2022 IIHF World Championship playoff round

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
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
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

Game reference
	Philipp Grubauer	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: Mikael Nord Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Šimon Synek
	0–1 02:17 – Pastrňák (Krejčí, Červenka) (PP) 0–2 10:04 – Červenka (Krejčí, Hronek) (PP) 0–3 32:10 – Krejčí (Pastrňák, Červenka) (PP) Seider (Noebels, Plachta) (EA) – 53:48 1–3 1–4 58:10 – Smejkal (Kämpf) (EN)
	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

Game reference
	Linus Ullmark	Goalies	Chris Driedger	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Jake Rekucki Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Josef Špůr
	Klingberg (Lang, Peterson) – 01:27 1–0 Nylander (Nordström) – 07:04 2–0 Friberg (Gustafsson, Ekman-Larsson) – 28:23 3–0 3–1 41:21 – Graves (Roy, Comtois) 3–2 58:07 – Dubois (Chabot, Cozens) (PP, EA) 3–3 58:37 – Barzal (Batherson, Comtois) (EA) 3–4 60:43 – Batherson (Barzal, Dubois) (PP)
	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

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Jeremy Swayman	Referees: Andris Ansons Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Nathan van Oosten
	0–1 11:59 – Meyers (Bellows, Hughes) (PP) 0–2 16:42 – Gaudette (Peeke) 0–3 54:06 – Meyers (Kuhlman, Farrell)
	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

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Jake Davis Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 08:17 – Sýkora (Lunter) 0–2 15:16 – Regenda (Takáč, Ivan) Anttila (Friman, Pokka) – 18:27 1–2 Anttila – 23:44 2–2 Manninen (Sallinen, Lehtonen) – 44:01 3–2 Mäenalanen (Anttila, Björninen) (EN) – 59:59 4–2
	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

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Jeremy Swayman	Referees: Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Šimon Synek Nathan van Oosten
	0–1 01:04 – Schmidt (Peeke, Tynan) Heiskanen (Pesonen, Armia) – 16:53 1–1 Manninen (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) (PP) – 24:11 2–1 2–2 26:52 – Farrell (Meyers, Jones) Vatanen (Pesonen, Heiskanen) – 29:40 3–2 Armia (Heiskanen, Vatanen) – 45:03 4–2 4–3 57:09 – Gaudette (Boldy, Tynan) (EA)
	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

Game reference
	Chris Driedger	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Jake Rekucki Linesmen: Nick Briganti Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 07:07 – Krejčí (Červenka, Hronek) (PP) Cozens (Dubois) – 19:27 1–1 Lowry (Johnson, Chabot) (PP) – 27:33 2–1 Johnson (Mercer) – 28:54 3–1 Barzal (Cozens, Batherson) (PP) – 30:52 4–1 Sillinger (Anderson) – 43:56 5–1 Cozens (Batherson, Whitecloud) – 52:50 6–1
	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

Game reference
	Karel Vejmelka Marek Langhamer	Goalies	Jeremy Swayman	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Nathan van Oosten
	0–1 09:33 – Kuhlman (Meyers, Peeke) 0–2 12:14 – Gaudette (Boldy, Tynan) (PP) Černoch (Flek, Stránský) – 15:19 1–2 1–3 19:47 – Kuhlman (Schmidt, Lafferty) (SH) Smejkal (Sklenička, Kundrátek) – 32:12 2–3 Pastrňák (Hertl, Zohorna) – 40:51 3–3 Červenka (Krejčí) – 42:29 4–3 Pastrňák (Jordán, Hertl) – 43:37 5–3 Kämpf (Smejkal) (SH) – 54:42 6–3 Kämpf (Šimek) (EN) – 58:08 7–3 7–4 58:41 – Bordeleau (Watson, Hayden) Pastrňák (Hertl, Červenka) (PP) – 59:23 8–4
	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

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Chris Driedger Matt Tomkins	Referees: Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Nick Briganti Šimon Synek
	0–1 24:00 – Cozens (Barzal, Severson) (PP) Granlund (Heiskanen, Lehtonen) (PP2) – 44:13 1–1 Granlund (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) (PP) – 45:57 2–1 Armia (Lammikko) – 54:04 3–1 3–2 57:48 – Whitecloud (Barzal, Anderson) (EA) 3–3 58:36 – Comtois (Barzal, Batherson) (EA) Manninen (Granlund, Heiskanen) (PP) – 66:42 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22

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