2014 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

{{Short description|2014 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox international ice hockey competition | tourney_name = | year = 2014 | other_titles = | image = | size = | caption = | country = | dates = | num_teams = | venues = | cities = | winners = | count = | second = | third = | fourth = | games = | goals = | attendance = | scoring_leader = | mvp = | prevseason = 2013 | nextseason = 2015 }} The '''2014 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships''' was the 78th such event organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at six levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2015 competition.

==Controversy== {{main|2014 IIHF World Championship#Controversy}} The selection of Belarus as hosts caused great controversy and initiated the Minsk2014.No Campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.minsk2014.no/ |title=Minsk2014 Campaign site |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225081333/http://www.minsk2014.no/ |archive-date=25 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The European Parliament called the IIHF to move the venue and demanded the release of all political prisoners as a condition to continue the Championship in Minsk.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://euobserver.com/foreign/115674 |title=Ice Hockey finals in Belarus still on schedule |work=EUobserver |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref>

==Championship== {{main|2014 IIHF World Championship}} The top division championship took place with the participation of sixteen teams from 9 to 25 May 2014. Belarus hosted the event with games played in Minsk.<ref>[https://www.iihfworlds2014.com/ Championship official website]</ref><br> The IIHF's official final ranking of the tournament:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/387/IHM3879900_76_12_0.pdf |work=IIHF |title=Playoffs and Final Ranking |access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="width:200px;" |- style="background:gold;" |align=center|{{gold1}}|| {{ih|RUS}} |- style="background:silver;" |align=center|{{silver2}}|| {{ih|FIN}} |- style="background:peru;" |align=center|{{bronze3}}|| {{ih|SWE}} |- |align=center|4|| {{ih|CZE}} |- |align=center|5|| {{ih|CAN}} |- |align=center|6|| {{ih|USA}} |- |align=center|7|| {{ih|BLR}} |- |align=center|8|| {{ih|FRA}} |- |align=center|9|| {{ih|SVK}} |- |align=center|10|| {{ih|SUI}} |- |align=center|11|| {{ih|LAT}} |- |align=center|12|| {{ih|NOR}} |- |align=center|13|| {{ih|DEN}} |- |align=center|14|| {{ih|GER}} |- style="background:#fcc;" |align=center|15|| {{ih|ITA}} |- style="background:#fcc;" |align=center|16|| {{ih|KAZ}} |} {|class="wikitable" |- |style="background:#fcc;"|<small>Relegated to the 2015 Division I A</small> |}

==Division I== {{main|2014 IIHF World Championship Division I}}

===Division I A=== The Division I A tournament was played in Goyang, South Korea, from 20 to 26 April 2014.<ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/385/ Division I A Statistics]</ref>

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|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2015 Top Division |result1=P|result2=P |col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2015 Division I B |result6=R |update=complete|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/385/ Division I A Statistics] }}

===Division I B=== The Division I B tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 20 to 26 April 2014.<ref>[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/386/ Division I B Statistics]</ref>

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|team1=POL|name_POL={{ih|POL}} |team2=CRO|name_CRO={{ih|CRO}} |team3=LTU|name_LTU={{ih|LTU}} |team4=GBR|name_GBR={{ih|GBR}} |team5=NED|name_NED={{ih|NED}} |team6=ROU|name_ROU={{ih|ROU}} |win_POL=4|OTwin_POL=0|OTloss_POL=0|loss_POL=1|gf_POL=21|ga_POL=8 |win_CRO=3|OTwin_CRO=1|OTloss_CRO=0|loss_CRO=1|gf_CRO=16|ga_CRO=9 |win_LTU=3|OTwin_LTU=0|OTloss_LTU=0|loss_LTU=2|gf_LTU=15|ga_LTU=9 |win_GBR=3|OTwin_GBR=0|OTloss_GBR=0|loss_GBR=2|gf_GBR=13|ga_GBR=12 |win_NED=1|OTwin_NED=0|OTloss_NED=0|loss_NED=4|gf_NED=13|ga_NED=18 |win_ROU=0|OTwin_ROU=0|OTloss_ROU=1|loss_ROU=4|gf_ROU=7|ga_ROU=29

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2015 Division I A |result1=P |col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2015 Division II A |result6=R |update=complete|source=[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/386/ Division I B Statistics] }}

==Division II== {{main|2014 IIHF World Championship Division II}}

===Division II A=== The Division II A tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 April 2014.<ref>[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/383/ Division II A Statistics]</ref>

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|team1=EST|name_EST={{ih|EST}} |team2=ISL|name_ISL={{ih|ISL}} |team3=SRB|name_SRB={{ih|SRB}} |team4=AUS|name_AUS={{ih|AUS}} |team5=BEL|name_BEL={{ih|BEL}} |team6=ISR|name_ISR={{ih|ISR}} |win_EST=5|OTwin_EST=0|OTloss_EST=0|loss_EST=0|gf_EST=36|ga_EST=8 |win_ISL=1|OTwin_ISL=3|OTloss_ISL=0|loss_ISL=1|gf_ISL=18|ga_ISL=15 |win_SRB=2|OTwin_SRB=0|OTloss_SRB=1|loss_SRB=2|gf_SRB=19|ga_SRB=23 |win_AUS=1|OTwin_AUS=0|OTloss_AUS=2|loss_AUS=2|gf_AUS=13|ga_AUS=14 |win_BEL=1|OTwin_BEL=1|OTloss_BEL=0|loss_BEL=3|gf_BEL=17|ga_BEL=25 |win_ISR=0|OTwin_ISR=1|OTloss_ISR=2|loss_ISR=2|gf_ISR=19|ga_ISR=37

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2015 Division I B |result1=P |col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2015 Division II B |result6=R |update=complete|source=[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/383/ Division II A Statistics] }}

===Division II B=== The Division II B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 5 to 11 April 2014.<ref>[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/384/ Division II B Statistics]</ref>

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|team1=ESP|name_ESP={{ih|ESP}} |team2=MEX|name_MEX={{ih|MEX}} |team3=NZL|name_NZL={{ih|NZL}} |team4=CHN|name_CHN={{ih|CHN}} |team5=RSA|name_RSA={{ih|RSA}} |team6=TUR|name_TUR={{ih|TUR}} |win_ESP=5|OTwin_ESP=0|OTloss_ESP=0|loss_ESP=0|gf_ESP=29|ga_ESP=5 |win_MEX=4|OTwin_MEX=0|OTloss_MEX=0|loss_MEX=1|gf_MEX=23|ga_MEX=11 |win_NZL=2|OTwin_NZL=1|OTloss_NZL=0|loss_NZL=2|gf_NZL=15|ga_NZL=18 |win_CHN=1|OTwin_CHN=0|OTloss_CHN=1|loss_CHN=3|gf_CHN=14|ga_CHN=21 |win_RSA=1|OTwin_RSA=0|OTloss_RSA=0|loss_RSA=4|gf_RSA=8|ga_RSA=19 |win_TUR=1|OTwin_TUR=0|OTloss_TUR=0|loss_TUR=4|gf_TUR=12|ga_TUR=27

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2015 Division II A |result1=P |col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to the 2015 Division III |result6=R |update=complete|source=[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/384/ Division II B Statistics] }}

==Division III== {{main|2014 IIHF World Championship Division III}}

The Division III tournament was played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, from 6 to 12 April 2014.<ref>[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/382/ Division III Statistics]</ref>

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|team1=BUL|name_BUL={{ih|BUL}} |team2=PRK|name_PRK={{ih|PRK}} |team3=LUX|name_LUX={{ih|LUX}} |team4=HKG|name_HKG={{ih|HKG}} |team5=UAE|name_UAE={{ih|UAE}} |team6=GEO|name_GEO={{ih|GEO}} |win_BUL=5|OTwin_BUL=0|OTloss_BUL=0|loss_BUL=0|gf_BUL=48|ga_BUL=13 |win_PRK=4|OTwin_PRK=0|OTloss_PRK=0|loss_PRK=1|gf_PRK=54|ga_PRK=11 |win_LUX=3|OTwin_LUX=0|OTloss_LUX=0|loss_LUX=2|gf_LUX=43|ga_LUX=16 |win_HKG=1|OTwin_HKG=1|OTloss_HKG=0|loss_HKG=3|gf_HKG=17|ga_HKG=27 |win_UAE=1|OTwin_UAE=0|OTloss_UAE=1|loss_UAE=3|gf_UAE=14|ga_UAE=34 |win_GEO=0|OTwin_GEO=0|OTloss_GEO=0|loss_GEO=5|gf_GEO=3|ga_GEO=78

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2015 Division II B |result1=P |update=complete|source=[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/382/ Division III Statistics] }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.iihf.com/ IIHF Official Website]

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