2021 IIHF World Championship Group B

Main article: 2021 IIHF World Championship

Group B was one of two groups of the 2021 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round.^[1]

Due to COVID-19 pandemic protocols, the tournament was held in a "bubble" behind closed doors with no spectators. Prior to the beginning of the tournament, and against objections by Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš and Minister of Health, Daniels Pavļuts, the Latvian parliament voted in favour of a notion ordering the government to develop a plan for allowing spectators who are either fully vaccinated or otherwise immune due to recent infection.^[2]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	7	6	0	0	1	21	8	+13	18	Quarterfinals
2	Finland	7	4	2	1	0	19	10	+9	17
3	Germany	7	4	0	0	3	22	14	+8	12
4	Canada	7	3	0	1	3	19	18	+1	10[a]
5	Kazakhstan	7	2	2	0	3	22	18	+4	10[a]
6	Latvia (H)	7	2	0	3	2	15	16	−1	9
7	Norway	7	2	1	0	4	17	21	−4	8
8	Italy	7	0	0	0	7	11	41	−30	0

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:

1. Kazakhstan 2–4 Canada

Matches

All times are local (UTC+3).

Germany vs Italy

21 May 2021 16:15

Germany

9–4 (2–2, 5–0, 2–2)

Italy

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Felix Brückmann	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Brian Oliver
	Kühnhackl (Krämmer) – 15:56 1–0 1–1 17:42 – Petan (Miceli) 1–2 18:07 – Frigo (Magnabosco, Bardaro) M. Müller (Eisenschmid, Loibl) – 18:44 2–2 Rieder (Kühnhackl, Krämmer) – 24:23 3–2 Tiffels (Eisenschmid, Plachta) (PP) – 27:47 4–2 Noebels (J. Müller, Pföderl) – 35:13 5–2 Reichel (Seider) – 37:52 6–2 Noebels (Pföderl, Reichel) – 38:35 7–2 Plachta (Tiffels, Holzer) (SH) – 42:52 8–2 8–3 43:22 – Bardaro (Deluca) (PP) 8–4 44:06 – Frank (Frigo) (PP) Pföderl (Noebels, Reichel) – 48:41 9–4
	29 min	Penalties	6 min
	52	Shots	13

Canada vs Latvia

21 May 2021 20:15

Canada

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Latvia

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Matīss Kivlenieks	Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jonas Merten David Obwegeser
	0–1 19:58 – Indrašis (Ķēniņš, Freibergs) (PP) 0–2 28:39 – Batņa (Ķēniņš)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	17

Norway vs Germany

22 May 2021 12:15

Norway

1–5 (0–1, 1–3, 0–1)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga

Game reference
	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Dustin McCrank
	0–1 19:44 – Plachta (M. Müller, Seider) 0–2 23:19 – Gawanke (Brandt, Noebels) (PP) 0–3 26:04 – Pföderl (Reichel, Noebels) 0–4 30:35 – Reichel Lilleberg (M. Olimb, Haga) – 36:21 1–4 1–5 44:41 – Bergmann (Nowak, Krämmer)
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	26

Finland vs United States

22 May 2021 16:15

Finland

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

United States

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Cal Petersen	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Peter Stano Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček
	Ohtamaa (Mäenalanen, Anttila) – 26:54 1–0 Pakarinen (Pokka, Määttä) – 35:41 2–0 2–1 38:01 – Robertson (Wolanin) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	30

Latvia vs Kazakhstan

22 May 2021 20:15

Latvia

2–3 GWS (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Matīss Kivlenieks	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referees: Mads Frandsen Mikael Nord Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Emil Yletyinen
	Dārziņš (Daugaviņš) – 27:44 1–0 1–1 38:59 – Shin (Starchenko, Dietz) (PP) Ri. Bukarts (Cibuļskis) – 45:25 2–1 2–2 45:37 – Blacker (Svedberg, Sagadeyev)
	Indrašis Dārziņš Ro. Bukarts Daugaviņš Ri. Bukarts Indrašis Dārziņš Ro. Bukarts	Shootout	Shin Valk Mikhailis Starchenko Dietz Starchenko Mikhailis Rymarev
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	32

Norway vs Italy

23 May 2021 12:15

Norway

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Italy

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Tobias Björk Mads Frandsen Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Emil Yletyinen
	Trettenes (Olden, Lesund) – 10:04 1–0 Rosseli Olsen (M. Olimb, Espeland) (PP) – 25:12 2–0 Trettenes (Olden, Lindström) (PP) – 36:01 3–0 Trettenes (Lesund, Lindström) – 40:59 4–0 4–1 51:55 – Frank (Andergassen, Marchetti)
	2 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	18

Kazakhstan vs Finland

23 May 2021 16:15

Kazakhstan

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

Finland

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Nikita Boyarkin	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 33:24 – Lundell (Lindbohm, Ruohomaa) Panyukov (Mikhailis) (PP) – 35:56 1–1
	Shin Valk Mikhailis Starchenko	Shootout	Turunen Kaski Ruotsalainen Karjalainen
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	51

Canada vs United States

23 May 2021 20:15

Canada

1–5 (0–1, 0–3, 1–1)

United States

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Darcy Kuemper Adin Hill	Goalies	Anthony Stolarz Jake Oettinger	Referees: André Schrader Christoph Sternat Linesmen: David Obwegeser Elias Seewald
	0–1 07:42 – Robertson (Garland) 0–2 21:19 – Clendening (Hellickson) 0–3 23:27 – Moore (Robertson) (PP) 0–4 38:20 – Moore (Garland) Comtois (Beaudin) – 51:35 1–4 1–5 57:06 – Tennyson (Clendening)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	23

Latvia vs Italy

24 May 2021 16:15

Latvia

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Italy

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Ivars Punnenovs	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Dustin McCrank
	Karsums (Krastenbergs) – 32:08 1–0 Dārziņš (Džeriņš, Freibergs) – 58:48 2–0 Karsums (EN) – 59:48 3–0
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	12

Germany vs Canada

24 May 2021 20:15

Germany

3–1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Canada

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Adin Hill	Referees: Roman Gofman Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Gleb Lazarev
	Loibl (Kühnhackl, Rieder) – 10:46 1–0 Plachta (Eisenschmid) – 11:24 2–0 2–1 18:19 – Paul (Miller) Holzer (Plachta, Noebels) (EN) – 57:59 3–1
	28 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	40

United States vs Kazakhstan

25 May 2021 16:15

United States

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Robin Šír Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Šimon Synek
	Clendening (Robertson, Moore) – 06:57 1–0 Moore (Jones) (EA) – 21:33 2–0 Drury (Donato, Tennyson) – 41:58 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	52	Shots	18

Finland vs Norway

25 May 2021 20:15

Finland

5–2 (1–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Norway

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Brian Oliver
	0–1 01:30 – M. Olimb (Haga) Pakarinen (Ohtamaa, Kaski) – 14:24 1–1 Lundell (Ruotsalainen) – 21:40 2–1 Nousiainen (Sallinen) – 25:54 3–1 3–2 41:13 – Lindström (Trettenes, Olden) Innala (Kontiola, Sund) (PP) – 47:17 4–2 Björninen (Mäenalanen, Koivisto) – 53:25 5–2
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	15

Kazakhstan vs Germany

26 May 2021 16:15

Kazakhstan

3–2 (0–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Germany

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Nikita Boyarkin	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Andris Ansons Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Dāvis Zunde
	Shin (Stepanenko, Shalapov) – 26:39 1–0 1–1 29:38 – Kühnhackl (Rieder, Holzer) 1–2 34:07 – Eisenschmid (Loibl, Seider) (PP) Starchenko (PS) – 40:31 2–2 Akolzin (Maklyukov) – 55:42 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	15	Shots	30

Canada vs Norway

26 May 2021 20:15

Canada

4–2 (2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Norway

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jonas Merten Elias Seewald
	Brown (Henrique, Power) – 00:22 1–0 Henrique (Brown, Power) (PP2) – 10:23 2–0 2–1 29:08 – Valkvæ Olsen (Haga) 2–2 30:28 – Rosseli Olsen (Krogdahl, Østby) Mangiapane (Brown) – 34:41 3–2 Henrique (Foudy, Kuemper) (SH) – 50:14 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	15

United States vs Latvia

27 May 2021 16:15

United States

4–2 (2–2, 2–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Matīss Kivlenieks	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Hannu Sormunen
	Tennyson (Moore, Garland) – 01:06 1–0 1–1 05:00 – Indrašis (Dārziņš) (PP2) Boyle (Labanc, Abdelkader) – 14:46 2–1 2–2 16:45 – Krastenbergs (Batņa, Freibergs) Moore (Garland, Robertson) – 31:45 3–2 Beniers (Chmelevski, Boyle) – 33:32 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	19

Finland vs Italy

27 May 2021 20:15

Finland

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Italy

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Mads Frandsen Mikael Nord Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Ludvig Lundgren
	Sund (Kontiola, Innala) (PP) – 06:50 1–0 Ruotsalainen (Ojamäki) – 08:20 2–0 Sund (Mäenalanen, Koivisto) – 28:33 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	11

Kazakhstan vs Canada

28 May 2021 16:15

Kazakhstan

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Canada

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Andrei Shutov	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Gleb Lazarev
	0–1 06:03 – Mangiapane (Henrique, Brown) (PP) 0–2 21:01 – Henrique (Power, Mangiapane) Mikhailis – 24:30 1–2 Mikhailis (Valk, Savitski) – 41:31 2–2 2–3 47:40 – Perfetti (Anderson-Dolan) 2–4 59:57 – Brown (Henrique) (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	36

Latvia vs Norway

28 May 2021 20:15

Latvia

3–4 GWS (2–1, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Norway

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Matīss Kivlenieks	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Peter Stano Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Šimon Synek
	0–1 03:50 – Olden (Kåsastul, Trettenes) Krastenbergs (Rubīns, Ķēniņš) – 11:55 1–1 Ķēniņš (Ābols, Sotnieks) – 17:44 2–1 2–2 21:08 – K. Olimb (Rosseli Olsen) (SH) 2–3 41:56 – Pettersen (Rosseli Olsen, K. Olimb) Rubīns (Balinskis) – 49:42 3–3
	Indrašis Dārziņš Ro. Bukarts Krastenbergs Ri. Bukarts Indrašis	Shootout	Lindström Olden K. Olimb Pettersen Trettenes Haga
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	22

Italy vs Kazakhstan

29 May 2021 12:15

Italy

3–11 (0–1, 1–2, 2–8)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Justin Fazio Davide Fadani	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 02:12 – Starchenko (Valk, Mikhailis (PP) Miceli (Petan, Frank) 24:37 1–1 1–2 32:31 – Petukhov (Asetov, Stepanenko) 1–3 34:59 – Rymarev (Shin, Blacker) 1–4 41:31 – Mikhailis (Starchenko, Valk) (PP) Hochkofler (Gander) – 41:43 2–4 2–5 46:12 – Valk (Starchenko, Svedberg) (PP) 2–6 47:01 – Likhotnikov 2–7 49:46 – Likhotnikov (Maklyukov, Shalapov) Petan – 50:59 3–7 3–8 54:38 – Panyukov (Dietz, Starchenko) 3–9 56:07 – Starchenko (Valk) (PP) 3–10 57:44 – Svedberg (Shestakov, Sagadeyev) 3–11 59:52 – Shalapov (Asetov, Likhotnikov) (PP2)
	28 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	36

Norway vs United States

29 May 2021 16:15

Norway

1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Jake Oettinger	Referees: Christoph Sternat Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jonas Merten David Obwegeser
	0–1 10:30 – Garland (Jones, Thompson) (PP) 0–2 27:12 – Thompson (Donato, Roy) K. Olimb (M. Olsen) – 54:27 1–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	27

Germany vs Finland

29 May 2021 20:15

Germany

1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Finland

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Juho Olkinuora	Referees: Martin Fraňo Robin Šír Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Šimon Synek
	0–1 06:17 – Lundell (Sund, Innala) (PP) Holzer (Loibl, Plachta) – 27:58 1–1 1–2 51:26 – Ruotsalainen (Lundell)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	26

Italy vs Canada

30 May 2021 16:15

Italy

1–7 (0–4, 1–2, 0–1)

Canada

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Davide Fadani Justin Fazio	Goalies	Adin Hill	Referees: Andris Ansons Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 02:33 – Perfetti (Schneider, Foudy) 0–2 08:04 – Mangiapane (Brown, Henrique) 0–3 11:33 – Stecher (Anderson-Dolan) 0–4 11:56 – Henrique (Mangiapane) Miceli (Pitschieler) – 30:31 1–4 1–5 34:48 – Mangiapane (Brown, Ferraro) 1–6 37:28 – Comtois (Mangiapane, Brown) (PP) 1–7 55:54 – Pirri (Brown, Henrique)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	49

Finland vs Latvia

30 May 2021 20:15

Finland

3–2 OT (1–1, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Jānis Kalniņš	Referees: Andrew Bruggeman Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Dustin McCrank Brian Oliver
	Mäenalanen (Anttila, Tiivola) – 03:06 1–0 1–1 18:39 – Dzierkals Pakarinen (Pokka, Innala) – 35:39 2–1 2–2 53:45 – Dzierkals (Dārziņš, Sotnieks) Lundell (Määttä) – 64:56 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	37

United States vs Germany

31 May 2021 16:15

United States

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Germany

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Felix Brückmann	Referees: Tobias Björk Mads Frandsen Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Emil Yletyinen
	Robertson (Donato, Garland) (PP) – 38:56 1–0 Blackwell (Robinson) (EN) – 59:33 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	33

Norway vs Kazakhstan

31 May 2021 20:15

Norway

3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referees: Martin Fraňo Robin Šír Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Šimon Synek
	0–1 16:00 – Shevchenko (Svedberg) Valkvæ Olsen (Trettenes, Holøs) (PP) – 27:57 1–1 Espeland (Trettenes, Rosseli Olsen) (EA) – 41:08 2–1 M. Olimb (K. Olimb) – 59:00 3–1
	16 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	27

Canada vs Finland

1 June 2021 12:15

Canada

2–3 GWS (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Finland

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Darcy Kuemper	Goalies	Juho Olkinuora	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Nord Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Emil Yletyinen
	Pirri (Vilardi, Ferraro) – 01:30 1–0 1–1 21:11 – Ruotsalainen Comtois (Brown, Mangiapane) (PP) – 28:18 2–1 2–2 56:00 – Ruotsalainen (Lundell, Ojamäki)
	Pirri Perfetti Vilardi Henrique Brown	Shootout	Lundell Kaski Mäenalanen Ruotsalainen Pakarinen
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	32

Italy vs United States

1 June 2021 16:15

Italy

2–4 (0–3, 1–1, 1–0)

United States

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Davide Fadani	Goalies	Jake Oettinger	Referees: Yevgeni Romasko Max Sidorenko Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Gleb Lazarev
	0–1 06:54 – Labanc (Shea) 0–2 10:33 – Labanc (Beniers, Clendening) 0–3 19:45 – Garland (Robertson, Tennyson) Frigo (Trivellato) – 21:01 1–3 1–4 29:54 – Garland Giliati – 46:33 2–4
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	11	Shots	43

Germany vs Latvia

1 June 2021 20:15

Germany

2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 934

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Jānis Kalniņš	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Hannu Sormunen
	Peterka (Seider) – 03:16 1–0 Noebels (Pföderl, Reichel) – 06:40 2–0 2–1 25:55 – Ābols (Balinskis)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	24

References

1. "Latvia opens Worlds vs. Czech Republic". IIHF. 5 February 2021.
2. "Latvian Parliament votes to allow fans at IIHF World Championship". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 2021-05-21. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

External links

• Official website