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

The selection of Belarus as hosts caused great controversy and initiated the Minsk2014.No Campaign.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]
The IIHF's official final ranking of the tournament:^[4]

Russia  Finland  Sweden 4  Czech Republic 5  Canada 6  United States 7  Belarus 8  France 9  Slovakia 10   Switzerland 11  Latvia 12  Norway 13  Denmark 14  Germany 15  Italy 16  Kazakhstan Relegated to the 2015 Division I A Division I Main article: 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.[5] Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation  Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 15 6 +9 12 Promoted to the 2015 Top Division  Austria 5 2 2 0 1 20 14 +6 10  Japan 5 3 0 1 1 14 14 0 10  Ukraine 5 2 0 1 2 18 13 +5 7  Hungary 5 1 1 1 2 16 18 −2 6  South Korea 5 0 0 0 5 12 30 −18 0 Relegated to the 2015 Division I B Source: Division I A Statistics Division I B The Division I B tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 20 to 26 April 2014.[6] Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation  Poland 5 4 0 0 1 21 8 +13 12 Promoted to the 2015 Division I A  Croatia 5 3 1 0 1 16 9 +7 11  Lithuania 5 3 0 0 2 15 9 +6 9  Great Britain 5 3 0 0 2 13 12 +1 9  Netherlands 5 1 0 0 4 13 18 −5 3  Romania 5 0 0 1 4 7 29 −22 1 Relegated to the 2015 Division II A Source: Division I B Statistics Division II Main article: 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.[7] Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation  Estonia 5 5 0 0 0 36 8 +28 15 Promoted to the 2015 Division I B  Iceland 5 1 3 0 1 18 15 +3 9  Serbia 5 2 0 1 2 19 23 −4 7  Australia 5 1 0 2 2 13 14 −1 5  Belgium 5 1 1 0 3 17 25 −8 5  Israel 5 0 1 2 2 19 37 −18 4 Relegated to the 2015 Division II B Source: Division II A Statistics Division II B The Division II B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 5 to 11 April 2014.[8] Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation  Spain 5 5 0 0 0 29 5 +24 15 Promoted to the 2015 Division II A  Mexico 5 4 0 0 1 23 11 +12 12  New Zealand 5 2 1 0 2 15 18 −3 8  China 5 1 0 1 3 14 21 −7 4  South Africa 5 1 0 0 4 8 19 −11 3  Turkey 5 1 0 0 4 12 27 −15 3 Relegated to the 2015 Division III Source: Division II B Statistics Division III Main article: 2014 IIHF World Championship Division III The Division III tournament was played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, from 6 to 12 April 2014.[9] Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion  Bulgaria 5 5 0 0 0 48 13 +35 15 Promoted to the 2015 Division II B  North Korea 5 4 0 0 1 54 11 +43 12  Luxembourg 5 3 0 0 2 43 16 +27 9  Hong Kong 5 1 1 0 3 17 27 −10 5  United Arab Emirates 5 1 0 1 3 14 34 −20 4  Georgia 5 0 0 0 5 3 78 −75 0 Source: Division III Statistics See also 2014 IIHF Women's World Championship 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 2014 IIHF World U18 Championships References ↑ "Minsk2014 Campaign site". Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2013. ↑ "Ice Hockey finals in Belarus still on schedule". EUobserver. Retrieved 15 January 2021. ↑ Championship official website ↑ "Playoffs and Final Ranking" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 30 December 2017. ↑ Division I A Statistics ↑ Division I B Statistics ↑ Division II A Statistics ↑ Division II B Statistics ↑ Division III Statistics External links IIHF Official Website