IIHF world championship GROUP A TEAMS Russia (RUS) Home Sweden (SWE) Away Czech Rep. (CZE) Switzerland (SUI) Latvia (LAT) Norway (NOR) Denmark (DEN) Kazakhstan (KAZ) GROUP B TEAMS Canada (CAN) Home Finland (FIN) Away United States (USA) Slovakia (SVK) Belarus (BLR) France (FRA) Germany (GER) Hungary (HUN) GROUP A PRELIMINARIES: Ice Palace, Moscow May 6 SWE v LAT CZE v RUS May 7 SUI v KAZ NOR v DEN LAT v CZE May 8 KAZ v RUS NOR v SUI SWE v DEN May 9 LAT v RUS SWE v CZE May 10 SUI v DEN KAZ v NOR May 11 SUI v LAT SWE v KAZ Time 12:15 16:15 20:15 May 12 CZE v NOR RUS v DEN May 13 CZE v KAZ DEN v LAT May 14 NOR v SWE RUS v SUI KAZ v LAT May 15 DEN v CZE SUI v SWE May 16 RUS v NOR DEN v KAZ May 17 CZE v SUI LAT v NOR RUS v SWE 12:15 16:15 20:15 PLAYOFFS: Top four teams in each group advance to playoffs QUARTER-FINALS May 19 QF1 16:15 QF2 16:15 QF3 20:15 QF4 20:15 SEMI-FINALS May 21 SF1 16:15 SF2 20:15 BRONZE MEDAL GAME May 22 16:15 GOLD MEDAL GAME May 22 20:45 All playoff games held in Moscow except QF2 and QF4 in St. Petersburg GROUP B PRELIMINARIES: Yubileiny, St. Petersburg May 6 USA v CAN FIN v BLR May 7 SVK v HUN FRA v GER BLR v USA May 8 HUN v CAN FIN v GER FRA v SVK May 9 BLR v CAN FIN v USA May 10 SVK v GER HUN v FRA May 11 SVK v BLR FIN v HUN Time 12:15 16:15 20:15 May 12 USA v FRA CAN v GER May 13 USA v HUN GER v BLR May 14 FRA v FIN HUN v BLR CAN v SVK May 15 GER v USA SVK v FIN May 16 CAN v FRA GER v HUN May 17 USA v SVK BLR v FRA CAN v FIN 12:15 16:15 20:15 Source: International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) All times local (GMT+3)