 The 2014 was held for the first time in the independent Belarus in spite of concerns of the human rights abuses perpetuated by the authoritarian government . The tournament saw more upsets by the less prominent ice @-@ hockey nations . France has beaten Canada for the second time in the modern history and made it to the quarterfinal . Eventual finalists Finland lost to Latvia and made it to the quarterfinals only due to a shootout win over Switzerland . The tournament was won by Russia , Finland won silver and Sweden won bronze defeating the Czech republic . 
