HELSINKI/STOCKHOLM – The on-ice officials and the team colours for the quarter-final games of the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship have been assigned.

All quarter-final games in Helsinki and Stockholm will be staged on Thursday after a day off for the teams.

The semi-finals will take place on Saturday. The winner of Canada-Slovakia will play the winner of Sweden vs. Czech Republic, and the winner of the Russia-Norway game will face the winner of USA-Finland. All semi-finals on Saturday and medal games on Sunday take place in Helsinki.

<table><tbody> <tr><td colspan="3">Quarter-Finals in Helsinki:</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td align="center"></td><td></td><td align="center"></td></tr> <tr><td align="center">Canada</td><td>vs.</td><td align="center">Slovakia</td></tr> <tr><td align="center">right bench</td><td></td><td align="center">left bench</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Time: 13:00 (EET)</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Referees: Antonin Jerabek (CZE), Martin Frano (CZE)</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Linesmen: Martin Shelyanin (RUS), Martin Schulz (GER)</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="center"></td><td></td><td align="center"></td></tr> <tr><td align="center">USA</td><td>vs.</td><td align="center">Finland</td></tr> <tr><td align="center">right bench</td><td></td><td align="center">left bench</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Time: 18:30 (EET)</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov (RUS), Konstantin Olenin (RUS)</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Linesmen: Jesse Wilmot (CAN), Petr Blumel (CZE)</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Quarter-Finals in Stockholm:</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td align="center"></td></tr> <tr><td align="center">Russia</td><td>vs.</td><td align="center">Norway</td></tr> <tr><td align="center">left bench</td><td></td><td align="center">right bench</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Time: 14:45 (CET)</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Referees: Lars Brüggemann (GER), Danny Kurmann (SUI)</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Linesmen: Anton Semionov (EST), Sakari Suominen (FIN)</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"></td> <td></td> <td align="center"></td></tr> <tr><td align="center">Sweden</td><td>vs.</td><td align="center">Czech Republic</td></tr> <tr><td align="center">left bench</td><td></td><td align="center">right bench</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Time: 20:15 (CET)</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Referees: Jari Levonen (FIN), Brent Reiber (SUI)</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3">Linesmen: François Dussureault (CAN), Jonathan Morrison (USA)</td></tr> </tbody></table>