2021 IIHF World Championship playoff round

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The playoff round of the 2021 IIHF World Championship was held from 3 to 6 June 2021. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round. [1]

Contents

Qualified teams

GroupWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth place
A Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
B Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Qualified teams' seedings

Quarter-finalists were paired according to their positions in the groups: the first-place team in each preliminary-round group played the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-place team played the third-place team of the other group. [2]

Semi-finalists are paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which is determined by the following criteria: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored for; 5) seeding number entering the tournament. The best-ranked semi-finalist plays against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist plays the third-best ranked semi-finalist. [2]

RankTeamGrpPosPtsGDGFSeed
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States B118+13216
2Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC A117+18282
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland B217+9193
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland A215+10278
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic A313+9275
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany B312+8227
7Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia A412−5179
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada B410+1191

Bracket

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals. [2]

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 3 June
 
 
2B
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 		1
 
5 June
 
3A
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 		0
 
3
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 		2
 
 3 June
 
6
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 		1
 
2A
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 		2
 
6 June
 
3B
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (GWS)		3
 
3
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 		2
 
 3 June
 
8
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (OT)		3
 
1B
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 		6
 
5 June
 
4A
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 		1
 
1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 		2
 
 3 June
 
8
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 		4 Third place
 
1A
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 		1
 
6 June
 
4B
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (OT)		2
 
1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 		6
 
 
6
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 		1
 

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

Switzerland vs Germany

3 June 2021
16:15		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Game reference
Leonardo Genoni Goalies Mathias Niederberger Referees:
Flag of Latvia.svg Andris Ansons
Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Gleb Lazarev
Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Shalagin
Untersander (Alatalo, Kurashev) – 15:171–0
Herzog (Scherwey, Bertschy) – 33:262–0
2–137:23 – Kühnhackl (Rieder, Nowak)
2–259:16 – Gawanke (Kahun, Noebels) (EA)
Corvi Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Andrighetto Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Meier Ice hockey puck.svg
Ambühl Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Hofmann Ice hockey puck cross.svg 		Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Plachta
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Krämmer
Ice hockey puck.svg Kahun
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Reichel
Ice hockey puck.svg Noebels
0 minPenalties14 min
22Shots41

United States vs Slovakia

3 June 2021
16:15		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg6–1
(3–0, 1–1, 2–0)		Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Arēna Rīga, Riga
Game reference
Cal Petersen Goalies Adam Húska Referees:
Flag of Germany.svg André Schrader
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Merten
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg David Obwegeser
Boyle – 13:081–0
Blackwell (Labanc, Robinson) – 15:252–0
Garland (Moore, Jones) – 19:303–0
3–132:12 – Cehlárik (Lantoši)
Blackwell (Robinson, Labanc) – 36:504–1
Chmelevski (Wolanin) – 45:155–1
Garland (Wolanin, Moore) – 58:456 –1
6 minPenalties6 min
33Shots28

ROC vs Canada

3 June 2021
20:15		 ROC  Russian Olympic Committee flag.png1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Olympic Sports Centre, Riga
Game reference
Sergei Bobrovsky Goalies Darcy Kuemper Referees:
Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Björk
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Nord
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Hynek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
Timkin (Orlov, Kamenev) – 34:321–0
1–145:03 – Henrique (Brown, Comtois) (PP)
1–262:12 – Mangiapane (Stecher)
6 minPenalties2 min
25Shots24

Finland vs Czech Republic

3 June 2021
20:15		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Arēna Rīga, Riga
Game reference
Juho Olkinuora Goalies Šimon Hrubec Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Bruggeman
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustin McCrank
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Oliver
Innala (Pakarinen, Kontiola) – 32:551–0
12 minPenalties2 min
24Shots28

Semifinals

United States vs Canada

5 June 2021
14:15		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Arēna Rīga, Riga
Game reference
Cal Petersen Goalies Darcy Kuemper Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Bruggeman
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustin McCrank
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Oliver
0–102:02 – Pirri (Walker, Paul)
Blackwell (Wolanin, Labanc) – 17:171–1
1–224:15 – Mangiapane (Brown)
1–340:46 – Mangiapane (Brown, Kuemper)
Chmelevski (Rooney, Mackey) – 43:362–3
2–459:36 – Danforth (Paul) (EN)
2 minPenalties0 min
38Shots33

Finland vs Germany

5 June 2021
18:15		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–1
(2–0, 0–1, 0–0)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Arēna Rīga, Riga
Game reference
Juho Olkinuora Goalies Mathias Niederberger Referees:
Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Björk
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Nord
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Hynek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
Pakarinen (Lundell, Kaski) – 13:501–0
Björninen (Anttila) – 18:552–0
2–131:03 – Plachta (Seider, Kahun) (PP)
8 minPenalties6 min
17Shots28

Bronze medal game

6 June 2021
15:15		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg6–1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Arēna Rīga, Riga
Game reference
Cal Petersen Goalies Felix Brückmann Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Lassi Heikkinen
Flag of Finland.svg Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Hynek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
Wolanin – 05:021–0
Garland (Robertson, Wolanin) – 26:272–0
Drury (Chmelevski) – 28:053–0
Robertson (Garland, Thompson) (PP) – 31:354–0
Moore (Garland, Thompson) (PP) – 32:155–0
5–149:28 – Bittner (Plachta, Kahun)
Donato (Clendening, Thompson) – 49:536–1
43 minPenalties14 min
30Shots34

Gold medal game

6 June 2021
20:15		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–3 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Arena Riga, Riga
Game reference
Juho Olkinuora Goalies Darcy Kuemper Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Fraňo
Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Gleb Lazarev
Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Shalagin
Ruohomaa (Kaski) – 08:571–0
1–124:30 – Comtois (Brown, Walker) (PP)
Lindbohm (Nousiainen, Ruohomaa) - 45:272–1
2–252:37 – Henrique (Comtois, Brown) (PP)
2–366:26 – Paul (Brown)
6 minPenalties30 min
31Shots26

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