* Rewarding
The Organizing Committee of the 37th World Championship determined the best hockey players in their roles:
Best Goalkeeper - Andreas BERGWALL (Sweden)
Best defender — David PIZZONI-ELFING (Sweden)
The best midfielder — Yuri SHARDAKOV (Russia)
Best Forward - Kristoffer EDLUND (Sweden)
Best Player - Johan LÖFSTEND (Sweden)
Symbolic team (journalists' opinion)
goalkeeper - Kimmo Kylönen (Finland);
defenders - Pavel BULATOV (Russia), Andreas WEST (Sweden), Ilari MOYSALA (Finland);
midfielders - Janis BEFUS, Alan DZHUSOEV (both - Russia), Mikhail DUNAEV (Germany);
forwards - Evgeny IVANUSHKIN (Russia), Erik PETTERSSON, Kristoffer EDLUND (both from Sweden), Nikolay JENSEN (Norway).