2012 IIHF World Championship
2012 IIHF World Championship official logo
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host countries |
 Finland Sweden
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| Dates | 4–20 May |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions 
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 Russia (4th title)
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Runner-up 
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 Slovakia
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Third place 
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 Czech Republic
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| Fourth place |
Finland
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 64 |
| Goals scored | 376 (5.88 per match) |
| Attendance | 451,054 (7,048 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |
Evgeni Malkin (19 points) |
| MVP |
Evgeni Malkin
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The 2012 IIHF World Championship was the 76th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 4–20 May 2012 in Finland and Sweden. This tournament determined the countries’ seeding for the men’s Olympic Ice Hockey tournament in Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and for all countries participating in the qualification program leading up to the Olympics.
Russia won the tournament by defeating Slovakia 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 Soviet Union in the 1989 World Championships. The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal by defeating co-host Finland 3–2 in the bronze medal game. The tournament's top scorer, Russia's Evgeni Malkin, was named the most valuable player of the tournament.
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 The Hungarian and Czech bids were withdrawn before the vote, which was then contested by Finland and Sweden.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.
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