2022 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Main article: 2022 IIHF World Championship

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]

Qualified teams

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

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]

Rank Team Grp Pos Pts GD GF Seed
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

Bracket

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

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 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).

Quarterfinals

Germany vs Czechia

26 May 2022
16:20		Germany 1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)		 CzechiaHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,290
Game reference
Philipp GrubauerGoaliesKarel VejmelkaReferees:
Sweden Mikael Nord
Switzerland Miroslav Stolc
Linesmen:
Canada Maxime Chaput
Slovakia Šimon Synek
0–102:17 – Pastrňák (Krejčí, Červenka) (PP)
0–210:04 – Červenka (Krejčí, Hronek) (PP)
0–332:10 – Krejčí (Pastrňák, Červenka) (PP)
Seider (Noebels, Plachta) (EA) – 53:481–3
1–458:10 – Smejkal (Kämpf) (EN)
8 minPenalties6 min
22Shots24

Sweden vs Canada

26 May 2022
16:20		Sweden 3–4 OT
(2–0, 1–0, 0–3)
(OT: 0–1)		 CanadaTampere Deck Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 8,576
Game reference
Linus UllmarkGoaliesChris DriedgerReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
United States Jake Rekucki
Linesmen:
Finland Hannu Sormunen
Czech Republic Josef Špůr
Klingberg (Lang, Peterson) – 01:271–0
Nylander (Nordström) – 07:042–0
Friberg (Gustafsson, Ekman-Larsson) – 28:233–0
3–141:21 – Graves (Roy, Comtois)
3–258:07 – Dubois (Chabot, Cozens) (PP, EA)
3–358:37 – Barzal (Batherson, Comtois) (EA)
3–460:43 – Batherson (Barzal, Dubois) (PP)
6 minPenalties10 min
19Shots42

Switzerland vs United States

26 May 2022
20:20		Switzerland 0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,727
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesJeremy SwaymanReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Denmark Andreas Krøyer
Canada Nathan van Oosten
0–111:59 – Meyers (Bellows, Hughes) (PP)
0–216:42 – Gaudette (Peeke)
0–354:06 – Meyers (Kuhlman, Farrell)
2 minPenalties4 min
33Shots22

Finland vs Slovakia

26 May 2022
20:20		Finland 4–2
(1–2, 1–0, 2–0)		 SlovakiaTampere Deck Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,341
Game reference
Juho OlkinuoraGoaliesAdam HúskaReferees:
Canada Fraser Lawrence
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
0–108:17 – Sýkora (Lunter)
0–215:16 – Regenda (Takáč, Ivan)
Anttila (Friman, Pokka) – 18:271–2
Anttila – 23:442–2
Manninen (Sallinen, Lehtonen) – 44:013–2
Mäenalanen (Anttila, Björninen) (EN) – 59:594–2
4 minPenalties2 min
25Shots21

Semifinals

Finland vs United States

28 May 2022
14:20		Finland 4–3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)		 United StatesTampere Deck Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,055
Game reference
Juho OlkinuoraGoaliesJeremy SwaymanReferees:
Sweden Mikael Nord
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Slovakia Šimon Synek
Canada Nathan van Oosten
0–101:04 – Schmidt (Peeke, Tynan)
Heiskanen (Pesonen, Armia) – 16:531–1
Manninen (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) (PP) – 24:112–1
2–226:52 – Farrell (Meyers, Jones)
Vatanen (Pesonen, Heiskanen) – 29:403–2
Armia (Heiskanen, Vatanen) – 45:034–2
4–357:09 – Gaudette (Boldy, Tynan) (EA)
2 minPenalties6 min
26Shots28

Canada vs Czechia

28 May 2022
18:20		Canada 6–1
(1–1, 3–0, 2–0)		 CzechiaTampere Deck Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 9,047
Game reference
Chris DriedgerGoaliesKarel VejmelkaReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
United States Jake Rekucki
Linesmen:
United States Nick Briganti
Finland Hannu Sormunen
0–107:07 – Krejčí (Červenka, Hronek) (PP)
Cozens (Dubois) – 19:271–1
Lowry (Johnson, Chabot) (PP) – 27:332–1
Johnson (Mercer) – 28:543–1
Barzal (Cozens, Batherson) (PP) – 30:524–1
Sillinger (Anderson) – 43:565–1
Cozens (Batherson, Whitecloud) – 52:506–1
8 minPenalties8 min
35Shots26

Bronze medal game

29 May 2022
15:20		Czechia 8–4
(1–3, 1–0, 6–1)		 United StatesTampere Deck Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 9,737
Game reference
Karel Vejmelka
Marek Langhamer		GoaliesJeremy SwaymanReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Canada Fraser Lawrence
Linesmen:
Finland Hannu Sormunen
Canada Nathan van Oosten
0–109:33 – Kuhlman (Meyers, Peeke)
0–212:14 – Gaudette (Boldy, Tynan) (PP)
Černoch (Flek, Stránský) – 15:191–2
1–319:47 – Kuhlman (Schmidt, Lafferty) (SH)
Smejkal (Sklenička, Kundrátek) – 32:122–3
Pastrňák (Hertl, Zohorna) – 40:513–3
Červenka (Krejčí) – 42:294–3
Pastrňák (Jordán, Hertl) – 43:375–3
Kämpf (Smejkal) (SH) – 54:426–3
Kämpf (Šimek) (EN) – 58:087–3
7–458:41 – Bordeleau (Watson, Hayden)
Pastrňák (Hertl, Červenka) (PP) – 59:238–4
6 minPenalties8 min
32Shots24

Gold medal game

Main article: 2022 IIHF World Championship final
29 May 2022
20:20		Finland 4–3 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 3–2, 1–0)		 CanadaTampere Deck Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,487
Game reference
Juho OlkinuoraGoaliesChris Driedger
Matt Tomkins		Referees:
Sweden Mikael Nord
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
United States Nick Briganti
Slovakia Šimon Synek
0–124:00 – Cozens (Barzal, Severson) (PP)
Granlund (Heiskanen, Lehtonen) (PP2) – 44:131–1
Granlund (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) (PP) – 45:572–1
Armia (Lammikko) – 54:043–1
3–257:48 – Whitecloud (Barzal, Anderson) (EA)
3–358:36 – Comtois (Barzal, Batherson) (EA)
Manninen (Granlund, Heiskanen) (PP) – 66:424–3
4 minPenalties10 min
31Shots22

References

  1. ^ "Finland opens Worlds vs. Norway". iihf.com. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Tournament Format". IIHF. Retrieved 21 May 2022.