2016 IIHF World Championship Group A

Group A 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]

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Czech Republic	7	5	1	1	0	27	12	+15	18[lower-alpha 1]	Playoff round
2	Russia (H)	7	6	0	0	1	32	10	+22	18[lower-alpha 1]
3	Sweden	7	3	2	0	2	23	18	+5	13
4	Denmark	7	2	2	1	2	17	22	−5	11
5	Norway	7	2	1	0	4	13	22	−9	8[lower-alpha 2]
6	Switzerland	7	1	1	3	2	20	26	−6	8[lower-alpha 2]
7	Latvia	7	1	0	3	3	13	22	−9	6
8	Kazakhstan (R)	7	0	1	0	6	15	28	−13	2	Relegation to Division I A[lower-alpha 3]

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. Czech Republic 3–0 Russia
2. Norway 4–3 Switzerland
3. 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]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Matches

Sweden vs Latvia

6 May 2016 16:15

Sweden

2–1 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) OT (1–0)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 4,420

Game reference
	Jacob Markström	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Alexander Otmakhov
	Ericsson (Backlund, Fransson) – 02:52 1–0 1–1 52:29 – Sotnieks (Rēdlihs, Džeriņš) (PP) Nyquist (Wennberg) – 64:06 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	21

Czech Republic vs Russia

6 May 2016 20:15

Czech Republic

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 9,696

Game reference
	Dominik Furch	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Henrik Pihlblad
	Kundrátek (Kovář, Kempný) – 14:48 1–0 Červenka (Jeřábek, Pastrňák) (PP) – 20:48 2–0 Birner (ENG) – 58:28 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	25

Switzerland vs Kazakhstan

7 May 2016 12:15

Switzerland

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

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,420

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referees: Roman Gofman Brett Iverson Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Vit Lederer
	Walser (Diaz, Andrighetto) – 14:56 1–0 1–1 30:57 – Savchenko (SH) 1–2 50:30 – Starchenko (Rymarev) (PP) Hollenstein (Ambühl, Du Bois) (PP) – 52:01 2–2
	Hollenstein Martschini Niederreiter Martschini	Shootout	Dawes Starchenko Rymarev Dawes
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	27

Norway vs Denmark

7 May 2016 16:15

Norway

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,668

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Sefcik
	0–1 21:06 – Nick. Jensen (Storm, Madsen) 0–2 34:12 – J. Jensen (Eller, D. Nielsen) 0–3 59:45 – Nick. Jensen (D. Nielsen) (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	28

Latvia vs Czech Republic

7 May 2016 20:15

Latvia

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

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 4,650

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 03:33 – Plekanec (Pastrňák, Červenka) 0–2 06:23 – Plekanec (Kašpar, Červenka) (PP) Bukarts (Džeriņš, Rēdlihs) – 35:26 1–2 Girgensons (Ābols, Daugaviņš) (PP) – 48:20 2–2 Rēdlihs (Džeriņš, Bukarts) – 57:41 3–2 3–3 59:01 – Řepík (Jeřábek, Kovář) (EA)
	Ābols Daugaviņš Bukarts	Shootout	Kašpar Kovář Koukal
	31 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	39

Kazakhstan vs Russia

8 May 2016 12:15

Kazakhstan

4–6 (3–3, 0–1, 1–2)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 10,122

Game reference
	Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Vit Lederer Peter Šefčík
	0–1 06:43 – Dadonov (Shipachyov, Belov) Boyd (Bochenski, Dawes) (PP) – 08:04 1–1 Starchenko (Khudyakov, Rymarev) – 09:02 2–1 2–2 09:21 – Lyubimov (Kalinin, Plotnikov) 2–3 11:11 – Mozyakin (Dadonov, Shipachyov) (PP2) Rymarev (Starchenko) (PP) – 19:46 3–3 3–4 38:02 – Belov (Datsyuk, Antipin) (PP) Semyonov (Boyd, Dawes) (PP) – 41:00 4–4 4–5 43:57 – Belov (Chudinov, Mozyakin) 4–6 48:38 – Lyubimov (Belov, Datsyuk) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	49

Norway vs Switzerland

8 May 2016 16:15

Norway

4–3 OT (1–1, 2–0, 0–2) OT (1–0)

Switzerland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 4,515

Game reference
	Lars Volden	Goalies	Robert Mayer	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 02:27 – Walser (Weber, Martschini) (PP) K. Olimb (M. Olimb, Zuccarello) (EA) – 14:07 1–1 Røymark (Forsberg) – 23:03 2–1 M. Olimb (K. Olimb, Olsen) (PP) – 38:03 3–1 3–2 43:24 – Moser (Diaz, Niederreiter) 3–3 59:50 – Du Bois (Diaz, Ambühl) (EA) Martinsen (M. Olimb, Trygg) (PP) – 63:23 4–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	39

Sweden vs Denmark

8 May 2016 20:15

Sweden

5–2 (0–1, 4–0, 1–1)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,385

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Roman Gofman Brett Iverson Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Pasi Nieminen
	0–1 15:05 – Ehlers (J. Jensen, Eller) (PP) Rosén (Fantenberg, Ritola) – 27:03 1–1 Backlund (Ericsson, Omark) (PP) – 28:30 2–1 Nygren (Omark, Sundström) (PP2) – 37:06 3–1 Backlund (Ericsson, Omark) (PP) – 39:00 4–1 Nyquist (PP) – 49:35 5–1 5–2 59:54 – J. Jensen (Bjorkstrand, Christensen)
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	42	Shots	25

Latvia vs Russia

9 May 2016 16:15

Latvia

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 10,440

Game reference
	Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Henrik Pihlblad
	0–1 20:29 – Panarin (Datsyuk) 0–2 27:34 – Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) 0–3 47:02 – Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) 0–4 57:30 – Panarin (Chudinov, Shipachyov) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	35 min
	27	Shots	37

Sweden vs Czech Republic

9 May 2016 20:15

Sweden

2–4 (2–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,780

Game reference
	Jacob Markström	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Alexander Otmakhov
	Rosén (Gustafsson, Wennberg) (PP) – 09:15 1–0 Lundberg (Sjögren) (SH) – 19:52 2–0 2–1 26:45 – Pastrňák (Červenka, Jeřábek) 2–2 33:38 – Kovář (Jeřábek, Birner) 2–3 37:59 – Birner (SH) 2–4 54:32 – Birner
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	33

Switzerland vs Denmark

10 May 2016 16:15

Switzerland

3–2 OT (0–2, 0–0, 2–0) OT (1–0)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,962

Game reference
	Reto Berra Robert Mayer	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Alexander Otmakhov
	0–1 07:08 – Storm (Nielsen, Nick. Jensen) (PP) 0–2 18:54 – Ehlers (Eller, Hansen) (PP) Weber (Moser, Niederreiter) – 49:42 1–2 Niederreiter (Moser, Diaz) – 57:58 2–2 Blum (Ambühl) – 64:08 3–2
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	28

Kazakhstan vs Norway

10 May 2016 20:15

Kazakhstan

2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,384

Game reference
	Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Timothy Mayer Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 03:24 – Johannessen (Forsberg) Dawes (Boyd, Semyonov) (PP) – 07:00 1–1 1–2 33:04 – K. Olimb (Olsen, Nørstebø) Bochenski (Savchenko, Dawes) (PP) – 35:47 2–2 2–3 38:17 – M. Olimb (K. Olimb, Holøs) 2–4 57:37 – Zuccarello (Haugen) (ENG)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	43

Switzerland vs Latvia

11 May 2016 16:15

Switzerland

5–4 (0–0, 3–3, 2–1)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,692

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Timothy Mayer Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Vit Lederer Pasi Nieminen
	Niederreiter (Andrighetto, Diaz) (PP) – 23:33 1–0 Niederreiter (Du Bois, Diaz) (PP) – 26:06 2–0 Hofmann (Andrighetto, Schäppi) – 28:30 3–0 3–1 33:24 – Rēdlihs (Sotnieks, Cibuļskis) (PP) 3–2 37:23 – Rēdlihs (Sotnieks, Cibuļskis) (PP) 3–3 38:36 – Ķēniņš Andrighetto (Geering) – 45:56 4–3 4–4 46:22 – A. Širokovs (Galviņš, Daugaviņš) Blum – 58:31 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	31	Shots	17

Sweden vs Kazakhstan

11 May 2016 20:15

Sweden

7–3 (3–1, 3–0, 1–2)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,729

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik Pavel Poluektov	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Peter Šefčík
	Backlund (Omark, Fantenberg) – 12:20 1–0 Klasen (Nyquist, Wennberg) – 15:11 2–0 Larsson (Norman) – 16:15 3–0 3–1 19:59 – Boyd (Dawes) (PP) Nyquist (Wennberg, Klasen) (PP) – 24:25 4–1 Nyquist (Omark, Ericsson) – 28:51 5–1 Wennberg (SH) – 30:42 6–1 6–2 46:49 – Markelov (Pushkaryov, Solaryov) 6–3 47:57 – Savchenko (Rymarev, Poluektov) Nyquist (Fransson, Wennberg) (SH) – 54:02 7–3
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	46	Shots	26

Czech Republic vs Norway

12 May 2016 16:15

Czech Republic

7–0 (3–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,124

Game reference
	Dominik Furch	Goalies	Lars Volden Lars Haugen	Referees: Tobias Björk Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	Červenka (Pastrňák, Kundrátek) – 05:11 1–0 Zohorna – 09:33 2–0 Kousal – 19:45 3–0 Kašpar (Kundrátek) – 22:10 4–0 Šimek (Birner) – 28:37 5–0 Řepík (Jeřábek, Kovář) – 34:53 6–0 Kašpar (Zohorna, Doudera) (PP) – 39:09 7–0
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	26

Russia vs Denmark

12 May 2016 20:15

Russia

10–1 (3–0, 4–1, 3–0)

Denmark

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,022

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Simon Nielsen	Referees: Martin Fraňo Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Vit Lederer Henrik Pihlblad
	Marchenko (Dadonov, Zaitsev) – 02:38 1–0 Chudinov (Shipachyov, Panarin) (PP) – 12:45 2–0 Zaitsev (Burmistrov) – 13:06 3–0 3–1 29:56 – Hansen (Ehlers, Eller) Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Lyubimov) (PP) – 30:43 4–1 Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Belov) – 33:42 5–1 Shirokov (Voinov) – 33:52 6–1 Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) – 37:37 7–1 Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin) (PP) – 41:50 8–1 Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) – 44:38 9–1 Panarin (Voinov, Shipachyov) (PP) – 55:31 10–1
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	41	Shots	17

Czech Republic vs Kazakhstan

13 May 2016 16:15

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,234

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referees: Péter Gebei Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Judson Ritter
	Plekanec (Pastrňák, Červenka) – 06:55 1–0 Plekanec (Pastrňák) – 42:51 2–0 2–1 55:30 – Dawes (Boyd, Tryasunov) Kousal (Jordán, Řepík) (ENG) – 58:51 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	20

Denmark vs Latvia

13 May 2016 20:15

Denmark

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

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,788

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Linus Ohlund Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Alexander Otmakhov
	Nick. Jensen (Madsen, Green) (PP) – 11:57 1–0 1–1 17:45 – Džeriņš (Bukarts, Cibuļskis) (PP) 1–2 21:57 – Daugaviņš (Bukarts, Džeriņš) (PP) Poulsen (Bødker, Christensen) – 28:28 2–2
	Eller Ehlers Nick. Jensen	Shootout	Džeriņš Indrašis Daugaviņš
	10 min	Penalties	33 min
	36	Shots	32

Norway vs Sweden

14 May 2016 12:15

Norway

2–3 (0–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,221

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Péter Gebei Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	0–1 20:56 – Nyquist 0–2 42:43 – Lundberg (Fransson, Sjögren) (SH) Olsen (M. Olimb, Johannessen) – 43:41 1–2 1–3 51:47 – Rosén (Gustafsson, Wennberg) (PP) Martinsen (Holøs, M. Olimb) (EA) – 58:02 2–3
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	35

Russia vs Switzerland

14 May 2016 16:15

Russia

5–1 (1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Switzerland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,222

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Peter Šefčík
	Telegin (Lyubimov) – 05:13 1–0 Kuznetsov (Ovechkin) – 28:40 2–0 Telegin (Lyubimov) – 48:50 3–0 Shirokov (Zaitsev) – 55:20 4–0 4–1 58:44 – Moser (Weber, Niederreiter) Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Sannikov) – 59:43 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	26 min
	38	Shots	35

Kazakhstan vs Latvia

14 May 2016 20:15

Kazakhstan

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Latvia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,305

Game reference
	Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Tobias Björk Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piche Vit Lederer
	Ivanov – 04:37 1–0 1–1 35:14 – Daugaviņš 1–2 54:49 – Bičevskis (Indrašis, Cibuļskis)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	38

Denmark vs Czech Republic

15 May 2016 16:15

Denmark

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

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,107

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Dominik Furch	Referees: Tobias Björk Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Henrik Pihlblad
	0–1 24:09 – Plekanec (Červenka) Madsen (Storm, Nick. Jensen) (PP) – 43:10 1–1
	Eller Ehlers Nick. Jensen	Shootout	Kašpar Řepík
	2 min	Penalties	19 min
	21	Shots	41

Switzerland vs Sweden

15 May 2016 20:15

Switzerland

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

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 8,214

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	Andrighetto (Schneeberger) – 18:21 1–0 1–1 31:12 – Sundström (Omark, Nygren) (PP) Hollenstein (Blum, Ambühl) (PP) – 44:58 2–1 2–2 50:02 – Nyquist (Larsson, Rosén) (PP)
	Hollenstein Andrighetto Niederreiter Niederreiter	Shootout	Burakovsky Klasen Omark Burakovsky
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	36

Russia vs Norway

16 May 2016 16:15

Russia

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,116

Game reference
	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Steffen Søberg	Referees: Tobias Björk Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Henrik Pihlblad
	Telegin (Orlov, Kalinin) – 22:09 1–0 Panarin (Shipachyov) – 37:52 2–0 Lyubimov (Emelin, Orlov) – 42:31 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	27

Denmark vs Kazakhstan

16 May 2016 20:15

Denmark

4–1 (3–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,097

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Pavel Poluektov Dmitri Malgin	Referees: Péter Gebei Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Vit Lederer Peter Šefčík
	Lauridsen (Eller, Hansen) (PP) – 08:56 1–0 Hansen (Storm) (PP) – 16:46 2–0 Nick. Jensen (Storm) (PP) – 17:50 3–0 3–1 23:57 – Dawes (Bochenski, Lipin) Ehlers (Lauridsen) (PP) – 29:53 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	19

Czech Republic vs Switzerland

17 May 2016 12:15

Czech Republic

5–4 (1–0, 1–1, 3–3)

Switzerland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,101

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Tobias Björk Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Peter Šefčík
	Birner (Kempný, Řepík) (PP) – 17:00 1–0 1–1 11:36 – Hollenstein (Andrighetto, Schäppi) Kašpar (PS) – 24:50 2–1 Zaťovič – 41:45 3–1 3–2 45:38 – Moser (Du Bois, Trachsler) (PP) Zohorna (Kousal, Kolář) – 49:59 4–2 Jordán (SH, ENG) – 54:15 5–2 5–3 55:42 – Schneeberger (Moser, Hofmann) 5–4 59:34 – Andrighetto (Hollenstein) (EA)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	23

Latvia vs Norway

17 May 2016 16:15

Latvia

1–3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Norway

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,037

Game reference
	Elvis Merzļikins Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Steffen Søberg	Referees: Péter Gebei Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Vit Lederer Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	Indrašis (Galviņš) (PP) – 11:42 1–0 1–1 16:12 – K. Olimb (Olsen) 1–2 20:40 – Holøs (Martinsen, Zuccarello) 1–3 20:56 – Johannessen
	6 min	Penalties	26 min
	24	Shots	26

Russia vs Sweden

17 May 2016 20:15

Russia

4–1 (2–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,181

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Nicolas Chartrand-Piché Fraser McIntyre
	Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) – 14:43 1–0 Panarin (Shipachyov, Marchenko) – 17:52 2–0 Datsyuk (Zaitsev) – 21:34 3–0 Lyubimov (Mozyakin, Datsyuk) – 29:40 4–0 4–1 41:08 – Ekholm (Larsson, Wennberg) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	37

References

1. "Russia to open vs. Czechs". iihfworlds2016.com. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
2. "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 September 2015.

External links

• Official website