–0 1–1 52:31 – Meszároš (Hudáček, Dravecký) 1–2 61:55 – Meszároš (Jurčo, Tatar)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	34

3 May 2015 20:15

Denmark

0–3 (0–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Finland

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,353

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Pekka Rinne	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: André Schrader Anton Semjonov
	0–1 27:47 – Jokinen (Salmela, Donskoi) 0–2 28:58 – Pesonen (Louhivaara, Kemppainen) 0–3 35:56 – Barkov (Lindell, Jokinen)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	16	Shots	41

4 May 2015 16:15

Russia

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

United States

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Jack Campbell	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Bevan Mills
	0–1 06:22 – Lewis (Jones, Eichel) Belov (Panarin, Dadonov) – 23:40 1–1 1–2 26:22 – Krug (Jones, Faulk) (PP2) 1–3 51:52 – Arcobello (Vesey) Plotnikov (Kulikov, Anisimov) – 56:19 2–3 2–4 59:51 – Nelson (Lee) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	20

4 May 2015 20:15

Norway

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,634

Game reference
	Lars Volden	Goalies	Pekka Rinne	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Vit Lederer
	0–1 05:05 – Lindell (Jokinen, Barkov) (PP) 0–2 28:39 – Kemppainen (Lindell, Aaltonen) (PP2) 0–3 30:21 – Kemppainen (Lindell, Aaltonen) (PP2) 0–4 51:15 – Jokipakka (Komarov, Kemppainen) 0–5 52:11 – Jokinen (Salmela, Barkov)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	30

5 May 2015 16:15

Denmark

1–5 (1–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,796

Game reference
	Patrick Galbraith	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Daniel Stricker Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri André Schrader
	Jakobsen (Madsen, Hardt) – 13:38 1–0 1–1 20:44 – Gavrus (A. Kostitsyn, Kalyuzhny) 1–2 27:27 – Kovyrshin (Kulakov, Stepanov) 1–3 29:35 – Shinkevich (Kalyuzhny, A. Kostitsyn) 1–4 45:36 – Kovyrshin (Kulakov, Shinkevich) 1–5 54:44 – Usenko (Kitarov, Demkov)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	35

5 May 2015 20:15

Slovakia

3–1 (0–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Ján Laco	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Roman Gofman Linesmen: Anton Semjonov Paul Carnathan
	0–1 06:20 – Urbas (Kranjc, Kovačevič) (PP) Meszároš (Surový) (PP) – 47:57 1–1 Gáborík (Hudáček, Surový) – 54:16 2–1 Gáborík (ENG) – 59:59 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	23

6 May 2015 16:15

Russia

5–2 (2–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,682

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Bevan Mills Anton Semjonov
	Panarin (Dadonov, Shipachyov) (PP) – 10:53 1–0 Mozyakin (Malkin) – 13:17 2–0 2–1 29:35 – Green (Spelling, O. Lauridsen) Dadonov (Medvedev, Chudinov) (PP) – 38:45 3–1 3–2 49:36 – Spelling (PP) Mozyakin (Kulemin, Malkin) – 57:03 4–2 Tarasenko (Antipin, Plotnikov) – 57:51 5–2
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	20

6 May 2015 20:15

Slovakia

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Ján Laco	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Daniel Stricker Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Rudolf Tošenovjan
	Surový (Gáborík, Hudáček) (PP) – 18:03 1–0 Ďaloga (Mikuš, Tatar) – 21:29 2–0 2–1 25:40 – Nørstebø (Holøs, M. Olimb) (PP) 2–2 35:30 – Rosseli Olsen (Ask, Martinsen) 2–3 41:56 – Nørstebø (Thoresen, Holøs) (PP)
	45 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	23

7 May 2015 16:15

United States

2–5 (0–0, 1–3, 1–2)

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,648

Game reference
	Jack Campbell	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Roman Gofman Linesmen: Vit Lederer André Schrader
	0–1 31:11 – Gavrus (Lisovets, Shinkevich) 0–2 33:01 – Volkov (S. Kostitsyn) 0–3 36:06 – Kitarov (S. Kostitsyn) Nelson (Eichel) – 37:21 1–3 1–4 41:15 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, Usenko) (PP2) Krug (Eichel, Lewis) (PP) – 45:35 2–4 2–5 48:23 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, Lisovets)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	23

7 May 2015 20:15

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,450

Game reference
	Pekka Rinne	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Paul Carnathan
	Komarov (Pesonen, Kemppainen) – 05:53 1–0 Kontiola – 06:34 2–0 Barkov (Donskoi, Jokinen) – 21:19 3–0 Kemppainen (Ruutu, Aaltonen) (PP) – 35:57 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	13

8 May 2015 16:15

Slovenia

1–3 (0–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Daniel Stricker Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Anton Semjonov
	0–1 Thoresen (M. Olimb, Holøs) (PP) – 08:23 Muršak (Kopitar, Kranjc) – 20:15 1–1 1–2 Bastiansen(K. Olimb, Sørvik) (PP) – 23:46 1–3 Holøs (M. Olimb, Thoresen) (PP) – 38:49
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	24

8 May 2015 20:15

United States

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Pavel Hodek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Bevan Mills
	Nelson – 27:54 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	21

9 May 2015 12:15

Belarus

0–7 (0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Russia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,363

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande Igor Brikun	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky Anton Khudobin	Referees: Daniel Stricker Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Nicolas Fluri
	0–1 09:53 – Kovalchuk (Kulemin, Anisimov) 0–2 21:33 – Tarasenko (Anisimov, Medvedev) 0–3 29:24 – Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) 0–4 32:22 – Panarin (Shipachyov, Mironov) 0–5 42:51 – Shirokov (PS) 0–6 44:49 – Dadonov (Malkin, Kovalchuk) (PP) 0–7 51:04 – Malkin (Tarasenko, Mozyakin) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	32

9 May 2015 16:15

Finland

3–0 (0–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Ján Laco	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Bevan Mills Paul Carnathan
	Donskoi (Lindell, Jokinen) – 50:28 1–0 Aaltonen (Pesonen, Kemppainen) – 55:33 2–0 Komarov (ENG) – 59:53 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22

9 May 2015 20:15

Denmark

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,316

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Bevan Mills Paul Carnathan
	N. Jensen (A. Poulsen) – 01:51 1–0 1–1 03:18 – K. Olimb (Olsen, Bonsaksen) Nielsen (Jakobsen, Madsen) (PP) – 19:36 2–1 Storm (J. Jensen, Nielsen) (PP) – 33:01 3–1 Jakobsen (Hardt, Madsen) – 51:36 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	25

10 May 2015 16:15

Slovenia

1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

United States

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,202

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Roman Gofman Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Anton Semjonov
	0–1 04:17 – Nelson (Reilly, Lewis) 0–2 16:32 – Nelson (Lewis, Faulk) (PP) Mušič (Ograjenšek, Pretnar) – 26:54 1–2 1–3 41:09 – Eichel (Nelson, Lewis)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	17

10 May 2015 20:15

Slovakia

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT 0–1)

Russia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Pavel Hodek Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Vit Lederer
	Kopecký (Pánik, Dravecký) – 05:58 1–0 1–1 27:07 – Mozyakin (Chudinov, Kulemin) (PP) 1–2 41:10 – Tarasenko (Antipin) Gáborík (L. Hudáček) – 47:05 2–2 2–3 62:06 – Panarin
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	22	Shots	32

11 May 2015 16:15

Finland

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

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Pekka Rinne	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Daniel Stricker Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Anton Semjonov
	0–1 45:09 – Kovyrshin (Stepanov, Kulakov) Donskoi (Lindell, Jokinen) (PP) – 51:57 1–1 Hartikainen (Jaakola, Kemppainen) – 52:51 2–1 2–2 59:29 – Kalyuzhny (S. Kostitsyn) (EA)
	Immonen Donskoi Jokinen	Shootout	S. Kostitsyn Stepanov
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	25

11 May 2015 20:15

Slovenia

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,768

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Paul Carnathan André Schrader
	Pance (Kovačevič, Kopitar) – 10:00 1–0
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	24

12 May 2015 12:15

Norway

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Pavel Hodek Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Bevan Mills Paul Carnathan
	0–1 07:29 – Kalyuzhny (S. Kostitsyn, A. Kostitsyn) (PP) 0–2 29:01 – Korobov (S. Kostitsyn, Kalyuzhny) (PP) 0–3 32:03 – A. Kostitsyn (Kalyuzhny, Stepanov) (PP) Thoresen (M. Olimb, Holøs) – 32:20 1–3 Nørstebø (M. Olimb, Thoresen) – 45:13 2–3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	17

12 May 2015 16:15

United States

5–4 OT (2–0, 2–4, 0–0) (OT 1–0)

Slovakia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Ján Laco Július Hudáček	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Nicolas Fluri
	Smith (Moore, Arcobello) – 02:36 1–0 Jones (Eichel, Lewis) (PP) – 04:11 2–0 Lee (Faulk, Bonino) – 20:27 3–0 3–1 26:29 – Gáborík (Dravecký, Meszároš) (PP) 3–2 30:36 – Jánošík (Gáborík, Sersen) 3–3 36:27 – Dravecký (Ďaloga, Kopecký) 3–4 38:22 – Bartovič (Graňák) Coyle (Redmond, Lee) – 39:08 4–4 Eichel – 64:32 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	25

12 May 2015 20:15

Finland

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

Russia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Pekka Rinne	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Vit Lederer André Schrader
	0–1 18:04 – Mozyakin (Malkin, Kulemin) Barkov (Pesonen, Jokinen) (PP) – 24:54 1–1 1–2 54:54 – Panarin (Dadonov, Chudinov) Donskoi (Barkov, Jokinen) – 57:41 2–2
	Immonen Donskoi Jokinen Barkov Donskoi	Shootout	Panarin Mozyakin Tarasenko Kovalchuk Panarin
	25 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	35