2016 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship

The playoff round of the 2016 IIHF World Championship was held from 19 to 22 May 2016. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Czech Republic	Russia	Sweden	Denmark
B	Finland	Canada	Germany	United States

Bracket

Quarterfinal

A1

Czech Republic

1

B4

United States (GWS)

2

Semifinal

B4

United States

3

Quarterfinal

B2

Canada

4

B2

Canada

6

A3

Sweden

0

Final

B2

Canada

2

Quarterfinal

B1

Finland

0

B1

Finland

5

A4

Denmark

1

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

B1

Finland

3

B4

United States

2

Quarterfinal

A2

Russia

1

A2

Russia

7

A2

Russia

4

B3

Germany

1

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

19 May 2016 16:15

Czech Republic

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

United States

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,853

Game reference
	Dominik Furch	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Linus Ohlund Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Henrik Pihlblad
	Zohorna (PS) – 15:23 Kašpar Koukal Zohorna	1–0 1–1 Shootout:	21:27 – Matthews (Vatrano, Wideman) Hendricks GOAL Matthews
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	28

19 May 2016 16:15

Finland

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,038

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Martin Fraňo Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev
	Granlund (Koivu, Komarov) – 14:29 Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Ohtamaa) – 21:45 Laine (Hietanen, Jaakola) – 38:57 Jokinen (Koivu) (EN) – 57:46 Granlund – 58:07	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1	31:42 – Eller (Christensen, Ehlers) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	17

19 May 2016 20:15

Russia

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Germany

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,199

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Thomas Greiss	Referees: Tobias Björk Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Fraser McIntyre
	Shipachyov (Dadonov, Belov) – 20:40 Dadonov (Shipachyov) – 27:17 Shipachyov (Telegin) – 34:14 Ovechkin (Kuznetsov, Lyubimov) – 42:45	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1	04:45 – Reimer
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	20

19 May 2016 20:15

Canada

6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 6,090

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Judson Ritter Sakari Suominen
	Scheifele (O'Reilly, Stone) – 18:39 Dumba (Stone, Scheifele) (PP) – 26:05 Marchand (Dumba, Scheifele) – 32:02 Domi (Reinhart, Matheson) – 32:13 Stone – 51:05 Brassard (Gallagher, Hall) – 53:22	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	34	Shots	24

Semifinals

21 May 2016 16:15

Finland

3–1 (0–1, 3–0, 0–0)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,215

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Martin Fraňo Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Judson Ritter
	Aho (Granlund, Lindell) (PP) – 25:34 Jokinen (Laine) – 35:50 Aho (Koskiranta, Koivu) (PP) – 38:15	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1	02:52 – Shirokov (Telegin, Marchenko)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	29

21 May 2016 20:15

Canada

4–3 (2–0, 1–3, 1–0)

United States

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 10,455

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Alexander Otmakhov
	Gallagher (Jenner, Reinhart) – 08:59 Marchand (Ceci) – 18:02 Brassard (O'Reilly, Perry) (PP) – 35:30 Ellis (Murray, McDavid) – 41:34	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–3 4–3	21:14 – Matthews (Wideman, Larkin) (PP) 23:57 – Warsofsky (Nelson, Fasching) 28:25 – Motte (Larkin, Compher)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	33

Bronze medal game

22 May 2016 16:15

Russia

7–2 (2–0, 3–1, 2–1)

United States

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,043

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid Mike Condon	Referees: Tobias Björk Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Henrik Pihlblad
	Voynov (Kalinin, Shirokov) – 06:23 Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Orlov) (PP) – 13:41 Telegin (Datsyuk, Mozyakin) – 29:36 Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) – 32:49 Panarin (Belov, Chudinov) – 35:22 Mozyakin (Datsyuk) – 53:13 Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin) (PP) – 59:53	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1 5–2 6–2 7–2	34:29 – Vatrano (Warsofsky, Nelson) (PP) 43:42 – Vatrano (Warsofsky)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	30

Gold medal game

Main article: 2016 IIHF World Championship Final

22 May 2016 20:45

Finland

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,509

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Cam Talbot	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Fraser McIntyre
		0–1 0–2	11:24 – McDavid (Duchene) 59:59 – Duchene (Marchand) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	33

External links

• Official website