2019 IIHF World Championship Group A

Main article: 2019 IIHF World Championship

Group A was one of two groups of the 2019 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2020.^[1]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	6	0	0	1	36	11	+25	18	Quarterfinals
2	Finland	7	5	0	1	1	22	11	+11	16
3	Germany	7	5	0	0	2	18	18	0	15
4	United States of America	7	4	1	0	2	27	15	+12	14
5	Slovakia (H)	7	3	1	0	3	28	19	+9	11
6	Denmark	7	1	1	1	4	18	23	−5	6
7	United Kingdom	7	0	1	0	6	9	41	−32	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	France (R)	7	0	0	2	5	14	34	−20	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Relegation to 2020 Division I A

Source: IIHF
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; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Slovakia opens vs. USA. iihfworlds.com (15 August 2018).

Matches[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Finland vs Canada[]

10 May 2019
16:15

Finland

3–1
(1–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Canada

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,764


Kevin Lankinen	Goalies	Matt Murray	Referees: Tobias Bjork Jan Hribik
Kakko (Rajala, Ilomäki) – 06:47 / Ilomäki (Rajala, Lehtonen) (PP) – 42:36 / Kakko (EN) – 59:26	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	08:03 – Marchessault (Stone, Theodore) (PP)
2 min	Penalties	4 min
27	Shots	21

United States vs Slovakia[]

10 May 2019
20:15

United States of America

1–4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Slovakia

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 7,430


Cory Schneider	Goalies	Patrik Rybár	Referees: Oliver Gouin Yevgeni Romasko
DeBrincat (Kane, Eichel) (PP) – 12:05	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4	04:02 – Sukeľ (Studenič) / 21:52 – Černák (Sekera) (PP2) / 24:58 – Tatar (Pánik) / 55:54 – Krištof (Marinčin)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
26	Shots	36

Denmark vs France[]

11 May 2019
12:15

Denmark

5–4 GWS
(2–1, 1–3, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

France

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,190


Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Jeremy Tufts
Storm – 19:06 / M. Lauridsen (Storm, J. Jensen) (PP) – 19:56 / Eller (Bødker) – 35:29 / J. Jensen (Nick. Jensen, Meyer) – 46:34	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 3–4 / 4–4	08:55 – Bertrand (Claireaux, Hecquefeuille) (PP) / 24:08 – Dame-Malka / 32:21 – Fleury (Bozon, Hecquefeuille) / 33:55 – Claireaux (Rech, Bozon) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
39	Shots	28

Germany vs Great Britain[]

11 May 2019
16:15

Germany

3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

United Kingdom

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,866


Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Oliver Gouin Jan Hribik
Seider (Seidenberg) – 39:21 / Ehliz (Plachta) (PP) – 50:39 / Draisaitl (Plachta, Eisenschmid) – 52:03	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	43:36 – Hammond
2 min	Penalties	4 min
35	Shots	17

Slovakia vs Finland[]

11 May 2019
20:15

Slovakia

2–4
(1–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Finland

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 7,421


Marek Čiliak	Goalies	Kevin Lankinen	Referees: Manuel Nikolic Maxim Sidorenko
Černák (Sekera, Pánik) – 10:52 / Marinčin (Studenič, Jaroš) – 39:20	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4	14:21 – Lindbohm (Savinainen, Rajala) (PP) / 16:11 – Kakko (Mikkola, Manninen) / 49:52 – Kakko (Mikkola, Manninen) / 59:45 – Kakko (Manninen, Mikkola) (EN)
6 min	Penalties	6 min
25	Shots	27

United States vs France[]

12 May 2019
12:15

United States of America

7–1
(3–0, 2–0, 2–1)

France

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 4,960


Thatcher Demko	Goalies	Sebastian Ylönen	Referees: Tobias Bjork Maxim Sidorenko
DeBrincat (Van Riemsdyk, Kane) (PP) – 04:05 / Vatrano (Eichel, Martinez) – 05:48 / DeBrincat – 06:04 / White (Q. Hughes, Martinez) – 33:56 / Kane (Larkin, Fox) – 35:52 / Kreider (Larkin) – 40:55 / White (Vatrano, Glendening) – 54:21	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 6–1 / 7–1	46:36 – Rech (Claireaux, Bertrand)
6 min	Penalties	6 min
42	Shots	24

Denmark vs Germany[]

12 May 2019
16:15

Denmark

1–2
(0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Germany

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 5,605


Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Manuel Nikolic Yevgeni Romasko
Bau (Meyer, Larsen) – 50:19	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	30:27 – Plachta (Draisaitl, Eisenschmid) / 39:49 – Tiffels (Kahun, Mauer)
14 min	Penalties	14 min
38	Shots	26

Great Britain vs Canada[]

12 May 2019
20:15

United Kingdom

0–8
(0–2, 0–3, 0–3)

Canada

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 4,563


Ben Bowns Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Jeremy Tufts
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8	02:42 – Joseph (Henrique, Nurse) / 12:33 – Mantha (McCann, Stecher) / 22:35 – Turris (Mantha) / 27:05 – Strome (Marchessault, Chabot) (PP) / 39:37 – Fabbro (Jost) / 40:57 – Turris (Mantha) / 46:46 – Couturier (Mantha, Chabot) (PP) / 50:27 – Mantha (Theodore, Jost)
16 min	Penalties	4 min
12	Shots	56

United States vs Finland[]

13 May 2019
16:15

United States of America

3–2 OT
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)

Finland

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 7,060


Cory Schneider	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen	Referees: Jan Hribik Yevgeni Romasko
Skjei (DeBrincat, Eichel) – 00:50 / Gaudreau (Eichel) – 10:36 / Larkin (Q. Hughes, Keller) – 63:47	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	19:05 – Pesonen (Manninen, Koivisto) / 39:28 – Ojamäki (Manninen, Kaski) (PP)
4 min	Penalties	2 min
29	Shots	26

Slovakia vs Canada[]

13 May 2019
20:15

Slovakia

5–6
(2–2, 2–3, 1–1)

Canada

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 7,420


Patrik Rybár Marek Čiliak	Goalies	Matt Murray	Referees: Tobias Bjork Manuel Nikolic
Sukeľ (Studenič, Nagy) – 07:14 / Liška (Jaroš, Lunter) – 08:18 / Nagy (Marinčin, Lantoši) (PP) – 21:49 / Liška (Buc, Lunter) – 25:09 / Sukeľ (Marinčin) – 51:45	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 4–4 / 4–5 / 5–5 / 5–6	16:20 – Mantha (Turris, McCann) / 18:10 – Theodore (Mantha, Severson) (PP) / 27:01 – Marchessault (Chabot) (PP) / 28:43 – Cirelli (Reinhart) / 36:40 – Stecher (Turris, Severson) / 59:59 – Stone (Chabot) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	22 min
31	Shots	28

Great Britain vs Denmark[]

14 May 2019
16:15

United Kingdom

0–9
(0–3, 0–5, 0–1)

Denmark

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 3,463


Ben Bowns Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Martin Fraňo Oliver Gouin
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9	08:49 – J. Jensen (Eller, M. Lauridsen) (PP2) / 09:37 – Bau (Bødker, Regin) (PP) / 12:11 – Poulsen (Olesen) / 21:08 – Brugisser (Bødker, Madsen) / 23:17 – Eller (J. Jensen Aabo, Regin) (PP) / 24:38 – N. Jensen (Eller, M. Lauridsen) (PP) / 31:00 – N. Jensen (Storm, Eller) / 35:44 – Poulsen (J. Jensen, Olesen) / 51:53 – Poulsen (Jakobsen) (SH)
10 min	Penalties	6 min
19	Shots	42

Germany vs France[]

14 May 2019
20:15

Germany

4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

France

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 4,013


Philipp Grubauer Niklas Treutle	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Maxim Sidorenko
Seider (Fauser, Hager) – 17:07 / Plachta (Eisenschmid, J. Müller) – 33:55 / Draisaitl (Kahun) – 37:54 / Holzer (EN) – 59:02	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	24:10 – Fleury (Bozon, Manavian)
10 min	Penalties	8 min
31	Shots	25

United States vs Great Britain[]

15 May 2019
16:15

United States of America

6–3
(1–1, 3–1, 2–1)

United Kingdom

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 5,510


Thatcher Demko	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Tobias Bjork Manuel Nikolic
Van Riemsdyk (Kane, Suter) (PP) – 12:17 / Keller (Q. Hughes, Demko) (PP) – 29:07 / Kreider (Eichel, Suter) – 31:20 / DeBrincat (Ryan, Kane) – 37:54 / Kane (Kreider, Hanifin) – 41:00 / Ryan (Glendening, Hanifin) – 49:10	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 6–3	15:08 – Hammond (Phillips) / 39:54 – Perlini / 56:28 – Davies (Lachowicz, Billingsley)
0 min	Penalties	10 min
65	Shots	26

Germany vs Slovakia[]

15 May 2019
20:15

Germany

3–2
(0–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Slovakia

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 7,440


Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Marek Čiliak	Referees: Martin Fraňo Maxim Sidorenko
Michaelis (Eisenschmid) – 23:54 / Eisenschmid (Seidenberg, Kahun) (EA) – 58:08 / Draisaitl (Tiffels, Kahun) – 59:33	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	28:30 – Sekera (Černák, Tatar) (PP2) / 29:55 – Hudáček (Pánik, Tatar) (PP)
18 min	Penalties	18 min
21	Shots	36

Canada vs France[]

16 May 2019
16:15

Canada

5–2
(3–0, 0–1, 2–1)

France

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 4,519


Carter Hart	Goalies	Henri-Corentin Buysse	Referees: Linus Öhlund Stephen Reneau
Mantha (Theodore, Severson) (PP2) – 08:19 / Nurse (Marchessault, Dubois) – 10:50 / Cirelli (Couturier, Reinhart) – 16:15 / Mantha – 48:36 / Stone (Marchessault) – 50:27	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2	36:13 – Fleury (Chakiachvili, Guttig) (PP) / 42:55 – Rech
8 min	Penalties	10 min
46	Shots	23

Finland vs Denmark[]

16 May 2019
20:15

Finland

3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Denmark

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 4,812


Kevin Lankinen	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Tobias Bjork Roman Gofman
Kakko (Lehtonen) – 25:49 / Manninen (Rajala, Lehtonen) – 34:19 / Pesonen (Kakko, Ohtamaa) – 51:07	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	21:49 – Madsen (Nick. Jensen, M. Lauridsen) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	6 min
37	Shots	26

France vs Slovakia[]

17 May 2019
16:15

France

3–6
(0–2, 2–1, 1–3)

Slovakia

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 7,440


Florian Hardy Henri-Corentin Buysse	Goalies	Patrik Rybár	Referees: Roman Gofman Gordon Schukies
Manavian (Hecquefeuille, Bertrand) – 32:16 / Texier (Chakiachvili, Fleury) (PP) – 35:09 / Rech (Texier, Dame-Malka) – 57:50	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 3–6	13:25 – Pánik (Lantoši, Sekera) (PP) / 19:10 – Sukeľ (Fehérváry, Tatar) / 25:31 – Hudáček (Pánik, Černák) (PP) / 40:16 – Černák (Pánik, Tatar) / 42:41 – Čajkovský (Buc) (SH) / 45:41 – Nagy (Daňo, Marinčin) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	4 min
20	Shots	27

Finland vs Great Britain[]

17 May 2019
20:15

Finland

5–0
(0–0, 3–0, 2–0)

United Kingdom

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 5,618


Jussi Olkinuora	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Linus Öhlund Stephen Reneau
Rajala (Lehtonen, Olkinuora) (PP) – 20:24 / Ohtamaa (Tyrväinen, Savinainen) – 25:08 / Kiviranta (Koivisto, Tyrväinen) – 34:59 / Kuusela (Savinainen) (EN) – 57:27 / Lehtonen (Jokiharju) (PP) – 59:49	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
4 min	Penalties	8 min
49	Shots	12

Denmark vs United States[]

18 May 2019
12:15

Denmark

1–7
(0–4, 1–2, 0–1)

United States of America

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,184


Simon Nielsen Patrick Galbraith	Goalies	Cory Schneider	Referees: Martin Fraňo Mikko Kaukokari
Olesen (Bau, O. Lauridsen) – 24:50	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7	10:34 – Vatrano (Ryan, Hanifin) / 11:03 – DeBrincat (Kane, Suter) (PP) / 14:24 – Van Riemsdyk (Suter, White) / 18:49 – Kreider (J. Hughes, Eichel) / 31:55 – DeBrincat (Kane, White) / 33:17 – Larkin (Ryan) / 51:19 – Eichel (Kane, Debrincat) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
22	Shots	26

Canada vs Germany[]

18 May 2019
16:15

Canada

8–1
(2–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Germany

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,510


Matt Murray	Goalies	Niklas Treutle	Referees: Roman Gofman Peter Stano
Chabot (Marchessault, Strome) (PP) – 02:01 / Stone (Severson, Nurse) – 16:43 / Stone (Strome, Marchessault) (PP) – 26:02 / Stone (Dubois) – 38:49 / Mantha – 43:01 / Mantha (Turris) – 44:55 / Reinhart (Strome) – 45:28 / Cirelli (Joseph) (SH) – 53:10	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1	38:01 – Ehliz (Eisenschmid, Seidenberg) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	18 min
49	Shots	16

Great Britain vs Slovakia[]

18 May 2019
20:15

United Kingdom

1–7
(1–3, 0–3, 0–1)

Slovakia

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 7,440


Ben Bowns Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Brett Iverson Stephen Reneau
Hammond (Richardson) – 17:44	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7	02:04 – Sekera (Buc) / 02:25 – Tatar / 09:02 – Marinčin (Krištof) (PP) / 24:33 – Čajkovský (Pánik) / 29:09 – Studenič (Krištof) / 35:11 – Sukel (Liška, Koch) (SH) / 58:00 – Bondra (Koch, Nagy)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
17	Shots	38

Germany vs United States[]

19 May 2019
16:15

Germany

1–3
(1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

United States of America

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,293


Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Cory Schneider	Referees: Linus Öhlund Peter Stano
Tiffels (Draisaitl) – 11:55	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3	13:47 – Van Riemsdyk (Keller, Martinez) / 50:03 – Larkin (Van Riemsdyk, Martinez) / 56:15 – Eichel (Kane, Suter) (PP)
2 min	Penalties	4 min
25	Shots	29

France vs Finland[]

19 May 2019
20:15

France

0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 4,682


Florian Hardy	Goalies	Kevin Lankinen	Referees: Martin Fraňo Gordon Schukies
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3	09:24 – Kiviranta (Lindbohm, Tyrväinen) / 21:51 – Mikkola (Pesonen, Kaski) / 52:31 – Sallinen (Savinainen, Kuusela)
14 min	Penalties	8 min
21	Shots	47

France vs Great Britain[]

20 May 2019
16:15

France

3–4 OT
(0–0, 3–2, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)

United Kingdom

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 7,440


Florian Hardy	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Peter Stano
Rech (Manavian, Bozon) – 23:36 / Treille (Chakiachvili, Texier) – 27:31 / Rech (Claireaux) – 27:37	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4	34:59 – Dowd (O'Connor) / 38:04 – Hammond (O’Connor, Phillips) / 45:16 – Farmer (Phillips, O’Connor) / 62:03 – Davies (Phillips)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
36	Shots	30

Canada vs Denmark[]

20 May 2019
20:15

Canada

5–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 4,665


Carter Hart Mackenzie Blackwood	Goalies	Patrick Galbraith	Referees: Linus Öhlund Gordon Schukies
Dubois (Marchessault, Stone) – 02:00 / McCann (Turris) – 06:06 / Marchessault (Severson, Stone) – 08:23 / Reinhart (Couturier, Chabot) (PP) – 33:53 / Reinhart (Myers, Cirelli) – 44:34	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
8 min	Penalties	6 min
34	Shots	24

Finland vs Germany[]

21 May 2019
12:15

Finland

2–4
(1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Germany

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,685


Kevin Lankinen	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Roman Gofman Stephen Reneau
Pesonen (Lehtonen, Jokiharju) (PP) – 15:05 / Tyrväinen (Ojamäki) – 24:07	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4	17:04 – Michaelis (Plachta, Eisenschmid) / 33:13 – Kahun (Draisaitl) / 44:46 – Draisaitl (Pföderl) (PP) / 59:00 – Draisaitl (EN)
4 min	Penalties	8 min
41	Shots	21

Slovakia vs Denmark[]

21 May 2019
16:15

Slovakia

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

Denmark

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 7,440


Denis Godla	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Brett Iverson Linus Öhlund
Marinčin (Studenič, Nagy) – 39:04	1–0 / 1–1	46:41 – Bødker (Russell, Jensen Aabo) (PP2)
10 min	Penalties	4 min
29	Shots	14

Canada vs United States[]

21 May 2019
20:15

Canada

3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

United States of America

Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 7,440


Matt Murray	Goalies	Cory Schneider	Referees: Martin Fraňo Mikko Kaukokari
Dubois (Stone) – 01:49 / Turris (Mantha) – 08:02 / McCann (Turris, Fabbro) – 35:59	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
14 min	Penalties	4 min
36	Shots	28

References[]

External links[]

Official website

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[1] Slovakia opens vs. USA. iihfworlds.com (15 August 2018).

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