The playoff round of the 2024 IIHF World Championship will be held from 23 to 26 May 2024. The top four of each preliminary group qualify for the playoff round.[1]
Qualified teams
Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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A | Canada | Switzerland | Czechia | Finland |
B | Sweden | United States | Germany | Slovakia |
Qualified teams' seedings
Quarter-finalists are paired according to their positions in the groups: the first-place team in each preliminary-round group plays the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-place team plays the third-place team of the other group.[2]
Semi-finalists are paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which is determined by the following criteria. The best-ranked semi-finalist plays against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist plays the third-best ranked semi-finalist.[2]
Rank | Team | Grp | Pos | Pts | GD | GF | Seed |
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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 will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.[2]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
23 May | ||||||||||
1A Canada | 6 | |||||||||
25 May | ||||||||||
4B Slovakia | 3 | |||||||||
1 Sweden | ||||||||||
23 May | ||||||||||
5 Czechia | ||||||||||
1B Sweden (OT) | 2 | |||||||||
26 May | ||||||||||
4A Finland | 1 | |||||||||
23 May | ||||||||||
2A Switzerland | 3 | |||||||||
25 May | ||||||||||
3B Germany | 1 | |||||||||
2 Canada | ||||||||||
23 May | ||||||||||
3 Switzerland | Third place | |||||||||
2B United States | 0 | |||||||||
26 May | ||||||||||
3A Czechia | 1 | |||||||||
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 |
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Jordan Binnington | Goalies | Samuel Hlavaj | Referees: Martin Fraňo Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Dāvis Zunde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Leonardo Genoni | Goalies | Philipp Grubauer | Referees: Riku Brander Mikael Holm Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Anders Nyqvist | |||||||||||
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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 |
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Charlie Lindgren | Goalies | Lukáš Dostál | Referees: Tobias Björk Michael Campbell Linesmen: Tarrington Wyonzek Emil Yletyinen | ||
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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 |
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Filip Gustavsson | Goalies | Emil Larmi | Referees: Andris Ansons Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Nick Briganti Daniel Hynek | ||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
35 | Shots | 20 |
Semifinals
Sweden vs Czechia
25 May 2024 14:20 | Sweden | v | Czechia | O2 Arena, Prague |
Canada vs Switzerland
25 May 2024 18:20 | Canada | v | Switzerland | O2 Arena, Prague |
Bronze medal game
26 May 2024 15:20 | LSF1 | v | LSF2 | O2 Arena, Prague |
Gold medal game
26 May 2024 20:20 | WSF1 | v | WSF2 | O2 Arena, Prague |
References
- ^ "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game schedule released. Pricing categories revealed". IIHF. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Tournament Format". iihf.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.