2024 IIHF World Championship Group A

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Group A is one of two groups of the 2024 IIHF World Championship. The four best-placed teams advance to the playoff round, while the last placed team will be relegated to Division I in 2025. By rule Denmark cannot be relegated because it is a co-host of the 2025 World Championship.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	0	16	9	+7	8	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	0	13	8	+5	8
3	Finland	3	2	0	1	0	12	2	+10	7
4	Czechia (H)	3	1	1	1	0	8	5	+3	6
5	Norway	4	1	0	0	3	8	15	−7	3	Qualification for 2025 IIHF World Championship
6	Denmark	3	1	0	0	2	6	8	−2	3
7	Austria	3	0	0	1	2	12	18	−6	1
8	Great Britain	2	0	0	0	2	2	12	−10	0	Relegation to 2025 Division I A

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2024. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament
(H) Host
Notes:

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).

Switzerland vs Norway

10 May 2024 16:20

Switzerland

5–2 (1–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Norway

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,617

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Jonas Arntzen	Referees: Riku Brander Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Andreas Hofer
	Andrighetto (Niederreiter, Loeffel) – 11:04 1–0 1–1 14:53 – Vikingstad (Thoresen, Johannesen) Loeffel (Siegenthaler, Jäger) – 24:12 2–1 Senteler (Josi, Simion) – 28:09 3–1 Scherwey (Haas) – 33:30 4–1 Niederreiter (Ambühl, Kurashev) (PP) – 51:56 5–1 5–2 58:56 – Brandsegg-Nygård (Thoresen, Zuccarello) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	15

Czechia vs Finland

10 May 2024 20:20

Czechia

1–0 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Finland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Andris Ansons Mikael Holm Linesmen: Nick Briganti Oto Durmis
	Kaše Krejčík Palát Červenka	Shootout	Kaski Granlund Puljujärvi Kapanen
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	21

Great Britain vs Canada

11 May 2024 12:20

Great Britain

2–4 (1–1, 0–3, 1–0)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,935

Game reference
	Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Joel Hofer	Referees: Christoffer Holm Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Anders Nyqvist
	Kirk (Mosey, Lake) (PP) – 07:47 1–0 1–1 08:17 – Bunting (Byram) 1–2 25:45 – Hagel (Zellweger, Dubois) 1–3 31:39 – Bedard (Bunting, Zellweger) 1–4 35:29 – Bedard (Paul, Guhle) O'Connor (Kirk, Betteridge) – 48:49 2–4
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	34

Austria vs Denmark

11 May 2024 16:20

Austria

1–5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Denmark

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,719

Game reference
	David Madlener	Goalies	Frederik Dichow	Referees: Mikael Holm André Schrader Linesmen: Nick Briganti Daniel Hynek
	0–1 13:19 – M. Lauridsen (Blichfeld, Russell) 0–2 16:11 – Storm (SH) Ganahl (Haudum, Rohrer) – 19:35 1–2 1–3 38:54 – Blichfeld (Wejse, O. Lauridsen) 1–4 53:44 – Scheel (Bruggisser, N. Jensen) 1–5 58:57 – Blichfeld (Aagaard, Russell) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	34

Norway vs Czechia

11 May 2024 20:20

Norway

3–6 (3–2, 0–1, 0–3)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Petr Mrázek	Referees: Tomáš Hronský Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Tim Heffner Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 06:06 – Červenka (Kundrátek, Kaše) Solberg (Thoresen, Zuccarello) – 06:37 1–1 Steen (Trettenes) (SH) – 12:10 2–1 E. Salsten (Solberg, Zuccarello) – 16:32 3–1 3–2 17:12 – Červenka (Sedlák, Kaše) 3–3 35:54 – Beránek (Kempný) 3–4 45:19 – Stránský (Krejčík, Kämpf) 3–5 56:59 – Hájek (Palát) 3–6 59:06 – Palát (Kämpf, Voženílek) (EN)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	11	Shots	48

Finland vs Great Britain

12 May 2024 12:20

Finland

8–0 (1–0, 5–0, 2–0)

Great Britain

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 15,433

Game reference
	Emil Larmi	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Andris Ansons Mikael Holm Linesmen: Oto Durmis Ludvig Lundgren
	Kapanen (Kaski) – 16:14 1–0 Puljujärvi (Kaski, Oksanen) – 21:15 2–0 Innala (Granlund, Pakarinen) (PP) – 24:52 3–0 Riikola (Puljujärvi, Oksanen) – 32:49 4–0 Kapanen (Puljujärvi, Granlund) – 36:01 5–0 Määttä (Granlund) – 38:45 6–0 Lehtonen (Helenius, Granlund) – 46:39 7–0 Kapanen (Määttä, Oksanen) – 52:57 8–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	14

Denmark vs Canada

12 May 2024 16:20

Denmark

1–5 (0–2, 1–0, 0–3)

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,015

Game reference
	Frederik Dichow	Goalies	Jordan Binnington	Referees: Riku Brander Tomáš Hronský Linesmen: Tim Heffner Andreas Hofer
	0–1 02:24 – Bedard (Bunting, Guhle) 0–2 15:25 – Cozens (Tavares, Byram) (PP) Wejse (Storm, Poulsen) – 26:15 1–2 1–3 41:52 – Bedard (Guenther) 1–4 58:00 – Mercer (McBain, Tanev) (EN) 1–5 59:39 – Dubois (Bedard, Zellweger) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	42

Austria vs Switzerland

12 May 2024 20:20

Austria

5–6 (2–1, 2–3, 1–2)

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 13,512

Game reference
	David Kickert	Goalies	Reto Berra Akira Schmid	Referees: Sean MacFarlane Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Anders Nyqvist
	Unterweger (Rossi) – 04:15 1–0 Huber (Rohrer) – 14:33 2–0 2–1 15:48 – Josi (Loeffel, Ambühl) (PP2) Haudum (Zwerger, Unterweger) (PP) – 21:48 3–1 3–2 22:26 – Hischier (Josi, Loeffel) 3–3 29:30 – Josi (Ambühl, Hischier) (PP2) 3–4 29:43 – Jäger (Andrighetto, Kukan) (PP) Haudum (Unterweger, Huber) (PP) – 34:45 4–4 4–5 40:43 – Hischier (Kurashev, Niederreiter) (PP) Baumgartner (Maier, Strong) – 52:17 5–5 5–6 59:09 – Hischier (Josi, Ambühl) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	36

Norway vs Finland

13 May 2024 16:20

Norway

1–4 (0–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Finland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,127

Game reference
	Jonas Arntzen	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Christoffer Holm Tomáš Hronský Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 06:49 – Kapanen (Kaski) (PP) 0–2 17:56 – Hyry (Kaski, Innala) 0–3 20:27 – Hyry (Jääskä, Innala) 0–4 30:59 – Kapanen (Oksanen) Krogdahl (Johannesen) – 38:47 1–4
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	42

Switzerland vs Czechia

13 May 2024 20:20

Switzerland

2–1 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,413

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Andris Ansons André Schrader Linesmen: Oto Durmis Anders Nyqvist
	Fiala (Hischier, Josi) (PP) – 13:36 1–0 1–1 35:57 – Stránský (Špaček, Červenka) (PP)
	Andrighetto Fiala Kurashev Loeffel Josi	Shootout	Kaše Stránský Tomášek Červenka Flek
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	24

Denmark vs Norway

14 May 2024 16:20

Denmark

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Norway

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 10,011

Game reference
	Frederik Dichow	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Shane Gustafson
	0–1 27:45 – Brandsegg-Nygård (Zuccarello, Thoresen) 0–2 59:49 – Salsten (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	29

Canada vs Austria

14 May 2024 20:20

Canada

7–6 OT (3–1, 3–0, 0–5) (OT: 1–0)

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,704

Game reference
	Jordan Binnington	Goalies	David Madlener	Referees: Andris Ansons Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Dāvis Zunde
	Cozens (Mangiapane, Guhle – 06:34 1–0 Guhle (Tavares, Hagel) – 09:21 2–0 2–1 10:11 – Nissner (M. Huber, Raffl) Byram (Zellweger) – 13:29 3–1 McCann (Bunting) – 22:57 4–1 Bedard (Guenther, Parayko) – 29:32 5–1 Dubois (Hagel, Power) – 37:56 6–1 6–2 43:14 – Baumgartner (Schneider) 6–3 44:08 – Schneider (Zwerger, Wolf) 6–4 50:41 – Zwerger (Nickl) 6–5 55:56 – Schneider (Zwerger, Rossi) 6–6 59:11 – Rossi (EA) Tavares (Dubois, Parayko) – 60:15 7–6
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	49	Shots	21

Czechia vs Denmark

15 May 2024 16:20

Czechia

v

Denmark

O2 Arena, Prague

Switzerland vs Great Britain

15 May 2024 20:20

Switzerland

v

Great Britain

O2 Arena, Prague

Finland vs Austria

16 May 2024 16:20

Finland

v

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague

Canada vs Norway

16 May 2024 20:20

Canada

v

Norway

O2 Arena, Prague

Great Britain vs Denmark

17 May 2024 16:20

Great Britain

v

Denmark

O2 Arena, Prague

Czechia vs Austria

17 May 2024 20:20

Czechia

v

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague

Denmark vs Switzerland

18 May 2024 12:20

Denmark

v

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague

Canada vs Finland

18 May 2024 16:20

Canada

v

Finland

O2 Arena, Prague

Czechia vs Great Britain

18 May 2024 20:20

Czechia

v

Great Britain

O2 Arena, Prague

Norway vs Austria

19 May 2024 16:20

Norway

v

Austria

O2 Arena, Prague

Switzerland vs Canada

19 May 2024 20:20

Switzerland

v

Canada

O2 Arena, Prague

Great Britain vs Norway

20 May 2024 16:20

Great Britain

v

Norway

O2 Arena, Prague

Finland vs Denmark

20 May 2024 20:20

Finland

v

Denmark

O2 Arena, Prague

Austria vs Great Britain

21 May 2024 12:20

Austria

v

Great Britain

O2 Arena, Prague

Canada vs Czechia

21 May 2024 16:20

Canada

v

Czechia

O2 Arena, Prague

Finland vs Switzerland

21 May 2024 20:20

Finland

v

Switzerland

O2 Arena, Prague

External links

• Official website