2016 World Cup of Hockey
The 2016 World Cup of Hockey was an international ice hockey tournament. It was the third installment of the National Hockey League -sanctioned competition, 12 years after the second World Cup of Hockey in 2004. It was held from September 17 to September 29 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Canada won the championship, defeating Team Europe in the best-of-three final.
Teams
The teams were officially announced on September 10, 2015 by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The teams are:- ' — host
- '
- Europe '
- North America '
National anthems
Rosters
Each team's roster was limited to twenty skaters and three goaltenders. All eight participating teams submitted their initial roster of sixteen players on March 2, 2016.Jerseys
Each one of the national teams' players wore a customized jersey manufactured by Adidas.Group A
| Czech Republic | Canada | USA | Team Europe |
Group B
| Finland | Russia | Sweden | Team North America |
Venue
In contrast to previous World Cups, all contests in the 2016 World Cup were held at the same site.| Air Canada Centre Capacity: 18,819 |
| – Toronto |
Pre-tournament venues
The following venues were used across North America and Europe in the pre-tournament schedule| Bell Centre Capacity: 21,273 | Canadian Tire Centre Capacity: 18,694 | Consol Energy Center Capacity: 18,387 | Hartwall Arena Capacity: 13,349 | Nationwide Arena Capacity: 18,500 |
| – Montreal | – Ottawa | – Pittsburgh | – Helsinki | – Columbus |
| O2 Arena Capacity: 17,360 | Scandinavium Capacity: 12,044 | Verizon Center Capacity: 18,506 | Vidéotron Centre Capacity: 18,249 | Yubileyny Sports Palace Capacity: 7,012 |
| – Prague | – Gothenburg | – Washington, D.C. | – Quebec City | – Saint Petersburg |
Pre-tournament games
All games are Eastern Daylight Time.Start date: September 8, 2016.
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Group stage
All games are Eastern Daylight Time.Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
All times are local, Eastern Daylight Time.Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
The final was played in a best-of-three format.Ranking and statistics
Final standings
Scoring leaders
List depicts skaters sorted by points, then goals.| Player | Team | |||||
 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | |
| | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |
| | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
 | North America | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
 | Europe | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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Leading goaltenders
Only goaltenders who played greater than or equal to one-third of the team's minutes are included.| Player | Team | |||||||
| | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0.957 | 1 | 300 | |
 | Europe | 6 | 3 | 13 | 2.15 | 0.941 | 1 | 362 |
| | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2.25 | 0.940 | 1 | 187 | |
| | North America | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.09 | 0.932 | 0 | 86 |
 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2.53 | 0.930 | 1 | 237 | |
 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2.98 | 0.925 | 1 | 121 | |
 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.02 | 0.920 | 0 | 119 |
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Broadcasting
In Canada, Rogers Communications held broadcast rights to the tournament; the tournament was aired by Sportsnet in English and TVA Sports in French. Similarly to its sub-licensing agreement for Hockey Night in Canada, the semi-finals and finals were simulcast by CBC Television. Although it was initially reported that Rogers was allowed to match competing bids for the rights per its holding of exclusive national media rights to the NHL in Canada, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman denied that there was such a rule, and that the bidding process was "competitive".In the United States, the tournament was broadcast by ESPN and ESPN Deportes in English and Spanish, respectively; NBC Sports, the national rightsholder of the NHL in the United States, passed on the tournament due to scheduling conflicts with various events being broadcast by its networks in that period of time.
ESPN also broadcast the tournament for the Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, the Commonwealth Caribbean, the Pacific Rim and Brazil. In Russia, the tournament was broadcast by Channel One and Match TV. In Finland, the tournament was broadcast by Viasat Sport and Nelonen. In Sweden, Denmark and Norway, the tournament was broadcast by Viasat Sport. In the Czech Republic, the tournament and exhibition games were broadcast by public channel ČT Sport and in Slovakia by Markíza. In Germany, the tournament was broadcast by Sport 1. In Poland, the tournament was broadcast by public channel TVP Sport.
The broadcasts incorporated the use of technology by British firm Supponor to allow for the digital replacement of advertising on the rink boards on selected camera shots. These allowed a single advertiser at a time to brand the entire board, localization of advertising in different media markets, and other customized graphics to be substituted onto the boards. Advertisements are replaced when cameras shots are switched to minimize distractions.
Officials
The NHL selected seven of their referees and seven linesmen to officiate the tournament.| Referees | Linesmen |
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