# 2024 IIHF World Championship

The 2024 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Czechia from 10 to 26 May 2024. It was held in Prague and Ostrava, and organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
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. Sweden won the bronze medal, defeating Canada 4–2 in the third place match. This tournament marked the first time since 2014 that all three medalists were European teams.

## Bids

According to the agreement of the IIHF in Malta, the 2024 World Championship was held in Czechia. Prague and Ostrava were officially announced as venues of the championship on 24 May 2019 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Originally, it was assumed that the World Championship would be held in Brno, as it was supposed to contribute to a new hockey hall. Martin Urban, general secretary of the hockey association, confirmed the possibility of holding the tournament in Brno only if a new hall was built. The last IIHF World Championship in Czechia was also held in Prague and Ostrava in 2015.

## 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. The medal weighing 250 grams with cut glass was produced by the Kolektiv Ateliers studio in Nový Bor. 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. The total attendance was 797,727 viewers, it broke the audience record of World Championship 2015.

## Venues

| Prague | PragueOstrava | Ostrava |
| O$_2$ Arena Capacity: 17,413 | PragueOstrava | Ostravar Aréna Capacity: 9,109 |

## Participants
### Qualified as hosts

* Czechia

### 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

* Great Britain
* Poland

## 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."

## Match officials

16 referees and linesmen were announced on 9 May 2024.
| Referees | Linesmen |
| Michael Campbell Mark Pearce Martin Fraňo Jan Hribik Riku Brander Lassi Heikkinen Mikko Kaukokari Kristian Vikman André Schrader Andris Ansons Tomáš Hronský Tobias Björk Christoffer Holm Mikael Holm Michael Tscherrig Sean MacFarlane | Tarrington Wyonzek Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček Josef Špůr Lauri Nikulainen Tim Heffner Andreas Hofer Dāvis Zunde Oto Durmis Ludvig Lundgren Anders Nyqvist Emil Yletyinen Dario Fuchs Kevin Briganti Nick Briganti Shane Gustafson |

## Preliminary round

The groups were announced on 28 May 2023, with the schedule being revealed on 15 August 2023.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Czechia (H) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 16 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Finland | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 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 | Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship |
| 7 | Denmark | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 6 | Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship |
| 8 | Great Britain | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 3 | Relegation to 2025 Division I A |
* 1 2 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Germany | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 15 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| 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 | Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship |
| 7 | France | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 4 | Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship |
| 8 | Poland | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 1 | Relegation to 2025 Division I A |
| 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 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 23 May | 23 May | | | |
| 1A Canada | 6 | | | |
| 1A Canada | 6 | 25 May | 25 May | | |
| 4B Slovakia | 3 | 25 May | 25 May | |
| 4B Slovakia | 3 | 1 Sweden | 3 | |
| 23 May | 23 May | | 1 Sweden | 3 | |
| 23 May | 23 May | 5 Czechia | 7 | |
| 1B Sweden (OT) | 2 | 5 Czechia | 7 | |
| 1B Sweden (OT) | 2 | | | | 26 May | 26 May |
| 4A Finland | 1 | | | | 26 May | 26 May |
| 4A Finland | 1 | | | | 5 Czechia | 2 |
| 23 May | 23 May | | | | | 5 Czechia | 2 |
| 23 May | 23 May | | | | 3 Switzerland | 0 |
| 2A Switzerland | 3 | | | | 3 Switzerland | 0 |
| 2A Switzerland | 3 | 25 May | 25 May | | | |
| 3B Germany | 1 | 25 May | 25 May | | | |
| 3B Germany | 1 | 2 Canada | 2 | | | |
| 23 May | 23 May | | 2 Canada | 2 | | | |
| 23 May | 23 May | 3 Switzerland (GWS) | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| 2B United States | 0 | 3 Switzerland (GWS) | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| 2B United States | 0 | | | | 26 May | 26 May |
| 3A Czechia | 1 | | | | 26 May | 26 May |
| 3A Czechia | 1 | | | | 1 Sweden | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 Canada | 2 |

### Final
## 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.
| 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 Quarter-finals |
| 6 | B | Germany | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 15 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | B | Slovakia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 12 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | A | Finland | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 11 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | B | Latvia | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 9 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | A | Austria | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 7 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | A | Norway | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 6 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | B | Kazakhstan | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 31 | −19 | 6 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 13 | A | Denmark | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 6 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 14 | B | France | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 4 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 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 | Relegated to 2025 IIHF World Championship Division I |

## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| 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

The awards were announced on 26 May 2024.

### Media All Stars

| Position | Player |
| 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 |