2024 IIHF World Championship Group A

Main article: 2024 IIHF World Championship

Group A is one of two groups of the 2024 IIHF World Championship. The four best-placed teams advance to the playoff round, while the last placed team will be relegated to Division I in 2025.^[1]^[2]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	5	2	0	0	32	18	+14	19	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	7	5	1	0	1	29	12	+17	17
3	Czechia (H)	7	4	1	2	0	26	14	+12	16
4	Finland	7	3	0	1	3	21	14	+7	10
5	Austria	7	2	0	1	4	21	29	−8	7	Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship
6	Norway	7	2	0	0	5	15	25	−10	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Denmark	7	2	0	0	5	15	29	−14	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	United Kingdom	7	1	0	0	6	12	30	−18	3	Relegation to 2025 Division I A

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2024. 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:

Matches[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Switzerland vs Norway[]

10 May 2024
16:20

Switzerland

5–2
(1–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Norway

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,617


Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Jonas Arntzen	Referees: Riku Brander Christoffer Holm
Andrighetto (Niederreiter, Loeffel) – 11:04 / Loeffel (Siegenthaler, Jäger) – 24:12 / Senteler (Josi, Simion) – 28:09 / Scherwey (Haas) – 33:30 / Niederreiter (Ambühl, Kurashev) (PP) – 51:56	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 5–2	14:53 – Vikingstad (Thoresen, Johannesen) / 58:56 – Brandsegg-Nygård (Thoresen, Zuccarello) (PP)
6 min	Penalties	6 min
40	Shots	15

Czechia vs Finland[]

10 May 2024
20:20

Czechia

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

Finland

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413


Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Andris Ansons Mikael Holm

8 min	Penalties	6 min
28	Shots	21

Great Britain vs Canada[]

11 May 2024
12:20

United Kingdom

2–4
(1–1, 0–3, 1–0)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,935


Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Joel Hofer	Referees: Christoffer Holm Kristian Vikman
Kirk (Mosey, Lake) (PP) – 07:47 / O'Connor (Kirk, Betteridge) – 48:49	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4	08:17 – Bunting (Byram) / 25:45 – Hagel (Zellweger, Dubois) / 31:39 – Bedard (Bunting, Zellweger) / 35:29 – Bedard (Paul, Guhle)
8 min	Penalties	4 min
15	Shots	34

Austria vs Denmark[]

11 May 2024
16:20

Austria

1–5
(1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Denmark

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 15,719


David Madlener	Goalies	Frederik Dichow	Referees: Mikael Holm André Schrader
Ganahl (Haudum, Rohrer) – 19:35	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5	13:19 – M. Lauridsen (Blichfeld, Russell) / 16:11 – Storm (SH) / 38:54 – Blichfeld (Wejse, O. Lauridsen) / 53:44 – Scheel (Bruggisser, N. Jensen) / 58:57 – Blichfeld (Aagaard, Russell) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	6 min
17	Shots	34

Norway vs Czechia[]

11 May 2024
20:20

Norway

3–6
(3–2, 0–1, 0–3)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413


Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Tomáš Hronský Sean MacFarlane
Solberg (Thoresen, Zuccarello) – 06:37 / Steen (Trettenes) (SH) – 12:10 / E. Salsten (Solberg, Zuccarello) – 16:32	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5 / 3–6	06:06 – Červenka (Kundrátek, Kaše) / 17:12 – Červenka (Sedlák, Kaše) / 35:54 – Beránek (Kempný) / 45:19 – Stránský (Krejčík, Kämpf) / 56:59 – Hájek (Palát) / 59:06 – Palát (Kämpf, Voženílek) (EN)
16 min	Penalties	10 min
11	Shots	48

Finland vs Great Britain[]

12 May 2024
12:20

Finland

8–0
(1–0, 5–0, 2–0)

United Kingdom

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 15,433


Emil Larmi	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Andris Ansons Mikael Holm
Kapanen (Kaski) – 16:14 / Puljujärvi (Kaski, Oksanen) – 21:15 / Innala (Granlund, Pakarinen) (PP) – 24:52 / Riikola (Puljujärvi, Oksanen) – 32:49 / Kapanen (Puljujärvi, Granlund) – 36:01 / Määttä (Granlund) – 38:45 / Lehtonen (Helenius, Granlund) – 46:39 / Kapanen (Määttä, Oksanen) – 52:57	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0
4 min	Penalties	10 min
47	Shots	14

Denmark vs Canada[]

12 May 2024
16:20

Denmark

1–5
(0–2, 1–0, 0–3)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,015


Frederik Dichow	Goalies	Jordan Binnington	Referees: Riku Brander Tomáš Hronský
Wejse (Storm, Poulsen) – 26:15	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5	02:24 – Bedard (Bunting, Guhle) / 15:25 – Cozens (Tavares, Byram) (PP) / 41:52 – Bedard (Guenther) / 58:00 – Mercer (McBain, Tanev) (EN) / 59:39 – Dubois (Bedard, Zellweger) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	12 min
20	Shots	42

Austria vs Switzerland[]

12 May 2024
20:20

Austria

5–6
(2–1, 2–3, 1–2)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 13,512


David Kickert	Goalies	Reto Berra Akira Schmid	Referees: Sean MacFarlane Kristian Vikman
Unterweger (Rossi) – 04:15 / P. Huber (Rohrer) – 14:33 / Haudum (Zwerger, Unterweger) (PP) – 21:48 / Haudum (Unterweger, M. Huber) (PP) – 34:45 / Baumgartner (Maier, Strong) – 52:17	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 4–4 / 4–5 / 5–5 / 5–6	15:48 – Josi (Loeffel, Ambühl) (PP2) / 22:26 – Hischier (Josi, Loeffel) / 29:30 – Josi (Ambühl, Hischier) (PP2) / 29:43 – Jäger (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP) / 40:43 – Hischier (Kurashev, Niederreiter) (PP) / 59:09 – Hischier (Josi, Ambühl) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	6 min
18	Shots	36

Norway vs Finland[]

13 May 2024
16:20

Norway

1–4
(0–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Finland

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,127


Jonas Arntzen	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Christoffer Holm Tomáš Hronský
Krogdahl (Johannesen) – 38:47	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4	06:49 – Kapanen (Kaski) (PP) / 17:56 – Hyry (Kaski, Innala) / 20:27 – Hyry (Jääskä, Innala) / 30:59 – Kapanen (Oksanen)
10 min	Penalties	4 min
14	Shots	42

Switzerland vs Czechia[]

13 May 2024
20:20

Switzerland

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

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413


Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Andris Ansons André Schrader
Fiala (Hischier, Josi) (PP) – 13:36	1–0 / 1–1	35:57 – Stránský (Špaček, Červenka) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	12 min
26	Shots	24

Denmark vs Norway[]

14 May 2024
16:20

Denmark

0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Norway

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 10,011


Frederik Dichow	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane
	0–1 / 0–2	27:45 – Brandsegg-Nygård (Zuccarello, Thoresen) / 59:49 – Salsten (EN)
4 min	Penalties	6 min
24	Shots	29

Canada vs Austria[]

14 May 2024
20:20

Canada

7–6 OT
(3–1, 3–0, 0–5)
(OT: 1–0)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 14,704


Jordan Binnington	Goalies	David Madlener	Referees: Andris Ansons Lassi Heikkinen
Cozens (Mangiapane, Guhle – 06:34 / Guhle (Tavares, Hagel) – 09:21 / Byram (Zellweger) – 13:29 / McCann (Bunting) – 22:57 / Bedard (Guenther, Parayko) – 29:32 / Dubois (Hagel, Power) – 37:56 / Tavares (Dubois, Parayko) – 60:15	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 6–2 / 6–3 / 6–4 / 6–5 / 6–6 / 7–6	10:11 – Nissner (M. Huber, Raffl) / 43:14 – Baumgartner (Schneider) / 44:08 – Schneider (Zwerger, Wolf) / 50:41 – Zwerger (Nickl) / 55:56 – Schneider (Zwerger, Rossi) / 59:11 – Rossi (EA)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
49	Shots	21

Czechia vs Denmark[]

15 May 2024
16:20

Czechia

7–4
(1–1, 2–1, 4–2)

Denmark

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413


Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Frederik Dichow	Referees: Tomáš Hronský André Schrader
Rutta (Kämpf) – 19:52 / Flek (Kondelík, Voženílek) – 22:50 / Sedlák (Kaše, Červenka) – 24:29 / Kundrátek (Tomášek, Krejčík) – 46:16 / Kubalík (Tomášek, Palát) – 51:10 / Stránský (Kämpf, Voženílek – 51:30 / Palát (Kempný) – 53:08	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 5–3 / 6–3 / 6–4 / 7–4	18:54 – Wejse (Blichfeld, Bruggisser) (PP) / 39:36 – Russell (N. Jensen, Bruggisser) / 44:43 – Mølgaard (Lauridsen, Lassen) / 51:51 – From (Scheel, Wejse)
6 min	Penalties	6 min
39	Shots	18

Switzerland vs Great Britain[]

15 May 2024
20:20

Switzerland

3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

United Kingdom

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 15,239


Akira Schmid	Goalies	Jackson Whistle	Referees: Andris Ansons Lassi Heikkinen
Hischier (Josi, Fiala) – 03:48 / Kukan (Siegenthaler, Herzog) – 13:36 / Niederreiter (Fiala, Josi) (PP) – 38:36	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
10 min	Penalties	10 min
30	Shots	15

Finland vs Austria[]

16 May 2024
16:20

Finland

2–3
(2–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 15,387


Harri Säteri	Goalies	David Kickert	Referees: Tobias Björk Michael Tscherrig
Mäenalanen (Pakarinen, Vittasmäki) – 02:51 / Kapanen (Riikola, Kaski) – 08:06 /	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3	23:36 – M. Huber (Raffl, Nissner) / 49:51 – Nickl (Nissner, M. Huber) / 59:59 – Baumgartner (Haudum, Ganahl)
6 min	Penalties	6 min
32	Shots	20

Canada vs Norway[]

16 May 2024
20:20

Canada

4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Norway

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,418


Nico Daws	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari André Schrader
Tanev (Guhle, McBain) – 11:50 / Mangiapane (Byram, Oleksiak) – 22:16 / Cozens (SH) – 46:37 / McCann (Daws) (EN) – 58:30	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	42:47 – Solberg (E. Salsten, Steen)
6 min	Penalties	6 min
33	Shots	6

Great Britain vs Denmark[]

17 May 2024
16:20

United Kingdom

3–4
(2–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Denmark

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,277


Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Frederik Dichow	Referees: Tobias Björk Sean MacFarlane
Kirk (Curran, Ruopp) – 05:25 / Neilson (Mosey, Lake) – 10:34 / Halbert (Lachowicz, Perlini) – 38:34	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4	06:26 – Aagaard (Mølgaard, Olesen) / 08:25 – Bruggisser (Olesen, Wejse) (PP) / 21:42 – Aagaard (Olesen, Mølgaard) / 52:01 – Wejse (Blichfeld, Bruggisser) (PP)
14 min	Penalties	12 min
31	Shots	28

Czechia vs Austria[]

17 May 2024
20:20

Czechia

4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413


Petr Mrázek	Goalies	David Madlener	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Mikko Kaukokari
Kaše (PS) – 19:32 / Kubalík (Tomášek, Špaček) (PP) – 35:49 / Flek (Stránský) (PP) – 36:53 / Tomášek (Palát, Kubalík) – 41:31	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
6 min	Penalties	6 min
30	Shots	21

Denmark vs Switzerland[]

18 May 2024
12:20

Denmark

0–8
(0–2, 0–3, 0–3)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,225


Frederik Dichow Mathias Seldrup	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Jan Hribik Mikko Kaukokari
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8	04:10 – Hischier (Fiala, Josi) / 17:15 – Josi / 20:39 – Fiala (Ambühl, Hischier) (PP) / 23:58 – Fiala (Hischier) / 33:43 – Senteler (Simion) / 42:49 – Thürkauf (SH) / 45:26 – Bertschy (Scherwey, Thurkauf) / 54:18 – Scherwey (Bertschy, Kukan)
10 min	Penalties	4 min
17	Shots	29

Canada vs Finland[]

18 May 2024
16:20

Canada

5–3
(2–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Finland

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,303


Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Sean MacFarlane André Schrader
Cozens (Mangiapane, Power) – 14:53 / Tanev (Tavares) – 16:30 / Power (Cozens, Parayko) – 37:12 / Hagel (Tavares, Dubois) – 51:32 / Mercer (Power) (EN) – 59:39	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 5–3	01:35 – Puljujärvi (Rissanen, Innala) / 03:51 – Puustinen (Hyry, Saarijärvi) (PP) / 36:07 – Puljujärvi (Vittasmäki, Mäenalanen)
31 min	Penalties	8 min
22	Shots	32

Czechia vs Great Britain[]

18 May 2024
20:20

Czechia

4–1
(2–0, 2–1, 0–0)

United Kingdom

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,413


Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Mark Pearce Michael Tscherrig
Sedlák (Červenka, Krejčík) – 02:18 / Krejčík (Gudas, Červenka) – 04:46 / Sedlák (Červenka, Kaše) – 20:36 / Kaše (Sedlák, Červenka) (PP) – 32:15	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1	22:17 – Mosey (Kirk, O'Connor) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	4 min
45	Shots	15

Norway vs Austria[]

19 May 2024
16:20

Norway

1–4
(0–0, 0–3, 1–1)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,565


Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	David Kickert	Referees: Tobias Björk Michael Tscherrig
Engebråten (Zuccarello) – 53:04	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4	28:14 – Schneider (Heinrich, Rossi) / 28:54 – Zwerger (Schneider, Rossi) / 33:53 – Schneider (Rossi, Brunner) (EA) / 57:24 – M. Huber (Zwerger) (EN)
12 min	Penalties	10 min
27	Shots	27

Switzerland vs Canada[]

19 May 2024
20:20

Switzerland

2–3
(1–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,268


Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Jordan Binnington	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Jan Hribik
Fiala (Hischier, Josi) (PP) – 11:15 / Loeffel (Thürkauf, Fora) – 25:03	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3	01:42 – Cozens (Tavares, Mangiapane) (PP) / 28:46 – Cozens (Mangiapane, Tavares) (PP) / 30:39 – Paul (Mangiapane, Cozens) (PP)
31 min	Penalties	12 min
22	Shots	23

Great Britain vs Norway[]

20 May 2024
16:20

United Kingdom

2–5
(0–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Norway

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 13,679


Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Martin Fraňo Mark Pearce
Perlini (Dowd, O'Connor) (PP) – 24:56 / Betteridge (Lake, Mosey) – 47:25	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5	04:34 – Vikingstad (Krogdahl, Engebråten) / 06:46 – Thoresen / 12:25 – Olsen (Steen, Brandsegg-Nygård) / 21:18 – Brandsegg-Nygård (Thoresen, Zuccarello) (PP) / 44:36 – Olsen (Brandsegg-Nygård)
12 min	Penalties	6 min
25	Shots	42

Finland vs Denmark[]

20 May 2024
20:20

Finland

3–1
(0–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Denmark

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,251


Emil Larmi	Goalies	Mathias Seldrup	Referees: Michael Campbell Michael Tscherrig
Björninen (Mattila, Määttä) – 43:26 / Rissanen – 45:03 / Jormakka (EN) – 59:07	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1	58:16 – True (Mølgaard, Russell) (EA)
4 min	Penalties	8 min
35	Shots	22

Austria vs Great Britain[]

21 May 2024
12:20

Austria

2–4
(0–0, 1–1, 1–3)

United Kingdom

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 16,306


David Kickert	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Jan Hribik Mark Pearce
Unterweger (Zwerger, Haudum) (PP) – 22:40 / M. Huber (Haudum, Zwerger) (PP) – 59:15	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4	27:44 – O'Connor (Lake) (PP2) / 41:59 – Perlini (Dowd, O'Connor) (PP) / 50:25 – Mosey (Duggan, Tetlow) / 55:31 – Dowd (Perlini) (EN)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
28	Shots	32

Canada vs Czechia[]

21 May 2024
16:20

Canada

4–3 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 3–3)
(OT: 1–0)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,314


Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikko Kaukokari
Cozens (Power, Paul) (PP) – 41:01 / Mercer (Severson) – 51:01 / Hagel (Tavares, Dubois) – 55:42 / Cozens (SH) – 63:13	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3	49:11 – Kubalík (Nečas, Sedlák) (PP) / 56:56 – Palát (Špaček, Červenka) (PP, EA) / 58:11 – Červenka (Nečas, Špaček) (EA)
8 min	Penalties	4 min
26	Shots	22

Finland vs Switzerland[]

21 May 2024
20:20

Finland

1–3
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 17,118


Harri Säteri	Goalies	Akira Schmid	Referees: Michael Campbell Martin Fraňo
Innala (Granlund, Lehtonen) (PP) – 37:51	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3	25:14 – Fiala (Loeffel) / 27:26 – Glauser (Niederreiter, Fiala) / 56:33 – Fiala (Niederreiter)
29 min	Penalties	4 min
16	Shots	26

References[]

External links[]

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