2023 IIHF World Championship Group B

Group B 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  Canada 4 3 1 0 0 18 4 +14 11 Quarterfinals
2  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 0 15 0 +15 9
3  Czechia 3 2 0 1 0 11 7 +4 7
4  Latvia (H) 4 1 1 0 2 7 12 −5 5
5  Slovakia 3 1 0 1 1 5 6 −1 4
6  Norway 4 1 0 1 2 5 9 −4 4
7  Kazakhstan 4 0 1 0 3 6 18 −12 2
8  Slovenia 3 0 0 0 3 2 13 −11 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).

Slovakia vs Czechia
12 May 2023
16:20		Slovakia 2–3
(2–3, 0–0, 0–0)		 CzechiaArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 7,800
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Stanislav ŠkorvánekGoaliesŠimon HrubecReferees:
United States Sean Fernandez
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
United States Nick Briganti
Denmark Andreas Krøyer
Chromiak (Kňažko, Cehlárik) (PP) – 04:521–0
1–106:38 – Červenka (Kubalík, Chytil)
Rosandić (Lantoši, Čacho) – 10:572–1
2–213:48 – Sedlák (Flek, Kundrátek) (SH)
2–318:48 – Sedlák (Kubalík, Tomášek) (PP)
27 minPenalties6 min
26Shots22

Latvia vs Canada
12 May 2023
20:20		Latvia 0–6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2)		 CanadaArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 9,260
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Ivars Punnenovs
Artūrs Šilovs		GoaliesSam MontembeaultReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Germany Andreas Hofer
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
0–100:52 – Crouse (Glass, Krebs)
0–204:56 – Laughton (Weegar, Middleton)
0–328:17 – Weegar (Quinn, Toffoli) (PP)
0–435:12 – Blais (Veleno, Hunt)
0–553:58 – Veleno (Weegar)
0–655:40 – McBain (Carcone, Fantilli)
8 minPenalties4 min
23Shots29

Switzerland vs Slovenia
13 May 2023
12:20		Switzerland 7–0
(2–0, 1–0, 4–0)		 SloveniaArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,260
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Leonardo GenoniGoaliesGašper KrošeljReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Canada Mike Langin
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Austria David Nothegger
Malgin (Kukan, Haas) (PP) – 12:561–0
Moser (Corvi, Herzog) – 13:292–0
Niederreiter (Malgin, Haas) (PP) – 32:473–0
Malgin (Simion, Haas) (PP) – 41:594–0
Thürkauf (Loeffel) (PP) – 43:465–0
Miranda (Richard, Bertschy) – 50:396–0
Bertschy (Thürkauf) – 57:057–0
4 minPenalties12 min
36Shots17

Norway vs Kazakhstan
13 May 2023
16:20		Norway 3–4 GWS
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 KazakhstanArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 2,870
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Henrik HaukelandGoaliesAndrei ShutovReferees:
United States Sean Fernandez
Switzerland Stefan Hürlimann
Linesmen:
France Nicolas Constantineau
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Haga (Nørstebø, Trettenes) (PP) – 07:481–0
Holm (Trettenes, Martinsen) – 09:062–0
2–121:44 – Mukhametov (Muratov, Beketayev)
Haga (Granath, Nørstebø) (PP) – 21:443–1
3–235:11 – Orehkov (Savitski, Muratov) (PP)
3–351:27 – Mikhailis (Rymarev, Starchenko) (PP)
Haga MISS
Trettenes MISS
Hansen MISS
Olden GOAL
Olsen MISS
Olden MISS		ShootoutMISS Grents
MISS Muratov
GOAL Starchenko
MISS Mikhailis
MISS Rymarev
GOAL Starchenko
6 minPenalties8 min
34Shots18

Slovakia vs Latvia
13 May 2023
20:20		Slovakia 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 LatviaArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 8,930
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Stanislav ŠkorvánekGoaliesArtūrs ŠilovsReferees:
Sweden Christoffer Holm
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
United States Nick Briganti
Denmark Andreas Krøyer
Sukeľ (Cehlárik) – 00:441–0
1–136:51 – Ābols
Hrivík (Koch, Pánik) – 50:042–1
10 minPenalties2 min
29Shots28

Slovenia vs Canada
14 May 2023
12:20		Slovenia 2–5
(1–0, 0–3, 1–2)		 CanadaArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,380
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Luka GračnarGoaliesDevon LeviReferees:
Switzerland Stefan Hürlimann
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
France Nicolas Constantineau
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
Drozg (Jeglič, Verlič) (PP) – 03:501–0
1–121:13 – Carcone (Weegar, McBain)
1–227:31 – Joseph (Toffoli)
1–338:46 – Lucic (Glass, Weegar) (PP)
1–453:59 – Weegar (Toffoli, Middleton)
1–554:50 – McBain (Carcone, Neighbours)
Drozg (Ograjenšek, Gregorc) – 55:102–5
10 minPenalties12 min
24Shots51

Norway vs Switzerland
14 May 2023
16:20		Norway 0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 SwitzerlandArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,232
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Jonas ArntzenGoaliesRobert MayerReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
United States Nick Briganti
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
0–108:13 – Simion (Miranda, Glauser)
0–219:28 – Glauser (Miranda, Simion)
0–357:46 – Niederreiter (Bertschy, Richard) (EN)
10 minPenalties14 min
14Shots26

Czechia vs Kazakhstan
14 May 2023
20:20		Czechia 5–1
(2–0, 0–1, 3–0)		 KazakhstanArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,670
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Marek LanghamerGoaliesAndrey ShutovReferees:
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Canada Mike Langin
Linesmen:
Germany Andreas Hofer
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Zbořil (Sobotka, Sedlák) – 08:481–0
Kubalík (Kempný, Sedlák) (PP) – 15:252–0
2–131:18 – Mukhametov (Muratov, Kaiyrzhan)
Sedlák (Tomášek) – 41:063–1
Košťálek (Červenka, Špaček) (PP) – 45:464–1
Kubalík (Špaček, Košťálek) (PP2) – 58:595–1
2 minPenalties14 min
43Shots15

Slovakia vs Canada
15 May 2023
16:20		Slovakia 1–2 GWS
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 CanadaArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 4,640
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Samuel HlavajGoaliesSam MontembeaultReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
Denmark Andreas Krøyer
Finland Tommi Niittylä
0–107:46 – Neighbours (McBain)
Cehlárik (Hrivík, Hudáček) (PP) – 16:081–1
Pánik GOAL
Hrivík MISS
Sukeľ MISS
Cehlárik MISS
Chromiak GOAL
Pánik MISS
Nemec MISS
Chromiak MISS		ShootoutMISS Quinn
MISS Fantilli
GOAL Glass
MISS Toffoli
GOAL Carcone
MISS Glass
MISS Carcone
GOAL Quinn
41 minPenalties18 min
24Shots44

Czechia vs Latvia
15 May 2023
20:20		Czechia 3–4 OT
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)		 LatviaArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 7,780
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Šimon HrubecGoaliesArtūrs ŠilovsReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Switzerland Stefan Hürlimann
Linesmen:
Austria David Nothegger
Sweden Emil Yletyinen
Němeček (Beránek, Černoch) – 08:251–0
1–122:16 – Ri. Bukarts (Cibuļskis, Džeriņš)
1–223:18 – Dzierkals (Freibergs, Balcers)
Kubalík (Červenka, Dvořák) – 29:212–2
2–345:22 – Cibuļskis (Andersons, Smirnovs)
Kempný (Červenka, Kubalík) – 56:583–3
3–464:16 – Batna (Jaks, Dzierkals)
6 minPenalties8 min
25Shots35

Slovenia vs Norway
16 May 2023
16:20		Slovenia 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)		 NorwayArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 2,167
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Gašper KrošeljGoaliesHenrik HaukelandReferees:
Canada Adam Bloski
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
France Nicolas Constantineau
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
0–114:05 – Berg-Paulsen (Johannesen, Olsen)
6 minPenalties8 min
18Shots29

Switzerland vs Kazakhstan
16 May 2023
20:20		Switzerland 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 KazakhstanArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 2,792
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Andrei Shutov
Nikita Boyarkin		GoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
United States Sean MacFarlane
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Canada Tarrington Wyonzek
Geisser (Haas, Miranda) – 04:481–0
Herzog (Fora, Riat) – 27:342–0
Riat (Richard, Herzog) – 30:593–0
Niederreiter (Malgin, Kukan) (PP) – 40:444–0
Loeffel (Senteler) – 49:315–0
0 minPenalties6 min
36Shots13

Latvia vs Norway
17 May 2023
16:20		Latvia 2–1
(0–0, 2–1, 0–0)		 NorwayArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 6,872
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Artūrs ŠilovsGoaliesHenrik HaukelandReferees:
Canada Adam Bloski
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Ābols (Balcers, Daugaviņš) (PP) – 23:141–0
Andersons (Ķēniņš) – 23:532–0
2–134:20 – Hoff (Salsten)
14 minPenalties16 min
32Shots21

Canada vs Kazakhstan
17 May 2023
20:20		Canada 5–1
(4–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 KazakhstanArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,411
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Joel HoferGoaliesNikita BoyarkinReferees:
Finland Lassi Heikkinen
Switzerland Stefan Hürlimann
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Austria David Nothegger
Weegar (Blais, Veleno) – 00:191–0
Crouse (Weegar, Quinn) – 05:052–0
Crouse (Laughton, Barron) – 07:503–0
3–109:55 – Beketayev (Daniyar, Rymarev)
Veleno (Blais) – 19:224–1
Blais (Veleno, Lucic) – 41:555–1
2 minPenalties0 min
40Shots17

Czechia vs Slovenia
18 May 2023
16:20		Czechia v SloveniaArena Riga, Riga

Switzerland vs Slovakia
18 May 2023
20:20		Switzerland v SlovakiaArena Riga, Riga

Latvia vs Slovenia
19 May 2023
16:20		Latvia v SloveniaArena Riga, Riga

Kazakhstan vs Slovakia
19 May 2023
20:20		Kazakhstan v SlovakiaArena Riga, Riga

Norway vs Czechia
20 May 2023
12:20		Norway v CzechiaArena Riga, Riga

Canada vs Switzerland
20 May 2023
16:20		Canada v SwitzerlandArena Riga, Riga

Kazakhstan vs Latvia
20 May 2023
20:20		Kazakhstan v LatviaArena Riga, Riga

Slovenia vs Slovakia
21 May 2023
16:20		Slovenia v SlovakiaArena Riga, Riga

Czechia vs Switzerland
21 May 2023
20:20		Czechia v SwitzerlandArena Riga, Riga

Canada vs Norway
22 May 2023
16:20		Canada v NorwayArena Riga, Riga

Kazakhstan vs Slovenia
22 May 2023
20:20		Kazakhstan v SloveniaArena Riga, Riga

Slovakia vs Norway
23 May 2023
12:20		Slovakia v NorwayArena Riga, Riga

Canada vs Czechia
23 May 2023
16:20		Canada v CzechiaArena Riga, Riga

Switzerland vs Latvia
23 May 2023
20:20		Switzerland v LatviaArena Riga, Riga

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