The playoff round of the 2022 IIHF World Championship was held from 26 to 29 May 2022. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.^[1]

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Switzerland	Germany	Canada	Slovakia
B	Finland	Sweden	Czechia	United States

Qualified teams' seedings

Quarter-finalists were paired according to their positions in the groups: the first-place team in each preliminary-round group played the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-place team played the third-place team of the other group.^[2]

Semi-finalists are paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which is determined by the following criteria: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored for; 5) seeding number entering the tournament. The best-ranked semi-finalist plays against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist plays the third-best ranked semi-finalist.^[2]

Rank	Team	Grp	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	Switzerland	A	1	20	+19	34	8
2	Finland	B	1	19	+20	25	2
3	Sweden	B	2	18	+17	27	7
4	Germany	A	2	16	+6	26	5
5	Canada	A	3	15	+16	34	1
6	Czechia	B	3	13	+6	19	6
7	United States	B	4	13	+6	18	4
8	Slovakia	A	4	12	+4	23	9

Bracket

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.^[2]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	26 May
	1A   Switzerland	0
					28 May
	4B  United States	3
					2  Finland	4
	26 May
					7  United States	3
	1B  Finland	4
									29 May
	4A  Slovakia	2
									2  Finland (OT)	4
	26 May
									5  Canada	3
	2A  Germany	1
					28 May
	3B  Czechia	4
					5  Canada	6
	26 May
					6  Czechia	1			Third place
	2B  Sweden	3
									29 May
	3A  Canada (OT)	4
									6  Czechia	8
									7  United States	4

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

Germany vs Czechia

26 May 2022 16:20

Germany

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Czechia

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 4,290

Game reference
	Philipp Grubauer	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: Mikael Nord Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Šimon Synek
	0–1 02:17 – Pastrňák (Krejčí, Červenka) (PP) 0–2 10:04 – Červenka (Krejčí, Hronek) (PP) 0–3 32:10 – Krejčí (Pastrňák, Červenka) (PP) Seider (Noebels, Plachta) (EA) – 53:48 1–3 1–4 58:10 – Smejkal (Kämpf) (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	24

Sweden vs Canada

26 May 2022 16:20

Sweden

3–4 OT (2–0, 1–0, 0–3) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,576

Game reference
	Linus Ullmark	Goalies	Chris Driedger	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Jake Rekucki Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Josef Špůr
	Klingberg (Lang, Peterson) – 01:27 1–0 Nylander (Nordström) – 07:04 2–0 Friberg (Gustafsson, Ekman-Larsson) – 28:23 3–0 3–1 41:21 – Graves (Roy, Comtois) 3–2 58:07 – Dubois (Chabot, Cozens) (PP, EA) 3–3 58:37 – Barzal (Batherson, Comtois) (EA) 3–4 60:43 – Batherson (Barzal, Dubois) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	42

Switzerland vs United States

26 May 2022 20:20

Switzerland

0–3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

United States

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,727

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Jeremy Swayman	Referees: Andris Ansons Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Nathan van Oosten
	0–1 11:59 – Meyers (Bellows, Hughes) (PP) 0–2 16:42 – Gaudette (Peeke) 0–3 54:06 – Meyers (Kuhlman, Farrell)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	22

Finland vs Slovakia

26 May 2022 20:20

Finland

4–2 (1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,341

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Adam Húska	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Jake Davis Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 08:17 – Sýkora (Lunter) 0–2 15:16 – Regenda (Takáč, Ivan) Anttila (Friman, Pokka) – 18:27 1–2 Anttila – 23:44 2–2 Manninen (Sallinen, Lehtonen) – 44:01 3–2 Mäenalanen (Anttila, Björninen) (EN) – 59:59 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	21

Semifinals

Finland vs United States

28 May 2022 14:20

Finland

4–3 (1–1, 2–1, 1–1)

United States

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,055

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Jeremy Swayman	Referees: Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Šimon Synek Nathan van Oosten
	0–1 01:04 – Schmidt (Peeke, Tynan) Heiskanen (Pesonen, Armia) – 16:53 1–1 Manninen (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) (PP) – 24:11 2–1 2–2 26:52 – Farrell (Meyers, Jones) Vatanen (Pesonen, Heiskanen) – 29:40 3–2 Armia (Heiskanen, Vatanen) – 45:03 4–2 4–3 57:09 – Gaudette (Boldy, Tynan) (EA)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	28

Canada vs Czechia

28 May 2022 18:20

Canada

6–1 (1–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Czechia

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 9,047

Game reference
	Chris Driedger	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Jake Rekucki Linesmen: Nick Briganti Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 07:07 – Krejčí (Červenka, Hronek) (PP) Cozens (Dubois) – 19:27 1–1 Lowry (Johnson, Chabot) (PP) – 27:33 2–1 Johnson (Mercer) – 28:54 3–1 Barzal (Cozens, Batherson) (PP) – 30:52 4–1 Sillinger (Anderson) – 43:56 5–1 Cozens (Batherson, Whitecloud) – 52:50 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	26

Bronze medal game

29 May 2022 15:20

Czechia

8–4 (1–3, 1–0, 6–1)

United States

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 9,737

Game reference
	Karel Vejmelka Marek Langhamer	Goalies	Jeremy Swayman	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Nathan van Oosten
	0–1 09:33 – Kuhlman (Meyers, Peeke) 0–2 12:14 – Gaudette (Boldy, Tynan) (PP) Černoch (Flek, Stránský) – 15:19 1–2 1–3 19:47 – Kuhlman (Schmidt, Lafferty) (SH) Smejkal (Sklenička, Kundrátek) – 32:12 2–3 Pastrňák (Hertl, Zohorna) – 40:51 3–3 Červenka (Krejčí) – 42:29 4–3 Pastrňák (Jordán, Hertl) – 43:37 5–3 Kämpf (Smejkal) (SH) – 54:42 6–3 Kämpf (Šimek) (EN) – 58:08 7–3 7–4 58:41 – Bordeleau (Watson, Hayden) Pastrňák (Hertl, Červenka) (PP) – 59:23 8–4
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	24

Gold medal game

29 May 2022 20:20

Finland

4–3 OT (0–0, 0–1, 3–2, 1–0)

Canada

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,487

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Chris Driedger Matt Tomkins	Referees: Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Nick Briganti Šimon Synek
	0–1 24:00 – Cozens (Barzal, Severson) (PP) Granlund (Heiskanen, Lehtonen) (PP2) – 44:13 1–1 Granlund (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) (PP) – 45:57 2–1 Armia (Lammikko) – 54:04 3–1 3–2 57:48 – Whitecloud (Barzal, Anderson) (EA) 3–3 58:36 – Comtois (Barzal, Batherson) (EA) Manninen (Granlund, Heiskanen) (PP) – 66:42 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22