2017 IIHF World Championship playoff round

The playoff round of the 2017 IIHF World Championship was held from 18 to 21 May 2017. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.

Format

The teams played crossover in the quarterfinals, with Germany in Cologne and France in Paris, if qualified.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	United States of America	Russia	Sweden	Germany
B	Canada	Switzerland	Czech Republic	Finland

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	18 May - Cologne
	United States of America	0
					20 May - Cologne
	Finland	2
					Finland	1
	18 May - Paris
					Sweden	4
	Switzerland	1
									21 May - Cologne
	Sweden	3
									Sweden (GWS)	2
	18 May - Cologne
									Canada	1
	Canada	2
					20 May - Cologne
	Germany	1
					Canada	4
	18 May - Paris
					Russia	2			Third place
	Russia	3
									21 May - Cologne
	Czech Republic	0
									Finland	3
									Russia	5

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

18 May 2017 16:15

United States of America

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 8,968

Game reference
	Jimmy Howard	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Oliver Gouin Antonín Jeřábek
		0–1 / 0–2	21:01 – Rantanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) / 46:49 – Kemppainen (J. Aaltonen)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	20

18 May 2017 16:15

Russia

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,209

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Mark Lemelin Tobias Wehrli
	Orlov (Plotnikov, Antipin) – 08:45 / Kucherov (Kuznetsov, Antipin) (PP) – 13:36 / Panarin (Kucherov, Kuznetsov) – 53:55	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	27

18 May 2017 20:15

Canada

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Germany

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 16,653

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Jan Hribik Daniel Stricker
	Scheifele (O'Reilly, Marner) (PP) – 17:11 / Skinner (Matheson, Scheifele) – 38:08	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1	53:21 – Y. Seidenberg (Ehrhoff) (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	50	Shots	20

18 May 2017 20:15

Switzerland

1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Sweden

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,417

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referees: Brett Iverson Jozef Kubuš
	Haas – 12:53	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3	04:15 – Bäckström (Lindberg, Nylander) / 33:15 – Nylander (Ekman-Larsson) / 43:44 – Edler (J. Lundqvist)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	29

Semifinals

20 May 2017 15:15

Canada

4–2 (0–0, 0–2, 4–0)

Russia

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 16,469

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Referees: Mark Lemelin Daniel Stricker
	Scheifele (MacKinnon, Parayko) (PP) – 40:17 / MacKinnon (Konecny) – 55:07 / O'Reilly (Matheson) – 56:58 / Couturier (O'Reilly, Parayko) (ENG) – 58:53	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2	32:16 – Kuznetsov (Panarin, Kucherov) / 34:50 – Gusev (Shipachyov, Panarin) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	38	Shots	28

20 May 2017 19:15

Sweden

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 11,242

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Jan Hribik Antonín Jeřábek
	Edler (Bäckström) – 01:49 / J. Klingberg (Ekman-Larsson, Nylander) (PP) – 24:36 / Nylander (Bäckström) (PP) – 34:52 / Nordström (Krüger) – 53:52	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	04:45 – Kemppainen (Aaltonen)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	23

Bronze medal game

21 May 2017 16:15

Russia

5–3 (1–0, 3–1, 1–2)

Finland

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 16,182

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Goalies	Joonas Korpisalo Harri Säteri	Referees: Oliver Gouin Brett Iverson
	Gusev (Antipin, Nichushkin) – 06:58 / Tkachyov (Nichushkin, Zub) (SH) – 21:48 / Gusev (Panarin, Dadonov) (PP) – 27:01 / Kiselevich (Namestnikov, Nichushkin) – 28:16 / Kucherov (Gusev, Belov) – 49:49	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3	39:33 – Rantanen (Filppula) / 41:16 – Lehtonen (Aho) / 45:29 – Savinainen (Rantanen, Aho) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	29

Gold medal game

21 May 2017 20:45

Canada

1–2 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 17,363

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Daniel Stricker
	O'Reilly (Marner, MacKinnon) (PP) – 41:58	0–1 / 1–1	39:39 – Hedman (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	42

External links

• Official website