2024 IIHF World Championship playoff round

The playoff round of the 2024 IIHF World Championship will be held from 23 to 26 May 2024. The top four of each preliminary group qualify for the playoff round.

Qualified teams

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

Qualified teams' seedings

Quarter-finalists are paired according to their positions in the groups: the first-place team in each preliminary-round group plays the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-place team plays 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. 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	Sweden	B	1	21	+26	35	6
2	Canada	A	1	19	+14	32	1
3	Switzerland	A	2	17	+17	29	7
4	United States of America	B	2	16	+21	37	4
5	Czechia	A	3	16	+12	26	8
6	Germany	B	3	15	+10	34	5
7	Slovakia	B	4	12	+3	26	9
8	Finland	A	4	10	+7	21	2

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.

Bracket

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 May
	1A Canada	6
					25 May
	4B Slovakia	3
					1 Sweden	3
	23 May
					5 Czechia	7
	1B Sweden (OT)	2
									26 May
	4A Finland	1
									5 Czechia	2
	23 May
									3 Switzerland	0
	2A Switzerland	3
					25 May
	3B Germany	1
					2 Canada	2
	23 May
					3 Switzerland (GWS)	3			Third place
	2B United States of America	0
									26 May
	3A Czechia	1
									1 Sweden	4
									2 Canada	2

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

Canada vs Slovakia

23 May 2024 16:20

Canada

6–3 (2–1, 1–0, 3–2)

Slovakia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,275

Game reference
	Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Martin Fraňo Mikko Kaukokari
	McCann (Parayko) – 02:45 / Dubois (Byram, Tavares) – 04:15 / Paul (Bedard, Guenther) – 23:48 / Guenther (Paul, Hagel) – 46:20 / Tanev (Severson, Mercer) – 46:40 / Paul (EN) – 59:10	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 5–2 / 5–3 / 6–3	07:56 – Cehlárik (Slafkovský) / 47:08 – Kelemen (Regenda) / 56:57 – Hrivík (Hudáček, Nemec) (PP2)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	21

Switzerland vs Germany

23 May 2024 16:20

Switzerland

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Germany

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,583

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Riku Brander Mikael Holm
	Bertschy (SH) – 07:22 / Hischier (Siegenthaler, Fiala) – 16:28 / Bertschy (Thürkauf, Siegenthaler) (EN) – 59:02	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1	31:33 – Kahun (Stachowiak) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	15

United States vs Czechia

23 May 2024 20:20

United States of America

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Charlie Lindgren	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Tobias Björk Michael Campbell
		0–1	26:39 – Zacha (Špaček, Červenka) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	28

Sweden vs Finland

23 May 2024 20:20

Sweden

2–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Finland

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,691

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Andris Ansons Sean MacFarlane
	Dahlin (Lundeström, Raymond) – 55:02 / Eriksson Ek (Hedman, Dahlin) (PP) – 65:54	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1	59:02 – Björninen (Puustinen, Lehtonen) (EA)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	20

Semifinals

Sweden vs Czechia

25 May 2024 14:20

Sweden

3–7 (2–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson Samuel Ersson	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Andris Ansons Kristian Vikman
	Johansson – 03:39 / Pettersson (Kempe, Eriksson Ek) – 08:08 / Eriksson Ek (Raymond, Dahlin) (PP) – 35:30	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 3–5 / 3–6 / 3–7	07:48 – Kubalík (Nečas, Kundrátek) / 09:37 – Kämpf (Nečas) / 26:05 – Kaše (Sedlák) / 26:21 – Nečas (Kubalík, Kämpf) / 29:03 – Kubalík (Kempný, Nečas) / 45:40 – Sedlák (Kaše) / 53:42 – Sedlák
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	23

Canada vs Switzerland

25 May 2024 18:20

Canada

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

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 11,159

Game reference
	Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Mikael Holm Jan Hribik
	Tanev (Zellweger, Dubois) – 34:07 / Tavares (Bedard, Power) (PP) – 57:53	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2	15:06 – Fiala (Loeffel, Andrighetto) (PP) / 17:16 – Niederreiter (Josi, Fiala) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	31

Bronze medal game

26 May 2024 15:20

Sweden

4–2 (1–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,929

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Jordan Binnington	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane
	Grundström (L. Johansson, Dahlin) – 12:05 / Karlsson (Burakovsky, M. Johansson) – 49:35 / Grundström – 53:42 / M. Johansson (Brodin, Lundeström) (EN) – 59:55	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2	22:41 – Cozens (Oleksiak, Mangiapane) / 44:18 – Dubois (Hagel, Tavares)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	22

Gold medal game

26 May 2024 20:20

Switzerland

0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm
		0–1 / 0–2	49:13 – Pastrňák (Kundrátek, Hájek) / 59:41 – Kämpf (Kubalík, Nečas) (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	32

External links

• Official website