2023 IIHF World Championship playoff round

The playoff round of the 2023 IIHF World Championship was held from 25 to 28 May 2023. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.[1]

Qualified teams

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Group Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
A  United States  Sweden  Finland  Germany
B   Switzerland  Canada  Latvia  Czechia

Seedings

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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[3] Team Grp Pos Pts GD GF Seed
1  United States A 1 20 +26 34 3
2   Switzerland B 1 19 +19 29 6
3  Sweden A 2 18 +19 26 4
4  Canada B 2 15 +14 25 2
5  Finland A 3 16 +13 28 1
6  Latvia B 3 13 +4 21 10
7  Czechia B 4 13 +6 22 5
8  Germany A 4 12 +11 27 8

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[4]

Bracket

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There was a re-seeding after the quarter-finals.[2] If Finland and Latvia were to play in the quarter-finals, there would have been no cross-over for the quarter-finals.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
25 May
 
 
1A
 United States
3
 
27 May
 
4B
 Czechia
0
 
1
 United States
3
 
25 May
 
8
 Germany (OT)
4
 
1B
  Switzerland
1
 
28 May
 
4A
 Germany
3
 
8
 Germany
2
 
25 May
 
4
 Canada
5
 
2A
 Sweden
1
 
27 May
 
3B
 Latvia
3
 
4
 Canada
4
 
25 May
 
6
 Latvia
2 Third place
 
2B
 Canada
4
 
28 May
 
3A
 Finland
1
 
1
 United States
3
 
 
6
 Latvia (OT)
4
 

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarter-finals

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25 May 2023
16:20
United States 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 CzechiaNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 7,411
Game reference
Casey DeSmithGoaliesKarel VejmelkaReferees:
Denmark Mads Frandsen
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Canada Tarrington Wyonzek
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
Coronato (Hutson, Mackey) – 12:041–0
Perbix (Grimaldi) – 28:532–0
Gauthier (Tynan) – 49:573–0
4 minPenalties2 min
34Shots15

25 May 2023
16:20
Switzerland 1–3
(0–1, 1–2, 0–0)
 GermanyArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 2,896
Game reference
Robert MayerGoaliesMathias NiederbergerReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Sweden Tobias Björk
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
0–106:25 – Kastner (Wissmann, J. Müller)
Siegenthaler (Fiala, Kukan) – 20:471–1
1–237:51 – Peterka (Kahun, Gawanke)
1–338:27 – Sturm (Stachowiak, J. Müller) (SH)
8 minPenalties29 min
30Shots23

25 May 2023
20:20
Canada 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
 FinlandNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,529
Game reference
Sam MontembeaultGoaliesEmil LarmiReferees:
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
United States Nick Briganti
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Quinn (Crouse) – 07:121–0
Blais (Neighbours, Barron) – 30:452–0
Carcone (Weegar, Middleton) – 42:543–0
3–156:52 – Hartikainen (Rantanen, Lehtonen) (EA)
Toffoli (EN) – 57:424–1
6 minPenalties0 min
31Shots28

25 May 2023
20:20
Sweden 1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)
 LatviaArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 9,200
Game reference
Lars JohanssonGoaliesArtūrs ŠilovsReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Canada Brett Mackey
0–112:56 – Ločmelis (Ri. Bukarts, Cibuļskis)
Liljegren (Raymond, Lindholm) – 29:411–1
1–245:55 – Indrašis (Ri. Bukarts, Jaks)
1–353:46 – Jaks (Indrašis, Ri. Bukarts) (PP)
4 minPenalties33 min
41Shots15

Semi-finals

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27 May 2023
14:20
Canada 4–2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0)
 LatviaNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 8,669
Game reference
Sam MontembeaultGoaliesArtūrs ŠilovsReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
United States Nick Briganti
United States Jake Davis
0–108:18 – Ločmelis (Ri. Bukarts, Zīle)
Blais (Krebs, Middleton) – 35:321–1
1–236:38 – Balcers
Quinn (Crouse, Laughton) – 40:452–2
Fantilli (Lucic, Barron) – 48:563–2
Laughton (EN) – 59:174–2
12 minPenalties12 min
36Shots22

27 May 2023
18:20
United States 3–4 OT
(2–2, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)
 GermanyNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 8,011
Game reference
Casey DeSmithGoaliesMathias NiederbergerReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
A. Tuch (O'Connor, Grimaldi) – 01:111–0
Grimaldi (A. Tuch) – 03:562–0
2–112:22 – Tiffels (Fischbuch, Kahun) (PP)
2–216:03 – Szuber (Sturm, Peterka)
Eyssimont (O'Connor, Garland) – 28:473–2
3–358:37 – Noebels (Kahun, Gawanke) (EA)
3–467:32 – Tiffels (Kahun, M. Müller)
6 minPenalties4 min
33Shots26

Bronze medal game

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28 May 2023
15:20
United States 3–4 OT
(2–2, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)
 LatviaNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,033
Game reference
Casey DeSmithGoaliesArtūrs ŠilovsReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Canada Tarrington Wyonzek
0–107:49 – Ro. Bukarts (Ri. Bukarts, Dzierkals) (PP)
Grimaldi (Perunovich, Bjork) – 09:451–1
1–216:08 – Jaks (Ri. Bukarts, Indrašis)
Grimaldi (Perunovich, Coronato) (PP) – 19:032–2
Coronato (Samberg, O'Connor) – 46:193–2
3–354:21 – Rubīns (Ločmelis, Ri. Bukarts)
3–461:22 – Rubīns (Daugaviņš, Jaks)
10 minPenalties8 min
29Shots25

Gold medal game

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28 May 2023
20:20
Canada 5–2
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0)
 GermanyNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 10,470
Game reference
Sam MontembeaultGoaliesMathias NiederbergerReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
United States Nick Briganti
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
0–107:44 – Peterka (Seider, M. Müller)
Blais (Krebs, Neighbours) – 10:471–1
1–233:47 – Fischbuch (Kastner, Seider)
Crouse (Krebs, Weegar) (PP) – 37:282–2
Blais (Glass) – 44:513–2
Toffoli – 51:514–2
Laughton (Quinn, Crouse) (EN) – 58:065–2
4 minPenalties2 min
28Shots23

References

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  1. ^ "World Championship schedule released". iihf.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship 2023: Preview, schedule, stars involved, how to watch live". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ Ranking
  4. ^ "Tournament Format". iihf.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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