2023 IIHF World Championship final

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

2023 IIHF World Championship final

1 2 3 Total  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

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

Canada		Round	Germany
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
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 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 (H) Host		Preliminary	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 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

28 May 2023 20:20

Canada

5–2 (1–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Germany

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 10,470

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) 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