The 2005 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship was held 30 April – 15 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 StadthalleCapacity: 16,000 Olympic Ice Hockey CenterCapacity: 7,800 – Vienna – Innsbruck
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.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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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.
Group E
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Group F
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. Group G
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Playoff round
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Ranking and statistics
Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Tomáš Vokoun Best Defenceman: Wade Redden Best Forward: Alexei Kovalev Most Valuable Player: Joe Thornton Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: Tomáš Vokoun Defence: Niklas Kronwall, Marek Židlický Forwards: Jaromír Jágr, Rick Nash, Joe Thornton
Final standings The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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 Joe Thornton 9 6 10 16 +7 4 F Rick Nash 9 9 6 15 +7 8 F Simon Gagné 9 3 7 10 +7 0 F Žigmund Pálffy 7 5 4 9 +1 10 F Daniel Sedin 9 5 4 9 +4 2 F Daniel Alfredsson 9 3 6 9 +6 6 F Jaromír Jágr 8 2 7 9 +4 5 F Alexander Ovechkin 8 5 3 8 +7 4 F Ľubomír Višňovský 7 2 6 8 +2 0 D Václav Prospal 9 2 6 8 +4 4 FSource:
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 Andrei Mezin 297:24 175 5 1.01 97.14 2 Tomáš Vokoun 499:17 190 9 1.08 95.26 2 Vitaliy Kolesnik 279:20 168 8 1.72 95.24 0 Martin Gerber 359:17 186 10 1.67 94.62 1 Artūrs Irbe 283:03 124 7 1.48 94.35 2Source:
IIHF honors and awards The 2005 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Vienna during the World Championships. Rita Hrbacek of Austria was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Quido Adamec, Czech Republic Viacheslav Fetisov, Russia Jørgen Hviid, Denmark Viktor Kuzkin, Russia Mats Näslund, Sweden Alois Schloder, Germany
See also 2005 in ice hockey 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
References
External links 2005 IIHF World Championship official site