Sweden will meet Russia in tomorrow’s gold medal contest after they overcame Finland 6-4 in a closely-fought last four encounter.

The Russians, the dominant nation in the sport in recent years, will have the opportunity to secure a fifth consecutive title.

They won the tournament in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and have a total of 10 World Championship crowns.

Sweden have 11 gold medals to their name, with their last victory coming at the 2012 edition of the competition in Almaty in Kazakhstan.

The host nation dominated their clash with their Scandinavian rivals from start to finish as they found the net with ease.

Johan Löfstedt and Christoffer Edlund both scored four goals, while Adam Gilljam, Daniel Andersson and Erik Pettersson each bagged braces.

Daniel Mossberg, Patrik Nilsson and Daniel Berlin also got on the scoresheet as Sweden comfortably progressed to the final.

Russia were involved in a much tougher match-up before they eventually edged Finland by a narrow two-goal margin.

Captain Alan Dzhusoev was the star of the show for the Russians as he scored twice, while Almaz Mirgazov, Artem Bondarenko, Janis Befus and Yury Shardakov also scored.

Mikko Rytkönen, Juho Liukkonen, Pekka Rintala and Mikko Lukkarila were the Finnish scorers.

Finland will play Norway for the bronze medal tomorrow.