page_title: 2011 IIHF World Championship
section_title: Gold medal game
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 IIHF World Championship / Summary / Playoff round / Gold medal game
caption_attribution_description: English: Captain Mikko Koivu holds the trophy as the Finnish team, winners of the 2011 Ice Hockey World Championships, arrive at Market Square in Helsinki to greet about 100,000 fans.
context_page_description: The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international men's ice hockey tournament. It took place between 29 April and 15 May 2011 in Slovakia. The games were played in the Orange Arena in Bratislava, and the Steel Aréna in Košice. The Czech team was the defending champion.
  This was the first time the independent Slovakia hosted the World Championships. However, this was the third time that Bratislava co-hosted the World Championships. The first two times were 1959 and 1992, each time with Prague, and while part of Czechoslovakia.
  Finland won the gold medal after beating Sweden in the final 6–1. This was the second title for Finland.
context_section_description: The gold medal game was played between Sweden and Finland at the Orange Arena on 15 May.
  After a goal-less first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by Magnus Pääjärvi in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end, Finland's Jarkko Immonen scored to tie the game 1–1. Finland took the lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by Nokelainen and Kapanen. Sweden took a time-out before the last period's half but did not manage to regroup, and the tournament was decided by a clear 6–1 victory to Finland by Janne Pesonen's, Mika Pyörälä's and Pihlström goals.
caption: Captain Mikko Koivu holds the trophy as the Finnish team arrives at Market Square in Helsinki to celebrate the title with about 100,000 fans.
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