2021 IIHF World Championship playoff round

The playoff round of the 2021 IIHF World Championship was held from 3 to 6 June 2021. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.

Qualified teams

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

Qualified teams' seedings

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.

Semi-finalists are paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which is determined by the following criteria: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored for; 5) seeding number entering the tournament. The best-ranked semi-finalist plays against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist plays the third-best ranked semi-finalist.

Rank	Team	Grp	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States of America	B	1	18	+13	21	6
2	ROC	A	1	17	+18	28	2
3	Finland	B	2	17	+9	19	3
4	Switzerland	A	2	15	+10	27	8
5	Czech Republic	A	3	13	+9	27	5
6	Germany	B	3	12	+8	22	7
7	Slovakia	A	4	12	−5	17	9
8	Canada	B	4	10	+1	19	1

Bracket

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	3 June
	Finland	1
					5 June
	Czech Republic	0
					Finland	2
	3 June
					Germany	1
	Switzerland	2
									6 June
	Germany (GWS)	3
									Finland	2
	3 June
									Canada (OT)	3
	United States of America	6
					5 June
	Slovakia	1
					United States of America	2
	3 June
					Canada	4			Third place
	ROC	1
									6 June
	Canada (OT)	2
									United States of America	6
									Germany	1

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

Switzerland vs Germany

3 June 2021 16:15

Switzerland

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

Germany

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Andris Ansons Yevgeni Romasko
	Untersander (Alatalo, Kurashev) – 15:17 / Herzog (Scherwey, Bertschy) – 33:26	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2	37:23 – Kühnhackl (Rieder, Nowak) / 59:16 – Gawanke (Kahun, Noebels) (EA)
	0 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	41

United States vs Slovakia

3 June 2021 16:15

United States of America

6–1 (3–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig
	Boyle – 13:08 / Blackwell (Labanc, Robinson) – 15:25 / Garland (Moore, Jones) – 19:30 / Blackwell (Robinson, Labanc) – 36:50 / Chmelevski (Wolanin) – 45:15 / Garland (Wolanin, Moore) – 58:45	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6 –1	32:12 – Cehlárik (Lantoši)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	28

ROC vs Canada

3 June 2021 20:15

ROC

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Nord
	Timkin (Orlov, Kamenev) – 34:32	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2	45:03 – Henrique (Brown, Comtois) (PP) / 62:12 – Mangiapane (Stecher)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	24

Finland vs Czech Republic

3 June 2021 20:15

Finland

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin
	Innala (Pakarinen, Kontiola) – 32:55	1–0
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	28

Semifinals

United States vs Canada

5 June 2021 14:15

United States of America

2–4 (1–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Canada

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin
	Blackwell (Wolanin, Labanc) – 17:17 / Chmelevski (Rooney, Mackey) – 43:36	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4	02:02 – Pirri (Walker, Paul) / 24:15 – Mangiapane (Brown) / 40:46 – Mangiapane (Brown, Kuemper) / 59:36 – Danforth (Paul)
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	38	Shots	33

Finland vs Germany

5 June 2021 18:15

Finland

2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Nord
	Pakarinen (Lundell, Kaski) – 13:50 / Björninen (Anttila) – 18:55	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1	31:03 – Plachta (Seider) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	28

Bronze medal game

6 June 2021 15:15

United States of America

6–1 (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Felix Brückmann	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman
	Wolanin – 05:02 / Garland (Robertson, Wolanin) – 26:27 / Drury (Chmelevski) – 28:05 / Robertson (Garland, Thompson) (PP) – 31:35 / Moore (Garland, Thompson) (PP) – 32:15 / Donato (Clendening, Thompson) – 49:53	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 5–1 / 6–1	49:28 – Bittner (Plachta, Kahun)
	43 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	34

Gold medal game

6 June 2021 20:15

Finland

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Martin Fraňo Yevgeni Romasko
	Ruohomaa (Kaski) – 08:57 / Lindbohm (Nousiainen, Ruohomaa) - 45:27	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3	24:30 – Comtois (Brown, Walker) (PP) / 52:37 – Henrique (Comtois, Brown) (PP) / 66:26 – Paul (Brown)
	6 min	Penalties	30 min
	31	Shots	26

External links

• Official website