Team Canada wins the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship. Canadians defeated Germany 5-2 in the battle for gold.. During the decisive match, the Germans were twice in the lead, but the Maple Leaf team bounced back each time. Opponents scored a puck in the first and second periods. But in the final 20-minutes, the Canadians tipped the scales in their favor, throwing three goals at once against Germany. By the way, it was the Germans who made the main sensation of the 2023 Ice Hockey World Cup by reaching the final. In the semi-finals, the Germans made a comeback and defeated the Americans in overtime - 3:4. Latvia won the historical " In the match for third place, the Latvians beat the US team in overtime with a score of 3:4. Thus, for the first time in history, the Latvian national team won the medals of the Ice Hockey World Championship.. Ice Hockey World Championship 2023 in the elite division was held in Finnish Tampere and Latvian Riga.

The tournament was supposed to be hosted by Russia, but due to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the national teams of the Russian Federation and Belarus were suspended, and the venue for the planetary championship was changed. Recall that the national team of Ukraine next year for the fifth time in a row will play in the third strongest division of the world hockey championship.. In the 2023 World Cup decider in the IB Division, the Blue-Yellows lost to Japan and finished in second place, failing to get promoted.