2023 IIHF World Championship playoff round

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

Qualified teams[]

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

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.^[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 plays against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist plays the third-best ranked semi-finalist.^[2]

Rank^[3]	Team	Grp	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States of America	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[]

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.^[2] 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

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals[]

25 May 2023
16:20

United States of America

3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Czechia

Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 7,411


Casey DeSmith	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: Mads Frandsen Liam Sewell
Coronato (Hutson, Mackey) – 12:04 / Perbix (Grimaldi) – 28:53 / Gauthier (Tynan) – 49:57	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
4 min	Penalties	2 min
34	Shots	15

25 May 2023
16:20

Switzerland

1–3
(0–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Germany

Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 2,896


Robert Mayer	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Andris Ansons Tobias Björk
Siegenthaler (Fiala, Kukan) – 20:47	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3	06:25 – Kastner (Wissmann, J. Müller) / 37:51 – Peterka (Kahun, Gawanke) / 38:27 – Sturm (Stachowiak, J. Müller) (SH)
8 min	Penalties	29 min
30	Shots	23

25 May 2023
20:20

Canada

4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Finland

Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,529


Sam Montembeault	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Christoffer Holm Jan Hribik
Quinn (Crouse) – 07:12 / Blais (Neighbours, Barron) – 30:45 / Carcone (Weegar, Middleton) – 42:54 / Toffoli (EN) – 57:42	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1	56:52 – Hartikainen (Rantanen, Lehtonen) (EA)
6 min	Penalties	0 min
31	Shots	28

25 May 2023
20:20

Sweden

1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 9,200


Lars Johansson	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane
Liljegren (Raymond, Lindholm) – 29:41	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3	12:56 – Ločmelis (Ri. Bukarts, Cibuļskis) / 45:55 – Indrašis (Ri. Bukarts, Jaks) / 53:46 – Jaks (Indrašis, Ri. Bukarts) (PP)
4 min	Penalties	33 min
41	Shots	15

Semifinals[]

27 May 2023
14:20

Canada

4–2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Latvia

Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 8,669


Sam Montembeault	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane
Blais (Krebs, Middleton) – 35:32 / Quinn (Crouse, Laughton) – 40:45 / Fantilli (Lucic, Barron) – 48:56 / Laughton (ENG) – 59:17	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2	08:18 – Ločmelis (Ri. Bukarts, Zīle) / 36:38 – Balcers
12 min	Penalties	12 min
36	Shots	22

27 May 2023
18:20

United States of America

3–4 OT
(2–2, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)

Germany

Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 8,011


Casey DeSmith	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Tobias Björk Jan Hribik
A. Tuch (O'Connor, Grimaldi) – 01:11 / Grimaldi (A. Tuch) – 03:56 / Eyssimont (O'Connor, Garland) – 28:47	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4	12:22 – Tiffels (Fischbuch, Kahun) (PP) / 16:03 – Szuber (Sturm, Peterka) / 58:37 – Noebels (Kahun, Gawanke) (EA) / 67:32 – Tiffels (Kahun, M. Müller)
6 min	Penalties	4 min
33	Shots	26