2021 IIHF World Championship (WFAC)

2021 IIHF World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	5 February – 21 February 2021
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (27th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Template:Country data Germany Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	338 (5.28 per match)
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Nathan MacKinnon (CAN) (16 points)
MVP	Connor McDavid (CAN)
← 2020 2023 →

2021 IIHF Men's World Championship
Tournaments
Top Division
Division I
Division II
Division III
Division IV
Rosters
Top Division
← 2020	2023 →

The 2021 IIHF World Championship was the 75th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place from 5 to 21 February 2021 in Riga, Latvia.

The tournament was largely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was hosted in a "bubble" behind closed doors, with no spectators admitted for any game. A "bubble" concept was implemented where the teams will be totally isolated from the surroundings. The Italian team was hit hard by COVID-19 in the run-up to the tournament, with a total of 15 infected.

The final was a repeat of the final of the previous year. Canada avenged the final loss and claimed its 27th title after defeating Finland in the final 3–2 in overtime. No team in IIHF history at any top-level event had won gold after losing four games (including losing its first three games), and had only qualified for the playoffs by fortuitous results elsewhere in the group. The United States won bronze after beating Germany 6–1.

The tournament offered several upsets by smaller ice hockey nations over the favorites. Switzerland and Slovakia surprised by reaching the top of the group while Germany, Denmark, Latvia and Japan played evenly with the top nations and fought for a place in the quarterfinals. Denmark beat Sweden for the first time ever in a world championship game while the Latvian hosts beat Canada for the first time ever. Newly promoted Japan surprised by beating Finland for the first time ever (after a penalty shootout), Latvia (after a penalty shootout) and Germany. The Netherlands beat Sweden while Britain surprised by losing to Denmark in overtime. Canada had a historic weak start to the tournament with losses to Latvia, Germany (first since 1996) and the United States (largest loss to the United States ever). Sweden had a historically weak championship with losses to Denmark and the Netherlands and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time.

COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Latvian government declared on 6 November 2020 a state of emergency in effect from 9 November to 6 December (later extended until 7 February 2021) in order to control the spread of COVID-19, due to an increase in infection rates. Among the restrictions that were further tightened were related to sport activities, as international and professional sports competitions were allowed if held without spectators. All games were scheduled to be held behind closed doors with no outside spectators.

The IIHF announced on 18 November 2020 that they had cancelled the all lower-division tournaments (Divisions I, II, III and IV), meaning there would therefore be no relegations this year. The IIHF Council also announced that the top division tournament would implement a "bubble" strategy similar to what has been used for the NHL's 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs in Edmonton and Toronto and the 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The tournament was organized under strick quarantine rules:

• The main venue was the Arena Riga in Riga
• The second venue was the Daugava Stadium Hall
• The Olympic Sports Centre, across the street from Arena Riga, served as the practice arena with two ice sheets.
• All 16 participating teams were be housed in one hotel (Radisson Blu Hotel Latvija)

Teams arrived in Riga on 27 January; all players and staff were in self-isolation for three days before being let out in a "secure zone" consisting of their hotel, a restaurant, practice facilities, and the arenas. COVID-19 testing were administered to players and staff every day (for a total of 7 000 PCR tests), as well as daily temperature and symptom checks. Individuals have to wear masks outside their hotel rooms except when eating, exercising, or while on the ice or bench. Other exceptions included during interviews with appropriate social distancing. The identities of those who tested positive were not released to the public, they would then be isolated and designated with the generic description "unfit for play" until they were medically cleared.

All travellers entering Latvia at the time were required to self-isolate for 10 days on arrival. The national teams received an exception to this policy for its players and staff, as long as they remained within the secure zone and were restricted from access to or by the general public. Anybody who left the bubble without prior approval will face a mandatory 10-day quarantine or be barred from returning. National federations could have also face fines.

Bidding process

Latvia had originally submitted an application to host the 2020 Ice Hockey World Championship, competing with a bid from Switzerland. However, Latvia later announced they had withdrawn their application for 2020, leaving Switzerland as the only applicant. At the annual IIHF congress in Prague on 15 May 2015, the 2020 tournament was allocated to Switzerland along with the 2021 tournament to Latvia.

Latvia has earlier hosted the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in 2007.

Venues

Latvia – Riga
Arēna Rīga		Daugava Stadium Hall
Capacity: 10,300		Capacity: 8,000

Qualification

No teams were relegated at the 2020 IIHF World Championship due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic forcing the IIHF to cancel the tournaments for the lower divisions in 2020.

	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
Qualified as host	N/A	1	Latvia
Automatic qualifier after a top 16 placement at the 2020 IIHF World Championship	7 – 23 February 2020	15	Canada Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Template:Country data Germany Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Netherlands Norway SOC Sweden United States
Total		16

Seeding

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2020 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2019 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system with a swap between Canada and SOC and between Norway and France to "accommodate special organizational needs".

Group A	Group B
Canada (1)	Sweden (2)
Finland (3)	SOC (4)
United States (5)	Czechoslovakia (6)
Template:Country data Germany Germany (8)	Switzerland (7)
Latvia (9)	Denmark (10)
Norway (11)	France (12)
Italy (13)	Netherlands (14)
Japan (18)	Great Britain (17)

Rosters

Each teams roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship consisted of at most 28 players – and thus higher than usual due to the COVID-19 conditions. At the first Directorate meeting, the teams must name at least the minimum number of 15 skaters and 2 goalkeepers. The players entered must be present at the championship venue by the time of the Directorate meeting. The remaining players up to the allowed maximum of 28 must be submitted for players' control two hours before any of the following championship games. Players can be added throughout the tournament until the roster is full.

During a game, a team may enter (dress) 20 skaters and 2 goalkeepers on the Official Game Sheet, with the emergency goalkeeper standing by if a goalie entered to the Official Game Sheet is unable to play.

Officials

The IIHF selected 18 referees and 18 linesmen to work the tournament. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, the majority of the selected on-ice officials were working their games in Europe instead of North America. For the first time the game officials were split into units of six officials (three referees, three linesmen) who would stay together while officiating and practicing.

Referees
Canada	Steve Kozari
Denmark	Mads Frandsen
Template:Country data Germany Germany	André Schrader
Czechoslovakia	Martin Fraňo Antonín Jeřábek Peter Staňo Robin Šír
Finland	Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman
Latvia	Andris Ansons
Norway	Roy Stian Hansen
Soviet Union	Roman Gofman Yevgeni Romasko Maxim Sidorenko
Sweden	Tobias Björk Mikael Nord
Switzerland	Michael Tscherrig
United States	Chris Rooney

Linesmen
Austria	Elias Seewald
Canada	Steve Barton
Czechoslovakia	Jiří Ondráček Libor Suchánek
Denmark	Andreas Krøyer
Finland	Lauri Nikulainen Hannu Sormunen
France	Nicolas Constantineau
Template:Country data Germany	Jonas Merten
Latvia	Dāvis Zunde
Netherlands	Joep Leermakers
Soviet Union	Dmitri Golyak Gleb Lazarev Nikita Shalagin
Sweden	Ludvig Lundgren Emil Yletyinen
Switzerland	David Obwegeser
United States	Brian Murphy

Exhibition games

Prior to the start of the tournament, all 16 teams played one exhibition game each.

Exhibition games

1 February 2021 12:15 Yugoslavia 0 – 2 Austria Arēna Rīga, Riga (0–0, 0–1, 0–1) 1 February 2021 12:15 Norway 0 – 4 Denmark Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga (0–1, 1–2, 2–1) 1 February 2021 16:15 Soviet Union 4 – 1 Czechoslovakia Arēna Rīga, Riga (2–1, 0–0, 2–0) 1 February 2021 16:15 Switzerland 1 – 2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1) Template:Country data Germany Germany Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga 2 February 2021 12:15 Latvia 2 – 0 France Arēna Rīga, Riga (1–0, 0–0, 1–0) 2 February 2021 12:15 Italy 2 – 3 Great Britain Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga (1–0, 1–2, 0–1) 2 February 2021 16:15 Canada 4 – 2 Sweden Arēna Rīga, Riga (1–1, 2–0, 1–1) 2 February 2021 16:15 United States 0 – 3 Finland Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 1 August 2020.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	7	6	0	0	1	21	8	+13	18	Advances to the quarterfinals
Finland	7	4	2	1	0	19	10	+9	17
Germany	7	4	0	0	3	22	14	+8	12
Canada	7	3	0	1	3	19	18	+1	10
Japan	7	2	2	0	3	16	18	–2	10
Latvia	7	2	0	3	2	15	16	–1	9
Norway	7	2	1	0	4	17	21	–4	8
Italy	7	0	0	0	7	11	35	–24	0

5 February 2021 16:15

Germany Template:Country data Germany

9 – 4 (2–2, 5–0, 2–2)

Italy

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Chris Rooney (United States) Martin Fraňo (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Steve Barton (Canada) Brian Murphy (United States)
	Kühnhackl (Draisaitl) – 15:56 1 – 0 1 – 1 17:42 – Petan (Miceli) 1 – 2 18:07 – Frigo (Magnabosco, Bardaro) M. Müller (Eisenschmid, Draisaitl) – 18:44 2 – 2 Rieder (Kühnhackl, Draisaitl) – 24:23 3 – 2 Tiffels (Eisenschmid, Plachta) (PP1) – 27:47 4 – 2 Noebels (J. Müller, Pföderl) – 35:13 5 – 2 Reichel (Seider) – 37:52 6 – 2 Noebels (Pföderl, Reichel) – 38:35 7 – 2 Plachta (Tiffels, Holzer) (SH1) – 42:52 8 – 2 8 – 3 43:22 – Bardaro (Deluca) (PP1) 8 – 4 44:06 – Frank (Frigo) (PP1) Pföderl (Noebels, Reichel) – 48:41 9 – 4
	29 min	Penalties	6 min
	52	Shots	13

5 February 2021 20:15

Canada

0 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Latvia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Carey Price	Goalies	Matīss Kivlenieks	Referees: Template:Country data Germany André Schrader (Germany) Roy Stian Hansen (Norway) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Jonas Merten (Germany) David Obwegeser (Switzerland)
	0 – 1 19:58 – Indrašis (Ķēniņš, Freibergs) (PP1) 0 – 2 28:39 – Batņa (Ķēniņš)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	17

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6 February 2021 12:15

Norway

1 – 5 (0–1, 1–3, 0–1)

Template:Country data Germany Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Steffen Søberg	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Chris Rooney (United States) Steve Kozari (Canada) Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau (France) Steve Barton (Canada)
	0 – 1 19:44 – Plachta (M. Müller, Seider) 0 – 2 23:19 – Gawanke (J. Müller, Noebels) (PP1) 0 – 3 26:04 – Pföderl (Reichel, Noebels) 0 – 4 30:35 – Reichel Lilleberg (M. Olimb, Martinsen) – 36:21 1 – 4 1 – 5 44:41 – Bergmann (Nowak, Draisaitl)
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	26

6 February 2021 16:15

Finland

2 – 1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

United States

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Tuukka Rask	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek (Czechoslovakia) Peter Staňo (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Libor Suchánek (Czechoslovakia) Jiří Ondráček (Czechoslovakia)
	Ristolainen (Manninen, Anttila) – 26:54 1 – 0 Kakko (Nutivaara, Määttä) – 35:41 2 – 0 2 – 1 38:01 – Tkachuk (Carlson) (PP1)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	30

6 February 2021 20:15

Latvia

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

Japan

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Matīss Kivlenieks	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji	Referees: Mads Frandsen (Denmark) Mikael Nord (Sweden) Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer (Denmark) Emil Yletyinen (Sweden)
	Dārziņš (Daugaviņš) – 27:44 1 – 0 1 – 1 38:59 – Furuhashi (Hirano, Yamada) (PP1) Ri. Bukarts (Cibuļskis) – 45:25 2 – 1 2 – 2 45:37 – Hashimoto (H. Satō, Miura)
	Indrašis Dārziņš Ro. Bukarts Daugaviņš Ri. Bukarts Indrašis Dārziņš Ro. Bukarts	Shootout	Furuhashi Terao K. Satō Hirano Yamada Hirano K. Satō Takagi
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	32

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7 February 2021 12:15

Norway

4 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Italy

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Tobias Björk (Sweden) Mads Frandsen (Denmark) Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren (Sweden) Emil Yletyinen (Sweden)
	Trettenes (Olden, Lesund) – 10:04 1 – 0 Rosseli Olsen (M. Olimb, Espeland) (PP1) – 25:12 2 – 0 Trettenes (Olden, Emilio Pettersen) (PP1) – 36:01 3 – 0 Trettenes (Lesund, Emilio Pettersen) – 40:59 4 – 0 4 – 1 51:55 – Frank (Andergassen, Marchetti)
	2 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	18

7 February 2021 16:15

Japan

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

Finland

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko (Soviet Union) Maxim Sidorenko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev (Soviet Union) Nikita Shalagin (Soviet Union) (Soviet Union)
	0 – 1 33:24 – Granlund (Määttä, Kapanen) Osaka (K. Satō) (PP1) – 35:56 1 – 1
	Furuhashi Terao K. Satō Hirano	Shootout	Donskoi Rantanen Barkov Laine
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	51

7 February 2021 20:15

Canada

1 – 5 (0–1, 0–3, 1–1)

United States

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Carey Price Carter Hart	Goalies	Connor Hellebuyck	Referees: Template:Country data Germany André Schrader (Germany) Roy Stian Hansen (Norway) Linesmen: David Obwegeser (Switzerland) Elias Seewald (Austria)
	0 – 1 07:42 – Tkachuk (Kane) 0 – 2 21:19 – Suter (Slavin) 0 – 3 23:27 – Matthews (Tkachuk) (PP1) 0 – 4 38:20 – Matthews (Kane) Huberdeau (Doughty) – 51:35 1 – 4 1 – 5 57:06 – Q. Hughes (Suter)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	23

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8 February 2021 16:15

Latvia

3 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Italy

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Kristers Gudļevskis	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Chris Rooney (United States) Steve Kozari (Canada) Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau (France) Steve Barton (Canada)
	Balcers (Bļugers) – 32:08 1 – 0 Dārziņš (Džeriņš, Freibergs) – 58:48 2 – 0 Balcers (ENG) – 59:48 3 – 0
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	12

8 February 2021 20:15

Germany Template:Country data Germany

3 – 1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Canada

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Carey Price	Referees: Roman Gofman (Soviet Union) Yevgeni Romasko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak (Soviet Union) Gleb Lazarev (Soviet Union)
	Draisaitl (Kühnhackl, Rieder) – 10:46 1 – 0 Plachta (Eisenschmid) – 11:24 2 – 0 2 – 1 18:19 – O'Reilly (Pietrangelo) Holzer (Plachta, Noebels) (ENG) – 57:59 3 – 1
	28 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	40

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9 February 2021 16:15

United States

3 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek (Czechoslovakia) Robin Šír (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Libor Suchánek (Czechoslovakia) Joep Leermakers (Netherlands)
	Suter (Tkachuk, Matthews) – 06:57 1 – 0 Matthews (Carlson) (EA) – 21:33 2 – 0 Miller (Larkin, Q. Hughes) – 41:58 3 – 0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	52	Shots	18

9 February 2021 20:15

Finland

5–2 (1–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Tuukka Rask	Goalies	Steffen Søberg	Referees: Chris Rooney (United States) Martin Fraňo (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Steve Barton (Canada) Brian Murphy (United States)
	0–1 01:30 – M. Olimb (Thoresen) Kakko (Ristolainen, Määttä) – 14:24 1–1 Granlund (Aho) – 21:40 2–1 Lehtonen (Anttila) – 25:54 3–1 3–2 41:13 – Emilio Pettersen (Trettenes, Olden) Rantanen (Barkov, Ristolainen) (PP1) – 47:17 4–2 Barkov (Laine, Heiskanen) – 53:25 5–2
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	15

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10 February 2021 16:15

Japan

3–2 (0–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Template:Country data Germany Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Andris Ansons (Latvia) Lassi Heikkinen (Finland) Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen (Finland) Dāvis Zunde (Latvia)
	Furuhashi (Minoshima, Otsu) – 26:39 1–0 1–1 29:38 – Kühnhackl (Rieder, Holzer) 1–2 34:07 – Eisenschmid (Draisaitl, Seider) (PP1) Hirano (PS) – 40:31 2–2 Y. Satō (Yamada) – 55:42 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	15	Shots	30

10 February 2021 20:15

Canada

4 – 2 (2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Carter Hart	Goalies	Steffen Søberg	Referees: Template:Country data Germany André Schrader (Germany) Michael Tscherrig (Switzerland) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Jonas Merten (Germany) Elias Seewald (Austria)
	MacKinnon (Stamkos, Barzal) – 00:22 1 – 0 Stamkos (MacKinnon, Barzal) (PP2) – 10:23 2 – 0 2 – 1 29:08 – M. Søberg (Haga) 2 – 2 30:28 – Rosseli Olsen (Nørstebø, Johannesen) McDavid (MacKinnon) – 34:41 3 – 2 Stamkos (Couturier, Hart) (SH1) – 50:14 4 – 2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	15

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11 February 2021 16:15

United States

4 – 2 (2–2, 2–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen (Finland) Kristian Vikman (Finland) Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen (Finland) Hannu Sormunen (Finland)
	Q. Hughes (Matthews, Kane) – 01:06 1 – 0 1 – 1 05:00 – Indrašis (Dārziņš) (PP2) Eichel (Gaudreau, Boeser) – 14:46 2 – 1 2 – 2 16:45 – Balcers (Bļugers, Freibergs) Matthews (Kane, Tkachuk) – 31:45 3 – 2 Eichel (Boeser, Gaudreau) – 33:32 4 – 2
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	19

11 February 2021 20:15

Finland

3 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Italy

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Mads Frandsen (Denmark) Mikael Nord (Sweden) Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer (Denmark) Ludvig Lundgren (Sweden)
	Heiskanen (Barkov, Rantanen) (PP1) – 06:50 1 – 0 Aho (Kakko) – 08:20 2 – 0 Heiskanen (Laine, Ristolainen) – 28:33 3 – 0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	11

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12 February 2021 16:15

Japan

2 – 4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Canada

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Takuto Onoda	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko (Soviet Union) Maxim Sidorenko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak (Soviet Union) Gleb Lazarev (Soviet Union)
	0 – 1 06:03 – McDavid (Stamkos, MacKinnon) (PP1) 0 – 2 21:01 – Stamkos (Barzal, McDavid) K. Satō – 24:30 1 – 2 K. Satō (Terao, Osaka) – 41:31 2 – 2 2 – 3 47:40 – Marner (Bergeron) 2 – 4 59:57 – MacKinnon (Stamkos) (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	11	Shots	36

12 February 2021 20:15

Latvia

3 – 4 GWS (2–1, 0–1, 1–1, 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Steffen Søberg	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek (Czechoslovakia) Peter Staňo (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Libor Suchánek (Czechoslovakia) Joep Leermakers (Netherlands)
	0 – 1 03:50 – Olden (Kåsastul, Trettenes) Krastenbergs (Balcers, Ķēniņš) – 11:55 1 – 1 Ķēniņš (Ābols, Sotnieks) – 17:44 2 – 1 2 – 2 21:08 – K.A. Olimb (Rosseli Olsen) (SH1) 2 – 3 41:56 – Emilio Pettersen (Rosseli Olsen, K.A. Olimb) Bļugers (Balcers) – 49:42 3 – 3
	Indrašis Dārziņš Bļugers Balcers Ri. Bukarts Indrašis	Shootout	Thoresen Olden K.A. Olimb Emilio Pettersen Trettenes Emilio Pettersen
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	22

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13 February 2021 12:15

Italy

3 – 5 (0–1, 1–2, 2–2)

Japan

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Justin Fazio Davide Fadani	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji	Referees: Roman Gofman (Soviet Union) Maxim Sidorenko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak (Soviet Union) Nikita Shalagin (Soviet Union)
	0 – 1 02:12 – Hirano (Terao, K. Satō (PP1) Miceli (Petan, Frank) 24:37 1 – 1 1 – 2 32:31 – Y. Satō (Ikeda, Minoshima) 1 – 3 34:59 – Takahashi (Furuhashi, Hashimoto) 1 – 4 41:31 – K. Satō (Hirano, Terao) (PP1) Hochkofler (Gander) – 41:43 2 – 4 Petan – 50:59 3 – 4 3 – 5 56:07 – Hirano (Terao) (PP1)
	28 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	36

13 February 2021 16:15

Norway

1 – 2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Steffen Søberg	Goalies	Thatcher Demko	Referees: Template:Country data Germany André Schrader (Germany) Michael Tscherrig (Switzerland) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Jonas Merten (Germany) David Obwegeser (Switzerland)
	0 – 1 10:30 – Kane (Carlson, Boeser) (PP1) 0 – 2 27:12 – Boeser (Larkin, Trouba) K.A. Olimb (Thoresen, M. Olsen) – 54:27 1 – 2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	27

13 February 2021 20:15

Germany Template:Country data Germany

1 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Finland

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Philipp Grubauer	Goalies	Tuukka Rask	Referees: Martin Fraňo (Czechoslovakia) Robin Šír (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček (Czechoslovakia) Joep Leermakers (Netherlands)
	0 – 1 06:17 – Granlund (Heiskanen, Innala) (PP1) Holzer (Draisaitl, Plachta) – 27:58 1 – 1 1 – 2 51:26 – Aho (Granlund)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	26

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14 February 2021 16:15

Italy

1 – 7 (0–4, 1–2, 0–1)

Canada

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Davide Fadani Justin Fazio	Goalies	Jordan Binnington	Referees: Andris Ansons (Latvia) Kristian Vikman (Finland) Linesmen: Libor Suchánek (Czechoslovakia) Jiří Ondráček (Czechoslovakia)
	0 – 1 02:33 – Marner (Giroux, Couturier) 0 – 2 08:04 – McDavid (MacKinnon, Stamkos) 0 – 3 11:33 – Makar (Bergeron) 0 – 4 11:56 – Stamkos (McDavid) Miceli (Pitschieler) – 30:31 1 – 4 1 – 5 34:48 – McDavid (MacKinnon, Chabot) 1 – 6 37:28 – Huberdeau (McDavid, MacKinnon) (PP1) 1 – 7 55:54 – Tavares (MacKinnon, Stamkos)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	49

14 February 2021 20:15

Finland

3 – 2 OT (1–1, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Kevin Lankinen	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Chris Rooney (United States) Martin Fraňo (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Steve Barton (Canada) Brian Murphy (United States)
	Laine (Rantanen, Barkov) – 03:06 1 – 0 1 – 1 18:39 – Dzierkals Kakko (Nutivaara, Lehkonen) – 35:39 2 – 1 2 – 2 53:45 – Dzierkals (Dārziņš, Sotnieks) Granlund (Määttä) – 64:56 3 – 2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	37

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15 February 2021 16:15

United States

2 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Template:Country data Germany Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Tobias Björk (Sweden) Mads Frandsen (Denmark) Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer (Denmark) Emil Yletyinen (Sweden)
	Tkachuk (Larkin, Kane) (PP1) – 38:56 1 – 0 Larkin (Pacioretty) (ENG) – 59:33 2 – 0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	33

15 February 2021 20:15

Norway

3 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Japan

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji	Referees: Martin Fraňo (Czechoslovakia) Robin Šír (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Libor Suchánek (Czechoslovakia) Joep Leermakers (Netherlands)
	0 – 1 16:00 – Hirano (H. Satō) M. Søberg (Trettenes, Holøs) (PP1) – 27:57 1 – 1 Espeland (Trettenes, Rosseli Olsen) (EA) – 41:08 2 – 1 M. Olimb (K.A. Olimb) – 59:00 3 – 1
	16 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	27

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16 February 2021 12:15

Canada

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

Finland

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Carter Hart	Goalies	Tuukka Rask	Referees: Tobias Björk (Sweden) Mikael Nord (Sweden) Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren (Sweden) Emil Yletyinen (Sweden)
	Tavares (Giroux, Chabot) – 01:30 1 – 0 1 – 1 21:11 – Aho Huberdeau (MacKinnon, McDavid) (PP1) – 28:18 2 – 1 2 – 2 56:00 – Aho (Granlund, Kakko)
	McDavid MacKinnon Giroux Stamkos O'Reilly	Shootout	Donskoi Barkov Laine Aho Kakko
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	32

16 February 2021 16:15

Italy

2 – 4 (0–3, 1–1, 1–0)

United States

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Davide Fadani	Goalies	Thatcher Demko	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko (Soviet Union) Maxim Sidorenko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak (Soviet Union) Gleb Lazarev (Soviet Union)
	0 – 1 06:54 – DeBrincat (McAvoy) 0 – 2 10:33 – DeBrincat (Gaudreau, Suter) 0 – 3 19:45 – Kane (Tkachuk, Q. Hughes) Frigo (Trivellato) – 21:01 1 – 3 1 – 4 29:54 – Kane Giliati – 46:33 2 – 4
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	11	Shots	43

16 February 2021 20:15

Germany Template:Country data Germany

2 – 1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Latvia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Philipp Grubauer	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen (Finland) Kristian Vikman (Finland) Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen (Finland) Hannu Sormunen (Finland)
	Peterka (Seider) – 03:16 1 – 0 Noebels (Pföderl, Draisaitl) – 06:40 2 – 0 2 – 1 25:55 – Ābols (Balinskis)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	24

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
SOC	7	5	1	0	1	28	10	+18	17	Advances to the quarterfinals
Switzerland	7	5	0	0	2	27	17	+10	15
Czechoslovakia	7	3	2	0	2	27	18	+9	13
Denmark	7	3	1	1	2	15	13	+2	12
Sweden	7	3	0	1	3	21	14	+7	10
France	7	3	0	0	4	15	24	–9	9
Great Britain	7	1	0	1	5	13	31	–18	4
Netherlands	7	1	0	1	5	10	29	–19	4

5 February 2021 16:15

SOC

4 – 3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Czechoslovakia

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Tobias Björk (Sweden) Mikael Nord (Sweden) Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer (Denmark) Ludvig Lundgren (Sweden)
	Buchnevich (Malkin, Gusev) (PP1) – 04:16 1 – 0 1 – 1 09:26 – Palát (Faksa) Barabanov (Plotnikov) (SH1) – 35:27 2 – 1 2 – 2 37:53 – Vrána (Pastrňák, Hájek) Ovechkin (Panarin) – 45:28 3 – 2 3 – 3 57 :23 – Pastrňák (Hronek, Kovář) (PP1) Malkin (Provorov) – 59:41 4 – 3
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	25

5 February 2021 20:15

Netherlands

2 – 5 (0–3, 0–0, 2–2)

France

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 00

	Martijn Oosterwijk Ruud Leeuwesteijn	Goalies	Quentin Papillon	Referees: Andris Ansons (Latvia) Lassi Heikkinen (Finland) Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen (Finland) Dāvis Zunde (Latvia)
	0 – 1 03:53 – T. Bozon (Baazzi) 0 – 2 09:17 – Roussel (Hecquefeuille, Bougro) (PP1) 0 – 3 11:02 – T. Bozon (Manavian, Da Costa) (PP1) 0 – 4 45:05 – Bellemare (Texier, Roussel) Hofland (Bruijsten) (PP2) – 53:25 1 – 4 Sprong – 54:22 2 – 4 2 – 5 59:15 – Roussel (Gallet) (ENG)
	37 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	35

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6 February 2021 12:15

Denmark

4 – 3 (0–0, 3–2, 1–1)

Sweden

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Frederik Andersen	Goalies	Robin Lehner	Referees: Roman Gofman (Soviet Union) Maxim Sidorenko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak (Soviet Union) Nikita Shalagin (Soviet Union)
	0 – 1 22:06 – Nylander Nick. Jensen (Jakobsen, Nich. Jensen) – 30:40 1 – 1 1 – 2 35:09 – Hedman (Nylander) Nick. Jensen (Bødker) – 37:33 2 – 2 Kristensen (Nick. Jensen, M. Lauridsen) – 38:09 3 – 2 Nick. Jensen (M. Lauridsen, Bødker) (PP1) – 48:22 4 – 2 4 – 3 50:56 – Nylander (Dahlin)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	23

6 February 2021 16:15

Great Britain

1 – 7 (1–4, 0–1, 0–2)

SOC

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Igor Shestyorkin	Referees: Roy Stian Hansen (Norway) Michael Tscherrig Jonas Merten (Switzerland) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Jonas Merten (Germany) Elias Seewald (Austria)
	0 – 1 05:53 – Buchnevich (Malkin, Zadorov) (PP1) 0 – 2 07:19 – Malkin (Panarin, Zadorov) (SH1) 0 – 3 09:21 – Buchnevich (Grigorenko, Orlov) 0 – 4 10:51 – Kaprizov (Ovechkin) Kirk (Dowd, Connolly) (PP1) – 18:46 1 – 4 1 – 5 30:08 – Barabanov (Zadorov, Zub) 1 – 6 49:59 – Grigorenko (Buchnevich, Zadorov) (PP1) 1 – 7 53:04 – Svechnikov (Barabanov)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	11	Shots	42

6 February 2021 20:15

Czechoslovakia

2 – 5 (1–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Switzerland

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Petr Mrázek Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Andris Ansons (Latvia) Kristian Vikman (Finland) Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen (Finland) Hannu Sormunen (Finland)
	Hertl (Kovář, Vrána) (PP1) – 14:46 1 – 0 1 – 1 17:09 – Hofmann (Ambühl, Niederreiter) (PP1) 1 – 2 24:12 – Meier (Hischier) (PP1) 1 – 3 38:19 – Scherwey (Praplan, Herzog) 1 – 4 50:27 – Meier (Fiala, Kurashev) (PP1) Pastrňák (Hertl, Černák) (PP1) – 54:59 2 – 4 2 – 5 57:08 – Hofmann (Niederreiter, Ambühl) (PP1)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	28

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7 February 2021 12:15

Great Britain

1 – 2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

France

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Florian Hardy Quentin Papillon	Referees: Martin Fraňo (Czechoslovakia) Steve Kozari (Canada) Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau (France) Brian Murphy (United States)
	0 – 1 00:25 – Bellemare (Texier) Kirk (Bret. Perlini, Richardson) – 22:03 1 – 1 1 – 2 24:42 – Texier (Roussel)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	43

7 February 2021 16:15

Sweden

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Netherlands

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen (Finland) Kristian Vikman (Finland) Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen (Finland) Dāvis Zunde (Latvia)
	0–1 40:33 – Sprong (Hofland, Oosterveld)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	22

7 February 2021 20:15

Denmark

0 – 1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Frederik Andersen	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Robin Šír (Czechoslovakia) Peter Staňo (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček (Czechoslovakia) Libor Suchánek (Czechoslovakia)
	0 – 1 13:12 – Meier (Hischier, Müller)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	4	Shots	30

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8 February 2021 16:15

France

3–1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

SOC

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Alexander Samonov	Referees: Andris Ansons (Latvia) Kristian Vikman (Finland) Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen (Finland) Hannu Sormunen (Finland)
	Bougro (Bodon) – 30:00 1–0 1–1 31:06 – Ovechkin (Kaprizov, Svechnikov) (PP1) Hecquefeuille (Bellemare, Roussel) (PP1) – 53:19 2–1 Chakiachvili (Roussel, Bellemare) (ENG) – 58:59 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	28

8 February 2021 20:15

Czechoslovakia

3 – 2 OT (0–0, 2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Netherlands

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referees: Tobias Björk (Sweden) Mads Frandsen (Denmark) Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren (Sweden) Emil Yletyinen (Sweden)
	0 – 1 25:52 – Sprong (Bruijsten) Kovář (Hronek, Sekera) – 29:44 1 – 1 Voráček (Hronek) (PP1) – 33:03 2 – 1 2 – 2 51:30 – Vogelaar (Bastings, Van Oorschot) Pastrňák (Kubalík, Halák) (PP1) – 61:23 3 – 2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	23

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9 February 2021 16:15

Great Britain

2 – 3 OT (1–2, 0–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Denmark

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Roy Stian Hansen (Norway) Michael Tscherrig (Switzerland) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Jonas Merten (Germany) David Obwegeser (Switzerland)
	O'Connor (Bren. Perlini, Dowd) – 02:33 1 – 0 1 – 1 10:19 – Jakobsen (Nick. Jensen, Bødker) 1 – 2 13:44 – Nick. Jensen (M. Lauridsen, Ehlers) (PP1) Hammond (Lake) – 56:18 2 – 2 2 – 3 64:35 – M. Lauridsen (Nick. Jensen) (PP1)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	32

9 February 2021 20:15

Switzerland

0 – 7 (0–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Sweden

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Leonardo Genoni Melvin Nyffeler	Goalies	Viktor Fasth	Referees: Roman Gofman (Soviet Union) Maxim Sidorenko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak (Soviet Union) Nikita Shalagin (Soviet Union)
	0 – 1 08:35 – Lindholm (Ekman-Larsson, E. Karlsson) 0 – 2 10:00 – Kempe (Hedman, Dahlin) 0 – 3 22:33 – Olofsson (Dahlin) (PP1) 0 – 4 30:24 – Lindholm (Hörnqvist, Klingberg) 0 – 5 41:18 – E. Karlsson (Rakell, Kempe) (PP1) 0 – 6 47:14 – Bäckström (Dahlin, Kempe) 0 – 7 50:46 – Hedman (Lindholm, Dahlin)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	27

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10 February 2021 16:15

SOC

3 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Tobias Björk (Sweden) Mikael Nord (Sweden) Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren (Sweden) Emil Yletyinen (Sweden)
	Gusev (Panarin, Buchnevich) (PP1) – 39:18 1 – 0 Ovechkin – 49:41 2 – 0 Panarin (Gusev) – 56:35 3 – 0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	18

10 February 2021 20:15

Netherlands

3 – 4 (0–1, 1–2, 2–1)

Great Britain

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Martijn Oosterwijk	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Robin Šír (Czechoslovakia) Peter Staňo (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček (Czechoslovakia) Libor Suchánek (Czechoslovakia)
	0 – 1 13:38 – Kirk Stempher (Dalhuisen, Hofland) – 29:15 1 – 1 1 – 2 37:06 – Davies (Myers) 1 – 3 38:35 – Kirk (O'Connor, Dowd) 1 – 4 48:41 – Hammond (Richardson) Verschuren (Oosterveld, Stempher) – 51:19 2 – 4 Hofland (Sprong, De Hondt) – 57:43 3 – 4
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	36

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11 February 2021 16:15

Switzerland

8 – 1 (1–0, 3–0, 4–1)

France

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Reto Berra	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Martin Fraňo (Czechoslovakia) Steve Kozari (Canada) Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau (France) Brian Murphy (United States)
	Diaz (Hofmann, Andrighetto) (PP1) – 09:47 1 – 0 Andrighetto (Diaz, Hofmann) (PP1) – 20:25 2 – 0 Loeffel (Scherwey, Fiala) – 25:17 3 – 0 Hofmann (Corvi, Loeffel) – 36:11 4 – 0 Meier (Josi, Kurashev) (PP1) – 40:38 5 – 0 Kurashev (Untersander, Malgin) – 44:34 6 – 0 6 – 1 45:12 – Da Costa (Bertrand) Hofmann (Malgin, Andrighetto) (PP1) – 52:39 7 – 1 Loeffel (Niederreiter, Fiala) (PP1) – 54:03 8 – 1
	8 min	Penalties	60 min
	28	Shots	24

11 February 2021 20:15

Sweden

2 – 4 (2–0, 0–0, 0–4)

Czechoslovakia

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Roman Gofman (Soviet Union) Yevgeni Romasko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev (Soviet Union) Nikita Shalagin (Soviet Union)
	Hörnqvist (Arvidsson) – 12:08 1 – 0 Pettersson (Landeskog, E. Karlsson) (PP1) – 15:02 2 – 0 2 – 1 41:10 – Vrána (Voráček) (PP1) 2 – 2 44:53 – Kovář (Tatar, Pastrňák) (PP1) 2 – 3 48:17 – Gudas (Kovář) 2 – 4 58:26 – Palát (Pastrňák) (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	24

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12 February 2021 16:15

Sweden

4 – 1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Robin Lehner	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Andris Ansons (Latvia) Kristian Vikman (Finland) Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen (Finland) Dāvis Zunde (Latvia)
	0 – 1 07:20 – Kirk (Phillips) Bäckström (Forsberg, Hedman) (PP1) – 15:18 1 – 1 E. Karlsson (Ekman-Larsson, Hörnqvist) – 27:00 2 – 1 Pettersson (Forsberg) – 32:08 3 – 1 Pettersson (Forsberg) – 52:34 4 – 1
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	56	Shots	14

12 February 2021 20:15

Denmark

5 – 2 (1–1, 0–1, 4–0)

Netherlands

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Frederik Andersen	Goalies	Ruud Leeuwesteijn	Referees: Template:Country data Germany André Schrader (Germany) Roy Stian Hansen (Norway) Linesmen: David Obwegeser (Switzerland) Elias Seewald (Austria)
	0 – 1 02:12 – Den Edel (Stempher, Van Gorp) Eller (Ehlers) (PP1) – 05:29 1 – 1 1 – 2 30:20 – Hofland (Dalhuisen, De Hondt) (PP1) Blichfeld (From, J. B. Jensen) – 44:58 2 – 2 From (True) – 47:48 3 – 2 M. Lauridsen (Hardt, Lassen) – 49:53 4 – 2 Ehlers (Eller, Hardt) – 52:15 5 – 2
	6 min	Penalties	29 min
	37	Shots	18

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13 February 2021 12:15

Czechoslovakia

6 – 1 (1–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Great Britain

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Jackson Whistle Ben Bowns	Referees: Mads Frandsen (Denmark) Mikael Nord (Sweden) Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer (Denmark) Ludvig Lundgren (Sweden)
	Sekera (Faksa) – 08:01 1 – 0 Hronek (Pastrňák) – 20:33 2 – 0 Hájek (Faksa, Voráček) – 24:29 3 – 0 Hertl (Černák) – 32:07 4 – 0 4 – 1 39:37 – Myers (Richardson, Kirk) (PP1) Kubalík (Voráček) – 51:33 5 – 1 Hájek (Kubalík, Sekera) – 57:58 6 – 1
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	46	Shots	19

13 February 2021 16:15

Switzerland

1 – 4 (0–0, 0–1, 1–3)

SOC

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Reto Berra	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Chris Rooney (United States) Steve Kozari (Canada) Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau (France) Steve Barton (Canada)
	0 – 1 35:01 – Buchnevich (Panarin) (PP1) Hischier (Ambühl) – 48:12 1 – 1 1 – 2 50:26 – Barabanov (Kaprizov, Ovechkin) 1 – 3 52:38 – Kaprizov (Svechnikov, Provorov) 1 – 4 59:58 – Kaprizov (Ovechkin, Barabanov) (ENG)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	26

13 February 2021 20:15

France

0 – 2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Denmark

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Quentin Papillon	Goalies	Sebastien Dahm	Referees: Andris Ansons (Latvia) Lassi Heikkinen (Finland) Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen (Finland) Dāvis Zunde (Latvia)
	0 – 1 47:13 – Ehlers (Eller, Bjorkstrand) 0 – 2 52:25 – Nielsen (Bjorkstrand, Eller)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	34

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14 February 2021 16:15

Netherlands

0 – 6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Switzerland

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Martijn Oosterwijk Ruud Leeuwesteijn	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Tobias Björk (Sweden) Mikael Nord (Sweden) Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer (Denmark) Emil Yletyinen (Sweden)
	0 – 1 00:36 – Ambühl (Herzog, Scherwey) 0 – 2 18:01 – Vermin (Meier) 0 – 3 21:09 – Andrighetto (Vermin) 0 – 4 32:15 – Hofmann (Corvi) 0 – 5 52:03 – Vermin (Meier) 0 – 6 57:43 – Herzog (Hischier) (SH1)
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	20	Shots	42

14 February 2021 20:15

Sweden

3 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

France

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Henri Corentin Buysse	Referees: Template:Country data Germany André Schrader (Germany) Michael Tscherrig (Switzerland) Linesmen: David Obwegeser (Switzerland) Elias Seewald (Austria)
	0 – 1 19:07 – Treille Forsberg (E. Karlsson) – 30:15 1 – 1 Landeskog (Hedman) (PP1) – 51:38 2 – 1 W. Karlsson (Lindholm) (SH1, EN) – 59:47 3 – 1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	30

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15 February 2021 16:15

Czechoslovakia

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

Denmark

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Roman Gofman (Soviet Union) Yevgeni Romasko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev (Soviet Union) Nikita Shalagin (Soviet Union)
	0 – 1 03:41 – Nick. Jensen (M. Lauridsen, Nielsen) (PP1) Pastrňák (Krejčí, Tatar) – 45:23 1 – 1
	Kubalík Tatar Kaše Kovář	Shootout	Meyer Nielsen Nick. Jensen Eller Regin
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	13

15 February 2021 20:15

SOC

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

Sweden

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Viktor Fasth	Referees: Chris Rooney (United States) Steve Kozari (Canada) Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau (France) Brian Murphy (United States)
	0 – 1 08:06 – Nylander (Pettersson, Landeskog) (PP1) Svechnikov (Orlov) – 52:34 1 – 1 Ovechkin (Tarasenko, Nesterov) – 52:46 2 – 1 2 – 2 55:17 – Olofsson (Dahlin, Rakell
	Panarin Gusev Malkin Radulov Tarasenko	Shootout	Kempe) Rakell Bäckström Nylander Forsberg
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	30

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16 February 2021 12:15

Switzerland

6 – 3 (2–1, 4–1, 0–1)

Great Britain

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Reto Berra Melvin Nyffeler	Goalies	Ben Bowns Jackson Whistle	Referees: Martin Fraňo (Czechoslovakia) Robin Šír (Czechoslovakia) Linesmen: Libor Suchánek (Czechoslovakia) Jiří Ondráček (Czechoslovakia)
	Hofmann (Haas, Weber) – 10:31 1 – 0 1 – 1 11:08 – Kirk Loeffel (Scherwey, Siegenthaler) – 16:42 2 – 1 2 – 2 25:34 – Kirk (Richardson, Hammond) (PP1) Josi (Haas, Hischier) (PP1) – 30:07 3 – 2 Niederreiter (Scherwey) – 30:20 4 – 2 Niederreiter (Diaz, Scherwey) – 36:09 5 – 2 Hischier (Kurashev) – 37:45 6 – 2 6 – 3 53:58 – Connolly (Kirk, Hammond)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	53	Shots	26

16 February 2021 16:15

France

3 – 7 (0–2, 1–2, 2–3)

Czechoslovakia

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Florian Hardy Quentin Papillon	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Chris Rooney (United States) Steve Kozari (Canada) Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau (France) Brian Murphy (United States)
	0 – 1 00:29 – Krejčí (Hájek, Sekera) 0 – 2 15:04 – Tatar (Krejčí) 0 – 3 22:49 – Pánik (Šustr, Gudas) Bodon (Rech) – 26:53 1 – 3 1 – 4 39:49 – Hájek (Pastrňák) (PP1) 1 – 5 43:31 – Pastrňák 1 – 6 45:47 – Zadina (Tatar, Sekera) Thiry (Fleury, Farnier) – 48:45 2 – 6 T. Bozon (Roussel, Chakiachvili) – 58:57 3 – 6 3 – 7 59:43 – Hájek (Kubalík, Pastrňák) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	28

16 February 2021 20:15

SOC

6 – 0 (5–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Netherlands

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk Ruud Leeuwesteijn	Referees: Template:Country data Germany André Schrader (Germany) Roy Stian Hansen (Norway) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Jonas Merten (Germany) Elias Seewald (Austria)
	Nesterov (Malkin) – 00:36 1 – 0 Plotnikov (Orlov) – 04:29 2 – 0 Gusev (Zaitsev, Nesterov) – 09:06 3 – 0 Malkin (Svechnikov, Panarin) – 10:52 4 – 0 Nesterov (Tarasenko, Ovechkin) – 16:28 5 – 0 Panarin (Svechnikov, Malkin) – 52:08 6 – 0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	19

Playoff round

Seeding order

The semi-final pairings were determined according to the seeding after the preliminary round. The seeding is determined by following criteria in the order presented:

1. higher position in the group;
2. higher number of points;
3. better goal difference;
4. higher number of goals scored for;
5. better seeding number entering the tournament (i.e., place in the 2020 IIHF World Ranking).

Rank	Team	Grp	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States	B	1	18	+13	21	5
2	SOC	A	1	17	+18	28	4
3	Finland	B	2	17	+9	19	3
4	Switzerland	A	2	15	+10	27	7
5	Czechoslovakia	A	3	13	+9	27	6
6	Template:Country data Germany Germany	B	3	12	+2	22	8
7	Denmark	A	4	12	−5	17	10
8	Canada	B	4	10	+1	19	1

Bracket

	Quarterfinal
	A1	SOC	1
	B4	Canada (OT)	2			Semifinal
						3	Finland	2
	Quarterfinal				6	Template:Country data Germany Germany	1
	B2	Finland	1
	A3	Czechoslovakia	0							Final
											3	Finland	1
	Quarterfinal										8	Canada (OT)	2
	A2	Switzerland	2
	B3	Template:Country data Germany Germany (GWS)	3			Semifinal					Bronze medal game
						1	United States	2			1	United States	6
	Quarterfinal				8	Canada	4			6	Template:Country data Germany Germany	1
	B1	United States	6
	A4	Denmark	1

Quarterfinals

18 February 2021 16:15

Switzerland

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

Template:Country data Germany Germany

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Andris Ansons (Latvia) Yevgeni Romasko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev (Soviet Union) Nikita Shalagin (Soviet Union)
	Untersander (Sbisa, Kurashev) – 15:17 1 – 0 Herzog (Scherwey, Ambühl) – 33:26 2 – 0 2 – 1 37:23 – Kühnhackl (Rieder, Nowak) 2 – 2 59:16 – Gawanke (Kahun, Noebels) (EA)
	Corvi Andrighetto Fiala Ambühl Niederreiter	Shootout	Plachta Draisaitl Kahun Reichel Noebels
	0 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	41

18 February 2021 16:15

United States

6 – 1 (3–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Template:Country data Germany André Schrader (Germany) Michael Tscherrig (Switzerland) Linesmen: Template:Country data Germany Jonas Merten (Germany) David Obwegeser (Switzerland)
	Miller – 13:08 1 – 0 Larkin (DeBrincat, Hughes) – 15:25 2 – 0 Kane (Matthews, Carlson) – 19:30 3 – 0 3 – 1 32:12 – Ehlers (Nick. Jensen) Larkin (Hughes, DeBrincat) – 36:50 4 – 1 Guentzel (Jones) – 45:15 5 – 1 Kane (Jones, Matthews) – 58:45 6 – 1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	28

18 February 2021 20:15

SOC

1 – 2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

Daugava Stadium Hall, Riga Attendance: 0

	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Tobias Björk (Sweden) Mikael Nord (Sweden) Linesmen: Daniel Hynek (Czechoslovakia) Jiří Ondráček (Czechoslovakia)
	Plotnikov (Orlov, Kravtsov) – 34:32 1 – 0 1 – 1 45:03 – Stamkos (MacKinnon, Stone) (PP1) 1 – 2 62:12 – McDavid (Makar)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	24

18 February 2021 20:15

Finland

1 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czechoslovakia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Tuukka Rask	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Chris Rooney (United States) Steve Kozari (Canada) Linesmen: Steve Barton (Canada) Brian Murphy (United States)
	Lehkonen (Kapanen, Granlund) – 32:55 1 – 0
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	28

Semifinals

20 February 2021 14:15

United States

2 – 4 (1–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Canada

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Chris Rooney (United States) Steve Kozari (Canada) Linesmen: Steve Barton (Canada) Brian Murphy (United States)
	0 – 1 02:02 – Tavares (Rielly, Marchand) Larkin (Wolanin, DeBrincat) – 17:17 1 – 1 1 – 2 24:15 – McDavid (MacKinnon) 1 – 3 40:46 – McDavid (MacKinnon, Hart) Guentzel (Pacioretty, Slavin) – 43:36 2 – 3 2 – 4 59:36 – Bergeron (Marchand)
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	38	Shots	33

20 February 2021 18:15

Finland

2 – 1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

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Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Tuukka Rask	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Tobias Björk (Sweden) Mikael Nord (Sweden) Linesmen: Libor Suchánek (Czechoslovakia) Jiří Ondráček (Czechoslovakia)
	Kapanen (Aho, Määttä) – 13:50 1 – 0 Barkov (Laine) – 18:55 2 – 0 2 – 1 31:03 – Plachta (Seider, Kahun) (PP1)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	28

Bronze medal game

21 February 2021 15:15

United States

6 – 1 (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Template:Country data Germany Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Connor Hellebuyck	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen (Finland) Kristian Vikman (Finland) Linesmen: Libor Suchánek (Czechoslovakia) Jiří Ondráček (Czechoslovakia)
	Jones – 05:02 1 – 0 Kane (Tkachuk, Jones) – 26:27 2 – 0 Miller (Connor) – 28:05 3 – 0 Tkachuk (Kane, Boeser) (PP1) – 31:35 4 – 0 Matthews (Kane, Boeser) (PP1) – 32:15 5 – 0 5 – 1 49:28 – Bittner (Plachta, Kahun) Larkin (Suter, DeBrincat) – 49:53 6 – 1
	43 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	34

Gold medal game

Canada had a tough start, incurring 16 minutes of penalties in the opening period to none for Finland. Ten of those came on a 2 + 10 call to Brad Marchand in the early going. Although the Finns didn't capitalize on that man advantage, they did on the second one to John Tavares for high sticking. Jokiharju took a point shot with Mikko Rantanen in front. Rather than tip the puck, Rantanen stopped it, spun and put the puck onto his forehand, and lifted the puck in the open side as he was falling. The penalty to Paul had expired one second earlier, but he wasn’t able to get back in play in time. The Canadians took a third penalty but managed to kill that as well. Canada wasn't able to get any flow to its game, and the big line of Huberdeau–McDavid–MacKinnon managed only a few shifts without testing Rask from in close.

Mark Stone tied the game for Canada early in the second after the Finns took two consecutive penalties that gave Canada 12 seconds on five-on-three in the process. Stone hit the post on the first man advantage, swiping quickly at a loose puck, only to see it miss the empty net and dribble off the iron. Next shift, though, Stone converted. MacKinnon took a long shot that drifted off the crossbar, and this time Stone didn’t miss on the rebound opportunity. The Finns had another power play later in the period, but Hart made his best save of the game when he stoned Granlund from point-blank range. With four minutes left in the period, Canada scored again when McDavid knocked in a rebound, but Finnish coach Jukka Jalonen challenged the play, and sure enough the goal was called back because the entry into the zone was offside.

Canada almost went ahead early in the third on a flukey play. Rask misplayed a shoot-in and the puck bounced off the back of the net and rolled to the side, but Patrice Bergeron couldn't poke the puck in before he was checked. That miss proved costly. Seconds later, Ville Heinola fired a shot from the top of the left faceoff circle through traffic that beat Hart over the glove at 5:27, giving the Finns their second lead of the game. But Canada pressed and drew a power play of their own. And they converted. MacKinnon got the puck to the goal where Stone put the puck between his legs and McDavid poked the rebound in at 12:37, tying the game, 2–2. The rest of the period felt like overtime, but neither team could score before 60 minutes. That set the stage for Brad Marchand's heroics.

Marchand scored at 6:26 of the first three-on-three unlimited overtime to give Canada its 27st all-time gold medal at the World Championship. The goal gave Canada a 3-2 win over Finland and avenged the loss of the year before. The goal came off a faceoff in the Canada end. Granlund won the draw and circled quickly. He made a blind pass that was picked off by Marchand. Marchand roared up ice with MacKinnon on a two-on-one and passed to MacKinnon in the Finland end. MacKinnon controlled the puck and got it back to Marchand, and he knocked it into the open net as Rask played MacKinnon to shoot.

21 February 2021 20:15

Finland

2 – 3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Canada

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 0

	Tuukka Rask	Goalies	Carter Hart	Referees: Martin Fraňo (Czechoslovakia) Yevgeni Romasko (Soviet Union) Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev (Soviet Union) Nikita Shalagin (Soviet Union)
	Rantanen (Jokiharju) – 08:57 1 – 0 1 – 1 24:30 – Stone (MacKinnon, Rielly) (PP1) Heinola (Lehkonen, Anttila) – 45:27 2 – 1 2 – 2 52:37 – McDavid (Stone, MacKinnon) (PP1) 2 – 3 66:26 – Marchand (MacKinnon)
	6 min	Penalties	30 min
	31	Shots	26

Final ranking

The official IIHF final ranking of the tournament:

	Canada
	Finland
	United States
4	Template:Country data Germany Germany
5	SOC
6	Switzerland
7	Czechoslovakia
8	Denmark
9	Japan
10	Sweden
11	Latvia
12	France
13	Norway
14	Great Britain
15	Netherlands
16	Italy

2021 IIHF World Championship Winners Canada 27th title Players: Carter Hart, Carter Hart, Jordan Binnington – Thomas Chabot, Drew Doughty, Dougie Hamilton, Cale Makar, Josh Morrissey, Colton Parayko, Alex Pietrangelo, Morgan Rielly – Mathew Barzal, Patrice Bergeron, Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux, Jonathan Huberdeau, Nathan MacKinnon, Mitch Marner, Connor McDavid, Brad Marchand, Mitch Marner, Ryan O'Reilly, Steven Stamkos, Mark Stone, Mark Scheifele, John Tavares. Coaches: Head coach: Alain Vigneault – Assistant coaches: Michael Dyck, Gerard Gallant, Michael Kelly.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Nathan MacKinnon (CAN)	10	2	14	16	+8	2	F
Patrick Kane (USA)	10	6	7	13	+6	6	F
Connor McDavid (CAN)	10	7	4	11	+6	0	F
Steven Stamkos (CAN)	10	6	5	11	+6	0	F
David Pastrňák (TCH)	8	5	6	11	+5	6	F
Liam Kirk (GBR)	7	7	2	9	−6	4	F
Auston Matthews (USA)	10	5	4	9	+7	4	F
Matthew Tkachuk (USA)	10	4	5	9	+8	10	F
Grégory Hofmann (SUI)	8	6	2	8	0	0	F
Nicklas Jensen (DEN)	8	5	3	8	−2	2	F

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	GKD	GPI	MIN	SOG	GA	SVS	GAA	SVS%	SO
Sergei Bobrovsky (SOC)	8	6	367:12	254	8	246	1.12	96.85%	2
Connor Hellebuyck (USA)	9	7	417:14	193	9	184	1.29	95.34%	2
Viktor Fasth (SWE)	9	7	299:44	129	7	122	1.40	94.57%	1
Tuukka Rask (FIN)	9	7	431:26	174	10	164	1.39	94.25%	1
Yutaka Fukufuji (JPN)	7	6	370:00	198	14	184	2.27	92.93%	0

Awards

Directorate awards

Best players selected by the IIHF directorate:

Position	Player
Goaltender	Connor Hellebuyck (USA)
Defenceman	Template:Country data Germany Moritz Seider (GER)
Forward	David Pastrňák (TCH)

All-Star team

The tournament All-Star team voted by the media:

Position	Player
Goaltender	Tuukka Rask (FIN)
Defenseman	Template:Country data Germany Korbinian Holzer (GER)
Defenseman	Template:Country data Germany Moritz Seider (GER)
Forward	Liam Kirk (GBR)
Forward	Connor McDavid (CAN)
Forward	Johnny Gaudreau (USA)
MVP	Connor McDavid (CAN)

Best Players of each Team Selected by Coaches

Team	Player
Canada	Steven Stamkos Nathan MacKinnon Connor McDavid
Denmark	Frederik Andersen Nicklas Jensen Markus Lauridsen
Czechoslovakia	Petr Mrázek Filip Hronek David Pastrňák
Finland	Tuukka Rask Heiskanen Mikko Rantanen
France	Florian Hardy Kevin Hecquefeuille Antoine Roussel
Template:Country data Germany Germany	Philipp Grubauer Korbinian Holzer Leon Draisaitl
Great Britain	Liam Kirk Mark Richardson Bon Bowns
Italy	Daniel Glira Justin Fazio Alex Petan
Japan	Yutaka Fukufuji Yushiroh Hirano Hiroto Sato
Latvia	Ronalds Ķēniņš Lauris Dārziņš Rūdolfs Balcers
Netherlands	Martijn Oosterwijk Killian van Gorp Daniel Sprong
Norway	Steffen Søberg Jonas Holøs Mathias Trettenes
SOC	Sergei Bobrovsky Ivan Provorov Andrei Svechnikov
Sweden	Viktor Fasth Victor Hedman Nicklas Bäckström
Switzerland	Christoph Bertschy Nico Hischier Kevin Fiala
United States	Patrick Kane Seth Jones Connor Hellebuyck

See also

• IIHF World Championships