2026 IIHF World Championship Group B

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Group B was one of two groups of the 2026 IIHF World Championship. The four best-placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2027.[1]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Canada 7 6 1 0 0 33 13 +20 20 Quarterfinals
2  Norway 7 4 1 1 1 25 14 +11 15
3  Czechia 7 4 0 1 2 19 17 +2 13
4  Sweden 7 4 0 0 3 27 16 +11 12
5  Slovakia 7 3 1 0 3 21 19 +2 11 Qualified for the 2027 IIHF World Championship
6  Denmark 7 1 1 1 4 15 26 −11 6[a]
7  Slovenia 7 1 1 1 4 13 25 −12 6[a]
8  Italy 7 0 0 1 6 5 28 −23 1 Relegated to the 2027 Division I A
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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) seeding before tournament[2]
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Denmark 4–0 Slovenia

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).

Canada vs Sweden

15 May 2026
16:20		Canada 5–3
(2–0, 1–3, 2–0)		 SwedenBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 7,500
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Jet GreavesGoaliesMagnus HellbergReferees:
Finland Riku Brander
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Germany Patrick Laguzov
Tavares (Nurse, Thomas) – 02:211–0
O'Reilly (Vilardi, Rielly) – 16:002–0
2–128:21 – Larsson (Berglund)
2–231:04 – Raymond (Ekman-Larsson, Berglund) (PP)
Holloway (Minten, DeMelo) – 34:163–2
3–335:33 – Ekholm (Karlsson, Holmström)
Brown (Martone, Minten) – 43:214–3
Cozens (Martone, Nurse) – 52:595–3
8 minPenalties12 min
26Shots25
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Czechia vs Denmark

15 May 2026
20:20		Czechia 4–1
(2–0, 0–0, 2–1)		 DenmarkBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 6,551
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Josef KořenářGoaliesMads SøgaardReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Austria Christian Ofner
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Switzerland Dominic Schlegel
Kubalík (Flek) – 08:501–0
Voženílek (Tomášek) – 10:002–0
Červenka (Blümel, Tomášek) – 43:323–0
3–157:30 – Aagaard (Olesen, Blichfeld) (PP)
Blümel (Sedlák, Červenka) (EN) – 59:084–1
4 minPenalties6 min
29Shots20
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Slovakia vs Norway

16 May 2026
12:20		Slovakia 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 NorwayBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 4,711
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Samuel HlavajGoaliesTobias NormannReferees:
United States Sean MacFarlane
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Finland Tommi Niittylä
K. Pospíšil (M. Pospíšil, Kňažko) – 08:151–0
1–139:47 – Koblar (Bakke Olsen)
Hrivík (Liška, Rosandić) – 48:072–1
6 minPenalties8 min
19Shots23
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Italy vs Canada

16 May 2026
16:20		Italy 0–6
(0–3, 0–3, 0–0)		 CanadaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 6,455
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Davide FadaniGoaliesCam TalbotReferees:
United States Nolan Bloyer
Austria Christian Ofner
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Danny Beresford
United States John Rey
0–109:21 – Holloway (Tavares, O'Reilly)
0–210:08 – Minten (Brown, Mateychuk)
0–316:56 – Celebrini (Martone, Nurse)
0–422:09 – Celebrini (Cozens, Crosby)
0–538:14 – Bouchard (Celebrini, Vilardi) (PP)
0–638:39 – O'Reilly (Tavares, Holloway)
4 minPenalties6 min
19Shots41
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Slovenia vs Czechia

16 May 2026
20:20		Slovenia 3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 CzechiaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 5,528
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Lukáš HorákGoaliesDominik PavlátReferees:
Switzerland Cedric Borga
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
Latvia Renārs Davidonis
Germany Patrick Laguzov
Török (Drozg, Sabolič) (PP) – 09:491–0
1–124:44 – Kaut (Melovský)
1–237:14 – Sedlák (Kempný, Mandát)
Kuralt (Goličič, Tičar) – 48:282–2
Mahkovec (Tičar) – 61:143–2
8 minPenalties6 min
17Shots34
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Italy vs Slovakia

17 May 2026
12:20		Italy 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 SlovakiaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 3,881
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Jacob SmithGoaliesAdam GajanReferees:
United States Nolan Bloyer
Austria Christian Ofner
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Danny Beresford
United States John Rey
0–113:31 – Hrivík (Rosandić, Mešár)
0–239:32 – Kmec (Čederle, Faško-Rudáš)
0–340:30 – K. Pospíšil (M. Pospíšil, Faško-Rudáš)
Nitz – 45:031–3
1–454:13 – Okuliar (M. Pospíšil, Chromiak) (PP)
8 minPenalties4 min
24Shots31
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Denmark vs Sweden

17 May 2026
16:20		Denmark 2–6
(0–2, 1–3, 1–1)		 SwedenBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 5,095
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Mads SøgaardGoaliesArvid SöderblomReferees:
Switzerland Cedric Borga
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Latvia Renārs Davidonis
United States John Rey
0–109:45 – Ekholm (Björck, Raymond)
0–217:58 – Ekman-Larsson (Raymond, Stenberg)
0–325:52 – Raymond (Persson, De la Rose) (PP)
0–428:09 – Silfverberg (Grundström, Hägg)
Blichfeld (Bruggisser, Olesen) (PP) – 31:381–4
1–533:45 – Björck (Stenberg, Ekman-Larsson) (PP)
Aagaard (Blichfeld, Olesen) (PP) – 51:482–5
2–655:05 – Karlsson (Holmström, Johansson)
14 minPenalties14 min
16Shots29
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Norway vs Slovenia

17 May 2026
20:20		Norway 4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 SloveniaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 3,103
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Henrik HaukelandGoaliesŽan UsReferees:
Finland Riku Brander
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Danny Beresford
Switzerland Dominic Schlegel
Hurrød (Østby, Salsten) – 07:331–0
Berglund (Koblar, Solberg) (PP) – 25:272–0
Berglund (Østby, Haukeland) – 29:513–0
Berglund (Salsten, Johannesen) – 36:324–0
10 minPenalties10 min
25Shots11
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Canada vs Denmark

18 May 2026
16:20		Canada 5–1
(0–0, 0–0, 5–1)		 DenmarkBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 6,367
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Jet GreavesGoaliesNikolaj HenriksenReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Austria Christian Ofner
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Germany Patrick Laguzov
Martone (Crosby, Celebrini) – 40:281–0
Vilardi (Thomas) – 43:022–0
Mateychuk (Crosby, Celebrini) – 43:333—0
3–150:12 – Olesen (Aagaard)
O'Reilly (Crosby, Martone) – 51:494–1
Wotherspoon (Crosby) – 59:315–1
2 minPenalties4 min
38Shots16
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Sweden vs Czechia

18 May 2026
20:20		Sweden 3–4
(2–3, 1–1, 0–0)		 CzechiaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 6,738
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Magnus HellbergGoaliesJosef KořenářReferees:
Finland Riku Brander
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Switzerland Dominic Schlegel
0–103:04 – Blümel (Hronek, Galvas)
0–212:24 – Kubalík (Cibulka, Kaut) (PP)
0–313:00 – Flek (Voženílek, Tomášek)
Persson (Heineman, Holmström) (PP) – 15:341–3
Holmström (Persson, Heineman) (PP) – 17:452–3
2–423:25 – Černoch (Beránek, Chmelař)
Ekman-Larsson (Raymond, Stenberg) (PP) – 26:003–4
10 minPenalties33 min
27Shots14
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Italy vs Norway

19 May 2026
16:20		Italy 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)		 NorwayBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 4,989
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Davide FadaniGoaliesHenrik HaukelandReferees:
Canada Jesse Gour
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Linesmen:
Sweden Gustav Jonsson
Finland Tommi Niittylä
0–111:32 – Bakke Olsen (Krogdahl, Øby Olsen)
0–231:40 – Steen (Salsten)
0–338:51 – Kåsastul (Øby Olsen, Krogdahl)
0–455:28 – Koblar (Martinsen, Pettersen)
8 minPenalties10 min
30Shots35
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Slovenia vs Slovakia

19 May 2026
20:20		Slovenia 4–5 GWS
(1–2, 2–2, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 SlovakiaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 3,146
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Lukáš HorákGoaliesAdam GajanReferees:
United States Sean MacFarlane
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Latvia Renārs Davidonis
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
0–101:20 – Liška (Rosandić, Gajdoš)
Ograjenšek (Tičar, Ćosić) (PP2) – 15:171–1
1–218:35 – Chromiak (Čederle, Gajdoš)
Tičar (Crnovič, Magovac) – 21:172–2
2–325:46 – Mešár (Štrbák, Kňažko)
2–430:09 – Faško-Rudáš (Liška, Mešár) (PP)
Drozg (Gregorc, Sabolič) (PP) – 37:483–4
Tičar (Drozg, Gregorc) – 59:294–4
Török MISS
Drozg MISS
Tičar GOAL
Sabolič MISS		ShootoutMISS Chromiak
GOAL Okuliar
MISS Faško-Rudáš
GOAL K. Pospíšil
GOAL Mešár
6 minPenalties10 min
23Shots38
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Czechia vs Italy

20 May 2026
16:20		Czechia 3–1
(0–0, 0–1, 3–0)		 ItalyBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 4,517
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Dominik PavlátGoaliesDamian ClaraReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Latvia Renārs Davidonis
Germany Patrick Laguzov
0–129:20 – Saracino (Frycklund)
Alscher (Ticháček, Blümel) – 45:141–1
Flek (Tomášek, Hronek) – 51:052–1
Kubalík (Tomášek) (EN) – 59:053–1
2 minPenalties8 min
58Shots15
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Sweden vs Slovenia

20 May 2026
20:20		Sweden 6–0
(2–0, 4–0, 0–0)		 SloveniaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 4,814
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Arvid SöderblomGoaliesŽan UsReferees:
Canada Jesse Gour
Austria Christian Ofner
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Raymond (Grundström, Ekman-Larsson) – 03:261–0
De la Rose (Karlsson, Ekholm) – 19:072–0
De la Rose (Karlsson) – 25:553–0
Hägg (Ekman-Larsson, Frondell) – 26:584–0
Raymond (Ekman-Larsson, Stenberg) (PP) – 31:385–0
Ekholm (Frondell, Holmström) – 37:236–0
0 minPenalties6 min
45Shots16
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Canada vs Norway

21 May 2026
16:20		Canada 6–5 OT
(2–2, 1–1, 2–2)
(OT: 1–0)		 NorwayBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 5,938
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Cam TalbotGoaliesTobias NormannReferees:
Slovakia Tomáš Hronský
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
0–105:18 – Bakke Olsen (Vesterheim, Elvsveen)
0–211:37 – Johannesen (Martinsen, Koblar)
Scheifele – 13:301–2
Scheifele (Wotherspoon, Vilardi) – 17:502–2
2–323:34 – Steen (Vesterheim, Johannesen) (PP)
Vilardi (Scheifele, Bouchard) (PP) – 31:573–3
Cozens (Nurse) (SH) – 40:314–3
4–448:09 – Kåsastul (Steen)
4–549:57 – Koblar (Pettersen, Johannesen)
O'Reilly (Celebrini, Bouchard) (EA) – 58:215–5
Scheifele (Bouchard, Celebrini) – 60:296–5
8 minPenalties10 min
42Shots19
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Denmark vs Slovakia

21 May 2026
20:20		Denmark 1–5
(0–1, 0–2, 1–2)		 SlovakiaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 4,734
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Mads Søgaard
Nicolaj Henriksen		GoaliesSamuel HlavajReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Linesmen:
Sweden Gustav Jonsson
Norway Njaal Søstumoen
0–109:28 – Chromiak (Pospíšil, Okuliar) (PP)
0–220:56 – Liška (Okuliar, Hrivík)
0–326:44 – Okuliar (Hrivík, Liška)
Aagaard (Russell, Jensen Aabo) – 41:431–3
1–443:51 – Pospíšil (Kmec, Kňažko)
1–553:05 – Čederle (Chromiak)
8 minPenalties2 min
14Shots44
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Canada vs Slovenia

22 May 2026
16:20		Canada 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 SloveniaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 6,209
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Jet GreavesGoaliesŽan UsReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Linesmen:
Sweden Gustav Jonsson
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Mateychuk (Minten, Finnie) – 11:071–0
Cozens (Nurse, Crosby) – 33:142–0
Finnie (Rielly, Brown) – 46:413–0
3–158:55 – Bohinc (Goličič)
2 minPenalties2 min
32Shots14
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Sweden vs Italy

22 May 2026
20:20		Sweden 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 ItalyBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 5,091
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Magnus HellbergGoaliesDamian ClaraReferees:
Slovakia Tomáš Hronský
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
Germany Patrick Laguzov
Grundström (Brännström, Berglund) – 09:091–0
Stenberg (Björck, Raymond) (PP) – 19:272–0
Stenberg (Björck, Raymond) – 28:043–0
6 minPenalties8 min
34Shots12
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Denmark vs Slovenia

23 May 2026
12:20		Denmark 4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 SloveniaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 4,604
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Mads SøgaardGoaliesLukáš HorákReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Slovakia Tomáš Hronský
Linesmen:
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Norway Njaal Søstumoen
Blichfeld (Aagaard, Olesen) (PP) – 34:111–0
Russell (Bruggisser, Aagaard) – 38:432–0
Russell (Aagaard, Olesen) – 58:133–0
Aagaard (Russell, Olesen) (EN) – 59:454–0
6 minPenalties2 min
30Shots13
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Slovakia vs Czechia

23 May 2026
16:20		Slovakia 2–3
(0–1, 2–1, 0–1)		 CzechiaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 6,811
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Samuel HlavajGoaliesJosef KořenářReferees:
Canada Taylor Burzminski
Canada Jesse Gour
Linesmen:
Canada Brian Birkhoff
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
0–108:09 – Voženílek (Cibulka, Kempný)
Hrivík (Kňažko, Okuliar) – 31:301–1
1–234:04 – Kaut (Sedlák, Červenka) (PP)
Chromiak – 37:502–2
2–352:02 – Červenka (Kaut)
8 minPenalties4 min
30Shots18
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Norway vs Sweden

23 May 2026
20:20		Norway 3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 SwedenBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 5,417
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Henrik HaukelandGoaliesArvid SöderblomReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Linesmen:
Canada Mitchell Gibbs
Germany Patrick Laguzov
Steen (Bakke Olsen, Vesterheim) (PP) – 09:321–0
1–122:23 – Stenberg (Berglund, Björck) (PP)
Steen (H. Østrem Salsten) (SH) – 33:152–1
2–243:10 – Raymond
E. Østrem Salsten (Ronnild) (SH) – 49:113–2
14 minPenalties10 min
14Shots34
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Denmark vs Italy

24 May 2026
16:20		Denmark 3–2 GWS
(2–0, 0–2, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 ItalyBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 5,157
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Mads SøgaardGoaliesDavide FadaniReferees:
Canada Taylor Burzminski
Canada Jesse Gour
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
Canada Mitchell Gibbs
Wejse (Bruggisser, Schmidt-Svejstrup) – 02:331–0
Aagaard (Olesen, Larsen) – 02:492–0
2–121:17 – Purdeller (Frycklund, Buono) (PP)
2–235:34 – Purdeller (Frycklund, Trivellato)
Olesen MISS
Blichfeld MISS
Aagaard MISS
Russell GOAL
Storm MISS		ShootoutMISS Mantenuto
MISS Purdeller
MISS Misley
MISS Bradley
MISS Frycklund
8 minPenalties8 min
29Shots37
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Slovakia vs Canada

24 May 2026
20:20		Slovakia 1–5
(0–1, 1–0, 0–4)		 CanadaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 6,939
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Samuel HlavajGoaliesJet GreavesReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Linesmen:
Sweden Gustav Jonsson
Norway Njaal Søstumoen
0–114:28 – Cozens (Crosby, Celebrini)
Pospíšil (Radivojevič, Rosandić) – 28:471–1
1–242:14 – Vilardi (Tavares, Thomas) (PP)
1–344:54 – Tavares (O'Reilly, Rielly)
1–447:36 – O'Reilly (Bouchard) (SH)
1–549:21 – Celebrini (Vilardi, Scheifele)
4 minPenalties8 min
32Shots29
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Czechia vs Norway

25 May 2026
16:20		Czechia 1–4
(1–2, 0–0, 0–2)		 NorwayBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 6,210
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Dominik PavlátGoaliesHenrik HaukelandReferees:
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Slovakia Tomáš Hronský
Linesmen:
Canada Mitchell Gibbs
Sweden Gustav Jonsson
0–102:59 – H. Salsten
0–206:49 – Brandsegg-Nygård (Vesterheim)
Chmelař – 15:471–2
1–348:10 – Rønnild (E. Salsten, Pettersen)
1–454:17 – Brandsegg-Nygård (Østby, Koblar)
0 minPenalties6 min
18Shots26
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Slovenia vs Italy

25 May 2026
20:20		Slovenia 5–1
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0)		 ItalyBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 4,436
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Lukáš HorákGoaliesDamian ClaraReferees:
Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
Norway Marcus Wannerstedt
Linesmen:
Canada Brian Birkhoff
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
0–122:34 – Pietroniro (Purdeller, Mantenuto)
Török (Mahkovec) – 28:091–1
Drozg (Mahkovec, Sabolič) (PP) – 30:032–1
Drozg (Mahkovec, Gregorc) (PP) – 39:543–1
Mahkovec (Török, Sabolič) – 47:184–1
Jezovšek (Ograjenšek, Tičar) (PP2) – 51:245–1
6 minPenalties10 min
36Shots28
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Norway vs Denmark

26 May 2026
12:20		Norway 4–3 OT
(1–0, 2–2, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 DenmarkBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 4,062
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Henrik HaukelandGoaliesNicolaj HenriksenReferees:
Canada Taylor Burzminski
Canada Jesse Gour
Linesmen:
Slovakia Oto Durmis
Czech Republic Lukáš Rampir
Koblar (Martinsen, Brandsegg-Nygård) – 11:551–0
1–127:53 – Blichfeld
Martinsen (T. Olsen, Hurrod) (PP) – 30:422–1
Koblar (Krogdahl, Kåsastul) – 34:003–1
3–235:02 – Blichfeld (Olesen, Bruggisser) (PP)
3–359:58 – Russell (True, Aagaard) (EA)
Brandsegg-Nygård (Hurrod, Bakke Olsen) – 60:134–3
12 minPenalties39 min
26Shots21
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Sweden vs Slovakia

26 May 2026
16:20		Sweden 4–2
(1–1, 2–1, 1–0)		 SlovakiaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 6,143
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Magnus HellbergGoaliesSamuel HlavajReferees:
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Norway Marcus Wannerstedt
Linesmen:
Canada Brian Birkhoff
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
0–104:54 – Chromiak (Sýkora, Koch)
Frondell (Persson, Ekholm) (EA) – 16:011–1
Silfverberg (Grundström, Larsson) – 22:502–1
Stenberg (Raymond, Björck) – 30:563–1
3–236:39 – Hrivík (Faško-Rudáš, Rosandić) (PP)
Ekman-Larsson (EN) – 58:454–2
8 minPenalties6 min
19Shots24
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Czechia vs Canada

26 May 2026
20:20		Czechia 2–3
(1–0, 1–1, 0–2)		 CanadaBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 7,500
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Dominik PavlátGoaliesJet GreavesReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
Sweden Gustav Jonsson
Sweden Anders Nyqvist
Alscher (Sedlák, Flek) – 06:031–0
Kubalík (Melovský) – 28:182–0
2–134:02 – Celebrini (Crosby, Cozens)
2–247:14 – Celebrini (Crosby, Wotherspoon)
2–349:25 – Tavares (Wotherspoon, Bouchard)
4 minPenalties6 min
21Shots25
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