2017 IIHF World Championship Group A

Group A was one of two groups of the 2017 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2018.[1]

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  United States 7 6 0 0 1 31 14 +17 18 Playoff round
2  Russia 7 5 1 0 1 35 10 +25 17
3  Sweden 7 5 0 1 1 29 13 +16 16
4  Germany (H) 7 2 2 1 2 20 23 −3 11
5  Latvia 7 3 0 1 3 14 18 −4 10
6  Denmark 7 1 2 0 4 13 22 −9 7
7  Slovakia 7 0 1 2 4 12 28 −16 4
8  Italy (R) 7 0 0 1 6 6 32 −26 1 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.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2018 hosts (Denmark) cannot be relegated by rule.[2]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Matches

Sweden vs Russia
5 May 2017
16:15		Sweden 1–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 RussiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,357

United States vs Germany
5 May 2017
20:15		United States 1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)		 GermanyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,688

Latvia vs Denmark
6 May 2017
12:15		Latvia 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 DenmarkLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 13,453

Slovakia vs Italy
6 May 2017
16:15		Slovakia 3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT 1–0)		 ItalyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 12,229

Germany vs Sweden
6 May 2017
20:15		Germany 2–7
(1–1, 1–3, 0–3)		 SwedenLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,673

Italy vs Russia
7 May 2017
12:15		Italy 1–10
(0–2, 1–3, 0–5)		 RussiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,893

United States vs Denmark
7 May 2017
16:15		United States 7–2
(3–1, 3–1, 1–0)		 DenmarkLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,764

Latvia vs Slovakia
7 May 2017
20:15		Latvia 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 SlovakiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,149

Germany vs Russia
8 May 2017
16:15		Germany 3–6
(0–3, 0–2, 3–1)		 RussiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,734

United States vs Sweden
8 May 2017
20:15		United States 4–3
(2–3, 1–0, 1–0)		 SwedenLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,398

Italy vs Latvia
9 May 2017
16:15		Italy 1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 LatviaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 6,332

Slovakia vs Denmark
9 May 2017
20:15		Slovakia 3–4 GWS
(0–1, 0–2, 3–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 DenmarkLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 4,454

United States vs Italy
10 May 2017
16:15		United States 3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 ItalyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 7,168

Slovakia vs Germany
10 May 2017
20:15		Slovakia 2–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 GermanyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 17,647

Russia vs Denmark
11 May 2017
16:15		Russia 3–0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 DenmarkLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 6,932

Sweden vs Latvia
11 May 2017
20:15		Sweden 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 LatviaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,276

Sweden vs Italy
12 May 2017
16:15		Sweden 8–1
(2–0, 1–1, 5–0)		 ItalyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,878

Denmark vs Germany
12 May 2017
20:15		Denmark 3–2 OT
(2–2, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)		 GermanyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,629

Latvia vs United States
13 May 2017
12:15		Latvia 3–5
(1–0, 2–3, 0–2)		 United StatesLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 17,936

Russia vs Slovakia
13 May 2017
16:15		Russia 6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 SlovakiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,591

Italy vs Germany
13 May 2017
20:15		Italy 1–4
(1–2, 0–2, 0–0)		 GermanyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,712

Slovakia vs United States
14 May 2017
16:15		Slovakia 1–6
(0–1, 1–3, 0–2)		 United StatesLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 13,267

Denmark vs Sweden
14 May 2017
20:15		Denmark 2–4
(0–1, 0–2, 2–1)		 SwedenLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,314

Denmark vs Italy
15 May 2017
16:15		Denmark 2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 ItalyLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 5,653

Russia vs Latvia
15 May 2017
20:15		Russia 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 LatviaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 16,439

Sweden vs Slovakia
16 May 2017
12:15		Sweden 4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 SlovakiaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,259

Russia vs United States
16 May 2017
16:15		Russia 3–5
(1–0, 2–3, 0–2)		 United StatesLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,756

Germany vs Latvia
16 May 2017
20:15		Germany 4–3 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 LatviaLanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,797

References
  1. "All systems go for 2017". iihfworlds2017.com. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 September 2015.
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