2023 IIHF World Championship

2023 IIHF World Championship
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Tournament details
Host countries	Finland; Latvia
Dates	12–28 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (28th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Latvia
Fourth place	United States of America
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	354 (5.53 per match)
Attendance	442,160 (6,909 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Rocco Grimaldi; (14 points)
MVP	Artūrs Šilovs
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Main article: 2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

Nokia Arena under en match i Ishockey-VM 2023 — A game between France and Hungary in Nokia Arena

The 2023 IIHF World Championship was co-hosted by Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. The tournament was held from 12 to 28 May 2023, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Canada won their 28th title by beating Germany in the final.^[1]

Overview[]

As in the 2022 edition, the tournament saw several major upsets: Kazakhstan's win over Norway, Hungary's win over France, Latvia's first-ever victory over Czechia, Norway’s second-ever win over Canada, as well as Kazakhstan's first ever victory over Slovakia.^[2]^[3] The playoffs also saw major upsets, as Latvia reached the semi-finals for the first time after defeating favourites Sweden 3–1 in their quarter-final,^[4] Germany upset Switzerland 3–1 and the reigning Olympic and world champions hosts Finland lost to Canada 4–1. Czechia finished in 8th place after losing to the United States 3–0 in the quarter-finals, which is their worst placement to date in the history of the World Championship. Germany reached the final for the first time after upsetting top-seeded United States 4–3 in overtime.

Latvia claimed their first ever ice hockey medal at the World Championship after defeating the United States 4–3 in overtime and finishing third.^[5]

Host nation bid[]

The event was originally planned to be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but, in February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called for Russia and Belarus to be stripped of hosting rights to all international sporting events due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6] On 26 April 2022, Russia lost their rights to host the World Championship.^[7]

After being promoted to the top division, Slovenia and Hungary both bid to co-host the event in Ljubljana and Budapest.^[8] The bid was withdrawn due to Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation informing the IIHF that it did not receive the governmental guarantees to host. Finland and Latvia submitted a joint bid, with Nokia Arena in Tampere and Arena Riga in Riga as potential host venues.^[9] On 27 May 2022, the IIHF confirmed that Finland and Latvia would host the tournament, with Finland having also hosted the 2022 IIHF World Championship in Tampere (Nokia Arena) and Helsinki (Helsinki Ice Hall).^[10]

Venues[]

Tampere		Riga
Finland		Latvia
Nokia Arena Capacity: 13,455		Arena Riga Capacity: 10,300

Participants[]

Qualified as hosts

Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2022 IIHF World Championship

Qualified through winning promotion at the 2022 IIHF World Championship Division I

Seeding[]

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2022 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2022 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizer, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups."^[11]^[12]

Group A (Tampere)

Finland (1)
United States of America (4)
Sweden (5)
Germany (9)
Denmark (10)
France (13)
Austria (15)
Hungary (20)

Group B (Riga)

Canada (2)
Czechia (6)
Switzerland (7)
Slovakia (8)
Latvia (11)
Norway (12)
Kazakhstan (16)
Slovenia (19)

Rosters[]

Main article: 2023 IIHF World Championship rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, have to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of the tournament.

Match officials[]

16 referees and linesmen were announced on 6 April 2023.^[13]^[14]

Referees	Linesmen
Adam Bloski Mike Langin Jan Hribik Mads Frandsen Lassi Heikkinen Mikko Kaukokari Liam Sewell Sirko Hunnius André Schrader Andris Ansons Tobias Björk Christoffer Holm Stefan Hürlimann Miroslav Štolc Sean Fernandez Sean MacFarlane	David Nothegger Brett Mackey Tarrington Wyonzek Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček Andreas Krøyer Onni Hautamäki Tommi Niittylä Nicolas Constantineau Andreas Hofer Dāvis Zunde Šimon Synek Emil Yletyinen Eric Cattaneo Nick Briganti Jake Davis

Preliminary round[]

The groups were announced on 29 May 2022,^[15] with the schedule being revealed on 8 September 2022.^[16]

Group A[]

Main article: 2023 IIHF World Championship Group A

Pos	Team [v • d • e]	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	United States of America	7	6	1	0	0	34	8	+26	20	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	7	5	1	1	0	26	7	+19	18
3	Finland (H)	7	5	0	1	1	28	15	+13	16
4	Germany	7	4	0	0	3	27	16	+11	12
5	Denmark	7	2	1	0	4	19	26	−7	8	Qualification for 2024 IIHF World Championship
6	France	7	0	1	2	4	10	31	−21	4
7	Austria	7	0	1	1	5	11	27	−16	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Hungary	7	0	1	1	5	12	37	−25	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Relegation to 2024 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.
Notes:

↑ Canada rallies to win gold.
↑ Latvia wins, Batna the OT hero. iihf.com (15 May 2023).
↑ Kazakhs top Slovakia in record shootout. iihf.com (19 May 2023).
↑ Brinums (Miracle) in Riga!. iihf.com (25 May 2023).
↑ Latvia wins historic bronze in OT. iihf.com (28 May 2023).
↑ Strip Russia and Belarus of events and do not display their flags, says IOC (25 February 2022).
↑ IIHF to move 2023 World Championship.
↑ "Slovenia, Hungary mount joint bid to host Ice-Hockey Worlds in 2023", The Slovenia Times, 9 May 2022.
↑ Tampere/Riga candidate for 2023.
↑ To Tampere/Riga in '23, to Switzerland in '26.
↑ Finland stays #1 in World Ranking.
↑ World Championship Schedule Released.
↑ 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Officials Chosen. iihf.com (6 April 2023).
↑ Competition officials. iihf.com (10 May 2023).
↑ Finland stays #1 in World Ranking.
↑ World Championship schedule released.


12 May 2023
Finland	1–4	United States of America
Sweden	1–0	Germany
13 May 2023
France	2–1 (OT)	Austria
Hungary	1–3	Denmark
Germany	3–4	Finland
14 May 2023
United States of America	7–1	Hungary
France	3–4 (OT)	Denmark
Sweden	5–0	Austria
15 May 2023
Germany	2–3	United States of America
Finland	1–2 (GWS)	Sweden
16 May 2023
Denmark	6–2	Austria
France	2–3 (OT)	Hungary
17 May 2023
United States of America	4–1	Austria
Finland	5–3	France
18 May 2023
Hungary	1–7	Sweden
Denmark	4–6	Germany
19 May 2023
Hungary	1–7	Finland
Austria	2–4	Germany
20 May 2023
United States of America	3–0	Denmark
Austria	1–3	Finland
Sweden	4–0	France
21 May 2023
Germany	7–2	Hungary
United States of America	9–0	France
22 May 2023
Denmark	1–4	Sweden
Austria	4–3 (GWS)	Hungary
23 May 2023
Germany	5–0	France
Sweden	3–4 (OT)	United States of America
Finland	7–1	Denmark

Group B[]

Main article: 2023 IIHF World Championship Group B

Pos	Team [v • d • e]	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Switzerland	7	6	0	1	0	29	10	+19	19	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	7	4	1	1	1	25	11	+14	15
3	Latvia (H)	7	3	2	0	2	21	17	+4	13^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Czechia	7	4	0	1	2	22	16	+6	13^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Slovakia	7	3	0	2	2	15	15	0	11	Qualification for 2024 IIHF World Championship
6	Kazakhstan	7	1	2	0	4	14	31	−17	7
7	Norway	7	1	1	1	4	9	17	−8	6
8	Slovenia	7	0	0	0	7	9	27	−18	0	Relegation to 2024 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.
Notes:


12 May 2023
Slovakia	2–3	Czechia
Latvia	0–6	Canada
13 May 2023
Switzerland	7–0	Slovenia
Norway	3–4 (GWS)	Kazakhstan
Slovakia	2–1	Latvia
14 May 2023
Slovenia	2–5	Canada
Norway	0–3	Switzerland
Czechia	5–1	Kazakhstan
15 May 2023
Slovakia	1–2 (GWS)	Canada
Czechia	3–4 (OT)	Latvia
16 May 2023
Slovenia	0–1	Norway
Switzerland	5–0	Kazakhstan
17 May 2023
Latvia	2–1	Norway
Canada	5–1	Kazakhstan
18 May 2023
Czechia	6–2	Slovenia
Switzerland	4–2	Slovakia
19 May 2023
Latvia	3–2	Slovenia
Kazakhstan	4–3 (GWS)	Slovakia
20 May 2023
Norway	0–2	Czechia
Canada	2–3	Switzerland
Kazakhstan	0–7	Latvia
21 May 2023
Slovenia	0–1	Slovakia
Czechia	2–4	Switzerland
22 May 2023
Canada	2–3 (GWS)	Norway
Kazakhstan	4–3	Slovenia
23 May 2023
Slovakia	4–1	Norway
Canada	3–1	Czechia
Switzerland	3–4 (OT)	Latvia

Playoff round[]

Main article: 2023 IIHF World Championship playoff round

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.^[1] If Finland and Latvia were to play in the quarterfinals, there would have been no cross-over for the quarterfinals.

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

25 May

1A United States of America	3
		27 May
4B Czechia	0
		1 United States of America	3
25 May
		8 Germany (OT)	4
1B Switzerland	1
				28 May
4A Germany	3
				4 Canada
25 May
				8 Germany
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 of America

				6 Latvia

Final standings[]

Teams finishing fifth in the preliminary round were ranked ninth and tenth, teams finishing sixth are ranked 11th and 12th, and so on.^[2]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Canada	10	7	1	1	1	38	16	+22	24	Champions
2	A	Germany	10	5	1	0	4	36	25	+11	17	Runners-up
3	B	Latvia (H)	10	4	3	0	3	30	25	+5	18	Third place
4	A	United States of America	10	7	1	2	0	43	16	+27	25	Fourth place

5	B	Switzerland	8	6	0	1	1	30	13	+17	19	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	A	Sweden	8	5	1	1	1	27	10	+17	18
7	A	Finland (H)	8	5	0	1	2	29	19	+10	16
8	B	Czechia	8	4	0	1	3	22	19	+3	13

9	B	Slovakia	7	3	0	2	2	15	15	0	11	Eliminated in Group stage
10	A	Denmark	7	2	1	0	4	19	26	−7	8
11	B	Kazakhstan	7	1	2	0	4	14	31	−17	7
12	A	France	7	0	1	2	4	10	31	−21	4
13	B	Norway	7	1	1	1	4	9	17	−8	6
14	A	Austria	7	0	1	1	5	11	27	−16	3

15	A	Hungary	7	0	1	1	5	12	37	−25	3	Relegated to 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I
16	B	Slovenia	7	0	0	0	7	9	27	−18	0	Relegated to 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2023. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Rocco Grimaldi	10	7	7	14	+8	6	F
Dominik Kubalík	8	8	4	12	+3	0	F
JJ Peterka	10	6	6	12	+8	0	F
Rihards Bukarts	10	3	8	11	+3	8	F
MacKenzie Weegar	10	3	8	11	+10	6	D
T. J. Tynan	10	1	10	11	+10	0	F
Henrik Tömmernes	8	0	10	10	+5	2	D
Cutter Gauthier	10	7	2	9	+9	2	F
Lawson Crouse	10	6	3	9	+9	4	F
Nikolaj Ehlers	7	5	4	9	−3	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Stanislav Škorvánek	238:39	5	1.26	108	95.37	1
Karel Vejmelka	236:26	7	1.78	124	94.35	1
Sam Montembeault	423:07	10	1.42	163	93.87	1
Lars Johansson	303:42	8	1.58	120	93.33	2
Samuel Hlavaj	189:05	7	2.22	103	93.20	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards[]

The awards were announced on 28 May 2023.^[3]

Individual awards[]

Position	Player
Goaltender	Artūrs Šilovs
Defenceman	MacKenzie Weegar
Forward	JJ Peterka

Media All Stars[]

Position	Player
Goaltender	Artūrs Šilovs
Defenceman	MacKenzie Weegar
Defenceman	Moritz Seider
Forward	JJ Peterka
Forward	Rocco Grimaldi
Forward	Dominik Kubalík
MVP	Artūrs Šilovs

Broadcasting rights[]

TV-studior i Nokia Arena under Ishockey-VM 2023 — TV studios in Nokia Arena: the Finnish C More (left) and the Swedish SVT (right)

Broadcasting cameras and commentators at IIHF Worlds 2023 in Tampere — Broadcasting cameras and positions for the commentators in Nokia Arena, Tampere

These are the broadcasters for the tournament.^[4]

Country	Broadcaster
Austria	ORF
Canada	TSN
Canada	RDS
Czech Republic	ČT
Denmark	TV 2 Sport
Estonia	ERR
Finland	MTV
France	Fanseat
Germany	Sport1
Germany	Magenta Sport
Hungary	Sport 1
Kazakhstan	Qazsport
Latvia	LTV
Latvia	Tet
Lithuania	LRT
Norway	Viaplay
Poland	TVP
Russia	Match TV
Slovakia	RTVS
Slovenia	RTV
Slovenia	Šport TV
Sweden	SVT
Switzerland	SRG SSR
Ukraine	XSPORT
United Kingdom	Viaplay Sports
United States	NHL Network
United States	ESPN+

References[]

External links[]

Official website

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[1] Canada rallies to win gold.

[2] Latvia wins, Batna the OT hero. iihf.com (15 May 2023).

[3] Kazakhs top Slovakia in record shootout. iihf.com (19 May 2023).

[4] Brinums (Miracle) in Riga!. iihf.com (25 May 2023).

[5] Latvia wins historic bronze in OT. iihf.com (28 May 2023).

[6] Strip Russia and Belarus of events and do not display their flags, says IOC (25 February 2022).

[7] IIHF to move 2023 World Championship.

[8] "Slovenia, Hungary mount joint bid to host Ice-Hockey Worlds in 2023", The Slovenia Times, 9 May 2022.

[9] Tampere/Riga candidate for 2023.

[10] To Tampere/Riga in '23, to Switzerland in '26.

[11] Finland stays #1 in World Ranking.

[12] World Championship Schedule Released.

[13] 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Officials Chosen. iihf.com (6 April 2023).

[14] Competition officials. iihf.com (10 May 2023).

[15] Finland stays #1 in World Ranking.

[16] World Championship schedule released.

[TournamentFormat-19] IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship 2023: Preview, schedule, stars involved, how to watch live.

[20] Tournament Format.

[21] Silovs MVP, All-Stars named.

[22] Broadcast Partners List (en).

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Tournament details
Tournament logo
Host countries	Finland Latvia
Dates	12–28 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (28th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Latvia
Fourth place	United States of America
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	354 (5.53 per match)
Attendance	442,160 (6,909 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Rocco Grimaldi (14 points)
MVP	Artūrs Šilovs
← 2022 2024 →