Sweden wins World Ice Hockey Championships
{{date|May 22, 2006}}

The [[Sweden|Swedish]] {{w|Swedish national men's ice hockey team|national ice hockey team}} won the {{w|2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2006 Ice Hockey World Championships}} Monday in {{w|Riga}}, [[Latvia]], defeating the {{w|Czech national ice hockey team|Czech Republic}} by a score of 4-0 to become the first country to win both the {{w|Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics}} and the Ice Hockey World Championships in the same year.

{{w|Jesper Mattsson}} (14:36), {{w|Fredrik Emvall}} (15:13), {{w|Niklas Kronwall}} (24:07), and {{w|Jorgen Jonsson}} (37:01) contributed the four goals that led to the Swedish team's win.  Coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson was reported as stating that "It's fun to be part of hockey history. It's been great working with these guys and my staff. I think we played more or less a perfect game today."

Kronwall, a {{w|Detroit Red Wings}} {{w|Defenceman (ice hockey)|defenseman}}, was named the MVP of the tournament.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/22/content_4581729.htm
|title=Sweden crowned world ice hockey champions
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|pub=Xinhua
|date=May 21, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/ice_hockey/5003208.stm
|title=Sweden seal historic world title
|author=[[BBC Sport]]
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=May 21, 2006}}

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[[Category:Sweden]]
[[Category:Czech Republic]]
[[Category:Latvia]]
[[Category:Europe]]
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[[Category:Ice hockey]]
The Swedish national ice hockey team won the 2006 Ice Hockey World Championships Monday in Czech national ice hockey team|Czech Republic by a score of 4-0 to become the first country to win both the Winter Olympics and the Ice Hockey World Championships in the same year.

Fredrik Emvall (15:13), Jorgen Jonsson (37:01) contributed the four goals that led to the Swedish team's win.  Coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson was reported as stating that "It's fun to be part of hockey history. It's been great working with these guys and my staff. I think we played more or less a perfect game today."

Kronwall, a Defenceman (ice hockey)|defenseman, was named the MVP of the tournament.
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