The playoff round of the 2023 IIHF World Championship was held from 25 to 28 May 2023. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.^[1]

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	United States	Sweden	Finland	Germany
B	Switzerland	Canada	Latvia	Czechia

Quarter-finalists were paired according to their positions in the groups: the first-place team in each preliminary-round group played the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-place team played the third-place team of the other group.^[2]

Semi-finalists were paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which was determined by the following criteria. The best-ranked semi-finalist played against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best-ranked semi-finalist played the third-best-ranked semi-finalist.^[2]

Rank[3]	Team	Grp	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States	A	1	20	+26	34	3
2	Switzerland	B	1	19	+19	29	6
3	Sweden	A	2	18	+19	26	4
4	Canada	B	2	15	+14	25	2
5	Finland	A	3	16	+13	28	1
6	Latvia	B	3	13	+4	21	10
7	Czechia	B	4	13	+6	22	5
8	Germany	A	4	12	+11	27	8

Classification rules: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored for; 5) seeding number entering the tournament^[4]

There was a re-seeding after the quarter-finals.^[2] If Finland and Latvia were to play in the quarter-finals, there would have been no cross-over for the quarter-finals.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	25 May
	1A  United States	3
					27 May
	4B  Czechia	0
					1  United States	3
	25 May
					8  Germany (OT)	4
	1B   Switzerland	1
									28 May
	4A  Germany	3
									8  Germany	2
	25 May
									4  Canada	5
	2A  Sweden	1
					27 May
	3B  Latvia	3
					4  Canada	4
	25 May
					6  Latvia	2			Third place
	2B  Canada	4
									28 May
	3A  Finland	1
									1  United States	3
									6  Latvia (OT)	4

All times are local (UTC+3).

25 May 2023 16:20

United States

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Czechia

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 7,411

Game reference
	Casey DeSmith	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: Mads Frandsen Liam Sewell Linesmen: Tarrington Wyonzek Emil Yletyinen
	Coronato (Hutson, Mackey) – 12:04 1–0 Perbix (Grimaldi) – 28:53 2–0 Gauthier (Tynan) – 49:57 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	15

25 May 2023 16:20

Switzerland

1–3 (0–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Germany

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 2,896

Game reference
	Robert Mayer	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Andris Ansons Tobias Björk Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 06:25 – Kastner (Wissmann, J. Müller) Siegenthaler (Fiala, Kukan) – 20:47 1–1 1–2 37:51 – Peterka (Kahun, Gawanke) 1–3 38:27 – Sturm (Stachowiak, J. Müller) (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	29 min
	30	Shots	23

25 May 2023 20:20

Canada

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Finland

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,529

Game reference
	Sam Montembeault	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Christoffer Holm Jan Hribik Linesmen: Nick Briganti Daniel Hynek
	Quinn (Crouse) – 07:12 1–0 Blais (Neighbours, Barron) – 30:45 2–0 Carcone (Weegar, Middleton) – 42:54 3–0 3–1 56:52 – Hartikainen (Rantanen, Lehtonen) (EA) Toffoli (EN) – 57:42 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	0 min
	31	Shots	28

25 May 2023 20:20

Sweden

1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 9,200

Game reference
	Lars Johansson	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Jake Davis Brett Mackey
	0–1 12:56 – Ločmelis (Ri. Bukarts, Cibuļskis) Liljegren (Raymond, Lindholm) – 29:41 1–1 1–2 45:55 – Indrašis (Ri. Bukarts, Jaks) 1–3 53:46 – Jaks (Indrašis, Ri. Bukarts) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	33 min
	41	Shots	15

27 May 2023 14:20

Canada

4–2 (0–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Latvia

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,669

Game reference
	Sam Montembeault	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Nick Briganti Jake Davis
	0–1 08:18 – Ločmelis (Ri. Bukarts, Zīle) Blais (Krebs, Middleton) – 35:32 1–1 1–2 36:38 – Balcers Quinn (Crouse, Laughton) – 40:45 2–2 Fantilli (Lucic, Barron) – 48:56 3–2 Laughton (EN) – 59:17 4–2
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	22

27 May 2023 18:20

United States

3–4 OT (2–2, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Germany

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,011

Game reference
	Casey DeSmith	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Tobias Björk Jan Hribik Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Jiří Ondráček
	A. Tuch (O'Connor, Grimaldi) – 01:11 1–0 Grimaldi (A. Tuch) – 03:56 2–0 2–1 12:22 – Tiffels (Fischbuch, Kahun) (PP) 2–2 16:03 – Szuber (Sturm, Peterka) Eyssimont (O'Connor, Garland) – 28:47 3–2 3–3 58:37 – Noebels (Kahun, Gawanke) (EA) 3–4 67:32 – Tiffels (Kahun, M. Müller)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	26

28 May 2023 15:20

United States

3–4 OT (2–2, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Latvia

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,033

Game reference
	Casey DeSmith	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Jan Hribik Liam Sewell Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Tarrington Wyonzek
	0–1 07:49 – Ro. Bukarts (Ri. Bukarts, Dzierkals) (PP) Grimaldi (Perunovich, Bjork) – 09:45 1–1 1–2 16:08 – Jaks (Ri. Bukarts, Indrašis) Grimaldi (Perunovich, Coronato) (PP) – 19:03 2–2 Coronato (Samberg, O'Connor) – 46:19 3–2 3–3 54:21 – Rubīns (Ločmelis, Ri. Bukarts) 3–4 61:22 – Rubīns (Daugaviņš, Jaks)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	25

28 May 2023 20:20

Canada

5–2 (1–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Germany

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 10,470

Game reference
	Sam Montembeault	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Tobias Björk Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Nick Briganti Daniel Hynek
	0–1 07:44 – Peterka (Seider, M. Müller) Blais (Krebs, Neighbours) – 10:47 1–1 1–2 33:47 – Fischbuch (Kastner, Seider) Crouse (Krebs, Weegar) (PP) – 37:28 2–2 Blais (Glass) – 44:51 3–2 Toffoli – 51:51 4–2 Laughton (Quinn, Crouse) (EN) – 58:06 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	23

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