2022 IIHF World Championship final

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2022 IIHF World Championship final
123OTTotal
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 00314
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 01203
Date29 May 2022
Arena Tampere Deck Arena
City Tampere
Attendance11,487
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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]

Contents

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]

Road to the final

FinlandRoundCanada
OpponentResult Preliminary round OpponentResult
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5–0 Game 1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5–3
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2–1 Game 2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6–1
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4–1 Game 3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 5–1
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2–3 (GWS) Game 4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 6–3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6–0 Game 5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3–6
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3–0 Game 6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2–3
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 3–0 Game 7Flag of France.svg  France 7–1
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (H)719
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 718
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 713
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 713
5Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 78
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 77
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 75
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (R)71
Source: IIHF
(H) Host; (R) Relegated
Preliminary
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 720
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 716
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 715
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 712
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 712
6Flag of France.svg  France 75
7Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 73
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (R)71
Source: IIHF
(R) Relegated
OpponentResult Playoff OpponentResult
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4–2 Quarterfinals Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4–3 (OT)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4–3 Semifinals Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 6–1

Match

29 May 2022
20:20		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg4–3 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 3–2, 1–0)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,487
Game reference
Juho Olkinuora Goalies Chris Driedger
Matt Tomkins 		Referees:
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Nord
Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Nick Briganti
Flag of Slovakia.svg Šimon Synek
0–124:00 – Cozens (Barzal, Severson) (PP)
Granlund (Heiskanen, Lehtonen) (PP2) – 44:131–1
Granlund (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) (PP) – 45:572–1
Armia (Lammikko) – 54:043–1
3–257:48 – Whitecloud (Barzal, Anderson) (EA)
3–358:36 – Comtois (Barzal, Batherson) (EA)
Manninen (Granlund, Heiskanen) (PP) – 66:424–3
4 minPenalties10 min
31Shots22

References

  1. ↑ "Finland opens Worlds vs. Norway". iihf.com. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Finland tops USA in semis at men's hockey worlds". tsn.ca. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Canada books familiar date for gold". iihf.com. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Finland does it!". iihf.com. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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