2015 IIHF World Championship Group A

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Group A was one of two groups of the 2015 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2016.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	7	0	0	0	49	14	+35	21	Advance to the playoff round
2	Sweden	7	4	2	0	1	34	19	+15	16
3	Czech Republic	7	4	1	1	1	27	18	+9	15
4	Switzerland	7	2	0	4	1	12	18	−6	10
5	Germany	7	2	0	1	4	11	24	−13	7
6	France	7	1	1	0	5	13	20	−7	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Latvia	7	0	2	1	4	11	25	−14	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Austria	7	0	2	1	4	10	29	−19	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Relegation to Division I A

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2015. Source: Standings
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.^[1]
Notes:

1 2 3 Head to head record; France 5p, Latvia 3p and Austria 1p. Austria relegated on head-to-head points.

All times are local (UTC+2).

1 May

Canada vs Latvia

1 May 2015
16:15

Canada

6–1
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,013


Mike Smith	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis Ervīns Muštukovs	Referees: Pavel Hodek Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jon Killian Miroslav Lhotský
MacKinnon (Spezza, Savard) – 09:57 Spezza (Hamhuis, MacKinnon) – 13:04 Duchene (Hall, Barrie) – 14:11 Toffoli (Hamhuis, Burns) – 22:20 Spezza (MacKinnon, Crosby) – 23:04 Crosby (PS) – 59:37	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 5–1 6–1	52:06 – Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Džeriņš)
2 min	Penalties	6 min
42	Shots	17

Czech Republic vs Sweden

1 May 2015
20:15

Czech Republic

5–6 GWS
(1–2, 0–1, 4–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Sweden

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,383


Alexander Salák	Goalies	Jhonas Enroth	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Sakari Suominen
Jágr (Nakládal, Voráček) (PP) – 13:28 Hertl (Němec, Klepiš) (PP) – 42:52 Simon (Hejda) – 51:34 Červenka (Voráček, Čáslava) – 52:31 Zaťovič (Novotný, Simon) – 56:53 Klepiš Voráček Sobotka	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–4 3–4 4–4 5–4 5–5 Shootout:	03:23 – Lundqvist (Sjögren, Josefson) 07:30 – Kronwall (Ekholm, Lander) (PP) 34:34 – Rask (Lindholm, Hjalmarsson) 44:08 – Lindström (Möller) 59:07 – Sjögren (Lindström, Klingberg) (PP, EA) Lindholm Josefson Ekman-Larsson
8 min	Penalties	10 min
28	Shots	25

2 May

Switzerland vs Austria

2 May 2015
12:15

Switzerland

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

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 13,953


Reto Berra	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Šefčík
Du Bois (Fiala, Almond) – 01:14 Ambühl (Josi) (SH) – 25:54 Bieber (Almond, Grossmann) – 51:01 Suri Brunner Josi	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–3 Shootout:	22:12 – T. Raffl (Pallestrang) 43:33 – Lebler (Herburger) 59:10 – M. Raffl (T. Raffl, Schumnig) (EA) M. Raffl Komarek
4 min	Penalties	8 min
37	Shots	25

France vs Germany

2 May 2015
16:15

France

1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,903


Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Dennis Endras	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri André Schrader
Fleury (S. Da Costa) – 50:44	0–1 1–1 1–2	12:10 – Wolf (Rieder, Hager) 59:00 – Reimer (Hager) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	14 min
25	Shots	26

Latvia vs Czech Republic

2 May 2015
20:15

Latvia

2–4
(1–0, 1–3, 0–1)

Czech Republic

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,383


Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Alexander Salák Ondřej Pavelec	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Jon Killian Masi Puolakka
Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Galviņš) (PP) – 13:13 Rēdlihs (Sprukts) (PP) – 23:18	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4	22:01 – Jordán (Červenka, Novotný) 24:25 – Kovář (Nakládal, Erat) (PP) 32:44 – Jágr (Erat, Kovář) (PP) 45:29 – Voráček (Kovář, Nakládal) (PP)
35 min	Penalties	8 min
10	Shots	35

3 May

Austria vs Sweden

3 May 2015
12:15

Austria

1–6
(0–3, 0–3, 1–0)

Sweden

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,051


Rene Swette Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Anders Nilsson	Referees: Roman Gofman Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
Heinrich (Komarek, Latusa) – 53:17	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 1–6	13:38 – Forsberg 18:37 – Klefbom (Sjögren, Josefson) 19:18 – Lander (Eriksson, Forsberg) 28:22 – Forsberg (Eriksson, Ekman-Larsson) 29:13 – Lindholm 31:14 – Forsberg (Lander, Ekman-Larsson)
12 min	Penalties	18 min
17	Shots	41

Canada vs Germany

3 May 2015
16:15

Canada

10–0
(4–0, 5–0, 1–0)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 15,046


Martin Jones	Goalies	Dennis Endras Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Peter Šefčík
Crosby (O'Reilly) – 08:02 Hall (Eberle, Duchene) – 08:25 Eakin (O'Reilly) – 16:58 Eakin (Toffoli) – 19:49 Hall (Duchene, Eberle) – 22:10 Ekblad (Giroux, Wiercioch) – 24:29 Giroux (Ennis, Savard) – 27:34 Ennis (Giroux, Hamhuis) – 35:16 Hall (Duchene, Muzzin) – 39:37 Duchene (PS) – 42:03	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 8–0 9–0 10–0
6 min	Penalties	2 min
34	Shots	17

France vs Switzerland

3 May 2015
20:15

France

1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 8,780


Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Pavel Hodek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Masi Puolakka
Raux – 48:31	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3	15:36 – Hollenstein (Brunner, Josi) (PP) 21:24 – Josi (Fiala, Blum) 59:06 – Suri (Brunner) (ENG)
63 min	Penalties	12 min
20	Shots	35

4 May

Latvia vs Sweden

4 May 2015
16:15

Latvia

1–8
(0–1, 1–3, 0–4)

Sweden

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 15,315


Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Jhonas Enroth	Referees: Pavel Hodek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jon Killian
Dārziņš (Daugaviņš, Galviņš) (PP) – 32:53	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 1–6 1–7 1–8	17:37 – Eriksson (PP) 30:05 – Eriksson (Ekholm, Kronwall) (PP) 33:03 – Forsberg (PS) 39:46 – Eriksson (Ahnelöv) 44:43 – Möller (Ekman-Larsson, Klingberg) (PP) 49:32 – Josefson (Lundqvist) 57:04 – Lundqvist (Hjalmarsson, Ekman-Larsson) 59:51 – Rask (Ericsson, Lindholm)
10 min	Penalties	10 min
20	Shots	36

Canada vs Czech Republic

4 May 2015
20:15

Canada

6–3
(2–1, 1–1, 3–1)

Czech Republic

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,383


Mike Smith	Goalies	Ondřej Pavelec	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Sakari Suominen
Eberle (Ekblad, Duchene) – 04:18 Hall (Muzzin, Eberle) – 19:02 Couturier (Toffoli) – 37:40 Seguin (Hall, Barrie) (PP) – 42:02 Crosby (Giroux) (PP) – 50:07 Toffoli (O'Reilly, MacKinnon) (ENG) – 58:31	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 5–2 5–3 6–3	19:22 – Erat (Kovář, Jágr) 35:45 – Zaťovič (Simon, Kolář) 57:36 – Sobotka (Voráček)
10 min	Penalties	14 min
38	Shots	25

5 May

Switzerland vs Germany

5 May 2015
16:15

Switzerland

1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 10,253


Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Mikael Nord Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Peter Šefčík
Hollenstein (Brunner, Romy) – 52:16	1–0
6 min	Penalties	12 min
18	Shots	18

Austria vs France

5 May 2015
20:15

Austria

0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

France

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 5,857


Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 0–2	46:13 – Fleury (S. Da Costa, Auvitu) (PP) 59:02 – Meunier (Y. Treille, Hecquefeuille) (ENG)
6 min	Penalties	2 min
34	Shots	17

6 May

Switzerland vs Latvia

6 May 2015
16:15

Switzerland

1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT 0–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 10,856


Reto Berra	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Jon Killian
Bieber – 58:09	0–1 1–1 1–2	24:19 – Džeriņš (Dārziņš, Rēdlihs) 62:19 – Daugaviņš (Dārziņš)
6 min	Penalties	10 min
36	Shots	21

Sweden vs Canada

6 May 2015
20:15

Sweden

4–6
(3–0, 1–3, 0–3)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,695


Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Mike Smith	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Miroslav Lhotský
Lander (Eriksson, Granberg) – 05:06 Rask (Klefbom, Lindholm) – 17:21 Forsberg (Eriksson, Klingberg) – 17:49 Möller (Sjögren, Ekman-Larsson) – 35:19	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–3 4–3 4–4 4–5 4–6	26:43 – Ekblad (Burns, O'Reilly) 31:27 – Hall (PS) 34:23 – Couturier (Ekblad) 50:24 – Wiercioch (Eberle, Crosby) 53:31 – Ennis (Hall, Spezza) (PP) 58:10 – Seguin (O'Reilly) (ENG)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
32	Shots	39

7 May

Czech Republic vs France

7 May 2015
16:15

Czech Republic

5–1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)

France

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,110


Ondřej Pavelec	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Mikael Nord Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Sakari Suominen
Němec (Novotný) – 21:10 Sobotka (Krejčík) – 26:58 Jágr (Kovář, Simon) – 44:25 Němec (Hertl, Voráček) – 48:28 Červenka (Němec, Krejčík) (PP) – 54:49	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1	28:41 – Hecquefeuille (Lampérier, Guttig)
4 min	Penalties	10 min
46	Shots	20

Sweden vs Germany

7 May 2015
20:15

Sweden

4–3
(2–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Germany

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,137


Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Pavel Hodek Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Peter Šefčík
Möller (Lindström, Sjögren) – 11:19 Lindström (Möller]) – 12:44 Klingberg (Kronwall, Möller) – 42:56 Möller (Ekman-Larsson, Lindström) – 48:40	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 4–3	15:48 – Kink (Rieder, Daschner) (PP) 29:30 – Krämmer 54:39 – Plachta (Hospelt, Seidenberg)
6 min	Penalties	29 min
35	Shots	27

8 May

Czech Republic vs Austria

8 May 2015
16:15

Czech Republic

4–0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,383


Ondřej Pavelec	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum Rene Swette	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Fraser McIntyre
Němec (Simon) – 31:09 Zaťovič (Hejda, Němec) – 38:04 Sobotka (Červenka, Krejčík) – 39:08 Voráček (Jordán, Hertl) – 40:07	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0
4 min	Penalties	10 min
42	Shots	12

Germany vs Latvia

8 May 2015
20:15

Germany

2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 15,494


Dennis Endras	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Jon Killian
Wolf (Reimer, Krueger) (PP) – 46:46 Plachta – 57:35	0–1 1–1 2–1	11:05 – Dārziņš (Daugaviņš) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	27 min
24	Shots	16

9 May

France vs Canada

9 May 2015
12:15

France

3–4
(1–2, 0–1, 2–1)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 15,300


Ronan Quemener	Goalies	Martin Jones	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Šefčík
Desrosiers (Meunier, Auvitu) – 16:31 Y. Treille (Meunier) (PP) – 46:21 Fleury – 46:56	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–3 3–4	11:26 – Seguin (Spezza, Barrie) (PP) 12:32 – Eberle (MacKinnon, Duchene) 37:02 – Seguin (Spezza) (PP) 49:18 – Eberle (Burns, Crosby)
12 min	Penalties	8 min
21	Shots	43

Austria vs Latvia

9 May 2015
16:15

Austria

1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–1)

Latvia

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 12,735


Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Edgars Masaļskis	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský
Lebler (M. Raffl) – 16:07	1–0 1–1 1–2	32:15 – Dārziņš (Daugaviņš) 60:33 – Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Galviņš)
2 min	Penalties	16 min
29	Shots	18

Sweden vs Switzerland

9 May 2015
20:15

Sweden

2–1 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT 1–0)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 15,201


Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Jon Killian
Lindholm (Rask, Ericsson) – 07:17 Forsberg (Eriksson, Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 63:49	1–0 1–1 2–1	40:34 – Bodenmann (Blum, Ambühl)
10 min	Penalties	8 min
29	Shots	16

10 May

Germany vs Czech Republic

10 May 2015
16:15

Germany

2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Czech Republic

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,383


Timo Pielmeier	Goalies	Ondřej Pavelec	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Fraser McIntyre
Pietta (Müller, Krueger) – 07:13 Wolf (Rieder) – 23:50	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4	13:39 – Vondrka 25:58 – Koukal (Kolář, Simon) 27:36 – Voráček (Jágr, Nakládal) (PP) 55:58 – Jágr (Červenka)
6 min	Penalties	6 min
14	Shots	38

Switzerland vs Canada

10 May 2015
20:15

Switzerland

2–7
(1–2, 0–3, 1–2)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,003


Reto Berra	Goalies	Mike Smith	Referees: Timothy Mayer Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Miroslav Lhotský
Trachsler (Schäppi, Streit) – 06:21 Brunner – 42:17	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 2–5 2–6 2–7	00:53 – Seguin (Muzzin, Giroux) 19:42 – MacKinnon (Spezza, Wiercioch) 27:59 – Ekblad (Couturier, Eakin) 39:00 – Eberle (Crosby, Burns) (PP) 39:59 – Eakin (Couturier, Ekblad) 52:27 – Couturier (Toffoli, Hamhuis) 57:08 – Giroux (Burns, O'Reilly) (PP)
16 min	Penalties	12 min
25	Shots	46

11 May

Germany vs Austria

11 May 2015
16:15

Germany

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

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 11,302


Dennis Endras	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Peter Šefčík
Wolf (Pietta, Müller) – 44:14 Reimer (Kohl, Krämmer) – 57:59 Hospelt Rieder Reimer	0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 Shootout:	34:33 – T. Raffl (M. Raffl, Heinrich) 54:22 – Rotter (Muhlstein) Heinrich Komarek Lebler
6 min	Penalties	6 min
17	Shots	34

Sweden vs France

11 May 2015
20:15

Sweden

4–2
(1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

France

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 12,490


Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Cristobal Huet Florian Hardy	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Jon Killian
Josefson (Klefbom, Ekman-Larsson) – 11:00 Forsberg (Lindholm) (PP) – 34:52 Forsberg (Ekman-Larsson) – 40:52 Ekman-Larsson (Eriksson, Klefbom) – 43:27	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–2	20:34 – Fleury (Roussel, T. Da Costa) 22:52 – Fleury (Roussel, Auvitu)
10 min	Penalties	16 min
41	Shots	17

12 May

Canada vs Austria

12 May 2015
12:15

Canada

10–1
(4–0, 2–0, 4–1)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,031


Mike Smith	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum Rene Swette	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Roman Gofman Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Peter Šefčík
Barrie (O'Reilly, Giroux) – 06:04 Duchene (Spezza, Muzzin) – 09:09 Hall (Burns) – 11:17 Ekblad (Eberle) – 14:10 Spezza (Duchene, Wiercioch) – 21:58 Eberle (Burns) – 35:52 MacKinnon (Muzzin]) – 42:53 Spezza – 43:05 Schenn (Duchene) – 46:09 Duchene (MacKinnon,Spezza) – 54:43	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 6–1 7–1 8–1 9–1 10–1	42:44 – Heinrich (Rotter)
0 min	Penalties	4 min
46	Shots	15

Latvia vs France

12 May 2015
16:15

Latvia

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

France

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 15,167


Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Timothy Mayer Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Miroslav Lhotský
Daugaviņš (Dārziņš, Galviņš) – 11:25 Galviņš (Dārziņš, Daugaviņš) (PP) – 22:48 Dārziņš Daugaviņš	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 Shootout:	48:21 – S. Da Costa (Fleury) 55:20 – S. Treille (Hecquefeuille, Huet) Fleury Desrosiers S. Da Costa
6 min	Penalties	6 min
13	Shots	35

Czech Republic vs Switzerland

12 May 2015
20:15

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,383


Ondřej Pavelec	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Fraser McIntyre
Zaťovič (Kovář, Kolář) – 50:44 Voráček Kovář Vondrka	0–1 1–1 Shootout:	16:56 – Fiala (Brunner, Streit) (PP2) Fiala Ambühl Loeffel
12 min	Penalties	14 min
29	Shots	27

References

↑ "Information - 2015 WM - International Icehockey Federation IIHF". IIHF. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

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