Group A was one of two groups of the 2021 IIHF World Championship. The four best-placed teams advanced to the playoff round.^[1]

Due to COVID-19 pandemic protocols, the tournament was held in a "bubble" behind closed doors with no spectators. Prior to the beginning of the tournament, and against objections by Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš and Minister of Health, Daniels Pavļuts, the Latvian parliament voted in favour of a notion ordering the government to develop a plan for allowing spectators who are either fully vaccinated or otherwise immune due to recent infection.^[2]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ROC	7	5	1	0	1	28	10	+18	17	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	7	5	0	0	2	27	17	+10	15
3	Czech Republic	7	3	2	0	2	27	18	+9	13
4	Slovakia	7	4	0	0	3	17	22	−5	12
5	Sweden	7	3	0	1	3	21	14	+7	10
6	Denmark	7	2	1	1	3	13	15	−2	9
7	Great Britain	7	1	0	1	5	13	31	−18	4[lower-alpha 1]
8	Belarus	7	1	0	1	5	10	29	−19	4[lower-alpha 1]

Matches

All times are local (UTC+3).

ROC vs Czech Republic

21 May 2021 16:15

ROC

4–3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Alexander Samonov	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Nord Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Ludvig Lundgren
	Burdasov (Grigorenko, Morozov) (PP) – 04:16 1–0 1–1 09:26 – Flek (Špaček) Shvets-Rogovoy (Kamenev) (SH) – 35:27 2–1 2–2 37:53 – Vrána (Kubalík, Hájek) Barabanov (Voronkov) – 45:28 3–2 3–3 57:23 – Kubalík (Hronek, Kovář) (PP) Grigorenko (Provorov) – 59:41 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	25

Belarus vs Slovakia

21 May 2021 20:15

Belarus

2–5 (0–3, 0–0, 2–2)

Slovakia

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Konstantin Shostak Danny Taylor	Goalies	Branislav Konrád	Referees: Andris Ansons Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 03:53 – Pospíšil (Nemec) 0–2 09:17 – Cehlárik (Gernát, Studenič) (PP) 0–3 11:02 – Pospíšil (Rosandić, Krištof) (PP) 0–4 45:05 – Hrivík (Lantoši, Cehlárik) Stefanovich (Kostitsyn) (PP2) – 53:25 1–4 Sharangovich – 54:22 2–4 2–5 59:15 – Cehlárik (Grman) (EN)
	37 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	35

Denmark vs Sweden

22 May 2021 12:15

Denmark

4–3 (0–0, 3–2, 1–1)

Sweden

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Viktor Fasth	Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 22:06 – Klingberg Nick. Jensen (Jakobsen, Nich. Jensen) – 30:40 1–1 1–2 35:09 – Tömmernes (Klingberg) Nick. Jensen (Bødker) – 37:33 2–2 Kristensen (Nick. Jensen, M. Lauridsen) – 38:09 3–2 Nick. Jensen (M. Lauridsen, Bødker) (PP) – 48:22 4–2 4–3 50:56 – Klingberg (Lundkvist)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	23

Great Britain vs ROC

22 May 2021 16:15

Great Britain

1–7 (1–4, 0–1, 0–2)

ROC

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Ivan Bocharov	Referees: Christoph Sternat Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jonas Merten Elias Seewald
	0–1 05:53 – Burdasov (Grigorenko, Ozhiganov) (PP) 0–2 07:19 – Grigorenko (Voronkov, Zadorov) (SH) 0–3 09:21 – Burdasov (Kuzmenko, Gavrikov) 0–4 10:51 – Tolchinsky (Barabanov) Kirk (Dowd, Connolly) (PP) – 18:46 1–4 1–5 30:08 – Karnaukhov (Zadorov, Zub) 1–6 49:59 – Kuzmenko (Burdasov, Ozhiganov) (PP) 1–7 53:04 – Slepyshev (Karnaukhov)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	11	Shots	42

Czech Republic vs Switzerland

22 May 2021 20:15

Czech Republic

2–5 (1–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Switzerland

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Šimon Hrubec Roman Will	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Andris Ansons Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Hannu Sormunen
	Chytil (Kovář, Vrána) (PP) – 14:46 1–0 1–1 17:09 – Hofmann (Ambühl, Simion) (PP) 1–2 24:12 – Meier (Hischier) (PP) 1–3 38:19 – Scherwey (Praplan, Bertschy) 1–4 50:27 – Meier (Corvi, Kurashev) (PP) Smejkal (Chytil, Sklenička) (PP) – 54:59 2–4 2–5 57:08 – Hofmann (Simion, Ambühl) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	28

Great Britain vs Slovakia

23 May 2021 12:15

Great Britain

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Branislav Konrád Július Hudáček	Referees: Martin Fraňo Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Brian Oliver
	0–1 00:25 – Hrivík (Lantoši) Kirk (Perlini, Richardson) – 22:03 1–1 1–2 24:42 – Lantoši (Cehlárik)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	43

Sweden vs Belarus

23 May 2021 16:15

Sweden

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Belarus

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Adam Reideborn	Goalies	Danny Taylor	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 40:33 – Nesterov (Stefanovich, Lopachuk)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	22

Denmark vs Switzerland

23 May 2021 20:15

Denmark

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Robin Šír Peter Stano Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Daniel Hynek
	0–1 13:12 – Meier (Hischier, Müller)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	4	Shots	30

Slovakia vs ROC

24 May 2021 16:15

Slovakia

3–1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

ROC

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Alexander Samonov	Referees: Andris Ansons Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Hannu Sormunen
	Kelemen (Roman) – 30:00 1–0 1–1 31:06 – Barabanov (Tolchinsky, Slepyshev) (PP) Gernát (Hrivík, Cehlárik) (PP) – 53:19 2–1 Ďaloga (Cehlárik, Hrivík) (EN) – 58:59 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	28

Czech Republic vs Belarus

24 May 2021 20:15

Czech Republic

3–2 OT (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Belarus

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Šimon Hrubec	Goalies	Alexei Kolosov	Referees: Tobias Björk Mads Frandsen Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 25:52 – Sharangovich (Kostitsyn) Kovář (Hronek, Moravčík) – 29:44 1–1 Zadina (Hronek) (PP) – 33:03 2–1 2–2 51:30 – Yeryomenko (Lopachuk, Shinkevich) Kubalík (Hanzl, Hrubec) (PP) – 61:23 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	23

Great Britain vs Denmark

25 May 2021 16:15

Great Britain

2–3 OT (1–2, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Denmark

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Christoph Sternat Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jonas Merten David Obwegeser
	O'Connor (Phillips, Dowd) – 02:33 1–0 1–1 10:19 – Jakobsen (Nick. Jensen, Bødker) 1–2 13:44 – Nick. Jensen (M. Lauridsen, Bødker) (PP) Hammond (Lake) – 56:18 2–2 2–3 64:35 – M. Lauridsen (Nick. Jensen) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	32

Switzerland vs Sweden

25 May 2021 20:15

Switzerland

0–7 (0–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Sweden

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni Melvin Nyffeler	Goalies	Adam Reideborn	Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 08:35 – Frödén (Pilut, Nygren) 0–2 10:00 – A. Kempe (Tömmernes, Lundkvist) 0–3 22:33 – Olofsson (Lundkvist) (PP) 0–4 30:24 – Frödén (Wingerli, Dahlbeck) 0–5 41:18 – Nygren (Rakell, A. Kempe) (PP) 0–6 47:14 – Rasmussen (Lundkvist, A. Kempe) 0–7 50:46 – Tömmernes (Frödén, Lundkvist)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	27

ROC vs Denmark

26 May 2021 16:15

ROC

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Alexander Samonov	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Nord Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Emil Yletyinen
	Morozov (Voronkov, Burdasov) (PP) – 39:18 1–0 Barabanov – 49:41 2–0 Voronkov (Morozov) – 56:35 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	18

Belarus vs Great Britain

26 May 2021 20:15

Belarus

3–4 (0–1, 1–2, 2–1)

Great Britain

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Danny Taylor	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Robin Šír Peter Stano Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Šimon Synek
	0–1 13:38 – Kirk Kodola (Bailen, Prince) – 29:15 1–1 1–2 37:06 – Davies (Myers) 1–3 38:35 – Kirk (O'Connor, Dowd) 1–4 48:41 – Hammond (Richardson) Platt (Paré, Kodola) – 51:19 2–4 Prince (Sharangovich, Protas) – 57:43 3–4
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	26

Switzerland vs Slovakia

27 May 2021 16:15

Switzerland

8–1 (1–0, 3–0, 4–1)

Slovakia

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Martin Fraňo Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Brian Oliver
	Diaz (Hofmann, Andrighetto) (PP) – 09:47 1–0 Andrighetto (Diaz, Hofmann) (PP) – 20:25 2–0 Loeffel (Scherwey, Bertschy) – 25:17 3–0 Hofmann (Corvi, Loeffel) – 36:11 4–0 Meier (Alatalo, Kurashev) (PP) – 40:38 5–0 Kurashev (Untersander, Ambühl) – 44:34 6–0 6–1 45:12 – Krištof (Cehlárik) Hofmann (Ambühl, Andrighetto) (PP) – 52:39 7–1 Loeffel (Moser, Bertschy) (PP) – 54:03 8–1
	8 min	Penalties	60 min
	28	Shots	24

Sweden vs Czech Republic

27 May 2021 20:15

Sweden

2–4 (2–0, 0–0, 0–4)

Czech Republic

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Adam Reideborn	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Roman Gofman Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Nikita Shalagin
	Wingerli (Friberg) – 12:08 1–0 Rakell (A. Kempe, Nygren) (PP) – 15:02 2–0 2–1 41:10 – Vrána (Stránský) (PP) 2–2 44:53 – Kovář (Sekáč, Kubalík) (PP) 2–3 48:17 – Klok (Kovář) 2–4 58:26 – Flek (Kubalík) (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	24

Sweden vs Great Britain

28 May 2021 16:15

Sweden

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Andris Ansons Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 07:20 – Kirk (Phillips) Sörensen (Olofsson, Tömmernes) (PP) – 15:18 1–1 Pudas (Pilut, Wingerli) – 27:00 2–1 M. Kempe (Sörensen) – 32:08 3–1 M. Kempe (Sörensen) – 52:34 4–1
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	56	Shots	14

Denmark vs Belarus

28 May 2021 20:15

Denmark

5–2 (1–1, 0–1, 4–0)

Belarus

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Alexei Kolosov	Referees: André Schrader Christoph Sternat Linesmen: David Obwegeser Elias Seewald
	0–1 02:12 – Demkov (Kodola, Korobov) Meyer (M. Lauridsen) (PP) – 05:29 1–1 1–2 30:20 – Stefanovich (Falkovsky, Protas) (PP) Asperup (From, Jesper B. Jensen) – 44:58 2–2 From (True) – 47:48 3–2 M. Lauridsen (Hardt, Lassen) – 49:53 4–2 True (Lassen, Hardt) – 52:15 5–2
	6 min	Penalties	29 min
	37	Shots	18

Czech Republic vs Great Britain

29 May 2021 12:15

Czech Republic

6–1 (1–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Great Britain

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Roman Will	Goalies	Jackson Whistle Ben Bowns	Referees: Mads Frandsen Mikael Nord Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Ludvig Lundgren
	Klok (Špaček) – 08:01 1–0 Hronek (Zadina) – 20:33 2–0 Šulák (Špaček, Sekáč) – 24:29 3–0 Chytil (D. Musil) – 32:07 4–0 4–1 39:37 – Myers (Richardson, Kirk) (PP) Lenc (Hanzl) – 51:33 5–1 Šulák (Hanzl, Klok) – 57:58 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	46	Shots	19

Switzerland vs ROC

29 May 2021 16:15

Switzerland

1–4 (0–0, 0–1, 1–3)

ROC

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Alexander Samonov	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Dustin McCrank
	0–1 35:01 – Burdasov (Galimov) (PP) Hischier (Ambühl) – 48:12 1–1 1–2 50:26 – Karnaukhov (Tolchinsky, Barabanov) 1–3 52:38 – Tolchinsky (Slepyshev, Provorov) 1–4 59:58 – Tolchinsky (Barabanov, Karnaukhov) (ENG)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	26

Slovakia vs Denmark

29 May 2021 20:15

Slovakia

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Sebastien Dahm	Referees: Andris Ansons Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Dāvis Zunde
	Cehlárik (Hrivík, Lantoši) – 47:13 1–0 Jánošík (Lantoši, Hrivík) – 52:25 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	24

Belarus vs Switzerland

30 May 2021 16:15

Belarus

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Switzerland

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Konstantin Shoshtak Alexei Kolosov	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Nord Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 00:36 – Bertschy (Herzog, Scherwey) 0–2 18:01 – Vermin (Meier) 0–3 21:09 – Andrighetto (Vermin) 0–4 32:15 – Hofmann (Corvi) 0–5 52:03 – Vermin (Meier) 0–6 57:43 – Herzog (Hischier) (SH)
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	20	Shots	42

Sweden vs Slovakia

30 May 2021 20:15

Sweden

3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Adam Reideborn	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: David Obwegeser Elias Seewald
	0–1 19:07 – Cehlárik Sörensen (Friberg) – 30:15 1–1 Olofsson (Tömmernes) (PP) – 51:38 2–1 Lundeström (Hållander) (SH, EN) – 59:47 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	30

Czech Republic vs Denmark

31 May 2021 16:15

Czech Republic

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

Denmark

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Šimon Hrubec	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Roman Gofman Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 03:41 – Nick. Jensen (M. Lauridsen, Meyer) (PP) Kubalík (Chytil, Vrána) – 45:23 1–1
	Hanzl Vrána Kovář Chytil	Shootout	Meyer Bau Hansen Nick. Jensen True Andersen
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	13

ROC vs Sweden

31 May 2021 20:15

ROC

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

Sweden

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Alexander Samonov	Goalies	Adam Reideborn	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Brian Oliver
	0–1 08:06 – Frödén (Lindberg, A. Kempe) (PP) Slepyshev (Orlov) – 52:34 1–1 Barabanov (Tarasenko, Nesterov) – 52:46 2–1 2–2 55:17 – Olofsson (Sellgren, Lundeström)
	Slepyshev Morozov Burdasov Tolchinsky Tarasenko	Shootout	Rakell Olofsson A. Kempe Pudas Sörensen
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	30

Switzerland vs Great Britain

1 June 2021 12:15

Switzerland

6–3 (2–1, 4–1, 0–1)

Great Britain

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Reto Berra Melvin Nyffeler	Goalies	Ben Bowns Jackson Whistle	Referees: Martin Fraňo Robin Šír Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček
	Hofmann (Corvi, Moser) – 10:31 1–0 1–1 11:08 – Kirk Loeffel (Scherwey, Siegenthaler) – 16:42 2–1 2–2 25:34 – Kirk (Richardson, Hammond) (PP) Alatalo (Corvi, Hischier) (PP) – 30:07 3–2 Bertschy (Scherwey) – 30:20 4–2 Bertschy (Diaz, Scherwey) – 36:09 5–2 Hischier (Kurashev) – 37:45 6–2 6–3 53:58 – Connolly (Kirk, Hammond)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	53	Shots	26

Slovakia vs Czech Republic

1 June 2021 16:15

Slovakia

3–7 (0–2, 1–2, 2–3)

Czech Republic

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Július Hudáček Adam Húska	Goalies	Roman Will	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Brian Oliver
	0–1 00:29 – Zadina (Hájek, Moravčík) 0–2 15:04 – Špaček (Zadina) 0–3 22:49 – Radil (Šustr, Šulák) Sukeľ (Faško-Rudáš) – 26:53 1–3 1–4 39:49 – Šulák (Špaček) (PP) 1–5 43:31 – Stránský 1–6 45:47 – Blümel (Stránský, Moravčík Bučko (Holešinský, Buc) – 48:45 2–6 Pospíšil (Cehlárik, Gachulinec) – 58:57 3–6 3–7 59:43 – Hájek (Hanzl, Smejkal) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	28

ROC vs Belarus

1 June 2021 20:15

ROC

6–0 (5–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

Game reference
	Alexander Samonov	Goalies	Konstantin Shostak Alexei Kolosov	Referees: André Schrader Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Jonas Merten Elias Seewald
	Nesterov (Grigorenko) – 00:36 1–0 Galimov (Gavrikov) – 04:29 2–0 Shalunov (Zadorov, Nesterov) – 09:06 3–0 Grigorenko (Slepyshev, Voronkov) – 10:52 4–0 Nesterov (Tarasenko, Barabanov) – 16:28 5–0 Voronkov (Slepyshev, Grigorenko) – 52:08 6–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	19

References

External links

• Official website