2012 IIHF World Championship
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The 2012 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, featuring top national teams competing for the world title.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2012 IIHF World Championship canonical | 2 |
| IIHF World Championship 2012 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5358399 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2012 IIHF World Championship Context triple: [2011 IIHF World Championship, nextEdition, 2012 IIHF World Championship]
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A.
2011 IIHF World Championship
The 2011 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation and held in Slovakia.
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B.
2013 IIHF World Championship
The 2013 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, featuring top national teams competing for the world title.
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C.
2010 IIHF World Championship
The 2010 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, serving as the sport’s top annual world championship event for that year.
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D.
2023 IIHF World Championship
The 2023 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, featuring top national teams competing for the world title.
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E.
2018 IIHF World Championship
The 2018 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, featuring top national teams competing for the world title.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2012 IIHF World Championship Target entity description: The 2012 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, featuring top national teams competing for the world title.
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A.
2011 IIHF World Championship
The 2011 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation and held in Slovakia.
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B.
2013 IIHF World Championship
The 2013 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, featuring top national teams competing for the world title.
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C.
2010 IIHF World Championship
The 2010 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, serving as the sport’s top annual world championship event for that year.
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D.
2023 IIHF World Championship
The 2023 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, featuring top national teams competing for the world title.
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E.
2018 IIHF World Championship
The 2018 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, featuring top national teams competing for the world title.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | IIHF World Championship ⓘ |
| bronzeMedalist | Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
2012 in ice hockey
ⓘ
IIHF World Championship tournaments NERFINISHED ⓘ International ice hockey competitions hosted by Finland ⓘ International ice hockey competitions hosted by Sweden ⓘ |
| coHost |
Finland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| editionNumber | 76 ⓘ |
| endDate | 2012-05-20 ⓘ |
| finalMatchup | Russia vs Slovakia ⓘ |
| finalScore | 6–2 ⓘ |
| fourthPlace | Finland men's national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goldMedalist | Russia men's national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | International Ice Hockey Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| groupStageFormat | two preliminary groups ⓘ |
| hasGender | men's tournament ⓘ |
| hostCity |
Helsinki
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stockholm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCountry |
Finland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knockoutStage | quarterfinals, semifinals, bronze medal game, final ⓘ |
| level | senior national teams ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Evgeni Malkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextEdition | 2013 IIHF World Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfHostCities | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 16 ⓘ |
| numberOfVenues | 2 ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| officialPuckSupplier | Tissot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialTimekeeper | Tissot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer | International Ice Hockey Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 2011 IIHF World Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to determine the men's ice hockey world champion for 2012 ⓘ |
| relegationFormat | bottom team of each group relegated ⓘ |
| silverMedalist | Slovakia men's national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| startDate | 2012-05-04 ⓘ |
| topScorer | Evgeni Malkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topScorerGoals | 11 ⓘ |
| topScorerPoints | 19 ⓘ |
| venue |
Globen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hartwall Areena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winner | Russia men's national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2012 IIHF World Championship Description of subject: The 2012 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, featuring top national teams competing for the world title.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IIHF World Championship 2012