2023 IIHF World Championship Group A

Group A is one of two groups of the 2023 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 2024.[1]

Main article: 2023 IIHF World Championship

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  United States 4 4 0 0 0 18 5 +13 12 Quarterfinals
2  Denmark 3 2 1 0 0 13 6 +7 8
3  Sweden 3 2 1 0 0 8 1 +7 8
4  Finland (H) 4 2 0 1 1 11 12 −1 7
5  France 4 0 1 2 1 10 13 −3 4
6  Hungary 3 0 1 0 2 5 12 −7 2
7  Austria 4 0 0 1 3 4 17 −13 1
8  Germany 3 0 0 0 3 5 8 −3 0 Relegation to 2024 Division I A
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2023. 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

Matches

All times are local (UTC+3).

Finland vs United States
12 May 2023
16:20		Finland 1–4
(1–0, 0–1, 0–3)		 United StatesNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,056
Game reference
Emil LarmiGoaliesCasey DeSmithReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Canada Adam Bloski
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Slovakia Šimon Synek
Hartikainen (Sallinen, Manninen) (PP) – 17:071–0
1–133:48 – Gauthier (Mazur, Samberg)
1–249:49 – O'Connor (Samberg, Garland)
1–352:57 – A. Tuch (Grimaldi, O'Connor)
1–459:12 – A. Tuch (O'Connor) (EN)
6 minPenalties4 min
24Shots38

Sweden vs Germany
12 May 2023
20:20		Sweden 1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 GermanyNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 9,179
Game reference
Lars JohanssonGoaliesMathias NiederbergerReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Switzerland Miroslav Stolc
Linesmen:
Switzerland Eric Cattaneo
Canada Tarrington Wyonzek
Lindberg (Berggren, Petersson) (PP) – 41:311–0
8 minPenalties6 min
23Shots19

France vs Austria
13 May 2023
12:20		France 2–1 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 AustriaNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 7,626
Game reference
Sebastian YlönenGoaliesDavid KickertReferees:
Denmark Mads Frandsen
Germany Sirko Hunnius
Linesmen:
Slovakia Šimon Synek
Canada Tarrington Wyonzek
T. Bozon (Claireaux, Chakiachvili) (PP) – 19:291–0
1–146:56 – Raffl (Schneider, Rossi) (PP)
Treille (Chakiachvili, T. Bozon) (PP) – 60:392–1
27 minPenalties10 min
28Shots28

Hungary vs Denmark
13 May 2023
16:20		Hungary 1–3
(0–1, 0–1, 1–1)		 DenmarkNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 7,633
Game reference
Bence BálizsGoaliesFrederik DichowReferees:
Canada Adam Bloski
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Canada Brett Mackey
0–115:55 – Ehlers (N. Jensen, Russell) (PP)
0–229:23 – Ehlers (M. Lauridsen, N. Jensen) (PP)
Sofron (Szabó, Bartalis) – 46:421–2
1–351:58 – Poulsen (Lassen, Storm)
12 minPenalties10 min
17Shots44

Germany vs Finland
13 May 2023
20:20		Germany 3–4
(1–1, 2–2, 0–1)		 FinlandNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,712
Game reference
Dustin StrahlmeierGoaliesJussi OlkinuoraReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Switzerland Miroslav Stolc
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
0–109:30 – Armia (Kakko, Määttä)
Noebels (Fischbuch, Kastner) – 17:451–1
Wissmann (Kastner, Noebels) – 32:262–1
2–234:09 – Manninen (Kapanen, Koivisto)
2–335:56 – Manninen (Rantanen, Lehtonen) (PP)
Peterka (Kahun, Tiffels) (PP) – 39:413–3
3–452:45 – Lehtonen (Rantanen, Hartikainen)
4 minPenalties8 min
13Shots25

United States vs Hungary
14 May 2023
12:20		United States 7–1
(2–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 HungaryNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 5,258
Game reference
Cal PetersenGoaliesDominik HorváthReferees:
Denmark Mads Frandsen
Germany Sirko Hunnius
Linesmen:
Switzerland Eric Cattaneo
Canada Tarrington Wyonzek
0–104:07 – Sofron (Szabó, Bartalis)
A. Tuch (Grimaldi) – 06:161–1
Bonino (Grimaldi) – 18:382–1
Bonino (Garland, Perunovich) (PP) – 23:293–1
Gauthier (Coronato, Hutson) – 33:394–1
Mackey (Eyssimont, Garland) – 41:235–1
Grimaldi – 44:046–1
L. Tuch – 56:577–1
0 minPenalties4 min
50Shots14

France vs Denmark
14 May 2023
16:20		France 3–4 OT
(0–2, 3–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 DenmarkNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 4,542
Game reference
Sebastian YlönenGoaliesFrederik DichowReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
0–108:27 – Ehlers (M. Lauridsen, N. Jensen) (PP)
0–218:03 – Bødker (J. Jensen, Bau) (PP)
Leclerc (Rech, Boudon) – 25:481–2
Rech – 28:292–2
2–330:34 – Olesen
Addamo (Boscq, Gallet) – 39:313–3
3–461:43 – Russell (M. Lauridsen, Ehlers) (PP)
33 minPenalties6 min
26Shots21

Sweden vs Austria
14 May 2023
20:20		Sweden 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 AustriaNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 5,950
Game reference
Jesper WallstedtGoaliesBernhard StarkbaumReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
Lindholm (Berggren, Pudas) – 03:431–0
Sörensen (De la Rose, Tömmernes) – 26:042–0
Nemeth (Petersson, Lindholm) – 38:163–0
Carlsson (Raymond, Nylander) – 51:184–0
Everberg (Bengtsson, Nemeth) – 53:425–0
2 minPenalties4 min
32Shots18

Germany vs United States
15 May 2023
16:20		Germany 2–3
(0–0, 2–1, 0–2)		 United StatesNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 8,003
Game reference
Mathias NiederbergerGoaliesCasey DeSmithReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Switzerland Eric Cattaneo
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
0–125:39 – Attard (Eyssimont, Tynan) (EA)
Soramies (M. Müller, Seider) (SH) – 30:231–1
Schütz (Tuomie) – 39:552–1
2–245:58 – Farrell (Hutson)
2–354:50 – Coronato (Perunovich, Tynan) (PP)
4 minPenalties8 min
32Shots26

Finland vs Sweden
15 May 2023
20:20		Finland 1–2 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 SwedenNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 12,039
Game reference
Emil LarmiGoaliesLars JohanssonReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Denmark Mads Frandsen
Linesmen:
Canada Brett Mackey
Slovakia Šimon Synek
0–137:17 – Lindberg (Zetterlund, Berggren)
Lammikko (Pesonen, Kapanen) – 46:471–1
Oksanen GOAL
Kapanen MISS
Rantanen MISS
Hartikainen MISS
Armia GOAL
Oksanen MISS		ShootoutGOAL Tömmernes
GOAL Raymond
MISS Lindberg
MISS Petersson
MISS Sörensen
GOAL Raymond
4 minPenalties6 min
28Shots26

Denmark vs Austria
16 May 2023
16:20		Denmark 6–2
(1–0, 1–1, 4–1)		 AustriaNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 3,131
Game reference
Frederik DichowGoaliesDavid KickertReferees:
United States Sean Fernandez
Germany Sirko Hunnius
Linesmen:
Germany Andreas Hofer
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
Ehlers (J. Jensen, O. Lauridsen) – 09:321–0
1–127:15 – Raffl (Schneider, Heinrich) (PP)
Andersen (Aagaard) – 33:272–1
J. Jensen (Andersen, Aagaard) – 46:373–1
3–248:40 – Schneider (Rossi, Maier)
N. Jensen (M. Lauridsen) (PP) – 51:464–2
Lassen (Andersen) – 53:005–2
Russell (Ehlers) – 57:036–2
4 minPenalties6 min
27Shots21

France vs Hungary
16 May 2023
20:20		France 2–3 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 HungaryNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 3,075
Game reference
Sebastian YlönenGoaliesBence BálizsReferees:
Denmark Mads Frandsen
Canada Mike Langin
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Canada Brett Mackey
Bertrand (Gallet, Rech) (PP) – 16:281–0
1–119:39 – Stipsicz (Sebők, Hári)
Boudon (Bertrand, T. Bozon) (PP) – 29:312–1
2–233:03 – Galló (Sebők, Kiss)
2–361:22 – Bartalis (Erdély, Horváth)
10 minPenalties8 min
28Shots21

United States vs Austria
17 May 2023
16:20		United States 4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 AustriaNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 7,676
Game reference
Cal PetersenGoaliesBernhard StarkbaumReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Finland Onni Hautamäki
Slovakia Šimon Synek
Grimaldi (Bonino, Mackey) – 27:161–0
1–137:23 – Raffl (Schneider, Rossi) (PP)
Mazur (Tynan, Hutson) – 38:202–1
Hutson (Perbix, Coronato) – 43:243–1
Perbix (Brown, Farrell) (EN) – 57:274–1
4 minPenalties4 min
31Shots19

Finland vs France
17 May 2023
20:20		Finland 5–3
(1–1, 2–1, 2–1)		 FranceNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,638
Game reference
Emil LarmiGoaliesJulian JuncaReferees:
Sweden Tobias Björk
United States Sean Fernandez
Linesmen:
Canada Brett Mackey
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
0–101:04 – Chakiachvili (T. Bozon, Texier)
Pesonen (Pokka, Lammikko) – 04:371–1
Oksanen (Anttila, Friman) – 23:352–1
2–228:31 – Addamo (Gallet, Leclerc)
Anttila (Matinpalo) – 31:363–2
Hartikainen (Manninen, Rantanen) (PP) – 45:224–2
4–349:08 – Bertrand (Chakiachvili, T. Bozon)
Manninen (Rantanen, Määttä) (EN) – 58:585–3
4 minPenalties6 min
32Shots22

Hungary vs Sweden
18 May 2023
16:20		Hungary v SwedenNokia Arena, Tampere

Denmark vs Germany
18 May 2023
20:20		Denmark v GermanyNokia Arena, Tampere

Hungary vs Finland
19 May 2023
16:20		Hungary v FinlandNokia Arena, Tampere

Austria vs Germany
19 May 2023
20:20		Austria v GermanyNokia Arena, Tampere

United States vs Denmark
20 May 2023
12:20		United States v DenmarkNokia Arena, Tampere

Austria vs Finland
20 May 2023
16:20		Austria v FinlandNokia Arena, Tampere

Sweden vs France
20 May 2023
20:20		Sweden v FranceNokia Arena, Tampere

Germany vs Hungary
21 May 2023
16:20		Germany v HungaryNokia Arena, Tampere

United States vs France
21 May 2023
20:20		United States v FranceNokia Arena, Tampere

Denmark vs Sweden
22 May 2023
16:20		Denmark v SwedenNokia Arena, Tampere

Austria vs Hungary
22 May 2023
20:20		Austria v HungaryNokia Arena, Tampere

Germany vs France
23 May 2023
12:20		Germany v FranceNokia Arena, Tampere

Sweden vs United States
23 May 2023
16:20		Sweden v United StatesNokia Arena, Tampere

Finland vs Denmark
23 May 2023
20:20		Finland v DenmarkNokia Arena, Tampere

References
  1. "World Championship schedule released". iihf.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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