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The 2012 IIHF World Championship was the 76th
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, an annual international
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tournament. It took place between 4–20 May 2012 in
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, Finland and
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, Sweden. This tournament determined the countries' seeding for the men's Olympic Ice Hockey tournament in
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for the
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, and for all countries participating in the qualification program leading up to the Olympics.
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won the tournament by defeating
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6–2 in the Final game; the Russians finished the tournament undefeated with a record of 10–0–0, becoming the first team to win every game in regulation since the
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in the 1989 World Championships. The
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captured the bronze medal by defeating co-host
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3–2 in the bronze medal game. The tournament's top scorer, Russia's
Evgeni Malkin Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin ( rus, Евге́ний Влади́мирович Ма́лкин, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈmaɫkʲɪn; born 31 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of ...
, was named the
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of the tournament.


Host selection

At the IIHF congress in
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in 2007 four nations submitted bids to host the 2012 World Championship: Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The Hungarian and Czech bids were withdrawn before the vote, which was then contested by Finland and Sweden. Finland won with 64 votes to Sweden's 35. Sweden later won the vote to host the 2013 World Championship. At the congress in
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in 2009, it was announced that Finland and Sweden would instead co-host both the 2012 and 2013 tournaments.


Voting results


Venues

Group A preliminary round and quarterfinals were played in
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,
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. Group B preliminary round and quarterfinals were played in
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,
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. All semifinal and medal games were played at the Hartwall Areena.


Format

For the first time since 2000, a new format was adopted in the IIHF World Hockey Championships. The preliminary round and qualification round were merged into one (two pools of eight teams), with the top four teams from each pool advancing to the quarterfinals.


Rosters

Each team's roster for the 2012 IIHF World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters ( forwards, and
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) and 2
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s, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All sixteen participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster by the first IIHF directorate meeting.


Summary


Preliminary round

;Group H (Helsinki) This group saw the three favourites,
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, the
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and
Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
advance pretty easily. All three teams advanced a day before the group play was done. Canada lost just one game, their second game, against the Americans in
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. The Americans themselves needed to win their last game against
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to capture the second place in the group ahead of Finland and did so with the result being 5–2. For the final spot of advancing,
Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
and
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played in a "final", where France needed a win to advance to the quarterfinals. The game was close throughout, tied the whole way until it was 4–4, this is when Slovakia scored the final and decisive goal to win 5–4 and get to the fourth spot in the group. France, Switzerland were eliminated alongside
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, with
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finishing in the last spot and being relegated. They ended the tournament with one point, by losing to the United States in overtime. Canada faced Slovakia, and the United States played against Finland in the quarterfinals. ;Group S (Stockholm)
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went through the group undefeated by winning all seven games. Co-host
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captured the second place, after falling short to Russia.
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rounded up the third place and advanced to the quarterfinals.
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,
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and
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all fought for the last spot in the next round but Germany was eliminated after failing miserably 4–12 to Norway. Latvia lost to
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and was eliminated, which meant that Norway advanced.
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finished last and was relegated to Division I. In the quarterfinals, Russia took on Norway, while Sweden battled the Czech Republic.


Quarterfinals

;Canada vs. Slovakia The Slovak team was the underdog going against Team Canada who had lost just one game so far. But the game started with a surprising strong start by Slovakia, who scored twice in the first 10 minutes to get a 2–0 lead.
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was able to cut into the lead before going into the first break. In the second period Canada scored twice and got the lead and Slovakia was down by one going into the last period. With just 6 and a half minutes to go Milan Bartovič tied the game before Michal Handzuš even took the lead with a bit over two minutes to go. Canada pulled the goalie but was not able to connect against and lost 3–4. The crowd was stunned and the surprise perfect, Slovakia advanced to the semifinals while Canada was eliminated. ;Russia vs. Norway The undefeated Russian team added
Alexander Semin Alexander Valeryevich Semin (russian: Александр Валерьевич Сёмин, ; born 3 March 1984) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He last played with HC Vityaz of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) the top leag ...
and
Alexander Ovechkin Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin ( rus, Александр Михайлович Овечкин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals ...
to their roster before the quarterfinals. Ovechkin went right away and scored the equalizer after
Per-Åge Skrøder Per-Åge Skrøder (born August 4, 1978) is a Norwegian former ice hockey player, who last played for Modo in the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Playing career Previously, he played for the Norwegian teams Lillehammer and Sparta Warriors, and the ...
gave Norway the lead. After Russia took the lead,
Patrick Thoresen Patrick Thoresen (born 7 November 1983) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey left winger who is currently playing for the Storhamar in the Fjordkraftligaen. He resides in Hamar, Norway, where he grew up, during the off season. He has a young ...
made it a tied game just 28 seconds after the second period started, with his 18th point of the tournament. The game went into the last period tied, 2–2. Not even one minute into the third period,
Alexei Emelin Alexei Vyacheslavovich Emelin (Russian: Алексей Вячеславович Емелин; born 25 April 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL ...
gave Russia the lead. After Russia raised the lead to two,
Ilya Nikulin Ilya Vladimirovich Nikulin (russian: Илья Владимирович Никулин; born 12 March 1982) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow and Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey League ( ...
finished Norway off by making it a 5–2 lead with just five minutes to go. Norway was outshot 45–21 and eliminated. ;United States vs. Finland Co-Host Finland tried to advance against the US-team who they lost to in the preliminary round. The first period ended scoreless, before
Jesse Joensuu Jesse Joensuu (born October 5, 1987) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Ässät in the Liiga. Joensuu is the captain of Ässät for the 2022–23 season. Playing career Joensuu was selected 60th overall in the ...
broke the tie, just to be answered 21 seconds later by
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. With the game going 1–1 into the last period, the United States took the lead with under two minutes played.
Mikko Koivu Mikko-Sakari Koivu (born 12 March 1983) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. Koivu was drafted sixth overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild. After four seasons with TPS in the SM-liiga, Koivu joined the Wild in ...
tied the game seven minutes before the end of the game. With everyone expecting an overtime,
Jesse Joensuu Jesse Joensuu (born October 5, 1987) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Ässät in the Liiga. Joensuu is the captain of Ässät for the 2022–23 season. Playing career Joensuu was selected 60th overall in the ...
struck again, just nine seconds before the end. The US pulled the goalie but never had another chance and were eliminated. ;Sweden vs. Czech Republic The last quarterfinals saw Co-host Sweden going up against the Czech team. The first period ended in a 2–1 lead for the Czech Republic after Sweden took the lead early on. Martin Erat scored and gave the Czechs a two-goal lead before
Henrik Zetterberg Henrik Zetterberg (; born 9 October 1980) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He played his entire National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL), for whom he would serve as capt ...
cut into the lead 45 seconds before the end of the second period.
Jonathan Ericsson Jonathan Ericsson (born 2 March 1984) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Ericsson was drafted in th ...
continued the Swedish way of climbing back by tying the game just 45 seconds into the last period. Both teams had their chance in the next few minutes, Sweden hit the post and the Czechs failed to score against
Viktor Fasth Erik Sixten Viktor Fasth (born 8 August 1982) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Fasth had his international breakthrough during the 2010–11 season, ...
. 29 seconds before the end, Michálek took the puck away from a Swedish defender and scored. Sweden pulled the goalie and had one last chance but it was missed and the Czech advanced to the semifinals. The Czechs became the first team since Finland in
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to eliminate Sweden in a World Championship quarterfinal.


Semifinals

;Russia vs. Finland Seven minutes into the game,
Janne Niskala Janne Juhani Niskala (born 22 September 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He last played for Lukko of the Finnish Liiga. Playing career Niskala was drafted by the Nashville Predators in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft in 5t ...
gave Finland the lead. Two goals from
Evgeni Malkin Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin ( rus, Евге́ний Влади́мирович Ма́лкин, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈmaɫkʲɪn; born 31 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of ...
brought Russia back into the game going into the first intermission. In the second period
Alexander Ovechkin Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin ( rus, Александр Михайлович Овечкин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals ...
increased the lead to 3–1; a while later Malkin would increase Russia's lead to 4–1. Denis Kokarev then scored another goal and with Russia in control of the game, yet another after that. Four minutes before the end of the game
Mikael Granlund Mikael Antero Granlund (born 26 February 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played professionally in Finland with Oulun Kärpät ...
scored the last goal of the game, as it ended 6–2 in favour of Russia although they were out-shot 23 to 31. Malkin was the player of the game with scoring a hat trick to give him 18 points for the tournament. Russia advanced to the final to try to win their twenty-sixth title, while Finland will battle for bronze. ;Czech Republic vs. Slovakia The Slovak team tried to continue their ride at this championship by advancing to the final even though the Czech team was the favorite before the game started. The game started slow, but
Miroslav Šatan Miroslav Šatan (; born 22 October 1974) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey right winger, who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), five in the Tipos Extraliga, and three in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Play ...
broke the tie 15 minutes into the game to give Slovakia the lead. Another 15 minutes in, this time the second period,
Michael Frolík Michael Frolík (; born 17 February 1988) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing with HC Bílí Tygři Liberec in the Czech Extraliga. Frolík has played in the NHL with the Florida Panthers, the organization ...
made it a 1–1 game going into the last period. The third period was not more than one minute old, when Šatan struck again with his second goal, despite Slovakia being
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. Libor Hudáček then gave Slovakia a two-goal lead four minutes later. The Czech team had 15 minutes to turn the game around but did not create enough opportunities. They pulled their goaltender with two minutes to go, but Slovakia kept up their defense well enough not to concede another goal. Slovakia finished off another upset and advanced to the final, while the Czech Republic plays in the bronze medal game. Slovakia had no penalties but was outshot by nine.


Bronze medal game

The bronze medal game featured
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and the
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. The Czechs took the lead in the first period before Finland tied the game at one, three minutes before the first break. Jiří Novotný and
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raised the lead to two goals, being 3–1 at the first intermission. The second period went scoreless before the Finnish team got new hope when
Jussi Jokinen Jussi Petteri Jokinen (born April 1, 1983) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. After playing in his native Finland with Oulun Kärpät of the Liiga he was drafted by the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Dallas Stars in 2001 in t ...
scored a goal ten minutes before the end of the game. But they did not score again, and the Czech team captured the bronze medal and Finland ended the tournament in fourth place.


Gold medal game

The gold medal game featured
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and
Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
. Slovakia played in the World Championship final game for the first time since 2002, while Russia advanced to their fourth gold medal game in the last five years. Russia defeated Slovakia 6–2 to take home the gold medal from the tournament. The Russian team went through the tournament undefeated.


Nations

The following 16 nations qualified for the elite-pool tournament. 13 nations from Europe, 2 nations from North America and 1 nation from Asia are represented. ;Asia * ;Europe * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;North America * *


Officials

The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2012 IIHF World Championship. They were the following: ;Referees * Vladimír Baluška * Antti Boman * Lars Brüggemann * Vyacheslav Bulanov * Martin Fraňo * Georg Jablukov * Antonín Jeřábek * Morgan Johansson * Keith Kaval * Danny Kurmann * Christer Lärking * Jari Levonen * David Lewis * Konstantin Olenin * Steve Patafie *
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;Linesmen * Roger Arm * Petr Blumel * Jimmy Dahmen * Ivan Dedioulia * Pierre Dehaen * François Dussureault * Jon Killian * Jonathan Morisson * Masi Puolakka * Andre Schrader * Sirko Schulz * Anton Semionov * Sergei Shelyanin * Sakari Suominen * Miroslav Valach * Jesse Wilmot


Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2011
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, which ended at the conclusion of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding (in parenthesis is the corresponding world ranking): Group H (Helsinki) * (2) * (4) * (6) * (7) * (10) * (11) * (14) * (16) Group S (Stockholm) * (1) * (3) * (5) * (8) * (9) * (12) * (13) * (17)


Preliminary round

The top four teams in each group moved to the quarterfinals where the group winner met the fourth place, and the group runner-up met the third place within the same group. The last placed team in each group was relegated to Division I, Group A.


Group H

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Group S

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Playoff round


Quarterfinals

The games in Stockholm are
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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Gold medal game

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Ranking and statistics


Tournament awards

* Best players selected by the directorate: ** Best
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** Best
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** Best
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** Most Valuable Player: Evgeni Malkin * Media All-Star Team: ** Goaltender: Ján Laco ** Defence: Zdeno Chára,
Ilya Nikulin Ilya Vladimirovich Nikulin (russian: Илья Владимирович Никулин; born 12 March 1982) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for HC Dynamo Moscow and Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey League ( ...
** Forwards: Evgeni Malkin,
Patrick Thoresen Patrick Thoresen (born 7 November 1983) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey left winger who is currently playing for the Storhamar in the Fjordkraftligaen. He resides in Hamar, Norway, where he grew up, during the off season. He has a young ...
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Henrik Zetterberg Henrik Zetterberg (; born 9 October 1980) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He played his entire National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL), for whom he would serve as capt ...


Final standings

The official IIHF final standings of the tournament:


Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown. ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
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Leading goaltenders

Only the top ten goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list. ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =
Shutout In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. Shutouts are usuall ...
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IIHF broadcasting rights

Over 100 countries broadcast the matches, live or near-live transmissions, of the 2012 tournament.


References


External links



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