Ice Hockey Championship Finland

The soviets became world champions for the fifth time winning all of their games.

Ice hockey championship finland. They won their third world championship in 2019. Dear trophy welcome to finland. The 1965 ice hockey world championships took place in tampere finland 3 15 march. Eight teams took part each playing each other once.

The event was the second ice hockey world championships hosted by finland and. It is finland s third world title for the third time having also won the competition in 1995 and 2011 finland came from behind to beat favourites canada 3 1 and win the ice hockey world. Finland won the world championship title in 2019 which became their third after 1995 and 2011. Six teams took part in the main tournament all playing each other twice.

The tournament took place in finland from 5 to 20 april and the games were played in the capital helsinki. One preliminary round group and two quarter final games will be played at hartwall arena a venue that has already hosted the men s world championship four times in the past. Teams participated at several levels of competition. Negotiations on the second venue are still ongoing and the location for the other preliminary round group and two quarter final games will be announced later.

Hartwall arena in helsinki has been chosen as the second venue for the 2022 iihf ice hockey world championship in finland to host the tournament together with tampere new tampere deck arena. The finnish men s national ice hockey team or leijonat lejonen as it is called in finland is governed by the finnish ice hockey association. The soviet union won the world championships for the 13th time and also won their 16th european title. The men s national team is a member of the so called big six an unofficial group of the top men s national teams in world hockey.

The 2017 iihf annual congress awarded the 2022 iihf ice hockey world championship to finland with the cities of tampere and helsinki in the bid. Temperature was under 10 celsius 50 f. A pair of silver medals remain the country s best olympic. For the third straight year canada finished fourth.

Finland men s national ice hockey team is one of the major powers in world hockey. Finland is considered a member of the so called big six the unofficial group of the six strongest men s ice hockey nations along with canada united states the czech republic russia and sweden. Sounds and colors are s. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2020 competition two national teams kyrgyzstan and thailand made their debut in the world championships.

The 2019 men s ice hockey world championships was the 83rd such event hosted by the international ice hockey federation iihf.