2024 IIHF World Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Czechia |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 10–26 May |
| Teams | 16 |
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 | Ostrava | |
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| O2 Arena Capacity: 17,383 [3] |
Ostravar Aréna Capacity: 10,004[4] | |
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Participants
- Qualified as hosts
- Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2023 IIHF World Championship
Austria
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Norway
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
- 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]
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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 | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Canada
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Finland
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 |  Switzerland
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Czechia (H)
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 |  Denmark
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship |
| 6 |  Norway
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 |  Austria
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 |  Great Britain
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2025 Division I A |
First match(es) will be played: 10 May 2024. Source: [citation needed]
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
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
| 10 May 2024 | |||||
| Switzerland |
v | Norway |
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| Czechia |
v | Finland |
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| 11 May 2024 | |||||
| Great Britain |
v | Canada |
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| Austria |
v | Denmark |
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| Norway |
v | Czechia |
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| 12 May 2024 | |||||
| Finland |
v | Great Britain |
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| Denmark |
v | Canada |
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| Austria |
v | Switzerland |
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| 13 May 2024 | |||||
| Norway |
v | Finland |
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| Switzerland |
v | Czechia |
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| 14 May 2024 | |||||
| Denmark |
v | Norway |
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| Canada |
v | Austria |
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| 15 May 2024 | |||||
| Czechia |
v | Denmark |
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| Switzerland |
v | Great Britain |
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| 16 May 2024 | |||||
| Finland |
v | Austria |
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| Canada |
v | Norway |
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| 17 May 2024 | |||||
| Great Britain |
v | Denmark |
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| Czechia |
v | Austria |
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| 18 May 2024 | |||||
| Denmark |
v | Switzerland |
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| Canada |
v | Finland |
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| Czechia |
v | Great Britain |
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| 19 May 2024 | |||||
| Norway |
v | Austria |
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| Switzerland |
v | Canada |
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| 20 May 2024 | |||||
| Great Britain |
v | Norway |
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| Finland |
v | Denmark |
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| 21 May 2024 | |||||
| Austria |
v | Great Britain |
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| Canada |
v | Czechia |
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| Finland |
v | Switzerland |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Germany
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 |  Sweden
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Slovakia
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 |  Latvia
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship |
| 6 |  France
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 |  Kazakhstan
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 |  Poland
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2025 Division I A |
First match(es) will be played: 10 May 2024. Source: [citation needed]
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
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 |
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| Sweden |
v | United States |
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| 11 May 2024 | |||||
| France |
v | Kazakhstan |
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| Poland |
v | Latvia |
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| United States |
v | Germany |
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| 12 May 2024 | |||||
| Kazakhstan |
v | Slovakia |
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| Latvia |
v | France |
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| Sweden |
v | Poland |
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| 13 May 2024 | |||||
| United States |
v | Slovakia |
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| Germany |
v | Sweden |
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| 14 May 2024 | |||||
| Kazakhstan |
v | Latvia |
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| Poland |
v | France |
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| 15 May 2024 | |||||
| Germany |
v | Latvia |
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| Slovakia |
v | Poland |
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| 16 May 2024 | |||||
| Kazakhstan |
v | Sweden |
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| United States |
v | France |
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| 17 May 2024 | |||||
| Germany |
v | Kazakhstan |
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| Poland |
v | United States |
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| 18 May 2024 | |||||
| Latvia |
v | Sweden |
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| Germany |
v | Poland |
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| France |
v | Slovakia |
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| 19 May 2024 | |||||
| United States |
v | Kazakhstan |
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| Slovakia |
v | Latvia |
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| 20 May 2024 | |||||
| Sweden |
v | France |
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| Kazakhstan |
v | Poland |
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| 21 May 2024 | |||||
| France |
v | Germany |
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| Latvia |
v | United States |
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| 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.
