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

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

Qualified teams' seedings

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]

RankTeamGrpPosPtsGDGFSeed
1 United StatesB118+13216
2 ROCA117+18282
3 FinlandB217+9193
4  SwitzerlandA215+10278
5 Czech RepublicA313+9275
6 GermanyB312+8227
7 SlovakiaA412−5179
8 CanadaB410+1191

Bracket

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

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 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).

Quarterfinals

Switzerland vs Germany

3 June 2021
16:15		Switzerland 2–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 GermanyOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesMathias NiederbergerReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Russia Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Russia Nikita Shalagin
Untersander (Alatalo, Kurashev) – 15:171–0
Herzog (Scherwey, Bertschy) – 33:262–0
2–137:23 – Kühnhackl (Rieder, Nowak)
2–259:16 – Gawanke (Kahun, Noebels) (EA)
Corvi MISS
Andrighetto MISS
Meier GOAL
Ambühl MISS
Hofmann MISS		ShootoutMISS Plachta
MISS Krämmer
GOAL Kahun
MISS Reichel
GOAL Noebels
0 minPenalties14 min
22Shots41

United States vs Slovakia

3 June 2021
16:15		United States 6–1
(3–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 SlovakiaArēna Rīga, Riga
Game reference
Cal PetersenGoaliesAdam HúskaReferees:
Germany André Schrader
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Germany Jonas Merten
Switzerland David Obwegeser
Boyle – 13:081–0
Blackwell (Labanc, Robinson) – 15:252–0
Garland (Moore, Jones) – 19:303–0
3–132:12 – Cehlárik (Lantoši)
Blackwell (Robinson, Labanc) – 36:504–1
Chmelevski (Wolanin) – 45:155–1
Garland (Wolanin, Moore) – 58:456 –1
6 minPenalties6 min
33Shots28

ROC vs Canada

3 June 2021
20:15		ROC 1–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)		 CanadaOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Game reference
Sergei BobrovskyGoaliesDarcy KuemperReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Sweden Mikael Nord
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Timkin (Orlov, Kamenev) – 34:321–0
1–145:03 – Henrique (Brown, Comtois) (PP)
1–262:12 – Mangiapane (Stecher)
6 minPenalties2 min
25Shots24

Finland vs Czech Republic

3 June 2021
20:15		Finland 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicArēna Rīga, Riga
Game reference
Juho OlkinuoraGoaliesŠimon HrubecReferees:
United States Andrew Bruggeman
Canada Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Canada Dustin McCrank
United States Brian Oliver
Innala (Pakarinen, Kontiola) – 32:551–0
12 minPenalties2 min
24Shots28

Semifinals

United States vs Canada

5 June 2021
14:15		United States 2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 CanadaArēna Rīga, Riga
Game reference
Cal PetersenGoaliesDarcy KuemperReferees:
United States Andrew Bruggeman
Canada Oliver Gouin
Linesmen:
Canada Dustin McCrank
United States Brian Oliver
0–102:02 – Pirri (Walker, Paul)
Blackwell (Wolanin, Labanc) – 17:171–1
1–224:15 – Mangiapane (Brown)
1–340:46 – Mangiapane (Brown, Kuemper)
Chmelevski (Rooney, Mackey) – 43:362–3
2–459:36 – Danforth (Paul)
2 minPenalties0 min
38Shots33

Finland vs Germany

5 June 2021
18:15		Finland 2–1
(2–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 GermanyArēna Rīga, Riga
Game reference
Juho OlkinuoraGoaliesMathias NiederbergerReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Sweden Mikael Nord
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Pakarinen (Lundell, Kaski) – 13:501–0
Björninen (Anttila) – 18:552–0
2–131:03 – Plachta (Seider, Kahun) (PP)
8 minPenalties6 min
17Shots28

Bronze medal game

6 June 2021
15:15		United States 6–1
(1–0, 4–0, 1–1)		 GermanyArēna Rīga, Riga
Game reference
Cal PetersenGoaliesFelix BrückmannReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Finland Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Wolanin – 05:021–0
Garland (Robertson, Wolanin) – 26:272–0
Drury (Chmelevski) – 28:053–0
Robertson (Garland, Thompson) (PP) – 31:354–0
Moore (Garland, Thompson) (PP) – 32:155–0
5–149:28 – Bittner (Plachta, Kahun)
Donato (Clendening, Thompson) – 49:536–1
43 minPenalties14 min
30Shots34

Gold medal game

6 June 2021
20:15		Finland 2–3 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)		 CanadaArena Riga, Riga
Game reference
Juho OlkinuoraGoaliesDarcy KuemperReferees:
Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
Russia Yevgeni Romasko
Linesmen:
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Russia Nikita Shalagin
Ruohomaa (Kaski) – 08:571–0
1–124:30 – Comtois (Brown, Walker) (PP)
Lindbohm (Nousiainen, Ruohomaa) - 45:272–1
2–252:37 – Henrique (Comtois, Brown) (PP)
2–366:26 – Paul (Brown)
6 minPenalties30 min
31Shots26

References

  1. ↑ "Latvia opens Worlds vs. Czech Republic". IIHF. 5 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tournament Format". IIHF. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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