2010 IIHF World Championship rosters

Main article: 2010 IIHF World Championship
Ice hockey players wearing red and white uniforms stand elevated on a stage facing out towards a crowd of people.
Arrival of the winning Czech team in Old Town Square, Prague, for celebrations.

The 2010 IIHF World Championship rosters consisted of 395 players from 16 national ice hockey teams. Run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the 2010 IIHF World Championship, held in Cologne, Gelsenkirchen and Mannheim, Germany, was the 74th edition of the tournament. The Czech Republic won the championship for the sixth time after defeating Russia 2–1 in the final.[1][2]

Before the start of the championship, each participating nation had to submit a list of players for its roster. A minimum of fifteen skaters and two goaltenders and a maximum of twenty skaters and three goaltenders had to be selected. A country that had selected fewer than the maximum allowed were required to choose the remaining players prior to the start of the tournament. After the start of the tournament, each team was allowed to add an additional two players to their roster, for a maximum of 25. Once players were registered to the team, they could not be removed from the roster.[3]

To have qualified for the national team under IIHF rules, a player must have met several criteria. He must be a citizen of the nation, and be under the jurisdiction of that national association. Players are allowed to switch which national team they play for, providing they fulfill the IIHF criteria. If participating for the first time in an IIHF event, the player was required to have played two consecutive years in the national competition of the new country without playing in another country. If the player has already played for a national team before, he may switch countries if he is a citizen of the new country, and has played for four consecutive years in the national competition of the new country. This switch may happen only once in the player's life.[4]

Dennis Endras of Germany led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 0.961, and was named the tournament's most valuable player and top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.[5][6] Russian Pavel Datsyuk was named top forward and Petteri Nummelin of Finland was selected as top defenceman.[6] Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk was the tournament's leading scorer with 12 points.[7]


Legend
Teams
Belarus Canada Czech Republic Denmark
Finland France Germany Italy
Kazakhstan Latvia Norway Russia
Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States
References
  1. ^ "All Medallists - Men". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  2. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (2010-05-23). "Czech are champs!". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  3. ^ "Player Entry Procedure". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  4. ^ "IIHF Eligibility". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  5. ^ "Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF. 2010-05-23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  6. ^ a b "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. 2010-05-23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  7. ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). IIHF. 2010-05-23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2011-02-06.