2019 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Main article: 2019 IIHF World Championship

The playoff round of the 2019 IIHF World Championship was held from 23 to 26 May 2019. 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 |  Canada (2)  |  Finland (4)  |  Germany (6)  |  United States (7)
B |  Russia (1)  |  Czech Republic (3)  |  Sweden (5)  |  Switzerland (8)

The ranking from preliminary round is stated in brackets. This ranking was used for seeding in the semi-finals to ensure that the strongest remaining team faced the lowest ranked team.

## Bracket[edit]

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.[2]

| Quarterfinals| | Semifinals| | Final

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|  23 May| | | | |

|  Canada (OT)| 3

| 25 May

|  Switzerland| 2 |

|  Canada| 5

|  23 May

| | |  Czech Republic| 1 |

|  Czech Republic| 5

| | 26 May

|  Germany| 1 |

|  Canada| 1

|  23 May

| |  Finland| 3

|  Russia| 4

| 25 May|

|  United States| 3 |

|  Russia| 0

|  23 May

| | |  Finland| 1 | | Third place

|  Finland (OT)| 5

| | 26 May

|  Sweden| 4 |

|  Russia (GWS)| 3

|  Czech Republic| 2

All times are local (UTC+2).

## Quarterfinals[edit]

23 May 2019
16:15| Canada | 3–2 OT
(0–1, 1–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)|  Switzerland| Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,157

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Game reference

| Matt Murray| Goalies| Leonardo Genoni| Referees:
Martin Fraňo
Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Hannu Sormunen
| | 0–1| 18:06 – Andrighetto (Diaz, Fiala) (PP)

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Stone (Fabbro, Dubois) – 25:45| 1–1|
| 1–2| 39:57 – Hischier (Martschini, Niederreiter) (PP)
Severson (Stone) (EA) – 59:59| 2–2|
Stone (Dubois, Theodore) – 65:07| 3–2|
6 min| Penalties| 2 min
42| Shots| 24
23 May 2019
16:15| Russia | 4–3
(2–0, 0–1, 2–2)|  United States| Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085

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Game reference

| Andrei Vasilevskiy| Goalies| Cory Schneider| Referees:
Tobias Bjork
Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Andreas Malmqvist
Jiří Ondráček
| Gusev (Sergachev, Kucherov) – 01:07| 1–0|

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Sergachev (Gusev) (PP) – 15:47| 2–0|
| 2–1| 22:22 – Skjei (Kane, Gaudreau)
Kaprizov (Gusev, Sergachev) – 41:31| 3–1|
| 3–2| 45:53 – Hanifin (J. Hughes)
Grigorenko (Malkin, Dadonov) – 47:02| 4–2|
| 4–3| 57:10 – DeBrincat (Kane, J. Hughes) (EA)
2 min| Penalties| 2 min
43| Shots| 32
23 May 2019
20:15| Finland | 5–4 OT
(1–2, 2–2, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)|  Sweden| Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 6,304

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Game reference

| Kevin Lankinen| Goalies| Henrik Lundqvist| Referees:
Roman Gofman
Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
William Hancock
Dmitri Shishlo
| Mikkola (Pesonen, Manninen) – 01:00| 1–0|

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| 1–1| 02:38 – Klingberg (Nylander, Wennberg) (PP)
| 1–2| 16:57 – Hörnqvist (Ekman-Larsson, Larsson)
| 1–3| 20:25 – E. Pettersson (Landeskog, Ekman-Larsson)
Lindbohm (Manninen, Pesonen) – 25:04| 2–3|
Hakanpää (Manninen) – 29:08| 3–3|
| 3–4| 39:35 – Gustafsson (Landeskog, Wennberg)
Anttila (Ojamäki, Lehtonen) (EA) – 58:31| 4–4|
Manninen (Lankinen) – 61:37| 5–4|
4 min| Penalties| 0 min
32| Shots| 18
23 May 2019
20:15| Czech Republic | 5–1
(0–0, 1–1, 4–0)|  Germany| Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085

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Game reference

| Patrik Bartošák| Goalies| Philipp Grubauer| Referees:
Linus Öhlund
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Dmitri Golyak
Lauri Nikulainen
| Kovář – 33:41| 1–0|

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| 1–1| 37:46 – Mauer (Tiffels)
Voráček (Simon) – 44:19| 2–1|
Kubalík (Kovář, Hronek) – 51:41| 3–1|
Palát (Kolář) – 53:08| 4–1|
Kovář (Moravčík) (EN) – 59:54| 5–1|
6 min| Penalties| 6 min
34| Shots| 22

## Semifinals[edit]

25 May 2019
15:15| Russia | 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)|  Finland| Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085

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Game reference

| Andrei Vasilevskiy| Goalies| Kevin Lankinen| Referees:
Tobias Bjork
Martin Fraňo
Linesmen:
Brian Oliver
Nathan Vanoosten
| | 0–1| 50:18 – Anttila (Jokiharju, Kiviranta)

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6 min| Penalties| 4 min
32| Shots| 29
25 May 2019
19:15| Canada | 5–1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1)|  Czech Republic| Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085

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Game reference

| Matt Murray| Goalies| Patrik Bartošák
Pavel Francouz| Referees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Gleb Lazarev
Hannu Sormunen
| Stone (Stecher) – 05:18| 1–0|

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Nurse (Couturier) – 20:10| 2–0|
Dubois (Marchessault, Stone) – 25:06| 3–0|
Turris (Mantha) – 46:26| 4–0|
Chabot (Henrique, Strome) – 53:00| 5–0|
| 5–1| 53:59 – Zohorna (Kolář)
12 min| Penalties| 6 min
30| Shots| 41

## Bronze medal game[edit]

26 May 2019
15:45| Russia | 3–2 GWS
(1–2, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)|  Czech Republic| Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085

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Game reference

| Andrei Vasilevskiy| Goalies| Šimon Hrubec| Referees:
Oliver Gouin
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Andreas Malmqvist
Brian Oliver
| Grigorenko (Sergachev) – 13:00| 1–0|

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| 1–1| 13:41 – Řepík (Sklenička, Rutta)
| 1–2| 18:34 – Kubalík (Kovář, Gulaš)
Anisimov (Gusev) – 20:39| 2–2|
Kovalchuk
Kucherov
Gusev | Shootout|  Vrána
Kubalík
Kovář
Hronek
2 min| Penalties| 4 min
31| Shots| 50

## Gold medal game[edit]

Main article: 2019 IIHF World Championship final

26 May 2019
20:15 (UTC+2)| Canada | 1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)|  Finland| Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 9,085

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Game reference

| Matt Murray| Goalies| Kevin Lankinen| Referees:
Tobias Björk
Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen:
Gleb Lazarev
Miroslav Lhotský
| Theodore (Mantha, McCann) – 10:02| 1–0|

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| 1–1| 22:35 – Anttila (Manninen, Ojamäki) (PP)
| 1–2| 42:35 – Anttila (Savinainen)
| 1–3| 55:54 – Pesonen (Tyrväinen, Hakanpää)
6 min| Penalties| 8 min
44| Shots| 22

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Slovakia opens vs. USA". iihfworlds.com. 15 August 2018.
2. ^ "Semi-final format changed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

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