2024 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Main article: 2024 IIHF World Championship

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]

Qualified teams

Group Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
A  Canada   Switzerland  Czechia  Finland
B  Sweden  United States  Germany  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]

Rank Team Grp Pos Pts GD GF Seed
1  Sweden B 1 21 +26 35 6
2  Canada A 1 19 +14 32 1
3   Switzerland A 2 17 +17 29 7
4  United States B 2 16 +21 37 4
5  Czechia A 3 16 +12 26 8
6  Germany B 3 15 +10 34 5
7  Slovakia B 4 12 +3 26 9
8  Finland A 4 10 +7 21 2

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-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 23 May
 
 
1A
 Canada		6
 
25 May
 
4B
 Slovakia		3
 
1
 Sweden		3
 
 23 May
 
5
 Czechia		7
 
1B
 Sweden (OT)		2
 
26 May
 
4A
 Finland		1
 
5
 Czechia		2
 
 23 May
 
3
  Switzerland		0
 
2A
  Switzerland		3
 
25 May
 
3B
 Germany		1
 
2
 Canada		2
 
 23 May
 
3
  Switzerland (GWS)		3 Third place
 
2B
 United States		0
 
26 May
 
3A
 Czechia		1
 
1
 Sweden		4
 
 
2
 Canada		2
 

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

Canada vs Slovakia

23 May 2024
16:20		Canada 6–3
(2–1, 1–0, 3–2)		 SlovakiaO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,275
Game reference
Jordan BinningtonGoaliesSamuel HlavajReferees:
Martin Fraňo
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
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 3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 GermanyOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,583
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesPhilipp GrubauerReferees:
Riku Brander
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Shane Gustafson
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 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 CzechiaO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413
Game reference
Charlie LindgrenGoaliesLukáš DostálReferees:
Tobias Björk
Michael Campbell
Linesmen:
Tarrington Wyonzek
Emil Yletyinen
0–126:39 – Zacha (Špaček, Červenka) (PP)
4 minPenalties6 min
36Shots28

Sweden vs Finland

23 May 2024
20:20		Sweden 2–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 FinlandOstravar Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,691
Game reference
Filip GustavssonGoaliesEmil LarmiReferees:
Andris Ansons
Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
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 3–7
(2–2, 1–3, 0–2)		 CzechiaO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413
Game reference
Filip Gustavsson
Samuel Ersson		GoaliesLukáš DostálReferees:
Andris Ansons
Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
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 2–3 GWS
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		  SwitzerlandO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 11,159
Game reference
Jordan BinningtonGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
Mikael Holm
Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
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
Dubois
Severson
Power
Cozens 		Shootout Senteler
Fiala
Loeffel
Andrighetto
12 minPenalties10 min
44Shots31

Bronze medal game

26 May 2024
15:20		Sweden 4–2
(1–0, 0–1, 3–1)		 CanadaO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,929
Game reference
Filip GustavssonGoaliesJordan BinningtonReferees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
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

Main article: 2024 IIHF World Championship final
26 May 2024
20:20		Switzerland 0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)		 CzechiaO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesLukáš DostálReferees:
Michael Campbell
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Ludvig Lundgren
0–149:13 – Pastrňák (Kundrátek, Hájek)
0–259:41 – Kämpf (Kubalík, Nečas) (EN)
4 minPenalties4 min
31Shots32

References

  1. ^ "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game schedule released. Pricing categories revealed". IIHF. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Tournament Format". iihf.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
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