2005 IIHF World Championship

2005 IIHF World Championship
2005 IIHF Weltmeisterschaft
Tournament details
Host country  Austria
Dates April 30 - May 15
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Czech Republic (5th title)
Runner-up   Canada
Third place   Russia
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 56
Goals scored 289 (5.16 per match)
Attendance 323,974 (5,785 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Joe Thornton
(16 points)
2004
2006

The 2005 Men's Ice Hockey Championships was held in May 2005 in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 69th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Venues

Wiener Stadthalle
Capacity: 16,000
Olympic Ice Hockey Center
Capacity: 7,800
 AustriaVienna  AustriaInnsbruck

Rosters

Preliminary round

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round. The last team in each group competed in the relegation round.

     Team advanced to the Qualifying round
     Team sent to compete in the Relegation round

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Slovakia 321013585
 Russia 32109545
 Belarus 31026422
 Austria 3003317-140

All times local (UTC +3)

April 30, 2005
16:15
Russia  4 - 2
(1-1, 1-0, 2-1)
 Austria Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 8024
April 30, 2005
20:15
Slovakia  2 - 1
(0-0, 0-0, 2-1)
 Belarus Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 8025
May 2, 2005
16:15
Slovakia  3 - 3
(1-0, 1-2, 1-1)
 Russia Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7800
May 2, 2005
20:15
Belarus  5 - 0
(1-0, 2-0, 2-0)
 Austria Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7691
May 4, 2005
16:15
Russia  2 - 0
(0-0, 1-0, 1-0)
 Belarus Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7037
May 4, 2005
20:15
Austria  1 - 8
(0-1, 0-2, 1-5)
 Slovakia Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 8635

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Canada 3300175126
 United States 320111474
 Latvia 3102810-22
 Slovenia 3003118-170

All times local (UTC +3)

April 30, 2005
16:15
Latvia  4 - 6
(1-1, 1-4, 2-1)
 Canada Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 5344
May 1, 2005
16:15
United States  7 - 0
(3-0, 2-0, 2-0)
 Slovenia Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 4540
May 3, 2005
16:15
Canada  8 - 0
(3-0, 2-0, 3-0)
 Slovenia Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 5370
May 3, 2005
20:15
United States  3 - 1
(0-1, 1-0, 2-0)
 Latvia Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 5460
May 5, 2005
16:15
Slovenia  1 - 3
(0-1, 1-1, 0-1)
 Latvia Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 6300
May 5, 2005
20:15
Canada  3 - 1
(0-0, 2-1, 1-0)
 United States Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 6307

Group C

Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Sweden 3300153126
 Finland 32017704
 Ukraine 310258-32
 Denmark 3003211-90

All times local (UTC +3)

April 30, 2005
20:15
Finland  2 - 1
(1-0, 0-0, 1-1)
 Denmark Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 5030
May 1, 2005
20:15
Ukraine  2 - 3
(0-2, 2-0, 0-1)
 Sweden Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 4061
May 2, 2005
16:15
Finland  4 - 1
(1-0, 2-1, 1-0)
 Ukraine Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 4386
May 2, 2005
20:15
Sweden  7 - 0
(2-0, 3-0, 2-0)
 Denmark Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 4457
May 4, 2005
16:15
Denmark  1 - 2
(0-0, 1-1, 0-1)
 Ukraine Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 5623
May 4, 2005
20:15
Sweden  5 - 1
(2-1, 2-0, 1-0)
 Finland Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 6202

Group D

Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Czech Republic 33006156
  Switzerland 32018534
 Kazakhstan 310234-12
 Germany 300329-70

All times local (UTC +3)

May 1, 2005
16:15
Switzerland   1 - 3
(1-2, 0-0, 0-1)
 Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7328
May 1, 2005
20:15
Germany  1 - 2
(0-2, 1-0, 0-0)
 Kazakhstan Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6676
May 3, 2005
16:15
Kazakhstan  1 - 2
(1-1, 0-0, 0-1)
  Switzerland Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7500
May 3, 2005
20:15
Czech Republic  2 - 0
(1-0, 0-0, 1-0)
 Germany Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 8000
May 5, 2005
16:15
Czech Republic  1 - 0
(0-0, 1-0, 0-0)
 Kazakhstan Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7041
May 5, 2005
20:15
Germany  1 - 5
(1-1, 0-1, 0-3)
  Switzerland Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7900

Qualifying round

The top three teams from each group in the First Round advance to the qualifying round. The top three teams from Groups A and D advance to Group E, and the top three teams from Groups B and C advance to Group F.

Teams in the qualifying round carry forward the results and points gained in the preliminary round with the teams that they have played and advance with. Teams, which have played in the preliminary round, do not meet again in the qualifying round.

     Team advanced to the Playoff round
     Team eliminated from advancing

Group E

Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Russia 532013858
 Czech Republic 5401155108
 Slovakia 5311121117
  Switzerland 5212910-15
 Belarus 5104411-72
 Kazakhstan 5005311-80

All times local (UTC+3)

May 6, 2005
20:15
Russia  3 - 3
(2-2, 1-1, 0-0)
  Switzerland Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 5680
May 7, 2005
16:15
Belarus  2 - 0
(0-0, 1-0, 1-0)
 Kazakhstan Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6234
May 7, 2005
20:15
Slovakia  1 - 5
(0-2, 1-3, 0-0)
 Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7614
May 8, 2005
16:15
Slovakia  3 - 1
(0-0, 2-1, 1-0)
  Switzerland Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7522
May 8, 2005
20:15
Czech Republic  1 - 2
(1-0, 0-1, 0-1)
 Russia Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7709
May 9, 2005
16:15
Russia  3 - 1
(0-0, 3-0, 0-1)
 Kazakhstan Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 5520
May 9, 2005
20:15
Switzerland   2 - 0
(1-0, 0-0, 1-0)
 Belarus Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 5502
May 10, 2005
16:15
Kazakhstan  1 - 3
(1-1, 0-1, 0-1)
 Slovakia Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 5967
May 10, 2005
20:15
Czech Republic  5 - 1
(1-0, 2-1, 2-0)
 Belarus Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6201

Group F

Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Sweden 54012313108
 Canada 5311181447
 United States 5221141046
 Finland 51311213-15
 Latvia 5113918-94
 Ukraine 5014513-81
May 6, 2005
20:15
United States  4 - 4
(1-1, 0-0, 3-3)
 Finland Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 3540
May 7, 2005
16:15
Latvia  3 - 0
(0-0, 1-0, 2-0)
 Ukraine Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 4702
May 7, 2005
20:15
Canada  4 - 5
(2-1, 1-3, 1-1)
 Sweden Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 5558
May 8, 2005
16:15
Canada  3 - 3
(0-1, 1-1, 2-1)
 Finland Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 5333
May 8, 2005
20:15
Sweden  1 - 5
(0-1, 0-2, 1-2)
 United States Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 4708
May 9, 2005
16:15
United States  1 - 1
(0-0, 0-1, 1-0)
 Ukraine Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 1909
May 9, 2005
20:15
Finland  0 - 0
(0-0, 0-0, 0-0)
 Latvia Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 2235
May 10, 2005
16:15
Ukraine  1 - 2
(1-1, 0-0, 0-1)
 Canada Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 2211
May 10, 2005
20:15
Sweden  9 - 1
(3-0, 2-0, 4-1)
 Latvia Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 2349

Relegation round

The consolation round is composed of the four teams that placed last in Groups A through D. They play in a round-robin fashion, and the bottom two teams get relegated to the Division I group in next year's World Championships.

     Team qualified for the 2006 IIHF World Championship
     Team relegated to Division I

Group G

Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 Slovenia 32011114-34
 Denmark 320110914
 Germany 311113673
 Austria 3012712-51

All times local (UTC +3)

May 6, 2005
16:15
Germany  2 - 2
(2-0, 0-1, 0-1)
 Austria Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6150
May 6, 2005
16:15
Slovenia  4 - 3
(0-3, 1-0, 3-0)
 Denmark Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 3709
May 8, 2005
12:15
Denmark  4 - 3
(1-3, 2-0, 1-0)
 Austria Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 5122
May 9, 2005
12:15
Slovenia  1 - 9
(0-3, 0-5, 1-1)
 Germany Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 2177
May 10, 2005
12:15
Germany  2 - 3
(1-1, 1-1, 0-1)
 Denmark Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 2335
May 11, 2005
20:15
Austria  2 - 6
(1-0, 0-3, 0-3)
 Slovenia Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 2827

Playoff round

Bracket

  Quarterfinal                    
  F1   Sweden 2  
  E4    Switzerland 1   Semifinal
      QF1   Sweden 2  
  Quarterfinal   QF2   Czech Republic 3  
  E2   Czech Republic 3
  F3   United States 2         Final
              SF1   Czech Republic 3
  Quarterfinal             SF2   Canada 0
  F2   Canada 5      
  E3   Slovakia 4   Semifinal   Bronze medal game
      QF3   Canada 4   SF2   Russia 6
  Quarterfinal   QF4   Russia 3     SF1   Sweden 3
  E1   Russia 4
  F4   Finland 3  

Quarter-finals

May 12, 2005
16:15
Czech Republic  3 – 2
(GWS)

(0–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 United States Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7,700
May 12, 2005
16:15
Canada  5 – 4
(2–2, 1–1, 2–1)
 Slovakia Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 5300
May 12, 2005
20:15
Russia  4 – 3
(GWS)

(2–3, 1–0, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 Finland Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7,530
May 12, 2005
16:15
Sweden  2 – 1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)
  Switzerland Olympiaworld, Innsbruck
Attendance: 5,103

Semi-finals

May 14, 2005
16:15
Russia  3 – 4
(0–3, 2–1, 1–0)
 Canada Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7,500
May 14, 2005
20:15
Sweden  2 – 3
OT

(0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
 Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7791

Bronze medal game

May 15, 2005
16:15
Sweden  3 – 6
(2–3, 0–3, 1–0)
 Russia Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7889

Gold medal game

May 15, 2005
20:15
Czech Republic  3 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
 Canada Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7999

Ranking and statistics

 


 2005 IIHF World Championship Winners 

Czech Republic
5th title

Tournament Awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

 Czech Republic
 Canada
 Russia
4  Sweden
5  Slovakia
6  United States
7  Finland
8   Switzerland
9  Latvia
10  Belarus
11  Ukraine
12  Kazakhstan
13  Slovenia
14  Denmark
15  Germany
16  Austria

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Canada Joe Thornton 9 6 10 16 +7 4 F
Canada Rick Nash 9 9 6 15 +7 8 F
Canada Simon Gagné 9 3 7 10 +7 0 F
Slovakia Žigmund Pálffy 7 5 4 9 +1 10 F
Sweden Daniel Sedin 9 5 4 9 +4 2 F
Sweden Daniel Alfredsson 9 3 6 9 +6 6 F
Czech Republic Jaromír Jágr 8 2 7 9 +4 5 F
Russia Alexander Ovechkin 8 5 3 8 +7 4 F
Slovakia Ľubomír Višňovský 7 2 6 8 +2 0 D
Czech Republic Václav Prospal 9 2 6 8 +4 4 F

Source:

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Belarus Andrei Mezin 297:24 175 5 1.01 97.14 2
Czech Republic Tomáš Vokoun 499:17 190 9 1.08 95.26 2
Kazakhstan Vitaliy Kolesnik 279:20 168 8 1.72 95.24 0
Switzerland Martin Gerber 359:17 186 10 1.67 94.62 1
Latvia Artūrs Irbe 283:03 124 7 1.48 94.35 2

Source:

See also

References

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