2017 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship

The playoff round of the 2017 IIHF World Championship was held from 18 to 21 May 2017. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.

## Format[edit]

The teams played crossover in the quarterfinals, with Germany in Cologne and France in Paris, if qualified.[1]

## Qualified teams[edit]

Group  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Fourth place

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A |  United States |  Russia |  Sweden |  Germany
B |  Canada |  Switzerland |  Czech Republic |  Finland

## Bracket[edit]

| Quarterfinals| | Semifinals| | Final

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| 18 May - Cologne| | | | |

|  United States| 0

| 20 May - Cologne

|  Finland| 2 |

|  Finland| 1

| 18 May - Paris

| |  Sweden| 4 |

|  Switzerland| 1

| | 21 May - Cologne

|  Sweden| 3 |

|  Sweden (GWS)| 2

| 18 May - Cologne

| |  Canada| 1

|  Canada| 2

| 20 May - Cologne|

|  Germany| 1 |

|  Canada| 4

| 18 May - Paris

| |  Russia| 2 | | Third place

|  Russia| 3

| | 21 May - Cologne

|  Czech Republic| 0 |

|  Russia| 5

|  Finland| 3

All times are local (UTC+2).

## Quarterfinals[edit]

18 May 2017
16:15| United States | 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)|  Finland| Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,968

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Game reference

| Jimmy Howard| Goalies| Harri Säteri| Referees:
Oliver Gouin
Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Gleb Lazarev
Miroslav Lhotský
| | 0–1| 21:01 – Rantanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP)

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| 0–2| 46:49 – Kemppainen (J. Aaltonen)
12 min| Penalties| 4 min
26| Shots| 20
18 May 2017
16:15| Russia | 3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)|  Czech Republic| AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 6,209

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Game reference

| Andrei Vasilevskiy| Goalies| Pavel Francouz| Referees:
Mark Lemelin
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Brian Oliver
Nathan Vanoosten
| Orlov (Plotnikov, Antipin) – 08:45| 1–0|

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Kucherov (Kuznetsov, Antipin) (PP) – 13:36| 2–0|
Panarin (Kucherov, Kuznetsov) – 53:55| 3–0|
10 min| Penalties| 6 min
26| Shots| 27
18 May 2017
20:15| Canada | 2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)|  Germany| Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 16,653

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Game reference

| Calvin Pickard| Goalies| Philipp Grubauer| Referees:
Jan Hribik
Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Judson Ritter
Sakari Suominen
| Scheifele (O'Reilly, Marner) (PP) – 17:11| 1–0|

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Skinner (Matheson, Scheifele) – 38:08| 2–0|
| 2–1| 53:21 – Y. Seidenberg (Ehrhoff) (SH)
8 min| Penalties| 18 min
50| Shots| 20
18 May 2017
20:15| Switzerland | 1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)|  Sweden| AccorHotels Arena, Paris
Attendance: 8,417

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Game reference

| Leonardo Genoni| Goalies| Henrik Lundqvist| Referees:
Brett Iverson
Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Alexander Otmakhov
Libor Suchánek
| | 0–1| 04:15 – Bäckström (Lindberg, Nylander)

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Haas – 12:53| 1–1|
| 1–2| 33:15 – Nylander (Ekman-Larsson)
| 1–3| 43:44 – Edler (J. Lundqvist)
2 min| Penalties| 6 min
27| Shots| 29

## Semifinals[edit]

20 May 2017
15:15| Canada | 4–2
(0–0, 0–2, 4–0)|  Russia| Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 16,469

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Game reference

| Calvin Pickard| Goalies| Andrei Vasilevskiy| Referees:
Mark Lemelin
Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Brian Oliver
| | 0–1| 32:16 – Kuznetsov (Panarin, Kucherov)

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| 0–2| 34:50 – Gusev (Shipachyov, Panarin) (PP)
Scheifele (MacKinnon, Parayko) (PP) – 40:17| 1–2|
MacKinnon (Konecny) – 55:07| 2–2|
O'Reilly (Matheson) – 56:58| 3–2|
Couturier (O'Reilly, Parayko) (ENG) – 58:53| 4–2|
10 min| Penalties| 22 min
38| Shots| 28
20 May 2017
19:15| Sweden | 4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)|  Finland| Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 11,242

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Game reference

| Henrik Lundqvist| Goalies| Harri Säteri| Referees:
Jan Hribik
Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Alexander Otmakhov
Nathan Vanoosten
| Edler (Bäckström) – 01:49| 1–0|

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| 1–1| 04:45 – Kemppainen (Aaltonen)
J. Klingberg (Ekman-Larsson, Nylander) (PP) – 24:36| 2–1|
Nylander (Bäckström) (PP) – 34:52| 3–1|
Nordström (Krüger) – 53:52| 4–1|
6 min| Penalties| 10 min
41| Shots| 23

## Bronze medal game[edit]

21 May 2017
16:15| Russia | 5–3
(1–0, 3–1, 1–2)|  Finland| Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 16,182

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Game reference

| Andrei Vasilevskiy| Goalies| Joonas Korpisalo
Harri Säteri| Referees:
Oliver Gouin
Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Brian Oliver
| Gusev (Antipin, Nichushkin) – 06:58| 1–0|

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Tkachyov (Nichushkin, Zub) (SH) – 21:48| 2–0|
Gusev (Panarin, Dadonov) (PP) – 27:01| 3–0|
Kiselevich (Namestnikov, Nichushkin) – 28:16| 4–0|
| 4–1| 39:33 – Rantanen (Filppula)
| 4–2| 41:16 – Lehtonen (Aho)
| 4–3| 45:29 – Savinainen (Rantanen, Aho) (PP)
Kucherov (Gusev, Belov) – 49:49| 5–3|
8 min| Penalties| 10 min
30| Shots| 29

## Gold medal game[edit]

Main article: 2017 IIHF World Championship final

21 May 2017
20:45| Canada | 1–2 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)|  Sweden| Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 17,363

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Game reference

| Calvin Pickard| Goalies| Henrik Lundqvist| Referees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Alexander Otmakhov
Sakari Suominen
| | 0–1| 39:39 – Hedman (SH)

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O'Reilly (Marner, MacKinnon) (PP) – 41:58| 1–1|
MacKinnon
Point
O'Reilly
Marner | Shootout|  Nylander
Bäckström
Ekman-Larsson
Landeskog
10 min| Penalties| 8 min
43| Shots| 42

## References[edit]

1. ^ "All systems go for 2017". iihfworlds2017.com. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

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