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 (IIHF).
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 game, defeating Canada 4–2 in the third place match.
==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.
==Participants==
; Qualified as hosts
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; Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2023 IIHF World Championship
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; Qualified through winning promotion at the 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I:
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==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."
;Group A (Prague)
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;Group B (Ostrava)
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==Preliminary round==
The groups were announced on 28 May 2023, with the schedule being revealed on 15 August 2023.
===Group A===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1 	 	7 	5	2 	0 	0	32	18	14 	19 	Quarterfinals
2 	 	7 	5	1 	0 	1	29	12	17 	17 	Quarterfinals
3 	(H) 	7 	4	1 	2 	0	26	14	12 	16 	Quarterfinals
4 	 	7 	3	0 	1 	3	21	14	7 	10 	Quarterfinals
5 	 	7 	2	0 	1 	4	21	29	−8 	7 	Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship
6 	 	7 	2	0 	0 	5	15	25	−10	6 	Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship
7 	 	7 	2	0 	0 	5	15	29	−14	6 	Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship
8 	 	7 	1	0 	0 	6	12	30	−18	3 	Relegation to 2025 Division I A
 		 			
10 May 2024		 			
align=right		5–2 			
align=right		1–0 (GWS)			
11 May 2024		 			
align=right		2–4 			
align=right		1–5 			
align=right		3–6 			
12 May 2024		 			
align=right		8–0 			
align=right		1–5 			
align=right		5–6 			
13 May 2024		 			
align=right		1–4 			
align=right		2–1 (GWS)			
14 May 2024		 			
align=right		0–2 			
align=right		7–6 (OT) 			
15 May 2024		 			
align=right		7–4 			
align=right		3–0 			
16 May 2024		 			
align=right		2–3 			
align=right		4–1 			
17 May 2024		 			
align=right		3–4 			
align=right		4–0 			
18 May 2024		 			
align=right		0–8 			
align=right		5–3 			
align=right		4–1 			
19 May 2024		 			
align=right		1–4 			
align=right		2–3 			
20 May 2024		 			
align=right		2–5 			
align=right		3–1 			
21 May 2024		 			
align=right		2–4 			
align=right		4–3 (OT) 			
align=right		1–3 			
===Group B===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1 	 	7 	7	0 	0 	0	35	9 	26 	21 	Quarterfinals
2 	 	7 	5	0 	1 	1	37	16	21 	16 	Quarterfinals
3 	 	7 	5	0 	0 	2	34	24	10 	15 	Quarterfinals
4 	 	7 	3	1 	1 	2	26	23	3 	12 	Quarterfinals
5 	 	7 	1	3 	0 	3	19	29	−10	9 	Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship
6 	 	7 	2	0 	0 	5	12	31	−19	6 	Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship
7 	 	7 	1	0 	1 	5	13	26	−13	4 	Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship
8 	 	7 	0	0 	1 	6	11	29	−18	1 	Relegation to 2025 Division I A
 		 			
10 May 2024		 			
align=right		4–6 			
align=right		5–2 			
11 May 2024		 			
align=right		1–3 			
align=right		4–5 (OT) 			
align=right		6–1 			
12 May 2024		 			
align=right		6–2 			
align=right		3–2 (OT) 			
align=right		5–1 			
13 May 2024		 			
align=right		4–5 (OT) 			
align=right		1–6 			
14 May 2024		 			
align=right		0–2 			
align=right		2–4 			
15 May 2024		 			
align=right		8–1 			
align=right		4–0 			
16 May 2024		 			
align=right		1–3 			
align=right		5–0 			
17 May 2024		 			
align=right		8–2 			
align=right		1–4 			
18 May 2024		 			
align=right		2–7 			
align=right		4–2 			
align=right		2–4 			
19 May 2024		 			
align=right		10–1 			
align=right		2–3 (GWS)			
20 May 2024		 			
align=right		3–1 			
align=right		3–1 			
21 May 2024		 			
align=right		3–6 			
align=right		3–6 			
align=right		6–1 			
==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
Category:2024 in ice hockey
Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships