Qualified teams
| Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A |  Czech Republic |  Russia |  Sweden |  Denmark |
| B |  Finland |  Canada |  Germany |  United States |
The playoff round of the 2016 IIHF World Championship was held from 19 to 22 May 2016. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Czech Republic | Russia | Sweden | Denmark |
| B | Finland | Canada | Germany | United States |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Czech Republic | 1 | ||||||||||||
| B4 | United States (GWS) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Canada | 4 | ||||||||||||
| B4 | United States | 3 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Canada | 6 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Sweden | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Finland | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Canada | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Finland | 5 | ||||||||||||
| A4 | Denmark | 1 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Finland | 3 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
| A2 | Russia | 1 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Russia | 4 | A2 | Russia | 7 | |||||||||
| B3 | Germany | 1 | B4 | United States | 2 | |||||||||
All times are local (UTC+3).
| 19 May 2016 16:15 | Czech Republic | 1–2 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) OT (0–0) GWS (0–1) | United States | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,853 |
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| Dominik Furch | Goalies | Keith Kinkaid | Referees: Linus Ohlund Tobias WehrliLinesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Henrik Pihlblad | |||||
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Kašpar  Koukal Zohorna | Shootout | Hendricks  Matthews | ||||||
| 12 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||
| 32 | Shots | 28 | ||||||
| 19 May 2016 16:15 | Finland | 5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0) | Denmark | Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,038 |
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| Mikko Koskinen | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees: Martin Fraňo Jozef KubušLinesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev | |||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19 May 2016 20:15 | Russia | 4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0) | Germany | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,199 |
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| Sergei Bobrovsky | Goalies | Thomas Greiss | Referees: Tobias Björk Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Fraser McIntyre | ||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||
| 37 | Shots | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| 19 May 2016 20:15 | Canada | 6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0) | Sweden | Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 6,090 |
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| Cam Talbot | Goalies | Jacob Markström | Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim SidorenkoLinesmen: Judson Ritter Sakari Suominen | |||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Shots | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21 May 2016 16:15 | Finland | 3–1 (0–1, 3–0, 0–0) | Russia | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,215 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Koskinen | Goalies | Sergei Bobrovsky | Referees: Martin Fraňo Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Judson Ritter | |||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Shots | 29 | ||||||||||||
| 21 May 2016 20:15 | Canada | 4–3 (2–0, 1–3, 1–0) | United States | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 10,455 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cam Talbot | Goalies | Keith Kinkaid | Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Alexander Otmakhov | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Shots | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 May 2016 16:15 | Russia | 7–2 (2–0, 3–1, 2–1) | United States | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,043 |
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| Sergei Bobrovsky | Goalies | Keith Kinkaid Mike Condon | Referees: Tobias Björk Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Henrik Pihlblad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Shots | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 May 2016 20:45 | Finland | 0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) | Canada | VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,509 |
| Game reference | ||||||||
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| Mikko Koskinen | Goalies | Cam Talbot | Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Fraser McIntyre | |||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||
| 16 | Shots | 33 | ||||||
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