The Czech hockey team triumphs in the world championship

The host of the tournament, the Czech Republic, beat Switzerland 2:0 (0:0, 0:0, 2:0) in the final.

In the second third, both teams had the opportunity to play in the majority, but neither the Swiss nor the Czech hockey players managed to use the advantage.

Play was briefly halted in the third period after one of the court’s protective glasses cracked and had to be replaced following a power play against Switzerland’s Andrea Glauser.

Less than 11 minutes before the end of regular time, David Pastrňaks put the Czechs in the lead, who delivered the puck into the Swiss goal with a strong shot.

In the last two minutes of regular time, Switzerland changed the goalkeeper for a sixth player. The Swiss attacks were not successful and David Kempf doubled the Czech lead by sending the puck into an empty net.

The Czechs were third in Group A, beating the USA 1-0 in the quarter-finals after Pavel Zaha’s goal, and beating Sweden 7-3 in the semi-finals.

Switzerland suffered its only loss in Group A in the match against Canada, finishing in second place, in the quarter-finals it defeated Germany 3-1, with two goals scored by Christoph Berchi, and in the semi-finals it beat the former champion Canada 3-2 in the penalty shootout.

It has already been reported that Sweden defeated Canada 4:2 in the bronze medal match.

The 16 teams were divided into two groups of eight teams each, with each team playing seven games. The top four teams in each group will continue their medal fight in the quarter-finals, but the weaker teams in both groups left the stronger division and will be replaced by Hungary and Slovenia in the top 16 next year.

Last year, the Canadians triumphed in the world championships, beating Germany in the decisive match, while Latvia won the bronze medals, defeating the USA national team in overtime.

The World Championship will take place in the Czech cities of Prague and Ostrava until May 26.