2023 IIHF World Championship playoff round
The playoff round of the 2023 IIHF World Championship was held from 25 to 28 May 2023. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.[1]
Qualified teams
[edit]Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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A | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
B | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Seedings
[edit]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 played against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best-ranked semi-finalist played the third-best-ranked semi-finalist.[2]
Rank[3] | Team | Grp | Pos | Pts | GD | GF | Seed |
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1 | ![]() | A | 1 | 20 | +26 | 34 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | B | 1 | 19 | +19 | 29 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | A | 2 | 18 | +19 | 26 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | B | 2 | 15 | +14 | 25 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | A | 3 | 16 | +13 | 28 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | B | 3 | 13 | +4 | 21 | 10 |
7 | ![]() | B | 4 | 13 | +6 | 22 | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 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
[edit]There was a re-seeding after the quarter-finals.[2] If Finland and Latvia were to play in the quarter-finals, there would have been no cross-over for the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
25 May | ||||||||||
1A ![]() | 3 | |||||||||
27 May | ||||||||||
4B ![]() | 0 | |||||||||
1 ![]() | 3 | |||||||||
25 May | ||||||||||
8 ![]() | 4 | |||||||||
1B ![]() | 1 | |||||||||
28 May | ||||||||||
4A ![]() | 3 | |||||||||
8 ![]() | 2 | |||||||||
25 May | ||||||||||
4 ![]() | 5 | |||||||||
2A ![]() | 1 | |||||||||
27 May | ||||||||||
3B ![]() | 3 | |||||||||
4 ![]() | 4 | |||||||||
25 May | ||||||||||
6 ![]() | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
2B ![]() | 4 | |||||||||
28 May | ||||||||||
3A ![]() | 1 | |||||||||
1 ![]() | 3 | |||||||||
6 ![]() | 4 | |||||||||
All times are local (UTC+3).
Quarter-finals
[edit]25 May 2023 16:20 | United States ![]() | 3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 7,411 |
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Casey DeSmith | Goalies | Karel Vejmelka | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
34 | Shots | 15 |
25 May 2023 16:20 | Switzerland ![]() | 1–3 (0–1, 1–2, 0–0) | ![]() | Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 2,896 |
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Robert Mayer | Goalies | Mathias Niederberger | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 29 min | ||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 23 |
25 May 2023 20:20 | Canada ![]() | 4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,529 |
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Sam Montembeault | Goalies | Emil Larmi | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 28 |
25 May 2023 20:20 | Sweden ![]() | 1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2) | ![]() | Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 9,200 |
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Lars Johansson | Goalies | Artūrs Šilovs | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 33 min | ||||||||||||
41 | Shots | 15 |
Semi-finals
[edit]27 May 2023 14:20 | Canada ![]() | 4–2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0) | ![]() | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,669 |
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Sam Montembeault | Goalies | Artūrs Šilovs | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 22 |
27 May 2023 18:20 | United States ![]() | 3–4 OT (2–2, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1) | ![]() | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,011 |
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Casey DeSmith | Goalies | Mathias Niederberger | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 26 |
Bronze medal game
[edit]28 May 2023 15:20 | United States ![]() | 3–4 OT (2–2, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–1) | ![]() | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,033 |
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Casey DeSmith | Goalies | Artūrs Šilovs | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 25 |
Gold medal game
[edit]28 May 2023 20:20 | Canada ![]() | 5–2 (1–1, 1–1, 3–0) | ![]() | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 10,470 |
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Sam Montembeault | Goalies | Mathias Niederberger | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 23 |
References
[edit]- ^ "World Championship schedule released". iihf.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship 2023: Preview, schedule, stars involved, how to watch live". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Ranking
- ^ "Tournament Format". iihf.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.