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Tournament details | |
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Host countries | ![]() ![]() |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 5–21 May 2017 |
Opened by | Frank-Walter Steinmeier and François Hollande |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions ![]() | ![]() |
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Third place ![]() | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 64 |
Goals scored | 355 (5.55 per game) |
Attendance | 686,391 (10,725 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() |
MVP | ![]() |
Official website | |
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The 2017 IIHF World Championship, the 2017 edition of the annual Ice Hockey World Championships, was held from 5 to 21 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany and Paris, France. The official tournament mascots were Asterix and Obelix, the main characters from popular French comic book series The Adventures of Asterix.[1] The logo incorporates the silhouette of deceased German national team goaltender Robert Müller, who succumbed to a brain tumor at just 28 years of age.[2] German tennis player Angelique Kerber,[3] 1. FC Köln and German Olympic soccer team goalkeeper Timo Horn[4] and Paris Saint-Germain F.C.'s Brazilian winger Lucas Moura[5] were named celebrity ambassadors for the event.
Sweden won the tournament by defeating Canada 2–1 after a penalty shoot-out.[6] Russia won the bronze medal game, defeating Finland 5–3.