The eight lower seeds will play Tuesday in the qualifying round. The winners of those four games then will play the four top seeds — Sweden, the United States, Canada and Finland — Wednesday in the quarterfinals.
Both the U.S. and Canada will play their quarterfinal games at noon ET, with the Americans taking on the winner of Czech Republic-Slovakia and the Canadians playing either Switzerland or Latvia. Wins by both the U.S. and Canada would set up a semifinal matchup between the North American rivals.
See the full schedule of games below and click here for TV listings for each game.
Tuesday (qualification playoffs)
Slovenia vs. Austria, 3 a.m. ET
Russia vs. Norway, 7:30 a.m. ET
Switzerland vs. Latvia, noon ET
Czech Republic vs. Slovakia, noon ET
Wednesday (quarterfinals)
Sweden vs. Slovenia, 3 a.m. ET
Finland vs. Russia, 7:30 a.m. ET
Canada vs. Switzerland-Latvia winner, noon ET
U.S. vs. Czech Republic-Slovakia winner, noon ET