The reigning champion played a magical final and defeated Sweden in front of a full house; with 13 267 spectators cheering at the Hartwall Arena. Finland won the final with 6-2 and Blast king series player Rickie Hyvärinen increased their lead to 4-1 only 2 minutes into the third period. Czech Republic and Blast Player Pavel Brus could finally win Switzerland in the match for the 3rd place and took the WFC bronze.
Latvia won the important match for 5th place on over time and the five best teams automatically qualified to the WFC 2012 are: Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Latvia.
Source; IFF´s news letter