2021 IIHF World Championship final

2021 IIHF World Championship final

1 2 3 OT Total  Canada 0 1 1 1 3  Finland 1 0 1 0 2
Date	6 June 2021
Arena	Arena Riga
City	Riga
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The 2021 IIHF World Championship final was played at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia, on 6 June 2021.^[1]

Canada and Finland met for the fifth time in the finals, and also for the second consecutive time, with Finland having won in 2019. Canada won 3–2 in overtime to claim their 27th title.

Road to the final

Finland		Round	Canada
Opponent	Result	Preliminary round	Opponent	Result
United States	2–1	Game 1	Latvia	0–2
Kazakhstan	1–2 (GWS)	Game 2	United States	1–5
Norway	5–2	Game 3	Germany	1–3
Italy	3–0	Game 4	Norway	4–2
Germany	2–1	Game 5	Kazakhstan	4–2
Latvia	3–2 (OT)	Game 6	Italy	7–1
Canada	3–2 (GWS)	Game 7	Finland	2–3 (GWS)
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  United States 7 18 2  Finland 7 17 3  Germany 7 12 4  Canada 7 10 5  Kazakhstan 7 10 6  Latvia (H) 7 9 7  Norway 7 8 8  Italy 7 0 Source: IIHF (H) Host		Preliminary	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  United States 7 18 2  Finland 7 17 3  Germany 7 12 4  Canada 7 10 5  Kazakhstan 7 10 6  Latvia (H) 7 9 7  Norway 7 8 8  Italy 7 0 Source: IIHF (H) Host
Opponent	Result	Playoff	Opponent	Result
Czech Republic	1–0	Quarterfinals	ROC	2–1 (OT)
Germany	2–1	Semifinals	United States	4–2

Match

6 June 2021 20:15

Finland

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Canada

Arena Riga, Riga

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Darcy Kuemper	Referees: Martin Fraňo Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Nikita Shalagin
	Ruohomaa (Kaski) – 08:57 1–0 1–1 24:30 – Comtois (Brown, Walker) (PP) Lindbohm (Nousiainen, Ruohomaa) - 45:27 2–1 2–2 52:37 – Henrique (Comtois, Brown) (PP) 2–3 66:26 – Paul (Brown)
	6 min	Penalties	30 min
	31	Shots	26

References

External links

• Official website

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