2016 World Cup of Hockey

2016 World Cup of Hockey
2016 Coupe du monde de hockey sur glace
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates September 17 – October 1, 2016
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)

The 2016 World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament. It will be the third installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, 12 years after the second World Cup of Hockey in 2004. It is scheduled to start September 17 and end October 1, 2016 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1]

Teams

The teams were officially announced on September 10, 2015 by International Ice Hockey Federation and the teams are:[2]

Rosters

For more details on this topic, see 2016 World Cup of Hockey rosters.

Each team's roster is limited to twenty skaters (forwards and defencemen) and three goaltenders. All eight participating teams submitted their initial roster of sixteen players on March 2, 2016.

Venue

Air Canada Centre
Capacity: 18,819
 Canada – Toronto

Group stage

All matches are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).[3]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team Europe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on September 17, 2016. Source: NHL
September 17, 2016
15:30		 Team Europe 15:30  United States Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 17, 2016
20:00		 Canada  20:00  Czech Republic Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 19, 2016
15:00		 Czech Republic  15:00 Team Europe Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 20, 2016
20:00		 Canada  20:00  United States Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 21, 2016
20:00		 Canada  20:00 Team Europe Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 22, 2016
20:00		 Czech Republic  20:00  United States Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 Team North America 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on September 18, 2016. Source: NHL
September 18, 2016
15:00		 Russia  15:00  Sweden Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 18, 2016
20:00		 Finland  20:00 Team North America Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 19, 2016
20:00		 Team North America 20:00  Russia Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 20, 2016
15:00		 Finland  15:00  Sweden Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 21, 2016
15:00		 Team North America 15:00  Sweden Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 22, 2016
15:00		 Finland  15:00  Russia Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Knockout stage

All matches are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).[3]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Sept. 24
 
 
TBD 
 
September 27, 29 & Oct. 1
 
TBD 
 
TBD   
 
Sept. 25
 
TBD   
 
TBD 
 
 
TBD 
 

Semi-finals

September 24, 2016
TBD		 Winner of Group A TBD Runner-up of Group B Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 25, 2016
TBD		 Winner of Group B TBD Runner-up of Group A Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Final

The final will be played in a Best-of-three format.

September 27, 2016
20:00		 TBD 20:00 TBD Air Canada Centre, Toronto
September 29, 2016
20:00		 TBD 20:00 TBD Air Canada Centre, Toronto
October 1, 2016
19:00		 TBD 19:00 TBD Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Note: Match 3 only if necessary

Broadcasting

In Canada, Rogers Communications will hold broadcast rights to the tournament; the tournament will be aired by Sportsnet in English and TVA Sports in French. Although it was initially reported that Rogers was allowed to match competing bids for the rights (such as by Bell Media's TSN) per its holding of exclusive national media rights to the NHL in Canada, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman denied that there was such a rule, and that the bidding process was "competitive".

In the United States, the tournament will be broadcast by ESPN and ESPN Deportes; NBC Sports, which is the national rightsholder of the NHL in the United States, passed on the tournament due to scheduling conflicts with various events, such as auto racing, college football, the Ryder Cup, and the Summer Paralympics.[4][5]

ESPN will also broadcast the tournament for the Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, the Commonwealth Caribbean, the Pacific Rim and Brazil. Eurosport will also broadcast the tournament in Europe.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=750156
  2. ↑ "NHL, NHLPA, IIHF launch World Cup". iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "2016 World Cup of Hockey schedule announced". nhl.com. NHL Public Relations. September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sportsnet acquires rights to World Cup of Hockey". Sportsnet.ca. Rogers Digital Media. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Why NHL chose ESPN, Sportsnet for World Cup of Hockey". Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! Canada Inc. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
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