2015 IIHF European Championship (WFAC)

2015 IIHF European Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (23rd title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Sweden
Scoring leader(s)	Viktor Tikhonov (16 points)
MVP	Pekka Rinne
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The 2011 IIHF European Championship was the 68th European ice hockey championships arranged by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament was held in Oslo and Bergen, Norway.

As the World Championships, teams participated at three levels of competition.

Venues

Norway – Oslo
Telenor Arena
Capacity: 15,000
Norway – Bergen
Bergen Arena
Capacity: 11,000

Qualification

	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	N/A	1	Norway
Ranked 1−12 at the 2003 IIHF European Championship		11	Austria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Latvia Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland
Promoted from the 2013 IIHF European Championship Division I		2	Great Britain Poland
Total		14

Seeding

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2014 IIHF World Ranking:

Group A	Group B
Sweden (1)	Finland (3)
Czechoslovakia (6)	Soviet Union (4)
Norway (7)	Switzerland (8)
Germany (10)	Latvia (9)
Denmark (11)	France (12)
Yugoslavia (14)	Austria (13)
Italy (15)	Hungary (16)

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances to the quarter finals
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Division I

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances to the quarter finals
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Division I

Playoff round

Quarterfinal

A1

B4

Semifinal

Quarterfinal

B2

A3

Final

Soviet Union

5

Quarterfinal

Finland

2

B1

A4

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Czechoslovakia

3

Quarterfinal

Sweden

0

A2

B3

Gold medal game

September 2013 20:30

Soviet Union

5 – 2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Finland

Jordal Amfi, Oslo

Final ranking

The official IIHF final ranking of the tournament:

	Soviet Union
	Finland
	Czechoslovakia
4	Sweden
5	Switzerland
6	Germany
7	Norway
8	France
9	Latvia
10	Denmark
11	Yugoslavia
12	Austria

2015 IIHF European Championship Winners
Soviet Union 23rd title

See also

• IIHF European Championships