2019 IIHF World Championship playoff round

The playoff round of the 2019 IIHF World Championship was held from 23 to 26 May 2019. 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 (2)  Finland (4)  Germany (6)  United States (7)
B Russia (1)  Czech Republic (3)  Sweden (5)   Switzerland (8)

The ranking from preliminary round is stated in brackets. This ranking was used for seeding in the semi-finals to ensure that the strongest remaining team faced the lowest ranked team.

Bracket

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

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 23 May
 
 
 Canada(OT)3
 
25 May
 
  Switzerland2
 
 Canada5
 
 23 May
 
 Czech Republic1
 
 Czech Republic5
 
26 May
 
 Germany1
 
 Canada1
 
 23 May
 
 Finland3
 
 Russia4
 
25 May
 
 United States3
 
 Russia0
 
 23 May
 
 Finland1 Third place
 
 Finland(OT)5
 
26 May
 
 Sweden4
 
 Russia(GWS)3
 
 
 Czech Republic2
 

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

23 May 201916:15Canada 3–2 OT(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)(OT: 1–0)  SwitzerlandSteel Aréna, KošiceAttendance: 6,157
Game reference
Matt MurrayGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:Czech Republic Martin FraňoFinland Aleksi RantalaLinesmen:Czech Republic Miroslav LhotskýFinland Hannu Sormunen
0–118:06 – Andrighetto (Diaz, Fiala) (PP)
Stone (Fabbro, Dubois) – 25:451–1
1–239:57 – Hischier (Martschini, Niederreiter) (PP)
Severson (Stone) (EA) – 59:592–2
Stone (Dubois, Theodore) – 65:073–2
6 minPenalties2 min
42Shots24
23 May 201916:15Russia 4–3(2–0, 0–1, 2–2) United StatesOndrej Nepela Arena, BratislavaAttendance: 9,085
Game reference
Andrei VasilevskiyGoaliesCory SchneiderReferees:Sweden Tobias BjorkCanada Oliver GouinLinesmen:Sweden Andreas MalmqvistCzech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Gusev (Sergachev, Kucherov) – 01:071–0
Sergachev (Gusev) (PP) – 15:472–0
2–122:22 – Skjei (Kane, Gaudreau)
Kaprizov (Gusev, Sergachev) – 41:313–1
3–245:53 – Hanifin (J. Hughes)
Grigorenko (Malkin, Dadonov) – 47:024–2
4–357:10 – DeBrincat (Kane, J. Hughes) (EA)
2 minPenalties2 min
43Shots32
23 May 201920:15Finland 5–4 OT(1–2, 2–2, 1–0)(OT: 1–0) SwedenSteel Aréna, KošiceAttendance: 6,304
Game reference
Kevin LankinenGoaliesHenrik LundqvistReferees:Russia Roman GofmanCanada Brett IversonLinesmen:United States William HancockRussia Dmitri Shishlo
Mikkola (Pesonen, Manninen) – 01:001–0
1–102:38 – Klingberg (Nylander, Wennberg) (PP)
1–216:57 – Hörnqvist (Ekman-Larsson, Larsson)
1–320:25 – E. Pettersson (Landeskog, Ekman-Larsson)
Lindbohm (Manninen, Pesonen) – 25:042–3
Hakanpää (Manninen) – 29:083–3
3–439:35 – Gustafsson (Landeskog, Wennberg)
Anttila (Ojamäki, Lehtonen) (EA) – 58:314–4
Manninen (Lankinen) – 61:375–4
4 minPenalties0 min
32Shots18
23 May 201920:15Czech Republic 5–1(0–0, 1–1, 4–0) GermanyOndrej Nepela Arena, BratislavaAttendance: 9,085
Game reference
Patrik BartošákGoaliesPhilipp GrubauerReferees:Sweden Linus ÖhlundUnited States Jeremy TuftsLinesmen:Belarus Dmitri GolyakFinland Lauri Nikulainen
Kovář – 33:411–0
1–137:46 – Mauer (Tiffels)
Voráček (Simon) – 44:192–1
Kubalík (Kovář, Hronek) – 51:413–1
Palát (Kolář) – 53:084–1
Kovář (Moravčík) (EN) – 59:545–1
6 minPenalties6 min
34Shots22

Semifinals

25 May 201915:15Russia 0–1(0–0, 0–0, 0–1) FinlandOndrej Nepela Arena, BratislavaAttendance: 9,085
Game reference
Andrei VasilevskiyGoaliesKevin LankinenReferees:Sweden Tobias BjorkCzech Republic Martin FraňoLinesmen:United States Brian OliverCanada Nathan Vanoosten
0–150:18 – Anttila (Jokiharju, Kiviranta)
6 minPenalties4 min
32Shots29
25 May 201919:15Canada 5–1(1–0, 2–0, 2–1) Czech RepublicOndrej Nepela Arena, BratislavaAttendance: 9,085
Game reference
Matt MurrayGoaliesPatrik BartošákPavel FrancouzReferees:Finland Mikko KaukokariUnited States Jeremy TuftsLinesmen:Russia Gleb LazarevFinland Hannu Sormunen
Stone (Stecher) – 05:181–0
Nurse (Couturier) – 20:102–0
Dubois (Marchessault, Stone) – 25:063–0
Turris (Mantha) – 46:264–0
Chabot (Henrique, Strome) – 53:005–0
5–153:59 – Zohorna (Kolář)
12 minPenalties6 min
30Shots41

Bronze medal game

26 May 201915:45Russia 3–2 GWS(1–2, 1–0, 0–0)(OT: 0–0)(SO: 1–0) Czech RepublicOndrej Nepela Arena, BratislavaAttendance: 9,085
Game reference
Andrei VasilevskiyGoaliesŠimon HrubecReferees:Canada Oliver GouinFinland Mikko KaukokariLinesmen:Sweden Andreas MalmqvistUnited States Brian Oliver
Grigorenko (Sergachev) – 13:001–0
1–113:41 – Řepík (Sklenička, Rutta)
1–218:34 – Kubalík (Kovář, Gulaš)
Anisimov (Gusev) – 20:392–2
KovalchukGOALKucherovMISSGusev GOALShootoutMISSVránaMISS KubalíkMISS KovářMISSHronek
2 minPenalties4 min
31Shots50

Gold medal game

26 May 201920:15 (UTC+2)Canada 1–3(1–0, 0–1, 0–2) FinlandOndrej Nepela Arena, BratislavaAttendance: 9,085
Game reference
Matt MurrayGoaliesKevin LankinenReferees:Sweden Tobias BjörkUnited States Jeremy TuftsLinesmen:Russia Gleb LazarevCzech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
Theodore (Mantha, McCann) – 10:021–0
1–122:35 – Anttila (Manninen, Ojamäki) (PP)
1–242:35 – Anttila (Savinainen)
1–355:54 – Pesonen (Tyrväinen, Hakanpää)
6 minPenalties8 min
44Shots22

References

  1. ^"Slovakia opens vs. USA". iihfworlds.com. 15 August 2018.
  2. ^"Semi-final format changed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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