Tournament details | |
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Host country | Latvia |
Dates | 21 May – 6 June |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
← 2020 (cancelled) 2022 → |
The 2021 IIHF World Championship is scheduled to take place from 21 May to 6 June 2021.[1] It was originally to be co-hosted by Minsk, Belarus and Riga, Latvia, as the IIHF announced on 19 May 2017.[2] Their joint bid won by a very tight margin against the Finnish bid with the cities of Tampere and Helsinki.[2] On 18 January 2021 the IIHF decided to remove Belarus as a co-host due to security reasons.[3] On 2 February the IIHF voted to confirm Latvia as the sole host for the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.[4]
Venues
The Minsk Arena was originally planned to be used for the Championship.
Riga | Riga | |
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Arēna Rīga | Olympic Sports Centre | |
56°58′4.5″N 24°7′17″E / 56.967917°N 24.12139°E | 56°58′04″N 24°07′27″E / 56.9679°N 24.1243°E | |
Capacity: 10,300 | Capacity: 6,200 | |
Belarus hosting controversy
Despite similar political opposition in 2014 when Belarus was the sole host of the IIHF World Championship, Belarus was to be the co-host for the 2021 IIHF Championship. However, in the wake of the ongoing 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, several political groups, politicians and international entities, including the European Parliament and Krišjānis Kariņš, the Prime Minister of Latvia, which was set to co-host the championship, protested tournament matches being held in Belarus, and called for the country to be stripped of co-hosting duties.[5][6][7][8][9][10] Several sponsors of the tournament reportedly threatened to withdraw from sponsoring the event if it took place in Belarus.[11][12][13]
On 18 January 2021, the IIHF, citing "safety and security issues," decided that the World Championship would not be played in Belarus.[3] Latvia would remain as a co-host for the time being, but the IIHF was considering whether to go with another site, due to COVID-19 constraints and the desirability for single-site travel. Both Denmark and Slovakia (the tournament hosts in 2018 and 2019 respectively) reportedly offered to step in as hosts.[3][14]
Participants
Qualified as host
Automatic qualifier after the cancellation of the 2020 IIHF World Championship
- Belarus (Originally co-host)
- Canada
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Norway
- ROC1
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United States
1 Pursuant to a December 2020 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on doping sanctions, Russian athletes and teams are prohibited from competing under the Russian flag or using the Russian national anthem at any Olympic Games or world championships through 16 December 2022, and must compete as "neutral athlete[s]."[15] For IIHF tournaments, the russian team will play under the name "ROC".[16]
Seeding
The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2020 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2019 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system.[17]
Group A
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Group B
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Rosters
Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.
Match officials
18 referees and linesmen were announced on 7 April 2021.[18]
Referees | Linesmen | ||
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Preliminary round
The groups were announced on 20 May 2020.[17] The schedule was released on 5 February 2021.[19]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ROC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
21 May 2021 | |||||
ROC | v | Czech Republic | |||
Belarus | v | Slovakia | |||
22 May 2021 | |||||
Denmark | v | Sweden | |||
Great Britain | v | ROC | |||
Czech Republic | v | Switzerland | |||
23 May 2021 | |||||
Great Britain | v | Slovakia | |||
Sweden | v | Belarus | |||
Denmark | v | Switzerland | |||
24 May 2021 | |||||
Slovakia | v | ROC | |||
Czech Republic | v | Belarus | |||
25 May 2021 | |||||
Great Britain | v | Denmark | |||
Switzerland | v | Sweden | |||
26 May 2021 | |||||
ROC | v | Denmark | |||
Belarus | v | Great Britain | |||
27 May 2021 | |||||
Switzerland | v | Slovakia | |||
Sweden | v | Czech Republic | |||
28 May 2021 | |||||
Sweden | v | Great Britain | |||
Denmark | v | Belarus | |||
29 May 2021 | |||||
Czech Republic | v | Great Britain | |||
Switzerland | v | ROC | |||
Slovakia | v | Denmark | |||
30 May 2021 | |||||
Belarus | v | Switzerland | |||
Sweden | v | Slovakia | |||
31 May 2021 | |||||
Czech Republic | v | Denmark | |||
ROC | v | Sweden | |||
1 June 2021 | |||||
Switzerland | v | Great Britain | |||
Slovakia | v | Czech Republic | |||
ROC | v | Belarus |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Latvia (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
21 May 2021 | |||||
Germany | v | Italy | |||
Canada | v | Latvia | |||
22 May 2021 | |||||
Norway | v | Germany | |||
Finland | v | United States | |||
Latvia | v | Kazakhstan | |||
23 May 2021 | |||||
Norway | v | Italy | |||
Kazakhstan | v | Finland | |||
Canada | v | United States | |||
24 May 2021 | |||||
Latvia | v | Italy | |||
Germany | v | Canada | |||
25 May 2021 | |||||
United States | v | Kazakhstan | |||
Finland | v | Norway | |||
26 May 2021 | |||||
Kazakhstan | v | Germany | |||
Canada | v | Norway | |||
27 May 2021 | |||||
United States | v | Latvia | |||
Finland | v | Italy | |||
28 May 2021 | |||||
Kazakhstan | v | Canada | |||
Latvia | v | Norway | |||
29 May 2021 | |||||
Italy | v | Kazakhstan | |||
Norway | v | United States | |||
Germany | v | Finland | |||
30 May 2021 | |||||
Italy | v | Canada | |||
Finland | v | Latvia | |||
31 May 2021 | |||||
United States | v | Germany | |||
Norway | v | Kazakhstan | |||
1 June 2021 | |||||
Canada | v | Finland | |||
Italy | v | United States | |||
Germany | v | Latvia |
Playoff round
Bracket
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Third place | ||||||||||
6 June | ||||||||||
Final
6 June 2021 20:15 | WSF1 | v | WSF2 | Arēna Rīga, Riga |
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