2023 IIHF World Championship Group A

Main article: 2023 IIHF World Championship

Group A was one of two groups of the 2023 IIHF World Championship. The four best-placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while Hungary, who finished last in the group, was relegated to Division I in 2024.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	United States	7	6	1	0	0	34	8	+26	20	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	7	5	1	1	0	26	7	+19	18
3	Finland (H)	7	5	0	1	1	28	15	+13	16
4	Germany	7	4	0	0	3	27	16	+11	12
5	Denmark	7	2	1	0	4	19	26	−7	8	Qualification for 2024 IIHF World Championship
6	France	7	0	1	2	4	10	31	−21	4
7	Austria	7	0	1	1	5	11	27	−16	3[a]
8	Hungary	7	0	1	1	5	12	37	−25	3[a]	Relegation to 2024 Division I A

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. Austria 4–3 Hungary

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 States

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 12,056

Game reference
	Emil Larmi	Goalies	Casey DeSmith	Referees: Tobias Björk Adam Bloski Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Šimon Synek
	Hartikainen (Sallinen, Manninen) (PP) – 17:07 1–0 1–1 33:48 – Gauthier (Mazur, Samberg) 1–2 49:49 – O'Connor (Samberg, Garland) 1–3 52:57 – A. Tuch (Grimaldi, O'Connor) 1–4 59:12 – A. Tuch (O'Connor) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	38

Sweden vs Germany

12 May 2023 20:20

Sweden

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Germany

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 9,179

Game reference
	Lars Johansson	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Tarrington Wyonzek
	Lindberg (Berggren, Petersson) (PP) – 41:31 1–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	19

France vs Austria

13 May 2023 12:20

France

2–1 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Austria

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 7,626

Game reference
	Sebastian Ylönen	Goalies	David Kickert	Referees: Mads Frandsen Sirko Hunnius Linesmen: Šimon Synek Tarrington Wyonzek
	T. Bozon (Claireaux, Chakiachvili) (PP) – 19:29 1–0 1–1 46:56 – Raffl (Schneider, Rossi) (PP) Treille (Chakiachvili, T. Bozon) (PP) – 60:39 2–1
	27 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	28

Hungary vs Denmark

13 May 2023 16:20

Hungary

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Denmark

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 7,633

Game reference
	Bence Bálizs	Goalies	Frederik Dichow	Referees: Adam Bloski Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Brett Mackey
	0–1 15:55 – Ehlers (N. Jensen, Russell) (PP) 0–2 29:23 – Ehlers (M. Lauridsen, N. Jensen) (PP) Sofron (Szabó, Bartalis) – 46:42 1–2 1–3 51:58 – Poulsen (Lassen, Storm)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	44

Germany vs Finland

13 May 2023 20:20

Germany

3–4 (1–1, 2–2, 0–1)

Finland

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,712

Game reference
	Dustin Strahlmeier	Goalies	Juho Olkinuora	Referees: Andris Ansons Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Jake Davis Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 09:30 – Armia (Kakko, Määttä) Noebels (Fischbuch, Kastner) – 17:45 1–1 Wissmann (Kastner, Noebels) – 32:26 2–1 2–2 34:09 – Manninen (Kapanen, Koivisto) 2–3 35:56 – Manninen (Rantanen, Lehtonen) (PP) Peterka (Kahun, Tiffels) (PP) – 39:41 3–3 3–4 52:45 – Lehtonen (Rantanen, Hartikainen)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	25

United States vs Hungary

14 May 2023 12:20

United States

7–1 (2–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Hungary

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 5,258

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Dominik Horváth	Referees: Mads Frandsen Sirko Hunnius Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Tarrington Wyonzek
	0–1 04:07 – Sofron (Szabó, Bartalis) A. Tuch (Grimaldi) – 06:16 1–1 Bonino (Grimaldi) – 18:38 2–1 Bonino (Garland, Perunovich) (PP) – 23:29 3–1 Gauthier (Coronato, Hutson) – 33:39 4–1 Mackey (Eyssimont, Garland) – 41:23 5–1 Grimaldi – 44:04 6–1 L. Tuch – 56:57 7–1
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	50	Shots	14

France vs Denmark

14 May 2023 16:20

France

3–4 OT (0–2, 3–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Denmark

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 4,542

Game reference
	Sebastian Ylönen	Goalies	Frederik Dichow	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Jake Davis Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 08:27 – Ehlers (M. Lauridsen, N. Jensen) (PP) 0–2 18:03 – Bødker (J. Jensen, Bau) (PP) Leclerc (Rech, Boudon) – 25:48 1–2 Rech – 28:29 2–2 2–3 30:34 – Olesen Addamo (Boscq, Gallet) – 39:31 3–3 3–4 61:43 – Russell (M. Lauridsen, Ehlers) (PP)
	33 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	21

Sweden vs Austria

14 May 2023 20:20

Sweden

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Austria

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 5,950

Game reference
	Jesper Wallstedt	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Andris Ansons Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Dāvis Zunde
	Lindholm (Berggren, Pudas) – 03:43 1–0 Sörensen (De la Rose, Tömmernes) – 26:04 2–0 Nemeth (Petersson, Lindholm) – 38:16 3–0 Carlsson (Raymond, Nylander) – 51:18 4–0 Everberg (Bengtsson, Nemeth) – 53:42 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	18

Germany vs United States

15 May 2023 16:20

Germany

2–3 (0–0, 2–1, 0–2)

United States

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,003

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Casey DeSmith	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 25:39 – Attard (Eyssimont, Tynan) (EA) Soramies (M. Müller, Seider) (SH) – 30:23 1–1 Schütz (Tuomie, Gawanke) – 39:55 2–1 2–2 45:58 – Farrell (Hutson) 2–3 54:50 – Coronato (Perunovich, Tynan) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	26

Finland vs Sweden

15 May 2023 20:20

Finland

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

Sweden

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 12,039

Game reference
	Emil Larmi	Goalies	Lars Johansson	Referees: Andris Ansons Mads Frandsen Linesmen: Brett Mackey Šimon Synek
	0–1 37:17 – Lindberg (Zetterlund, Berggren) Lammikko (Pesonen, Kapanen) – 46:47 1–1
	Oksanen Kapanen Rantanen Hartikainen Armia Oksanen	Shootout	Tömmernes Raymond Lindberg Petersson Sörensen Raymond
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	26

Denmark vs Austria

16 May 2023 16:20

Denmark

6–2 (1–0, 1–1, 4–1)

Austria

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 3,131

Game reference
	Frederik Dichow	Goalies	David Kickert	Referees: Sean Fernandez Sirko Hunnius Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Dāvis Zunde
	Ehlers (N. Jensen, J. Jensen) – 09:32 1–0 1–1 27:15 – Raffl (Schneider, Heinrich) (PP) Andersen (Aagaard) – 33:27 2–1 J. Jensen (Andersen, Aagaard) – 46:37 3–1 3–2 48:40 – Schneider (Rossi, Maier) N. Jensen (M. Lauridsen) (PP) – 51:46 4–2 Lassen (Andersen, Aagaard) – 53:00 5–2 Russell (Ehlers) – 57:03 6–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	21

France vs Hungary

16 May 2023 20:20

France

2–3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Hungary

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 3,075

Game reference
	Sebastian Ylönen	Goalies	Bence Bálizs	Referees: Mads Frandsen Mike Langin Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Brett Mackey
	Bertrand (Gallet, Rech) (PP) – 16:28 1–0 1–1 19:39 – Stipsicz (Sebők, Hári) Boudon (Bertrand, T. Bozon) (PP) – 29:31 2–1 2–2 33:03 – Galló (Sebők, Kiss) 2–3 61:22 – Bartalis (Erdély, Horváth)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	21

United States vs Austria

17 May 2023 16:20

United States

4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Austria

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 7,676

Game reference
	Cal Petersen	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Andris Ansons Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Šimon Synek
	Grimaldi (Bonino, Mackey) – 27:16 1–0 1–1 37:23 – Raffl (Schneider, Rossi) (PP) Mazur (Tynan, Hutson) – 38:20 2–1 Hutson (Perbix, Coronato) – 43:24 3–1 Perbix (Brown, Farrell) (EN) – 57:27 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	19

Finland vs France

17 May 2023 20:20

Finland

5–3 (1–1, 2–1, 2–1)

France

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,638

Game reference
	Emil Larmi	Goalies	Julian Junca	Referees: Tobias Björk Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Brett Mackey Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 01:04 – Chakiachvili (T. Bozon, Texier) Pesonen (Pokka, Lammikko) – 04:37 1–1 Oksanen (Anttila, Friman) – 23:35 2–1 2–2 28:31 – Addamo (Gallet, Leclerc) Anttila (Matinpalo) – 31:36 3–2 Hartikainen (Manninen, Rantanen) (PP) – 45:22 4–2 4–3 49:08 – Bertrand (Chakiachvili, T. Bozon) Manninen (Rantanen, Määttä) (EN) – 58:58 5–3
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	22

Hungary vs Sweden

18 May 2023 16:20

Hungary

1–7 (1–3, 0–3, 0–1)

Sweden

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 6,566

Game reference
	Dominik Horváth	Goalies	Jesper Wallstedt	Referees: Sirko Hunnius Liam Sewell Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Andreas Hofer
	0–1 01:33 – Lindberg (Tömmernes, Lindholm) 0–2 05:13 – De la Rose (Grundström) (SH) Kiss (Bartalis, Garát) – 07:36 1–2 1–3 17:50 – Everberg (Liljegren, Sandin) 1–4 24:17 – Petersson (Tömmernes, Raymond) (PP2) 1–5 37:37 – Berggren (Raymond, Liljegren) 1–6 38:20 – De la Rose (Sörensen, Tömmernes) 1–7 48:48 – Raymond (Carlsson, Tömmernes)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	9	Shots	51

Denmark vs Germany

18 May 2023 20:20

Denmark

4–6 (1–0, 1–3, 2–3)

Germany

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 3,964

Game reference
	Frederik Dichow	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Jan Hribik Mike Langin Linesmen: Nick Briganti Emil Yletyinen
	Lassen (M. Lauridsen, Ehlers) – 05:39 1–0 1–1 29:12 – Peterka (Wissmann) 1–2 31:08 – Ehl (M. Müller, Seider) 1–3 37:51 – M. Müller (Noebels, Peterka) Bau Hansen (Krogsgaard, Wejse) – 39:37 2–3 Wejse (Olesen, Andersen) – 55:01 3–3 3–4 55:21 – J. Müller (Wissmann, Stachowiak) 3–5 58:56 – Noebels (Sturm) (PP, EN) Wejse (M. Lauridsen, Koch) (EA) – 59:28 4–5 4–6 59:35 – Sturm (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	20	Shots	35

Hungary vs Finland

19 May 2023 16:20

Hungary

1–7 (0–1, 1–1, 0–5)

Finland

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,547

Game reference
	Bence Bálizs	Goalies	Juho Olkinuora	Referees: Sean MacFarlane Jan Hribik Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 12:52 – Lehtonen (Rantanen, Ohtamaa) 0–2 23:09 – Kakko (Armia, Suomela) (PP) Sebők (Pozsgai, Galló) – 26:46 1–2 1–3 40:51 – Ohtamaa (Rantanen, Manninen) 1–4 43:24 – Hartikainen (Rantanen, Lehtonen) (PP) 1–5 46:20 – Kapanen (Kakko, Suomela) 1–6 54:42 – Merelä (Friman, Björninen) 1–7 59:01 – Armia (Määttä, Olkinuora) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	0 min
	13	Shots	44

Austria vs Germany

19 May 2023 20:20

Austria

2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Germany

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 7,451

Game reference
	David Kickert	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Andris Ansons Liam Sewell Linesmen: Brett Mackey Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 04:22 – Sturm (Ehl, Niederberger) Wolf (Schneider, Rossi) – 11:15 1–1 1–2 16:28 – Tuomie (Stachowiak, J. Müller) 1–3 33:32 – Stachowiak (Schütz, M. Müller) Haudum (Wukovits, Huber) – 53:25 2–3 2–4 58:58 – Sturm (EN)
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	24

United States vs Denmark

20 May 2023 12:20

United States

3–0 (0–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Denmark

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,951

Game reference
	Casey DeSmith	Goalies	Frederik Dichow Georg Sørensen	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Mike Langin Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä David Nothegger
	Gauthier (A. Tuch, Tynan) (PP) – 49:51 1–0 A. Tuch (Grimaldi, Perunovich) – 55:30 2–0 Grimaldi (A. Tuch) (EN) – 59:19 3–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	22

Austria vs Finland

20 May 2023 16:20

Austria

1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Finland

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,785

Game reference
	David Madlener	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Christoffer Holm Sirko Hunnius Linesmen: Nick Briganti Andreas Hofer
	0–1 01:19 – Kapanen (Kakko, Määttä) Zwerger (Rossi) – 04:55 1–1 1–2 07:31 – Suomela (Määttä, Koivisto) 1–3 58:08 – Oksanen (Björninen)
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	18	Shots	39

Sweden vs France

20 May 2023 20:20

Sweden

4–0 (4–0, 0–0, 0–0)

France

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,454

Game reference
	Lars Johansson	Goalies	Julian Junca Quentin Papillon	Referees: Andris Ansons Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Brett Mackey Dāvis Zunde
	Lindholm (Tömmernes, Petersson) – 01:59 1–0 Zetterlund (Pudas, Tömmernes) – 09:25 2–0 Berggren (Carlsson, Tömmernes) (PP) – 16:26 3–0 Zetterlund (Lindberg, Raymond) (PP) – 19:54 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	15

Germany vs Hungary

21 May 2023 16:20

Germany

7–2 (1–0, 3–0, 3–2)

Hungary

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 4,821

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Dominik Horváth	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Jan Hribik Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau David Nothegger
	Stachowiak (Schütz, Tuomie) – 07:58 1–0 Seider (Tiffels, Peterka) – 35:04 2–0 Sturm (Soramies, Ehl) – 35:22 3–0 Sturm (Noebels, Wissmann) (PP) – 37:55 4–0 Peterka (Tiffels, Wissmann) – 42:39 5–0 5–1 46:11 – Terbócs (Vincze, Papp) 5–2 48:13 – Fejes (Stipsicz, Sebők) Kahun (Peterka) – 50:06 6–2 J. Müller (Wissmann, Peterka) – 58:38 7–2
	29 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	16

United States vs France

21 May 2023 20:20

United States

9–0 (3–0, 1–0, 5–0)

France

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 6,539

Game reference
	Cal Petersen Drew Commesso	Goalies	Quentin Papillon Sebastian Ylönen	Referees: Christoffer Holm Liam Sewell Linesmen: Brett Mackey Emil Yletyinen
	O'Connor (Garland) – 06:03 1–0 Gauthier (Perunovich) – 11:34 2–0 Tynan (Gauthier) – 13:53 3–0 Gauthier (Perunovich, Tynan) (PP) – 21:31 4–0 O'Connor – 42:22 5–0 Perunovich (Coronato, Bjork) – 45:01 6–0 Grimaldi (Coronato, Perbix) – 47:07 7–0 Garland (Tynan) – 48:36 8–0 Gauthier (Tynan, Garland) – 53:48 9–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	44	Shots	13

Denmark vs Sweden

22 May 2023 16:20

Denmark

1–4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 6,573

Game reference
	George Sorensen	Goalies	Jesper Wallstedt	Referees: Sean Fernandez Jan Hribik Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Tommi Niittylä
	N. Jensen (Ehlers) – 03:39 1–0 1–1 13:24 – Everberg (Lindberg, Nylander) 1–2 32:20 – Petersson (Lindberg, Raymond) (PP) 1–3 52:40 – Petersson (Lindberg, Raymond) (PP) 1–4 54:22 – Grundström (Lindholm, Petersson)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	11	Shots	34

Austria vs Hungary

22 May 2023 20:20

Austria

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

Hungary

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 3,068

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Bence Bálizs	Referees: Mike Langin Liam Sewell Linesmen: Nick Briganti Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 08:25 – Sofron (Erdély, Bartalis) Rossi (PP) – 12:45 1–1 1–2 19:21 – Sofron (Sebők, Stipsicz) (PP) 1–3 24:11 – Horváth (Papp, Nagy) Strong (Huber, Maier) – 26:43 2–3 Haudum (Zwerger, Reinbacher) (PP) – 37:09 3–3
	Ganahl Schneider Rossi Heinrich	Shootout	Papp Galló Hári Nagy
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	18

Germany vs France

23 May 2023 12:20

Germany

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

France

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,598

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Sebastian Ylönen	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Stefan Hürlimann Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer David Nothegger
	Ehl (Stachowiak, Tuomie) – 03:31 1–0 Tiffels (Peterka, Kahun) – 15:55 2–0 Peterka – 22:07 3–0 Fischbuch (Wissmann, Noebels) (PP) – 43:51 4–0 Kastner (Noebels, Wissmann) – 53:34 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	35 min
	38	Shots	13

Sweden vs United States

23 May 2023 16:20

Sweden

3–4 OT (1–1, 0–2, 2–0) (OT: 0–1)

United States

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,781

Game reference
	Lars Johansson	Goalies	Casey DeSmith	Referees: Mike Langin André Schrader Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Tommi Niittylä
	Carlsson (Tömmernes, Lindberg) (PP2) – 09:10 1–0 1–1 16:49 – Bonino (Gauthier, Tynan) (PP) 1–2 33:54 – Garland (Mazur, Grimaldi) (PP) 1–3 39:30 – Hutson Carlsson (Berggren, Li. Johansson) – 54:51 2–3 Liljegren (Tömmernes, Lindberg) – 57:29 3–3 3–4 61:37 – Samberg (Mazur, Tynan)
	14 min	Penalties	33 min
	26	Shots	43

Finland vs Denmark

23 May 2023 20:20

Finland

7–1 (3–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Denmark

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,491

Game reference
	Emil Larmi	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Christoffer Holm Liam Sewell Linesmen: Nick Briganti Nicolas Constantineau
	Anttila (Matinpalo, Björninen) – 02:39 1–0 Ohtamaa (Rantanen, Manninen) – 03:31 2–0 Pokka (Seppälä, Kakko) – 18:36 3–0 Björninen (Pesonen, Seppälä) – 22:54 4–0 Lammikko (Seppälä) (SH) – 35:07 5–0 Kapanen (Kakko, Suomela) – 38:11 6–0 Matinpalo (Björninen, Oksanen) – 42:41 7–0 7–1 42:53 – Ehlers (Krogsgaard, Gammelgaard)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	14

References

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

External links

• Official website