2024 IIHF World Championship

2024 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Czechia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	10–26 May
Teams	16
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Czechia from 10 to 26 May 2024.^[1] This decision was made at the semi-annual International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) congress.^[2] Officially, this was announced on 12 September 2020 by the IIHF, delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Venues

Prague	Prague Ostrava	Ostrava
O₂ Arena Capacity: 17,383 ^[3]		Ostravar Aréna Capacity: 10,004^[4]

Participants

Qualified as hosts

Czechia

Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2023 IIHF World Championship

Qualified through winning promotion at the 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2023 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2023 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizer, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups."^[5]^[6]

Group A (Prague)

Canada (1)
Finland (2)
Switzerland (7)
Czechia (8)
Denmark (11)
Norway (12)
Austria (15)
Great Britain (20)

Group B (Ostrava)

United States (4)
Germany (5)
Sweden (6)
Slovakia (9)
Latvia (10)
France (13)
Kazakhstan (14)
Poland (22)

Rosters

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of the tournament.

Preliminary round

The groups were announced on 28 May 2023,^[5] with the schedule being revealed on 15 August 2023.^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	5	2	0	0	32	18	+14	19	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	7	5	1	0	1	29	12	+17	17
3	Czechia (H)	7	4	1	2	0	26	14	+12	16
4	Finland	7	3	0	1	3	21	14	+7	10
5	Austria	7	2	0	1	4	21	29	−8	7	Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship
6	Norway	7	2	0	0	5	15	25	−10	6^[a]
7	Denmark	7	2	0	0	5	15	29	−14	6^[a]
8	Great Britain	7	1	0	0	6	12	30	−18	3	Relegation to 2025 Division I A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Denmark 0–2 Norway


10 May 2024
Switzerland	v	Norway
Czechia	v	Finland
11 May 2024
Great Britain	v	Canada
Austria	v	Denmark
Norway	v	Czechia
12 May 2024
Finland	v	Great Britain
Denmark	v	Canada
Austria	v	Switzerland
13 May 2024
Norway	v	Finland
Switzerland	v	Czechia
14 May 2024
Denmark	v	Norway
Canada	v	Austria
15 May 2024
Czechia	v	Denmark
Switzerland	v	Great Britain
16 May 2024
Finland	v	Austria
Canada	v	Norway
17 May 2024
Great Britain	v	Denmark
Czechia	v	Austria
18 May 2024
Denmark	v	Switzerland
Canada	v	Finland
Czechia	v	Great Britain
19 May 2024
Norway	v	Austria
Switzerland	v	Canada
20 May 2024
Great Britain	v	Norway
Finland	v	Denmark
21 May 2024
Austria	v	Great Britain
Canada	v	Czechia
Finland	v	Switzerland

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sweden	7	7	0	0	0	35	9	+26	21	Quarterfinals
2	United States	7	5	0	1	1	37	16	+21	16
3	Germany	7	5	0	0	2	34	24	+10	15
4	Slovakia	7	3	1	1	2	26	23	+3	12
5	Latvia	7	1	3	0	3	19	29	−10	9	Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship
6	Kazakhstan	7	2	0	0	5	12	31	−19	6
7	France	7	1	0	1	5	13	26	−13	4
8	Poland	7	0	0	1	6	11	29	−18	1	Relegation to 2025 Division I A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament


10 May 2024
Slovakia	v	Germany
Sweden	v	United States
11 May 2024
France	v	Kazakhstan
Poland	v	Latvia
United States	v	Germany
12 May 2024
Kazakhstan	v	Slovakia
Latvia	v	France
Sweden	v	Poland
13 May 2024
United States	v	Slovakia
Germany	v	Sweden
14 May 2024
Kazakhstan	v	Latvia
Poland	v	France
15 May 2024
Germany	v	Latvia
Slovakia	v	Poland
16 May 2024
Kazakhstan	v	Sweden
United States	v	France
17 May 2024
Germany	v	Kazakhstan
Poland	v	United States
18 May 2024
Latvia	v	Sweden
Germany	v	Poland
France	v	Slovakia
19 May 2024
United States	v	Kazakhstan
Slovakia	v	Latvia
20 May 2024
Sweden	v	France
Kazakhstan	v	Poland
21 May 2024
France	v	Germany
Latvia	v	United States
Sweden	v	Slovakia

Playoff round

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final

23 May


	25 May


23 May


		26 May


23 May


	25 May


23 May
		Third place

		26 May

References

^ "2021 World Juniors Taking Shape". iihf.com. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "Czech Republic to Host 2024 Ice Hockey World Championship". praguemorning.cz. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ Ódu na hokej rozhodli nájazdy: Švédi vypiekli s Čechmi
^ "IIHF – Ostravar Aréna".
^ ^a ^b "Canada Tops World Ranking". iihf.com. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ "Final composition of groups confirmed. Draw for tickets in the first phase". iihf.com. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game schedule released. Pricing categories revealed". IIHF. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_NOR0.65377308272467-8] Denmark 0–2 Norway

[1] "2021 World Juniors Taking Shape". iihf.com. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[2] "Czech Republic to Host 2024 Ice Hockey World Championship". praguemorning.cz. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[3] Ódu na hokej rozhodli nájazdy: Švédi vypiekli s Čechmi

[4] "IIHF – Ostravar Aréna".

[Groups-5] "Canada Tops World Ranking". iihf.com. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[6] "Final composition of groups confirmed. Draw for tickets in the first phase". iihf.com. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

[7] "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game schedule released. Pricing categories revealed". IIHF. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

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