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2026 IIHF World Championship playoff round

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The playoff round of the 2026 IIHF World Championship was held from 28 to 31 May 2026. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.[1]

Qualified teams

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

Qualified teams' seedings

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Quarter-finalists were paired according to their positions in the groups: the first-placed 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]

RankTeamGrpPosPtsGDGFSeed
1  SwitzerlandA121+32393
2 CanadaB120+20334
3 FinlandA218+20317
4 NorwayB215+112513
5 CzechiaB313+2196
6 LatviaA312+72411
7 SwedenB412+11275
8 United StatesA411+4252

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

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

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 28 May
 
 
1A
  Switzerland		3
 
30 May
 
4B
 Sweden		1
 
1
  Switzerland		6
 
 28 May
 
4
 Norway		0
 
1B
 Canada		4
 
31 May
 
4A
 United States		0
 
1
  Switzerland		0
 
 28 May
 
3
 Finland (OT)		1
 
2A
 Finland		4
 
30 May
 
3B
 Czechia		1
 
2
 Canada		2
 
 28 May
 
3
 Finland		4 Third place
 
2B
 Norway		2
 
31 May
 
3A
 Latvia		0
 
2
 Canada		2
 
 
4
 Norway (OT)		3
 

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

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28 May 2026
16:20		Finland 4–1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 CzechiaSwiss Life Arena, Zürich
Attendance: 10,000
Game reference
Justus AnnunenGoaliesJosef KořenářReferees:
Sweden Christoffer Holm
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
United States John Rey
Manninen (Puljujärvi) – 07:331–0
Lundell (Hämeenaho, Vaakanainen) – 14:322–0
Helenius (Barkov, Granlund) – 21:353–0
3–130:51 – Hronek (Kubalík, Červenka) (PP2)
Hämeenaho (Manninen) – 55:314–1
6 minPenalties6 min
28Shots26
28 May 2026
16:20		Canada 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 United StatesBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 7,500
Game reference
Jet GreavesGoaliesDevin CooleyReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
Celebrini (Scheifele, Mateychuk) (PP) – 18:311–0
Holloway (Scheifele) – 29:482–0
Brown (Whitecloud, O'Reilly) (EN) – 58:013–0
Crosby (Cozens, Nurse) (EN) – 58:414–0
8 minPenalties33 min
38Shots34
28 May 2026
20:20		Switzerland 3–1
(1–1, 2–0, 0–0)		 SwedenSwiss Life Arena, Zürich
Attendance: 10,000
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesMagnus HellbergReferees:
Finland Riku Brander
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Canada Brian Birkhoff
Canada Mitchell Gibbs
0–106:21 – Karlsson (Heineman, Ekman-Larsson)
Josi (Malgin) – 13:231–1
Malgin (Josi, Moser) – 32:582–1
Thürkauf (Hischier, Josi) (PP) – 36:313–1
35 minPenalties6 min
32Shots22
28 May 2026
20:20		Norway 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 LatviaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 7,500
Game reference
Henrik HaukelandGoaliesKristers GudļevskisReferees:
Canada Taylor Burzminski
Canada Jesse Gour
Linesmen:
Sweden Gustav Jonsson
Czech Republic Lukáš Rampír
Koblar (Brandsegg-Nygård, Hurrod) – 27:101–0
Steen (Pettersen) (EN) – 59:442–0
4 minPenalties6 min
24Shots35

Semifinals

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30 May 2026
15:20		Switzerland 6–0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 NorwaySwiss Life Arena, Zürich
Attendance: 10,000
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesHenrik HaukelandReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Bertschy (Baechler, Egli) – 17:361–0
Malgin (Thürkauf) – 24:232–0
Jäger (Jung, Knak) – 32:513–0
Riat (Josi, Andrighetto) (PP) – 36:244–0
Hischier (Riat, Andrighetto) (PP) – 44:275–0
Rochette (Suter, (Biasca) – 57:346–0
12 minPenalties14 min
30Shots20
30 May 2026
20:00		Canada 2–4
(2–1, 0–3, 0–0)		 FinlandSwiss Life Arena, Zürich
Attendance: 10,000
Game reference
Jet GreavesGoaliesJustus AnnunenReferees:
Sweden Christoffer Holm
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
0–103:30 – Puistola (Helenius)
Thomas (Holloway, Mateychuk) – 08:171–1
Holloway (Celebrini, DeMelo) – 14:262–1
2–220:49 – Barkov (Granlund, Lehtonen)
2–331:28 – Helenius (Granlund, Barkov)
2–432:50 – Räty
0 minPenalties4 min
30Shots21

Bronze medal game

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31 May 2026
15:30		Canada 2–3 OT
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 NorwaySwiss Life Arena, Zürich
Attendance: 10,000
Game reference
Jet GreavesGoaliesHenrik HaukelandReferees:
Sweden Christoffer Holm
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
United States John Rey
0–106:44 – Pettersen (Kåsastul)
0–232:29 – Solberg (Brandsegg-Nygård, Johannesen)
Thomas (EA) – 58:441–2
Thomas (O'Reilly, Celebrini) (EA) – 59:522–2
2–363:32 – Steen
8 minPenalties8 min
46Shots24

Gold medal game

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31 May 2026
20:20		Switzerland 0–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 FinlandSwiss Life Arena, Zürich
Attendance: 10,000
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesJustus AnnunenReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
Canada Brian Birkhoff
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
0–170:42 – Helenius (Lundell, Lehtonen)
10 minPenalties8 min
22Shots28

References

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  1. ↑ "The Game Schedule for the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship is here!". iihf.com. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tournament Format". iihf.com. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
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