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2023 IIHF World Championship

2023 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Finland
 Latvia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates12–28 May
Opened bySauli Niinistö
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Canada (28th title)
Runner-up  Germany
Third place  Latvia
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played64
Goals scored354 (5.53 per game)
Attendance442,160 (6,909 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Rocco Grimaldi (14 points)
MVPLatvia Artūrs Šilovs
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The 2023 IIHF World Championship was co-hosted by Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. The tournament was held from 12 to 28 May 2023, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Canada won its 28th title by beating Germany 5–2 in the final.[1] The silver was Germany's first medal since 1953. Latvia claimed its first IIHF medal after defeating the USA 4–3 in overtime and finishing third.[2]

As in the 2022 edition, the tournament saw several upsets: Kazakhstan's win over Norway, Hungary's win over France, Latvia's first victory over Czechia, Norway’s second win over Canada, as well as Kazakhstan's first victory over Slovakia.[3][4] The playoffs also saw major upsets, as Latvia reached the semi-finals for the first time after defeating favourite Sweden 3–1 in the quarter-finals,[5] Germany upset Switzerland 3–1 and the reigning Olympic and World Champion Finland lost to Canada 4–1. Czechia finished in 8th place after losing to the United States (USA) 3–0 in the quarter-finals, which is that nation's worst placement to date in the history of the World Championship. Germany reached the final for the first time since 1930 after upsetting the fourth-seeded USA 4–3 in overtime.

  1. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (28 May 2023). "Canada rallies to win gold". IIHF. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (28 May 2023). "Latvia wins historic bronze in OT". IIHF. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  3. ^ O'Brien, Derek (15 May 2023). "Latvia wins, Batna the OT hero". IIHF. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  4. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (19 May 2023). "Kazakhs top Slovakia in record shootout". IIHF. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  5. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (25 May 2023). "Brinums (Miracle) in Riga!". IIHF. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

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