The playoff round of the 2022 IIHF World Championship was held from 26 to 29 May 2022. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round. [1]
Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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A | Switzerland | Germany | Canada | Slovakia |
B | Finland | Sweden | Czechia | United States |
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 | Switzerland | A | 1 | 20 | +19 | 34 | 8 |
2 | Finland | B | 1 | 19 | +20 | 25 | 2 |
3 | Sweden | B | 2 | 18 | +17 | 27 | 7 |
4 | Germany | A | 2 | 16 | +6 | 26 | 5 |
5 | Canada | A | 3 | 15 | +16 | 34 | 1 |
6 | Czechia | B | 3 | 13 | +6 | 19 | 6 |
7 | United States | B | 4 | 13 | +6 | 18 | 4 |
8 | Slovakia | A | 4 | 12 | +4 | 23 | 9 |
There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals. [2]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
26 May | ||||||||||
1A
Switzerland | 0 | |||||||||
28 May | ||||||||||
4B
United States | 3 | |||||||||
2
Finland | 4 | |||||||||
26 May | ||||||||||
7
United States | 3 | |||||||||
1B
Finland | 4 | |||||||||
29 May | ||||||||||
4A
Slovakia | 2 | |||||||||
2
Finland (
OT) | 4 | |||||||||
26 May | ||||||||||
5
Canada | 3 | |||||||||
2A
Germany | 1 | |||||||||
28 May | ||||||||||
3B
Czechia | 4 | |||||||||
5
Canada | 6 | |||||||||
26 May | ||||||||||
6
Czechia | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
2B
Sweden | 3 | |||||||||
29 May | ||||||||||
3A
Canada (
OT) | 4 | |||||||||
6
Czechia | 8 | |||||||||
7
United States | 4 | |||||||||
All times are local ( UTC+3).
26 May 2022 16:20 | Germany | 1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1) | Czechia |
Helsinki Ice Hall,
Helsinki Attendance: 4,290 |
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Philipp Grubauer | Goalies | Karel Vejmelka | Referees: Mikael Nord Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Šimon Synek | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 24 |
26 May 2022 16:20 | Sweden | 3–4
OT (2–0, 1–0, 0–3) (OT: 0–1) | Canada |
Tampere Deck Arena,
Tampere Attendance: 8,576 |
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Linus Ullmark | Goalies | Chris Driedger | Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Jake Rekucki Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Josef Špůr | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Shots | 42 |
26 May 2022 20:20 | Switzerland | 0–3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1) | United States |
Helsinki Ice Hall,
Helsinki Attendance: 3,727 |
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Leonardo Genoni | Goalies | Jeremy Swayman | Referees: Andris Ansons Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Nathan van Oosten | ||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
33 | Shots | 22 |
26 May 2022 20:20 | Finland | 4–2 (1–2, 1–0, 2–0) | Slovakia |
Tampere Deck Arena,
Tampere Attendance: 11,341 |
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Juho Olkinuora | Goalies | Adam Húska | Referees: Fraser Lawrence Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Jake Davis Emil Yletyinen | |||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 21 |
28 May 2022 14:20 | Finland | 4–3 (1–1, 2–1, 1–1) | United States |
Tampere Deck Arena,
Tampere Attendance: 11,055 |
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Juho Olkinuora | Goalies | Jeremy Swayman | Referees: Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Šimon Synek Nathan van Oosten | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 28 |
28 May 2022 18:20 | Canada | 6–1 (1–1, 3–0, 2–0) | Czechia |
Tampere Deck Arena,
Tampere Attendance: 9,047 |
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Chris Driedger | Goalies | Karel Vejmelka | Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Jake Rekucki Linesmen: Nick Briganti Hannu Sormunen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 26 |
29 May 2022 15:20 | Czechia | 8–4 (1–3, 1–0, 6–1) | United States |
Tampere Deck Arena,
Tampere Attendance: 9,737 |
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Karel Vejmelka Marek Langhamer | Goalies | Jeremy Swayman | Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Nathan van Oosten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 24 |
29 May 2022 20:20 | Finland | 4–3
OT (0–0, 0–1, 3–2, 1–0) | Canada |
Tampere Deck Arena,
Tampere Attendance: 11,487 |
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Juho Olkinuora | Goalies |
Chris Driedger Matt Tomkins | Referees: Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Nick Briganti Šimon Synek | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 22 |