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Based on the IIHF World ranking the groups for the 2015 World Championship in Prague and Ostrava have been decided.
2014 bronze medalist Sweden still leads the World ranking that is based on the four last World Championships and the last Olympic games. Therefor they are seeded highest when the 2015 World Championship groups are decided.
Group A | Group B |
(in Prague) | (In Ostrava) |
Sweden (1) | Finland (2) |
Canada (4) | Russia (3) |
Czech Republic (5) | USA (6) |
Switzerland (7) | Slovakia (8) |
Latvia (9) | Norway (10) |
France (12) | Belarus (11) |
Germany (13) | Slovakia (14) |
Austria (16) | Denmark (15) |
Czech Rep.:
Tipsport extraliga |
1.liga |
2.liga
Slovakia:
Tipsport Extraliga |
1.liga
Sweden:
SHL |
HockeyAllsvenskan
Other: EBEL | Belarus | Croatia | Denmark | Estonia | France | Great Britain | Iceland | Italy | Latvia | Lithuania | MOL-liga | Norway | Poland | Romania | Serbia | Slovenia | Spain | NHL | AHL |
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