2023 IIHF World Championship final

Ice hockey match

2023 IIHF World Championship final |  | 1| 2| 3 | Total

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Canada | 1| 1| 3 | 5
Germany | 1| 1| 0 | 2
Date| 28 May 2023
Arena| Nokia Arena
City| Tampere
Attendance| 10,470
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Main article: 2023 IIHF World Championship

The 2023 IIHF World Championship final was played at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland on 28 May 2023.

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

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Canada  | Round  | Germany

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Opponent  | Result  | Preliminary round | Opponent  | Result
Latvia | 6–0 | Game 1  |  Sweden | 0–1
Slovenia | 5–2 | Game 2  |  Finland | 3–4
Slovakia | 2–1 (GWS) | Game 3  |  United States | 2–3
Kazakhstan | 5–1 | Game 4  |  Denmark | 6–4
Switzerland | 2–3 | Game 5  |  Austria | 4–2
Norway | 2–3 (GWS) | Game 6  |  Hungary | 7–2
Czechia | 3–1 | Game 7  |  France | 5–0
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1  |  Switzerland | 7  | 19
2  |  Canada | 7  | 15
3  |  Latvia (H) | 7  | 13
4  |  Czechia | 7  | 13
5  |  Slovakia | 7  | 11
6  |  Kazakhstan | 7  | 7
7  |  Norway | 7  | 6
8  |  Slovenia | 7  | 0

Source: IIHF
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Preliminary  |  | Pos | Team

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1  |  United States | 7  | 20
2  |  Sweden | 7  | 18
3  |  Finland (H) | 7  | 16
4  |  Germany | 7  | 12
5  |  Denmark | 7  | 8
6  |  France | 7  | 4
7  |  Austria | 7  | 3
8  |  Hungary | 7  | 3

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Opponent  | Result  | Playoff | Opponent  | Result
Finland | 4–1 | Quarterfinals |  Switzerland | 3–1
Latvia | 4–2 | Semifinals |  United States | 4–3 (OT)

## Match

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28 May 2023
20:20| Canada | 5–2
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0)|  Germany| Nokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 10,470

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Game reference

| Sam Montembeault| Goalies| Mathias Niederberger| Referees:
Tobias Björk
Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Daniel Hynek
| | 0–1| 07:44 – Peterka (Seider, M. Müller)

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Blais (Krebs, Neighbours) – 10:47| 1–1|
| 1–2| 33:47 – Fischbuch (Kastner, Seider)
Crouse (Krebs, Weegar) (PP) – 37:28| 2–2|
Blais (Glass) – 44:51| 3–2|
Toffoli – 51:51| 4–2|
Laughton (Quinn, Crouse) (EN) – 58:06| 5–2|
4 min| Penalties| 2 min
28| Shots| 23

## References

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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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