2024 IIHF World Championship
2024 edition of the IIHF World Championship
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The 2024 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Czechia from 10 to 26 May 2024.[2] It was held in Prague and Ostrava, and organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was the most attended Hockey Championship in history with a total attendance of 797,727 spectators.[3]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Czechia |
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 10–26 May |
| Opened by | Petr Pavel |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Czechia (7th title) |
Runners-up  |  Switzerland |
Third place  |  Sweden |
| Fourth place |  Canada |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 64 |
| Goals scored | 398 (6.22 per game) |
| Attendance | 797,727 (12,464 per game) |
| Scoring leader |  Matt Boldy (14 points) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Kevin Fiala[1] |
Hosts Czechia won the title for the seventh time, beating Switzerland 2–0 in the final. Czechia ended their 14-year gold drought after winning it for the first time since 2010.[4] It was the third title won on homesoil in the 21st century, after Sweden in 2013 and Finland in 2022. Sweden won the bronze medal, defeating Canada 4–2 in the third place match.[5] This tournament marked the first time since 2014 that all three medalists were European teams.
Bids
Prague and Ostrava were officially announced as venues of the championship on 24 May 2019 in Bratislava, Slovakia.[6] The two cities co-hosted the 2015 IIHF World Championship, the last tournament to be held in the country.[7] The city of Brno wanted to build a new ice hockey hall to co-host the championship.[8] Martin Urban, general secretary of the hockey association, confirmed Brno would not be considered as a host city without the new arena.[7]
Rosters
Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and three 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.
Marketing
According to estimates, fans' spending during the championship could reach two billion CZK.[9] The medal weighing 250 grams with cut glass was produced by the Kolektiv Ateliers studio in Nový Bor.[10] As in the previous Czech World Championship 2015, the mascots were announced as rabbit duo Bob and Bobek. For this tournament, they have blue jerseys instead of their previous red, with their numbers 20 and 24 corresponding to the year of the event.[11] The total attendance was 797,727 viewers, it broke the audience record of World Championship 2015.[12]
Venues
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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."[14][15]
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Match officials
16 referees and linesmen were announced on 9 May 2024.[16]
| Referees | Linesmen |
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Preliminary round
The groups were announced on 28 May 2023,[14] with the schedule being revealed on 15 August 2023.[17]
Group A
| Pos | Team | 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 |
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:
- Denmark 0–2 Norway
| 10 May 2024 | |||||
| Switzerland | 5–2 | Norway | |||
| Czechia | 1–0 (GWS) | Finland | |||
| 11 May 2024 | |||||
| Great Britain | 2–4 | Canada | |||
| Austria | 1–5 | Denmark | |||
| Norway | 3–6 | Czechia | |||
| 12 May 2024 | |||||
| Finland | 8–0 | Great Britain | |||
| Denmark | 1–5 | Canada | |||
| Austria | 5–6 | Switzerland | |||
| 13 May 2024 | |||||
| Norway | 1–4 | Finland | |||
| Switzerland | 2–1 (GWS) | Czechia | |||
| 14 May 2024 | |||||
| Denmark | 0–2 | Norway | |||
| Canada | 7–6 (OT) | Austria | |||
| 15 May 2024 | |||||
| Czechia | 7–4 | Denmark | |||
| Switzerland | 3–0 | Great Britain | |||
| 16 May 2024 | |||||
| Finland | 2–3 | Austria | |||
| Canada | 4–1 | Norway | |||
| 17 May 2024 | |||||
| Great Britain | 3–4 | Denmark | |||
| Czechia | 4–0 | Austria | |||
| 18 May 2024 | |||||
| Denmark | 0–8 | Switzerland | |||
| Canada | 5–3 | Finland | |||
| Czechia | 4–1 | Great Britain | |||
| 19 May 2024 | |||||
| Norway | 1–4 | Austria | |||
| Switzerland | 2–3 | Canada | |||
| 20 May 2024 | |||||
| Great Britain | 2–5 | Norway | |||
| Finland | 3–1 | Denmark | |||
| 21 May 2024 | |||||
| Austria | 2–4 | Great Britain | |||
| Canada | 4–3 (OT) | Czechia | |||
| Finland | 1–3 | Switzerland |
Group B
| Pos | Team | 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 |
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 | 4–6 | Germany | |||
| Sweden | 5–2 | United States | |||
| 11 May 2024 | |||||
| France | 1–3 | Kazakhstan | |||
| Poland | 4–5 (OT) | Latvia | |||
| United States | 6–1 | Germany | |||
| 12 May 2024 | |||||
| Slovakia | 6–2 | Kazakhstan | |||
| Latvia | 3–2 (OT) | France | |||
| Sweden | 5–1 | Poland | |||
| 13 May 2024 | |||||
| United States | 4–5 (OT) | Slovakia | |||
| Germany | 1–6 | Sweden | |||
| 14 May 2024 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 0–2 | Latvia | |||
| Poland | 2–4 | France | |||
| 15 May 2024 | |||||
| Germany | 8–1 | Latvia | |||
| Slovakia | 4–0 | Poland | |||
| 16 May 2024 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 1–3 | Sweden | |||
| United States | 5–0 | France | |||
| 17 May 2024 | |||||
| Germany | 8–2 | Kazakhstan | |||
| Poland | 1–4 | United States | |||
| 18 May 2024 | |||||
| Latvia | 2–7 | Sweden | |||
| Germany | 4–2 | Poland | |||
| France | 2–4 | Slovakia | |||
| 19 May 2024 | |||||
| United States | 10–1 | Kazakhstan | |||
| Slovakia | 2–3 (GWS) | Latvia | |||
| 20 May 2024 | |||||
| Sweden | 3–1 | France | |||
| Kazakhstan | 3–1 | Poland | |||
| 21 May 2024 | |||||
| France | 3–6 | Germany | |||
| Latvia | 3–6 | United States | |||
| Sweden | 6–1 | Slovakia |
Playoff round
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 23 May | ||||||||||
1A Canada | 6 | |||||||||
| 25 May | ||||||||||
4B Slovakia | 3 | |||||||||
1 Sweden | 3 | |||||||||
| 23 May | ||||||||||
5 Czechia | 7 | |||||||||
1B Sweden (OT) | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 May | ||||||||||
4A Finland | 1 | |||||||||
5 Czechia | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 May | ||||||||||
3 Switzerland | 0 | |||||||||
2A Switzerland | 3 | |||||||||
| 25 May | ||||||||||
3B Germany | 1 | |||||||||
2 Canada | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 May | ||||||||||
3 Switzerland (GWS) | 3 | Third place | ||||||||
2B United States | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 May | ||||||||||
3A Czechia | 1 | |||||||||
1 Sweden | 4 | |||||||||
2 Canada | 2 | |||||||||
Final
| 26 May 2024 20:20 | Switzerland | 0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2) | Czechia | O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413 |
| Game reference | ||||||||
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| Leonardo Genoni | Goalies | Lukáš Dostál | Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm Linesmen: Nick Briganti Ludvig Lundgren | |||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||
| 31 | Shots | 32 | ||||||
Final standings
Teams finishing fifth in the preliminary round were ranked ninth and tenth, teams finishing sixth were ranked 11th and 12th, and so on.[18]
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Czechia (H) |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 25 | Champions |
| 2 | A | Switzerland |
10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 22 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | Sweden |
10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 26 | Third place |
| 4 | A | Canada |
10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 23 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | United States |
8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 16 | Eliminated in Quarterfinals |
| 6 | B | Germany |
8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 15 | |
| 7 | B | Slovakia |
8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 12 | |
| 8 | A | Finland |
8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 11 | |
| 9 | B | Latvia |
7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 9 | Eliminated in Preliminary round |
| 10 | A | Austria |
7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 7 | |
| 11 | A | Norway |
7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 6 | |
| 12 | B | Kazakhstan |
7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 31 | −19 | 6 | |
| 13 | A | Denmark |
7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 6 | |
| 14 | B | France |
7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 4 | |
| 15 | A | Great Britain |
7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 3 | Relegated to 2025 IIHF World Championship Division I |
| 16 | B | Poland |
7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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| Matt Boldy | 8 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +8 | 2 | F |
| Kevin Fiala | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +6 | 27 | F |
| Brady Tkachuk | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +7 | 4 | F |
| Marcus Johansson | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +14 | 2 | F |
| Roman Josi | 10 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +4 | 4 | D |
| Dylan Cozens | 10 | 9 | 2 | 11 | +3 | 2 | F |
| Nico Hischier | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +6 | 2 | F |
| Erik Karlsson | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +9 | 0 | D |
| André Burakovsky | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +8 | 0 | F |
| Johnny Gaudreau | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +8 | 0 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF
Goaltending leaders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40 % of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardo Genoni | 431:07 | 10 | 1.39 | 169 | 94.08 | 1 |
| Lukáš Dostál | 492:18 | 13 | 1.58 | 213 | 93.90 | 3 |
| Samuel Hlavaj | 306:57 | 13 | 2.54 | 174 | 92.53 | 1 |
| Henrik Haukeland | 297:00 | 13 | 2.63 | 155 | 91.61 | 1 |
| Kristers Gudļevskis | 207:05 | 11 | 3.19 | 117 | 90.60 | 1 |
TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF
Awards
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The awards were announced on 26 May 2024.[19]
Media All Stars
| Position | Player |
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| Goaltender | Lukáš Dostál |
| Defenceman | Roman Josi |
| Defenceman | Erik Karlsson |
| Forward | Kevin Fiala |
| Forward | Dylan Cozens |
| Forward | Roman Červenka |
| MVP | Kevin Fiala |
Individual awards
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Goaltender | Lukáš Dostál |
| Defenceman | Roman Josi |
| Forward | Kevin Fiala |
IIHF contributors' awards
The first annual IIHF contributors' awards ceremony was held prior to the semifinal games of the men's championship.[20]
Award recipients
- Anatolii Brezvin of Ukraine received the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.[21]
- Dezső Varga of Romania received the Torriani Award for a player with an outstanding career from non-top hockey nation.[22]
- The IIHF Milestone Award was given to the 1998 Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team.[23]
- Markus Graf of Switzerland received the Johan Bollue Award for contributions to growth and development in youth ice hockey.[24]
- Al Michaels of ABC Sports received the IIHF Media Award for outstanding contributions to international hockey through television, print, and radio.[23]
IIHF Hall of Fame induction
The annual IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held during the medal presentations of the men's championship.[23]
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
- Natalie Darwitz, United States[25]
- Melody Davidson, Canada[26]
- Jaromír Jágr, Czechia[27]
- Kenny Jönsson, Sweden[28]
- Igor Liba, Slovakia[29]
- Petteri Nummelin, Finland[30]
- Jaroslav Pouzar, Czechia[27]
- Ryan Smyth, Canada[a]