2024 IIHF World Championship playoff round

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The playoff round of the 2024 IIHF World Championship was held from 23 to 26 May 2024. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round. [1]

Contents

Qualified teams

GroupWinnersRunners-upThird placeFourth place
A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
B Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia

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 were paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which was determined by the following criteria. The best-ranked semi-finalist played against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist played the third-best ranked semi-finalist. [2]

RankTeamGrpPosPtsGDGFSeed
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden B121+26356
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada A119+14321
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland A217+17297
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States B216+21374
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia A316+12268
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany B315+10345
7Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia B412+3269
8Flag of Finland.svg  Finland A410+7212

Classification rules: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored for; 5) seeding number entering the tournament. [2]

Bracket

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

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals Final
 
          
 
 23 May
 
 
1A
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 		6
 
25 May
 
4B
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 		3
 
1
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 		3
 
 23 May
 
5
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 		7
 
1B
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (OT)		2
 
26 May
 
4A
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 		1
 
5
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 		2
 
 23 May
 
3
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 		0
 
2A
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 		3
 
25 May
 
3B
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 		1
 
2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 		2
 
 23 May
 
3
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland (GWS)		3 Third place
 
2B
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 		0
 
26 May
 
3A
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 		1
 
1
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 		4
 
 
2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 		2
 

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

Canada vs Slovakia

23 May 2024
16:20		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6–3
(2–1, 1–0, 3–2)		Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,275
Game reference
Jordan Binnington Goalies Samuel Hlavaj Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Fraňo
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Briganti
Flag of Latvia.svg Dāvis Zunde
McCann (Parayko) – 02:451–0
Dubois (Byram, Tavares) – 04:152–0
2–107:56 – Cehlárik (Slafkovský)
Paul (Bedard, Guenther) – 23:483–1
Guenther (Paul, Hagel) – 46:204–1
Tanev (Severson, Mercer) – 46:405–1
5–247:08 – Kelemen (Regenda)
5–356:57 – Hrivík (Hudáček, Nemec) (PP2)
Paul (EN) – 59:106–3
10 minPenalties12 min
43Shots21

Switzerland vs Germany

23 May 2024
16:20		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,583
Game reference
Leonardo Genoni Goalies Philipp Grubauer Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Riku Brander
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Gustafson
Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Nyqvist
Bertschy (SH) – 07:221–0
Hischier (Siegenthaler, Fiala) – 16:282–0
2–131:33 – Kahun (Stachowiak) (PP)
Bertschy (Thürkauf, Siegenthaler) (EN) – 59:023–1
8 minPenalties6 min
25Shots15

United States vs Czechia

23 May 2024
20:20		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413
Game reference
Charlie Lindgren Goalies Lukáš Dostál Referees:
Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Björk
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Campbell
Linesmen:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tarrington Wyonzek
Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Yletyinen
0–126:39 – Zacha (Špaček, Červenka) (PP)
4 minPenalties6 min
36Shots28

Sweden vs Finland

23 May 2024
20:20		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,691
Game reference
Filip Gustavsson Goalies Emil Larmi Referees:
Flag of Latvia.svg Andris Ansons
Flag of the United States.svg Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Nick Briganti
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Hynek
Dahlin (Lundeström, Raymond) – 55:021–0
1–159:02 – Björninen (Puustinen, Lehtonen) (EA)
Eriksson Ek (Hedman, Dahlin) (PP) – 65:542–1
2 minPenalties8 min
35Shots20

Semifinals

Sweden vs Czechia

25 May 2024
14:20		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–7
(2–2, 1–3, 0–2)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413
Game reference
Filip Gustavsson
Samuel Ersson 		Goalies Lukáš Dostál Referees:
Flag of Latvia.svg Andris Ansons
Flag of Finland.svg Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Briganti
Flag of the United States.svg Nick Briganti
Johansson – 03:391–0
1–107:48 – Kubalík (Nečas, Kundrátek)
Pettersson (Kempe, Eriksson Ek) – 08:082–1
2–209:37 – Kämpf (Nečas)
2–326:05 – Kaše (Sedlák)
2–426:21 – Nečas (Kubalík, Kämpf)
2–529:03 – Kubalík (Kempný, Nečas)
Eriksson Ek (Raymond, Dahlin) (PP) – 35:303–5
3–645:40 – Sedlák (Kaše)
3–753:42 – Sedlák
6 minPenalties12 min
40Shots23

Canada vs Switzerland

25 May 2024
18:20		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–3 GWS
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 11,159
Game reference
Jordan Binnington Goalies Leonardo Genoni Referees:
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Holm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Ludvig Lundgren
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Špůr
0–115:06 – Fiala (Loeffel, Andrighetto) (PP)
0–217:16 – Niederreiter (Josi, Fiala) (PP)
Tanev (Zellweger, Dubois) – 34:071–2
Tavares (Bedard, Power) (PP) – 57:532–2
Bedard Ice hockey puck.svg
Dubois Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Severson Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Power Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Cozens Ice hockey puck cross.svg 		Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Senteler
Ice hockey puck.svg Fiala
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Loeffel
Ice hockey puck.svg Andrighetto
12 minPenalties10 min
44Shots31

Bronze medal game

26 May 2024
15:20		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg4–2
(1–0, 0–1, 3–1)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,929
Game reference
Filip Gustavsson Goalies Jordan Binnington Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kaukokari
Flag of the United States.svg Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Hynek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
Grundström (L. Johansson, Dahlin) – 12:051–0
1–122:41 – Cozens (Oleksiak, Mangiapane)
1–244:18 – Dubois (Hagel, Tavares)
Karlsson (Burakovsky, M. Johansson) – 49:352–2
Grundström – 53:423–2
M. Johansson (Brodin, Lundeström) (EN) – 59:554–2
2 minPenalties4 min
33Shots22

Gold medal game

26 May 2024
20:20		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413
Game reference
Leonardo Genoni Goalies Lukáš Dostál Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Campbell
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Nick Briganti
Flag of Sweden.svg Ludvig Lundgren
0–149:13 – Pastrňák (Kundrátek, Hájek)
0–259:41 – Kämpf (Kubalík, Nečas) (EN)
4 minPenalties4 min
31Shots32

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