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Date | 15 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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Arena | Orange Arena | |||||||||||||||
City | Bratislava | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 9,166 | |||||||||||||||
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The 2011 IIHF World Championship final was played at the Orange Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia on 15 May between Sweden and Finland.[1] Finland won the match 6–1 and became world champions for the first time since the 1995 tournament, and for the second time in history. This match was Finland's first final since 2007 and Sweden's first final since 2006.