Sweden lifted their ninth world ice hockey title on Sunday after beating Switzerland 5-1 at home.

Switzerland collected their first medal at the world championships after 60 years.

It was Switzerland that opened the scoring at 4:45 as guard Roman Josi sent the puck in with a close-range backhand shot.

Philadelphia Flyers blueliner Erik Gustafsson pulled Sweden level four minutes later sending home a rebound after Fredrik Pettersson's powerful slap shot.

Vancouver Canucks center Henrik Sedin lifted Sweden 2-1 up at 11:38 with a powerplay goal sending the puck into unguarded net on his twin brother Daniel's feeding pass.

Simon Hjalmarsson scored Sweden's third goal 7:13 into the third period sweeping home a rebound after a mixup in the Swiss defence.

Dallas Stars left wing Loui Eriksson made it 4-1 at 55:37, while Henrik Sedin rounded off the scoring with his shorthanded empty net goal with 3:24 to go.