2023 IIHF World Championship

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2023 IIHF World Championship
2023 IIHF World Championship.png
Tournament details
Host nations   Finland /  Latvia
Dates 12–28 May
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada (28 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 64
Goals scored 354  (5.53 per game)
Attendance 442,160  (6,909 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States Rocco Grimaldi
MVP Flag of Latvia Artūrs Šilovs]

The 2023 IIHF World Championship was co-hosted by Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. The tournament was held from 12 to 28 May 2023, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

As in the 2022 edition, the tournament saw several upsets: Kazakhstan's win over Norway, Hungary's win over France, Latvia's first-ever victory over Czechia, Norway’s second-ever win over Canada, as well as Kazakhstan's first-ever victory over Slovakia.[1][2] The playoffs also saw major upsets, as Latvia reached the semi-finals for the first time after defeating favourite Sweden 3–1 in the quarter-finals,[3] Germany upset Switzerland 3–1 and the reigning Olympic and World Champion Finland lost to Canada 4–1. Czechia finished in 8th place after losing to the United States 3–0 in the quarter-finals, which is that nation's worst placement to date in the history of the World Championship. Germany reached the final for the first time since 1930 after upsetting the top-seeded USA 4–3 in overtime. Finally, this was the first time since 1950 that the medalists did not include at least one of the traditional hockey powers: Sweden, Finland, Russia (and Soviet Union) and Czechia (and Czechoslovakia.)

Canada won its 28th title by beating Germany 5–2 in the final.[4] The silver was Germany's first medal since 1953. Latvia claimed its first ever IIHF medal after defeating the United States 4–3 in overtime and finishing third.[5]

Host nation bid

The event was originally planned to be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but, in February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called for Russia and Belarus to be stripped of hosting rights to all international sporting events due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] On 26 April 2022, Russia lost their rights to host the World Championship.[7]

After being promoted to the top division, Slovenia and Hungary bid to co-host the event in Ljubljana and Budapest.[8] The bid was withdrawn due to Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation informing the IIHF that it did not receive the governmental guarantees to host. Finland and Latvia submitted a joint bid, with Nokia Arena in Tampere and Arena Riga in Riga as potential host venues.[9] On 27 May 2022, the IIHF confirmed that Finland and Latvia would host the tournament, with Finland having also hosted the 2022 IIHF World Championship in Tampere (Nokia Arena) and Helsinki (Helsinki Ice Hall).[10]

Participants

Qualified as hosts
Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2022 IIHF World Championship
Qualified through winning promotion at the 2022 IIHF World Championship Division I

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2022 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2022 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizer, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups."[11][12]

Group A (Tampere)
Group B (Riga)

Preliminary round

The groups were announced on 29 May 2022,[13] with the schedule being revealed on 8 September 2022.[14]

Group A

Pos Teamv

t e

Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 7 6 1 0 0 34 8 26 20 Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 7 5 1 1 0 26 7 19 18
3 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland (H) 7 5 0 1 1 28 15 13 16
4 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 7 4 0 0 3 27 16 11 12
5 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 7 2 1 0 4 19 26 −7 8 Qualification for 2024 IIHF World Championship
6 Flag of France.svg.png France 7 0 1 2 4 10 31 −21 4
7 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 7 0 1 1 5 11 27 −16 3
8 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 7 0 1 1 5 12 37 −25 3 Relegation to 2024 Division I A
12 May 2023
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 1–4 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 1–0 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
13 May 2023
France Flag of France.svg.png 2–1 (OT) Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 1–3 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 3–4 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
14 May 2023
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 7–1 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
France Flag of France.svg.png 3–4 (OT) Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 5–0 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
15 May 2023
Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 2–3 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 1–2 (GWS) Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
16 May 2023
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 6–2 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
France Flag of France.svg.png 2–3 (OT) Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
17 May 2023
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4–1 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 5–3 Flag of France.svg.png France
18 May 2023
Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 1–7 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 4–6 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
19 May 2023
Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 1–7 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 2–4 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
20 May 2023
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 3–0 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 1–3 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 4–0 Flag of France.svg.png France
21 May 2023
Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 7–2 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 9–0 Flag of France.svg.png France
22 May 2023
Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg.png 1–4 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Austria Flag of Austria.svg.png 4–3 (GWS) Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
23 May 2023
Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 5–0 Flag of France.svg.png France
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 3–4 (OT) Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 7–1 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark

Group B

Pos Teamv

t e

Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 7 6 0 1 0 29 10 19 19 Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 7 4 1 1 1 25 11 14 15
3 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia (H) 7 3 2 0 2 21 17 4 13
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 7 4 0 1 2 22 16 6 13
5 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 7 3 0 2 2 15 15 0 11 Qualification for 2024 IIHF World Championship
6 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 7 1 2 0 4 14 31 −17 7
7 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 7 1 1 1 4 9 17 −8 6
8 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia 7 0 0 0 7 9 27 −18 0 Relegation to 2024 Division I A
12 May 2023
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 2–3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czechia
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg.png 0–6 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
13 May 2023
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 7–0 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia
Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 3–4 (GWS) Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 2–1 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
14 May 2023
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg.png 2–5 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 0–3 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
Czechia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 5–1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan
15 May 2023
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 1–2 (GWS) Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Czechia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 3–4 (OT) Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
16 May 2023
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg.png 0–1 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 5–0 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan
17 May 2023
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg.png 2–1 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 5–1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan
18 May 2023
Czechia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 6–2 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 4–2 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
19 May 2023
Latvia Flag of Latvia.svg.png 3–2 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 4–3 (GWS) Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
20 May 2023
Norway Flag of Norway.svg.png 0–2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czechia
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 2–3 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 0–7 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
21 May 2023
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg.png 0–1 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
Czechia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 2–4 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
22 May 2023
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 2–3 (GWS) Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 4–3 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia
23 May 2023
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 4–1 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 3–1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czechia
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 3–4 (OT) Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia

Quarter-finals

25 May 2023
16:20 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czechia Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 7,411
25 May 2023
16:20 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 1–3
(0–1, 1–2, 0–0) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 2,896
25 May 2023
20:20 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,529
25 May 2023
20:20 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2) 		Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 9,200

Semi-finals

27 May 2023
14:20 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4–2
(0–1, 1–1, 3–0) 		Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 8,669
27 May 2023
18:20 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 3–4 OT
(2–2, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 8,011

Bronze medal game

28 May 2023
15:20 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 3–4 OT
(2–2, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1) 		Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,033

Gold medal game

28 May 2023
20:20 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 5–2
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 10,470

References

  1. ↑ O'Brien, Derek (15 May 2023). "Latvia wins, Batna the OT hero". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm/news/44663/cze_vs_lat. 
  2. ↑ Podnieks, Andrew (19 May 2023). "Kazakhs top Slovakia in record shootout". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm/news/44847/kaz_svk. 
  3. ↑ Podnieks, Andrew (25 May 2023). "Brinums (Miracle) in Riga!". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm/news/45054/swe_lat. 
  4. ↑ Podnieks, Andrew (28 May 2023). "Canada rallies to win gold". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm/news/45424/gold. 
  5. ↑ Aykroyd, Lucas (28 May 2023). "Latvia wins historic bronze in OT". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm/news/45379/usa-lat. 
  6. ↑ Iveson, Ali (25 February 2022). "Strip Russia and Belarus of events and do not display their flags, says IOC". https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1119754/international-olympic-committee-russia. 
  7. ↑ "IIHF to move 2023 World Championship". https://www.iihf.com/en/news/33098/iihf_to_move_2023_world_championship. 
  8. ↑ "Slovenia, Hungary mount joint bid to host Ice-Hockey Worlds in 2023", The Slovenia Times, 9 May 2022. 
  9. ↑ Merk, Martin. "Tampere/Riga candidate for 2023". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/35328/tampere_riga_candidate_for_2023. 
  10. ↑ Merk, Martin (27 May 2022). "To Tampere/Riga in '23, to Switzerland in '26". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/36477/to_tampere_riga_in_23_to_switzerland_in_26. 
  11. ↑ Merk, Martin. "Finland stays #1 in World Ranking". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/36618/finland_stays_1_in_world_ranking. 
  12. ↑ Merk, Martin. "World Championship Schedule Released". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm/news/38924/world_championship_schedule_released. 
  13. ↑ Merk, Martin (29 May 2022). "Finland stays #1 in World Ranking". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/36618/finland_stays_1_in_world_ranking. 
  14. ↑ Merk, Martin (8 September 2022). "World Championship schedule released". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm/news/38924/world_championship_schedule_released. 

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