2010 IIHF World Championship Final
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| Date | May 23, 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Lanxess Arena | |||||||||||||||
| City | Cologne | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 19,132 | |||||||||||||||
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The Final was the gold medal match at the 2010 IIHF World Championship. The match was played in Lanxess Arena in Cologne on 23 May. The Czech Republic defeated the favored Russian team 2–1.
The final was the first game between Russia and the Czech Republic in the history of the tournament, although they had faced themselves at the Olympics before, twice at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where Russia beat the Czechs in the group stage, followed by the Czechs defeating the Russians in the Gold Medal game, a quarterfinal match at the 2002 Winter Olympics where the Russians won and in the Bronze Medal game of the 2006 Winter Olympics where the Czechs beat the Russians for the Bronze medals. In addition, the predecessors of both these nations, the USSR and Czechoslovakia, had met several times in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
It was Russia's third consecutive finals appearance, and the Czech Republic's first appearance since 2006.
The Lanxess Arena in Cologne was determined to host the finalists of the tournament. Previously at the tournament, the venue hosted the both semi-finals, and the Bronze medal match. In the final, the attendance was 19,132.
The match began with a goal after just 20 seconds, scored by Jakub Klepiš from a pass by Jaromír Jágr. The goal was seemingly the result of a defensive mistake which led to a Czech offensive possession with Russian defensemen out of position. For the remainder of the period the Russians held almost complete possession of the puck, and veteran Sergei Fedorov hit the post after an odd man rush. Very late in the period the Russians put the puck in the net on a power play, but it was determined to be after the clock had run out and was ruled as no goal. There was some brief confusion however, as the buzzer sounds after the clock on the scoreboard runs out.
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