2024 IIHF World Championship playoff round

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-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	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)

Slovakia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,275

Game reference
	Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Martin Fraňo Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Dāvis Zunde
	McCann (Parayko) – 02:45 1–0 Dubois (Byram, Tavares) – 04:15 2–0 2–1 07:56 – Cehlárik (Slafkovský) Paul (Bedard, Guenther) – 23:48 3–1 Guenther (Paul, Hagel) – 46:20 4–1 Tanev (Severson, Mercer) – 46:40 5–1 5–2 47:08 – Kelemen (Regenda) 5–3 56:57 – Hrivík (Hudáček, Nemec) (PP2) Paul (EN) – 59:10 6–3
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	21

Switzerland vs Germany

23 May 2024 16:20

Switzerland

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Germany

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,583

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Riku Brander Mikael Holm Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Anders Nyqvist
	Bertschy (SH) – 07:22 1–0 Hischier (Siegenthaler, Fiala) – 16:28 2–0 2–1 31:33 – Kahun (Stachowiak) (PP) Bertschy (Thürkauf, Siegenthaler) (EN) – 59:02 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	15

United States vs Czechia

23 May 2024 20:20

United States

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Charlie Lindgren	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Tobias Björk Michael Campbell Linesmen: Tarrington Wyonzek Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 26:39 – Zacha (Špaček, Červenka) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	28

Sweden vs Finland

23 May 2024 20:20

Sweden

2–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Finland

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,691

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Andris Ansons Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Nick Briganti Daniel Hynek
	Dahlin (Lundeström, Raymond) – 55:02 1–0 1–1 59:02 – Björninen (Puustinen, Lehtonen) (EA) Eriksson Ek (Hedman, Dahlin) (PP) – 65:54 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	20

Semifinals

Sweden vs Czechia

25 May 2024 14:20

Sweden

3–7 (2–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson Samuel Ersson	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Andris Ansons Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Nick Briganti
	Johansson – 03:39 1–0 1–1 07:48 – Kubalík (Nečas, Kundrátek) Pettersson (Kempe, Eriksson Ek) – 08:08 2–1 2–2 09:37 – Kämpf (Nečas) 2–3 26:05 – Kaše (Sedlák) 2–4 26:21 – Nečas (Kubalík, Kämpf) 2–5 29:03 – Kubalík (Kempný, Nečas) Eriksson Ek (Raymond, Dahlin) (PP) – 35:30 3–5 3–6 45:40 – Sedlák (Kaše) 3–7 53:42 – Sedlák
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	23

Canada vs Switzerland

25 May 2024 18:20

Canada

2–3 GWS (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 11,159

Game reference
	Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Mikael Holm Jan Hribik Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Josef Špůr
	0–1 15:06 – Fiala (Loeffel, Andrighetto) (PP) 0–2 17:16 – Niederreiter (Josi, Fiala) (PP) Tanev (Zellweger, Dubois) – 34:07 1–2 Tavares (Bedard, Power) (PP) – 57:53 2–2
	Bedard Dubois Severson Power Cozens	Shootout	Senteler Fiala Loeffel Andrighetto
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	31

Bronze medal game

26 May 2024 15:20

Sweden

4–2 (1–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,929

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Jordan Binnington	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček
	Grundström (L. Johansson, Dahlin) – 12:05 1–0 1–1 22:41 – Cozens (Oleksiak, Mangiapane) 1–2 44:18 – Dubois (Hagel, Tavares) Karlsson (Burakovsky, M. Johansson) – 49:35 2–2 Grundström – 53:42 3–2 M. Johansson (Brodin, Lundeström) (EN) – 59:55 4–2
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	22

Gold medal game

26 May 2024 20:20

Switzerland

0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm Linesmen: Nick Briganti Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 49:13 – Pastrňák (Kundrátek, Hájek) 0–2 59:41 – Kämpf (Kubalík, Nečas) (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	32

References

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

External links

• Official website