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2017 IIHF World Championship
The 81st edition of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship will take place in France and Germany on 5-21 May. The games will be hosted by Paris and Cologne.
16 teams will be divided into two preliminary groups:
Group A
Russia(2*)
United States (4)
Sweden (5)
Slovakia (8)
Germany (10)
Latvia (12)
Denmark (13)
Italy (18)
Group B
Canada (1)
Finland (3)
Czech Republic (6)
Switzerland (7)
Belarus (9)
Norway (11)
France (14)
Slovenia (15)
Belarus' Group B games:
5 May – Finland vs Belarus (faceoff time 17.15**)
6 May – Belarus vs the Czech Republic (17.15)
8 May – Belarus vs Canada (17.15)
10 May – Switzerland vs Belarus (17.15)
12 May – France vs Belarus (21.15)
13 May – Slovenia vs Belarus (17.15)
16 May – Belarus vs Norway (13.15)
The best four teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals.
* IIHF ranking as of 22 June 2016
** Minsk time
Source: Belarus' Ice Hockey Federation, IIHF.
