2021 IIHF World Championship playoff round

The playoff round of the 2021 IIHF World Championship was held from 3 to 6 June 2021. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.^[1]

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	ROC	Switzerland	Czech Republic	Slovakia
B	United States	Finland	Germany	Canada

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 are paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which is determined by the following criteria: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored for; 5) seeding number entering the tournament. 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	Team	Grp	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States	B	1	18	+13	21	6
2	ROC	A	1	17	+18	28	2
3	Finland	B	2	17	+9	19	3
4	Switzerland	A	2	15	+10	27	8
5	Czech Republic	A	3	13	+9	27	5
6	Germany	B	3	12	+8	22	7
7	Slovakia	A	4	12	−5	17	9
8	Canada	B	4	10	+1	19	1

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

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	3 June
	2B  Finland	1
					5 June
	3A  Czech Republic	0
					3  Finland	2
	3 June
					6  Germany	1
	2A   Switzerland	2
									6 June
	3B  Germany (GWS)	3
									3  Finland	2
	3 June
									8  Canada (OT)	3
	1B  United States	6
					5 June
	4A  Slovakia	1
					1  United States	2
	3 June
					8  Canada	4			Third place
	1A  ROC	1
									6 June
	4B  Canada (OT)	2
									1  United States	6
									6  Germany	1

All times are local (UTC+3).

3 June 2021 16:15

Switzerland

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

Germany

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Andris Ansons Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Nikita Shalagin
	Untersander (Alatalo, Kurashev) – 15:17 1–0 Herzog (Scherwey, Bertschy) – 33:26 2–0 2–1 37:23 – Kühnhackl (Rieder, Nowak) 2–2 59:16 – Gawanke (Kahun, Noebels) (EA)
	Corvi Andrighetto Meier Ambühl Hofmann	Shootout	Plachta Krämmer Kahun Reichel Noebels
	0 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	41

3 June 2021 16:15

United States

6–1 (3–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jonas Merten David Obwegeser
	Boyle – 13:08 1–0 Blackwell (Labanc, Robinson) – 15:25 2–0 Garland (Moore, Jones) – 19:30 3–0 3–1 32:12 – Cehlárik (Lantoši) Blackwell (Robinson, Labanc) – 36:50 4–1 Chmelevski (Wolanin) – 45:15 5–1 Garland (Wolanin, Moore) – 58:45 6 –1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	28

3 June 2021 20:15

ROC

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Nord Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček
	Timkin (Orlov, Kamenev) – 34:32 1–0 1–1 45:03 – Henrique (Brown, Comtois) (PP) 1–2 62:12 – Mangiapane (Stecher)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	24

3 June 2021 20:15

Finland

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Brian Oliver
	Innala (Pakarinen, Kontiola) – 32:55 1–0
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	28

5 June 2021 14:15

United States

2–4 (1–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Canada

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Brian Oliver
	0–1 02:02 – Pirri (Walker, Paul) Blackwell (Wolanin, Labanc) – 17:17 1–1 1–2 24:15 – Mangiapane (Brown) 1–3 40:46 – Mangiapane (Brown, Kuemper) Chmelevski (Rooney, Mackey) – 43:36 2–3 2–4 59:36 – Danforth (Paul) (EN)
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	38	Shots	33

5 June 2021 18:15

Finland

2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Nord Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček
	Pakarinen (Lundell, Kaski) – 13:50 1–0 Björninen (Anttila) – 18:55 2–0 2–1 31:03 – Plachta (Seider, Kahun) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	28

6 June 2021 15:15

United States

6–1 (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Felix Brückmann	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček
	Wolanin – 05:02 1–0 Garland (Robertson, Wolanin) – 26:27 2–0 Drury (Chmelevski) – 28:05 3–0 Robertson (Garland, Thompson) (PP) – 31:35 4–0 Moore (Garland, Thompson) (PP) – 32:15 5–0 5–1 49:28 – Bittner (Plachta, Kahun) Donato (Clendening, Thompson) – 49:53 6–1
	43 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	34

6 June 2021 20:15

Finland

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Martin Fraňo Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Nikita Shalagin
	Ruohomaa (Kaski) – 08:57 1–0 1–1 24:30 – Comtois (Brown, Walker) (PP) Lindbohm (Nousiainen, Ruohomaa) - 45:27 2–1 2–2 52:37 – Henrique (Comtois, Brown) (PP) 2–3 66:26 – Paul (Brown)
	6 min	Penalties	30 min
	31	Shots	26

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