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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]

Road to the final

Finland Round Canada
Opponent Result Preliminary round Opponent Result
 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
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Finland (H) 7 19
2  Sweden 7 18
3  Czechia 7 13
4  United States 7 13
5  Latvia 7 8
6  Austria 7 7
7  Norway 7 5
8  Great Britain (R) 7 1
Source: IIHF
(H) Host; (R) Relegated
Preliminary
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Switzerland 7 20
2  Germany 7 16
3  Canada 7 15
4  Slovakia 7 12
5  Denmark 7 12
6  France 7 5
7  Kazakhstan 7 3
8  Italy (R) 7 1
Source: IIHF
(R) Relegated
Opponent Result Playoff Opponent Result
 Slovakia 4–2 Quarterfinals  Sweden 4–3 (OT)
 United States 4–3 Semifinals  Czechia 6–1

Match

29 May 2022
20:20
Finland 4–3 OT
(0–0, 0–1, 3–2, 1–0)
 CanadaTampere Deck Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,487
Game reference
Juho OlkinuoraGoaliesChris Driedger
Matt Tomkins
Referees:
Sweden Mikael Nord
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
United States Nick Briganti
Slovakia 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. 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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