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]
Standings
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:
^ a b Czech Republic 3–0 Russia
^ a b Norway 4–3 (OT) Switzerland
^ 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
Czech Republic vs Russia
Switzerland vs Kazakhstan
Norway vs Denmark
Latvia vs Czech Republic
Kazakhstan vs Russia
Norway vs Switzerland
Sweden vs Denmark
Latvia vs Russia
Sweden vs Czech Republic
Switzerland vs Denmark
Kazakhstan vs Norway
Switzerland vs Latvia
Sweden vs Kazakhstan
Czech Republic vs Norway
Russia vs Denmark
Czech Republic vs Kazakhstan
Denmark vs Latvia
Norway vs Sweden
Russia vs Switzerland
Kazakhstan vs Latvia
Denmark vs Czech Republic
Switzerland vs Sweden
Russia vs Norway
Denmark vs Kazakhstan
Czech Republic vs Switzerland
Latvia vs Norway
Russia vs Sweden
References
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