The playoff round of the 2016 IIHF World Championship was held from 19 to 22 May 2016. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Czech Republic	Russia	Sweden	Denmark
B	Finland	Canada	Germany	United States

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

Czech Republic

1

B4

United States (GWS)

2

B2

Canada

4

B4

United States

3

B2

Canada

6

A3

Sweden

0

B1

Finland

0

B2

Canada

2

B1

Finland

5

A4

Denmark

1

B1

Finland

3

Bronze medal game

A2

Russia

1

A2

Russia

4

A2

Russia

7

B3

Germany

1

B4

United States

2

All times are local (UTC+3).

19 May 2016 16:15

Czech Republic

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

United States

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,853

Game reference
	Dominik Furch	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Linus Ohlund Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Henrik Pihlblad
	Zohorna (PS) – 15:23 1–0 1–1 21:27 – Matthews (Vatrano, Wideman)
	Kašpar Koukal Zohorna	Shootout	Hendricks Matthews
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	28

19 May 2016 16:15

Finland

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Denmark

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,038

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Martin Fraňo Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev
	Granlund (Koivu, Komarov) – 14:29 1–0 Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Ohtamaa) – 21:45 2–0 2–1 31:42 – Eller (Christensen, Ehlers) (PP) Laine (Hietanen, Jaakola) – 38:57 3–1 Jokinen (Koivu) (EN) – 57:46 4–1 Granlund – 58:07 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	17

19 May 2016 20:15

Russia

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Germany

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,199

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Thomas Greiss	Referees: Tobias Björk Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 04:45 – Reimer Shipachyov (Dadonov, Belov) – 20:40 1–1 Dadonov (Shipachyov) – 27:17 2–1 Shipachyov (Telegin) – 34:14 3–1 Ovechkin (Kuznetsov, Lyubimov) – 42:45 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	20

19 May 2016 20:15

Canada

6–0 (1–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 6,090

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Judson Ritter Sakari Suominen
	Scheifele (O'Reilly, Stone) – 18:39 1–0 Dumba (Stone, Scheifele) (PP) – 26:05 2–0 Marchand (Dumba, Scheifele) – 32:02 3–0 Domi (Reinhart, Matheson) – 32:13 4–0 Stone – 51:05 5–0 Brassard (Gallagher, Hall) – 53:22 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	34	Shots	24

21 May 2016 16:15

Finland

3–1 (0–1, 3–0, 0–0)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,215

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Martin Fraňo Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Judson Ritter
	0–1 02:52 – Shirokov (Telegin, Marchenko) Aho (Granlund, Lindell) (PP) – 25:34 1–1 Jokinen (Laine) – 35:50 2–1 Aho (Koskiranta, Koivu) (PP) – 38:15 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	29

21 May 2016 20:15

Canada

4–3 (2–0, 1–3, 1–0)

United States

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 10,455

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Alexander Otmakhov
	Gallagher (Jenner, Reinhart) – 08:59 1–0 Marchand (Ceci) – 18:02 2–0 2–1 21:14 – Matthews (Wideman, Larkin) (PP) 2–2 23:57 – Warsofsky (Nelson, Fasching) 2–3 28:25 – Motte (Larkin, Compher) Brassard (O'Reilly, Perry) (PP) – 35:30 3–3 Ellis (Murray, McDavid) – 41:34 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	33

22 May 2016 16:15

Russia

7–2 (2–0, 3–1, 2–1)

United States

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,043

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Keith Kinkaid Mike Condon	Referees: Tobias Björk Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Henrik Pihlblad
	Voynov (Kalinin, Shirokov) – 06:23 1–0 Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Orlov) (PP) – 13:41 2–0 Telegin (Datsyuk, Mozyakin) – 29:36 3–0 Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) – 32:49 4–0 4–1 34:29 – Vatrano (Warsofsky, Nelson) (PP) Panarin (Belov, Chudinov) – 35:22 5–1 5–2 43:42 – Vatrano (Warsofsky) Mozyakin (Datsyuk) – 53:13 6–2 Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin) (PP) – 59:53 7–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	30

22 May 2016 20:45

Finland

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Canada

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,509

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Cam Talbot	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 11:24 – McDavid (Duchene) 0–2 59:59 – Duchene (Marchand) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	33

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