The 16 teams are divided into four groups in the Preliminary Round.
More information about the format.
| Group A:
(Cologne)
| | Group B:
(Mannheim)
| | Group C:
(Mannheim)
| | Group D:
(Cologne*) | |  Russia
| |  Canada
| |  Sweden
| |  Finland
| |  Belarus
| |  Switzerland
| |  Czech Rep.
| |  USA
| |  Slovakia
| |  Latvia
| |  Norway
| |  Germany
| |  Kazakhstan
| |  Italy
| |  France
| |  Denmark
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* Opening game USA-Germany in Gelsenkirchen
Click here to download a PDF version of the schedule. | | | | Preliminary Round | | Fri, May 7 | 1 | 20:15 D | Gelsenkirchen | 
| USA | vs. | 
| Germany | Video | Sat, May 8 | 2 | 16:15 B | Mannheim | 
| Canada | vs. | 
| Italy | Video | Sat, May 8 | 3 | 20:15 D | Cologne | 
| Finland | vs. | 
| Denmark | Video | Sat, May 8 | 4 | 20:15 B | Mannheim | 
| Switzerland | vs. | 
| Latvia | Video | Sun, May 9 | 5 | 16:15 A | Cologne | 
| Belarus | vs. | 
| Kazakhstan | Video | Sun, May 9 | 6 | 16:15 C | Mannheim | 
| Czech Rep. | vs. | 
| France | Video | Sun, May 9 | 7 | 20:15 A | Cologne | 
| Slovakia | vs. | 
| Russia | Video | Sun, May 9 | 8 | 20:15 C | Mannheim | 
| Norway | vs. | 
| Sweden | Video | Mon, May 10 | 9 | 16:15 D | Cologne |
| USA | vs. |
| Denmark | Video | Mon, May 10 | 10 | 16:15 B | Mannheim |
| Switzerland | vs. |
| Italy | Video | Mon, May 10 | 11 | 20:15 D | Cologne |
| Germany | vs. |
| Finland | Video | Mon, May 10 | 12 | 20:15 B | Mannheim |
| Latvia | vs. |
| Canada | Video | Tue, May 11 | 13 | 16:15 A | Cologne |
| Russia | vs. |
| Kazakhstan | Video | Tue, May 11 | 14 | 16:15 C | Mannheim |
| Czech Rep. | vs. |
| Norway | Video | Tue, May 11 | 15 | 20:15 A | Cologne |
| Belarus | vs. |
| Slovakia | Video | Tue, May 11 | 16 | 20:15 C | Mannheim |
| Sweden | vs. |
| France | Video | Wed, May 12 | 17 | 16:15 D | Cologne |
| Denmark | vs. |
| Germany | Video | Wed, May 12 | 18 | 16:15 B | Mannheim |
| Italy | vs. |
| Latvia | Video | Wed, May 12 | 19 | 20:15 D | Cologne |
| Finland | vs. |
| USA | Video | Wed, May 12 | 20 | 20:15 B | Mannheim |
| Canada | vs. |
| Switzerland | Video | Thu, May 13 | 21 | 16:15 A | Cologne |
| Russia | vs. |
| Belarus | Video | Thu, May 13 | 22 | 16:15 C | Mannheim |
| France | vs. |
| Norway | Video | Thu, May 13 | 23 | 20:15 A | Cologne |
| Kazakhstan | vs. |
| Slovakia | Video | Thu, May 13 | 24 | 20:15 C | Mannheim |
| Sweden | vs. |
| Czech Rep. | Video | | | Qualification Round | | Fri, May 14 | 25 | 16:15 E | Cologne |
| Slovakia | vs. |
| Denmark | Video | Fri, May 14 | 26 | 16:15 F | Mannheim |
| Canada | vs. |
| Norway | Video | Fri, May 14 | 27 | 20:15 E | Cologne |
| Finland | vs. |
| Belarus | Video | Fri, May 14 | 28 | 20:15 F | Mannheim |
| Sweden | vs. |
| Latvia | Video | Sat, May 15 | 31 | 20:15 E | Cologne |
| Russia | vs. |
| Germany | Video | Sat, May 15 | 32 | 20:15 F | Mannheim |
| Switzerland | vs. |
| Czech Rep. | Video | Sun, May 16 | 35 | 16:15 E | Cologne |
| Denmark | vs. |
| Russia | Video | Sun, May 16 | 36 | 16:15 F | Mannheim |
| Latvia | vs. |
| Norway | Video | Sun, May 16 | 37 | 20:15 E | Cologne |
| Germany | vs. |
| Belarus | Video | Sun, May 16 | 38 | 20:15 F | Mannheim |
| Sweden | vs. |
| Canada | Video | Mon, May 17 | 39 | 16:15 E | Cologne |
| Finland | vs. |
| Slovakia | Video | Mon, May 17 | 40 | 16:15 F | Mannheim |
| Norway | vs. |
| Switzerland | Video | Mon, May 17 | 41 | 20:15 E | Cologne |
| Belarus | vs. |
| Denmark | Video | Mon, May 17 | 42 | 20:15 F | Mannheim |
| Czech Rep. | vs. |
| Latvia | Video | Tue, May 18 | 45 | 16:15 E | Cologne |
| Slovakia | vs. |
| Germany | Video | Tue, May 18 | 46 | 16:15 F | Mannheim |
| Canada | vs. |
| Czech Rep. | Video | Tue, May 18 | 47 | 20:15 E | Cologne |
| Russia | vs. |
| Finland | Video | Tue, May 18 | 48 | 20:15 F | Mannheim |
| Switzerland | vs. |
| Sweden | Video | | | Relegation Round | | Sat, May 15 | 29 | 16:15 | Cologne |
| USA | vs. |
| Kazakhstan | Video | Sat, May 15 | 30 | 16:15 | Mannheim |
| Italy | vs. |
| France | Video | Sun, May 16 | 33 | 12:15 | Cologne |
| France | vs. |
| USA | Video | Sun, May 16 | 34 | 12:15 | Mannheim |
| Italy | vs. |
| Kazakhstan | Video | Tue, May 18 | 43 | 12:15 | Cologne |
| USA | vs. |
| Italy | Video | Tue, May 18 | 44 | 12:15 | Mannheim |
| Kazakhstan | vs. |
| France | Video | | | Quarterfinals | | Thu, May 20 | 49 | 16:15 | Cologne |
| Finland | vs. |
| Czech Rep. | Video | Thu, May 20 | 50 | 16:15 | Mannheim |
| Sweden | vs. |
| Denmark | Video | Thu, May 20 | 51 | 20:15 | Cologne |
| Russia | vs. |
| Canada | Video | Thu, May 20 | 52 | 20:15 | Mannheim |
| Switzerland | vs. |
| Germany | Video | | | | | Semi-finals | | Sat, May 22 | 53 | 14:00 | Cologne |
| Sweden | vs. |
| Czech Rep. | Video | Sat, May 22 | 54 | 18:00 | Cologne |
| Russia | vs. |
| Germany | Video |
| | | | Bronze medal game
| | Sun, May 23 | 55 | 16:15 | Cologne |
| Sweden | vs. |
| Germany | Video | | | Final | | Sun, May 23 | 56 | 20:30 | Cologne |
| Russia | vs. |
| Czech Rep. | Video | | |
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