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 |
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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 |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Canada vs Slovakia
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Sweden vs Czechia
[edit]25 May 2024 14:20 | Sweden | 3–7 (2–2, 1–3, 0–2) | Czechia | O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413 |
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Filip Gustavsson Samuel Ersson | Goalies | Lukáš Dostál | Referees: Andris Ansons Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Nick Briganti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 23 |
Canada vs Switzerland
[edit]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 |
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Jordan Binnington | Goalies | Leonardo Genoni | Referees: Mikael Holm Jan Hribik Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Josef Špůr | |||||||||||
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Bedard Dubois Severson Power Cozens | Shootout | Senteler Fiala Loeffel Andrighetto | ||||||||||||
12 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||
44 | Shots | 31 |
Bronze medal game
[edit]26 May 2024 15:20 | Sweden | 4–2 (1–0, 0–1, 3–1) | Canada | O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,929 |
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Filip Gustavsson | Goalies | Jordan Binnington | Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček | |||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 22 |
Gold medal game
[edit]26 May 2024 20:20 | Switzerland | 0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2) | Czechia | O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413 |
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Leonardo Genoni | Goalies | Lukáš Dostál | Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm Linesmen: Nick Briganti Ludvig Lundgren | |||||
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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.