Sandbox[edit]

Seeding and Groups[edit]

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2009 IIHF World Ranking, which ends at the conclusion of the 2009 IIHF World Championship.^[1] The 2010 Olympics were therefore not included. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding (in parenthesis is the corresponding world ranking):

Group A

Russia (1)
Belarus (8)
Slovakia (9)
Kazakhstan (18)

Group B

Canada (2)
Switzerland (7)
Latvia (10)
Italy (15)

Group C

Sweden (3)
Czech Republic (6)
Norway (11)
France (14)

Group D

Finland (4)
United States (5)
Germany (12)
Denmark (13)

Preliminary Round[edit]

Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advance to the Qualifying Round. The last team in each group competes in the Relegation Round.

Groups A and D play in Cologne, with one game in Gelsenkirchen, and groups B and C play in Mannheim.

	Team advances to Qualifying Round
	Team competes in Relegation Round

Group A[edit]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Russia	2	2	0	7	2	+5	6
Slovakia	2	1	1	5	5	0	3
Belarus	2	1	1	7	6	+1	3
Kazakhstan	2	0	2	3	9	–6	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

May 9, 2010
16:15

Belarus

5 – 2
( 0–0, 2–2, 3–0 )

Kazakhstan

Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 6,125

Game reference

Vitali Koval

Goalies

Vitaliy Yeremeyev

Referees:

Ole Hansen

Rick Looker

	0 – 1	20:17 – D. Dudarev (K. Shafranov)
	0 – 2	30:30 – V. Antipin (A. Koreshkov, A. Gavrilin)
D. Meleshko (M. Grabovski, R. Salei) – 32:09	1 – 2
M. Stefanovich (E. Kovryshin) – 33:39	2 – 2
A. Kalyuzhny (N. Stasenko) – 44:21	3 – 2
R. Salei (A. Kalyuzhny) – 50:14	4 – 2
S. Demagin (D. Meleshko, V. Kostyuchenok) – 58:20	5 – 2

10 min

Penalties

12 min

26

Shots

23

May 9, 2010
20:15

Slovakia

1 – 3
( 0–1, 0–1, 1–1 )

Russia

Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,522

Game reference

Peter Budaj

Goalies

Vasiliy Koshechkin

Referees:

Marc Muylaert

Patrik Sjoberg

	0 – 1	14:51 – M. Afinogenov (V. Kozlov, N. Kulemin)
	0 – 2	29:23 - A. Ovechkin (S. Fedorov)
I. Majeský (M. Bartovič) – 43:51	1 – 2
	1 – 3	59:06 – V. Kozlov (ENG)

8 min

Penalties

8 min

33

Shots

34

May 11, 2010
16:15

Russia

4 – 1
( 1–0, 2–0, 1–1 )

Kazakhstan

Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 9,274

Game reference

Alexander Eremenko

Goalies

Vitaliy Yeremeyev

Referees:

Rick Looker

Milan Minar

A. Ovechkin (A. Semin, S. Fedorov) – 10:20 (PP)	1 – 0
I. Kovalchuk (A. Semin) – 20:42	2 - 0
A. Semin – 37:55	3 - 0
D. Grebeshkov (M. Afinogenov, N. Kulemin) – 43:22	4 - 0
	4 - 1	57:59 – D. Dudarev (K. Shafranov)

6 min

Penalties

10 min

29

Shots

19

May 11, 2010
20:15

Belarus

2 – 4
( 2–0, 0–2, 0–2 )

Slovakia

Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,862

Game reference

Vitali Koval

Goalies

Peter Budaj

Referees:

Christer Larking

Chris Savage

S. Demagin (A. Stas, D.Meleshko) – 4:29	1 – 0
A. Kalyuzhny (A. Stas, D.Meleshko) – 9:03	2 – 0
	2 – 1	22:42 – I. Čiernik (R. Lintner) (PP)
	2 – 2	30:07 – M. Bartovič (R. Pánik, R. Lintner)
	2 – 3	44:07 – M. Zagrapan (A. Sekera) (PP)
	2 – 4	59:06 – M. Bartovič (R. Pánik, A. Podkonický)

12 min

Penalties

8 min

20

Shots

24

May 13, 2010
16:15

Russia

v

Belarus

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

May 13, 2010
20:15

Kazakhstan

v

Slovakia

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

Group B[edit]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	2	2	0	11	2	+9	6
Switzerland	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6
Latvia	3	1	2	7	11	–4	3
Italy	3	0	3	3	13	–10	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

May 8, 2010
16:15

Canada

5 – 1
( 2–1, 2–0, 1–0 )

Italy

SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 7,912

Game reference

Chris Mason

Goalies

Adam Russo
Daniel Bellissimo

Referees:

Vladimir Baluska

Daniel Konc

C. Perry (S. Stamkos, R. Bourque) – 2:43	1 – 0
	1 – 1	12:44 – M. Strazzabosco (N. Plastino, J.Parco)
K. Russell (R. Whitney) – 19:12	2 – 1
M. Duchene (R. Whitney, B. Burns) – 25:27	3 – 1
S. Stamkos (M. Duchene, K. Cumiskey) – 30:37	4 – 1
R. Bourque (T. Myers) – 57:19	5 – 1

12 min

Penalties

18 min

45

Shots

24

May 8, 2010
20:15

Switzerland

3 – 1
( 1–0, 1–0, 1–1 )

Latvia

SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 7,089

Game reference

Martin Gerber

Goalies

Edgars Masaļskis

Referees:

Tom Laaksonen

Thomas Stearns

A. Ambühl (D. Brunner, T. Monnet) – 2:26	1 – 0
R. Josi – 22:28	2 – 0
	2 – 1	42:35 – G. Meija (J. Štāls, J. Rēdlihs)
I. Rüthemann (ENG) – 59:58	3 – 1

6 min

Penalties

6 min

31

Shots

22

May 10, 2010
16:15

Switzerland

3 – 0
( 0-0, 1–0, 2–0 )

Italy

SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 5,971

Game reference

Martin Gerber

Goalies

Daniel Bellissimo

Referees:

Rafail Kadyrov

Daniel Piechaczek

T. Monnet (M. Seger) – 21:20	1 – 0
D. Brunner (P. Savary, R. Josi) – 46:39 (PP)	2 – 0
M. Plüss – 59:44 (ENG)	3 – 0

10 min

Penalties

10 min

52

Shots

15

May 10, 2010
20:15

Latvia

1 – 6
( 0–2, 0–4, 1–0 )

Canada

SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 5,501

Game reference

Edgars Masaļskis
Mārtiņš Raitums

Goalies

Chris Mason
Chad Johnson

Referees:

Daniel Konc

Konstantin Olenin

	0 – 1	1:59 – J. Tavares (K. Russell, C. Perry) (PP)
	0 – 2	18:19 – S. Stamkos (K. Russell, C. Perry) (PP)
	0 – 3	25:30 – M. Giordano (R. Whitney, K. Cumiskey) (PP)
	0 – 4	26:58 – J. Tavares (C. Perry) (PP)
	0 – 5	30:07 – S. Downie (B. Burns)
	0 – 6	39:06 – M. Giordano (E. Kane, R. Peverley)
G. Pujacs (J. Štāls, G. Meija) – 50:25	1 – 6

14 min

Penalties

18 min

24

Shots

32

May 12, 2010
16:15

Italy

2 – 5
( 1–1, 0–1, 1–3 )

Latvia

SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 4,029

Game reference

Adam Russo

Goalies

Edgars Masaļskis

Referees:

Vladimir Baluska

Jari Levonen

	0 – 1	0:50 – K. Daugaviņš (J. Sprukts)
M. De Marchi (M. Souza) – 14:45	1 – 1
	1 – 2	28:26 – A. Ņiživijs (H. Vasiļjevs, G. Pujacs)
	1 – 3	41:56 – A. Reķis (G. Pujacs, A. Ņiživijs)
G. Scandella – 43:28 (PP)	2 – 3
	2 – 4	57:13 – K. Daugaviņš (M. Karsums)
	2 – 5	59:09 – M. Karsums (M. Cipulis) (ENG)

12 min

Penalties

8 min

26

Shots

38

May 12, 2010
20:15

Canada

v

Switzerland

SAP Arena, Mannheim

Group C[edit]

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Sweden	2	2	0	8	4	+4	6
Norway	2	1	1	5	7	–2	3
Czech Republic	2	1	1	8	5	+3	3
France	2	0	2	4	9	–5	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

May 9, 2010
16:15

Czech Republic

6 – 2
( 2–0, 2–0, 2–2 )

France

SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 3,132

Game reference

Tomáš Vokoun

Goalies

Fabrice Lhenry

Referees:

Jari Levonen

Konstantin Olenin

P. Hubáček (J. Jágr) – 0:44	1 – 0
J. Novotný (F. Novak) (PP) – 11:43	2 – 0
P. Gřegořek (J. Novotný) – 23:23	3 – 0
K. Rachůnek (J. Klepiš, J. Jágr) (PP) – 25:07	4 – 0
L. Kašpar (J. Novotný, P. Vampola) – 46:06	5 – 0
	5 – 1	46:27 – Y. Treille (L. Meunier)
	5 – 2	48:37 – L. Meunier (S. Treille, L. Tardif)
M. Blaťák (J. Klepiš, J. Jágr) (PP) – 59:27	6 - 2

8 min

Penalties

18 min

41

Shots

22

May 9, 2010
20:15

Norway

2 – 5
( 0–2, 1–0, 1–3 )

Sweden

SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 5,022

Game reference

Pål Grotnes

Goalies

Jonas Gustavsson

Referees:

Rafail Kadyrov

Daniel Piechaczek

	0 – 1	6:43 – M. Weinhandl (M. Pääjärvi-Svensson)
	0 – 2	12:45 – E. Karlsson (R. Wallin) (PP)
P. Thoresen (A. Fredriksen, J. Holøs) (PP) – 20:20	1 – 2
H. Solberg (A. Fredriksen, P. Thoresen) – 44:57	2 – 2
	2 – 3	47:08 – M. Weinhandl (M. Pääjärvi-Svensson)
	2 – 4	54:31 – M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (R. Wallin)
	2 – 5	57:43 – M. Weinhandl (A. Engqvist) (PP)

10 min

Penalties

14 min

21

Shots

44

May 11, 2010
16:15

Czech Republic

2 – 3
( 0–1, 1–1, 1–1 )

Norway

SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 2,256

Game reference

Ondřej Pavelec

Goalies

Pål Grotnes

Referees:

Tom Laaksonen

Thomas Sterns

	0 – 1	12:09 – M. Aasen (P. Thoresen, T. Jakobsen)
J. Jágr (M. Rozsíval, J. Klepiš) – 27:56 (PP2)	1 – 1
	1 – 2	30:13 –A. Fredriksen (L. Østli, P. Thoresen)
	1 – 3	44:23 –A. Bastiansen (M. Olimb, L. Spets)
J. Jágr (K. Rachůnek) – 53:09	2 – 3

12 min

Penalties

22 min

46

Shots

15

May 11, 2010
20:15

Sweden

3 – 2
( 1–0, 2–0, 0–2 )

France

SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 3,268

Game reference

Jacob Markström

Goalies

Eddy Ferhi
Fabrice Lhenry

Referees:

Vladimir Baluska

Jari Levonen

C. Gunnarsson (L. Omark, N. Persson) – 17:49	1 – 0
J. Andersson (M. Nylander) – 22:34	2 – 0
J. Harju (L. Omark, C.Bäckman) – 27:44	3 – 0
	3 – 1	44:34 – Y. Treille
	3 – 2	54:05 – L. Tardif (S. Da Costa, B. Amar)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

45

Shots

23

May 13, 2010
16:15

France

v

Norway

SAP Arena, Mannheim

May 13, 2010
20:15

Sweden

v

Czech Republic

SAP Arena, Mannheim

Group D[edit]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Finland	3	2	0	0	1	5	6	−1	6
Germany	3	1	1	0	1	5	3	+2	5
Denmark	3	1	1	0	1	7	5	+2	5
United States	3	0	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2

All times are local (UTC+2).

May 7, 2010
20:15

United States

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

Germany

Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 77,803

Game reference

Scott Clemmensen

Goalies

Dennis Endras

Referees:

Christer Lärking

Chris Savage

	0 – 1	25:20 – M. Wolf (M. Müller, C. Ullmann)
R. Carter – 48:28	1 – 1
	1 – 2	60:21 – F. Schütz (OT)

8 min

Penalties

8 min

32

Shots

20

May 8, 2010
20:15

Finland

1 – 4
( 1−2, 0−1, 0−1 )

Denmark

Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 11,452

Game reference

Pekka Rinne

Goalies

Frederik Andersen

Referees:

Rick Looker

Milan Minar

	0 – 1	2:20 – F. Nielsen (K. Staal, J. Jakobsen)
	0 – 2	5:19 – P. Regin (K. Degn)
P. Kontiola (J. Aaltonen, P. Nummelin) – 6:47	1 – 2
	1 – 3	21:19 – J. Jakobsen (T. Dresler)
	1 – 4	59:13 – F. Nielsen (ENG)

2 min

Penalties

14 min

37

Shots

17

May 10, 2010
16:15

United States

1 – 2 OT
( 0−0, 1−1, 0−0 )
( OT: 0–1 )

Denmark

Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 8,985

Game reference

Scott Clemmensen

Goalies

Patrick Galbraith

Referees:

Ole Hansen

Vladimir Sindler

	0 – 1	28:52 – L. Eller (F. Nielsen, P. Regin)
K. Yandle (K. Okposo, J. Johnson) – 32:03 (PP)	1 – 1
	1 - 2	62:04 – S. Lassen (OT)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

31

Shots

29

May 10, 2010
20:15

Germany

0 – 1
( 0−0, 0−1, 0−0 )

Finland

Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,654

Game reference

Rob Zepp

Goalies

Petri Vehanen

Referees:

Christer Larking

Patrik Sjoberg

0 – 1

25:18 – J. Immonen (J. Jokinen)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

28

Shots

37

May 12, 2010
16:15

Denmark

1 – 3
( 1–1, 0–2, 0–0 )

Germany

Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,623

Game reference

Patrick Galbraith

Goalies

Dennis Endras

Referees:

Marc Muylaert

Chris Savage

P. Larsen (P. Regin, J. Damgaard) – 3:40 (PP2)	1 – 0
	1 – 1	8:40 – M. Goc (A. Sulzer) (PP)
	1 – 2	33:28 – F. Schütz (J. Krueger)
	1 – 3	35:09 – N. Goc

14 min

Penalties

12 min

24

Shots

30

May 12, 2010
20:15

Finland

3 – 2

United States

Lanxess Arena, Cologne


Petri Vehanen	Goalies	Scott Clemmensen	Referees: Milan Minar Vladimir Sindler

Qualification Round[edit]

The top three teams from each group of the Preliminary Round will advance to the Qualifying Round. They will be placed into two groups: teams from Groups A and D will be placed into Group E, while teams from Groups B and C will be placed into Group F.

Every team will keep the points from preliminary round matches with teams who also advanced. The teams will play a single round robin, but will not play against teams which they already met in preliminary groups.^[2]

Group E[edit]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
A1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

May 14, 2010
16:15

2A

v

3D

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

May 14, 2010
20:15

Germany

v

3A

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

May 15, 2010
20:15

1A

v

Denmark

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

May 16, 2010
16:15

3D

v

1A

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

May 16, 2010
20:15

Denmark

v

3A

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

May 17, 2010
16:15

Germany

v

2A

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

May 17, 2010
20:15

3A

v

3D

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

May 18, 2010
16:15

2A

v

Denmark

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

May 18, 2010
20:15

1A

v

Germany

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

Group F[edit]

Team	GP	L	GF	GA	DIF
B1	0	0	0	0	0
C1	0	0	0	0	0
B2	0	0	0	0	0
C2	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	2	2	2	9	-7
C3	0	0	0	0	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

May 14, 2010
16:15

2B

v

3C

SAP Arena, Mannheim

May 14, 2010
20:15

1C

v

Latvia

SAP Arena, Mannheim

May 15, 2010
20:15

1B

v

2C

SAP Arena, Mannheim

May 16, 2010
16:15

Latvia

v

3C

SAP Arena, Mannheim

May 16, 2010
20:15

1C

v

2B

SAP Arena, Mannheim

May 17, 2010
16:15

3C

v

1B

SAP Arena, Mannheim

May 17, 2010
20:15

2C

v

Latvia

SAP Arena, Mannheim

May 18, 2010
16:15

2B

v

2C

SAP Arena, Mannheim

May 18, 2010
20:15

1B

v

1C

SAP Arena, Mannheim

Relegation Round[edit]

The bottom team in the standings from each group of the Preliminary Round played in the Relegation Round.

	Team qualified for the 2011 IIHF World Championship
	Team relegated to Division I

Group G[edit]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
A4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

15 May
16:15

4D

v

4A

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

15 May
16:15

Italy

v

4C

SAP Arena, Mannheim

16 May
12:15

4C

v

4D

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

16 May
12:15

Italy

v

4A

SAP Arena, Mannheim

18 May
12:15

4D

v

Italy

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

18 May
12:15

4A

v

4C

SAP Arena, Mannheim

Playoff round[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

E1

F4

QF1

QF2

F2

E3

SF1

SF2

F1

E4

QF3

Bronze medal game

QF4

E2

SF1

F3

SF2

Quarter-finals[edit]

All times are local (UTC+2).

20 May
16:15

v

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

20 May
16:15

v

SAP Arena, Mannheim

20 May
20:15

v

Lanxess Arena, Cologne

20 May
20:15

v

SAP Arena, Mannheim

Allocation of the pairings to the afternoon or evening slot to be determined by the directorate. If Germany qualifies, they will play the respective evening game.