2005 IIHF World Championship


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.

Venues

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

All times local

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

All times local

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Ranking and statistics

Tournament Awards

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:
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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.
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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.
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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