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2022 IIHF World Championship final

1 2 3 OT Total  Finland 0 0 3 1 4  Canada 0 1 2 0 3
Date	29 May 2022
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.

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. Finland took the gold with a 4–3 overtime win.

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 v t e 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 v t e 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)

Canada

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,487

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Chris Driedger Matt Tomkins	Referees: Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Nick Briganti Šimon Synek
	0–1 24:00 – Cozens (Barzal, Severson) (PP) Granlund (Heiskanen, Lehtonen) (PP2) – 44:13 1–1 Granlund (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) (PP) – 45:57 2–1 Armia (Lammikko) – 54:04 3–1 3–2 57:48 – Whitecloud (Barzal, Anderson) (EA) 3–3 58:36 – Comtois (Barzal, Batherson) (EA) Manninen (Granlund, Heiskanen) (PP) – 66:42 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22

References※

External links※

• Official website