2023 IIHF World Championship final

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2023 IIHF World Championship final
123Total
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1135
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1102
Date28 May 2023
Arena Nokia Arena
City Tampere
Attendance10,470
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The 2023 IIHF World Championship final was played at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland on 28 May 2023.

Contents

Canada and Germany faced each other for the first time in the finals. [1] [2] This marked the first time Germany has advanced to the gold medal game in Ice Hockey World Championships history. [3] [4] Canada won 5–2 for a record 28th World Championship title. [5]

Road to the final

CanadaRoundGermany
OpponentResult Preliminary round OpponentResult
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 6–0 Game 1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0–1
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 5–2 Game 2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3–4
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2–1 (GWS) Game 3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2–3
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 5–1 Game 4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6–4
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2–3 Game 5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4–2
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–3 (GWS) Game 6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7–2
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 3–1 Game 7Flag of France.svg  France 5–0
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 719
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 715
3Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (H)713
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 713
5Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 711
6Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 77
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 76
8Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 70
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
Preliminary
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 720
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 718
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (H)716
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 712
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 78
6Flag of France.svg  France 74
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 73
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 73
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
OpponentResult Playoff OpponentResult
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4–1 Quarterfinals Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3–1
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 4–2 Semifinals Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4–3 (OT)

Match

28 May 2023
20:20		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–2
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 10,470
Game reference
Sam Montembeault Goalies Mathias Niederberger Referees:
Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Björk
Flag of the United States.svg Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Nick Briganti
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Hynek
0–107:44 – Peterka (Seider, M. Müller)
Blais (Krebs, Neighbours) – 10:471–1
1–233:47 – Fischbuch (Kastner, Seider)
Crouse (Krebs, Weegar) (PP) – 37:282–2
Blais (Glass) – 44:513–2
Toffoli – 51:514–2
Laughton (Quinn, Crouse) (EN) – 58:065–2
4 minPenalties2 min
28Shots23

References

  1. ↑ Potts, Andy (27 May 2023). "Tiffels keeps Germany's dream alive". IIHF.com. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Podnieks, Andrew (27 May 2023). "Fantilli's gem ends Latvia's golden dreams". IIHF.com. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Douglas, Kayla (27 May 2023). "Germany shocks U.S. in OT to set up gold-medal clash vs. Canada". thescore.com. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Germany stuns U.S. in OT, to face Canada in hockey worlds final". ESPN.com. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Blais' two goals lifts Canada past Germany for World Championship gold". tsn.ca. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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