Group B 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

Team Canada wins the first match in Saint Petersburg against the United States
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Finland 7 7 0 0 0 29 6 +23 21 Playoff round
2  Canada 7 6 0 0 1 34 8 +26 18
3  Germany 7 4 0 1 2 22 20 +2 13
4  United States 7 3 0 1 3 22 18 +4 10
5  Slovakia 7 2 1 0 4 15 23 −8 8
6  Belarus 7 2 0 0 5 16 32 −16 6
7  France 7 1 1 0 5 11 23 −12 5
8  Hungary (R) 7 1 0 0 6 12 31 −19 3 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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ 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][3]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Matches

United States vs Canada

6 May 2016
16:15		United States 1–5
(1–2, 0–1, 0–2)		 CanadaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,236
Game reference
Keith KinkaidGoaliesCam TalbotReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Maroon (Connor, Warsofsky) (PP) – 04:541–0
1–105:25 – Hall (Brassard, Perry)
1–208:48 – Gallagher (O'Reilly)
1–331:37 – Duchene (Ceci, Murray)
1–445:54 – Jenner (O'Reilly)
1–551:16 – Marchand (Duchene) (SH)
10 minPenalties6 min
25Shots33

Finland vs Belarus

6 May 2016
20:15		Finland 6–2
(0–0, 4–1, 2–1)		 BelarusYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,877
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesVitali KovalReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Hungary Péter Gebei
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Laine (Barkov) – 21:451–0
Koivu (Granlund, Lindell) – 32:282–0
2–137:55 – Stas (Pavlovich) (SH)
Laine (Koivu, Jokinen) (PP2) – 38:363–1
Granlund (Laine, Barkov) (PP) – 39:564–1
Pihlström (Pulkkinen) – 42:595–1
Granlund (Salmela, Aho) – 47:516–1
6–251:01 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn)
8 minPenalties8 min
30Shots16

Slovakia vs Hungary

7 May 2016
12:15		Slovakia 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 HungaryYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 2,830
Game reference
Branislav KonrádGoaliesMiklós RajnaReferees:
United States Timothy Mayer
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
United States Judson Ritter
Marcinko (Graňák, Dravecký) – 07:071–0
1–113:30 – Banham (Galló, Bartalis) (PP)
Jurčo (Sekera, Marinčin) – 17:432–1
Sekera (Jurčo, Marinčin) – 35:093–1
Lušňák (Hrnka, Švarný) (ENG) – 57:434–1
10 minPenalties6 min
28Shots21

France vs Germany

7 May 2016
16:15		France 3–2 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0)
OT (0–0)
GWS (1–0)		 GermanyYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,750
Game reference
Cristobal HuetGoaliesTimo PielmeierReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Frano
Czech Republic Antonin Jerabek
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Kilian
Finland Sakari Suominen
Raux (Perret, Meunier) – 03:381–0
1–120:26 – Rieder (Gogulla, Schütz) (PP)
1–236:50 – Schütz (Gogulla, Hager)
Claireaux (Beron, Chakiachvili) – 39:102–2
Desrosiers MISS
Fleury GOAL		ShootoutMISS Draisaitl
MISS Rieder
MISS Goc
14 minPenalties8 min
23Shots29

Belarus vs United States

7 May 2016
20:15		Belarus 3–6
(0–2, 2–3, 1–1)		 United StatesYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,762
Game reference
Kevin LalandeGoaliesMike CondonReferees:
Sweden Linus Ohlund
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotsky
0–109:58 – Wood (Vatrano, Hinostroza)
0–213:38 – Wideman (Matthews, Larkin) (PP)
0–322:13 – Larkin (Schroeder) (PP)
Platt (Stepanov, Linglet) (PP) – 27:101–3
1–428:09 – Hanifin (Hinostroza, Motte)
1–534:25 – Matthews (Connor, Hanifin) (PP)
Stas – 38:122–5
Korobov (Kostitsyn, Stepanov) (PP2) – 49:283–5
3–654:40 – Matthews (Vatrano, Hanifin)
41 minPenalties18 min
23Shots33

Hungary vs Canada

8 May 2016
12:15		Hungary 1–7
(1–2, 0–4, 0–1)		 CanadaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,825
Game reference
Zoltán Hetényi
Ádám Vay		GoaliesCalvin PickardReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Sweden Linus Ohlund
Linesmen:
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–105:54 – Scheifele (Stone, McDavid) (PP)
0–210:04 – Perry (Hall, Brassard)
Bartalis – 18:141–2
1–327:12 – Stone (Ceci, Reinhart)
1–429:05 – Marchand (McDavid, Matheson)
1–531:36 – Brassard (Tanev, Rielly)
1–632:45 – Matheson (Hutton, Scheifele)
1–744:35 – Hall (Matheson)
12 minPenalties6 min
22Shots36

Finland vs Germany

8 May 2016
16:15		Finland 5–1
(2–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 GermanyYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,409
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesTimo PielmeierReferees:
United States Timothy Mayer
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Norway Jon Killian
Laine (Hietanen, Jokinen) (PP) – 06:221–0
Komarov (Jokinen, Laine) (PP) – 09:082–0
Aho (Granlund) – 29:533–0
Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Komarov) – 37:504–0
4–138:42 – Macek (Draisaitl, Kahun) (PP)
Laine (Koivu, Granlund) – 59:575–1
12 minPenalties28 min
22Shots17

France vs Slovakia

8 May 2016
20:15		France 1–5
(1–2, 0–2, 0–1)		 SlovakiaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,850
Game reference
Cristobal Huet
Florian Hardy		GoaliesJúlius HudáčekReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Hungary Péter Gebei
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
United States Judson Ritter
Perret (Beron) – 01:091–0
1–103:55 – Sekera (L. Hudáček, Viedenský)
1–213:55 – Graňák (Dravecký, Lušňák)
1–334:52 – Bakoš (Meszároš, Sersen) (PP)
1–435:40 – L. Hudáček (Jurčo, Viedenský)
1–557:55 – Jaroš (Viedenský, Jurčo)
10 minPenalties10 min
25Shots22

Belarus vs Canada

9 May 2016
16:15		Belarus 0–8
(0–1, 0–4, 0–3)		 CanadaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,536
Game reference
Kevin Lalande
Dmitri Milchakov		GoaliesCam TalbotReferees:
Hungary Péter Gebei
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
0–116:26 – Brassard (Perry, Duchene)
0–221:03 – Perry (Murray)
0–323:58 – O'Reilly (Jenner, Ceci) (SH)
0–431:19 – Duchene (Brassard, Ceci) (PP)
0–531:39 – Hall (McDavid)
0–641:26 – O'Reilly (Duchene, Scheifele)
0–749:17 – Stone (Scheifele)
0–853:52 – Matheson (Gallagher, McDavid) (PP)
10 minPenalties6 min
13Shots40

Finland vs United States

9 May 2016
20:15		Finland 3–2
(2–1, 0–0, 1–1)		 United StatesYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,830
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesMike CondonReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Koivu (Granlund, Aho) – 09:161–0
Pihlström (Pulkkinen, Sallinen) – 12:042–0
2–113:45 – Vatrano (Matthews)
2–240:54 – Murphy (Maroon, Larkin)
Komarov (Barkov, Jokinen) (PP) – 44:163–2
6 minPenalties8 min
22Shots18

Slovakia vs Germany

10 May 2016
16:15		Slovakia 1–5
(1–0, 0–3, 0–2)		 GermanyYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,715
Game reference
Branislav Konrád
Július Hudáček		GoaliesTimo PielmeierReferees:
Canada Brett Iverson
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
United States Judson Ritter
Cehlárik (Bartánus, Mikuš) – 08:421–0
1–124:23 – Hager (Schütz, Gogulla)
1–228:57 – Gogulla (Müller, Hager)
1–334:48 – Reimer (Kahun, Draisaitl) (PP)
1–443:45 – Macek (Braun, Müller)
1–554:36 – Kahun (Reimer, Rieder)
10 minPenalties12 min
28Shots28

Hungary vs France

10 May 2016
20:15		Hungary 2–6
(1–3, 0–1, 1–2)		 FranceYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,340
Game reference
Miklós RajnaGoaliesCristobal HuetReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
0–109:14 – Ritz (Auvitu, Moisand)
M. Vas (G. Nagy, Wehrs) (PP) – 13:101–1
1–217:28 – S. Treille
1–319:26 – Fleury (Bellemare, Auvitu) (PP)
1–438:03 – Chakiachvili (Y. Treille)
Sofron (M. Vas, Bartalis) – 47:582–4
2–553:03 – S. Treille (Bellemare, Fleury) (PP)
2–656:11 – S. Treille (Bellemare, Claireaux)
12 minPenalties10 min
24Shots21

Slovakia vs Belarus

11 May 2016
16:15		Slovakia 2–4
(0–0, 2–0, 0–4)		 BelarusYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,172
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesVitali KovalReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Finland Sakari Suominen
Sekera (Réway, Daňo) (PP2) – 20:471–0
Jurčo (Mikuš, L. Hudáček) – 36:262–0
2–142:22 – Gotovets (Lisovets)
2–248:34 – Gavrus (Gotovets, Kovyrshin)
2–354:42 – Stepanov (Lisovets)
2–457:16 – Linglet (Platt, Lisovets)
12 minPenalties14 min
26Shots20

Finland vs Hungary

11 May 2016
20:15		Finland 3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 HungaryYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,794
Game reference
Juuse SarosGoaliesÁdám VayReferees:
Canada Brett Iverson
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Ohtamaa (Komarov) – 36:221–0
Koivu (Granlund, Komarov) – 49:272–0
Barkov (Laine, Jokinen) (PP) – 56:343–0
2 minPenalties14 min
51Shots13

United States vs France

12 May 2016
16:15		United States 4–0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 FranceYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,287
Game reference
Mike CondonGoaliesFlorian HardyReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Wideman (Foligno, Larkin) (PP) – 34:231–0
Murphy (Matthews, Vatrano) – 36:302–0
Compher (Hendricks, Motte) – 39:553–0
Skjei (Larkin) – 41:194–0
12 minPenalties8 min
31Shots19

Canada vs Germany

12 May 2016
20:15		Canada 5–2
(1–0, 1–2, 3–0)		 GermanyYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,369
Game reference
Cam TalbotGoaliesTimo PielmeierReferees:
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
United States Judson Ritter
Hall (Murray) – 03:541–0
Perry (Duchene, Brassard) (PP) – 23:222–0
2–131:31 – Reimer (Noebels, Kahun)
2–237:36 – Akdag (Gogulla, Schütz)
Hall (McDavid, Matheson) – 43:123–2
Jenner (Rielly, Brassard) – 46:504–2
Ceci (Reilly) (PP) – 53:175–2
8 minPenalties6 min
22Shots19

United States vs Hungary

13 May 2016
16:15		United States 5–1
(0–0, 3–0, 2–1)		 HungaryYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,598
Game reference
Keith KinkaidGoaliesÁdám VayReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Finland Sakari Suominen
Foligno (Wideman, Hanifin) (PP) – 24:371–0
Hinostroza (Fasching) – 24:552–0
Larkin (McCabe, Murphy) – 34:123–0
Foligno – 52:074–0
Murphy (Foligno) – 55:205–0
5–157:59 – Sofron (Bartalis, Sarauer) (PP)
8 minPenalties10 min
37Shots8

Germany vs Belarus

13 May 2016
20:15		Germany 5–2
(3–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 BelarusYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,275
Game reference
Thomas GreissGoaliesVitali KovalReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Canada Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Reimer (Müller) – 04:261–0
Draisaitl (Noebels, Macek) – 05:442–0
Schütz (Gogulla, Hager) (PP) – 10:473–0
3–128:08 – Stepanov (Koval, Linglet) (PP)
Brooks (Reul, Noebels) – 34:234–1
4–249:14 – Stas (Lisovets, Koval)
Gogulla (Boyle) (PP, ENG) – 59:515–2
8 minPenalties4 min
19Shots18

France vs Finland

14 May 2016
12:15		France 1–3
(0–0, 0–3, 1–0)		 FinlandYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,278
Game reference
Cristobal Huet
Ronan Quemener		GoaliesMikko KoskinenReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Belarus Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
0–125:00 – Lindell (Granlund, Koivu) (PP)
0–230:40 – Barkov (Laine, Jokinen)
0–334:50 – Laine (Jokinen)
Bellemare (Treille, Auvitu) (PP2) – 52:311–3
8 minPenalties8 min
18Shots19

Hungary vs Belarus

14 May 2016
16:15		Hungary 5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0)		 BelarusYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,539
Game reference
Miklós RajnaGoaliesKevin Lalande
Vitali Koval		Referees:
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
United States Judson Ritter
Finland Sakari Suominen
G. Nagy (Sarauer, Kóger) – 5:311–0
J. Vas (Sarauer) (SH) – 10:312–0
2–112:31 – Platt (Stepanov) (PP)
2–226:43 – Gavrus (Stepanov, Kovyrshin)
Sebők (Szirányi) – 30:323–2
Galló (Szirányi, Sofron) – 33:494–2
J. Vas (SH,ENG) – 59:575–2
10 minPenalties12 min
18Shots19

Canada vs Slovakia

14 May 2016
20:15		Canada 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 SlovakiaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,512
Game reference
Cam TalbotGoaliesJúlius HudáčekReferees:
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Rielly (Brassard) – 11:091–0
Duchene (Marchand) – 18:302–0
Hall (Stone, McDavid) (PP) – 33:563–0
Scheifele (Reinhart, Stone) – 38:354–0
Brassard (Perry, Murray) – 50:275–0
4 minPenalties12 min
33Shots18

Germany vs United States

15 May 2016
16:15		Germany 3–2
(2–1, 0–1, 1–0)		 United StatesYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,798
Game reference
Thomas GreissGoaliesMike CondonReferees:
Belarus Maxim Sidorenko
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Hager (Schütz, Boyle) (PP) – 02:191–0
1–110:35 – McCabe (Compher, Murphy)
Ehrhoff (Schütz, Hager) – 13:062–1
2–220:26 – Matthews (Nelson) (PP)
Holzer (Goc) – 59:273–2
14 minPenalties6 min
14Shots33

Slovakia vs Finland

15 May 2016
20:15		Slovakia 0–5
(0–0, 0–2, 0–3)		 FinlandYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,679
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesJuuse SarosReferees:
Sweden Linus Ohlund
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
United States Judson Ritter
0–131:07 – Koivu (Lindell, Aho) (PP)
0–231:47 – Pihlström (Sallinen, Pokka)
0–346:46 – Barkov (Hietanen, Jaakola) (EA)
0–459:45 – Jokinen (Hietanen, Barkov) (PP)
0–559:57 – Laine (Barkov)
8 minPenalties4 min
14Shots35

Canada vs France

16 May 2016
16:15		Canada 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 FranceYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,219
Game reference
Calvin PickardGoaliesRonan QuemenerReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Sweden Linus Ohlund
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Killian
Finland Sakari Suominen
Stone (Hall, McDavid) (PP) – 08:321–0
Duchene (Perry, Ellis) – 35:262–0
Scheifele (Stone, Marchand) – 43:513–0
Perry (O'Reilly, Gallagher) – 54:454–0
4 minPenalties8 min
46Shots13

Germany vs Hungary

16 May 2016
20:15		Germany 4–2
(0–1, 1–0, 3–1)		 HungaryYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,038
Game reference
Thomas GreissGoaliesMiklós RajnaReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Russia Gleb Lazarev
0–109:09 – Sofron (Bartalis)
Hager (PP) – 31:421–1
Reul – 41:222–1
2–245:14 – Wehrs (Magosi)
Braun (Akdag, Draisaitl) – 57:243–2
Goc (Seidenberg, Greiss) (ENG) – 59:274–2
4 minPenalties8 min
34Shots16

United States vs Slovakia

17 May 2016
12:15		United States 2–3 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
OT (0–1)		 SlovakiaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,080
Game reference
Keith KinkaidGoaliesJúlius HudáčekReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Belarus Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–118:39 – Jaroš (Viedenský)
Nelson (Warsofsky, Vatrano) (PP) – 27:151–1
Foligno (Larkin) – 42:532–1
2–252:14 – Skalický (Marcinko, Graňák)
2–360:59 – Daňo (Švarný, Meszároš)
10 minPenalties4 min
25Shots30

Belarus vs France

17 May 2016
16:15		Belarus 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 FranceYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 4,895
Game reference
Vitali KovalGoaliesCristobal HuetReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Sweden Linus Ohlund
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Stas (Linglet, Gotovets) – 25:121–0
Platt (Linglet, Gotovets) – 38:232–0
Stas (Linglet, Platt) – 44:593–0
12 minPenalties12 min
32Shots21

Canada vs Finland

17 May 2016
20:15		Canada 0–4
(0–0, 0–3, 0–1)		 FinlandYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,890
Game reference
Cam TalbotGoaliesMikko KoskinenReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
United States Judson Ritter
0–126:10 – Kivistö (Rantanen)
0–236:03 – Komarov (Granlund)
0–338:50 – Pyörälä (Aho)
0–442:32 – Koskiranta (Pyörälä)
12 minPenalties4 min
21Shots19

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.
  3. ↑ "Tournament Format". iihf.com. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
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