Overview
- Canada avenged its Olympic final loss by beating the USA 4–0 on May 28 with goals from Macklin Celebrini, Dylan Holloway, Connor Brown and Sidney Crosby.
- Finland reached the last four by defeating the Czech Republic 4–1, with Sakari Manninen, Anton Lundell, Konsta Helenius and Lenni Hameenaho on the scoresheet.
- Host Switzerland remained unbeaten and advanced with a 3–1 quarterfinal win over Sweden thanks to goals from Roman Josi, Denis Malgin and Calvin Thurkauf.
- Norway reached its first modern-era World Championship semifinal after a 2–0 victory over Latvia, with Tinus Luc Koblar and Noah Steen scoring and goalkeeper Henrik Haukeland making 34 saves.
- Semifinals are scheduled for Saturday, May 30 in Zürich with Switzerland facing Norway in the afternoon and Canada meeting Finland in the evening, free-to-air coverage on ProSieben/ProSieben MAXX and streams on Joyn while MagentaSport and sporteurope.tv hold paid rights.