2024 IIHF World Championship playoff round

The playoff round of the 2024 IIHF World Championship will be held from 23 to 26 May 2024. The top four of each preliminary group qualify for the playoff round.
==Qualified teams==
Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A 	 	 	 	
B 	 	 	 	
===Qualified teams' seedings===
Quarter-finalists are paired according to their positions in the groups: the first-place team in each preliminary-round group plays the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-place team plays the third-place team of the other group.
Semi-finalists are paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which is determined by the following criteria. The best-ranked semi-finalist plays against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist plays the third-best ranked semi-finalist.
Rank	Team	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	 	B	1	21	+26	35	6
2 	 	A	1	19	+14	32	1
3 	 	A	2	17	+17	29	7
4 	 	B	2	16	+21	37	4
5 	 	A	3	16	+12	26	8
6 	 	B	3	15	+10	34	5
7 	 	B	4	12	+3 	26	9
8 	 	A	4	10	+7 	21	2
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.
==Bracket==
There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
All times are local (UTC+2).
==Quarterfinals==
===Canada vs Slovakia===
===Switzerland vs Germany===
===United States vs Czechia===
===Sweden vs Finland===
==Semifinals==
===Sweden vs Czechia===
===Canada vs Switzerland===
==Bronze medal game==
==Gold medal game==
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
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