2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2015 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships 2015 2014 2016 The 2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 79th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition, which also served as qualification for division placements in the 2016 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships and to finalize seeding for 2018 Winter Olympics qualification. Championship 2015 IIHF World Championship The top division championship took place from 1 to 17 May 2015 with the participation of sixteen teams. Czech Republic hosted the event with games played in Prague and Ostrava. Canada won the championship, defeating Russia in the final. The IIHF's official final rankings of the tournament:http://statspdf.iihf.com/Hydra/414/IHM4149900_76_9_0.pdf Playoffs and Final Rankings 2015-07-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070038/http://statspdf.iihf.com/Hydra/414/IHM4149900_76_9_0.pdf 2016-03-04 dead CAN RUS USA4 CZE5 SWE6 FIN7 BLR8 SUI9 SVK10 GER11 NOR12 FRA13 LAT14 DEN15 AUT16 SVN Relegated to the 2016 Division I Division I 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I Division I A The Division I A tournament was played April 19 to 25, 2015. Ukraine was to host the tournament, with some matches in Donetsk, but withdrew in advance due to "the political tension in the country being an obstacle for foreign visitors and fans who want to visit the ice festival in Donetsk."Ukraine withdrawshttp://www.iihfworlds2014.com/en/news/28-tournaments-confirmed/ 28 tournaments confirmed 2014-05-23 iihfworlds2014.com On 18 September 2014, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted in Kraków, Poland.http://world.einnews.com/article/224487490/jbkd7OKU9T_U4W0L Poland gets Division IA Worlds world.einnews.com 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 2025-08-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20250817051804/https://world.einnews.com/article/224487490/jbkd7OKU9T_U4W0L dead main WL OT PR n KAZ KAZ HUN HUN POL POL JPN JPN ITA ITA UKR UKR 5 0 0 0 23 6 4 0 0 1 14 11 2 0 0 3 9 9 2 0 0 3 10 16 1 1 0 3 7 12 0 0 1 4 8 17 green1 Promoted to the 2016 Top Division P P red1 Relegated to the 2016 Division I B R complete IIHF Division I B The Division I B tournament was played in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 to 19 April 2015. main WL OT PR n KOR KOR GBR GBR LTU LTU CRO CRO EST EST NED NED 4 0 0 1 30 11 3 1 0 1 13 10 3 0 0 2 11 12 2 0 1 2 16 20 1 0 0 4 10 21 1 0 0 4 9 15 green1 Promoted to the 2016 Division I A P red1 Relegated to the 2016 Division II A R complete IIHF Division II 2015 IIHF World Championship Division II Division II A The Division II A tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 13 to 19 April 2015. main WL OT PR n ROU ROU BEL BEL SRB SRB ESP ESP ISL ISL AUS AUS 4 1 0 0 27 11 2 1 0 2 22 15 1 1 2 1 18 22 2 0 1 2 16 20 2 0 1 2 17 13 0 1 0 4 11 30 green1 Promoted to the 2016 Division I B P red1 Relegated to the 2016 Division II B R complete IIHF Division II B The Division II B tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 19 April 2015. main WL OT PR n CHN CHN NZL NZL MEX MEX BUL BUL ISR ISR RSA RSA 4 1 0 0 33 15 3 0 0 2 21 17 3 0 0 2 24 15 2 0 0 3 17 30 1 0 1 3 20 29 1 0 0 4 11 20 green1 Promoted to the 2016 Division II A P red1 Relegated to the 2016 Division III R complete IIHF Division III 2015 IIHF World Championship Division III The Division III tournament was played in İzmir, Turkey, from 3 to 12 April 2015. main WL OT P n PRK PRK TUR TUR LUX LUX HKG HKG GEO GEO UAE UAE BIH BIH 5 1 0 0 50 9 5 0 1 0 59 11 4 0 0 2 39 19 3 0 0 3 30 30 1 1 0 4 20 56 1 0 1 4 14 44 0 0 0 6 3 46 green1 Promoted to the 2016 Division II B P complete IIHF References External links IIHF Official Website World Ice Hockey Championships - Men's Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships