2023 IIHF World Championship Group B

Main article: 2023 IIHF World Championship

Group B was one of two groups of the 2023 IIHF World Championship. The four best-placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while Slovenia, who placed last in the group, was relegated to Division I in 2024.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Switzerland	7	6	0	1	0	29	10	+19	19	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	7	4	1	1	1	25	11	+14	15
3	Latvia (H)	7	3	2	0	2	21	17	+4	13
4	Czechia	7	4	0	1	2	22	16	+6	13
5	Slovakia	7	3	0	2	2	15	15	0	11	Qualification for 2024 IIHF World Championship
6	Kazakhstan	7	1	2	0	4	14	31	−17	7
7	Norway	7	1	1	1	4	9	17	−8	6
8	Slovenia	7	0	0	0	7	9	27	−18	0	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:

Matches

All times are local (UTC+3).

Slovakia vs Czechia

12 May 2023 16:20

Slovakia

2–3 (2–3, 0–0, 0–0)

Czechia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 7,800

Game reference
	Stanislav Škorvánek	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Sean Fernandez André Schrader Linesmen: Nick Briganti Andreas Krøyer
	Chromiak (Kňažko, Cehlárik) (PP) – 04:52 1–0 1–1 06:38 – Červenka (Kubalík, Chytil) Rosandić (Lantoši, Čacho) – 10:57 2–1 2–2 13:48 – Sedlák (Flek, Kundrátek) (SH) 2–3 18:48 – Sedlák (Kubalík, Tomášek) (PP)
	27 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	22

Latvia vs Canada

12 May 2023 20:20

Latvia

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Canada

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 9,260

Game reference
	Ivars Punnenovs Artūrs Šilovs	Goalies	Sam Montembeault	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Jan Hribik Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 00:52 – Crouse (Glass, Krebs) 0–2 04:56 – Laughton (Weegar, Middleton) 0–3 28:17 – Weegar (Quinn, Toffoli) (PP) 0–4 35:12 – Blais (Veleno, Hunt) 0–5 53:58 – Veleno (Weegar) 0–6 55:40 – McBain (Carcone, Fantilli)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	29

Switzerland vs Slovenia

13 May 2023 12:20

Switzerland

7–0 (2–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Slovenia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 3,260

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Mike Langin Linesmen: Daniel Hynek David Nothegger
	Malgin (Kukan, Haas) (PP) – 12:56 1–0 Moser (Corvi, Herzog) – 13:29 2–0 Niederreiter (Malgin, Haas) (PP) – 32:47 3–0 Malgin (Simion, Haas) (PP) – 41:59 4–0 Thürkauf (Loeffel) (PP) – 43:46 5–0 Miranda (Richard, Bertschy) – 50:39 6–0 Bertschy (Thürkauf) – 57:05 7–0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	17

Norway vs Kazakhstan

13 May 2023 16:20

Norway

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

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 2,870

Game reference
	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Andrei Shutov	Referees: Sean Fernandez Stefan Hürlimann Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Tommi Niittylä
	Haga (Nørstebø, Trettenes) (PP) – 07:48 1–0 Holm (Trettenes, Martinsen) – 09:06 2–0 2–1 15:29 – Mukhametov (Muratov, Beketayev) Haga (Granath, Nørstebø) (PP) – 21:44 3–1 3–2 35:11 – Orekhov (Savitski, Muratov) (PP) 3–3 51:27 – Mikhailis (Rymarev, Starchenko) (PP)
	Haga Trettenes Hansen Olden Olsen Olden	Shootout	Grents Muratov Starchenko Mikhailis Rymarev Starchenko
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	18

Slovakia vs Latvia

13 May 2023 20:20

Slovakia

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 8,930

Game reference
	Stanislav Škorvánek	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Christoffer Holm Liam Sewell Linesmen: Nick Briganti Andreas Krøyer
	Sukeľ (Cehlárik) – 00:44 1–0 1–1 36:51 – Ābols Hrivík (Koch, Pánik) – 50:04 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	28

Slovenia vs Canada

14 May 2023 12:20

Slovenia

2–5 (1–0, 0–3, 1–2)

Canada

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 3,380

Game reference
	Luka Gračnar	Goalies	Devon Levi	Referees: Stefan Hürlimann André Schrader Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Emil Yletyinen
	Drozg (Jeglič, Verlič) (PP) – 03:50 1–0 1–1 21:13 – Carcone (Weegar, McBain) 1–2 27:31 – Joseph (Toffoli) 1–3 38:46 – Lucic (Glass, Weegar) (PP) 1–4 53:59 – Weegar (Toffoli, Middleton) 1–5 54:50 – McBain (Carcone, Neighbours) Drozg (Ograjenšek, Gregorc) – 55:10 2–5
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	51

Norway vs Switzerland

14 May 2023 16:20

Norway

0–3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Switzerland

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 3,232

Game reference
	Jonas Arntzen	Goalies	Robert Mayer	Referees: Jan Hribik Liam Sewell Linesmen: Nick Briganti Daniel Hynek
	0–1 08:13 – Simion (Miranda, Glauser) 0–2 19:28 – Glauser (Miranda, Simion) 0–3 57:46 – Niederreiter (Bertschy, Richard) (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	14	Shots	26

Czechia vs Kazakhstan

14 May 2023 20:20

Czechia

5–1 (2–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 3,670

Game reference
	Marek Langhamer	Goalies	Andrey Shutov	Referees: Christoffer Holm Mike Langin Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Tommi Niittylä
	Zbořil (Sobotka, Sedlák) – 08:48 1–0 Kubalík (Kempný, Sedlák) (PP) – 15:25 2–0 2–1 31:18 – Mukhametov (Muratov, Kaiyrzhan) Sedlák (Tomášek) – 41:06 3–1 Košťálek (Červenka, Špaček) (PP) – 45:46 4–1 Kubalík (Špaček, Košťálek) (PP2) – 58:59 5–1
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	15

Slovakia vs Canada

15 May 2023 16:20

Slovakia

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

Canada

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 4,640

Game reference
	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Sam Montembeault	Referees: Jan Hribik André Schrader Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 07:46 – Neighbours (McBain) Cehlárik (Hrivík, Hudáček) (PP) – 16:08 1–1
	Pánik Hrivík Sukeľ Cehlárik Chromiak Pánik Nemec Chromiak	Shootout	Quinn Fantilli Glass Toffoli Carcone Glass Carcone Quinn
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	24	Shots	44

Czechia vs Latvia

15 May 2023 20:20

Czechia

3–4 OT (1–0, 1–2, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 7,780

Game reference
	Šimon Hrubec	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Stefan Hürlimann Linesmen: David Nothegger Emil Yletyinen
	Němeček (Beránek, Černoch) – 08:25 1–0 1–1 22:16 – Ri. Bukarts (Cibuļskis, Džeriņš) 1–2 23:18 – Dzierkals (Freibergs, Balcers) Kubalík (Červenka, Dvořák) – 29:21 2–2 2–3 45:22 – Cibuļskis (Andersons, Smirnovs) Kempný (Červenka, Kubalík) – 56:58 3–3 3–4 64:16 – Batna (Jaks, Dzierkals)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	35

Slovenia vs Norway

16 May 2023 16:20

Slovenia

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Norway

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 2,167

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Adam Bloski Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Daniel Hynek
	0–1 14:05 – Berg-Paulsen (Johannesen, Olsen)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	29

Switzerland vs Kazakhstan

16 May 2023 20:20

Switzerland

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 2,792

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Andrei Shutov Nikita Boyarkin	Referees: Sean MacFarlane Liam Sewell Linesmen: Jake Davis Tarrington Wyonzek
	Geisser (Haas, Miranda) – 04:48 1–0 Herzog (Fora, Riat) – 27:34 2–0 Riat (Richard, Herzog) – 30:59 3–0 Niederreiter (Malgin, Kukan) (PP) – 40:44 4–0 Loeffel (Senteler) – 49:31 5–0
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	13

Latvia vs Norway

17 May 2023 16:20

Latvia

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Norway

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 6,872

Game reference
	Artūrs Šilovs	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Adam Bloski André Schrader Linesmen: Jake Davis Tommi Niittylä
	Ābols (Balcers, Daugaviņš) (PP) – 23:14 1–0 Andersons (Ķēniņš) – 23:53 2–0 2–1 34:20 – Hoff (Salsten)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	32	Shots	21

Canada vs Kazakhstan

17 May 2023 20:20

Canada

5–1 (4–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 3,411

Game reference
	Joel Hofer	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Stefan Hürlimann Linesmen: Daniel Hynek David Nothegger
	Weegar (Blais, Veleno) – 00:19 1–0 Crouse (Weegar, Quinn) – 05:05 2–0 Crouse (Laughton, Barron) – 07:50 3–0 3–1 09:55 – Beketayev (Daniyar, Rymarev) Veleno (Blais) – 19:22 4–1 Blais (Veleno, Lucic) – 41:55 5–1
	2 min	Penalties	0 min
	40	Shots	17

Czechia vs Slovenia

18 May 2023 16:20

Czechia

6–2 (0–2, 1–0, 5–0)

Slovenia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 3,670

Game reference
	Karel Vejmelka	Goalies	Luka Gračnar	Referees: Mads Frandsen Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Andreas Krøyer
	0–1 07:23 – Verlič (Urbas, Gregorc) 0–2 11:49 – Urbas (Gregorc, Jeglič) (PP) Kubalík (Kempný, Tomášek) (PP) – 38:19 1–2 Kubalík (Tomášek, Smejkal) (PP) – 43:37 2–2 Červenka (Voženílek, Košťálek) – 45:00 3–2 Kempný (Sobotka, Kubalík) – 51:12 4–2 Kubalík (Zbořil, Červenka) (EN) – 57:49 5–2 Flek (Kempný, Dvořák) – 58:56 6–2
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	20

Switzerland vs Slovakia

18 May 2023 20:20

Switzerland

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Slovakia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 4,840

Game reference
	Robert Mayer	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Christoffer Holm Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: David Nothegger Jiří Ondráček
	Siegenthaler (Malgin, Hischier) – 05:07 1–0 Niederreiter (Ambühl) – 24:47 2–0 2–1 25:08 – Kudrna (Kelemen, Ivan) 2–2 39:29 – Regenda (Okuliar, Kňažko) (PP) Marti (Richard) – 46:51 3–2 Haas (Miranda, Simion) (EN) – 59:25 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	13

Latvia vs Slovenia

19 May 2023 16:20

Latvia

3–2 (1–0, 2–2, 0–0)

Slovenia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 9,180

Game reference
	Artūrs Šilovs	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: André Schrader Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Daniel Hynek
	Ri. Bukarts (Džeriņš, Indrašis) – 11:14 1–0 1–1 27:55 – Kuralt (Tičar, Magovac) Daugaviņš (Balinskis) (PP) – 31:20 2–1 Ro. Bukarts (Džeriņš) – 37:39 3–1 3–2 39:47 – Verlič (Urbas)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	28

Kazakhstan vs Slovakia

19 May 2023 20:20

Kazakhstan

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

Slovakia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 3,670

Game reference
	Andrei Shutov	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Adam Bloski Stefan Hürlimann Linesmen: Jake Davis Tarrington Wyonzek
	0–1 14:58 – Koch (Hrivík) Starchenko (Rymarev, Daniyar) – 21:03 1–1 Orekhov (Mikhailis, Starchenko) – 24:50 2–1 Rymarev (Mikhailis, Starchenko) (PP) – 25:22 3–1 3–2 48:33 – Pánik (Hrivík, Koch) 3–3 56:58 – Regenda (Hrivík, Ivan)
	Savitski Rymarev Muratov Mikhailis	Shootout	Hudáček Hrivík Lantoši
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	51

Norway vs Czechia

20 May 2023 12:20

Norway

0–2 (0–2, 0–0, 0–0)

Czechia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 5,348

Game reference
	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: André Schrader Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Andreas Krøyer
	0–1 12:33 – Kubalík (Košťálek, Červenka) (PP2) 0–2 18:43 – Flek (Kempný, Vejmelka)
	12 min	Penalties	31 min
	27	Shots	21

Canada vs Switzerland

20 May 2023 16:20

Canada

2–3 (0–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Switzerland

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 8,234

Game reference
	Sam Montembeault	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Tobias Björk Mads Frandsen Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Jiří Ondráček
	Toffoli (Laughton, Quinn) (PP) – 29:58 1–0 1–1 33:24 – Hischier (Fora, Fiala) 1–2 37:00 – Simion (Marti, Haas) 1–3 52:08 – Ambühl (Niederreiter, Corvi) Carcone (Hunt, Neighbours) – 56:22 2–3
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	26

Kazakhstan vs Latvia

20 May 2023 20:20

Kazakhstan

0–7 (0–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 9,200

Game reference
	Andrei Shutov Nikita Boyarkin	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Stefan Hürlimann Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Šimon Synek
	0–1 15:39 – Ri. Bukarts (Dzierkals, Šilovs) (PP) 0–2 17:19 – Batņa (Zīle) 0–3 21:13 – Dzierkals (Batņa, Ro. Bukarts) 0–4 29:05 – Ābols (Daugaviņš, Balcers) 0–5 39:54 – Indrašis (Ri. Bukarts, Freibergs) 0–6 49:50 – Daugaviņš (Balcers, Ābols) 0–7 51:40 – Ābols (Balcers, Daugaviņš) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	34

Slovenia vs Slovakia

21 May 2023 16:20

Slovenia

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 4,460

Game reference
	Luka Gračnar	Goalies	Stanislav Škorvánek	Referees: Tobias Björk Adam Bloski Linesmen: Jake Davis Andreas Krøyer
	0–1 20:15 – Pánik (Regenda, Koch)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	39

Czechia vs Switzerland

21 May 2023 20:20

Czechia

2–4 (1–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Switzerland

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 7,150

Game reference
	Marek Langhamer	Goalies	Robert Mayer	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Tarrington Wyonzek
	Červenka – 06:47 1–0 1–1 12:41 – Loeffel (Hischier, Fiala) (PP) 1–2 23:59 – Ambühl (Corvi, Kukan) 1–3 28:37 – Ambühl (Fiala, Malgin) Kubalík (Červenka, Kempný) – 52:14 2–3 2–4 55:40 – Richard (Moser, Riat)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	27

Canada vs Norway

22 May 2023 16:20

Canada

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

Norway

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 4,834

Game reference
	Joel Hofer	Goalies	Jonas Arntzen	Referees: Mads Frandsen Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Šimon Synek
	0–1 09:45 – Martinsen (Olimb) 0–2 21:52 – Olden (E. Salsten) Lucic (Weegar, Middleton) – 28:26 1–2 Crouse (Carcone) (EA) – 59:48 2–2
	Quinn Glass Toffoli Carcone	Shootout	Hansen Olden Trettenes Haga Olsen
	29 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	24

Kazakhstan vs Slovenia

22 May 2023 20:20

Kazakhstan

4–3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Slovenia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 4,140

Game reference
	Andrei Shutov	Goalies	Žan Us	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Jake Davis Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 01:30 – Kuralt Mikhailis (Rymarev, Beketayev) (PP) – 18:10 1–1 1–2 21:06 – Kuralt (Ograjenšek, Tičar) Muratov (Orekhov, Savitski) (PP) – 39:02 2–2 2–3 42:27 – Drozg (Simšič, Pance) Rymarev (Starchenko, Beketayev) – 51:52 3–3 Mukhametov (Mikhailis) – 56:33 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	26

Slovakia vs Norway

23 May 2023 12:20

Slovakia

4–1 (3–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Norway

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 4,170

Game reference
	Stanislav Škorvánek	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Adam Bloski Sirko Hunnius Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Tarrington Wyonzek
	Hrivík (Pánik, Regenda) – 03:58 1–0 Cehlárik (Rosandić, Kňažko) – 07:30 2–0 Lantoši (Gajdoš) – 15:43 3–0 3–1 23:10 – Vikingstad (Berg-Paulsen, Olsen) Pánik (EN) – 58:41 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	25

Canada vs Czechia

23 May 2023 16:20

Canada

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Czechia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 6,420

Game reference
	Sam Montembeault	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: Andris Ansons Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Šimon Synek Dāvis Zunde
	Krebs (Glass, Hunt) (PP) – 19:12 1–0 1–1 22:06 – Kaut (Flek, Dvořák) Myers (Quinn, Laughton) – 44:09 2–1 Crouse (Laughton) (EN) – 59:24 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	44	Shots	17

Switzerland vs Latvia

23 May 2023 20:20

Switzerland

3–4 OT (0–0, 1–2, 2–1) (OT: 0–1)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 9,178

Game reference
	Joren van Pottelberghe	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Brett Mackey Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 21:43 – Freibergs (Indrašis) Fiala (Corvi) – 26:02 1–1 1–2 26:34 – Ābols (Balcers, Freibergs) Miranda (Riat, Corvi) – 47:03 2–2 Ambühl (Fiala, Corvi) – 53:46 3–2 3–3 54:56 – Daugaviņš (Ābols, Balcers) 3–4 62:25 – Balcers (Balinskis, Jaks) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	28

External links

• Official website