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
[edit ]| Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Canada | Switzerland | Czechia | Finland |
| B | Sweden | United States | Germany | Slovakia |
Qualified teams' seedings
[edit ]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
[edit ]There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.[2]
All times are local (UTC+2).
Quarterfinals
[edit ]Canada vs Slovakia
[edit ]| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Binnington | Goalies | Samuel Hlavaj | Referees: Czech Republic Martin Fraňo Finland Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: United States Kevin Briganti Latvia Dāvis Zunde | |
2–1 07:56 – Cehlárik (Slafkovský) Guenther (Paul, Hagel) – 46:20 4–1 Paul (EN) – 59:10 6–3 | ||||
| 10 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 43 | Shots | 21 | ||
Switzerland vs Germany
[edit ]| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardo Genoni | Goalies | Philipp Grubauer | Referees: Finland Riku Brander Sweden Mikael Holm Linesmen: United States Shane Gustafson Sweden Anders Nyqvist | |
Bertschy (SH) – 07:22 1–0 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
[edit ]| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Lindgren | Goalies | Lukáš Dostál | Referees: Sweden Tobias Björk Canada Michael Campbell Linesmen: Canada Tarrington Wyonzek Sweden Emil Yletyinen | |
| 4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
| 36 | Shots | 28 | ||
Sweden vs Finland
[edit ]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: Latvia Andris Ansons United States Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: United States Nick Briganti Czech Republic Daniel Hynek | |
Eriksson Ek (Hedman, Dahlin) (PP) – 65:54 2–1 | ||||
| 2 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 35 | Shots | 20 | ||
Semifinals
[edit ]Sweden vs Czechia
[edit ]| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Gustavsson Samuel Ersson | Goalies | Lukáš Dostál | Referees: Latvia Andris Ansons Finland Kristian Vikman Linesmen: United States Kevin Briganti United States Nick Briganti | |
Johansson – 03:39 1–0 2–2 09:37 – Kämpf (Nečas) 2–4 26:21 – Nečas (Kubalík, Kämpf) 2–5 29:03 – Kubalík (Kempný, Nečas) 3–6 45:40 – Sedlák (Kaše) 3–7 53:42 – Sedlák | ||||
| 6 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
| 40 | Shots | 23 | ||
Canada vs Switzerland
[edit ]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: Sweden Mikael Holm Czech Republic Jan Hribik Linesmen: Sweden Ludvig Lundgren Czech Republic Josef Špůr | |
0–2 17:16 – Niederreiter (Josi, Fiala) (PP) | ||||
| Bedard GOAL Dubois MISS Severson MISS Power MISS Cozens MISS | Shootout | MISS Senteler GOAL Fiala MISS Loeffel GOAL Andrighetto | ||
| 12 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
| 44 | Shots | 31 | ||
Bronze medal game
[edit ]| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Gustavsson | Goalies | Jordan Binnington | Referees: Finland Mikko Kaukokari United States Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Czech Republic Daniel Hynek Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček | |
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
[edit ]| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardo Genoni | Goalies | Lukáš Dostál | Referees: Canada Michael Campbell Sweden Mikael Holm Linesmen: United States Nick Briganti Sweden Ludvig Lundgren | |
| 4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 31 | Shots | 32 | ||
References
[edit ]- ^ "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.