2021 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Main article: 2021 IIHF World Championship

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]

## Qualified teams

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

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A |  ROC |  Switzerland |  Czech Republic |  Slovakia
B |  United States |  Finland |  Germany |  Canada

### Qualified teams' seedings

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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

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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

## Bracket

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

| Quarterfinals| | Semifinals| | Final

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|  3 June| | | | |

Finland| 1

| 5 June

Czech Republic| 0 |

Finland| 2

|  3 June

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Germany| 1 |

Switzerland| 2

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Germany (GWS)| 3 |

Finland| 2

|  3 June

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Canada (OT)| 3

United States| 6

| 5 June|

Slovakia| 1 |

United States| 2

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Canada| 4 | | Third place

ROC| 1

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Canada (OT)| 2 |

United States| 6

Germany| 1

All times are local (UTC+3).

## Quarterfinals

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### Switzerland vs Germany

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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

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Game reference

| Leonardo Genoni| Goalies| Mathias Niederberger| Referees:
Andris Ansons
Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Gleb Lazarev
Nikita Shalagin
| Untersander (Alatalo, Kurashev) – 15:17| 1–0|

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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

### United States vs Slovakia

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3 June 2021
16:15| United States | 6–1
(3–0, 1–1, 2–0)|  Slovakia| Arēna Rīga, Riga

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Game reference

| Cal Petersen| Goalies| Adam Húska| Referees:
André Schrader
Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Jonas Merten
David Obwegeser
| Boyle – 13:08| 1–0|

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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

### ROC vs Canada

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3 June 2021
20:15| ROC | 1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)|  Canada| Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

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Game reference

| Sergei Bobrovsky| Goalies| Darcy Kuemper| Referees:
Tobias Björk
Mikael Nord
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Jiří Ondráček
| Timkin (Orlov, Kamenev) – 34:32| 1–0|

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| 1–1| 45:03 – Henrique (Brown, Comtois) (PP)
| 1–2| 62:12 – Mangiapane (Stecher)
6 min| Penalties| 2 min
25| Shots| 24

### Finland vs Czech Republic

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3 June 2021
20:15| Finland | 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)|  Czech Republic| Arēna Rīga, Riga

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Game reference

| Juho Olkinuora| Goalies| Šimon Hrubec| Referees:
Andrew Bruggeman
Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Dustin McCrank
Brian Oliver
| Innala (Pakarinen, Kontiola) – 32:55| 1–0|

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12 min| Penalties| 2 min
24| Shots| 28

## Semifinals

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### United States vs Canada

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5 June 2021
14:15| United States | 2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)|  Canada| Arēna Rīga, Riga

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Game reference

| Cal Petersen| Goalies| Darcy Kuemper| Referees:
Andrew Bruggeman
Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Dustin McCrank
Brian Oliver
| | 0–1| 02:02 – Pirri (Walker, Paul)

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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

### Finland vs Germany

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5 June 2021
18:15| Finland | 2–1
(2–0, 0–1, 0–0)|  Germany| Arēna Rīga, Riga

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Game reference

| Juho Olkinuora| Goalies| Mathias Niederberger| Referees:
Tobias Björk
Mikael Nord
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Jiří Ondráček
| Pakarinen (Lundell, Kaski) – 13:50| 1–0|

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Björninen (Anttila) – 18:55| 2–0|
| 2–1| 31:03 – Plachta (Seider, Kahun) (PP)
8 min| Penalties| 6 min
17| Shots| 28

## Bronze medal game

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6 June 2021
15:15| United States | 6–1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)|  Germany| Arēna Rīga, Riga

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Game reference

| Cal Petersen| Goalies| Felix Brückmann| Referees:
Lassi Heikkinen
Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Jiří Ondráček
| Wolanin – 05:02| 1–0|

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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

## Gold medal game

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Main article: 2021 IIHF World Championship final

6 June 2021
20:15| Finland | 2–3 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)|  Canada| Arena Riga, Riga

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Game reference

| Juho Olkinuora| Goalies| Darcy Kuemper| Referees:
Martin Fraňo
Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Gleb Lazarev
Nikita Shalagin
| Ruohomaa (Kaski) – 08:57| 1–0|

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| 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

## References

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1. ^ "Latvia opens Worlds vs. Czech Republic". IIHF. 5 February 2021.
2. ^ a b c "Tournament Format". IIHF. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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