2017 MHL World Championships

2017 MHL World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Senya
Dates	7–23 April 2017
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Senya (2nd title)
Runners-up	Birgeshir
Third place	Mar Sara
← 2014 2018 →

The 2017 MHL World Championships was the third edition of the MHL World Championships, which took place in Senya after a three-year hiatus since the previous edition.

Participating nations

All nine surviving nations from the 2014 competition also participated in the 2017 Championships.

'A' Conference

•  Birgeshir
•  Craitland
•  Mar Sara
•  Mercury
•  Nova English Korea
•  Senya (hosts)

'B' Conference

•  Gerenia
•  Lucerne
•  North Antarctica
•  Nova England
•  River Warriors
•  Shireroth

'C' Conference

•  Fort Kolgrad
•  Kingdom of Nova England
•  Lakkvia
•  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq
•  Ranentsi
•  Vyktory

Group stage

'A' Conference

The top two teams in the 'A' Conference advanced to the Qualifying Semi-final, with the two next best teams qualifying for the Elimination Quarter-finals.

Team	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Senya	5	3	1	0	1	7	3	+4	11	Advances to qualifying semi-final
Mar Sara	5	2	1	1	1	5	5	0	9
Mercury	5	2	1	0	2	5	4	+1	8	Advances to quarter-finals
Birgeshir	5	2	0	1	2	6	5	+1	7
Nova English Korea	5	2	0	0	3	3	5	−2	6	Relegation to 'B' Conference
Craitland	5	1	0	1	3	5	9	−4	4

Birgeshir v  Senya

7 April 2017

Birgeshir	1 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)	Senya

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Craitland v  Nova English Korea

7 April 2017

Craitland	1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)	Nova English Korea

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Mar Sara v  Mercury

7 April 2017

Mar Sara	1 – 2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)	Mercury

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Senya v  Mercury

9 April 2017

Senya	1 – 0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)	Mercury

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Nova English Korea v  Mar Sara

9 April 2017

Nova English Korea	0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)	Mar Sara

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Birgeshir v  Craitland

9 April 2017

Birgeshir	4 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)	Craitland

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Craitland v  Senya

12 April 2017

Craitland	2 – 3 SO (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–3)	Senya

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Mar Sara v  Birgeshir

12 April 2017

Mar Sara	1 – 0 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)	Birgeshir

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Mercury v  Nova English Korea

12 April 2017

Mercury	0 – 1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)	Nova English Korea

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Senya v  Nova English Korea

14 April 2017

Senya	1 – 0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)	Nova English Korea

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Birgeshir v  Mercury

14 April 2017

Birgeshir	0 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)	Mercury

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Craitland v  Mar Sara

14 April 2017

Craitland	0 – 1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)	Mar Sara

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Mar Sara v  Senya

16 April 2017

Mar Sara	0 – 3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)	Senya

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Mercury v  Craitland

16 April 2017

Mercury	2 – 1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)	Craitland

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Nova English Korea v  Birgeshir

16 April 2017

Nova English Korea	2 – 1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)	Birgeshir

'B' Conference

The top two teams in the 'B' Conference advanced to the Elimination Quarter-finals, as well as gaining promotion to the 'A' Conference for the 2018 edition.

Team	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Shireroth	5	3	1	0	1	9	2	+7	11	Advances to quarter-finals and promotion to 'A' Conference
River Warriors	5	2	2	0	1	7	7	0	10
Nova England	5	3	0	0	2	8	6	+2	9
North Antarctica	5	2	0	2	1	5	4	+1	8
Lusa	5	1	0	1	3	3	7	−4	4	Relegation to 'C' Conference
Gerenia	5	1	0	0	4	1	7	−6	3

'C' Conference

The top two teams in the 'C' gained promotion to the 'B' Conference for the 2018 edition.

Team	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Fort Kolgrad	5	4	0	0	1	9	3	+6	12	Promotion to 'B' Conference
Vyktory	5	3	1	1	0	6	2	+4	12
Kingdom of Nova England	5	3	0	1	1	5	6	−1	10
Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq	5	1	1	1	2	4	5	−1	6
Lakkvia	5	1	0	0	4	2	5	−3	3
Ranentsi	5	0	1	0	4	4	9	−5	2

Knock-out stages

Bracket

Elimination quarter-finals

Qualifying / Elimination semi-finals

Elimination final

Final

QSF: 19 April

A1

Senya

1

A2

Mar Sara

0

F: 23 April

Senya

2

EQF1: 18 April

EF: 22 April

Birgeshir

1

A3

Mercury

2

Mar Sara

0

B2

River Warriors

0

ESF: 20 April

Birgeshir

1

Mercury

1

EQF2: 18 April

Birgeshir OT

2

B1

Shireroth

0

A4

Birgeshir OT

1

Key:         Losing team progressing     Winning team progressing

Elimination quarter-finals

Mercury v  River Warriors

18 April 2017

Mercury	2 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)	River Warriors

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Shireroth v  Birgeshir

18 April 2017

Shireroth	0 – 1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)	Birgeshir

Qualifying semi-final

Senya v  Mar Sara

19 April 2017

Senya	1 – 0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)	Mar Sara

Elimination semi-final

Mercury v  Birgeshir

20 April 2017

Mercury	1 – 2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)	Birgeshir

Elimination final

Mar Sara v  Birgeshir

22 April 2017

Mar Sara	0 – 1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)	Birgeshir

Final

Senya v  Birgeshir

23 April 2017

Senya	2 – 1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)	Birgeshir