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| Date | 29 May 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Tampere Deck Arena | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Tampere | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 11,487 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 IIHF World Championship final decided the winner of the 2022 IIHF World Championship. It was played at the Tampere Deck Arena in Tampere, Finland on 29 May 2022. [1]
Finland and Canada faced each other for the third consecutive time in the finals, and sixth overall. Finland won in 2019, while Canada prevailed in 2021. [2] [3] Finland took the gold with a 4–3 overtime win. [4]
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 Norway | 5–0 | Game 1 |  Germany | 5–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Latvia | 2–1 | Game 2 |  Italy | 6–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 United States | 4–1 | Game 3 |  Slovakia | 5–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Sweden | 2–3 (GWS) | Game 4 |  Kazakhstan | 6–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain | 6–0 | Game 5 |  Switzerland | 3–6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Austria | 3–0 | Game 6 |  Denmark | 2–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Czechia | 3–0 | Game 7 |  France | 7–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Playoff | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 4–2 | Quarterfinals | Sweden | 4–3 (OT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 4–3 | Semifinals | Czechia | 6–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 May 2022 20:20 | Finland  | 4–3 OT (0–0, 0–1, 3–2, 1–0) |  Canada | Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,487 |
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| Juho Olkinuora | Goalies | Chris Driedger Matt Tomkins | Referees: Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Nick Briganti Šimon Synek | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Shots | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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