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.

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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

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2011 IIHF World Championship nextEdition 2012 IIHF World Championship
2013 IIHF World Championship previousEdition 2012 IIHF World Championship
Pavel Datsyuk worldChampionshipTitle 2012 IIHF World Championship
this entity surface form: IIHF World Championship 2012