2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
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Map of the countries participating at the 2021 IIHF World Championship 2021 IIHF World Championship map.svg
Map of the countries participating at the 2021 IIHF World Championship

The 2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 84th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, only teams in the championship division participated in this year's tournament. The competition served as a qualification tournament for the top (only) division placements in the 2022 competition.

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After all events were cancelled in 2020, all teams remained in their respective divisions. Singapore was scheduled to be the newest national team to participate and has been assigned to Division IV. On 18 November 2020, the IIHF announced that they had cancelled the tournaments for Divisions I, II, III and IV due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Championship Division was held from 21 May to 6 June. [1]

Championship (Top Division)

The tournament was held in Riga, Latvia from 21 May to 6 June 2021. [2] Minsk, Belarus was originally scheduled to be a co-host, but in January 2021, the IIHF chose to remove Belarus as the host, due to security concerns. [3]

PosGrpTeam
PldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1 B Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1042132823+517Champions
2 B Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1062202414+1024Runners-up
3 B Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1080023514+2124Third place
4 B Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1041052724+314Fourth place
5 A Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 851112912+1718Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 A Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 850122920+916
7 A Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 832032719+813
8 A Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 840041828−1012
9 A Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 730132114+710Eliminated in
Group stage
10 B Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 722032218+410
11 B Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (H)720321516−19
12 A Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 721131315−29
13 B Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 721041721−48
14 A Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 710151331−184
15 A Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 710151029−194
16 B Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 700071141−300
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament. [4]
(H) Host

Division I

Group A

The tournament was scheduled to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 9 to 15 May 2021. [5]

Group B

The tournament was scheduled to be held in Katowice, Poland from 26 April to 2 May 2021. [5]

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Division II

Group A

The tournament was scheduled to be held in Beijing, China from 10 to 16 April 2021. [5]

Group B

The tournament was scheduled to be held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 18 to 24 April 2021. [5]

Division III

Group A

The tournament was scheduled to be held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 18 to 24 April 2021. [5]

Group B

The tournament was scheduled to be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 19 to 25 April 2021. [5]

Division IV

The tournament was scheduled to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 3 to 5 March 2021. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Minsk & Riga in 2021". IIHF.com. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "IIHF to move 2021 World Championship". IIHF.com. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Tournament Format". IIHF. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Tournaments for 2021 assigned". IIHF.com. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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