Group A was one of two groups of the 2018 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team is relegated to Division I in 2019.[1]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Sweden 7 6 1 0 0 31 9 +22 20 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 7 5 0 1 1 32 10 +22 16
3  Czech Republic 7 3 3 0 1 27 15 +12 15
4   Switzerland 7 3 1 1 2 25 19 +6 12
5  Slovakia 7 3 0 2 2 19 20 −1 11
6  France 7 2 0 0 5 13 29 −16 6
7  Austria 7 1 0 1 5 13 30 −17 4
8  Belarus (R) 7 0 0 0 7 8 36 −28 0 Relegation to 2019 Division I A[lower-alpha 1]
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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ The rules state that "the bottom ranked two teams will be relegated" and the 2019 hosts (Slovakia) cannot be relegated by rule.[2]

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).

Russia vs France

4 May 2018
16:15		Russia 7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 FranceRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,453
Game reference
Vasily KoshechkinGoaliesFlorian Hardy
Ronan Quemener		Referees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Sweden Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Slovakia Peter Šefčík
Finland Sakari Suominen
Kaprizov (Dadonov, Zaitsev) – 07:081–0
Buchnevich (Grigorenko, Nesterov) (PP) – 08:182–0
Dadonov (Kaprizov, Khafizullin) – 10:223–0
Kaprizov (Datsyuk, Zaitsev) – 37:594–0
Barabanov (Kiselevich, Kablukov) – 42:365–0
Shalunov (Datsyuk, Khafizullin) (PP) – 44:506–0
Anisimov (Buchnevich) (PP) – 57:137–0
6 minPenalties8 min
39Shots10

Sweden vs Belarus

4 May 2018
20:15		Sweden 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 BelarusRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 10,884
Game reference
Magnus HellbergGoaliesIvan Kulbakov
Mikhail Karnaukhov		Referees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Canada Dustin McCrank
Andersson (Kempe, Everberg) – 09:171–0
Nyquist (Klingberg, Lindholm) – 09:452–0
Janmark (Rakell, Zibanejad) – 23:493–0
Rakell – 33:454–0
Zibanejad (Janmark, Rakell) – 56:115–0
8 minPenalties4 min
36Shots27

Switzerland vs Austria

5 May 2018
12:15		Switzerland 3–2 OT
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 AustriaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 5,019
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesBernhard StarkbaumReferees:
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Sweden Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Belarus Dmitri Golyak
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Niederreiter (Corvi) – 18:281–0
Haas (Scherwey, Müller) – 24:142–0
2–134:50 – Zwerger (Rauchenwald, Haudum) (PP)
2–246:28 – Ganahl (Schneider)
Corvi (Niederreiter) – 63:183–2
29 minPenalties6 min
41Shots19

France vs Belarus

5 May 2018
16:15		France 6–2
(2–1, 1–0, 3–1)		 BelarusRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,529
Game reference
Florian HardyGoaliesIvan Kulbakov
Mikhail Karnaukhov		Referees:
Canada Oliver Gouin
Austria Mark Lemelin
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Finland Sakari Suominen
Fleury (S. Da Costa, Rech) – 03:331–0
S. Da Costa (Janil) – 13:332–0
2–119:36 – Pavlovich (Razvadovsky, Vorobey) (PP)
Lampérier (Claireaux, Hecquefeuille) – 38:423–1
Manavian (S. Da Costa, Fleury) (PP2) – 42:174–1
Guttig (Perret, Douay) – 47:575–1
5–254:46 – Vorobey (Platt, Korobov) (PP)
Perret (Leclerc, Hecquefeuille) (PP) – 57:566–2
10 minPenalties16 min
30Shots40

Czech Republic vs Slovakia

5 May 2018
20:15		Czech Republic 3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 SlovakiaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
Pavel FrancouzGoaliesMarek ČiliakReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
United States Timothy Mayer
Linesmen:
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Canada Dustin McCrank
0–107:33 – Krištof (Sekera, Nagy) (PP)
Kubalík (Nestrašil, Jaškin) – 21:041–1
1–225:29 – Sekera (Nagy) (PP)
Nečas (Kubalík) (EA) – 59:502–2
Jaškin (Polášek, Nestrašil) – 62:093–2
6 minPenalties6 min
42Shots17

Austria vs Russia

6 May 2018
12:15		Austria 0–7
(0–3, 0–3, 0–1)		 RussiaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 9,502
Game reference
David MadlenerGoaliesVasily Koshechkin
Igor Shestyorkin		Referees:
United States Timothy Mayer
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Slovakia Peter Šefčík
0–109:34 – Grigorenko
0–211:42 – Anisimov (Buchnevich)
0–313:19 – Barabanov (Mikheyev, Yakovlev)
0–423:52 – Grigorenko (Anisimov)
0–529:07 – Kaprizov (Datsyuk, Dadonov)
0–637:58 – Mamin (Kaprizov)
0–753:55 – Mikheyev
2 minPenalties2 min
18Shots41

Sweden vs Czech Republic

6 May 2018
16:15		Sweden 3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
Magnus HellbergGoaliesDavid RittichReferees:
Austria Mark Lemelin
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Belarus Dmitri Golyak
Rakell (Janmark-Nylén, Lindholm) – 04:491–0
Janmark-Nylén (Rakell) (PP) – 07:132–0
2–133:10 – Hronek (Červenka, Hyka) (PP2)
Zibanejad (Rakell) – 43:113–1
3–255:46 – Hyka (Faksa) (PP)
12 minPenalties10 min
27Shots25

Slovakia vs Switzerland

6 May 2018
20:15		Slovakia 0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)		  SwitzerlandRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 10,915
Game reference
Marek ČiliakGoaliesReto BerraReferees:
Canada Oliver Gouin
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
0–111:06 – Scherwey (Diaz, Müller)
0–220:22 – Müller (Scherwey) (SH)
6 minPenalties4 min
25Shots26

Belarus vs Russia

7 May 2018
16:15		Belarus 0–6
(0–1, 0–3, 0–2)		 RussiaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,360
Game reference
Vitali TrusGoaliesIgor ShestyorkinReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Sweden Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Canada Dustin McCrank
0–105:27 – Datsyuk (Dadonov)
0–225:55 – Shalunov (Barabanov, Kablukov)
0–329:25 – Kablukov (Barabanov, Tryamkin)
0–439:26 – Datsyuk (Khafizullin, Shalunov) (PP)
0–545:16 – Mamin (Zaitsev)
0–647:37 – Kaprizov (Datsyuk, Dadonov)
4 minPenalties2 min
18Shots27

Sweden vs France

7 May 2018
20:15		Sweden 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 FranceRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 7,218
Game reference
Anders NilssonGoaliesRonan QuemenerReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Slovakia Peter Šefčík
Finland Sakari Suominen
Rakell (A. Larsson, Janmark-Nylén) – 00:241–0
Backlund (Pettersson, Lindholm) (PP) – 05:542–0
Ekman-Larsson (A. Larsson, Kempe) – 27:513–0
Pettersson (Klingberg, Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 55:404–0
12 minPenalties24 min
35Shots14

Austria vs Slovakia

8 May 2018
16:15		Austria 2–4
(1–1, 0–2, 1–1)		 SlovakiaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,094
Game reference
Bernhard StarkbaumGoaliesPatrik RybárReferees:
Canada Brett Iverson
Sweden Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
Lebler (Hofer, Viveiros) – 01:331–0
1–104:13 – Haščák (Hovorka, Ďaloga)
1–222:13 – Jurčo (Nagy, Fehérváry)
1–329:00 – Jaroš (Fehérváry, Svitana)
Schneider (Raffl) – 41:432–3
2–459:29 – Krištof (ENG)
8 minPenalties4 min
22Shots30

Czech Republic vs Switzerland

8 May 2018
20:15		Czech Republic 5–4 GWS
(1–1, 3–3, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		  SwitzerlandRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,226
Game reference
Pavel FrancouzGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
United States Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
Belarus Dmitri Golyak
Russia Gleb Lazarev
0–111:13 – Niederreiter (Hofmann) (PP)
Kubalík (Nečas) (PP) – 16:211–1
1–220:47 – Hofmann (Andrighetto, Diaz) (PP)
1–322:07 – Moser (Vermin, Müller)
Moravčík (Sklenička, Hyka) – 24:092–3
2–427:21 – Niederreiter (Moser, Untersander) (PP)
Jaškin (Moravčík, Nestrašil) – 27:433–4
Řepík (Kubalík) – 34:264–4
Jaškin MISS
Hyka MISS
Nečas MISS
Nestrašil MISS
Řepík GOAL		ShootoutMISS Rod
MISS Andrighetto
MISS Niederreiter
MISS Corvi
MISS Hofmann
26 minPenalties18 min
28Shots29

Switzerland vs Belarus

9 May 2018
16:15		Switzerland 5–2
(2–2, 1–0, 2–0)		 BelarusRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 5,445
Game reference
Reto BerraGoaliesMikhail KarnaukhovReferees:
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Vermin (Niederreiter, Untersander) – 01:371–0
1–105:54 – Platt (Linglet, Dyukov)
1–210:46 – Pavlovich (Kovyrshin, Materukhin)
Andrighetto (Meier) – 18:402–2
Vermin (Meier, Diaz) – 39:453–2
Corvi (Diaz) – 42:294–2
Meier (Andrighetto, Hofmann) (PP) – 46:445–2
8 minPenalties16 min
45Shots24

Sweden vs Austria

9 May 2018
20:15		Sweden 7–0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 AustriaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 8,547
Game reference
Anders NilssonGoaliesDavid MadlenerReferees:
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Germany Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Finland Hannu Sormunen
Kempe (Lindholm) (PP) – 09:471–0
Janmark (Rakell) – 17:112–0
Rakell (Zibanejad, Janmark) (PP) – 22:423–0
Rakell – 28:534–0
Nyquist (Kempe) – 29:175–0
Zibanejad (Janmark, Andersson) – 47:506–0
Pääjärvi (J. Larsson) – 53:597–0
4 minPenalties8 min
38Shots14

Slovakia vs France

10 May 2018
16:15		Slovakia 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 FranceRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 5,855
Game reference
Marek ČiliakGoaliesFlorian HardyReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Norway Jon Kilian
Bondra (Buc, Svitana) – 05:371–0
Buc (Svitana, Jaroš) – 22:032–0
2–133:39 – Claireaux (Perret, Janil)
Čajkovský (Buc) (ENG) – 59:503–1
4 minPenalties8 min
28Shots14

Czech Republic vs Russia

10 May 2018
20:15		Czech Republic 4–3 OT
(2–1, 1–2, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 RussiaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
David RittichGoaliesVasily KoshechkinReferees:
Canada Brett Iverson
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
0–101:11 – Nesterov (Barabanov, Kablukov)
Krejčí (Jaškin, Gudas) – 14:411–1
Jaškin (Pastrňák, Krejčí) – 18:392–1
2–221:00 – Grigorenko (Buchnevich, Anisimov)
Pastrňák (Krejčí) – 24:173–2
3–325:49 – Barabanov (Zaitsev, Shalunov)
Pastrňák (Krejčí, Hronek) – 63:234–3
6 minPenalties4 min
25Shots23

France vs Austria

11 May 2018
16:15		France 5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0)		 AustriaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 5,780
Game reference
Florian HardyGoaliesBernhard StarkbaumReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
United States Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
United States Brian Oliver
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
0–103:32 – Hundertpfund (Heinrich, Schumnig)
Fleury (Da Costa, Rech) – 10:001–1
Treille (Texier, Hecquefeuille) (PP) – 13:102–1
2–231:22 – Raffl (Heinrich, Komarek) (PP)
Fleury (Auvitu, Da Costa) (PP2) – 34:113–2
Da Costa (Texier, Gallet) – 37:494–2
Treille (Texier, Hecquefeuille) (PP) – 41:065–2
12 minPenalties14 min
30Shots36

Belarus vs Czech Republic

11 May 2018
20:15		Belarus 0–3
(0–3, 0–0, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 5,636
Game reference
Vitali TrusGoaliesPavel FrancouzReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
Germany Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Finland Hannu Sormunen
0–108:13 – Šulák (Krejčí) (PP)
0–215:53 – Horák (Plekanec)
0–318:43 – Řepík (Červenka, Moravčík)
14 minPenalties4 min
21Shots33

Slovakia vs Sweden

12 May 2018
12:15		Slovakia 3–4 OT
(1–2, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 SwedenRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
Patrik RybárGoaliesMagnus HellbergReferees:
Canada Brett Iverson
United States Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Jurčo (Grman, Krištof) – 10:321–0
1–115:14 – Everberg (Klingberg, Lindholm)
1–218:06 – Nyquist (Backlund, E. Gustafsson)
1–324:53 – De la Rose (Kempe, Wikstrand)
Ďaloga (Nagy) (SH) – 36:402–3
Nagy (Krištof, Čajkovský) – 46:543–3
3–464:18 – Zibanejad (Rakell, Klingberg (PP)
8 minPenalties2 min
28Shots33

Austria vs Belarus

12 May 2018
16:15		Austria 4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 BelarusRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 7,370
Game reference
Bernhard StarkbaumGoaliesMikhail Karnaukhov
Vitali Trus		Referees:
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
United States Brian Oliver
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
Viveiros – 04:141–0
Komarek (Unterweger) (PP) – 30:382–0
Raffl (Komarek) (PP) – 34:383–0
Zwerger (Ulmer) (PP) – 39:364–0
10 minPenalties8 min
28Shots34

Russia vs Switzerland

12 May 2018
20:15		Russia 4–3
(0–0, 3–1, 1–2)		  SwitzerlandRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,366
Game reference
Vasily KoshechkinGoaliesReto BerraReferees:
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Germany Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Norway Jon Kilian
Kaprizov (Datsyuk, Gusev) – 22:221–0
1–126:35 – Untersander (Kukan, Corvi) (PP)
Dadonov (Anisimov) – 27:472–1
Nesterov (Gusev, Datsyuk) (PP2) – 39:573–1
3–251:52 Andrighetto (Meier, Vermin)
Grigorenko (Anisimov, Gavrikov) – 56:074–2
4–358:12 Haas (Andrighetto, Niederreiter) (EA)
8 minPenalties8 min
23Shots27

France vs Czech Republic

13 May 2018
16:15		France 0–6
(0–3, 0–2, 0–1)		 Czech RepublicRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,252
Game reference
Ronan Quemener
Sebastian Ylönen		GoaliesDavid RittichReferees:
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Kilian
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
0–103:41 – Pastrňák (Krejčí)
0–207:58 – Pastrňák (Jaškin)
0–314:11 – Jaškin (Krejčík)
0–421:37 – Horák (Kubalík, Šulák) (PP)
0–527:41 – Horák (Chytil, Sklenička)
0–650:32 – Nečas (Krejčík, Polášek)
22 minPenalties4 min
10Shots55

Switzerland vs Sweden

13 May 2018
20:15		Switzerland 3–5
(0–2, 1–1, 2–2)		 SwedenRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,255
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesAnders NilssonReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Finland Hannu Sormunen
0–105:24 – Klingberg (Zibanejad, Ekman-Larsson) (PP)
0–209:18 – Hörnqvist (Pettersson, Backlund) (PP)
0–321:14 – Backlund (Lindholm)
Untersander (Corvi) – 38:321–3
Diaz (Fiala, Andrighetto) – 44:262–3
2–452:59 – Larsson (Backlund)
2–556:42 – Pääjärvi (Backlund) (ENG)
Kukan (Untersander) (PP) – 59:173–5
6 minPenalties8 min
23Shots41

Russia vs Slovakia

14 May 2018
16:15		Russia 4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 SlovakiaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 7,732
Game reference
Igor ShestyorkinGoaliesMarek ČiliakReferees:
Austria Mark Lemelin
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
United States Brian Oliver
Mamin (Soshnikov) – 11:101–0
Gusev (Datsyuk, Zaitsev) – 16:502–0
Shalunov (Soshnikov) (ENG) – 58:493–0
Mikheyev (Barabanov, Shalunov) (ENG) – 59:444–0
6 minPenalties6 min
36Shots23

Czech Republic vs Austria

14 May 2018
20:15		Czech Republic 4–3
(2–1, 1–0, 1–2)		 AustriaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 3,843
Game reference
Pavel FrancouzGoaliesDavid KickertReferees:
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Germany Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Russia Alexander Otmakhov
Hyka (Kubalík, Šulák) – 00:311–0
Chytil (Krejčík) – 02:272–0
2–117:45 – Komarek (Hofer)
Kubalík (Hyka, Nečas) – 25:463–1
Hyka (Faksa, Kubalík) (PP) – 49:514–1
4–250:53 – Raffl (Unterweger, Haudum)
4–357:18 – Raffl (Komarek, Schumnig)
8 minPenalties4 min
39Shots27

Switzerland vs France

15 May 2018
12:15		Switzerland 5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 FranceRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,573
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesFlorian HardyReferees:
Russia Konstantin Olenin
Germany Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Denmark Rene Jensen
Hofmann (Hass, Müller) – 12:211–0
Corvi (Niederreiter, Meier) – 15:092–0
Untersander (Josi, Corvi) (PP) – 37:123–0
Fiala (Haas, Fora) (EA) – 42:214–0
4–143:10 – Leclerc (Chakiachvili, Perret)
Moser (Vermin, Müller) (SH) – 53:465–1
8 minPenalties8 min
34Shots20

Belarus vs Slovakia

15 May 2018
16:15		Belarus 4–7
(0–2, 2–0, 2–5)		 SlovakiaRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 4,857
Game reference
Vitali TrusGoaliesPatrik Rybár
Marek Čiliak		Referees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Austria Mark Lemelin
Linesmen:
Norway Jon Kilian
United States Brian Oliver
0–100:18 – Bakoš (Nagy, Sekera)
0–210:07 – Jurčo (Bakoš, Nagy) (PP)
Kitarov (Drozd, Falkovsky) (SH) – 33:241–2
Linglet (Levsha, Platt) (PP) – 35:002–2
2–347:53 – Bakoš (Nagy)
Kovyrshin (Sushko, Pavlovich) – 48:373–3
Vorobey (Sharangovich, Platt) (PP) – 50:184–3
4–451:17 – Jurčo (Bakoš, Nagy)
4–554:57 – Hovorka (Krištof)
4–655:48 – Ďaloga (PS)
4–759:42 – Krištof (Jurčo, Nagy) (PP)
8 minPenalties12 min
24Shots46

Russia vs Sweden

15 May 2018
20:15		Russia 1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 SwedenRoyal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,490
Game reference
Vasily KoshechkinGoaliesAnders NilssonReferees:
Canada Oliver Gouin
United States Timothy Mayer
Linesmen:
Finland Hannu Sormunen
Canada Nathan Vanoosten
Kaprizov (Gusev, Datsyuk) (PP) – 02:441–0
1–129:27 – Zibanejad (Ekman-Larsson, Nyquist) (PP)
1–236:04 – Rakell (Zibanejad, Janmark)
1–358:55 – Ekholm (Nilsson) (ENG)
4 minPenalties14 min
31Shots29

References

  1. ↑ "Worlds schedule released". iihfworlds.com. 8 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Statutes and Bylaws (701.3)" (PDF). IIHF. 10 September 2015.
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