2023 IIHF World Championship
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Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Finland Latvia |
Dates | 12–28 May |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (28th title) |
Runner-up | Germany |
Third place | Latvia |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 64 |
Goals scored | 354 (5.53 per match) |
Attendance | 442,160 (6,909 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | Template:Ihicon Rocco Grimaldi (14 points) |
MVP | Template:Ihicon Artūrs Šilovs |
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The 2023 IIHF World Championship was co-hosted by Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. The tournament was held from 12 to 28 May 2023, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
Canada won its 28th title by beating Germany 5–2 in the final.[1] The silver was Germany's first medal since 1953. Latvia claimed its first IIHF medal after defeating the USA 4–3 in overtime and finishing third.[2]
As in the 2022 edition, the tournament saw several upsets: Kazakhstan's win over Norway, Hungary's win over France, Latvia's first victory over Czechia, Norway’s second win over Canada, as well as Kazakhstan's first victory over Slovakia.[3][4] The playoffs also saw major upsets, as Latvia reached the semi-finals for the first time after defeating favourite Sweden 3–1 in the quarter-finals,[5] Germany upset Switzerland 3–1 and the reigning Olympic and World Champion Finland lost to Canada 4–1. Czechia finished in 8th place after losing to the United States (USA) 3–0 in the quarter-finals, which is that nation's worst placement to date in the history of the World Championship. Germany reached the final for the first time since 1930 after upsetting the fourth-seeded USA 4–3 in overtime.
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Host nation bid
The event was originally planned to be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but, in February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called for Russia and Belarus to be stripped of hosting rights to all international sporting events due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] On 26 April 2022, Russia lost their rights to host the World Championship.[7]
After being promoted to the top division, Slovenia and Hungary bid to co-host the event in Ljubljana and Budapest.[8] The bid was withdrawn due to Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation informing the IIHF that it did not receive the governmental guarantees to host. Finland and Latvia submitted a joint bid, with Nokia Arena in Tampere and Arena Riga in Riga as potential host venues.[9] On 27 May 2022, the IIHF confirmed that Finland and Latvia would host the tournament, with Finland having also hosted the 2022 IIHF World Championship in Tampere (Nokia Arena) and Helsinki (Helsinki Ice Hall).[10]
Venues
Finland | Latvia | |
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Nokia Arena Capacity: 13,455 |
Arena Riga Capacity: 10,300 |
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Participants
- Qualified as hosts
- Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2022 IIHF World Championship
- Austria
- Canada
- Czechia
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Kazakhstan
- Norway
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United States
- Qualified through winning promotion at the 2022 IIHF World Championship Division I
Seeding
The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2022 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2022 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizer, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups."[11][12]
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Rosters
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Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, have to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of the tournament.
Match officials
16 referees and linesmen were announced on 6 April 2023.[13][14]
Referees | Linesmen |
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Preliminary round
The groups were announced on 29 May 2022,[15] with the schedule being revealed on 8 September 2022.[16]
Group A
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2023 IIHF World Championship Group A
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Finland | 1–4 | United States | |||
Sweden | 1–0 | Germany | |||
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France | 2–1 (OT) | Austria | |||
Hungary | 1–3 | Denmark | |||
Germany | 3–4 | Finland | |||
14 May 2023 | |||||
United States | 7–1 | Hungary | |||
France | 3–4 (OT) | Denmark | |||
Sweden | 5–0 | Austria | |||
15 May 2023 | |||||
Germany | 2–3 | United States | |||
Finland | 1–2 (GWS) | Sweden | |||
16 May 2023 | |||||
Denmark | 6–2 | Austria | |||
France | 2–3 (OT) | Hungary | |||
17 May 2023 | |||||
United States | 4–1 | Austria | |||
Finland | 5–3 | France | |||
18 May 2023 | |||||
Hungary | 1–7 | Sweden | |||
Denmark | 4–6 | Germany | |||
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Hungary | 1–7 | Finland | |||
Austria | 2–4 | Germany | |||
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United States | 3–0 | Denmark | |||
Austria | 1–3 | Finland | |||
Sweden | 4–0 | France | |||
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Germany | 7–2 | Hungary | |||
United States | 9–0 | France | |||
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Denmark | 1–4 | Sweden | |||
Austria | 4–3 (GWS) | Hungary | |||
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Germany | 5–0 | France | |||
Sweden | 3–4 (OT) | United States | |||
Finland | 7–1 | Denmark |
Group B
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2023 IIHF World Championship Group B
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Slovakia | 2–3 | Czechia | |||
Latvia | 0–6 | Canada | |||
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Switzerland | 7–0 | Slovenia | |||
Norway | 3–4 (GWS) | Kazakhstan | |||
Slovakia | 2–1 | Latvia | |||
14 May 2023 | |||||
Slovenia | 2–5 | Canada | |||
Norway | 0–3 | Switzerland | |||
Czechia | 5–1 | Kazakhstan | |||
15 May 2023 | |||||
Slovakia | 1–2 (GWS) | Canada | |||
Czechia | 3–4 (OT) | Latvia | |||
16 May 2023 | |||||
Slovenia | 0–1 | Norway | |||
Switzerland | 5–0 | Kazakhstan | |||
17 May 2023 | |||||
Latvia | 2–1 | Norway | |||
Canada | 5–1 | Kazakhstan | |||
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Czechia | 6–2 | Slovenia | |||
Switzerland | 4–2 | Slovakia | |||
19 May 2023 | |||||
Latvia | 3–2 | Slovenia | |||
Kazakhstan | 4–3 (GWS) | Slovakia | |||
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Norway | 0–2 | Czechia | |||
Canada | 2–3 | Switzerland | |||
Kazakhstan | 0–7 | Latvia | |||
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Slovenia | 0–1 | Slovakia | |||
Czechia | 2–4 | Switzerland | |||
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Canada | 2–3 (GWS) | Norway | |||
Kazakhstan | 4–3 | Slovenia | |||
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Slovakia | 4–1 | Norway | |||
Canada | 3–1 | Czechia | |||
Switzerland | 3–4 (OT) | Latvia |
Playoff round
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2023 IIHF World Championship playoff round
Final standings
Teams finishing fifth in the preliminary round were ranked ninth and tenth, teams finishing sixth are ranked 11th and 12th, and so on.[17]
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Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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Template:Ihicon Rocco Grimaldi | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +8 | 6 | F |
Template:Ihicon Dominik Kubalík | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | +3 | 0 | F |
Template:Ihicon JJ Peterka | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +8 | 0 | F |
Template:Ihicon Rihards Bukarts | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +3 | 8 | F |
Template:Ihicon MacKenzie Weegar | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +10 | 6 | D |
Template:Ihicon T. J. Tynan | 10 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +10 | 0 | F |
Template:Ihicon Henrik Tömmernes | 8 | 0 | 10 | 10 | +5 | 2 | D |
Template:Ihicon Cutter Gauthier | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +9 | 2 | F |
Template:Ihicon Lawson Crouse | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +9 | 4 | F |
Template:Ihicon Nikolaj Ehlers | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −3 | 0 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
Only the top five 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 |
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Template:Ihicon Stanislav Škorvánek | 238:39 | 5 | 1.26 | 108 | 95.37 | 1 |
Template:Ihicon Karel Vejmelka | 236:26 | 7 | 1.78 | 124 | 94.35 | 1 |
Template:Ihicon Sam Montembeault | 423:07 | 10 | 1.42 | 163 | 93.87 | 1 |
Template:Ihicon Lars Johansson | 303:42 | 8 | 1.58 | 120 | 93.33 | 2 |
Template:Ihicon Samuel Hlavaj | 189:05 | 7 | 2.22 | 103 | 93.20 | 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
Awards
The awards were announced on 28 May 2023.[18]
Individual awards
Position | Player |
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Goaltender | Template:Ihicon Artūrs Šilovs |
Defenceman | Template:Ihicon MacKenzie Weegar |
Forward | Template:Ihicon JJ Peterka |
Media All Stars
Position | Player |
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Goaltender | Template:Ihicon Artūrs Šilovs |
Defenceman | Template:Ihicon MacKenzie Weegar |
Defenceman | Template:Ihicon Moritz Seider |
Forward | Template:Ihicon JJ Peterka |
Forward | Template:Ihicon Rocco Grimaldi |
Forward | Template:Ihicon Dominik Kubalík |
MVP | Template:Ihicon Artūrs Šilovs |
Broadcasting rights
These are the broadcasters for the tournament.[19]
Country | Broadcaster |
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Austria | ORF |
Canada | TSN |
RDS | |
Czech Republic | ČT |
Denmark | TV 2 Sport |
Estonia | ERR |
Finland | MTV |
France | Fanseat |
Germany | Sport1 |
Magenta Sport | |
Hungary | Sport 1 |
Kazakhstan | Qazsport |
Latvia | LTV |
Tet | |
Lithuania | LRT |
Norway | Viaplay |
Poland | TVP |
Russia | Match TV |
Slovakia | RTVS |
Slovenia | RTV |
Šport TV | |
Sweden | SVT |
Switzerland | SRG SSR |
Ukraine | XSPORT |
United Kingdom | Viaplay Sports |
United States | NHL Network |
ESPN+ |
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