2023 IIHF World Championship

2023 IIHF World Championship
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Tournament details
Host countries	Finland; Latvia
Dates	12–28 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (28th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Latvia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	354 (5.53 per match)
Attendance	442,160 (6,909 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Template:Ihicon Rocco Grimaldi; (14 points)
MVP	Template:Ihicon Artūrs Šilovs
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The 2023 IIHF World Championship was co-hosted by Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. The tournament was held from 12 to 28 May 2023, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Canada won its 28th title by beating Germany 5–2 in the final.^[1] The silver was Germany's first medal since 1953. Latvia claimed its first IIHF medal after defeating the USA 4–3 in overtime and finishing third.^[2]

As in the 2022 edition, the tournament saw several upsets: Kazakhstan's win over Norway, Hungary's win over France, Latvia's first victory over Czechia, Norway’s second win over Canada, as well as Kazakhstan's first victory over Slovakia.^[3]^[4] The playoffs also saw major upsets, as Latvia reached the semi-finals for the first time after defeating favourite Sweden 3–1 in the quarter-finals,^[5] Germany upset Switzerland 3–1 and the reigning Olympic and World Champion Finland lost to Canada 4–1. Czechia finished in 8th place after losing to the United States (USA) 3–0 in the quarter-finals, which is that nation's worst placement to date in the history of the World Championship. Germany reached the final for the first time since 1930 after upsetting the fourth-seeded USA 4–3 in overtime.

Host nation bid

The event was originally planned to be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but, in February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called for Russia and Belarus to be stripped of hosting rights to all international sporting events due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6] On 26 April 2022, Russia lost their rights to host the World Championship.^[7]

After being promoted to the top division, Slovenia and Hungary bid to co-host the event in Ljubljana and Budapest.^[8] The bid was withdrawn due to Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation informing the IIHF that it did not receive the governmental guarantees to host. Finland and Latvia submitted a joint bid, with Nokia Arena in Tampere and Arena Riga in Riga as potential host venues.^[9] On 27 May 2022, the IIHF confirmed that Finland and Latvia would host the tournament, with Finland having also hosted the 2022 IIHF World Championship in Tampere (Nokia Arena) and Helsinki (Helsinki Ice Hall).^[10]

Venues

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Finland	2023 IIHF World Championship is located in Scandinavia Tampere Riga	Latvia
Nokia Arena Capacity: 13,455		Arena Riga Capacity: 10,300
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Participants

Qualified as hosts

Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2022 IIHF World Championship

Austria
Canada
Czechia
Denmark
France

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Spiky 2.0, the official mascot of the championship in Riga
Germany
Kazakhstan
Norway
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
United States

Qualified through winning promotion at the 2022 IIHF World Championship Division I

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2022 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2022 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizer, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups."^[11]^[12]

Group A (Tampere)

Finland (1)
United States (4)
Sweden (5)
Germany (9)
Denmark (10)
France (13)
Austria (15)
Hungary (20)

Group B (Riga)

Canada (2)
Czechia (6)
Switzerland (7)
Slovakia (8)
Latvia (11)
Norway (12)
Kazakhstan (16)
Slovenia (19)

Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, have 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.

Match officials

16 referees and linesmen were announced on 6 April 2023.^[13]^[14]

Referees	Linesmen
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Preliminary round

The groups were announced on 29 May 2022,^[15] with the schedule being revealed on 8 September 2022.^[16]

Group A

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A game between France and Hungary in Nokia Arena

2023 IIHF World Championship Group A


12 May 2023
Finland	1–4	United States
Sweden	1–0	Germany
13 May 2023
France	2–1 (OT)	Austria
Hungary	1–3	Denmark
Germany	3–4	Finland
14 May 2023
United States	7–1	Hungary
France	3–4 (OT)	Denmark
Sweden	5–0	Austria
15 May 2023
Germany	2–3	United States
Finland	1–2 (GWS)	Sweden
16 May 2023
Denmark	6–2	Austria
France	2–3 (OT)	Hungary
17 May 2023
United States	4–1	Austria
Finland	5–3	France
18 May 2023
Hungary	1–7	Sweden
Denmark	4–6	Germany
19 May 2023
Hungary	1–7	Finland
Austria	2–4	Germany
20 May 2023
United States	3–0	Denmark
Austria	1–3	Finland
Sweden	4–0	France
21 May 2023
Germany	7–2	Hungary
United States	9–0	France
22 May 2023
Denmark	1–4	Sweden
Austria	4–3 (GWS)	Hungary
23 May 2023
Germany	5–0	France
Sweden	3–4 (OT)	United States
Finland	7–1	Denmark

Group B

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Watching hockey in Dome Square, Riga

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Postgame between Sweden and Latvia in Arena Riga

2023 IIHF World Championship Group B


12 May 2023
Slovakia	2–3	Czechia
Latvia	0–6	Canada
13 May 2023
Switzerland	7–0	Slovenia
Norway	3–4 (GWS)	Kazakhstan
Slovakia	2–1	Latvia
14 May 2023
Slovenia	2–5	Canada
Norway	0–3	Switzerland
Czechia	5–1	Kazakhstan
15 May 2023
Slovakia	1–2 (GWS)	Canada
Czechia	3–4 (OT)	Latvia
16 May 2023
Slovenia	0–1	Norway
Switzerland	5–0	Kazakhstan
17 May 2023
Latvia	2–1	Norway
Canada	5–1	Kazakhstan
18 May 2023
Czechia	6–2	Slovenia
Switzerland	4–2	Slovakia
19 May 2023
Latvia	3–2	Slovenia
Kazakhstan	4–3 (GWS)	Slovakia
20 May 2023
Norway	0–2	Czechia
Canada	2–3	Switzerland
Kazakhstan	0–7	Latvia
21 May 2023
Slovenia	0–1	Slovakia
Czechia	2–4	Switzerland
22 May 2023
Canada	2–3 (GWS)	Norway
Kazakhstan	4–3	Slovenia
23 May 2023
Slovakia	4–1	Norway
Canada	3–1	Czechia
Switzerland	3–4 (OT)	Latvia

Playoff round

2023 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Final standings

Teams finishing fifth in the preliminary round were ranked ninth and tenth, teams finishing sixth are ranked 11th and 12th, and so on.^[17]

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Rocco Grimaldi of the United States led the tournament in scoring with 14 points

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Template:Ihicon Rocco Grimaldi	10	7	7	14	+8	6	F
Template:Ihicon Dominik Kubalík	8	8	4	12	+3	0	F
Template:Ihicon JJ Peterka	10	6	6	12	+8	0	F
Template:Ihicon Rihards Bukarts	10	3	8	11	+3	8	F
Template:Ihicon MacKenzie Weegar	10	3	8	11	+10	6	D
Template:Ihicon T. J. Tynan	10	1	10	11	+10	0	F
Template:Ihicon Henrik Tömmernes	8	0	10	10	+5	2	D
Template:Ihicon Cutter Gauthier	10	7	2	9	+9	2	F
Template:Ihicon Lawson Crouse	10	6	3	9	+9	4	F
Template:Ihicon Nikolaj Ehlers	7	5	4	9	−3	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

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
Template:Ihicon Stanislav Škorvánek	238:39	5	1.26	108	95.37	1
Template:Ihicon Karel Vejmelka	236:26	7	1.78	124	94.35	1
Template:Ihicon Sam Montembeault	423:07	10	1.42	163	93.87	1
Template:Ihicon Lars Johansson	303:42	8	1.58	120	93.33	2
Template:Ihicon Samuel Hlavaj	189:05	7	2.22	103	93.20	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

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Bronze medal celebration at the foot of the Freedom Monument in Riga

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Artūrs Šilovs was named the tournament MVP, best goaltender, and was selected to the tournament all-star team

The awards were announced on 28 May 2023.^[18]

Individual awards

Position	Player
Goaltender	Template:Ihicon Artūrs Šilovs
Defenceman	Template:Ihicon MacKenzie Weegar
Forward	Template:Ihicon JJ Peterka

Media All Stars

Position	Player
Goaltender	Template:Ihicon Artūrs Šilovs
Defenceman	Template:Ihicon MacKenzie Weegar
Defenceman	Template:Ihicon Moritz Seider
Forward	Template:Ihicon JJ Peterka
Forward	Template:Ihicon Rocco Grimaldi
Forward	Template:Ihicon Dominik Kubalík
MVP	Template:Ihicon Artūrs Šilovs

Broadcasting rights

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TV studios in Nokia Arena: the Finnish C More (left) and the Swedish SVT (right)

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Broadcasting cameras and positions for the commentators in Nokia Arena, Tampere

These are the broadcasters for the tournament.^[19]

Country	Broadcaster
Austria	ORF
Canada	TSN
Canada	RDS
Czech Republic	ČT
Denmark	TV 2 Sport
Estonia	ERR
Finland	MTV
France	Fanseat
Germany	Sport1
Germany	Magenta Sport
Hungary	Sport 1
Kazakhstan	Qazsport
Latvia	LTV
Latvia	Tet
Lithuania	LRT
Norway	Viaplay
Poland	TVP
Russia	Match TV
Slovakia	RTVS
Slovenia	RTV
Slovenia	Šport TV
Sweden	SVT
Switzerland	SRG SSR
Ukraine	XSPORT
United Kingdom	Viaplay Sports
United States	NHL Network
United States	ESPN+

References

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External links

Official website

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2023 IIHF World Championship

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Host nation bid

Venues

Participants

Seeding

Rosters

Match officials

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

Final standings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

Awards

Individual awards

Media All Stars

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Host countries	Finland Latvia
Dates	12–28 May
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (28th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Latvia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	354 (5.53 per match)
Attendance	442,160 (6,909 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Template:Ihicon Rocco Grimaldi (14 points)
MVP	Template:Ihicon Artūrs Šilovs
← 2022 2024 →