2012 IIHF World Championship

Host selection

At the IIHF congress in Moscow 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 The Hungarian and Czech bids were withdrawn before the vote, which was then contested by Finland and Sweden.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 Bern in 2009, it was announced that Finland and Sweden would instead co-host both the 2012 and 2013 tournaments.

Kimmo Leinonen served as the general secretary of the jointly-hosted events.

Voting results

Venues

Group A preliminary round and quarterfinals were played in Hartwall Areena, Helsinki. Group B preliminary round and quarterfinals were played in Ericsson Globe, Stockholm. 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

Main article: 2012 IIHF World Championship rosters

Each team's roster for the 2012 IIHF World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, 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, Canada, the United States and Finland 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 overtime. The Americans themselves needed to win their last game against Switzerland 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 and France 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 Belarus, with Kazakhstan 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) Russia went through the group undefeated by winning all seven games. Co-host Sweden captured the second place, after falling short to Russia. Czech Republic rounded up the third place and advanced to the quarterfinals. Norway, Latvia and Germany all fought for the last spot in the next round but Germany was eliminated after failing miserably 4–12 to Norway. Latvia lost to Denmark and was eliminated, which meant that Norway advanced. Italy 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. Evander Kane 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 and Alexander Ovechkin to their roster before the quarterfinals. Ovechkin went right away and scored the equalizer after Per-Åge Skrøder gave Norway the lead. After Russia took the lead, Patrick Thoresen 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 gave Russia the lead. After Russia raised the lead to two, Ilya Nikulin 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 broke the tie, just to be answered 21 seconds later by Kyle Palmieri. With the game going 1–1 into the last period, the United States took the lead with under two minutes played. Mikko Koivu tied the game seven minutes before the end of the game. With everyone expecting an overtime, Jesse Joensuu 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 cut into the lead 45 seconds before the end of the second period. Jonathan Ericsson 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. 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 2000 to eliminate Sweden in a World Championship quarterfinal.

Semifinals

;Russia vs. Finland Seven minutes into the game, Janne Niskala gave Finland the lead. Two goals from Evgeni Malkin brought Russia back into the game going into the first intermission. In the second period Alexander Ovechkin 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 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 broke the tie 15 minutes into the game to give Slovakia the lead. Another 15 minutes in, this time the second period, Michael Frolík 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 shorthanded. 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 Finland and the Czech Republic. 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 David Krejčí 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 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

Main article: 2012 IIHF World Championship Final

The gold medal game featured Russia and Slovakia. 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

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;North America

Officials

The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the 2012 IIHF World Championship. They were the following: ;Referees

• SVK Vladimír Baluška
• FIN Antti Boman
• GER Lars Brüggemann
• RUS Vyacheslav Bulanov
• CZE Martin Fraňo
• GER Georg Jablukov
• CZE Antonín Jeřábek
• SWE Morgan Johansson
• USA Keith Kaval
• SUI Danny Kurmann
• SWE Christer Lärking
• FIN Jari Levonen
• CAN David Lewis
• RUS Konstantin Olenin
• USA Steve Patafie
• SUI Brent Reiber ;Linesmen
• SUI Roger Arm
• CZE Petr Blumel
• SWE Jimmy Dahmen
• BLR Ivan Dedioulia
• FRA Pierre Dehaen
• CAN François Dussureault
• NOR Jon Killian
• USA Jonathan Morisson
• FIN Masi Puolakka
• GER Andre Schrader
• GER Sirko Schulz
• EST Anton Semionov
• RUS Sergei Shelyanin
• FIN Sakari Suominen
• SVK Miroslav Valach
• CAN Jesse Wilmot

Seeding and groups

The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2011 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. The teams were grouped accordingly by seeding (in parentheses 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

All times are local (UTC+3). 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 4–2 5–2 6–2 7–2 K. Okposo (A. Goligoski, J. Faulk) – 16:52 J. Johnson (R. Lasch, J. Faulk) (PP) – 23:56 B. Ryan (M. Pacioretty, P. Stastny) (PP) – 29:15

M. Pacioretty (P. Stastny, A. Goligoski) – 39:38 J. Slater (K. Palmieri) – 45:38 K. Okposo (C. Fowler, J. Faulk) – 51:00 J. Petry (M. Pacioretty, P. Stastny) (EA) – 57:41

33:17 – P. Bellemare (S. Treille) (EA) 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2

J. Eberle (E. Kane) – 32:30 A. Ladd (R. O'Reilly, T. Purcell) – 35:21 21:58 – T. Tatar (J. Mikúš)

42:59 – M. Bartovič (M. Bližňák, M. Haščák) 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 Alexei Ivanov M. Streit (R. Wick, S. Blindenbacher) (PP) – 11:04

M. Streit (S. Blindenbacher) (PP2) – 24:04 I. Rüthemann (D. Hollenstein, M. Streit) (PP) – 32:08 F. Du Bois (I. Rüthemann, M. Bieber) – 36:53

21:36 – R. Savchenko (R. Starchenko) 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–3 3–4 4–4 4–5 (OT 0–1) J. Tavares (D. Keith) – 06:38 J. Skinner (J. Tavares, J. Bouwmeester) – 27:34

E. Kane – 49:51

D. Keith – 58:21

33:54 – J. Johnson (M. Pacioretty, B. Ryan) (PP) 46:43 – P. Dwyer (SH)

56:19 – N. Thompson (J. Crabb, P. Dwyer)

61:47 – J. Johnson 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 4–2 4–3 5–3 6–3 Vitaliy Yeremeyev N. Besch (L. Meunier) – 11:27 S. Treille (S. Da Costa, P. Bellemare) – 14:53

J. Desrosiers (Y. Treille, L. Meunier) – 27:49

P. Bellemare (A. Guttig, S. Da Costa) – 51:02 K. Hecquefeuille (J. Desrosiers, Y. Auvitu) – 56:14

17:13 – V. Krasnoslobodtsev (D. Dudarev, R. Starchenko) 33:16 – F. Polishchuk (A. Troschinsky, R. Savchenko) 40:42 – T. Zhailauov (D. Dudarev, V. Novopashin) 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2

S. Moser (K. Romy, D. Brunner) – 11:57

K. Romy (D. Brunner) – 47:48 10:26 – A. Ugarov (A. Stepanov, V. Denisov)

21:34 – K. Koltsov (D. Korobov, A. Kalyuzhny) 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–4 1–5 2–5 2–6 2–7

B. Henderson – 19:22

A. Rouleau (A. Roussel) – 33:49 09:56 – P. Sharp (J. Tavares, R. Nugent-Hopkins) (PP) 13:54 – J. Benn (P. Sharp, L. Schenn) 17:21 – J. Benn (C. Perry)

33:19 – J. Eberle (P. Sharp, D. Keith (PP)

49:56 – R. Nugent-Hopkins (P. Sharp, M. Methot) 52:19 – C. Perry (R. Getzlaf, E. Kane) 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–4

J. Faulk (K. Okposo, J. Slater) – 15:41

P. Stastny (M. Pacioretty, C. Fowler) (PP2) – 38:47 15:04 – B. Radivojevič (T. Kopecký, M. Handzuš)

19:54 – A. Sekera (M. Bližňák)

59:23 – M. Šatan (ENG) 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2

K. Koltsov (SH) – 28:48 M. Grabovski (R. Graborenko) – 33:37 E. Kovyrshin – 33:52 27:42 – V. Krasnoslobodtsev (D. Dudarev, V. Yeremeyev) 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 4–2 5–2

L. Komarov (J. Järvinen, J. Joensuu) – 26:05 J. Immonen (J. Pesonen, M. Granlund) – 36:45

V. Filppula (J. Jokinen, J. Hietanen (PP) – 49:46 V. Filppula (O. Väänänen, J. Jokinen) – 51.56 25:44 – A. Ambühl (L. Sbisa)

37:44 – R. Wick (M. Streit) (PP) 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2

L.Hudáček (D. Graňák, Z. Chára)(PP) – 37:49

T. Kopecký (I. Baranka, A. Sekera) – 48:18 T. Kopecký (M. Handzuš, B. Radivojevič)(PP) – 59:46 11:18 – Y. Rymarev (V. Novopashin, D. Shemelin)

43:15 – K. Pushkarev (T. Zhailauov, D. Upper) 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 J. Tavares (J. Eberle, J. Skinner) – 20:35 J. Eberle (J. Tavares) – 40:41

R. Getzlaf (C. Ward) – 48:02

43:49 – G. Bezina (K. Romy, D. Brunner) (PP) 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 5–2 5–3 Vitali Koval J. Atkinson (J. Abdelkader) – 06:31

N. Thompson (P. Dwyer, J. Crabb) – 38:21 B. Ryan (M. Pacioretty, C. Fowler) – 52:10 P. Stastny (M. Pacioretty, J. Johnson) – 55:34

16:15 – A. Kalyuzhny (D. Korobov, M. Grabovski) 22:50 – A. Ugarov (M. Grabovski, E. Kovyrshin) (PP)

59:50 – E. Kovyrshin (M. Grabovski, A. Kalyuzhny) (PP2, EA) 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 1–5 1–6 1–7

A. Guttig (S. Da Costa, T. Da Costa) (PP) – 43:34 30:00 – M. Koivu (J. Hietanen, V. Filppula) 33:49 – J. Jokinen (M. Mäenpää, M. Koivu) (PP) 37:12 – J. Niskala (J. Joensuu, V. Filppula) 38:08 – N. Kapanen (J. Tuppurainen)

44:01 – J. Jokinen (M. Koivu, V. Filppula) (PP) 50:00 – J. Hietanen (M. Mäenpää, M. Koivu) (PP) 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 (OT 0–1) K. Pushkarev (T. Zhailauov, D. Upper) – 38:17

T. Zhailauov (K. Pushkarev, V. Novopashin) – 55:54

44:58 – J. Faulk (A. Goligoski)

64:38 – J. Faulk (M. Pacioretty, P. Stastny) 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 3–3 3–4 3–5 M. Koivu (J. Jokinen) (PP) – 10:31

J. Jokinen (A. Salmela) (PP) – 27:36

25:34 – A. Burrows (R. O'Reilly, M. Methot)

34:31 – J. Tavares (J. Skinner, K. Russell) 38:18 – J. Skinner (R. Nugent-Hopkins, D. Keith) 46:04 – E. Kane (C. Perry) 59:36 – J. Eberle (J. Tavares, D. Keith) (ENG) 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 5–1 B. Radivojevič (A. Sekera) – 23:16 M. Miklík (J. Mikúš, T. Tatar) – 24:58 T. Kopecký (B. Radivojevič) – 25:48 J. Mikúš (T. Tatar, M. Miklík) – 26:56

34:56 – A. Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn) (PP) 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4

D. Brunner (P. Furrer, S. Blindenbacher) – 33:14 D. Brunner (K. Romy) – 35:04 32:44 – T. Da Costa (C. Bertrand, A. Roussel)

46:21 – L. Meunier (PP) 47:05 – S. Da Costa (P. Bellemare, B. Amar) (PP) 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8 Vitaliy Yeremeyev 32:05 – C. Perry (D. Keith, J. Bouwmeester) 37:03 – A. Burrows (J. Eberle, D. Keith) (SH) 42:57 – E. Kane (C. Perry, R. Getzlaf) 43:39 – J. Tavares (J. Eberle, K. Russell) 43:47 – T. Purcell (J. Benn) 45:53 – D. Phaneuf (R. Getzlaf, D. Keith) 56:13 – R. Nugent-Hopkins (P. Sharp, A. Ladd) 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 35:33 – K. Palmieri (C. Atkinson, C. Butler) 37:56 – J. Faulk (A. Goligoski, M. Pacioretty) (PP) 42:12 – C. Butler (J. Petry, C. Atkinson) 44:08 – B. Ryan (C. Smith) 1–1 1–2 Dmitri Milchakov 37:57 – K. Hecquefeuille (V. Bachet, P. Bellemare) 58:43 – Y. Auvitu (P. Bellemare, S. Da Costa) 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–4

K. Pushkarev (D. Upper, V. Novopashin) (PP) – 49:03 31:38 – M. Mäenpää (J. Hietanen, V. Filppula) (PP2) 37:43 – V. Filppula (T. Kiiskinen, M. Koivu) 41:15 – V. Filppula (M. Koivu, J. Hietanen) (PP) 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1

C. Perry (R. Getzlaf, D. Keith) – 29:10 R. Getzlaf (E. Kane, C. Perry) – 32:46 R. Nugent-Hopkins (J. Tavares, P. Sharp) – 34:11 R. O'Reilly (A. Ladd) – 48:16 14:25 – S. Kostitsyn (E. Kovyrshin, A. Kostitsyn) 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–3 4–3 4–4 5–4 T. Kopecký (B. Radivojevič) – 06:50

M. Handzuš (Z. Chára, A. Sekera) (PP) – 35:26

B. Radivojevič – 40:39

B. Radivojevič (A. Sekera) (PP) – 50:27

07:11 – Y. Treille (A. Rouleau, J. Desrosiers) 15:00 – T. Da Costa

39:21 – D. Fleury (L. Meunier)

45:17 – A. Roussel (S. Da Costa) 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–2 5–2 B. Ryan (M. Pacioretty, C. Fowler) – 22:39 C. Fowler (P. Stastny) – 36:52 P. Stastny (B. Ryan, M. Pacioretty) (PP) – 45:22 A. Goligoski (J. Abdelkader, K. Palmieri) – 26:04

J. Petry (P. Stastny) – 54:59

54:43 – M. Trachsler (B. Plüss, R. Josi)

Group S

All times are local (UTC+2). 2–0 3–0 P. Reimer (C. Ullmann, P. Gogulla) – 22:42 C. Fischer (P. Gogulla, C. Ullmann) (PP) – 45:11 2–0 P. Tenkrát (M. Frolík, T. Plekanec) – 57:21 1–1 2–1 3–1

M. Krüger (N. Hjalmarsson, D. Alfredsson) – 22:29

L. Eriksson (H. Zetterberg, D. Alfredsson) – 44:18 20:20 – M. Hansen (P.-Å. Skrøder) 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 2–4 2–5

M. Cipulis (G. Pujacs, O. Bārtulis) – 55:21 33:45 – I. Nikulin (A. Perezhogin, E. Malkin) (PP) 36:29 – E. Malkin (I. Nikulin) (PP) 45:03 – E. Malkin (A. Popov) 50:53 – A. Popov (A. Perezhogin, I. Nikulin) 56:53 – E. Kuznetsov (N. Kulemin) 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 N. Kronwall (H. Zetterberg) – 20:50

J. Lundqvist (N. Persson, J. Larsson) – 50:24 N. Persson (V. Hedman, J. Lundqvist) (ENG) – 58:04

43:44 – J. Petružálek (A. Hemský) 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 3–4 (OT 0–1)

L. Eller (F. Nielsen, J. Jensen) – 20:14 J. Jensen (M. Green, D. Nielsen) – 24:42 J. Jensen – 31:53 14:30 – M. de Marchi (N. Fontanive)

33:56 – M. de Marchi (G. Scandella, N. Plastino) 60:52 – G. Scandella 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 4–2 D. Denisov (Y. Medvedev, E. Kuznetsov) – 27:01

N. Kulemin (E. Malkin) – 32:46

A. Perezhogin (E. Malkin) – 40:40

30:34 – M. Ask (J. Holøs, P. Thoresen) (PP2)

35:52 – M. Holtet (P. Skrøder, J. Holøs) (PP) 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–3

J. Tripp (K. Hospelt, K. Lavallee) – 24:58 K. Hospelt (P. Reimer, P. Gogulla) – 32:03 23:10 – M. Rēdlihs (J. Sprukts, M. Indrašis)

52:15 – A. Širokovs (K. Daugaviņš) (PP) 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0) A. Hemský (P. Nedvěd) – 16:41

D. Krejčí (P. Tenkrát) – 37:04 M. Frolík (T. Plekanec, M. Michálek) – 47:56 P. Nedvěd D. Krejčí

21:39 – L. Spets (A. Bastiansen, M. Olimb)

50:51 – J. Holøs (A. Bonsaksen, P. Thoresen) P. Thoresen M. Ask 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–4 1–5 1–6 2–6 3–6 4–6

N. Hardt (J. Hansen, P. Larsen) (PP2) – 18:27

N. Hardt (F. Nielsen, L. Eller) (PP) – 38:47 L. Eller (N. Hardt, F. Nielsen) – 40:21 M. Green (J. Hansen, D. Nielsen) – 51:27 06:06 – L. Eriksson (J. Franzén) (PP) 11:05 – L. Eriksson (H. Zetterberg, J. Franzén) (PP) 11:43 – V. Stålberg (M. Krüger, G. Landeskog)

20:43 – D. Alfredsson (L. Eriksson, S. Kronwall) 29:16 – H. Zetterberg (S. Kronwall, J. Franzén) 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 Thomas Tragust G. Meija (R. Ķēniņš, O. Bārtulis) – 24:16 O. Bārtulis (M. Cipulis) – 37:54 M. Indrašis (J. Sprukts, G. Galviņš) – 40:43 K. Rēdlihs (PP) – 42:31 2–0 A. Tereshchenko (S. Shirokov, N. Zherdev) – 50:35 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–2 5–2 6–2

P. Thoresen (P. Skrøder, A. Bastiansen) – 16:51 M. Holtet (P. Skrøder, P. Thoresen) (PP) – 24:27 A. Bastiansen (M. Olimb, L. Spets) – 30:35

M. Trygg (L. Haugen) (SH) – 48:11 P. Skrøder (P. Thoresen, M. Holtet) (PP) – 54:49 05:11 – L. Ansoldi (D. Tudin)

32:35 – A. Egger (T. Larkin, V. Rocco) (PP) 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 4–2 5–2

V. Stålberg (N. Hjalmarsson) – 26:38 E. Karlsson (H. Zetterberg, L. Eriksson) (PP) – 28:14

N. Persson (J. Larsson) – 42:30 J. Franzén (H. Zetterberg) – 48:32 19:59 – P. Gogulla (K. Hospelt)

36:58 – P. Reimer (C. Fischer, P. Gogulla) 1–1 1–2 1–3 L. Eller – 04:11

13:35 – E. Malkin (A. Perezhogin, I. Nikulin) 26:32 – D. Kalinin (E. Kuznetsov, S. Shirokov) 1–1 2–1 3–1 M. Michálek (J. Nakládal, T. Plekanec) – 28:58 P. Nedvěd (O. Němec, P. Čáslava) – 50:50 T. Plekanec (M. Blaťák) (PP) – 53:22 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 12:45 – J. Novotný (J. Petružálek) 27:15 – P. Čáslava (P. Tenkrát) (SH) 31:45 – A. Hemský (M. Erat) (PP) 32:45 – P. Čáslava (J. Petružálek, P. Koukal) 54:29 – M. Erat (L. Krajíček) (PP) 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–3 4–3 5–3 6–3 7–3 A. Popov (E. Malkin) – 10:27

E. Malkin (E. Biryukov, E. Kuznetsov) (PP) – 36:00 A. Emelin (P. Datsyuk, D. Kalinin) (PP2) – 38:27 A. Perezhogin (Y. Medvedev) – 40:15 E. Malkin (A. Popov) – 42:40 E. Malkin (A. Popov) – 51:08 D. Denisov (E. Malkin, A. Popov) – 59:06

14:33 – H. Zetterberg (D. Alfredsson, L. Eriksson) (PP) 29:36 – J. Franzén (L. Eriksson, H. Zetterberg) (PP) 2–0 3–0 A. Martinsen (M. Trygg, M. Ask) – 25:54 P. Thoresen (M. Hansen, P. Skrøder) – 38:43 1–1 2–1 T. Greilinger (C. Fischer, E. Kaufmann) – 37:10 P. Gogulla (P. Reimer, C. Ullmann) – 48:24 0–2 0–3 0–4 Thomas Tragust 19:12 – S. Kronwall (G. Landeskog) 25:45 – E. Karlsson (H. Zetterberg) (PP2) 41:45 – G. Landeskog (L. Eriksson, H. Zetterberg) 2–0 E. Malkin (A. Popov) (PP) – 40:44 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8 0–9 1–9 1–10 2–10 2–11 3–11 3–12 4–12 Dimitri Kotschnew

P. Reimer (P. Gogulla, C. Schubert) – 38:25

J. Krueger (P. Gogulla) – 41:01

M. Kink (K. Lavallée) – 46:27

C. Fischer (K. Hospelt, P. Gogulla) (PP2) – 57:17 01:28 – P. Thoresen (M. Holtet) (PP) 05:07 – M. Røymark (M. Holtet) 23:16 – L. Spets (M. Olimb, A. Bastiansen) 24:12 – J. Kaunismäki (M. Ask, K. Olimb) 27:52 – J. Holøs (P. Thoresen, M. Ask) (PP) 32:07 – P. Thoresen (M. Ask, H. Solberg) 33:24 – P. Skrøder (M. Olimb, M. Ask) (PP) 34:07 – M. Trygg (P. Thoresen, M. Hansen) (PP)

40:44 – P. Skrøder (P. Thoresen, M. Hansen)

43:15 – M. Hansen (A. Bastiansen, J. Kaunismäki)

52:05 – M. Trygg (M. Hansen) 0–2 Māris Jučers 35:23 – M. Madsen (L. Eller) 0–2 0–3 0–4 Mikhail Biryukov 24:28 – E. Kuznetsov (N. Kulemin, N. Nikitin) 28:07 – A. Popov (E. Biryukov, E. Malkin) 53:38 – A. Popov (A. Perezhogin) 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 5–1 5–2 6–2 M. Ask (K. Olimb, A. Martinsen) – 27:29 P. Skrøder (P. Thoresen) – 35:35 J. Holøs (P. Thoresen, M. Hansen) (PP) – 37:53 P. Thoresen (A. Martinsen, J. Holøs) (PP) – 39:39

M. Trygg (P. Thoresen, P. Skrøder) – 55:39

43:03 – M. Madsen (P. Hersby) 47:50 – M. Poulsen (P. Larsen) 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 8–1 Petr Mrázek

L. Krajíček (M. Vondrka, J. Novotný) – 10:34 M. Erat (J. Nakládal, D. Krejčí) (PP) – 16:05 P. Koukal (L. Krajíček, P. Čáslava) (PP) – 25:01 D. Krejčí (P. Tenkrát) (SH) – 29:55 J. Novotný (J. Petružálek) – 34:22 P. Koukal (D. Krejčí, T. Plekanec) (PP) – 44:34 M. Blaťák (D. Krejčí, T. Plekanec) (PP) – 46:42 07:36 – T. Greilinger (C. Schubert, C. Ullmann) (PP) 2–0 3–0 4–0 J. Silfverberg (E. Karlsson, N. Bäckström) (PP) – 14:40 H. Zetterberg (D. Alfredsson) (PP) – 33:45 J. Franzén (H. Zetterberg, E. Karlsson) (PP) – 52:18

Playoff round

| RD1-seed1= H1 | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1= 3 | RD1-seed2= H4 | RD1-team2= **** | RD1-score2= 4 | RD1-seed3= S2 | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3= 3 | RD1-seed4= S3 | RD1-team4= **** | RD1-score4= 4 | RD1-seed5= S1 | RD1-team5= **** | RD1-score5= 5 | RD1-seed6= S4 | RD1-team6= | RD1-score6= 2 | RD1-seed7= H2 | RD1-team7= | RD1-score7= 2 | RD1-seed8= H3 | RD1-team8= **** | RD1-score8= 3 | RD2-seed1= WQF1 | RD2-team1= **** | RD2-score1= 3 | RD2-seed2= WQF2 | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2= 1 | RD2-team3= **** | RD2-seed3= WQF3 | RD2-score3= 6 | RD2-seed4= WQF4 | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4= 2 | RD3-seed3= LSF1 | RD3-team3= **** | RD3-score3= 3 | RD3-seed4= LSF2 | RD3-team4= | RD3-score4= 2 | RD3-seed1= WSF1 | RD3-team1 = | RD3-score1 = 2 | RD3-seed2= WSF2 | RD3-team2 = **** | RD3-score2 = 6

Quarterfinals

The games in Stockholm are UTC+2, while the games in Helsinki are UTC+3.

0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 3–4

E. Kane (R. Getzlaf) – 16:14 J. Skinner (J. Eberle, P. Sharp) (PP) – 26:30 A. Burrows (K. Russell, A. Ladd) – 37:43 09:14 – M. Šatan (L. Hudáček, T. Surový)

53:25 – M. Bartovič (T. Tatar) 57:32 – M. Handzuš (A. Sekera) (PP) 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 5–2 A. Ovechkin (A. Semin) – 11:33 A. Popov (A. Emelin, E. Ryasensky) – 14:09

A. Emelin (P. Datsyuk, A. Semin) – 40:55 N. Zherdev (E. Biryukov, A. Tereshchenko) – 50:43 I. Nikulin (E. Malkin) (PP) – 54:52

20:28 – P. Thoresen (M. Ask, J. Holøs) (PP) 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 K. Palmieri (J. Petry, J. Crabb) – 33:48 B. Ryan (J. Faulk, C. Smith) – 41:49

53:02 – M. Koivu (J. Jokinen, V. Filppula) 59:51 – J. Joensuu (P. Kontiola) 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–3 3–4

H. Zetterberg – 39:15 J. Ericsson (L. Eriksson, G. Landeskog) – 40:45 11:50 – P. Nedvěd (J. Nakládal, O. Němec) 16:56 – J. Novotný (M. Michálek) 30:27 – M. Erat (D. Krejčí) (PP)

59:31 – M. Michálek

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+3).

1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 6–2 E. Malkin (N. Nikitin, A. Popov) – 15:33 E. Malkin (N. Zherdev, S. Shirokov) (PP) – 19:06 A. Ovechkin (D. Denisov, A. Popov) – 29:47 E. Malkin (I. Nikulin) (PP) – 37:46 D. Kokarev (N. Kulemin) – 41:05 S. Shirokov (E. Biryukov, N. Nikitin) (PP) – 48:41

56:04 – M. Granlund (J. Järvinen, M. Koivu) 1–1 1–2 1–3 Jakub Štěpánek M. Frolík (T. Plekanec) – 30:45

40:56 – M. Šatan (M. Handzuš) (SH) 44:23 – L. Hudáček (T. Surový)

Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+3). 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 M. Pyörälä (J. Immonen, J. Järvinen) – 16:53

J. Jokinen (M. Mäenpää, M. Koivu) (PP) – 49:01

17:22 – J. Novotný (L. Kašpar) 19:07 – D. Krejčí (A. Hemský)

Gold medal game

Main article: 2012 IIHF World Championship final

Time is local (UTC+3).

1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–2 6–2 Peter Hamerlík A. Semin (A. Ovechkin, P. Datsyuk) – 09:57 A. Perezhogin (A. Popov) – 26:10 A. Tereshchenko (S. Shirokov, N. Zherdev) – 33:31 A. Semin (P. Datsyuk) – 35:22 P. Datsyuk (A. Semin, A. Ovechkin) – 43:55

E. Malkin (I. Nikulin, N. Nikitin) – 58:02

49:37 – Z. Chára (T. Surový, M. Šatan) (PP)

Ranking and statistics

Tournament awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: SVK Ján Laco
  • Best Defenceman: SVK Zdeno Chára
  • Best Forward: RUS Evgeni Malkin
  • Most Valuable Player: RUS Evgeni Malkin
• Media All-Star Team:
  • Goaltender: SVK Ján Laco
  • Defence: SVK Zdeno Chára, RUS Ilya Nikulin
  • Forwards: RUS Evgeni Malkin, NOR Patrick Thoresen, SWE Henrik Zetterberg

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

Source: IIHF.com

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 = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF broadcasting rights

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

IIHF honors and awards

The 2012 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Helsinki during the World Championships. Kent Angus of Canada was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey. The IIHF Milestone Award was established in 2012, to be given to "the team or teams that make a significant contribution to international hockey or will have a decisive influence on the development of the game". The inaugural Milestone Award recipients were the Canada men's national team and Soviet Union men's national team on the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series.

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

• Pavel Bure, Russia
• Raimo Helminen, Finland
• Phil Housley, United States
• Andy Murray, Canada
• Milan Nový, Czech Republic

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