Group B was one of two groups of the 2015 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2016.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	United States	7	5	1	0	1	22	14	+8	17	Advance to the playoff round
2	Finland	7	4	2	0	1	22	9	+13	16
3	Russia	7	4	1	1	1	30	16	+14	15
4	Belarus	7	4	0	2	1	20	19	+1	14
5	Slovakia	7	1	2	2	2	17	19	−2	9
6	Norway	7	2	0	0	5	12	23	−11	6
7	Denmark	7	1	0	1	5	10	20	−10	4
8	Slovenia	7	1	0	0	6	9	22	−13	3	Relegation to Division I A

All times are local ( UTC+2).

1 May

United States vs Finland

1 May 2015 16:15

United States

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Finland

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Pekka Rinne	Referees: Tobias Bjork Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Vit Lederer Rudolf Tošenovjan
	Moses ( Krug, Nelson) – 19:37 1–0 1–1 25:40 – Jokipakka ( Pesonen, Kemppainen) Hendricks ( Sexton) – 31:57 2–1 Sexton (Krug, Hendricks) – 34:74 3–1 Bonino (Moses, Nelson) – 46:19 4–1 Hendricks ( Larkin) (ENG) – 57:22 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	30

Russia vs Norway

1 May 2015 20:15

Russia

6–2 (4–0, 2–2, 0–0)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,314

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Lars Volden	Referees: Timothy Mayer Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Bevan Mills
	Shipachyov ( Kovalchuk, Dadonov) (PP) – 02:51 1–0 Anisimov (Kovalchuk) – 03:10 2–0 Zaripov ( Mozyakin, Tikhonov) – 15:14 3–0 Tikhonov ( Medvedev, Zaripov) – 16:53 4–0 4–1 20:25 – Thoresen ( M. Olimb, Holøs) 4–2 26:50 – Thoresen (M. Olimb, Ask) Chudinov (Mozyakin, Zaripov) – 29:08 5–2 Panarin (Shipachyov, Biryukov) – 34:10 6–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	19

2 May

Slovakia vs Denmark

2 May 2015 12:15

Slovakia

4–3 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 3–2) ( OT 0–0) ( SO: 1–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Ján Laco	Goalies	Patrick Galbraith	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri André Schrader
	0–1 25:05 – Bjorkstrand ( J. Jensen, J. B. Jensen) (PP) Sersen ( Hudáček, Pánik) (PP) – 48:08 1–1 Viedenský ( Dravecký, Lušňák) – 49:26 2–1 2–2 49:57 – Hardt ( Madsen) Graňák (Dravecký, Laco) (PP) – 51:11 3–2 3–3 57:46 – Nielsen
	Gáborík Viedenský Dravecký Gáborík Viedenský Daňo	Shootout	Hardt Madsen Spelling J. Jensen Hardt Green
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	19

Belarus vs Slovenia

2 May 2015 16:15

Belarus

4–2 (2–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 5,995

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Anton Semjonov Vit Lederer
	Stas ( Korobov, Gavrus) – 10:08 1–0 1–1 10:42 – Jeglič ( Tičar) A. Kostitsyn (Stas, Gavrus) – 12:16 2–1 Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn) – 23:51 3–1 3–2 51:47 – Pance ( Razingar, Kopitar) Kitarov (ENG) – 59:41 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	23

Norway vs United States

2 May 2015 20:15

Norway

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

United States

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,301

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Bevan Mills Rudolf Tošenovjan
	Ask ( Tollefsen, M. Olimb) – 06:39 1–0 1–1 12:14 – Lewis ( Vesey) 1–2 25:58 – Nelson ( Krug, Lewis)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	23	Shots	35

3 May

Russia vs Slovenia

3 May 2015 12:15

Russia

5–3 (3–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,557

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin	Goalies	Luka Gračnar	Referees: Tobias Bjork Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Vit Lederer
	Kovalchuk ( Dadonov, Barulin) – 04:03 1–0 Kulemin ( Antipin) – 04:39 2–0 Dadonov ( Panarin, Shipachyov) (PP) – 18:56 3–0 3–1 23:14 – Kopitar ( Pretnar, Kranjc) Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) – 29:27 4–1 4–2 34:30 – Pance Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) – 45:45 5–2 5–3 54:46 – Sabolič ( Tičar, Jeglič)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	25

Belarus vs Slovakia

3 May 2015 16:15

Belarus

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) ( OT 0–1)

Slovakia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande	Goalies	Ján Laco	Referees: Timothy Mayer Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Paul Carnathan Jimmy Dahmen
	S. Kostitsyn ( Kalyuzhny, A. Kostitsyn) – 51:27 1–0 1–1 52:31 – Meszároš ( Hudáček, Dravecký) 1–2 61:55 – Meszároš ( Jurčo, Tatar)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	34

Denmark vs Finland

3 May 2015 20:15

Denmark

0–3 (0–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Finland

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,353

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Pekka Rinne	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: André Schrader Anton Semjonov
	0–1 27:47 – Jokinen ( Salmela, Donskoi) 0–2 28:58 – Pesonen ( Louhivaara, Kemppainen) 0–3 35:56 – Barkov ( Lindell, Jokinen)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	16	Shots	41

4 May

Russia vs United States

4 May 2015 16:15

Russia

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

United States

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Jack Campbell	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Bevan Mills
	0–1 06:22 – Lewis ( Jones, Eichel) Belov ( Panarin, Dadonov) – 23:40 1–1 1–2 26:22 – Krug (Jones, Faulk) (PP2) 1–3 51:52 – Arcobello ( Vesey) Plotnikov ( Kulikov, Anisimov) – 56:19 2–3 2–4 59:51 – Nelson ( Lee) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	20

Norway vs Finland

4 May 2015 20:15

Norway

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,634

Game reference
	Lars Volden	Goalies	Pekka Rinne	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Vit Lederer
	0–1 05:05 – Lindell ( Jokinen, Barkov) (PP) 0–2 28:39 – Kemppainen (Lindell, Aaltonen) (PP2) 0–3 30:21 – Kemppainen (Lindell, Aaltonen) (PP2) 0–4 51:15 – Jokipakka ( Komarov, Kemppainen) 0–5 52:11 – Jokinen ( Salmela, Barkov)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	30

5 May

Denmark vs Belarus

5 May 2015 16:15

Denmark

1–5 (1–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,796

Game reference
	Patrick Galbraith	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Daniel Stricker Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri André Schrader
	Jakobsen ( Madsen, Hardt) – 13:38 1–0 1–1 20:44 – Gavrus ( A. Kostitsyn, Kalyuzhny) 1–2 27:27 – Kovyrshin ( Kulakov, Stepanov) 1–3 29:35 – Shinkevich (Kalyuzhny, A. Kostitsyn) 1–4 45:36 – Kovyrshin (Kulakov, Shinkevich) 1–5 54:44 – Usenko ( Kitarov, Demkov)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	35

Slovakia vs Slovenia

5 May 2015 20:15

Slovakia

3–1 (0–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Ján Laco	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Roman Gofman Linesmen: Anton Semjonov Paul Carnathan
	0–1 06:20 – Urbas ( Kranjc, Kovačevič) (PP) Meszároš ( Surový) (PP) – 47:57 1–1 Gáborík ( Hudáček, Surový) – 54:16 2–1 Gáborík (ENG) – 59:59 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	23

6 May

Russia vs Denmark

6 May 2015 16:15

Russia

5–2 (2–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,682

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Bevan Mills Anton Semjonov
	Panarin ( Dadonov, Shipachyov) (PP) – 10:53 1–0 Mozyakin ( Malkin) – 13:17 2–0 2–1 29:35 – Green ( Spelling, O. Lauridsen) Dadonov ( Medvedev, Chudinov) (PP) – 38:45 3–1 3–2 49:36 – Spelling (PP) Mozyakin ( Kulemin, Malkin) – 57:03 4–2 Tarasenko ( Antipin, Plotnikov) – 57:51 5–2
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	20

Slovakia vs Norway

6 May 2015 20:15

Slovakia

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Ján Laco	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Daniel Stricker Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Rudolf Tošenovjan
	Surový ( Gáborík, Hudáček) (PP) – 18:03 1–0 Ďaloga ( Mikuš, Tatar) – 21:29 2–0 2–1 25:40 – Nørstebø ( Holøs, M. Olimb) (PP) 2–2 35:30 – Rosseli Olsen ( Ask, Martinsen) 2–3 41:56 – Nørstebø ( Thoresen, Holøs) (PP)
	45 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	23

7 May

United States vs Belarus

7 May 2015 16:15

United States

2–5 (0–0, 1–3, 1–2)

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,648

Game reference
	Jack Campbell	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Roman Gofman Linesmen: Vit Lederer André Schrader
	0–1 31:11 – Gavrus ( Lisovets, Shinkevich) 0–2 33:01 – Volkov ( S. Kostitsyn) 0–3 36:06 – Kitarov (S. Kostitsyn) Nelson ( Eichel) – 37:21 1–3 1–4 41:15 – Kalyuzhny ( A. Kostitsyn, Usenko) (PP2) Krug (Eichel, Lewis) (PP) – 45:35 2–4 2–5 48:23 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, Lisovets)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	23

Finland vs Slovenia

7 May 2015 20:15

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,450

Game reference
	Pekka Rinne	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Paul Carnathan
	Komarov ( Pesonen, Kemppainen) – 05:53 1–0 Kontiola – 06:34 2–0 Barkov ( Donskoi, Jokinen) – 21:19 3–0 Kemppainen ( Ruutu, Aaltonen) (PP) – 35:57 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	13

8 May

Slovenia vs Norway

8 May 2015 16:15

Slovenia

1–3 (0–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Daniel Stricker Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Anton Semjonov
	0–1 Thoresen ( M. Olimb, Holøs) (PP) – 08:23 Muršak ( Kopitar, Kranjc) – 20:15 1–1 1–2 Bastiansen( K. Olimb, Sørvik) (PP) – 23:46 1–3 Holøs (M. Olimb, Thoresen) (PP) – 38:49
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	24

United States vs Denmark

8 May 2015 20:15

United States

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Pavel Hodek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Bevan Mills
	Nelson – 27:54 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	21

9 May

Belarus vs Russia

9 May 2015 12:15

Belarus

0–7 (0–1, 0–3, 0–3)

Russia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,363

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande Igor Brikun	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky Anton Khudobin	Referees: Daniel Stricker Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Nicolas Fluri
	0–1 09:53 – Kovalchuk ( Kulemin, Anisimov) 0–2 21:33 – Tarasenko (Anisimov, Medvedev) 0–3 29:24 – Shipachyov ( Panarin, Dadonov) 0–4 32:22 – Panarin (Shipachyov, Mironov) 0–5 42:51 – Shirokov (PS) 0–6 44:49 – Dadonov ( Malkin, Kovalchuk) (PP) 0–7 51:04 – Malkin (Tarasenko, Mozyakin) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	32

Finland vs Slovakia

9 May 2015 16:15

Finland

3–0 (0–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Ján Laco	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Bevan Mills Paul Carnathan
	Donskoi ( Lindell, Jokinen) – 50:28 1–0 Aaltonen ( Pesonen, Kemppainen) – 55:33 2–0 Komarov (ENG) – 59:53 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22

Denmark vs Norway

9 May 2015 20:15

Denmark

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Norway

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,316

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Bevan Mills Paul Carnathan
	N. Jensen ( A. Poulsen) – 01:51 1–0 1–1 03:18 – K. Olimb ( Olsen, Bonsaksen) Nielsen ( Jakobsen, Madsen) (PP) – 19:36 2–1 Storm ( J. Jensen, Nielsen) (PP) – 33:01 3–1 Jakobsen ( Hardt, Madsen) – 51:36 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	25

10 May

Slovenia vs United States

10 May 2015 16:15

Slovenia

1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

United States

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,202

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Roman Gofman Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Anton Semjonov
	0–1 04:17 – Nelson ( Reilly, Lewis) 0–2 16:32 – Nelson (Lewis, Faulk) (PP) Mušič ( Ograjenšek, Pretnar) – 26:54 1–2 1–3 41:09 – Eichel (Nelson, Lewis)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	17

Slovakia vs Russia

10 May 2015 20:15

Slovakia

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) ( OT 0–1)

Russia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Pavel Hodek Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Vit Lederer
	Kopecký ( Pánik, Dravecký) – 05:58 1–0 1–1 27:07 – Mozyakin ( Chudinov, Kulemin) (PP) 1–2 41:10 – Tarasenko ( Antipin) Gáborík ( L. Hudáček) – 47:05 2–2 2–3 62:06 – Panarin
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	22	Shots	32

11 May

Finland vs Belarus

11 May 2015 16:15

Finland

3–2 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 2–2) ( OT 0–0) ( SO: 1–0)

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Pekka Rinne	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Daniel Stricker Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Anton Semjonov
	0–1 45:09 – Kovyrshin ( Stepanov, Kulakov) Donskoi ( Lindell, Jokinen) (PP) – 51:57 1–1 Hartikainen ( Jaakola, Kemppainen) – 52:51 2–1 2–2 59:29 – Kalyuzhny ( S. Kostitsyn) (EA)
	Immonen Donskoi Jokinen	Shootout	S. Kostitsyn Stepanov
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	25

Slovenia vs Denmark

11 May 2015 20:15

Slovenia

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,768

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Paul Carnathan André Schrader
	Pance ( Kovačevič, Kopitar) – 10:00 1–0
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	24

12 May

Norway vs Belarus

12 May 2015 12:15

Norway

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Belarus

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Kevin Lalande	Referees: Pavel Hodek Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Bevan Mills Paul Carnathan
	0–1 07:29 – Kalyuzhny ( S. Kostitsyn, A. Kostitsyn) (PP) 0–2 29:01 – Korobov (S. Kostitsyn, Kalyuzhny) (PP) 0–3 32:03 – A. Kostitsyn (Kalyuzhny, Stepanov) (PP) Thoresen ( M. Olimb, Holøs) – 32:20 1–3 Nørstebø (M. Olimb, Thoresen) – 45:13 2–3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	17

United States vs Slovakia

12 May 2015 16:15

United States

5–4 OT (2–0, 2–4, 0–0) ( OT 1–0)

Slovakia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Ján Laco Július Hudáček	Referees: Tobias Wehrli Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Nicolas Fluri
	Smith ( Moore, Arcobello) – 02:36 1–0 Jones ( Eichel, Lewis) (PP) – 04:11 2–0 Lee ( Faulk, Bonino) – 20:27 3–0 3–1 26:29 – Gáborík ( Dravecký, Meszároš) (PP) 3–2 30:36 – Jánošík (Gáborík, Sersen) 3–3 36:27 – Dravecký ( Ďaloga, Kopecký) 3–4 38:22 – Bartovič ( Graňák) Coyle ( Redmond, Lee) – 39:08 4–4 Eichel – 64:32 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	25

Finland vs Russia

12 May 2015 20:15

Finland

3–2 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) ( OT 0–0) ( SO: 1–0)

Russia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812

Game reference
	Pekka Rinne	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Vit Lederer André Schrader
	0–1 18:04 – Mozyakin ( Malkin, Kulemin) Barkov ( Pesonen, Jokinen) (PP) – 24:54 1–1 1–2 54:54 – Panarin ( Dadonov, Chudinov) Donskoi (Barkov, Jokinen) – 57:41 2–2
	Immonen Donskoi Jokinen Barkov Donskoi	Shootout	Panarin Mozyakin Tarasenko Kovalchuk Panarin
	25 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	35

References

External links

• Official website