2017 IIHF World Championship Group B

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Group B was one of two groups of the 2017 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2018.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	6	0	1	0	32	10	+22	19	Playoff round
2	Switzerland	7	3	2	2	0	22	14	+8	15
3	Czech Republic	7	3	2	0	2	23	14	+9	13
4	Finland	7	2	2	1	2	20	22	−2	11
5	France (H)	7	2	2	0	3	23	19	+4	10
6	Norway	7	2	0	2	3	13	19	−6	8
7	Belarus	7	2	0	1	4	15	27	−12	7
8	Slovenia (R)	7	0	0	1	6	13	36	−23	1	Relegation to Division I A

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

Matches

Finland vs Belarus

5 May 2017 16:15

Finland

3–2 (2–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Belarus

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 5,078

Game reference
	Joonas Korpisalo	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Jan Hribik Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Rene Jensen Andreas Malmqvist
	Aho (Filppula) – 02:43 1–0 Osala – 05:09 2–0 2–1 38:08 – Sharangovich (Stefanovich) 2–2 44:32 – Kovyrshin (Hrabarenka, A. Kostitsyn) Savinainen (Rantanen, Aho) (PP) – 49:15 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	24

Czech Republic vs Canada

5 May 2017 20:15

Czech Republic

1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Canada

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,834

Game reference
	Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Calvin Pickard	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Judson Ritter
	0–1 06:09 – O'Reilly (Scheifele, Barrie) 0–2 20:55 – Matheson (Skinner, Giroux) (PP) Radil (Kovář, Voráček) (PP) – 52:41 1–2 1–3 54:50 – Barrie (Konecny, Giroux) 1–4 59:18 – Skinner (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	28

Switzerland vs Slovenia

6 May 2017 12:15

Switzerland

5–4 GWS (4–0, 0–1, 0–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Slovenia

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,922

Game reference
	Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj Matija Pintarič	Referees: Jan Hribik Marcus Linde Linesmen: Judson Ritter Peter Šefčík
	Ambühl (Suter) (PP) – 10:49 1–0 Haas (Praplan, Genazzi) – 11:01 2–0 Loeffel (Hollenstein, Praplan) – 16:59 3–0 Bodenmann (Brunner, Richard) – 17:47 4–0 4–1 38:31 – Muršak (Tavželj) (SH) 4–2 45:50 – Jeglič (Sabolič, Kranjc) 4–3 54:02 – Urbas (Ograjenšek, Pretnar) (PP2) 4–4 55:23 – Sabolič (Tičar) (PP)
	Brunner Hollenstein Richard	Shootout	Sabolič Tičar Muršak
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	23

Belarus vs Czech Republic

6 May 2017 16:15

Belarus

1–6 (0–2, 1–1, 0–3)

Czech Republic

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,635

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande Mikhail Karnaukhov	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Brett Iverson Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Rene Jensen Lukas Kohlmüller
	0–1 13:16 – Vrána (Birner, Řepík) 0–2 17:30 – Gudas (Voráček) Pavlovich (Lisovets, Denisov) – 21:13 1–2 1–3 35:38 – Červenka (Horák, Jeřábek) 1–4 47:26 – Šimek (Voráček, Radil) (PP) 1–5 49:37 – Voráček (Pastrňák, Kundrátek) 1–6 59:44 – Kempný (Hanzl, Zohorna)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	7	Shots	45

Norway vs France

6 May 2017 20:15

Norway

3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

France

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,893

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
	K. Olimb (M. Olimb, Thoresen) – 25:13 1–0 Thoresen (M. Olimb, K. Olimb) (PP) – 29:40 2–0 2–1 38:14 – S. Da Costa (Fleury) Thoresen (Reichenberg) – 49:49 3–1 3–2 49:59 – S. Da Costa (Auvitu, Besch)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	24

Slovenia vs Canada

7 May 2017 12:15

Slovenia

2–7 (0–3, 1–3, 1–1)

Canada

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 9,128

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Chad Johnson	Referees: Mark Lemelin Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Andreas Malmqvist
	0–1 04:30 – Barrie (Simmonds, Konecny) 0–2 14:36 – MacKinnon (Skinner, Barrie) 0–3 16:14 – Point (Konecny) 0–4 24:44 – MacKinnon (Giroux, de Haan) 0–5 25:43 – MacKinnon (Marner, Barrie) (PP) Muršak (Sabolič, Pretnar) – 35:44 1–5 1–6 37:11 – Marner (Konecny) 1–7 47:07 – Skinner (MacKinnon, Barrie) Urbas (Kranjc, Pretnar) (EA) – 57:55 2–7
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	51

Finland vs France

7 May 2017 16:15

Finland

1–5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

France

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 11,433

Game reference
	Joonas Korpisalo	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Brett Iverson Marcus Linde Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Peter Šefčík
	0–1 14:17 – Bellemare (Rech, Meunier) Lehtonen (Pihlström, Rantanen) – 21:33 1–1 1–2 33:58 – Roussel (Bellemare) 1–3 38:49 – Claireaux (Janil, Rech) (PP) 1–4 48:27 – Roussel (Rech) 1–5 57:49 – Fleury (T. Da Costa) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	26

Norway vs Switzerland

7 May 2017 20:15

Norway

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Switzerland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,782

Game reference
	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
	0–1 32:04 – Schäppi (Loeffel, Almond) 0–2 34:00 – Almond (Rüfenacht, Untersander) 0–3 49:37 – Suter (Almond, Ambühl) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	38

Belarus vs Canada

8 May 2017 16:15

Belarus

0–6 (0–1, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,363

Game reference
	Mikhail Karnaukhov	Goalies	Calvin Pickard	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Jan Hribik Linesmen: Rene Jensen Gleb Lazarev
	0–1 05:08 – Point (Marner, Konecny) 0–2 24:20 – MacKinnon (Marner, Barrie) (PP) 0–3 35:21 – MacKinnon (Skinner, Giroux) 0–4 47:01 – Skinner (MacKinnon, Matheson) 0–5 50:16 – Giroux (Skinner, Morrissey) 0–6 54:42 – Point (Konecny, Vlasic)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	45

Finland vs Czech Republic

8 May 2017 20:15

Finland

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

Czech Republic

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,112

Game reference
	Joonas Korpisalo	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Judson Ritter
	Filppula (Aho, Rantanen) – 00:58 1–0 Jaakola (Rantanen, Filppula) – 02:41 2–0 V. Lajunen (Pihlström, J. Aaltonen) – 13:51 3–0 3–1 47:37 – Horák (Pastrňák, Červenka) (PP) 3–2 57:46 – Gudas (Krejčík, Řepík) 3–3 58:09 – Kovář (Pastrňák)
	Puljujärvi Aho Rantanen	Shootout	Hanzl Hyka
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	34

Slovenia vs Norway

9 May 2017 16:15

Slovenia

1–5 (0–3, 1–1, 0–1)

Norway

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 2,696

Game reference
	Matija Pintarič Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Roman Gofman Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Peter Šefčík
	0–1 05:57 – M. Olimb (Thoresen, K. Olimb) 0–2 14:35 – K. Olimb (Thoresen, Nørstebø) 0–3 18:20 – Forsberg 0–4 38:58 – Reichenberg (Holøs, Haugen) (PP) Sabolič (Podlipnik, Vidmar) – 39:45 1–4 1–5 59:17 – Thoresen (K. Olimb, Bonsaksen)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	23

Switzerland vs France

9 May 2017 20:15

Switzerland

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

France

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,747

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Eduards Odiņš Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Sakari Suominen
	0–1 02:53 – Auvitu (Perret) (SH) Praplan (Hollenstein, Loeffel) – 21:22 1–1 Praplan (Hollenstein, Haas) – 23:48 2–1 2–2 43:02 – S. Da Costa (Auvitu) (PP) Ambühl (Suter, Untersander) – 53:41 3–2 3–3 55:41 – Rech (Meunier)
	Brunner Praplan Hollenstein	Shootout	Fleury S. Da Costa Bellemare
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	25

Switzerland vs Belarus

10 May 2017 16:15

Switzerland

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Belarus

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 3,212

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Roman Gofman Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Libor Suchánek
	Schäppi (Untersander, Genazzi) (PP) – 17:54 1–0 Ambühl (Hollenstein, Loeffel) – 35:29 2–0 Almond (Schäppi) – 47:55 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	14

Finland vs Slovenia

10 May 2017 20:15

Finland

5–2 (0–1, 2–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 3,436

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Linus Öhlund Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 14:21 – Kuralt (Pem) Savinainen (Sallinen) – 24:06 1–1 Rantanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) – 25:51 2–1 2–2 45:50 – Tičar (Sabolič) (PP) Aho (Rantanen) – 49:30 3–2 Hännikäinen (J. Lajunen) – 50:34 4–2 Sallinen (Pyörälä, Järvinen) (ENG) – 59:15 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	49	Shots	14

Czech Republic vs Norway

11 May 2017 16:15

Czech Republic

1–0 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Norway

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,381

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Oliver Gouin Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov
	Kovář (Pastrňák, Jeřábek) – 61:25 1–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	10

Canada vs France

11 May 2017 20:15

Canada

3–2 (1–1, 1–1, 1–0)

France

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 14,510

Game reference
	Chad Johnson	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Ivan Dedyulya Roman Kaderli
	O'Reilly (MacKinnon, Scheifele) (PP) – 05:19 1–0 1–1 09:00 – Dame-Malka (Rech, Ritz) 1–2 21:37 – Fleury (S. Da Costa, Auvitu) (PP) Giroux (Lee) (PP) – 39:11 2–2 Vlasic – 42:22 3–2
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	24

Czech Republic vs Slovenia

12 May 2017 16:15

Czech Republic

5–1 (3–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Slovenia

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 2,805

Game reference
	Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Roman Gofman Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Brian Oliver Nathan Vanoosten
	Řepík (Kovář, Červenka) (PP) – 02:12 1–0 Horák (Pastrňák, Voráček) (PP) – 08:20 2–0 Horák (Gudas, Šimek) – 11:46 3–0 Kempný (Vrána) – 22:09 4–0 4–1 44:04 – Verlič (Muršak, Urbas) Červenka (Kovář) – 47:15 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	15

France vs Belarus

12 May 2017 20:15

France

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

Belarus

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,802

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Eduards Odiņš Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Joep Leermakers Libor Suchánek
	Treille (T. Da Costa, Raux) – 12:29 1–0 Fleury (Roussel, S. Da Costa) (PP) – 20:54 2–0 2–1 26:40 – Pavlovich (Sharangovich, Vorobey) 2–2 37:47 – Sharangovich (Linglet) 2–3 41:20 – Kulakov (S. Kostitsyn, Demkov) (PP) Bellemare (S. Da Costa) – 52:35 3–3
	Roussel Fleury S. Da Costa S. Da Costa	Shootout	Stefanovich Stas Pavlovich Stefanovich
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22

Norway vs Finland

13 May 2017 12:15

Norway

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,108

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Joonas Korpisalo	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Ivan Dedyulya Alexander Otmakhov
	Bastiansen (Nørstebø) (PP) – 18:38 1–0 1–1 25:33 – Hietanen (Aho, V. Lajunen) (PP) 1–2 28:11 – Honka (Ohtamaa, Hännikäinen) Martinsen (Roest) (EA) – 59:31 2–2 2–3 61:55 – Hännikäinen (Pyörälä)
	12 min	Penalties	24 min
	21	Shots	28

Slovenia vs Belarus

13 May 2017 16:15

Slovenia

2–5 (2–1, 0–4, 0–0)

Belarus

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,158

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Oliver Gouin Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 13:12 – Pavlovich (Shinkevich, Linglet) Jeglič (Verlič, Sabolič) (PP) – 16:52 1–1 Rodman (Kovačević, Pretnar) – 19:15 2–1 2–2 20:29 – Kovyrshin (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn) 2–3 29:48 – Pavlovich (Shinkevich) 2–4 38:05 – Shinkevich (Pavlovich, Linglet) 2–5 39:43 – Stas (Stefanovich) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	29

Canada vs Switzerland

13 May 2017 20:15

Canada

2–3 OT (2–0, 0–0, 0–2) (OT: 0–1)

Switzerland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,932

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Jonas Hiller Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Eduards Odiņš Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Joep Leermakers Hannu Sormunen
	O'Reilly (Marner, Parayko) (PP) – 04:22 1–0 Marner (Lee, Konecny) – 06:28 2–0 2–1 46:37 – Herzog (Praplan, Richard) (PP) 2–2 49:44 – Praplan (Hollenstein) 2–3 63:40 – Herzog (Untersander, Ambühl)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	45	Shots	26

France vs Czech Republic

14 May 2017 16:15

France

2–5 (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Czech Republic

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 13,003

Game reference
	Florian Hardy	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Oliver Gouin Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 08:32 – Pastrňák (Horák, Voráček) (PP) S. Da Costa (Fleury) (PP) – 20:53 1–1 1–2 26:52 – Řepík (Kundrátek) 1–3 37:01 – Rutta (Červenka) (PP) 1–4 48:03 – Řepík (Kempný) Roussel – 50:38 2–4 2–5 58:56 – Zohorna (Horák) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	28

Switzerland vs Finland

14 May 2017 20:15

Switzerland

2–3 OT (2–1, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 10,860

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Joonas Korpisalo Harri Säteri	Referees: Roman Gofman Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Ivan Dedyulya Libor Suchánek
	Herzog (Richard, Untersander) – 04:40 1–0 Genazzi (Loeffel) – 10:30 2–0 2–1 19:01 – Hietanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) 2–2 47:40 – Rantanen (V. Lajunen, Aho) (PP) 2–3 62:24 – Filppula (Savinainen, Hietanen)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	27

Canada vs Norway

15 May 2017 16:15

Canada

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 5,093

Game reference
	Chad Johnson	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland Steffen Søberg	Referees: Roman Gofman Marcus Linde Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Libor Suchánek
	Schenn (Simmonds) (PP) – 17:48 1–0 Parayko (MacKinnon, O'Reilly) (PP) – 18:42 2–0 Scheifele (Matheson, Skinner) – 34:57 3–0 Parayko (MacKinnon, Marner) (PP) – 38:14 4–0 O'Reilly (Scheifele, MacKinnon) (PP) – 57:20 5–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	10

France vs Slovenia

15 May 2017 20:15

France

4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Slovenia

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,807

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet Florian Hardy	Goalies	Matija Pintarič	Referees: Brett Iverson Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Joep Leermakers Brian Oliver
	Roussel (Auvitu, S. Da Costa) (PP) – 28:20 1–0 Auvitu (Bellemare, Roussel) – 31:08 2–0 Roussel (Auvitu) (PP2) – 44:01 3–0 3–1 44:25 – Muršak (Mušič, Pintarič) (SH) Roussel (SH, ENG) – 58:30 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	27

Belarus vs Norway

16 May 2017 12:15

Belarus

4–3 (0–0, 2–1, 2–2)

Norway

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 3,867

Game reference
	Mikhail Karnaukhov	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Joep Leermakers Nathan Vanoosten
	Lisovets (Stefanovich) – 26:08 1–0 1–1 35:05 – Sørvik (M. Olimb) Kulakov (Stas, Demkov) – 37:52 2–1 2–2 41:19 – Reichenberg (Thoresen, Ødegaard) 2–3 43:41 – Holøs (Martinsen, M. Olimb) Shinkevich (Kovyrshin, Stefanovich) – 54:06 3–3 Lisovets (Pavlovich, Linglet) – 56:56 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	26

Czech Republic vs Switzerland

16 May 2017 16:15

Czech Republic

1–3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,531

Game reference
	Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Niklas Schlegel	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Marcus Linde Linesmen: Ivan Dedyulya Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 01:42 – Praplan (Diaz) 0–2 28:36 – Suri (Kukan, Schlumpf) Červenka (Pastrňák, Šulák) – 34:08 1–2 1–3 52:09 – Brunner (Richard, Marti)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	21

Canada vs Finland

16 May 2017 20:15

Canada

5–2 (3–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Finland

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 10,202

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Mark Lemelin Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Brian Oliver Alexander Otmakhov
	Marner (Point, Matheson) – 02:46 1–0 1–1 03:08 – J. Lajunen (Osala) Parayko (Marner) (PP) – 04:06 2–1 Marner (Scheifele, MacKinnon) (PP) – 13:45 3–1 Point (Matheson, Parayko) – 28:09 4–1 4–2 36:51 – Ohtamaa (Honka, Kemppainen) Duchene (Couturier) – 40:34 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	28	Shots	20

External links

• Official website