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{{Short description|2010 edition of the IIHF World Championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name = 
| year = 2010
| image = 2010 IIHF World Championship logo.svg
| size = 170px
| caption =
| other_titles = Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft der Herren 2010 {{nobold|{{in lang|de}}}}
| country = Germany
| dates = 7–23 May
| opened = [[Horst Köhler]]
| num_teams = 16
| venues = 3
| cities = 3
| type = ih
| winners = Czech Republic
| count = 6
| second = Russia
| third = Sweden
| fourth = Germany
| games = 56
| goals = 277
| attendance = 548788
| scoring_leader = {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilya Kovalchuk]]
| points = 12
| mvp = {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Dennis Endras]]
| prevseason = [[2009 IIHF World Championship|2009]]
| nextseason = [[2011 IIHF World Championship|2011]]
}}

{{Main|2010 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships}}

The '''2010 IIHF World Championship''' was the 74th [[IIHF World Championship]], an annual international [[ice hockey]] tournament. It took place between 7 and 23 May 2010 in Germany. The games were played in the [[Lanxess Arena]] in [[Cologne]], [[SAP Arena]] in [[Mannheim]], and one game at [[Veltins-Arena]] in [[Gelsenkirchen]]. The [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russian team]] was the defending champion, having won the previous two championships.

The [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]], after an early 2–3 upset loss to [[Norway men's national ice hockey team|Norway]] in the preliminary round, ultimately claimed their sixth world championship title by defeating defending champions, two years running, [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russia]], 2–1 in the [[Miracle of Cologne|final]]. [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]] won against [[Germany men's national ice hockey team|Germany]] 3–1 for the bronze medal.

[[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]], which three months earlier, had won the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament#Gold medal game|Men's Ice Hockey Gold]] on home-ice in [[Vancouver]], after beating the [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russians]] 7–3 in the [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament#Quarterfinals|Quarterfinals]], had a disappointing tournament. They clinched the last spot in the playoff round and lost their quarterfinal 2–5 in a rematch versus [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russia]]. They finished 7th overall, their second-worst finish in tournament history, after their [[1992 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1992]] 8th-place finish.

The tournament stands as the most watched IIHF championship in history, with an estimated cumulative audience of over {{Nowrap|650 million}} over the course of the tournament and viewers in over 100 countries and [[dependent territory|dependencies]] worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/new-info-on-hockey-summit-1.html?tx_ttnews |title=Referee assignments |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202218/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/new-info-on-hockey-summit-1.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> It also was a considerable success regarding attendance for the tournament; it ranked as the second most attended ice hockey world championship of all time, narrowly behind the [[2004 IIHF World Championship|2004]] edition. In total 548,788 people attended, compared with 552,097 in 2004 in the Czech Republic. It since slipped to the fourth place, behind [[2014 IIHF World Championship|2014]] and [[2015 IIHF World Championship|2015]] editions.

The host nation of Germany had their best finish at the tournament since it switched to the current 16 nation format, and a player representing Germany (goaltender [[Dennis Endras]]) was named MVP for the first time in the history of the championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/endras-tournament-mvp.html?tx_ttnews |title=Referee assignments |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202303/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/endras-tournament-mvp.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Summary==
[[File:BELARUS-SLOVAKIA 2010-05-11.JPG|thumb|300px|Slovakia warming up prior to facing Belarus in Group A preliminary action]]

===Preliminary round===
[[#Group A|Group A]] saw the higher seeded team win each match, with the exception of the game between Belarus and Slovakia which was won by Slovakia. Russia topped the group with the full nine points, Slovakia qualified in second and Belarus in third. Kazakhstan was sent to the relegation round, after being promoted to the finals tournament for the first time since [[2006 IIHF World Championship|2006]].

In [[#Group B|Group B]] the higher seeded team won each match, with the exception of the final group match which saw Switzerland defeat the second-seeded Canadians for the first time in the history of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Canada+falls+Switzerland+loses+Stamkos/3019421/story.html |title=Canada falls to Switzerland, loses Stamkos |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=12 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516034908/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Canada%2Bfalls%2BSwitzerland%2Bloses%2BStamkos/3019421/story.html |archive-date=16 May 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> This upset led to Switzerland winning the group with nine points, followed by Canada in second and Latvia in third. Italy, back at the finals tournament after missing [[2009 IIHF World Championship|2009]], lost all its matches and was returned to the relegation round.

[[#Group C|Group C]] action ended with three teams having a record of two wins and one defeat. Norway's upset defeat of Czech Republic caused a controversy when [[Jaromír Jágr]], a famous member of the Czech team, spoke out against other Czech stars turning down the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Hockey+Norway+stuns+Czechs+Worlds/3014067/story.html |title=Hockey: Norway stuns Czechs at Worlds |work=The Vancouver Sun |date=11 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515052054/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Hockey%2BNorway%2Bstuns%2BCzechs%2BWorlds/3014067/story.html |archive-date=15 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This later triggered an international hockey dispute, when a column was posted on IIHF.com regarding these comments and about players' turning down invitations to attend. This article was later taken down and [[René Fasel]], president of the IIHF, noted his concern.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/fasel-article-ill-chosen.html?tx_ttnews |title=Referee assignments |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202312/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/fasel-article-ill-chosen.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Sweden]], the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Norway]] all moved on to the qualification round, while France was sent to the relegation after failing to win any matches.

In [[#Group D|Group D]] the opening game saw the first major upset. Germany in front of a [[#Attendance world record|record crowd of over 77,000 persons]] defeated the United States in [[Overtime (ice hockey)|overtime]], 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Record+crowd+sees+Germans+upset/3001611/story.html |title=Record crowd sees Germans upset U.S |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=8 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512135308/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Record%2Bcrowd%2Bsees%2BGermans%2Bupset/3001611/story.html |archive-date=12 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This group proved to be full of upsets; in the next match Denmark beat the fourth-seeded Finns, followed by the Danes defeating the Americans. Finland came up with two wins to top the group and move on to the qualification round, along with Germany in second place and Denmark in third. The final match between the U.S. and Finland determined the United States' last-place finish, and they were sent to the relegation round for the first time since [[2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2003]].<ref>{{cite web |date=13 May 2010 |title=Loss to Finland lands U.S. in relegation round – New Jersey Devils – News |url=http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=529043 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309041749/http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=529043 |archive-date=9 March 2012 |access-date=23 May 2010 |publisher=Devils.nhl.com}}</ref>

===Qualification round===
[[Image:Germany-Belarus-2010-Hockey-World-Cup-Face-Off.jpg|thumb|left|290px|Belarus defeated Germany 2–1 in overtime, in the qualification round.]]

[[#Group E|Group E]] action first saw Denmark handing favored Slovakia a blowout upset, 6–0.<ref>{{cite news|last=Adams |first=Alan |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/denmark-adds-to-craziness-at-hockey-worlds-1.960100 |title=Denmark adds to craziness at hockey worlds |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=14 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100518083457/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/05/14/sp-world-championship.html| archive-date= 18 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> In the next match Finland defeated Belarus, 2–0, after outshooting them 32 to 18. Russia narrowly defeated Germany 3–2, in which [[Alexander Ovechkin]] scored the winner. Russia continued with two more wins over Denmark and Finland to propel them to the group win, making them the only team to go undefeated into the [[#Playoff round|playoff round]]. Belarus defeated Germany in [[Overtime (ice hockey)|overtime]], and then defeated Denmark 2–1, but this was not enough to qualify and they ended in fifth place. In yet another upset, the host Germans defeated Slovakia 2–1 to win a qualifying spot in third place, much to the delight of the German fans and coach [[Uwe Krupp]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/hard-work-not-a-miracle.html?tx_ttnews |title=Referee assignments |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202325/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/hard-work-not-a-miracle.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> Finland finished in second-place after Russia, followed by Germany and Denmark. Denmark managed to qualify for the [[#Quarter-finals|quarter-finals]] for the first time in the history of the tournament. Slovakia finished a disappointing last, marking the third straight year in which they did not qualify for the quarter-finals in the lead up to their hosting of the [[2011 IIHF World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Agence France-Presse |url=https://theprovince.com/sports/Russians+revenge+rumble/3046055/story.html |title=Russians set up revenge rumble |publisher=Theprovince.com |date=19 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522114529/http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Russians%2Brevenge%2Brumble/3046055/story.html |archive-date=22 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[#Group F|Group F]] opened with Canada flexing its offense against Norway in a 12–1 blowout.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/olyhockey/news/story?id=5189114 |title=Canada crushes Norway at world ice hockey championships |work=Associated Press |date=14 May 2010 |access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref> Sweden then defeated [[Latvia]] 4–2, followed by Switzerland continuing its winning streak with an upset 3–2 win against the Czechs.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lopez |first=Aaron |date=15 May 2010 |title=World Championship Update: May&nbsp;15 – Colorado Avalanche – Features |url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=529277 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208020202/http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=529277 |archive-date=8 December 2011 |access-date=23 May 2010 |publisher=Avalanche.nhl.com}}</ref> Latvia defeated Norway but later lost to the Czech Republic, which resulted in their last placement in the group and their failure to qualify. Sweden beat Canada after an impressive performance by Swedish goaltender [[Jonas Gustavsson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/story/?id=321741 |title=Sweden tops Canada 3–1 at the World Hockey Championships |publisher=Tsn.ca |date=16 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100519111431/http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/story/?id=321741| archive-date= 19 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> In another upset, Norway managed to beat the in-form [[Switzerland|Swiss]] 3–2, but they would end in fifth place. The Czech Republic won against Canada 3–2 to lead them to finish ahead of the Canadians in the group.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/story/?id=322351 |title=WHC: Russia to face Czech Republic in gold medal game |publisher=Tsn.ca |access-date=23 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100523182236/http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/story/?id=322351| archive-date= 23 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Sweden capped off the round with a convincing 5–0 win over Switzerland to finish as group winners.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Switzerland finished in second after Sweden, followed by the Czech Republic. Canada, somewhat surprisingly as the second seed, grabbed the last qualifying spot in fourth place.

===Relegation round===
[[Image:France-2010-Hockey-World-Cup-02.JPG|thumb|300px|France lost 4–0 to the U.S. in the relegation round]]
In the [[Promotion and relegation|relegation round]] ([[#Group G|Group G]]) the teams from the [[United States men's national ice hockey team|U.S.]], [[France men's national ice hockey team|France]], the newly promoted [[Italy men's national ice hockey team|Italy]] and [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Kazakhstan]] faced each other after they had ended their respective preliminary groups in fourth and last place. The U.S. beat Kazakhstan in the first game 10–0, while France won against Italy in the decisive match for second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=529541 |title=Hedman, Harju lift Swedes to top spot – International Hockey News and Features |publisher=Lightning.nhl.com |access-date=23 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100523210149/http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=529541| archive-date= 23 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> There were no surprises on the second game-day, with the U.S. defeating France and Italy winning against Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web |last=Associated |first=The |date=16 May 2010 |title=The Canadian Press: Russia cruises to 6–1 win over Denmark at IIHF World Hockey Championship |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gfgG7w4WSNVAQW7qfRa97yaUAmeQ |access-date=23 May 2010}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The U.S. then defeated Italy in a [[Shootout (ice hockey)|shootout]] and France beat Kazakhstan 5–3. The final relegation results saw Kazakhstan and Italy go directly back down to [[IIHF World Championship Division I|Division&nbsp;I]].<ref>{{cite web |date=18 May 2010 |title=Qualifying, Relegation Ends – Florida Panthers – World Championships |url=http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=529550 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227045317/http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=529550 |archive-date=27 February 2012 |access-date=23 May 2010 |publisher=Panthers.nhl.com}}</ref> Group-winners U.S. and second-placed France both qualified for the [[2011 IIHF World Championship|2011 World Championships]].

===Playoff round===
The [[#Playoff round 2|playoff round]] saw the top eight teams competing for the title of 2010 world champions. The [[#Quarter-finals|quarter-finals]] began with a close match between [[Finland men's national ice hockey team|Finland]] and the [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]]. After [[Petri Kontiola]]'s early goal in the first minute, the game remained scoreless all the way into the third period. [[Jakub Klepiš]] scored the equalizer shortly after the final period started. No further goals were scored, so the game went into a scoreless [[Sudden death (ice hockey)|overtime]] followed by a [[Shootout (ice hockey)|shootout]]. [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|Jan Marek]] scored the decisive goal to put the Czechs into the [[#Semi-finals|semifinals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/marek-to-the-rescue.html?tx_ttnews |title = Marek to the rescue |access-date=30 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629210335/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/marek-to-the-rescue.html?tx_ttnews |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |archive-date=29 June 2011 }}</ref>

In the second quarter-final, [[Sweden men's national ice hockey team|Sweden]] faced [[Denmark men's national ice hockey team|Denmark]]. This was Denmark's first appearance in the playoff round. After Sweden established a comfortable 3–0 lead, the Danes scored a goal in the second period. Seven minutes before the end [[Linus Omark]] scored a goal which restored the three-goal lead for Sweden. A late [[Power play (sport)|power play]] goal by Dane [[Morten Madsen]] was to no avail and Sweden won 4–2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/sweden-no-danish-delight.html?tx_ttnews |title=Referee assignments |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202400/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/sweden-no-danish-delight.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The third quarter-final featured a storied and contentious [[Sports Rivalry#International 2|rivalry]]. [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russia]] played against [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] in a repeat of the quarter-finals at the [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2010 Olympics]], in which Canada embarrassed the Russians 7–3. The opening period was a dead heat until a late goal by [[Maxim Afinogenov]]. Russia, still undefeated at the tournament, immediately overtook Canada in the second period, and led at one point in the third period by 4–0. [[Ilya Kovalchuk]] had a three-assist game and was a big boost for the Russians who won 5–2, following two late Canadian goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/russian-power-play-1.html?tx_ttnews |title=News Singleview world championship |access-date=24 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629203655/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/russian-power-play-1.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The final quarter-final was an evening game between the host [[Germany men's national ice hockey team|Germany]] and their traditional rival, [[Switzerland men's national ice hockey team|Switzerland]]. The first period was scoreless but not without chances, as the Swiss hit the post twice. Midway through the second period [[Philip Gogulla]] scored on the [[Power play (sport)|power play]] to give Germany the lead, and this goal would turn out to be the game winner. The Swiss outshot the Germans 41 to 27, and [[Dennis Endras]] is credited with keeping Germany in the game by preserving the one-goal lead. The win put Germany in the semifinals for the first time since 1953 and the match was dubbed by the IIHF as ''The Miracle at Mannheim''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/miracle-at-mannheim.html?tx_ttnews |title=Referee assignments |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202415/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/miracle-at-mannheim.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the end of the match there was a brawl between the teams, which included German assistant coach Ernst Höfner getting into an altercation with Swiss defenceman [[Timo Helbling]]. Both were handed match suspensions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/ernst-hoefner-suspended.html?tx_ttnews |title=Referee assignments |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202430/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/ernst-hoefner-suspended.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After one day off the [[#Semi-finals|semifinals]] started with Sweden versus the Czech Republic. The first period was equal with both teams scoring one goal. [[Andreas Engqvist]] scored midway through the second period to put Sweden up 2–1. This lead held into very late in the third period. With 1:13 left in the third period the Czechs pulled their goalie to get a six on five opportunity and [[Karel Rachůnek]] scored the 2–2 equalizer with just 7.5 seconds left, putting the game into overtime. The overtime period stayed scoreless and it came down to the shootout. In a repeat of the quarter-final the Czechs won by a goal from [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|Jan Marek]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/czechs-win-3-2-in-shootout.html?tx_ttnews |title=Referee assignments |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202448/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/czechs-win-3-2-in-shootout.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The other semifinal between Germany and Russia was a close match, much like their qualification round game. The Germans started off the scoring with a goal from [[Marcel Goc]] during a two-man power play. At the midway point of the match [[Evgeni Malkin]] scored to tie up the game for the Russians. The remainder of the game was very close, and the tie was only broken with 1:50 minutes left, when [[Pavel Datsyuk]] scored the game-winning goal. The Germans pressed in the final minutes but the score held for a 2–1 Russian victory, putting them in the final for the third straight year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/russia-wills-a-win.html?tx_ttnews |title=Referee assignments |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202548/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/russia-wills-a-win.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[#Bronze medal game|bronze medal game]] was between Sweden and the surprise semifinalists, hosts Germany. [[Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson]] scored an early goal to put up Sweden 1–0. The game then went scoreless until late in the second period when on a 4–3 rush [[Alexander Barta]] managed to retrieve his own rebound and put it top-shelf past [[Jonas Gustavsson]], tying up the game for Germany. Early in the third period [[Jonas Andersson (ice hockey)|Jonas Andersson]] fired a shot from a very tight angle which managed to beat [[Dennis Endras]] on the five hole. The score held until Andersson netted an empty-net goal to ensure Sweden's 3–1 victory, giving them their second straight bronze medal at the worlds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/sk/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/sweden-takes-bronze.html?tx_ttnews |title=Referee assignments |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202605/http://www.iihf.com/sk/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/sweden-takes-bronze.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Final===
{{main|2010 IIHF World Championship Final}}
[[File:Arrival of the ice hockey world champions - Prague, Old Town Square - 24 May 2010.jpg|thumb|300px|Arrival of the champion Czech team in [[Old Town Square (Prague)|Old Town Square, Prague]] for celebrations]]

The [[#Gold medal game|final]] was played between Russia and the [[Czech Republic]] for the first time in the [[List of IIHF World Championship medalists|history of the tournament]], although the predecessors of both these nations, the USSR and [[Czechoslovakia]], had met several times in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. It was Russia's third consecutive finals appearance, and the Czech Republic's first appearance since 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Medallists |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/past-medallists.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523165731/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/past-medallists.html |archive-date=23 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2010 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]}}</ref>

The match began with a goal after just 20 seconds, scored by Jakub Klepiš from a pass by [[Jaromír Jágr]]. The goal was seemingly the result of a defensive mistake which led to a Czech offensive possession with Russian defensemen out of position. For the remainder of the period the Russians held almost complete possession of the puck, and veteran [[Sergei Fedorov]] hit the post after an odd man rush. Very late in the period the Russians put the puck in the net on a power play, but it was determined to be after the clock had run out and was ruled as no goal. There was some brief confusion however, as the [[buzzer]] sounds after the clock on the [[scoreboard]] runs out.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 May 2010 |title=Czech Republic wins world hockey gold |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/czech-republic-captures-world-hockey-gold/article1578800/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100529171705/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/czech-republic-captures-world-hockey-gold/article1578800/ |archive-date=29 May 2010 |access-date=23 May 2010 |work=Globe and Mail}}</ref>

In the second period Russia pressed once again but the Czech Republic slowed the game down and forced Russia to regroup, resulting in an error in the Russian defensive zone when [[Alexander Ovechkin]] collided with teammate Fedorov. This led to a 3-on-2 rush for the Czechs and [[Karel Rachůnek]] centered the puck while [[Tomáš Rolinek]] crashed the net. The puck was redirected off Rolinek's skates, and it was ruled a good goal because there was no kicking motion visible.<ref>{{cite web |last=Aykroyd |first=Lucas |date=23 May 2010 |title=Referee assignments |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/czechs-are-champs.html?tx_ttnews |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202813/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/czechs-are-champs.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |access-date=23 May 2010 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]}}</ref>

The third period began with more Russian pressure, including a close chance off the post by [[Evgeni Malkin]], but at the midway point of the period Russian [[Alexei Emelin]] was given a five-minute major and thrown out of the game for clipping Jaromír Jágr, who did not return for the remainder of the game. This was followed by more penalty trouble for both teams. In the final minutes after pulling goaltender [[Semyon Varlamov]], [[Pavel Datsyuk]] buried a goal on a 5-on-3 with 35 seconds left, bringing Russia within one goal of the Czechs. Under pressure the Czech goalie [[Tomáš Vokoun]] managed to stave off the final Russian assault and the Czechs held on to win the game 2–1.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 March 2010 |title=Russians Lose IIHF Title: Vancouver Olympics Nightmare Re-lived « YT Files – Blog by Yuliya Talmazan |url=http://www.ytfiles.com/2010/05/23/russians-lose-iihf-title-vancouver-olympics-nightmare-re-lived/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718145704/http://www.ytfiles.com/2010/05/23/russians-lose-iihf-title-vancouver-olympics-nightmare-re-lived/ |archive-date=18 July 2011 |access-date=24 May 2010 |url-status=usurped |publisher=Ytfiles.com}}</ref>

The [[president of the Czech Republic]] [[Václav Klaus]] handed out the gold medals alongside [[IIHF]] president [[René Fasel]].

==Rosters==
{{main|2010 IIHF World Championship rosters}}
Each team's roster for the 2010 IIHF World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters ([[Forward (ice hockey)|forwards]], and [[Defenceman|defencemen]]) and two [[goaltender]]s, and at most 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting on 6 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/sk/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/player-entry.html |title=Player Entry |access-date=22 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100511175624/http://www.iihf.com/sk/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/player-entry.html| archive-date= 11 May 2010 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | url-status= live}}</ref>

==Host selection==
Four nations, all located in Europe placed formal bids to host the 2010 IIHF World Championship. Those nations were:

*{{Flag|Belarus|1995}}
*{{Flag|Germany}}
*{{Flag|Slovakia}}
*{{Flag|Sweden}}

Slovakia and Sweden withdrew from bidding before voting began in order to apply for the [[2011 IIHF World Championship|2011 World Championship]]. All four nations to bid on the 2010 World Championship later received winning bids. Slovakia won the bid to host the [[2011 IIHF World Championship]], Sweden won its bid to host in 2012, but this decision was later switched to be the joint host of the [[2012 IIHF World Championship|2012]], and [[2013 IIHF World Championship]] editions (both with [[Finland]]), and Belarus to host the [[2014 IIHF World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/stockholm-the-city-in-2012-2013.html?tx_ttnews |title = Stockholm the city in 2012 & 2013 |access-date=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629203735/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/stockholm-the-city-in-2012-2013.html?tx_ttnews |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |archive-date=29 June 2011}}[pS]=1243807200&tx_ttnews[pL]=2591999&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[backPid]=187&cHash=ba9316cc16</ref>

After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by IIHF president [[René Fasel]] on 15 May 2005, from [[Zürich]], Switzerland. Belarus' bidding cities [[Minsk]] and [[Zhodzina]] received 18 votes to Germany's 89, thus finalizing Germany's successful bid.<ref>[http://www.eishockey.org/default.aspx?SIId=196&ARId=3483 Germany awarded 2010 IIHF World Championship] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725042329/http://www.eishockey.org/default.aspx?SIId=196&ARId=3483 |date=25 July 2011 }} ''Eishockey.org''</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Voting results
|-
!Country
!Votes
|-
| {{Flag|Germany}} || '''89'''
|-
| {{Flag|Belarus|1995}} || 18
|}
* {{Flag|Slovakia}} ''withdrew from the 2010 bid prior to the start of the congress, postponed 2011''
* {{Flag|Sweden}} ''withdrew immediately prior to the start of the voting, postponed 2011''

==Promotions==

===Official song===
The official song of the tournament is "[[Stuck on Replay]]" by the German electronic dance band [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]]. It is the fourth single from their album ''[[Under the Radar Over the Top]]''. It was released on 12 March 2010, on the day of the [[Live in Hamburg (Scooter album)|Hamburg concert]], the biggest show of their Under the Radar Over the Top tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/raffle.html |title=Scooter provide Sound for World Championship |access-date=13 March 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100402091537/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/raffle.html|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | archive-date= 2 April 2010}}</ref>

===Mascot===
[[File:Urmel on Ice 2010 IIHF World Championship mascot.jpg|thumb|Urmel on Ice]]
'''Urmel on Ice'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/en/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home-wc10/public-relations/campaign.html |title=Campaign: Germany on Ice |access-date=20 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202909/http://www.iihf.com/en/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home-wc10/public-relations/campaign.html |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{langx|de|Urmel auf dem Eis}}) is the official mascot of the tournament. A character created by Max Kruse and known by the German public from the [[Augsburger Puppenkiste]] and the [[Impy's Island]] (Urmel aus dem Eis ({{langx|en|Urmel from the ice}})) film was previously the mascot of the [[German Ice Hockey Federation|Deutsche Eishockey-Bund]] and the [[Germany men's national ice hockey team|German national team]]. He wears number 10 on his [[Hockey jersey|jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home-wc10/public-relations/mascot.html |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |title=Mascot |access-date=20 May 2010}}</ref>

===Motto===
The official motto of the tournament was unveiled on 2 September 2009, in [[Lanxess Arena]] and is "Germany on Ice" ({{Langx|de|Deutschland auf Eis}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://webarchive.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home-wc10/event-news/news-singleview-world-championship-2010/indexb789.html |title="GERMANY ON ICE" is the Motto of 2010 IIHF WM (German only) |language=de|date=2 September 2009|work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref>

===Ambassadors===
[[File:Vladislav Tretiak.JPG|thumb|150px|Vladislav Tretiak, one of the official ambassadors.]]
The ''World Championship Ambassadors'' for 2010 included; Canadian legend [[Wayne Gretzky]], Soviet ice hockey [[goaltender]] and ten time World champion [[Vladislav Tretiak]], and "Germany's ice hockey player of the century" [[Erich Kühnhackl]]. They are all members of the [[IIHF Hall of Fame]], and have all played in the IIHF World Championship previously.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/browse/2/article/great-one-supports-germans.html?tx_ttnews |title = Great One supports Worlds |access-date=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629203800/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/browse/2/article/great-one-supports-germans.html?tx_ttnews |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |archive-date=29 June 2011}}[backPid]=2534&cHash=6325ff73a0</ref> They were special members, alongside; [[Zdeno Chára]], [[Peter Forsberg]], [[Sergei Kostitsyn]], [[Jari Kurri]], [[Kim Martin]], [[Mark Streit]], [[Hayley Wickenheiser]] and [[Henrik Zetterberg]], of a campaign called "The Green Puck campaign", which was an anti-doping initiative in association with the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/green-puck.html |title=Green Puck |access-date=22 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100525212514/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/green-puck.html| archive-date= 25 May 2010 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | url-status= live}}</ref>

== Venues ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|rowspan="3"| {{location map+|Germany|float=left|width=200|caption=|places=
{{location map~|Germany|lat=50.938497|long=6.982953|label='''[[Cologne]]'''|position=right}}
{{location map~|Germany|lat=49.464139|long=8.517972|label='''[[Mannheim]]'''|position=right}}
{{location map~|Germany|lat=51.554503|long=7.067589|label='''[[Gelsenkirchen]]'''|position=right}}
}}

|'''[[Cologne]]'''
|'''[[Mannheim]]'''
|'''[[Gelsenkirchen]]'''
|-
| [[Lanxess Arena]]<br>Capacity: 18,500
| [[SAP Arena]]<br>Capacity: 13,600
| [[Veltins-Arena]]<br>Capacity: 76,152
|-
| [[File:Köln deutz kölnarena.jpg|175px]]
| [[File:SAParenaPanoN.jpg|225px]]
| [[File:2010-06-03 Arena AufSchalke 01.jpg|175px]]
|}

===Attendance world record===
[[File:Eroeffnungsspiel eishockey wm 2010.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Veltins-Arena during the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship, which was attended by 77,803 people.]]
The opening game of the 74th IIHF World Championship took place at [[Veltins-Arena]] in [[Gelsenkirchen]] on 7 May between Germany and the United States. On this occasion, the stadium's planned configuration would allow for a capacity of 76,152.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/en/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/more-fans-at-opening-game.html |title=More fans at opening game |access-date=5 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629203254/http://www.iihf.com/en/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/more-fans-at-opening-game.html |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> This figure is higher than the past [[list of ice hockey games with highest attendance|ice hockey attendance World Record]] held by [[Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey|Michigan State University]], which was 74,554.<ref name="world record">[http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/03/michigan_state_commits_to_play.html Michigan State commits to Michigan in outdoor hockey game at Big House; Red Wings don't expect to join spectacle] ''Ann Arbor News''</ref>

It was announced at the second intermission by ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' spokesman Christian Teufe, that not only had the Gelsenkirchen game passed the world record, but had exceeded it by over 3,000 individuals. The official attendance according to the IIHF, and confirmed by the Guinness World records, was 77,803.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/historic-win-for-germany.html?tx_ttnews |title = Marcel Goc speaks |access-date=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629203819/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/historic-win-for-germany.html?tx_ttnews |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |archive-date=29 June 2011}}[backPid]=4063&cHash=1261d44066</ref> Both [[Eric Nystrom]] and [[David Moss (ice hockey)|David Moss]], who were playing for the United States, had also played in the [[Cold War (ice hockey)|Michigan State game]] in 2001, making them the only people to have played both world record games.

The noise inside the stadium was considerably loud, due to the German ice hockey chants, [[whistle]]s and drums, which according to [[Ryan Carter]] of Team USA left the Americans frustrated at the inability to communicate. Carter also said that the "crowd was definitely the seventh man in this game for Germany".<ref>{{cite web|last=Allen |first=Kevin |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/2010-05-07-germany-usa-world-championships_N.htm |title=Germany stuns USA in overtime at World Ice Hockey Championships |work=USA Today |date=9 May 2010 |access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> Also notable about the game was that it was the first time in over 17 years of international hockey competition that Germany had defeated the United States, with [[Felix Schütz]] scoring the game winner in [[Overtime (ice hockey)|overtime]], on [[Scott Clemmensen]], for a 2–1 final score. The previous win was on 25 April 1993, also in Germany in [[Dortmund]], during the [[1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1993 World Championship]] when Germany beat the United States 6–3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/historic-win-for-germany.html?tx_ttnews |title = Historic win for Germany |access-date=8 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629203935/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/historic-win-for-germany.html?tx_ttnews |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |archive-date=29 June 2011}}[backPid]=955&cHash=5a611189e8</ref>

The [[President of Germany]], [[Horst Köhler]], along with other politicians were present for the match.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/marcel-goc-speaks.html?tx_ttnews |title=2011 tournaments assigned |access-date=22 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629203322/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/marcel-goc-speaks.html?tx_ttnews |archive-date=29 June 2011 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The overall attendance record was broken in December 2010 by [[The Big Chill at the Big House]], though the crowd still remains the largest ever for an indoor hockey game.

==Nations==
The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. One nation from Asia, 13 nations from Europe, and two nations from North America were represented.
[[File:MapGermany2010.png|thumb|350px|Qualified nations in the 2010 IIHF World Championship, in Germany.<ref name="schedule">{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/schedule.html |title=Schedule |access-date=22 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100523053705/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/schedule.html| archive-date= 23 May 2010 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | url-status= live}}</ref>]]
;Asia
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*{{ih|Kazakhstan}}{{efn|name=Q1|Qualified through winning a promotion at the [[2009 IIHF World Championship Division&nbsp;I]]}}
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*{{ih|Belarus}}{{efn|name=QA|Automatic qualifier after a top 13 placement at the [[2009 IIHF World Championship]]}}
*{{ih|Czech Republic}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Denmark}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Finland}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|France}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Germany}}{{efn|name=QH|Qualified as hosts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/format-rules.html |title=Format & Rules |access-date=22 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100523064003/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/format-rules.html| archive-date= 23 May 2010 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | url-status= live}}</ref>}}
*{{ih|Italy}}{{efn|name=Q1}}
*{{ih|Latvia}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Norway}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Russia}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Slovakia}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Sweden}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|Switzerland}}{{efn|name=QA}}
{{colend}}
;North America
{{colbegin|colwidth=20em}}
*{{ih|Canada}}{{efn|name=QA}}
*{{ih|United States}}{{efn|name=QA}}
{{colend}}
{{notelist}}
==Seeding and grouping==
{{see also|2009 IIHF World Ranking}}
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking/mens-world-ranking/2009-ranking.html |title=2009 Ranking |access-date=22 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100525212519/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking/mens-world-ranking/2009-ranking.html| archive-date= 25 May 2010 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | url-status= live}}</ref> The [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2010 Olympics]] were therefore not included. The teams were grouped by seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding world ranking):

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'''Group A'''
*{{ih|RUS}} (1)
*{{ih|BLR|1995}} (8)
*{{ih|SVK}} (9)
*{{ih|KAZ}} (18)
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'''Group B'''
*{{ih|CAN}} (2)
*{{ih|SUI}} (7)
*{{ih|LAT}} (10)
*{{ih|ITA}} (15)
{{Col-float-break|style=width:20em}}
'''Group C'''
*{{ih|SWE}} (3)
*{{ih|CZE}} (6)
*{{ih|NOR}} (11)
*{{ih|FRA}} (14)
{{Col-float-break|style=width:20em}}
'''Group D'''
*{{ih|FIN}} (4)
*{{ih|USA}} (5)
*{{ih|DEU}} (12)
*{{ih|DEN}} (13)
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==Preliminary round==
Sixteen participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a [[round-robin tournament|round-robin]], the top three teams in each group advanced to the qualifying round. The last team in each group competes in the relegation round.

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

=== Group A ===
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<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|RUS}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|KAZ}}
|score      = 4–1
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0<br>4–1
|periods    = (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
|goalie1    = [[Alexander Yeryomenko|Alexander Eremenko]]
|goalie2    = [[Vitaliy Yeremeyev]]
|goals1     = [[Alexander Ovechkin|A. Ovechkin]] ([[Alexander Semin|A. Semin]], [[Sergei Fedorov|S. Fedorov]]) – 10:20 (PP)<br>[[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]] (A. Semin) – 20:42<br>A. Semin – 37:55<br>[[Denis Grebeshkov|D. Grebeshkov]] ([[Maxim Afinogenov|M. Afinogenov]], [[Nikolai Kulemin|N. Kulemin]]) – 43:22
|goals2     = <br><br><br><br>57:59 – [[Dmitri Dudarev|D. Dudarev]] ([[Konstantin Shafranov|K. Shafranov]])
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 9,274
|official   = {{flagicon|USA}} Rick Looker
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Milan Minář
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230A13_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 29
|shots2     = 19
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 11 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|BLR|1995}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|SVK}}'''
|score      = 2–4
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>2–2<br>2–3<br>2–4
|periods    = (2–0, 0–2, 0–2)
|goalie1    = [[Vitali Koval]]
|goalie2    = [[Peter Budaj]]
|goals1     = [[Sergei Demagin|S. Demagin]] ([[Andrei Stas|A. Stas]], [[Dmitri Meleshko|D. Meleshko]]) – 4:29<br>[[Alexei Kalyuzhny|A. Kalyuzhny]] (A. Stas, [[Dmitri Meleshko|D. Meleshko]]) – 9:03
|goals2     = <br><br>22:42 – [[Ivan Čiernik|I. Čiernik]] ([[Richard Lintner|R. Lintner]]) (PP)<br>30:07 – [[Milan Bartovič|M. Bartovič]] ([[Richard Pánik|R. Pánik]], R. Lintner)<br>44:07 – [[Marek Zagrapan|M. Zagrapan]] ([[Andrej Sekera|A. Sekera]]) (PP)<br>59:06 – M. Bartovič (R. Pánik, [[Andrej Podkonický|A. Podkonický]])
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 8,862
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Larking
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Savage
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230A15_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 20
|shots2     = 24
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 13 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|RUS}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|BLR|1995}}
|score      = 3–1
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>3–1
|periods    = (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)
|goalie1    = [[Semyon Varlamov]]
|goalie2    = [[Andrei Mezin]]
|goals1     = [[Sergei Mozyakin|S. Mozyakin]] ([[Maxim Sushinski|M. Sushinski]], [[Ilya Nikulin|I. Nikulin]]) – 10:45 (PP)<br>[[Alexander Ovechkin|A. Ovechkin]] ([[Sergei Fedorov|S. Fedorov]]) – 32:21<br>[[Artem Anisimov|A. Anisimov]] (S. Mozyakin, [[Vitaly Atyushov|V. Atyushov]]) – 34:03
|goals2     = <br><br><br>47:30 – [[Alexei Kalyuzhny|A. Kalyuzhny]] ([[Alexei Ugarov|A. Ugarov]])
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 17,540
|official   = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Hansen
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Marc Muylaert
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230A21_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 38
|shots2     = 20
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 13 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|KAZ}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|SVK}}'''
|score      = 1–5
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>0–3<br>1–3<br>1–4<br>1–5
|periods    = (0–1, 0–2, 1–2)
|goalie1    = [[Vitaliy Yeremeyev]]
|goalie2    = [[Peter Budaj]]
|goals1     = <br><br><br>[[Dmitri Dudarev|D. Dudarev]] ([[Alexei Koledayev|A. Koledayev]]) – 44:03
|goals2     = 16:30 – [[Marek Zagrapan|M. Zagrapan]] ([[Andrej Sekera|A. Sekera]], [[Ivan Majeský|I. Majeský]])<br>25:04 – [[Ivan Čiernik|I. Čiernik]] ([[Marek Svatoš|M. Svatoš]])<br>33:52 – I. Čiernik ([[Richard Lintner|R. Lintner]])<br><br>54:18 – [[Tomáš Tatar|T. Tatar]] (PS)<br>58:05 – [[Andrej Podkonický|A. Podkonický]] ([[Peter Frühauf|P. Frühauf]], [[Tomáš Starosta|T. Starosta]])
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 13,556
|official   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Patrik Sjöberg
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230A23_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 36
|shots2     = 37
}}

=== Group B ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT
|update=complete|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230300_76_14_0.pdf IIHF]

|team1=SUI|name_SUI={{ih|SUI}}
|team2=CAN|name_CAN={{ih|CAN}}
|team3=LAT|name_LAT={{ih|LAT}}
|team4=ITA|name_ITA={{ih|ITA}}

|win_SUI=3|OTwin_SUI=0|OTloss_SUI=0|loss_SUI=0|gf_SUI=10|ga_SUI=2
|win_CAN=2|OTwin_CAN=0|OTloss_CAN=0|loss_CAN=1|gf_CAN=12|ga_CAN=6
|win_LAT=1|OTwin_LAT=0|OTloss_LAT=0|loss_LAT=2|gf_LAT=7|ga_LAT=11
|win_ITA=0|OTwin_ITA=0|OTloss_ITA=0|loss_ITA=3|gf_ITA=3|ga_ITA=13

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=Q|result2=Q|result3=Q|result4=R
|col_Q=green1|text_Q=[[#Qualifying round|Qualifying round]]
|col_R=red1  |text_R=[[#Relegation Round|Relegation Round]]
}}

<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 8 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CAN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|ITA}}
|score      = 5–1
|periods    = (2–1, 2–0, 1–0)
|goalie1    = [[Chris Mason (ice hockey)|Chris Mason]]
|goalie2    = [[Adam Russo]]<br>[[Daniel Bellissimo]]
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>4–1<br>5–1
|goals1     = [[Corey Perry|C. Perry]] ([[Steven Stamkos|S. Stamkos]], [[Rene Bourque|R. Bourque]]) – 2:43<br><br>[[Kris Russell|K. Russell]] ([[Ray Whitney (ice hockey)|R. Whitney]]) – 19:12<br>[[Matt Duchene|M. Duchene]] (R. Whitney, [[Brent Burns|B. Burns]]) – 25:27<br>S. Stamkos (M. Duchene, [[Kyle Cumiskey|K. Cumiskey]]) – 30:37<br>R. Bourque ([[Tyler Myers|T. Myers]]) – 57:19
|goals2     = <br>12:44 – [[Michele Strazzabosco|M. Strazzabosco]] ([[Nicholas Plastino|N. Plastino]], [[John Parco|J. Parco]])
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 7,912
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|SVK}} Daniel Konc
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 18
|shots1     = 45
|shots2     = 24
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230B02_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 8 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SUI}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|LAT}}
|score      = 3–1
|periods    = (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>3–1
|goalie1    = [[Martin Gerber]]
|goalie2    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]
|goals1     = [[Andres Ambühl|A. Ambühl]] ([[Damien Brunner|D. Brunner]], [[Thibaut Monnet|T. Monnet]]) – 2:26<br>[[Roman Josi|R. Josi]] – 22:28<br><br>[[Ivo Rüthemann|I. Rüthemann]] (ENG) – 59:58
|goals2     = <br><br>42:35 – [[Gints Meija|G. Meija]] ([[Juris Štāls|J. Štāls]], [[Jēkabs Rēdlihs|J. Rēdlihs]])
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 7,089
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Tom Laaksonen
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Stearns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230B04_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 31
|shots2     = 22
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 10 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SUI}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|ITA}}
|score      = 3–0
|periods    = (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0
|goalie1    = [[Martin Gerber]]
|goalie2    = [[Daniel Bellissimo]]
|goals1     = [[Thibaut Monnet|T. Monnet]] ([[Mathias Seger|M. Seger]]) – 21:20<br>[[Damien Brunner|D. Brunner]] ([[Paul Savary|P. Savary]], [[Roman Josi|R. Josi]]) – 46:39 (PP)<br>[[Martin Plüss|M. Plüss]] – 59:44 (ENG)
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 5,971
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Rafail Kadyrov
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230B10_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 52
|shots2     = 15
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 10 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|LAT}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|CAN}}'''
|score      = 1–6
|periods    = (0–2, 0–4, 1–0)
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>0–3<br>0–4<br>0–5<br>0–6<br>1–6
|goalie1    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]<br>[[Mārtiņš Raitums]]
|goalie2    = [[Chris Mason (ice hockey)|Chris Mason]]<br>[[Chad Johnson (ice hockey)|Chad Johnson]]
|goals1     = <br><br><br><br><br><br>[[Georgijs Pujacs|G. Pujacs]] ([[Juris Štāls|J. Štāls]], [[Gints Meija|G. Meija]]) – 50:25
|goals2     = 1:59 – [[John Tavares (ice hockey)|J. Tavares]] ([[Kris Russell|K. Russell]], [[Corey Perry|C. Perry]]) (PP)<br> 18:19 – [[Steven Stamkos|S. Stamkos]] (K. Russell, C. Perry) (PP)<br> 25:30 – [[Mark Giordano|M. Giordano]] ([[Ray Whitney (ice hockey)|R. Whitney]], [[Kyle Cumiskey|K. Cumiskey]]) (PP)<br> 26:58 – J. Tavares (C. Perry) (PP)<br> 30:07 – [[Steve Downie|S. Downie]] ([[Brent Burns|B. Burns]])<br> 39:06 – M. Giordano ([[Evander Kane|E. Kane]], [[Rich Peverley|R. Peverley]])
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 5,501
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Daniel Konc
|official2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230B12_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 18
|shots1     = 24
|shots2     = 32
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 12 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|ITA}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|LAT}}'''
|score      = 2–5
|periods    = (1–1, 0–1, 1–3)
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>2–3<br>2–4<br>2–5
|goalie1    = [[Adam Russo]]
|goalie2    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Matthew De Marchi|M. De Marchi]] ([[Michael Souza|M. Souza]]) – 14:45<br><br><br>[[Giulio Scandella|G. Scandella]] – 43:28 (PP)
|goals2     = 0:50 – [[Kaspars Daugaviņš|K. Daugaviņš]] ([[Jānis Sprukts|J. Sprukts]])<br><br>28:26 – [[Aleksandrs Ņiživijs|A. Ņiživijs]] ([[Herberts Vasiļjevs|H. Vasiļjevs]], [[Georgijs Pujacs|G. Pujacs]])<br>41:56 – [[Arvīds Reķis|A. Reķis]] (G. Pujacs, A. Ņiživijs)<br><br>57:13 – K. Daugaviņš ([[Mārtiņš Karsums|M. Karsums]])<br>59:09 – M. Karsums ([[Mārtiņš Cipulis|M. Cipulis]]) (ENG)
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 4,029
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari Levonen
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230B18_74_5_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 26
|shots2     = 38
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 12 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|CAN}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|SUI}}'''
|score      = 1–4
|periods    = (1–2, 0–1, 0–1)
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>1–4
|goalie1    = [[Chris Mason (ice hockey)|Chris Mason]]
|goalie2    = [[Tobias Stephan]]
|goals1     = <br><br>[[John Tavares (ice hockey)|J. Tavares]] ([[Matt Duchene|M. Duchene]], [[Ray Whitney (ice hockey)|R. Whitney]]) – 14:29
|goals2     = 11:47 – [[Ivo Rüthemann|I. Rüthemann]] ([[Thomas Déruns|T. Déruns]], [[Martin Plüss|M. Plüss]])<br>14:03 – M. Plüss (T. Déruns, I. Rüthemann)<br><br>21:38 – [[Andreas Ambuhl|A. Ambuhl]] ([[Kevin Romy|K. Romy]], [[Roman Josi|R. Josi]])<br>45:29 – T. Déruns (M. Plüss, I. Rüthemann)
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 12,500
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Tom Laaksonen
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230B20_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 32
|shots2     = 18
}}

=== Group C ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT
|update=complete|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230300_76_14_0.pdf IIHF]

|team1=SWE|name_SWE={{ih|SWE}}
|team2=CZE|name_CZE={{ih|CZE}}
|team3=NOR|name_NOR={{ih|NOR}}
|team4=FRA|name_FRA={{ih|FRA}}

|win_SWE=2|OTwin_SWE=0|OTloss_SWE=0|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=9|ga_SWE=6
|win_CZE=2|OTwin_CZE=0|OTloss_CZE=0|loss_CZE=1|gf_CZE=10|ga_CZE=6
|win_NOR=2|OTwin_NOR=0|OTloss_NOR=0|loss_NOR=1|gf_NOR=10|ga_NOR=8
|win_FRA=0|OTwin_FRA=0|OTloss_FRA=0|loss_FRA=3|gf_FRA=5|ga_FRA=14

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=Q|result2=Q|result3=Q|result4=R
|col_Q=green1|text_Q=[[#Qualifying round|Qualifying round]]
|col_R=red1  |text_R=[[#Relegation Round|Relegation Round]]
}}

<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 9 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CZE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|FRA}}
|score      = 6–2
|periods    = (2–0, 2–0, 2–2)
|goalie1    = [[Tomáš Vokoun]]
|goalie2    = [[Fabrice Lhenry]]
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0<br>5–0<br>5–1<br>5–2<br>6–2
|goals1     = [[Petr Hubáček|P. Hubáček]] ([[Jaromír Jágr|J. Jágr]]) – 0:44<br>[[Jiří Novotný (ice hockey)|J. Novotný]] ([[Filip Novák (ice hockey)|F. Novak]]) (PP) – 11:43<br>[[Petr Gřegořek|P. Gřegořek]] (J. Novotný) – 23:23<br>[[Karel Rachůnek|K. Rachůnek]] ([[Jakub Klepiš|J. Klepiš]], J. Jágr) (PP) – 25:07<br>[[Lukáš Kašpar|L. Kašpar]] (J. Novotný, [[Petr Vampola|P. Vampola]]) – 46:06<br><br><br>[[Miroslav Blaťák|M. Blaťák]] (J. Klepiš, J. Jágr) (PP) – 59:27
|goals2     = <br><br><br><br><br>46:27 – [[Yorick Treille|Y. Treille]] ([[Laurent Meunier|L. Meunier]])<br>48:37 – L. Meunier ([[Sacha Treille|S. Treille]], [[Luc Tardif Jr.|L. Tardif]])
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 3,132
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari Levonen
|official2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 18
|shots1     = 41
|shots2     = 22
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230C06_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 9 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|NOR}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|SWE}}'''
|score      = 2–5
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2<br>2–2<br>2–3<br>2–4<br>2–5
|periods    = (0–2, 1–0, 1–3)
|goalie1    = [[Pål Grotnes]]
|goalie2    = [[Jonas Gustavsson]]
|goals1     = <br><br>[[Patrick Thoresen|P. Thoresen]] ([[Anders Fredriksen|A. Fredriksen]], [[Jonas Holøs|J. Holøs]]) (PP) – 20:20<br>[[Henrik Solberg|H. Solberg]] (A. Fredriksen, P. Thoresen) – 44:57
|goals2     = 6:43 – [[Mattias Weinhandl|M. Weinhandl]] ([[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]])<br>12:45 – [[Erik Karlsson|E. Karlsson]] ([[Rickard Wallin|R. Wallin]]) (PP)<br><br><br>47:08 – M. Weinhandl (M. Pääjärvi-Svensson)<br>54:31 – M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (R. Wallin)<br>57:43 – M. Weinhandl ([[Andreas Engqvist|A. Engqvist]]) (PP)
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 5,022
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Rafail Kadyrov
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230C08_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 21
|shots2     = 44
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 11 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|CZE}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|NOR}}'''
|score      = 2–3
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>2–3
|periods    = (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)
|goalie1    = [[Ondřej Pavelec]]
|goalie2    = [[Pål Grotnes]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Jaromír Jágr|J. Jágr]] ([[Michal Rozsíval|M. Rozsíval]], [[Jakub Klepiš|J. Klepiš]]) – 27:56 (PP2)<br><br><br>J. Jágr ([[Karel Rachůnek|K. Rachůnek]]) – 53:09
|goals2     = 12:09 – [[Mats Zuccarello|M. Zuccarello Aasen]] ([[Patrick Thoresen|P. Thoresen]], [[Tommy Jakobsen|T. Jakobsen]])<br><br>30:13 –[[Anders Fredriksen|A. Fredriksen]] ([[Lars Løkken Østli|L. Østli]], P. Thoresen)<br>44:23 –[[Anders Bastiansen|A. Bastiansen]] ([[Mathis Olimb|M. Olimb]], [[Lars Erik Spets|L. Spets]])
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 2,256
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Tom Laaksonen
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230C14_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 22
|shots1     = 46
|shots2     = 15
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 11 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SWE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|FRA}}
|score      = 3–2
|progression = 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>3–1<br>3–2
|periods    = (1–0, 2–0, 0–2)
|goalie1    = [[Jacob Markström]]
|goalie2    = [[Eddy Ferhi]]<br>[[Fabrice Lhenry]]
|goals1     = [[Carl Gunnarsson|C. Gunnarsson]] ([[Linus Omark|L. Omark]], [[Niklas Persson|N. Persson]]) – 17:49<br>[[Jonas Andersson (ice hockey)|J. Andersson]] ([[Michael Nylander|M. Nylander]]) – 22:34<br>[[Johan Harju|J. Harju]] (L. Omark, [[Christian Bäckman|C. Bäckman]]) – 27:44
|goals2     = <br><br><br>44:34 – [[Yorick Treille|Y. Treille]]<br>54:05 – [[Luc Tardif Jr.|L. Tardif]] ([[Stephane Da Costa|S. Da Costa]], [[Baptiste Amar|B. Amar]])
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 3,268
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari Levonen
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230C16_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 45
|shots2     = 23
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 13 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|FRA}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|NOR}}'''
|score      = 1–5
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>1–4<br>1–5
|periods    = (1–0, 0–1, 0–4)
|goalie1    = [[Fabrice Lhenry]]
|goalie2    = [[Pål Grotnes]]<br>[[Ruben Smith]]
|goals1     = [[Stéphane Da Costa|S. Da Costa]] ([[Johan Auvitu|J. Auvitu]]) – 12:49 (PP)
|goals2     = <br>32:02 – [[Peter Lorentzen|P. Lorentzen]] ([[Martin Røymark|M. Røymark]], [[Kristian Forsberg|K. Forsberg]])<br>42:34 – [[Mats Zuccarello|M. Zuccarello Aasen]] ([[Patrick Thoresen|P. Thoresen]], [[Lars Løkken Østli|L. Østli]]) (PP)<br>47:19 – [[Anders Bastiansen|A. Bastiansen]]<br>48:42 – P. Thoresen (M. Aasen)<br>56:57 – [[Mathis Olimb|M. Olimb]] (PS)
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 4,403
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Daniel Konc
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230C22_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 36
|penalties2 = 56
|shots1     = 27
|shots2     = 40
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 13 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|SWE}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
|score      = 1–2
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2
|periods    = (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
|goalie1    = [[Jonas Gustavsson]]
|goalie2    = [[Tomáš Vokoun]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]] ([[Rickard Wallin|R. Wallin]]) – 24:03
|goals2     = 0:54 – [[Tomáš Rolinek|T. Rolinek]] (SH)<br><br>29:18 – [[Petr Hubáček|P. Hubáček]] ([[Jiří Novotný (ice hockey)|J. Novotný]], [[Tomáš Vokoun|T. Vokoun]])
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 12,500
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Rafail Kadyrov
|official2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230C24_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 16
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 32
|shots2     = 37
}}

=== Group D ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT
|update=complete|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230300_76_14_0.pdf IIHF]

|team1=FIN|name_FIN={{ih|FIN}}
|team2=GER|name_GER={{ih|GER}}
|team3=DEN|name_DEN={{ih|DEN}}
|team4=USA|name_USA={{ih|USA}}

|win_FIN=2|OTwin_FIN=0|OTloss_FIN=0|loss_FIN=1|gf_FIN=5|ga_FIN=6
|win_GER=1|OTwin_GER=1|OTloss_GER=0|loss_GER=1|gf_GER=5|ga_GER=3
|win_DEN=1|OTwin_DEN=1|OTloss_DEN=0|loss_DEN=1|gf_DEN=7|ga_DEN=5
|win_USA=0|OTwin_USA=0|OTloss_USA=2|loss_USA=1|gf_USA=4|ga_USA=7

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=Q|result2=Q|result3=Q|result4=R
|col_Q=green1|text_Q=[[#Qualifying round|Qualifying round]]
|col_R=red1  |text_R=[[#Relegation Round|Relegation Round]]
}}

<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 7 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|USA}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|GER}}'''
|score      = 1–2 <small> [[Overtime (ice hockey)|OT]] </small>
|periods    = (0–0, 0–1, 1–0)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–1)
|goalie1   = [[Scott Clemmensen]]
|goalie2   = [[Dennis Endras]]
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2
|goals1     = <br>[[Ryan Carter|R. Carter]] – 48:28
|goals2     = 25:20 – [[Michael Wolf (ice hockey)|M. Wolf]] ([[Marcel Müller|M. Müller]], [[Christoph Ullmann|C. Ullmann]]) <br /><br> 60:21 – [[Felix Schütz|F. Schütz]] ([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT]])
|stadium    = [[Veltins-Arena]], [[Gelsenkirchen]]
|attendance = 77,803
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Lärking
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Savage
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230D01_74_3_0.pdf
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 8
| shots1      = 32
| shots2      = 20
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 8 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|FIN}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|DEN}}'''
|score      = 1–4
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>1–4
|goalie1    = [[Pekka Rinne]]
|goalie2    = [[Frederik Andersen]]
|periods    = (1–2, 0–1, 0–1)
|goals1     = <br><br>[[Petri Kontiola|P. Kontiola]] ([[Juhamatti Aaltonen|J. Aaltonen]], [[Petteri Nummelin|P. Nummelin]]) – 6:47
|goals2     = 2:20 – [[Frans Nielsen|F. Nielsen]] ([[Kim Staal|K. Staal]], [[Julian Jakobsen|J. Jakobsen]])<br>5:19 – [[Peter Regin|P. Regin]] ([[Kasper Degn|K. Degn]])<br><br>21:19 – J. Jakobsen ([[Thor Dresler|T. Dresler]])<br>59:13 – F. Nielsen (ENG)
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 11,452
|official   = {{flagicon|USA}} Rick Looker
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Milan Minář
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230D03_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 2
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 37
|shots2     = 17
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 10 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|USA}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|DEN}}'''
|score      = 1–2 <small> [[Overtime (ice hockey)|OT]] </small>
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2
|goalie1    = [[Scott Clemmensen]]
|goalie2    = [[Patrick Galbraith (ice hockey)|Patrick Galbraith]]
|periods    = (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) <br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–1)
|goals1     = <br>[[Keith Yandle|K. Yandle]] ([[Kyle Okposo|K. Okposo]], [[Jack Johnson (ice hockey)|J. Johnson]]) – 32:03 (PP)
|goals2     = 28:52 – [[Lars Eller|L. Eller]] ([[Frans Nielsen|F. Nielsen]], [[Peter Regin|P. Regin]])<br /><br> 62:04 – [[Stefan Lassen|S. Lassen]] ([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT]])
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 8,985
|official   = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Hansen
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230D09_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 31
|shots2     = 29
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 10 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|GER}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|FIN}}'''
|score      = 0–1
|periods    = (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
|progression = 0–1
|goalie1    = [[Rob Zepp]]
|goalie2    = [[Petri Vehanen]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 25:18 – [[Jarkko Immonen|J. Immonen]] ([[Jussi Jokinen|J. Jokinen]])
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 18,654
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Larking
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Patrik Sjöberg
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230D11_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 28
|shots2     = 37
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 12 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|DEN}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|GER}}'''
|score      = 1–3
|periods    = (1–1, 0–2, 0–0)
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3
|goalie1    = [[Patrick Galbraith (ice hockey)|Patrick Galbraith]]
|goalie2    = [[Dennis Endras]]
|goals1     = [[Philip Larsen|P. Larsen]] ([[Peter Regin|P. Regin]], [[Jesper Damgaard|J. Damgaard]]) – 3:40 (PP2)
|goals2     = <br>8:40 – [[Marcel Goc|M. Goc]] ([[Alexander Sulzer|A. Sulzer]]) (PP)<br>33:28 – [[Felix Schütz|F. Schütz]] ([[Justin Krueger|J. Krueger]])<br>35:09 – [[Nikolai Goc|N. Goc]]
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 18,623
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Marc Muylaert
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Savage
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230D17_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 24
|shots2     = 30
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 12 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|FIN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|USA}}
|score      = 3–2
|periods    = (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>3–2
|goalie1    = [[Petri Vehanen]]
|goalie2    = [[Scott Clemmensen]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Leo Komarov|L. Komarov]] ([[Jarkko Immonen|J. Immonen]], [[Pasi Puistola|P. Puistola]]) – 35:52<br>[[Petteri Nummelin|P. Nummelin]] ([[Mikko Mäenpää|M. Mäenpää]]) (PP) – 40:18<br>[[Sami Kapanen|S. Kapanen]] (P. Nummelin, [[Juhamatti Aaltonen|J. Aaltonen]]) – 57:58
|goals2     = 3:30 – [[David Moss (ice hockey)|D. Moss]] ([[Jack Johnson (ice hockey)|J. Johnson]], [[Chris Kreider|C. Kreider]])<br><br><br><br>59:43 – [[T. J. Oshie|T. Oshie]] ([[Keith Yandle|K. Yandle]]) (SH)
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 17,633
|official   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Milan Minář
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230D19_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 2
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 43
|shots2     = 22
}}

== Qualification round ==
The top three teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to the qualifying round. They were placed into two groups: teams from Groups A and D were placed into Group E, while teams from Groups B and C were placed into Group F.

Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. The teams played a single round robin, but did not play against teams which they had already met in preliminary groups.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/sk/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home/format-rules.html Format & Rules] IIHF</ref>

The top four teams in both groups E and F advanced to the playoff round.

===Group E ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT
|update=complete
|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230700_76_11_0.pdf IIHF]

|team1=RUS|name_RUS={{ih|RUS}}
|team2=FIN|name_FIN={{ih|FIN}}
|team3=GER|name_GER={{ih|GER}}
|team4=DEN|name_DEN={{ih|DEN}}
|team5=BLR|name_BLR={{ih|BLR|1995}}
|team6=SVK|name_SVK={{ih|SVK}}

|win_RUS=5|OTwin_RUS=0|OTloss_RUS=0|loss_RUS=0|gf_RUS=20|ga_RUS=5
|win_FIN=3|OTwin_FIN=0|OTloss_FIN=0|loss_FIN=2|gf_FIN=9|ga_FIN=11
|win_GER=2|OTwin_GER=0|OTloss_GER=1|loss_GER=2|gf_GER=8|ga_GER=8
|win_DEN=2|OTwin_DEN=0|OTloss_DEN=0|loss_DEN=3|gf_DEN=13|ga_DEN=12
|win_BLR=1|OTwin_BLR=1|OTloss_BLR=0|loss_BLR=3|gf_BLR=7|ga_BLR=11
|win_SVK=1|OTwin_SVK=0|OTloss_SVK=0|loss_SVK=4|gf_SVK=8|ga_SVK=18

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=PO|result2=PO|result3=PO|result4=PO
|col_PO=green1|text_PO=[[#Playoff round|Playoff round]]
}}

<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 14 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|SVK}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|DEN}}'''
|score      = 0–6
|periods    = (0–6, 0–0, 0–0)
|progression = 0–1<br>0–2<br>0–3<br>0–4<br>0–5<br>0–6
|goalie1 = [[Peter Budaj]]<br>[[Rastislav Staňa]]
|goalie2 = [[Patrick Galbraith (ice hockey)|Patrick Galbraith]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 1:05 – [[Peter Regin|P. Regin]] ([[Mads Bødker|M. Bødker]], [[Daniel Nielsen|D. Nielsen]])<br>4:20 – [[Philip Larsen|P. Larsen]] ([[Jesper Damgaard|J. Damgaard]], [[Peter Regin|P. Regin]]) (PP2)<br>4:40 – [[Mads Christensen (ice hockey, born 1987)|M. Christensen]] ([[Morten Green|M. Green]], [[Peter Regin|P. Regin]]) (PP)<br>10:52 – [[Morten Madsen|M. Madsen]] ([[Daniel Nielsen|D. Nielsen]], [[Lars Eller|L. Eller]]) (PP)<br>12:21 – [[Morten Green|M. Green]] ([[Kasper Degn|K. Degn]])<br>13:42 – [[Stefan Lassen|S. Lassen]] ([[Lars Eller|L. Eller]], [[Morten Madsen|M. Madsen]])
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 4,442
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 2
|shots1 = 26
|shots2 = 34
|official   = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Hansen
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Larking
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230E25_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 14 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|FIN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|BLR|1995}}
| goalie1   = [[Pekka Rinne]]
| goalie2   = [[Andrei Mezin]]
|score      = 2–0
|periods    = (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0
|goals1     = [[Jarkko Immonen|J. Immonen]] ([[Antti Miettinen|A. Miettinen]]) (PP) – 27:23<br>[[Juha-Pekka Hytönen|J. Hytönen]] ([[Antti Pihlström|A. Pihlström]] – [[Pasi Puistola|P. Puistola]]) – 32:19
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 5,273
|official   = {{flagicon|USA}} Rick Looker
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Patrik Sjöberg
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 12
| shots1    = 32
| shots2    = 18
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230E27_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 15 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|RUS}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|GER}}
|score      = 3–2
|periods    = (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>3–2
|goalie1    = [[Semyon Varlamov]]
|goalie2    = [[Dimitrij Kotschnew]]
|goals1     = [[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]] ([[Alexander Frolov|A. Frolov]], [[Alexei Emelin|A. Yemelin]]) – 14:20<br>[[Nikolai Kulemin|N. Kulemin]] ([[Maxim Afinogenov|M. Afinogenov]], [[Viktor Kozlov|V. Kozlov]]) – 26:10<br><br>[[Alexander Ovechkin|A. Ovechkin]] ([[Alexander Semin|A. Semin]]) – 49:46
|goals2     = <br><br>39:59 – [[Christian Ehrhoff|C. Ehrhoff]] ([[Michael Wolf (ice hockey)|M. Wolf]], [[Kai Hospelt|K. Hospelt]])<br><br>53:39 – [[Alexander Barta|A. Barta]] ([[Sven Felski|S. Felski]], [[Daniel Kreutzer|D. Kreutzer]])
| penalties1= 8
| penalties2= 8
| shots1    = 36
| shots2    = 34
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 18,343
|official   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Milan Minář
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230E31_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 16 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|DEN}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|RUS}}'''
|score      = 1–6
|periods    = (0–2, 1–1, 0–3)
|progression= 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>1–4<br>1–5<br>1–6
|goals1     = <br><br>[[Mads Christensen (ice hockey, born 1987)|M. Christensen]] ([[Peter Regin|P. Regin]], [[Kim Staal|K. Staal]]) (PP) – 25:02
|goals2     = 15:07 – [[Pavel Datsyuk|P. Datsyuk]] ([[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]], [[Evgeni Malkin|E. Malkin]])<br>19:12 – [[Alexander Ovechkin|A. Ovechkin]] ([[Sergei Fedorov|S. Fedorov]]) (SH)<br><br>33:40 – E. Malkin (I. Kovalchuk, P. Datsyuk) (PP)<br>47:51 – P. Datsyuk (E. Malkin, I. Kovalchuk)<br>50:51 – P. Datsyuk (PS)<br>52:26 – [[Nikolai Kulemin|N. Kulemin]] ([[Maxim Afinogenov|M. Afinogenov]], [[Artem Anisimov|A. Anisimov]])
|goalie1    = [[Frederik Andersen]]
|goalie2    = [[Vasiliy Koshechkin]]
| penalties1= 10
| penalties2= 12
| shots1    = 31
| shots2    = 32
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 5,789
|official   = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Hansen
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Larking
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230E35_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 16 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|GER}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|BLR|1995}}'''
|score      = 1–2 <small> [[Overtime (ice hockey)|OT]] </small>
|periods    = (0–1, 0–0, 1–0)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–1)
|progression= 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2
|goalie1    = [[Dennis Endras]]
|goalie2    = [[Andrei Mezin]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Marcel Müller|M. Müller]] ([[Sven Felski|S. Felski]]) – 59:06
|goals2     = 6:43 – [[Andrei Mikhalev|A. Mikhalev]] ([[Yaroslav Chupris|Y. Chupris]], [[Evgeni Kovyrshin|E. Kovyrshin]])<br><br>64:45 – [[Alexei Kalyuzhny|A. Kalyuzhny]] ([[Mikhail Grabovski|M. Grabovski]], [[Alexander Makritski|A. Makritski]])
| penalties1= 8
| penalties2= 2
| shots1    = 34
| shots2    = 21
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 11,748
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Marc Muylaert
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Savage
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230E37_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 17 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|FIN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|SVK}}
|score      = 5–2
|periods    = (0–0, 3–0, 2–2)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>3–1<br>4–1<br>4–2<br>5–2
|goalie1    = [[Pekka Rinne]]
|goalie2    = [[Peter Budaj]]<br>[[Rastislav Staňa]]
|goals1     = [[Petri Kontiola|P. Kontiola]] ([[Topi Jaakola|T. Jaakola]], [[Sami Kapanen|S. Kapanen]]) – 29:20<br>[[Petteri Nummelin|P. Nummelin]] ([[Riku Hahl|R. Hahl]]) – 30:13<br>[[Jussi Jokinen|J. Jokinen]] (P. Nummelin, [[Pasi Puistola|P. Puistola]]) – 33:26<br><br>J. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, [[Antti Miettinen|A. Miettinen]]) – 56:34<br><br>[[Juhamatti Aaltonen|J. Aaltonen]] ([[Janne Niskala|J. Niskala]], [[Pekka Rinne|P. Rinne]]) (ENG) – 58:54
|goals2     = <br><br><br>41:58 – [[Tomáš Tatar|T. Tatar]] ([[Tomáš Starosta|T. Starosta]])<br><br>58:01 – [[Vladimír Mihálik|V. Mihálik]] (T. Starosta, [[Milan Bartovič|M. Bartovič]])
| penalties1= 6
| penalties2= 8
| shots1    = 35
| shots2    = 29
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 3,474
|official   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Milan Minář
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Savage
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230E39_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 17 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|BLR|1995}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|DEN}}
|score      = 2–1
|periods    = (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
|progression= 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1
|goalie1    = [[Vitali Koval]]
|goalie2    = [[Patrick Galbraith (ice hockey)|Patrick Galbraith]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Andrei Stas|A. Stas]] ([[Alexei Ugarov|A. Ugarov]], [[Alexei Kalyuzhny|A. Kalyuzhny]]) – 36:31<br>[[Mikhail Stefanovich|M. Stefanovich]] ([[Mikhail Grabovski|M. Grabovski]]) (PP) – 57:49
|goals2     = 0:38 – [[Lars Eller|L. Eller]] ([[Morten Madsen|M. Madsen]], [[Frans Nielsen|F. Nielsen]])
| penalties1= 10
| penalties2= 16
| shots1    = 27
| shots2    = 28
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 3,257
|official   = {{flagicon|USA}} Rick Looker
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230E41_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 18 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|SVK}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|GER}}'''
|score      = 1–2
|periods    = (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
|progression= 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2
|goalie1    = [[Peter Budaj]]
|goalie2    = [[Dennis Endras]]
|goals1     = <br><br>[[Marek Svatoš|M. Svatoš]] ([[Dominik Graňák|D. Graňák]]) (PP) – 39:17
|goals2     = 7:19 – [[Alexander Barta|A. Barta]] ([[Daniel Kreutzer|D. Kreutzer]])<br>24:42 – D. Kreutzer (A. Barta, [[Sven Felski|S. Felski]])
| penalties1= 8
| penalties2= 6
| shots1    = 22
| shots2    = 26
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 15,137
|official   = {{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Hansen
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Patrik Sjöberg
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230E45_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 18 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|RUS}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|FIN}}
|score      = 5–0
|periods    = (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
|progression= 1–0<br><br>2–0<br><br>3–0<br><br>4–0<br>5–0
|goals1     = [[Sergei Fedorov|S. Fedorov]] ([[Alexander Semin|A. Semin]], [[Alexander Ovechkin|A. Ovechkin]]) (PP) – 16:42<br>[[Evgeni Malkin|E. Malkin]] ([[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]], [[Sergei Gonchar|S. Gonchar]]) (PP) – 33:52<br>[[Nikolai Kulemin|N. Kulemin]] ([[Maxim Afinogenov|M. Afinogenov]], [[Artem Anisimov|A. Anisimov]]) – 34:02<br>[[Alexei Emelin|A. Emelin]] (I. Kovalchuk) – 42:15<br>M. Afinogenov ([[Dmitri Kulikov (ice hockey)|D. Kulikov]]) – 42:55
|goals2     = 
|goalie1    = [[Semyon Varlamov]]
|goalie2    = [[Petri Vehanen]]
| penalties1= 22
| penalties2= 32
| shots1    = 35
| shots2    = 36
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 11,687
|official   = {{flagicon|USA}} Rick Looker
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Marc Muylaert
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230E47_74_3_0.pdf
}}

===Group F ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT
|update=complete
|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230700_76_11_0.pdf IIHF]

|team1=SWE|name_SWE={{ih|SWE}}
|team2=SUI|name_SUI={{ih|SUI}}
|team3=CZE|name_CZE={{ih|CZE}}
|team4=CAN|name_CAN={{ih|CAN}}
|team5=NOR|name_NOR={{ih|NOR}}
|team6=LAT|name_LAT={{ih|LAT}}

|win_SWE=4|OTwin_SWE=0|OTloss_SWE=0|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=18|ga_SWE=7
|win_SUI=3|OTwin_SUI=0|OTloss_SUI=0|loss_SUI=2|gf_SUI=12|ga_SUI=12
|win_CZE=3|OTwin_CZE=0|OTloss_CZE=0|loss_CZE=2|gf_CZE=12|ga_CZE=10
|win_CAN=2|OTwin_CAN=0|OTloss_CAN=0|loss_CAN=3|gf_CAN=22|ga_CAN=12
|win_NOR=2|OTwin_NOR=0|OTloss_NOR=0|loss_NOR=3|gf_NOR=9|ga_NOR=26
|win_LAT=1|OTwin_LAT=0|OTloss_LAT=0|loss_LAT=4|gf_LAT=10|ga_LAT=16

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=PO|result2=PO|result3=PO|result4=PO
|col_PO=green1|text_PO=[[#Playoff round|Playoff round]]
}}

<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 14 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CAN}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|NOR}}
|score      = 12–1
|periods    = (1–1, 7–0, 4–0)
|progression = 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>4–1<br>5–1<br>6–1<br>7–1<br>8–1<br>9–1<br>10–1<br>11–1<br>12–1
|goalie1 = [[Chris Mason (ice hockey)|Chris Mason]]<br>[[Chad Johnson (ice hockey)|Chad Johnson]]
|goalie2 = [[Ruben Smith]]<br>[[André Lysenstøen]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Evander Kane|E. Kane]] ([[Marc Staal|M. Staal]]) – 13:09<br>[[Corey Perry|C. Perry]] ([[Kris Russell|K. Russell]], [[Ray Whitney (ice hockey)|R. Whitney]]) (PP) – 23:51<br>[[Mark Giordano|M. Giordano]] ([[Matt Duchene|M. Duchene]], [[Jordan Eberle|J. Eberle]]) – 33:12<br>[[John Tavares (ice hockey)|J. Tavares]] (PP) – 36:42<br>[[Rich Peverley|R. Peverley]] (E. Kane, J. Eberle) – 37:27<br>[[Steve Downie|S. Downie]] ([[Steve Ott|S. Ott]]) – 38:16<br>R. Whitney ([[Brent Burns|B. Burns]]) – 39:06<br>E. Kane (J. Eberle, R. Peverley) – 39:48<br>J. Eberle (R. Peverley) (PP) – 40:39 <br>J. Tavares (C. Perry) – 45:57<br>J. Tavares (B. Burns) – 49:18<br>M. Duchene ([[François Beauchemin|F. Beauchemin]], R. Whitney) – 50:18
|goals2     = 01:35 – [[Jonas Holøs]]
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 2,670
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 31
|shots1 = 44
|shots2 = 19
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari Levonen
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230F26_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 14 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SWE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|LAT}}
|score      = 4–2
|periods    = (3–1, 0–0, 1–1)
|progression = 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>3–2<br>4–2
| goalie1     = [[Jacob Markström]]
| goalie2     = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]
|goals1     = [[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]] ([[Victor Hedman|V. Hedman]]) – 0:31<br><br>[[Oliver Ekman-Larsson|O. Ekman-Larsson]] ([[Fredrik Pettersson|F. Pettersson]]) – 5:08<br>[[Michael Nylander|M. Nylander]] ([[Rickard Wallin|R. Wallin]], [[Christian Bäckman|C. Bäckman]]) – 14:30<br><br>[[Tony Mårtensson|T. Mårtensson]] ([[Carl Gunnarsson|C. Gunnarsson]], M. Pääjärvi-Svensson – 58:00
|goals2     = <br> 0:56 – [[Mārtiņš Karsums|M. Karsums]] ([[Jānis Sprukts|J. Sprukts]])<br><br><br>45:01 – M. Karsums (J. Sprukts)
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 3,078
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Daniel Konc
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
| penalties1 = 8
| penalties2 = 4
| shots1 = 36
| shots2 = 21
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230F28_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 15 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SUI}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|CZE}}
|score      = 3–2
|periods    = (2–0, 1–2, 0–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>3–2
|goalie1    = [[Martin Gerber]]
|goalie2    = [[Tomáš Vokoun]]
|goals1     = [[Martin Plüss|M. Plüss]] ([[Goran Bezina|G. Bezina]], [[Ivo Rüthemann|I. Rüthemann]]) – 4:13<br>[[Andres Ambühl|A. Ambühl]] ([[Damien Brunner|D. Brunner]], [[Thibaut Monnet|T. Monnet]]) – 14:07<br><br>A. Ambühl ([[Timo Helbling|T. Helbling]]) – 31:47
|goals2     = <br><br>24:07 – [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|J. Marek]] ([[Jakub Voráček|J. Voráček]])<br><br>34:41 – [[Miroslav Blaťák|M. Blaťák]] ([[Roman Červenka|R. Červenka]])
| penalties1= 4
| penalties2= 8
| shots1    = 24
| shots2    = 32
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 7,206
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Rafael Kadyrov
|official2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230F32_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 16 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|LAT}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|NOR}}
|score      = 5–0
|periods    = (0–0, 0–0, 5–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0<br>5–0
|goalie1    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]
|goalie2    = [[Pål Grotnes]]
|goals1     = [[Lauris Dārziņš|L. Dārziņš]], ([[Kristaps Sotnieks|K. Sotnieks]], [[Andris Džeriņš|A. Džeriņš]]) – 42:06<br>[[Mārtiņš Cipulis|M. Cipulis]], ([[Aleksandrs Ņiživijs|A. Ņiživijs]], [[Herberts Vasiļjevs|H. Vasiļjevs]]) (PP) – 48:45<br>[[Jānis Sprukts|J. Sprukts]] ([[Guntis Galviņš|G. Galviņš]], [[Kaspars Daugaviņš|K. Daugaviņš]]) (PP) – 57:02<br>J. Sprukts (EN) – 58:25<br>G. Galviņš ([[Aleksandrs Jerofejevs|A. Jerofejevs]]) – 59:54
|goals2     = 
| penalties1= 12
| penalties2= 12
| shots1    = 29
| shots2    = 30
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 1,925
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|SVK}} Daniel Konc
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230F36_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 16 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SWE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|CAN}}
|score      = 3–1
|periods    = (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>3–1
|goalie1    = [[Jonas Gustavsson]]
|goalie2    = [[Chris Mason (ice hockey)|Chris Mason]]<br>[[Chad Johnson (ice hockey)|Chad Johnson]]
|goals1     = [[Johan Harju|J. Harju]] ([[Andreas Engqvist|A. Engqvist]], [[Oliver Ekman-Larsson|O. Larsson]]) – 2:35<br>[[Jonas Andersson (ice hockey)|J. Andersson]] ([[Jonathan Ericsson|J. Ericsson]]) – 21.47<br>J. Andersson ([[Niklas Persson|N. Persson]]) – 24.51
|goals2     = <br><br><br>46.57 – [[Brooks Laich|B. Laich]]
| penalties1= 6
| penalties2= 4
| shots1    = 32
| shots2    = 33
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 4,289
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Tom Laaksonen
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230F38_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 17 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|NOR}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|SUI}}
|score      = 3–2
|periods    = (3–1, 0–0, 0–1)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>3–1<br>3–2
|goalie1    = [[Pål Grotnes]]
|goalie2    = [[Martin Gerber]]
|goals1     = [[Anders Bastiansen|A. Bastiansen]] ([[Mathis Olimb|M. Olimb]], [[Lars Erik Spets|L. Spets]]) – 3:55<br>L. Spets (A. Bastiansen, M. Olimb) – 6:53<br><br>[[Mats Zuccarello|M. Zuccarello Aasen]] ([[Ole-Kristian Tollefsen|O. Tollefsen]], [[Anders Fredriksen|A. Fredriksen]]) – 18:39
|goals2     = <br><br>7:49 – [[Damien Brunner|D. Brunner]] ([[Roman Josi|R. Josi]], [[Andres Ambühl|A. Ambühl]])<br><br>57:49 [[Julien Vauclair|J. Vauclair]] ([[Mathias Seger|M. Seger]])
| penalties1= 4
| penalties2= 4
| shots1    = 15
| shots2    = 45
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 1,896
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Daniel Konc
|official2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230F40_74_4_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 17 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|CZE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|LAT}}
|score      = 3–1
|periods    = (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>2–1<br>3–1
|goalie1    = [[Tomáš Vokoun]]
|goalie2    = [[Edgars Masaļskis]]
|goals1     = [[Tomáš Rolinek|T. Rolinek]] ([[Petr Koukal (ice hockey)|P. Koukal]]) (SH) – 22:21<br>T. Rolinek (P. Koukal) (SH) – 37:51<br><br>[[Roman Červenka|R. Červenka]] ([[Jiří Novotný (ice hockey)|J. Novotný]]) – 52:51
|goals2     = <br><br>52:05 – [[Sergejs Pečura|S. Pečura]] ([[Kaspars Saulietis|K. Saulietis]])
| penalties1= 14
| penalties2= 10
| shots1    = 32
| shots2    = 26
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 3,354
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Rafail Kadyrov
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230F42_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 18 May 2010
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|CAN}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
|score      = 2–3
|periods    = (1–1, 0–2, 1–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>2–3
|goalie1    = [[Chris Mason (ice hockey)|Chris Mason]]
|goalie2    = [[Tomáš Vokoun]]
|goals1     = [[Ray Whitney (ice hockey)|R. Whitney]] ([[Mark Giordano|M. Giordano]], [[Chris Mason (ice hockey)|C. Mason]]) (PP) – 6:59<br><br><br><br>[[Matt Duchene|M. Duchene]] ([[Mason Raymond|M. Raymond]]) – 58:49
|goals2     = <br>18:20 – [[Lukáš Kašpar|L. Kašpar]] ([[Jiří Novotný (ice hockey)|J. Novotný]]) (SH)<br>32:19 – [[Jaromír Jágr|J. Jágr]] ([[Petr Vampola|P. Vampola]], [[Ondřej Němec|O. Němec]])<br>38:18 – [[Jakub Klepiš|J. Klepiš]] ([[Michal Rozsíval|M. Rozsíval]], [[Tomáš Vokoun|T. Vokoun]]) (PP)
| penalties1= 16
| penalties2= 16
| shots1    = 30
| shots2    = 36
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 6,466
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari Levonen
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230F46_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 18 May 2010
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|SUI}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|SWE}}'''
|score      = 0–5
|periods    = (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)
|progression= 0–1<br>0–2<br>0–3<br>0–4<br>0–5
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 3:02 – [[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]] ([[Tony Mårtensson|T. Mårtensson]])<br> 20:48 – [[Johan Harju|J. Harju]] ([[Erik Karlsson|E. Karlsson]], [[Jonathan Ericsson|J. Ericsson]])<br>23:40 – [[Victor Hedman|V. Hedman]] (T. Mårtensson)<br>43:53 – [[Fredrik Pettersson|F. Pettersson]] (J. Ericsson)<br>44:41 – T. Mårtensson (M. Pääjärvi-Svensson, [[Marcus Nilson|M. Nilson]])
|goalie1    = [[Tobias Stephan]]
|goalie2    = [[Jacob Markström]]
| penalties1= 4
| penalties2= 4
| shots1    = 28
| shots2    = 25
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 5,757
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} Tom Laaksonen
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230F48_74_3_0.pdf
}}

== Relegation round ==
The bottom team in the standings from each group of the preliminary round played in the relegation round. The bottom two teams in the relegation round moved down to Division 1 for the 2011 World Championship.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/usa-avoids-demotion.html USA avoids Elimination, Italy goes down] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629203555/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/usa-avoids-demotion.html |date=29 June 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/france-ousts-kazakhs-stays-up.html France stays up, Kazakhstan relegated] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521094841/http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/news/news-singleview-world-championship/article/france-ousts-kazakhs-stays-up.html |date=21 May 2010 }}</ref>

=== Group G ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT
|update=complete
|source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230400_76_4_0.pdf IIHF]

|team1=USA|name_USA={{ih|USA}}
|team2=FRA|name_FRA={{ih|FRA}}
|team3=ITA|name_ITA={{ih|ITA}}
|team4=KAZ|name_KAZ={{ih|KAZ}}

|win_USA=2|OTwin_USA=1|OTloss_USA=0|loss_USA=0|gf_USA=17|ga_USA=2
|win_FRA=2|OTwin_FRA=0|OTloss_FRA=0|loss_FRA=1|gf_FRA=7|ga_FRA=8
|win_ITA=1|OTwin_ITA=0|OTloss_ITA=1|loss_ITA=1|gf_ITA=5|ga_ITA=6
|win_KAZ=0|OTwin_KAZ=0|OTloss_KAZ=0|loss_KAZ=3|gf_KAZ=4|ga_KAZ=17

|res_col_header=QR
|result1=Q|result2=Q|result3=R|result4=R
|col_Q=green1|text_Q=Qualified for the [[2011 IIHF World Championship|2011 Top Division]]
|col_R=red1  |text_R=Relegated to the [[2011 IIHF World Championship Division I|2011 Division I]]
}}

<small>All times are local ([[UTC]]+2).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 15 May
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|USA}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|KAZ}}
|score      = 10–0
|periods    = (4–0, 5–0, 1–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0<br>5–0<br>6–0<br>7–0<br>8–0<br>9–0<br>10–0
|goalie1    = [[Scott Clemmensen]]<br>[[Ben Bishop]]
|goalie2    = [[Alexei Kuznetsov]]<br>[[Pavel Zhitkov]]
|goals1     = [[T. J. Oshie|T. Oshie]] ([[Kyle Okposo|K. Okposo]], [[Matt Greene|M. Greene]]) – 0:55<br>K. Okposo (T. Oshie, [[TJ Galiardi|T. Galiardi]]) – 1:13<br>[[Matt Gilroy|M. Gilroy]] ([[Brandon Dubinsky|B. Dubinsky]]) (PP) – 6:53<br>M. Gilroy (T. Oshie, T. Galiardi) – 10:20<br>[[Nick Foligno|N. Foligno]] (B. Dubinsky) – 28:03<br>[[Ryan Potulny|R. Potulny]] ([[Brandon Dubinsky|B. Dubinsky]], [[Keith Yandle|K. Yandle]]) – 36:34<br>M. Gilroy (R. Potulny, B. Dubinsky) – 36:46<br>B. Dubinsky ([[Andy Greene|A. Greene]]) (PP2) – 38:44<br>[[Tim Kennedy (ice hockey)|T. Kennedy]] ([[Christian Hanson (ice hockey)|C. Hanson]], [[Jack Hillen|J. Hillen]]) (PP) – 39:29<br>[[Chris Kreider|C. Kreider]] ([[Ryan Carter|R. Carter]]) – 58:57
|goals2     = 
| penalties1= 4
| penalties2= 26
| shots1    = 45
| shots2    = 28
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 4,529
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Marc Muylaert
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Savage
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230G29_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 15 May
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|ITA}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|FRA}}'''
|score      = 1–2
|periods    = (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
|progression= 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2
|goalie1    = [[Daniel Bellissimo]]
|goalie2    = [[Fabrice Lhenry]]
|goals1     = <br><br>[[Michele Strazzabosco|M. Strazzabosco]] ([[Christian Borgatello|C. Borgatello]], [[Roland Ramoser|R. Ramoser]]) – 51:04 (PP)
|goals2     =  4:34 – [[Baptiste Amar|B. Amar]] ([[Stéphane Da Costa|S. Da Costa]], [[Pierre-Édouard Bellemare|P. Bellemare]])<br>43:14 – [[Laurent Gras (ice hockey)|L. Gras]] ([[Kevin Hecquefeuille|K. Hecquefeuille]], P. Bellemare) (PP)
| penalties1= 6
| penalties2= 8
| shots1    = 28
| shots2    = 22
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 3,173
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Tom Laaksonen
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230G30_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 16 May
|time       = 12:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|FRA}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|USA}}'''
|score      = 0–4
|periods    = (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 24:49 – [[Nick Foligno|N. Foligno]] ([[Jack Johnson (ice hockey)|J. Johnson]], [[Brandon Dubinsky|B. Dubinsky]])<br>34:06 – B. Dubinsky ([[David Moss (ice hockey)|D. Moss]], [[Mike Lundin|M. Lundin]])<br>41:36 – [[T. J. Oshie|T. Oshie]] ([[TJ Galiardi|T. Galiardi]], [[Keith Yandle|K. Yandle]])<br>53:41 – N. Foligno (B. Dubinsky, D. Moss)
|goalie1    = [[Eddy Ferhi]]
|goalie2    = [[Scott Clemmensen]]
|progression= 0–1<br>0–2<br>0–3<br>0–4
| penalties1= 8
| penalties2= 2
| shots1    = 10
| shots2    = 31
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 4,325
|official   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Patrik Sjöberg
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230G33_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 16 May
|time       = 12:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|ITA}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|KAZ}}
|score      = 2–1
|periods    = (0–0, 0–0, 2–1)
|goals1     = <br>[[Christian Borgatello|C. Borgatello]] ([[Alexander Egger (ice hockey)|A. Egger]], [[Michael Souza|M. Souza]]) – 46:43<br>M. Souza (A. Egger, [[Giulio Scandella|G. Scandella]]) (PP) – 49:30
|goals2     = 44:37 – [[Roman Starchenko|R. Starchenko]] ([[Konstantin Shafranov|K. Shafranov]]) (PP)
|goalie1    = [[Daniel Bellissimo]]
|goalie2    = [[Vitali Yeremeyev]]
|progression= 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1
| penalties1= 10
| penalties2= 10
| shots1    = 26
| shots2    = 33
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 1,934
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari Levonen
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230G34_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 18 May
|time       = 12:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|USA}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|ITA}}
|score      = 3 – 2 <small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>
|periods    = (1–0, 0–1, 1–1)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 1–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>2–2<br>3–2
|goalie1    = [[Scott Clemmensen]]
|goalie2    = [[Daniel Bellissimo]]
|goals1     = [[Brandon Dubinsky|B. Dubinsky]] ([[Andy Greene|A. Greene]], [[Ryan Potulny|R. Potulny]]) (PP) – 11:45<br><br><br>R. Potulny (B. Dubinsky, [[Matt Gilroy|M. Gilroy]]) (PP) – 51:08<br>[[T. J. Oshie|T. Oshie]] – 65:00 (GWG)
|goals2     = <br>34:00 – [[Giulio Scandella|G. Scandella]] ([[Michael Souza|M. Souza]])<br>46:49 – [[Stefano Margoni|S. Margoni]] ([[Trevor Johnson (ice hockey)|T. Johnson]], [[Patrick Iannone|P. Iannone]])
| penalties1= 8
| penalties2= 14
| shots1    = 52
| shots2    = 28
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 5,864
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Larking
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Milan Minář
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230G43_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 18 May
|time       = 12:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|KAZ}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|FRA}}'''
|score      = 3–5
|periods    = (2–3, 0–1, 1–1)
|progression= 0–1<br>1–1<br>1–2<br>1–3<br>2–3<br>2–4<br>2–5<br>3–5
|goalie1    = [[Vitaliy Yeremeyev]]
|goalie2    = [[Fabrice Lhenry]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Dmitri Dudarev|D. Dudarev]] – 10:30<br><br><br>[[Roman Starchenko|R. Starchenko]] ([[Maxim Semenov|M. Semenov]], [[Konstantin Shafranov|K. Shafranov]]) (PP) – 15:55<br><br><br>[[Vadim Krasnoslabodtsev|V. Krasnoslabodtsev]] ([[Alexei Vassilchenko|A. Vassilchenko]]) – 53:18
|goals2     = 8:39 – [[Sacha Treille|S. Treille]] (PP)<br><br>12:19 – [[Laurent Meunier|L. Meunier]]<br>13:43 – [[Laurent Gras (ice hockey)|L. Gras]] ([[Luc Tardif Jr.|L. Tardif]])<br><br>29:46 – [[Baptiste Amar|B. Amar]] ([[Johan Auvitu|J. Auvitu]]) (PP)<br>48:42 – [[Pierre-Édouard Bellemare|P. Bellemare]] ([[Anthoine Lussier|A. Lussier]], [[Nicolas Besch|N. Besch]])
| penalties1= 16
| penalties2= 10
| shots1    = 38
| shots2    = 22
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 7,845
|official   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Rafail Kadyrov
|official2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230G44_74_4_0.pdf
}}

== Playoff round ==

=== Bracket ===
{{8TeamBracket-with third|team-width=150
| medals=y
| RD3b= Bronze medal game
| RD1-seed1= E1
| RD1-team1= '''{{ih|RUS}}'''
| RD1-score1= '''5'''
| RD1-seed2= F4
| RD1-team2= {{ih|CAN}}
| RD1-score2= 2
| RD1-seed3= F2
| RD1-team3= {{ih|SUI}}
| RD1-score3= 0
| RD1-seed4= E3
| RD1-team4= '''{{ih|GER}}'''
| RD1-score4= '''1'''
| RD1-seed5= F1
| RD1-team5= '''{{ih|SWE}}'''
| RD1-score5= '''4'''
| RD1-seed6= E4
| RD1-team6= {{ih|DEN}}
| RD1-score6= 2
| RD1-seed7= E2
| RD1-team7= {{ih|FIN}}
| RD1-score7= 1
| RD1-seed8= F3
| RD1-team8= '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
| RD1-score8= '''2'''
| RD2-seed1= QF1
| RD2-team1= '''{{ih|RUS}}'''
| RD2-score1= '''2'''
| RD2-seed2= QF2
| RD2-team2= {{ih|GER}}
| RD2-score2= 1
| RD2-team3= {{ih|SWE}}
| RD2-seed3= QF3
| RD2-score3= 2
| RD2-seed4= QF4
| RD2-team4= '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
| RD2-score4= '''3'''
| RD3-seed3= SF1
| RD3-team3= {{ih|GER}}
| RD3-score3= 1
| RD3-seed4= SF2
| RD3-team4= '''{{ih|SWE}}'''
| RD3-score4= '''3'''
| RD3-seed1= SF1
| RD3-team1  = {{ih|RUS}}
| RD3-score1 = 1
| RD3-seed2= SF2
| RD3-team2  = '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
| RD3-score2 = '''2'''
}}

=== Quarter-finals ===
<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 20 May
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|FIN}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
|score      = 1–2 <small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>

|periods    = (1–0, 0–0, 0–1)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 0–1)
|goalie1    = [[Pekka Rinne]]
|goalie2    = [[Tomáš Vokoun]]
|goals1     = [[Petri Kontiola|P. Kontiola]] ([[Janne Niskala|J. Niskala]], [[Petteri Nummelin|P. Nummelin]]) – 0:55
|goals2     = <br>41:12 – [[Jakub Klepiš|J. Klepiš]] ([[Miroslav Blaťák|M. Blaťák]]) (PP)<br>70:00 – [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|J. Marek]] (GWG)
|progression= 1–0<br>1–1<br>1–2
| penalties1= 8
| penalties2= 10
| shots1    = 30
| shots2    = 35
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 9,258
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Savage
|official2  = {{flagicon|SWE}} Patrik Sjöberg
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230349_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 20 May
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SWE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|DEN}}
|score      = 4–2
|periods    = (1–0, 2–1, 1–1)
|goalie1    = [[Jonas Gustavsson]]
|goalie2    = [[Patrick Galbraith (ice hockey)|Patrick Galbraith]]
|goals1     = [[Marcus Nilson|M. Nilson]] ([[Magnus Johansson (ice hockey)|M. Johansson]], [[Tony Martensson|T. Martensson]]) (PP) – 14:58<br>[[Jonas Andersson (ice hockey)|J. Andersson]], ([[Jonathan Ericsson|J. Ericsson]], [[Mikael Backlund|M. Backlund]]) – 27:21<br>[[Rickard Wallin|R. Wallin]] ([[Andreas Engqvist|A. Engvist]], M. Johannson) (SH) – 32:29<br><br>[[Linus Omark|L. Omark]] ([[Niklas Persson|N. Persson]], [[Johan Harju|J. Harju]]) (PP) – 53:17
|goals2     = <br><br><br>33:18 – [[Jesper Damgaard|J. Damgaard]] ([[Lars Eller|L. Eller]], [[Frans Nielsen|F. Nielsen]])<br><br>57:35 – [[Morten Madsen|M. Madsen]] ([[Daniel Nielsen|D. Nielsen]], J. Damgaard) (PP)
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>3–1<br>4–1<br>4–2
| penalties1= 10
| penalties2= 12
| shots1    = 39
| shots2    = 29
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 3,487
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari Levonen
|official2  = {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230350_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 20 May
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|RUS}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|CAN}}
|score      = 5–2
|periods    = (1–0, 2–0, 2–2)
|goals1     = [[Maxim Afinogenov|M. Afinogenov]] ([[Dmitri Kulikov (ice hockey)|D. Kulikov]], [[Vitali Atyushov|V. Atyushov]]) – 19:02<br>[[Pavel Datsyuk|P. Datsyuk]] ([[Sergei Gonchar|S. Gonchar]], [[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]]) (PP2) – 21:45<br>[[Evgeni Malkin|E. Malkin]] ([[Dmitri Kalinin|D. Kalinin]], I. Kovalchuk) (PP) – 37:31<br>[[Sergei Fedorov|S. Fedorov]] (V. Atyushov) – 47:31<br><br>E. Malkin (I. Kovalchuk, [[Ilya Nikulin|I. Nikulin]]) (ENG) – 56:56
|goals2     = <br><br><br><br>53:52 – [[John Tavares (ice hockey)|J. Tavares]] ([[Brent Burns|B. Burns]])<br><br>59:46 – [[Matt Duchene|M. Duchene]] ([[Kyle Cumiskey|K. Cumiskey]], [[Tyler Myers|T. Myers]])
|goalie1    = [[Semyon Varlamov]]
|goalie2    = [[Chris Mason (ice hockey)|Chris Mason]]
|progression= 1–0<br>2–0<br>3–0<br>4–0<br>4–1<br>5–1<br>5–2
|penalties1 = 30
|penalties2 = 48
|shots1     = 30
|shots2     = 27
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 12,274
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Christer Larking
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230351_74_3_0.pdf
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 20 May
|time       = 20:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|SUI}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|GER}}'''
|score      = 0–1
|periods    = (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = 30:46 – [[Philip Gogulla|P. Gogulla]] ([[Kai Hospelt|K. Hospelt]], [[Alexander Sulzer|A. Sulzer]])
|goalie1    = [[Martin Gerber]]
|goalie2    = [[Dennis Endras]]
|progression= 0–1
| penalties1= 80
| penalties2= 41
| shots1    = 41
| shots2    = 25
|stadium    = [[SAP Arena]], [[Mannheim]]
|attendance = 12,500
|official   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Tom Laaksonen
|official2  = {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Sterns
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230352_74_3_0.pdf
}}
Quarterfinals in Cologne were scheduled to be the pairs 1E–4F and 2E–3F, and in Mannheim the pairs 1F–4E and 2F–3E.<ref name="schedule" />

=== Semi-finals ===
<small>All times are local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 22 May
|time       = 14:00
|team1      = {{ih-rt|SWE}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
|score      = 2–3  <small> [[Shootout (ice hockey)#Shootout|GWS]] </small>

|periods    = (1–1, 1–0, 0–1)<br>([[Sudden death (ice hockey)|OT:]] 0–0)<br>([[Shootout (ice hockey)|SO:]] 0–1)
|progression= 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>2–2<br>2–3
|goalie1    = [[Jonas Gustavsson]]
|goalie2    = [[Tomáš Vokoun]]
|goals1     = [[Johan Harju|J. Harju]] ([[Erik Karlsson|E. Karlsson]], [[Linus Omark|L. Omark]]) – 8:29<br><br>[[Andreas Engqvist|A. Engqvist]] ([[Tony Mårtensson|T. Mårtensson]], [[Oliver Ekman-Larsson|O. Larsson]]) – 31:25
|goals2     = <br>17:28 – [[Tomáš Mojžíš|T. Mojžíš]] ([[Lukáš Kašpar|L. Kašpar]], [[Tomáš Rolinek|T. Rolinek]])<br><br>59:52 – [[Karel Rachůnek|K. Rachůnek]] ([[Jakub Voráček|J. Voráček]])<br>70:00 – [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|J. Marek]] (GWG)
| penalties1= 10
| penalties2= 12
| shots1    = 35
| shots2    = 33
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 13,437
|official   = {{flagicon|USA}} Rick Looker
|official2  = {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Savage
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230253_74_3_0.pdf
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 22 May
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|RUS}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|GER}}
|score      = 2–1
|periods    = (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
|progression= 0–1<br>1–1<br>2–1
|goalie1    = [[Vasiliy Koshechkin]]
|goalie2    = [[Rob Zepp]]
|goals1     = <br>[[Evgeni Malkin|E. Malkin]] ([[Sergei Gonchar|S. Gonchar]], [[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]]) – 31:07<br>[[Pavel Datsyuk|P. Datsyuk]] – 58:10
|goals2     = 15:30 – [[Marcel Goc|M. Goc]] ([[Felix Schütz|F. Schütz]], [[Christian Ehrhoff|C. Ehrhoff]]) (PP2)

| penalties1= 31
| penalties2= 8
| shots1    = 32
| shots2    = 27
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 18,734
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari Levonen
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230254_74_4_0.pdf
}}
Pairs were the winner of 1E–4F vs. the winner of 2F–3E and 1F–4E vs. 2E–3F.

=== Bronze medal game ===
<small>Time is local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
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|bg         = #FFDAB9
|date       = 23 May
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|SWE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|GER}}
|score      = 3–1
|periods    =  (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)
|progression= 1–0<br>1–1<br>2–1<br>3–1
|goalie1    = [[Jonas Gustavsson]]<br>[[Anders Lindbäck]]
|goalie2    = [[Dennis Endras]]
|goals1     = [[Magnus Pääjärvi|M. Pääjärvi-Svensson]] ([[Christian Bäckman|C. Bäckman]]) – 2:56<br><br>[[Jonas Andersson (ice hockey)|J. Andersson]] ([[Rickard Wallin|R. Wallin]], [[Magnus Johansson (ice hockey)|M. Johansson]]) – 43:57<br>J. Andersson (M. Johannson) (ENG) – 59:27
|goals2     = <br>36:03 – [[Alexander Barta|A. Barta]] ([[Daniel Kreutzer|D. Kreutzer]])
| penalties1= 4
| penalties2= 6
| shots1    = 42
| shots2    = 21
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 15,873
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Savage
|official2  = {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230155_74_3_0.pdf
}}

=== Gold medal game ===
<small>Time is local ([[UTC+2]]).</small>
{{main|2010 IIHF World Championship final}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #F7F6A8
|date       = 23 May
|time       = 20:30
|team1      = {{ih-rt|RUS}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|CZE}}'''
|score      = 1–2
|periods    = (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)
|progression= 0–1<br>0–2<br>1–2
|goalie1    = [[Semyon Varlamov]]
|goalie2    = [[Tomáš Vokoun]]
|goals1     = <br><br>[[Pavel Datsyuk|P. Datsyuk]] ([[Ilya Kovalchuk|I. Kovalchuk]], [[Sergei Gonchar|S. Gonchar]]) – 59:24
|goals2     = 0:20 – [[Jakub Klepiš|J. Klepiš]] ([[Jaromír Jágr|J. Jágr]])<br>38:13 – [[Tomáš Rolinek|T. Rolinek]] ([[Karel Rachůnek|K. Rachůnek]])
| penalties1= 31
| penalties2= 10
| shots1    = 36
| shots2    = 25
|stadium    = [[Lanxess Arena]], [[Cologne]]
|attendance = 19,132
|official   = {{flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
|official2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari Levonen
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230156_74_3_0.pdf
}}

==Ranking and statistics==
{{stack begin}}
<br />
{{winners|ih|2010 IIHF World Championship winners|CZE|6th}}

===Tournament awards===
* '''Best players selected by the directorate:'''
** '''Best [[Goaltender]]:''' {{flagicon|GER}} [[Dennis Endras]]
** '''Best [[Defenceman]]:''' {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Petteri Nummelin]]
** '''Best [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]]:''' {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Pavel Datsyuk]]
** '''Most Valuable Player:''' {{flagicon|GER}} Dennis Endras
*'''Media All-Star Team:'''
** '''Goaltender:''' {{flagicon|GER}} Dennis Endras
** '''Defence:''' , {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christian Ehrhoff]], {{flagicon|FIN}} Petteri Nummelin
** '''Forwards:''' {{flagicon|RUS}} Pavel Datsyuk, {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeni Malkin]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Pääjärvi|Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson]]
{{stack end}}

===Final standings===
The final standings of the tournament according to [[IIHF]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:gold;"
|align=center|{{gold1}}|| {{ih|CZE}}
|- style="background:silver;"
|align=center|{{silver2}}|| {{ih|RUS}}
|- style="background:peru;"
|align=center|{{bronze3}}|| {{ih|SWE}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{ih|GER}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{ih|SUI}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{ih|FIN}}
|-
|align=center|7|| {{ih|CAN}}
|-
|align=center|8|| {{ih|DEN}}
|-
|align=center|9|| {{ih|NOR}}
|-
|align=center|10|| {{ih|BLR|1995}}
|-
|align=center|11|| {{ih|LAT}}
|-
|align=center|12|| {{ih|SVK}}
|-
|align=center|13|| {{ih|USA}}
|-
|align=center|14|| {{ih|FRA}}
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|align=center|15|| {{ih|ITA}}
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|align=center|16|| {{ih|KAZ}}
|}

===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width:225px;"| Player
! style="width:50px;"| GP
! style="width:50px;"| G
! style="width:50px;"| A
! style="width:60px;"| Pts
! style="width:60px;"| +/−
! style="width:50px;"| PIM
! style="width:60px;"| POS
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilya Kovalchuk]]   || 9 || 2 ||  10 || '''12''' || +8 || 2 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brandon Dubinsky]]     || 6 || 3 ||  7 || '''10''' || +3 || 2 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Pääjärvi|Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson]] || 9 || 5 ||  4 || '''9''' || +8 || 2 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ray Whitney (ice hockey)|Ray Whitney]]   || 7 || 2 ||  6 || '''8''' || 0 || 0 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[John Tavares (ice hockey)|John Tavares]] || 7 || 7 ||  0 || '''7''' || +2 || 6 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Pavel Datsyuk]]       || 6 || 6 ||  1 || '''7''' || +6 || 0 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeni Malkin]]       || 5 || 5 ||  2 || '''7''' || +6 || 10 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Matt Duchene]]      || 7 || 4 ||  3 || '''7''' || +5 || 0 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maxim Afinogenov]]        || 9 || 3 ||  4 || '''7''' || +7 || 18 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaromír Jágr]]        || 9 || 3 ||  4 || '''7''' || +1 || 12 || FW
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jakub Klepiš]]   || 9 || 3 ||  4 || '''7''' || −1 || 8 || FW
|}<small>''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = [[Plus-minus (ice hockey)|Plus/minus]]; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''<br>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200938/https://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/230/IHM230000_85B_15_0.pdf IIHF.com]<br>02:45, 24 May 2010 (UTC) <!-- Substitute the time & date with 5 tildes (~~~~~) when you have updated! --></small>

===Leading goaltenders===
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width:170px;"| Player
! style="width:60px;"| TOI
! style="width:50px;"| SA
! style="width:50px;"| GA
! style="width:60px;"| GAA
! style="width:60px;"| Sv%
! style="width:50px;"| SO
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dennis Endras]] || 364:06 || 181 ||  7 || 1.15 ||  '''96.13''' || 1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Semyon Varlamov]]     || 297:53 ||  135 ||  7 || 1.41 ||  '''95.07''' || 1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Daniel Bellissimo]] || 263:51 || 172 ||  9 || 2.05 ||  '''94.77''' || 0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Vokoun]] || 496:27 || 234 ||  13 || 1.57 ||  '''94.44''' || 0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|BLR|1995}} [[Andrei Mezin]] || 183:57 || 104 ||  6 || 1.96 ||  '''94.23''' || 0
|}<small>''TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = [[Shutout]]s''<br>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100601194534/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/230/IHM230000_85A_15_0.pdf IIHF.com]<br>Updated: 02:48, 24 May 2010 (UTC) <!-- Substitute the time & date with 5 tildes (~~~~~) when you have updated! --></small>

==Officials==
The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2010 IIHF World Championship. They are the following:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/sport/officials/assignments.html#c8066 |title=Assignments |access-date=22 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100606083936/http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/sport/officials/assignments.html| archive-date= 6 June 2010 |work=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] | url-status= live}}</ref>

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;Referees
:{{Flagicon|SVK}} Vladimír Baluška
:{{Flagicon|NOR}} Ole Stian Hansen
:{{Flagicon|RUS}} Rafael Kadyrov
:{{Flagicon|SVK}} Daniel Konc
:{{Flagicon|FIN}} Tom Laaksonen
:{{Flagicon|FIN}} Jari Levonen
:{{Flagicon|USA}} Rick Looker
:{{Flagicon|CZE}} Milan Minář
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;Referees
:{{Flagicon|CAN}} Marc Muylaert
:{{Flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Olenin
:{{Flagicon|SWE}} Sören Persson
:{{Flagicon|GER}} Daniel Piechaczek
:{{Flagicon|CAN}} Chris Savage
:{{Flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šindler
:{{Flagicon|SWE}} Patrik Sjöberg
:{{Flagicon|USA}} Tom Sterns
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;Linesmen
:{{Flagicon|SUI}} Roger Arm
:{{Flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Bechard
:{{Flagicon|FRA}} Eric Bouguin
:{{Flagicon|USA}} David Brown
:{{Flagicon|BLR|1995}} Ivan Dedioulia
:{{Flagicon|LAT}} Ansis Eglītis
:{{Flagicon|GER}} Thomas Gemeinhardt
:{{Flagicon|RUS}} Konstantin Gordenko
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;Linesmen
:{{Flagicon|CZE}} František Kalivoda
:{{Flagicon|AUT}} Christian Kaspar
:{{Flagicon|GER}} Andreas Kowert
:{{Flagicon|SWE}} Peter Sabelström
:{{Flagicon|EST}} Anton Semjonov
:{{Flagicon|FIN}} Jussi Terho
:{{Flagicon|SVK}} Miroslav Valach
:{{Flagicon|SUI}} Tobias Wehrli
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== IIHF broadcasting rights ==
The IIHF sold the rights for the broadcast of 2010 IIHF World Championship to the following countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infrontsports.com/press/2010IIHFworlds/bplist/ |title=Infront Sports & Media: Broadcast Partner List |website=Infrontsports|date=7 May 2010 |access-date=22 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524061333/http://www.infrontsports.com/press/2010IIHFworlds/bplist |archive-date=24 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em;"
|+ Standard Definition
|-
! Country
! Broadcaster
|-
|{{flag|Austria}} || [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{flag|Belarus}} || [[National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus|BTRC]]
|-
| [[Orange (telecommunications)|Orange]]
|-
| {{flag|Bosnia-Herzegovina}} || [[Arena Sport]]
|-
| {{flag|Brazil}} || [[Sportv]]
|-
| {{flag|Bulgaria}} || [[Nova Sport (Bulgaria)|Nova Sport]]
|-
|rowspan=3| {{flag|Canada}} || [[The Sports Network|TSN]]
|-
| [[Réseau des sports|RDS]]
|-
| [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]
|-
| {{flag|China}} || [[CCTV-5]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{flag|Czech Republic}} || [[Czech Television]]
|-
| [[Czech Radio]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{flag|Denmark}} || [[Viasat (Nordic television service)|Viasat]]
|-
| [[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]
|-
| {{flag|Estonia}} || [[Viasat (Nordic television service)|Viasat]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{flag|Finland}} || [[YLE]]
|-
| [[Urho TV]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{flag|France}} || [[Sport+ (France)|Sport+]]
|-
| [[France Télévisions]]
|-
|rowspan=9| {{flag|Germany}} || [[Sport1 (Germany)|Sport1]]
|-
| [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]
|-
| [[N24 (Germany)|N24]]
|-
| [[Pro7]]
|-
| [[RTL Television|RTL]]
|-
| [[Sat.1]]
|-
| [[ZDF]]
|-
| RNF
|-
| [[Servus TV]]
|-
| {{flag|Hong Kong}} || [[I-CABLE]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{flag|Hungary}} || [[Chello Central Europe]]
|-
| [[Polsat]]
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em;"
|+ Standard Definition
|-
! Country
! Broadcaster
|-
| {{flag|Iceland}} || [[RÚV]]
|-
| {{flag|Italy}} || [[RAI]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{flag|Kazakhstan}} || [[KZSport1]]
|-
| [[Orange (telecommunications)|Orange]]
|-
| {{flag|Latvia}} || [[Viasat (Nordic television service)|Viasat]]
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania}} || [[Viasat (Nordic television service)|Viasat]]
|-
| {{flag|Luxembourg}} || [[Servus TV]]
|-
| Middle East and North Africa{{hidden begin|title=<small>List of countries</small>}}
*{{flag|Algeria}}
*{{flag|Bahrain}}
*{{flag|Comoros}}
*{{flag|Djibouti}}
*{{flag|Egypt}}
*{{flag|Iraq}}
*{{flag|Jordan}}
*{{flag|Kuwait}}
*{{flag|Lebanon}}
*{{flag|Oman}}
*{{flag|Palestinian Authority}}
*{{flag|Libya|1977}}
*{{flag|Mauritania}}
*{{flag|Morocco}}
*{{flag|Qatar}}
*{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
*{{flag|Somalia}}
*{{flag|Sudan}}
*{{flag|Syria}}
*{{flag|Tunisia}}
*{{flag|UAE}}
*{{flag|Yemen}}{{hidden end}}
|[[Al Jazeera Sports]]
|-
| {{flag|Montenegro}} || [[Arena Sport]]
|-
|rowspan=3| {{flag|Norway}} || [[Viasat (Nordic television service)|Viasat]]
|-
| [[NRK]]
|-
| [[TV 2 Norway|TV2]]
|-
| {{flag|Poland}} || [[Polsat]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{flag|Romania}} || [[Chello Central Europe]]
|-
| [[Polsat]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{flag|Russia}} || [[Channel One (Russia)|Perviy Kanal]]
|-
| [[All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company|VGTRK]]
|-
| {{flag|Serbia}} || [[Arena Sport]]
|-
|rowspan=3| {{flag|Slovakia}} || [[Slovenská televízia|STV]]
|-
| [[Slovenský rozhlas]]
|-
| [[Radio Expres]]
|-
|rowspan=2| {{flag|Slovenia}} || [[Class1]]
|-
| [[Sport TV (Slovenia)|Sport TV]]
|-
| {{flag|Spain}} || [[Enjoy TV]]
|-
|rowspan=3| {{flag|Sweden}} || [[Viasat (Nordic television service)|Viasat]]
|-
| [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]
|-
| [[Aftonbladet TV]]
|-
| {{flag|Switzerland}} || [[SRG SSR idée suisse]]
|-
| {{flag|Ukraine}} || [[Pershyi Nazional'niy (Ukraine)|Pershiy Nazional'nyi]]
|-
| {{flag|USA}} || [[Universal Sports]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em;"
|+ High Definition
|-
! Country
! Broadcaster
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Austria}} || [[ORF1|ORF1 HD]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| {{flag|Canada}} || [[The Sports Network|TSN HD]]
|-
| [[Réseau des sports|RDS HD]]
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Denmark}} || [[TV2 Sport HD]]
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Finland}} || [[YLE|YLE HD]]
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Norway}} || [[Viasat Sport|Viasat Sport HD]]
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Poland}} || [[Polsat Sport|Polsat Sport HD]]
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Russia}} || [[NTV Plus|HD Sport]]
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Sweden}} || [[Viasat Sport (Sweden)|Viasat Sport HD]]
|-
| align=left | {{flag|Switzerland}} || [[HD Suisse]]
|}
{{clear left}}

==IIHF honors and awards==
The 2010 [[IIHF Hall of Fame]] induction ceremony has held in Cologne during the World Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/iihf-hof-2010.html|title=IIHF Hall welcomes five|date=2010|website=International Ice Hockey Federation|access-date=February 16, 2020}}</ref> [[Lou Vairo]] of the United States was given the [[Paul Loicq Award]] for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey.<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrity hockey hunt set for this weekend|last=Mester|first=Travis|date=October 29, 2010|newspaper=[[Mitchell Daily Republic|The Daily Republic]]|location=Mitchell, South Dakota|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-republic-vairo-2010/173200007/}}; {{cite news|title=Hunt (Continued from Page 7)|last=Mester|first=Travis|date=October 29, 2010|newspaper=[[Mitchell Daily Republic|The Daily Republic]]|location=Mitchell, South Dakota|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-republic-vairo-2010/173200290/}}</ref>

'''IIHF Hall of Fame inductees'''
*[[Rickard Fagerlund]], Sweden<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swehockey.se/hockey-hall-of-fame/invalda-i-hhof/61-72/63-rickard-fagerlund/|title=Rickard Fagerlund|date=9 February 2013|website=[[Swedish Ice Hockey Association]]|language=sv|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[Dieter Hegen]], Germany<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eishockey-online.com/index.php/mehr-eishockey/hall-of-fame-deutschland-eishockey/dieter-hegen|title=Dieter Hegen|website=Eishockey Online|language=de|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[Artūrs Irbe]], Latvia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://latviansonline.com/irbe-to-join-hockey-hall-of-fame/|title=Irbe to join hockey Hall of Fame|last=Straumanis|first=Andris|date=19 December 2009|website=Latvians Online|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[Vladimir Krutov]], Russia<ref>{{cite news|title=Владимир Крутов стал 30-м россиянином в Зале славы ИИХФ|date=24 May 2010|newspaper=[[Sport Express]]|language=ru|location=Moscow, Russia|url=https://sport-express.ru/hockey/reviews/788141/|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[Riikka Sallinen|Riikka Nieminen-Välilä]], Finland<ref>{{cite news|title=Nieminen-Välilä jääkiekon Hall of Fameen|date=23 May 2010|work=[[Yle]]|language=fi|location=Helsinki, Finland|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-5567360|access-date=19 June 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{official website|http://www.iihf.com/channels10/iihf-world-championship-wc10/home.html}}

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