2019 IIHF World Championship Group A

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Group A was one of two groups of the 2019 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2020.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	6	0	0	1	36	11	+25	18	Quarterfinals
2	Finland	7	5	0	1	1	22	11	+11	16
3	Germany	7	5	0	0	2	18	18	0	15
4	United States	7	4	1	0	2	27	15	+12	14
5	Slovakia (H)	7	3	1	0	3	28	19	+9	11
6	Denmark	7	1	1	1	4	18	23	−5	6
7	Great Britain	7	0	1	0	6	9	41	−32	2[a]
8	France (R)	7	0	0	2	5	14	34	−20	2[a]	Relegation to 2020 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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. France 3–4 (OT) Great Britain

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).

Finland vs Canada

10 May 2019 16:15

Finland

3–1 (1–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Canada

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 6,764

Game reference
	Kevin Lankinen	Goalies	Matt Murray	Referees: Tobias Bjork Jan Hribik Linesmen: Brian Oliver Jiří Ondráček
	Kakko (Rajala, Ilomäki) – 06:47 1–0 1–1 08:03 – Marchessault (Stone, Theodore) (PP) Ilomäki (Rajala, Lehtonen) (PP) – 42:36 2–1 Kakko (EN) – 59:26 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	21

United States vs Slovakia

10 May 2019 20:15

United States

1–4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Slovakia

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 7,430

Game reference
	Cory Schneider	Goalies	Patrik Rybár	Referees: Oliver Gouin Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist
	0–1 04:02 – Sukeľ (Studenič) DeBrincat (Kane, Eichel) (PP) – 12:05 1–1 1–2 21:52 – Černák (Sekera) (PP2) 1–3 24:58 – Tatar (Pánik) 1–4 55:54 – Krištof (Marinčin)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	36

Denmark vs France

11 May 2019 12:15

Denmark

5–4 GWS (2–1, 1–3, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

France

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 6,190

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 08:55 – Bertrand (Claireaux, Hecquefeuille) (PP) Storm – 19:06 1–1 M. Lauridsen (Storm, J. Jensen) (PP) – 19:56 2–1 2–2 24:08 – Dame-Malka 2–3 32:21 – Fleury (Bozon, Hecquefeuille) 2–4 33:55 – Claireaux (Rech, Bozon) (PP) Eller (Bødker) – 35:29 3–4 J. Jensen (Nick. Jensen, Meyer) – 46:34 4–4
	Eller N. Jensen Bødker Storm	Shootout	Texier Bertrand Rech Treille Fleury
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	28

Germany vs Great Britain

11 May 2019 16:15

Germany

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Great Britain

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 6,866

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Oliver Gouin Jan Hribik Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Lauri Nikulainen
	Seider (Seidenberg) – 39:21 1–0 1–1 43:36 – Hammond Ehliz (Plachta) (PP) – 50:39 2–1 Draisaitl (Plachta, Eisenschmid) – 52:03 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	17

Slovakia vs Finland

11 May 2019 20:15

Slovakia

2–4 (1–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Finland

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 7,421

Game reference
	Marek Čiliak	Goalies	Kevin Lankinen	Referees: Manuel Nikolic Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Rene Jensen Dustin McCrank
	Černák (Sekera, Pánik) – 10:52 1–0 1–1 14:21 – Lindbohm (Savinainen, Rajala) (PP) 1–2 16:11 – Kakko (Mikkola, Manninen) Marinčin (Studenič, Jaroš) – 39:20 2–2 2–3 49:52 – Kakko (Mikkola, Manninen) 2–4 59:45 – Kakko (Manninen, Mikkola) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	27

United States vs France

12 May 2019 12:15

United States

7–1 (3–0, 2–0, 2–1)

France

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 4,960

Game reference
	Thatcher Demko	Goalies	Sebastian Ylönen	Referees: Tobias Bjork Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Rene Jensen Lauri Nikulainen
	DeBrincat (Van Riemsdyk, Kane) (PP) – 04:05 1–0 Vatrano (Eichel, Martinez) – 05:48 2–0 DeBrincat – 06:04 3–0 White (Q. Hughes, Martinez) – 33:56 4–0 Kane (Larkin, Fox) – 35:52 5–0 Kreider (Larkin) – 40:55 6–0 6–1 46:36 – Rech (Claireaux, Bertrand) White (Vatrano, Glendening) – 54:21 7–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	24

Denmark vs Germany

12 May 2019 16:15

Denmark

1–2 (0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Germany

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 5,605

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Manuel Nikolic Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Brian Oliver
	0–1 30:27 – Plachta (Draisaitl, Eisenschmid) 0–2 39:49 – Tiffels (Kahun, Mauer) Bau (Meyer, Larsen) – 50:19 1–2
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	26

Great Britain vs Canada

12 May 2019 20:15

Great Britain

0–8 (0–2, 0–3, 0–3)

Canada

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 4,563

Game reference
	Ben Bowns Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Gleb Lazarev
	0–1 02:42 – Joseph (Henrique, Nurse) 0–2 12:33 – Mantha (McCann, Stecher) 0–3 22:35 – Turris (Mantha) 0–4 27:05 – Strome (Marchessault, Chabot) (PP) 0–5 39:37 – Fabbro (Jost) 0–6 40:57 – Turris (Mantha) 0–7 46:46 – Couturier (Mantha, Chabot) (PP) 0–8 50:27 – Mantha (Theodore, Jost)
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	12	Shots	56

United States vs Finland

13 May 2019 16:15

United States

3–2 OT (2–1, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Finland

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 7,060

Game reference
	Cory Schneider	Goalies	Veini Vehviläinen	Referees: Jan Hribik Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Jiří Ondráček
	Skjei (DeBrincat, Eichel) – 00:50 1–0 Gaudreau (Eichel) – 10:36 2–0 2–1 19:05 – Pesonen (Manninen, Koivisto) 2–2 39:28 – Ojamäki (Manninen, Kaski) (PP) Larkin (Q. Hughes, Keller) – 63:47 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	26

Slovakia vs Canada

13 May 2019 20:15

Slovakia

5–6 (2–2, 2–3, 1–1)

Canada

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 7,420

Game reference
	Patrik Rybár Marek Čiliak	Goalies	Matt Murray	Referees: Tobias Bjork Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Brian Oliver
	Sukeľ (Studenič, Nagy) – 07:14 1–0 Liška (Jaroš, Lunter) – 08:18 2–0 2–1 16:20 – Mantha (Turris, McCann) 2–2 18:10 – Theodore (Mantha, Severson) (PP) Nagy (Marinčin, Lantoši) (PP) – 21:49 3–2 Liška (Buc, Lunter) – 25:09 4–2 4–3 27:01 – Marchessault (Chabot) (PP) 4–4 28:43 – Cirelli (Reinhart) 4–5 36:40 – Stecher (Turris, Severson) Sukeľ (Marinčin) – 51:45 5–5 5–6 59:59 – Stone (Chabot) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	31	Shots	28

Great Britain vs Denmark

14 May 2019 16:15

Great Britain

0–9 (0–3, 0–5, 0–1)

Denmark

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 3,463

Game reference
	Ben Bowns Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Martin Fraňo Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Roman Kaderli
	0–1 08:49 – J. Jensen (Eller, M. Lauridsen) (PP2) 0–2 09:37 – Bau (Bødker, Regin) (PP) 0–3 12:11 – Poulsen (Olesen) 0–4 21:08 – Brugisser (Bødker, Madsen) 0–5 23:17 – Eller (J. Jensen Aabo, Regin) (PP) 0–6 24:38 – N. Jensen (Eller, M. Lauridsen) (PP) 0–7 31:00 – N. Jensen (Storm, Eller) 0–8 35:44 – Poulsen (J. Jensen, Olesen) 0–9 51:53 – Poulsen (Jakobsen) (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	42

Germany vs France

14 May 2019 20:15

Germany

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

France

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 4,013

Game reference
	Philipp Grubauer Niklas Treutle	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Dmitri Shishlo
	Seider (Fauser, Hager) – 17:07 1–0 1–1 24:10 – Fleury (Bozon, Manavian) Plachta (Eisenschmid, J. Müller) – 33:55 2–1 Draisaitl (Kahun) – 37:54 3–1 Holzer (EN) – 59:02 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	25

United States vs Great Britain

15 May 2019 16:15

United States

6–3 (1–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Great Britain

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 5,510

Game reference
	Thatcher Demko	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Tobias Bjork Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	Van Riemsdyk (Kane, Suter) (PP) – 12:17 1–0 1–1 15:08 – Hammond (Phillips) Keller (Q. Hughes, Demko) (PP) – 29:07 2–1 Kreider (Eichel, Suter) – 31:20 3–1 DeBrincat (Ryan, Kane) – 37:54 4–1 4–2 39:54 – Perlini Kane (Kreider, Hanifin) – 41:00 5–2 Ryan (Glendening, Hanifin) – 49:10 6–2 6–3 56:28 – Davies (Lachowicz, Billingsley)
	0 min	Penalties	10 min
	65	Shots	26

Germany vs Slovakia

15 May 2019 20:15

Germany

3–2 (0–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Slovakia

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 7,440

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Marek Čiliak	Referees: Martin Fraňo Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Dmitri Shishlo
	Michaelis (Eisenschmid) – 23:54 1–0 1–1 28:30 – Sekera (Černák, Tatar) (PP2) 1–2 29:55 – Hudáček (Pánik, Tatar) (PP) Eisenschmid (Seidenberg, Kahun) (EA) – 58:08 2–2 Draisaitl (Tiffels, Kahun) – 59:33 3–2
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	21	Shots	36

Canada vs France

16 May 2019 16:15

Canada

5–2 (3–0, 0–1, 2–1)

France

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 4,519

Game reference
	Carter Hart	Goalies	Henri-Corentin Buysse	Referees: Linus Öhlund Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Andreas Malmqvist
	Mantha (Theodore, Severson) (PP2) – 08:19 1–0 Nurse (Marchessault, Dubois) – 10:50 2–0 Cirelli (Couturier, Reinhart) – 16:15 3–0 3–1 36:13 – Fleury (Chakiachvili, Guttig) (PP) 3–2 42:55 – Rech Mantha – 48:36 4–2 Stone (Marchessault) – 50:27 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	23

Finland vs Denmark

16 May 2019 20:15

Finland

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Denmark

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 4,812

Game reference
	Kevin Lankinen	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Tobias Bjork Roman Gofman Linesmen: William Hancock Roman Kaderli
	0–1 21:49 – Madsen (Nick. Jensen, M. Lauridsen) (PP) Kakko (Lehtonen) – 25:49 1–1 Manninen (Rajala, Lehtonen) – 34:19 2–1 Pesonen (Kakko, Ohtamaa) – 51:07 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	26

France vs Slovakia

17 May 2019 16:15

France

3–6 (0–2, 2–1, 1–3)

Slovakia

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 7,440

Game reference
	Florian Hardy Henri-Corentin Buysse	Goalies	Patrik Rybár	Referees: Roman Gofman Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 13:25 – Pánik (Lantoši, Sekera) (PP) 0–2 19:10 – Sukeľ (Fehérváry, Tatar) 0–3 25:31 – Hudáček (Pánik, Černák) (PP) Manavian (Hecquefeuille, Bertrand) – 32:16 1–3 Texier (Chakiachvili, Fleury) (PP) – 35:09 2–3 2–4 40:16 – Černák (Pánik, Tatar) 2–5 42:41 – Čajkovský (Buc) (SH) 2–6 45:41 – Nagy (Daňo, Marinčin) (PP) Rech (Texier, Dame-Malka) – 57:50 3–6
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	27

Finland vs Great Britain

17 May 2019 20:15

Finland

5–0 (0–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Great Britain

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 5,618

Game reference
	Jussi Olkinuora	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Linus Öhlund Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Joep Leermakers Nathan Vanoosten
	Rajala (Lehtonen, Olkinuora) (PP) – 20:24 1–0 Ohtamaa (Tyrväinen, Savinainen) – 25:08 2–0 Kiviranta (Koivisto, Tyrväinen) – 34:59 3–0 Kuusela (Savinainen) (EN) – 57:27 4–0 Lehtonen (Jokiharju) (PP) – 59:49 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	49	Shots	12

Denmark vs United States

18 May 2019 12:15

Denmark

1–7 (0–4, 1–2, 0–1)

United States

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 6,184

Game reference
	Simon Nielsen Patrick Galbraith	Goalies	Cory Schneider	Referees: Martin Fraňo Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Dmitri Shishlo Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 10:34 – Vatrano (Ryan, Hanifin) 0–2 11:03 – DeBrincat (Kane, Suter) (PP) 0–3 14:24 – Van Riemsdyk (Suter, White) 0–4 18:49 – Kreider (J. Hughes, Eichel) Olesen (Bau, O. Lauridsen) – 24:50 1–4 1–5 31:55 – DeBrincat (Kane, White) 1–6 33:17 – Larkin (Ryan) 1–7 51:19 – Eichel (Kane, Debrincat) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	26

Canada vs Germany

18 May 2019 16:15

Canada

8–1 (2–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Germany

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 6,510

Game reference
	Matt Murray	Goalies	Niklas Treutle	Referees: Roman Gofman Peter Stano Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Joep Leermakers
	Chabot (Marchessault, Strome) (PP) – 02:01 1–0 Stone (Severson, Nurse) – 16:43 2–0 Stone (Strome, Marchessault) (PP) – 26:02 3–0 3–1 38:01 – Ehliz (Eisenschmid, Seidenberg) (PP) Stone (Dubois) – 38:49 4–1 Mantha – 43:01 5–1 Mantha (Turris) – 44:55 6–1 Reinhart (Strome) – 45:28 7–1 Cirelli (Joseph) (SH) – 53:10 8–1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	49	Shots	16

Great Britain vs Slovakia

18 May 2019 20:15

Great Britain

1–7 (1–3, 0–3, 0–1)

Slovakia

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 7,440

Game reference
	Ben Bowns Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Brett Iverson Stephen Reneau Linesmen: William Hancock Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 02:04 – Sekera (Buc) 0–2 02:25 – Tatar 0–3 09:02 – Marinčin (Krištof) (PP) Hammond (Richardson) – 17:44 1–3 1–4 24:33 – Čajkovský (Pánik) 1–5 29:09 – Studenič (Krištof) 1–6 35:11 – Sukel (Liška, Koch) (SH) 1–7 58:00 – Bondra (Koch, Nagy)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	38

Germany vs United States

19 May 2019 16:15

Germany

1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

United States

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 6,293

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Cory Schneider	Referees: Linus Öhlund Peter Stano Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Nathan Vanoosten
	Tiffels (Draisaitl) – 11:55 1–0 1–1 13:47 – Van Riemsdyk (Keller, Martinez) 1–2 50:03 – Larkin (Van Riemsdyk, Martinez) 1–3 56:15 – Eichel (Kane, Suter) (PP)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	29

France vs Finland

19 May 2019 20:15

France

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 4,682

Game reference
	Florian Hardy	Goalies	Kevin Lankinen	Referees: Martin Fraňo Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Dmitri Shishlo
	0–1 09:24 – Kiviranta (Lindbohm, Tyrväinen) 0–2 21:51 – Mikkola (Pesonen, Kaski) 0–3 52:31 – Sallinen (Savinainen, Kuusela)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	47

France vs Great Britain

20 May 2019 16:15

France

3–4 OT (0–0, 3–2, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Great Britain

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 7,440

Game reference
	Florian Hardy	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Peter Stano Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Joep Leermakers
	Rech (Manavian, Bozon) – 23:36 1–0 Treille (Chakiachvili, Texier) – 27:31 2–0 Rech (Claireaux) – 27:37 3–0 3–1 34:59 – Dowd (O'Connor) 3–2 38:04 – Hammond (O’Connor, Phillips) 3–3 45:16 – Farmer (Phillips, O’Connor) 3–4 62:03 – Davies (Phillips)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	30

Canada vs Denmark

20 May 2019 20:15

Canada

5–0 (3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 4,665

Game reference
	Carter Hart Mackenzie Blackwood	Goalies	Patrick Galbraith	Referees: Linus Öhlund Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Andrew Dalton William Hancock
	Dubois (Marchessault, Stone) – 02:00 1–0 McCann (Turris) – 06:06 2–0 Marchessault (Severson, Stone) – 08:23 3–0 Reinhart (Couturier, Chabot) (PP) – 33:53 4–0 Reinhart (Myers, Cirelli) – 44:34 5–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	24

Finland vs Germany

21 May 2019 12:15

Finland

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Germany

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 6,685

Game reference
	Kevin Lankinen	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Roman Gofman Stephen Reneau Linesmen: William Hancock Nathan Vanoosten
	Pesonen (Lehtonen, Jokiharju) (PP) – 15:05 1–0 1–1 17:04 – Michaelis (Plachta, Eisenschmid) Tyrväinen (Ojamäki) – 24:07 2–1 2–2 33:13 – Kahun (Draisaitl) 2–3 44:46 – Draisaitl (Pföderl) (PP) 2–4 59:00 – Draisaitl (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	21

Slovakia vs Denmark

21 May 2019 16:15

Slovakia

2–1 GWS (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Denmark

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 7,440

Game reference
	Denis Godla	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Brett Iverson Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Joep Leermakers Hannu Sormunen
	Marinčin (Studenič, Nagy) – 39:04 1–0 1–1 46:41 – Bødker (Russell, Jensen Aabo) (PP2)
	Studenič Sukeľ Nagy Tatar Krištof	Shootout	Bødker Regin Jensen Storm
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	14

Canada vs United States

21 May 2019 20:15

Canada

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

United States

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 7,440

Game reference
	Matt Murray	Goalies	Cory Schneider	Referees: Martin Fraňo Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Dmitri Shishlo
	Dubois (Stone) – 01:49 1–0 Turris (Mantha) – 08:02 2–0 McCann (Turris, Fabbro) – 35:59 3–0
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	28