The playoff round of the 2024 IIHF World Championship was held from 23 to 26 May 2024. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round. ^[1]

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Canada	Switzerland	Czechia	Finland
B	Sweden	United States	Germany	Slovakia

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 were paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which was determined by the following criteria. The best-ranked semi-finalist played against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist played the third-best ranked semi-finalist. ^[2]

Rank	Team	Grp	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	Sweden	B	1	21	+26	35	6
2	Canada	A	1	19	+14	32	1
3	Switzerland	A	2	17	+17	29	7
4	United States	B	2	16	+21	37	4
5	Czechia	A	3	16	+12	26	8
6	Germany	B	3	15	+10	34	5
7	Slovakia	B	4	12	+3	26	9
8	Finland	A	4	10	+7	21	2

Classification rules: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored for; 5) seeding number entering the tournament. ^[2]

Bracket

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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 May
	1A   Canada	6
					25 May
	4B   Slovakia	3
					1   Sweden	3
	23 May
					5   Czechia	7
	1B   Sweden ( OT)	2
									26 May
	4A   Finland	1
									5   Czechia	2
	23 May
									3    Switzerland	0
	2A    Switzerland	3
					25 May
	3B   Germany	1
					2   Canada	2
	23 May
					3    Switzerland ( GWS)	3			Third place
	2B   United States	0
									26 May
	3A   Czechia	1
									1   Sweden	4
									2   Canada	2

All times are local ( UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

Canada vs Slovakia

23 May 2024 16:20

Canada

6–3 (2–1, 1–0, 3–2)

Slovakia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,275

Game reference
	Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Martin Fraňo Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Dāvis Zunde
	McCann ( Parayko) – 02:45 1–0 Dubois ( Byram, Tavares) – 04:15 2–0 2–1 07:56 – Cehlárik ( Slafkovský) Paul ( Bedard, Guenther) – 23:48 3–1 Guenther (Paul, Hagel) – 46:20 4–1 Tanev ( Severson, Mercer) – 46:40 5–1 5–2 47:08 – Kelemen ( Regenda) 5–3 56:57 – Hrivík ( Hudáček, Nemec) (PP2) Paul (EN) – 59:10 6–3
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	21

Switzerland vs Germany

23 May 2024 16:20

Switzerland

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Germany

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,583

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Riku Brander Mikael Holm Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Anders Nyqvist
	Bertschy (SH) – 07:22 1–0 Hischier ( Siegenthaler, Fiala) – 16:28 2–0 2–1 31:33 – Kahun ( Stachowiak) (PP) Bertschy ( Thürkauf, Siegenthaler) (EN) – 59:02 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	15

United States vs Czechia

23 May 2024 20:20

United States

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Charlie Lindgren	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Tobias Björk Michael Campbell Linesmen: Tarrington Wyonzek Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 26:39 – Zacha ( Špaček, Červenka) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	28

Sweden vs Finland

23 May 2024 20:20

Sweden

2–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Finland

Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,691

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Andris Ansons Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Nick Briganti Daniel Hynek
	Dahlin ( Lundeström, Raymond) – 55:02 1–0 1–1 59:02 – Björninen ( Puustinen, Lehtonen) (EA) Eriksson Ek ( Hedman, Dahlin) (PP) – 65:54 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	20

Semifinals

Sweden vs Czechia

25 May 2024 14:20

Sweden

3–7 (2–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson Samuel Ersson	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Andris Ansons Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Nick Briganti
	Johansson – 03:39 1–0 1–1 07:48 – Kubalík ( Nečas, Kundrátek) Pettersson ( Kempe, Eriksson Ek) – 08:08 2–1 2–2 09:37 – Kämpf (Nečas) 2–3 26:05 – Kaše ( Sedlák) 2–4 26:21 – Nečas (Kubalík, Kämpf) 2–5 29:03 – Kubalík ( Kempný, Nečas) Eriksson Ek ( Raymond, Dahlin) (PP) – 35:30 3–5 3–6 45:40 – Sedlák (Kaše) 3–7 53:42 – Sedlák
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	23

Canada vs Switzerland

25 May 2024 18:20

Canada

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

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 11,159

Game reference
	Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Mikael Holm Jan Hribik Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Josef Špůr
	0–1 15:06 – Fiala ( Loeffel, Andrighetto) (PP) 0–2 17:16 – Niederreiter ( Josi, Fiala) (PP) Tanev ( Zellweger, Dubois) – 34:07 1–2 Tavares ( Bedard, Power) (PP) – 57:53 2–2
	Bedard Dubois Severson Power Cozens	Shootout	Senteler Fiala Loeffel Andrighetto
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	31

Bronze medal game

26 May 2024 15:20

Sweden

4–2 (1–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,929

Game reference
	Filip Gustavsson	Goalies	Jordan Binnington	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček
	Grundström ( L. Johansson, Dahlin) – 12:05 1–0 1–1 22:41 – Cozens ( Oleksiak, Mangiapane) 1–2 44:18 – Dubois ( Hagel, Tavares) Karlsson ( Burakovsky, M. Johansson) – 49:35 2–2 Grundström – 53:42 3–2 M. Johansson ( Brodin, Lundeström) (EN) – 59:55 4–2
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	22

Gold medal game

26 May 2024 20:20

Switzerland

0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm Linesmen: Nick Briganti Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 49:13 – Pastrňák ( Kundrátek, Hájek) 0–2 59:41 – Kämpf ( Kubalík, Nečas) (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	32

References

External links

• Official website