2021 IIHF World Championship playoff round#Semifinals

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2021/wm/news/24408/latvia_opens_worlds_vs_canada|title=Latvia opens Worlds vs. Czech Republic|date=5 February 2021|publisher=IIHF}}

Qualified teams

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Group !width=150\|Winners !width=150\|Runners-up !width=150\|Third place !width=150\|Fourth place
A \|{{ih\|Russia\|roc-olympics\|name=ROC}} \|{{ih\|SUI}} \|{{ih\|CZE}} \|{{ih\|SVK}}
B \|{{ih\|USA}} \|{{ih\|FIN}} \|{{ih\|GER}} \|{{ih\|CAN}}

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Group

!width=150|Winners

!width=150|Runners-up

!width=150|Third place

!width=150|Fourth place

|{{ih|Russia|roc-olympics|name=ROC}}

|{{ih|SUI}}

|{{ih|CZE}}

|{{ih|SVK}}

|{{ih|USA}}

|{{ih|FIN}}

|{{ih|GER}}

|{{ih|CAN}}

=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.{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2021/wm/tournamentinfo/19550/tournament-info |title=Tournament Format |website=IIHF |access-date=1 June 2021}}

Semi-finalists are paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which is determined by the following criteria: 1){{nbsp}}position in the group; 2){{nbsp}}number of points; 3){{nbsp}}goal difference; 4){{nbsp}}number of goals scored for; 5){{nbsp}}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.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Rank !! Team !! {{Tooltip\|Grp\|Group}} !! {{Tooltip\|Pos\|Position in the group}} !! {{Tooltip\|Pts\|Points}} !! {{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !! {{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals scored for}} !! {{Tooltip\|Seed\|Seeding number entering the tournament}}
style="background-color:#BBF3BB;" \| 1	align=left\|{{ih\|USA}}	B	1	18	+13	21	6
2	align=left\|{{ih\|Russia\|roc-olympics\|name=ROC}}	A	1	17	+18	28	2
style="background-color:#BBF3BB;" \| 3	align=left\|{{ih\|FIN}}	B	2	17	+9	19	3
4	align=left\|{{ih\|SUI}}	A	2	15	+10	27	8
5	align=left\|{{ih\|CZE}}	A	3	13	+9	27	5
style="background-color:#BBF3BB;" \| 6	align=left\|{{ih\|GER}}	B	3	12	+8	22	7
7	align=left\|{{ih\|SVK}}	A	4	12	−5	17	9
style="background-color:#BBF3BB;" \| 8	align=left\|{{ih\|CAN}}	B	4	10	+1	19	1

Bracket

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

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| RD2=Semifinals

| RD3=Final

| Consol=Third place

|node_function{orphan} 3 June|{{RDseed|2B}}{{ih|FIN}}|1|{{RDseed|3A}}{{ih|CZE}}|0

|node_function{orphan} 3 June|{{RDseed|2A}}{{ih|SUI}}|2|{{RDseed|3B}}{{ih|GER}} (GWS)|3

|node_function{orphan} 3 June|{{RDseed|1B}}{{ih|USA}}|6|{{RDseed|4A}}{{ih|SVK}}|1

|node_function{orphan} 3 June|{{RDseed|1A}}{{ih|Russia|roc-olympics|name=ROC}}|1|{{RDseed|4B}}{{ih|CAN}} (OT)|2

|5 June|{{RDseed|3}}{{ih|FIN}}|2|{{RDseed|6}}{{ih|GER}}|1

|5 June|{{RDseed|1}}{{ih|USA}}|2|{{RDseed|8}}{{ih|CAN}}|4

|6 June|{{RDseed|3}}{{ih|FIN}}|2|{{RDseed|8}}{{ih|CAN}} (OT)|3

|6 June|{{RDseed|1}}{{ih|USA}}|6|{{RDseed|6}}{{ih|GER}}|1

}}

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

=Switzerland vs Germany=

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|date = 3 June 2021

|time = 16:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|SUI}}

|team2 = {{ih|GER}}

|score = 2–3 {{small|GWS}}

|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2

|periods = (1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

|goalie1 = Leonardo Genoni

|goalie2 = Mathias Niederberger

|goals1 = Untersander (Alatalo, Kurashev) – 15:17 / Herzog (Scherwey, Bertschy) – 33:26

|goals2 = 37:23 – Kühnhackl (Rieder, Nowak) / 59:16 – Gawanke (Kahun, Noebels) (EA)

|soshots1 = Corvi {{SOmiss}} / Andrighetto {{SOmiss}} / Meier {{SOgoal}} / Ambühl {{SOmiss}} / Hofmann {{SOmiss}}

|soshots2 = {{SOmiss}} Plachta / {{SOmiss}} Krämmer / {{SOgoal}} Kahun / {{SOmiss}} Reichel / {{SOgoal}} Noebels

|stadium = Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

|attendance =

|official = {{flagicon|LAT}} Andris Ansons

|official2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeni Romasko

|linesman = {{flagicon|RUS}} Gleb Lazarev

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Shalagin

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/748/IHM748357_74_5_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 0

|penalties2 = 14

|shots1 = 22

|shots2 = 41

}}

=United States vs Slovakia=

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|date = 3 June 2021

|time = 16:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|USA}}

|team2 = {{ih|SVK}}

|score = 6–1

|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6 –1

|periods = (3–0, 1–1, 2–0)

|goalie1 = Cal Petersen

|goalie2 = Adam Húska

|goals1 = Boyle – 13:08 / Blackwell (Labanc, Robinson) – 15:25 / Garland (Moore, Jones) – 19:30 / Blackwell (Robinson, Labanc) – 36:50 / Chmelevski (Wolanin) – 45:15 / Garland (Wolanin, Moore) – 58:45

|goals2 = 32:12 – Cehlárik (Lantoši)

|stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

|attendance =

|official = {{flagicon|GER}} André Schrader

|official2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Michael Tscherrig

|linesman = {{flagicon|GER}} Jonas Merten

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} David Obwegeser

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/748/IHM748358_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 6

|penalties2 = 6

|shots1 = 33

|shots2 = 28

}}

=ROC vs Canada=

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|date = 3 June 2021

|time = 20:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|Russia|roc-olympics|name=ROC}}

|team2 = {{ih|CAN}}

|score = 1–2 {{small|OT}}

|progression= 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2

|periods = (0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)

|goalie1 = Sergei Bobrovsky

|goalie2 = Darcy Kuemper

|goals1 = Timkin (Orlov, Kamenev) – 34:32

|goals2 = 45:03 – Henrique (Brown, Comtois) (PP) / 62:12 – Mangiapane (Stecher)

|stadium = Olympic Sports Centre, Riga

|attendance =

|official = {{flagicon|SWE}} Tobias Björk

|official2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Mikael Nord

|linesman = {{flagicon|CZE}} Daniel Hynek

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Ondráček

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/748/IHM748359_74_4_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 6

|penalties2 = 2

|shots1 = 25

|shots2 = 24

}}

=Finland vs Czech Republic=

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|date = 3 June 2021

|time = 20:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|FIN}}

|team2 = {{ih|CZE}}

|score = 1–0

|progression= 1–0

|periods = (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

|goalie1 = Juho Olkinuora

|goalie2 = Šimon Hrubec

|goals1 = Innala (Pakarinen, Kontiola) – 32:55

|goals2 =

|stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

|attendance =

|official = {{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Bruggeman

|official2 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Oliver Gouin

|linesman = {{flagicon|CAN}} Dustin McCrank

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Oliver

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/748/IHM748360_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 12

|penalties2 = 2

|shots1 = 24

|shots2 = 28

}}

Semifinals

=United States vs Canada=

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|date = 5 June 2021

|time = 14:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|USA}}

|team2 = {{ih|CAN}}

|score = 2–4

|progression= 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4

|periods = (1–1, 0–1, 1–2)

|goalie1 = Cal Petersen

|goalie2 = Darcy Kuemper

|goals1 = Blackwell (Wolanin, Labanc) – 17:17 / Chmelevski (Rooney, Mackey) – 43:36

|goals2 = 02:02 – Pirri (Walker, Paul) / 24:15 – Mangiapane (Brown) / 40:46 – Mangiapane (Brown, Kuemper) / 59:36 – Danforth (Paul) (EN)

|stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

|attendance =

|official = {{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Bruggeman

|official2 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Oliver Gouin

|linesman = {{flagicon|CAN}} Dustin McCrank

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Oliver

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/748/IHM748261_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 2

|penalties2 = 0

|shots1 = 38

|shots2 = 33

}}

=Finland vs Germany=

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|date = 5 June 2021

|time = 18:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|FIN}}

|team2 = {{ih|GER}}

|score = 2–1

|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1

|periods = (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

|goalie1 = Juho Olkinuora

|goalie2 = Mathias Niederberger

|goals1 = Pakarinen (Lundell, Kaski) – 13:50 / Björninen (Anttila) – 18:55

|goals2 = 31:03 – Plachta (Seider, Kahun) (PP)

|stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

|attendance =

|official = {{flagicon|SWE}} Tobias Björk

|official2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Mikael Nord

|linesman = {{flagicon|CZE}} Daniel Hynek

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Ondráček

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/748/IHM748262_74_3_1.pdf

|penalties1 = 8

|penalties2 = 6

|shots1 = 17

|shots2 = 28

}}

Bronze medal game

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|date = 6 June 2021

|time = 15:15

|team1 = {{ih-rt|USA}}

|team2 = {{ih|GER}}

|score = 6–1

|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 5–1 / 6–1

|periods = (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

|goalie1 = Cal Petersen

|goalie2 = Felix Brückmann

|goals1 = Wolanin – 05:02 / Garland (Robertson, Wolanin) – 26:27 / Drury (Chmelevski) – 28:05 / Robertson (Garland, Thompson) (PP) – 31:35 / Moore (Garland, Thompson) (PP) – 32:15 / Donato (Clendening, Thompson) – 49:53

|goals2 = 49:28 – Bittner (Plachta, Kahun)

|stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

|attendance =

|official = {{flagicon|FIN}} Lassi Heikkinen

|official2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} Kristian Vikman

|linesman = {{flagicon|CZE}} Daniel Hynek

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Ondráček

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/748/IHM748163_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 43

|penalties2 = 14

|shots1 = 30

|shots2 = 34

}}

Gold medal game

References

External links

[https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2021/wm Official website]