Team France

The group of eight teams that will play for gold has been set at the men's IIHF World Hockey Championship after an interesting final day of round-robin play.

Sweden and Switzerland are still looking strong, while Norway and France both scored big wins, in Wednesday's World Championship action in Finland.

The new week action began with Canada and Finland remaining perfect, while Germany and Latvia came out ahead in their matchups in the fourth day of the World Championship.

Canada and Switzerland remain perfect, Sweden won with a short lineup, France and Norway won important games and USA avoided total disaster against Austria on Day 3 of the World Hockey Championship.

Canada and the United States started off strong, while Slovakia and Finland continue on from their Olympic success to kick off the start of the 2022 World Hockey Championship.

A total of 16 teams will battle to win the World Hockey Championship in Finland this month. Here's a look at a player to watch on every squad, featuring a large contingent of NHL talent.

The IIHF has announced that France will replace Russia and Austria will replace Belarus at the upcoming men's World Hockey Championship in Finland.