Main article: 2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2021 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country
Latvia
Venue(s)
2 (in 1 host city)
Dates
21 May – 6 June
Opened by
Egils Levits
Teams
16
Final positions
Champions
Canada (27th title)
Runner-up
Finland
Third place
United States
Fourth place
Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played
64
Goals scored
324 (5.06 per game)
Attendance
934 (15 per game)
Scoring leader(s)
Connor Brown (16 points)
MVP
Andrew Mangiapane
← 2020 (cancelled)
2022 →
The 2021 IIHF World Championship (Latvian: 2021. gada Pasaules čempionāts hokejā) took place from 21 May to 6 June 2021.[1] It was originally to be co-hosted by Minsk, Belarus and Riga, Latvia, as the IIHF announced on 19 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany.[2] Their joint bid won by a very tight margin against the Finnish bid with the cities of Tampere and Helsinki.[2] On 18 January 2021 the IIHF decided to remove Belarus as a co-host due to the rising political unrest and COVID-19 concerns there.[3] On 2 February, the IIHF voted to confirm Latvia as the sole host for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[4]
This tournament was notable for the number of upsets that occurred in the preliminary round, including Denmark and Belarus' victories over Sweden, Kazakhstan's victory over Finland, Slovakia's victory over Russia, and Latvia's victory over Canada.[5] Sweden did not qualify for the quarter-finals for the first time since the current format has been introduced.[6] On the other hand, Kazakhstan recorded their best World Championship result to date, finishing tenth, while only narrowly missing their first-ever play-off appearance.
Canada won their 27th title, after defeating Finland in the final in overtime. Canada was the first team in history to win gold despite losing four times during the tournament.[7] The United States won the bronze medal game, defeating Germany 6–1.[8]
^"Welcome to Minsk & Riga in 2021". IIHF.com. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ abMerk, Martin (19 May 2017). "To Minsk & Riga in 2021!". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
^"IIHF to move 2021 World Championship". IIHF.com. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^"Latvia confirmed as Worlds host". IIHF.com. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^Ellis, Steven. "World Championship Roundup: Upsets Galore in Crazy Sunday". si.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^"IIHF - Sweden dumped out in group stage". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^"Canada wins "little miracle" gold". IIHF.com. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^"U.S. defeats Germany for bronze". IIHF.com. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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Global Information
Latvia
Canada (27th title)
Finland
United States
Germany