2019 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Main article: 2019 IIHF World Championship

The playoff round of the 2019 IIHF World Championship was held from 23 to 26 May 2019. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.^[1]

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Canada (2)	Finland (4)	Germany (6)	United States (7)
B	Russia (1)	Czech Republic (3)	Sweden (5)	Switzerland (8)

The ranking from preliminary round is stated in brackets. This ranking was used for seeding in the semi-finals to ensure that the strongest remaining team faced the lowest ranked team.

Bracket

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

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	23 May
	Canada (OT)	3
					25 May
	Switzerland	2
					Canada	5
	23 May
					Czech Republic	1
	Czech Republic	5
									26 May
	Germany	1
									Canada	1
	23 May
									Finland	3
	Russia	4
					25 May
	United States	3
					Russia	0
	23 May
					Finland	1			Third place
	Finland (OT)	5
									26 May
	Sweden	4
									Russia (GWS)	3
									Czech Republic	2

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

23 May 2019 16:15

Canada

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Switzerland

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 6,157

Game reference
	Matt Murray	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Martin Fraňo Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 18:06 – Andrighetto (Diaz, Fiala) (PP) Stone (Fabbro, Dubois) – 25:45 1–1 1–2 39:57 – Hischier (Martschini, Niederreiter) (PP) Severson (Stone) (EA) – 59:59 2–2 Stone (Dubois, Theodore) – 65:07 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	42	Shots	24

23 May 2019 16:15

Russia

4–3 (2–0, 0–1, 2–2)

United States

Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 9,085

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Goalies	Cory Schneider	Referees: Tobias Bjork Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Jiří Ondráček
	Gusev (Sergachev, Kucherov) – 01:07 1–0 Sergachev (Gusev) (PP) – 15:47 2–0 2–1 22:22 – Skjei (Kane, Gaudreau) Kaprizov (Gusev, Sergachev) – 41:31 3–1 3–2 45:53 – Hanifin (J. Hughes) Grigorenko (Malkin, Dadonov) – 47:02 4–2 4–3 57:10 – DeBrincat (Kane, J. Hughes) (EA)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	43	Shots	32

23 May 2019 20:15

Finland

5–4 OT (1–2, 2–2, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Sweden

Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 6,304

Game reference
	Kevin Lankinen	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referees: Roman Gofman Brett Iverson Linesmen: William Hancock Dmitri Shishlo
	Mikkola (Pesonen, Manninen) – 01:00 1–0 1–1 02:38 – Klingberg (Nylander, Wennberg) (PP) 1–2 16:57 – Hörnqvist (Ekman-Larsson, Larsson) 1–3 20:25 – E. Pettersson (Landeskog, Ekman-Larsson) Lindbohm (Manninen, Pesonen) – 25:04 2–3 Hakanpää (Manninen) – 29:08 3–3 3–4 39:35 – Gustafsson (Landeskog, Wennberg) Anttila (Ojamäki, Lehtonen) (EA) – 58:31 4–4 Manninen (Lankinen) – 61:37 5–4
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	32	Shots	18

23 May 2019 20:15

Czech Republic

5–1 (0–0, 1–1, 4–0)

Germany

Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 9,085

Game reference
	Patrik Bartošák	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Linus Öhlund Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Lauri Nikulainen
	Kovář – 33:41 1–0 1–1 37:46 – Mauer (Tiffels) Voráček (Simon) – 44:19 2–1 Kubalík (Kovář, Hronek) – 51:41 3–1 Palát (Kolář) – 53:08 4–1 Kovář (Moravčík) (EN) – 59:54 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	22

Semifinals

25 May 2019 15:15

Russia

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 9,085

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Goalies	Kevin Lankinen	Referees: Tobias Bjork Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Brian Oliver Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 50:18 – Anttila (Jokiharju, Kiviranta)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	29

25 May 2019 19:15

Canada

5–1 (1–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Czech Republic

Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 9,085

Game reference
	Matt Murray	Goalies	Patrik Bartošák Pavel Francouz	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Hannu Sormunen
	Stone (Stecher) – 05:18 1–0 Nurse (Couturier) – 20:10 2–0 Dubois (Marchessault, Stone) – 25:06 3–0 Turris (Mantha) – 46:26 4–0 Chabot (Henrique, Strome) – 53:00 5–0 5–1 53:59 – Zohorna (Kolář)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	41

Bronze medal game

26 May 2019 15:45

Russia

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

Czech Republic

Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 9,085

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Oliver Gouin Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Brian Oliver
	Grigorenko (Sergachev) – 13:00 1–0 1–1 13:41 – Řepík (Sklenička, Rutta) 1–2 18:34 – Kubalík (Kovář, Gulaš) Anisimov (Gusev) – 20:39 2–2
	Kovalchuk Kucherov Gusev	Shootout	Vrána Kubalík Kovář Hronek
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	50

Gold medal game

Main article: 2019 IIHF World Championship final

26 May 2019 20:15 (UTC+2)

Canada

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Finland

Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 9,085

Game reference
	Matt Murray	Goalies	Kevin Lankinen	Referees: Tobias Björk Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský
	Theodore (Mantha, McCann) – 10:02 1–0 1–1 22:35 – Anttila (Manninen, Ojamäki) (PP) 1–2 42:35 – Anttila (Savinainen) 1–3 55:54 – Pesonen (Tyrväinen, Hakanpää)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	22