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The preliminary round will be played in 4 groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form Pool A, the groups C and D form Pool B.
The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for 4th place in group A and B to participate in the Play-Offs of Pool A. The losers of the games beetween 4th A and 1st C, 4th B and 1st D play as first place in group C and D to participate in the Play-Offs of Pool B. The ranking of the groups is based according to the result of the last World Championships performance of the respective countries in the IIHF IN-LINEe Hockey Program and the qualification rounds. Seeded 15 and 16 you will find the qualifier of the Asian/Oceanian Group New Zealand and South Africa as qualifier of the African Group according to their WC´s ranking points.
In the preliminary round the games of group A and C will be played in main Arena, the games of group B and D in small Arena.
All games in the preliminary and Play-Off rounds will be played with 5-minute sudden victory overtime and a penalty shoot-out in case of a tie. The final games will be played with 12-minute sudden victory overtime and a penalty shoot out competition.
Groups (main Arena):
Group A Group B
SWE (1) FIN(2)
AUT (4) GER (3)
SLO (5) USA (6)
SVK (8) CZE (7)
Groups (small Arena):
Group C Group D
BRA (9) NZL (10)
AUS (12) HUN (11)
GBR (13) JPN (14)
BUL (16) CAN (15)
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