Hockey World Championship 2025: What does progressive mathematics look like at the end of the regular season?
BRATISLAVA. Surprisingly falling out of the French from the elite category, the goal of the Norwegian rescue or the end of the Slovaks in front of the quarter -finals.
These facts are known before the final playing day of the basic groups, but at MS in hockey 2025 There are still a few question marks.
Who fills the two remaining places in the quarterfinals, which teams will advance from the first places and you will need to adjust the tournament format before the playoffs?
Last year in the last duo failed
Tuesday’s program in Stockholm will open a direct fight for a quarterfinal seat. The advantage is Latvians, who need to get a point against the Austrians.
While players from the Baltic country experienced sensational bronze celebrations two years ago, only seven Austria representatives were in the world when the national team last penetrated among the best eight MS.
At the 1994 championship, our western neighbors in the United Kingdom group defeated 10: 0, but then succumbed to the same score in the quarterfinals by the Finnish.
Already last year in Prague, they had a great chance to advance from the group, but paradoxically in the final duo succumbed to the British, giving the procedure to the Finnish.
In the Avica Arena, they perform nice performances, managed two raid lotteries and the Swedish world champion as player and coach Bengt-AKE Gustafsson said that what the Austrians are doing is really great.
« We had three goals before the World Championship. First, we wanted to stay in the elite category. Second, we wanted to win three matches, which we succeeded.
And thirdly, we want to win the fourth match and advance to the quarterfinals. It will be difficult, but we are in a position to achieve it, « said team’s star Peter Schneider.
A long 21-year-old wait
On the last day of the basic groups, the Slovaks are waiting for an honor. They will start against the country they last climbed to the World Championship in the Czech Republic. However, it was not last year, even in 2015, but only 21 years ago in Ostrava.
In the 5: 2 win, Marián Gáborík with Miroslav Šatan was scored by two goals and the current coach Vladimír Országh also started the third attack.
Video: Shots from the match Slovakia – Finland from 7:02 min
The Finns will have a heavy but winning match with Canada.
Thanks to the 2: 1 triumph after the raids They still have a chance to second in the group. Slovaks must overcome after 60 minutes and Canada must not score against the Swedes.
It is the domestic national team that has not been the only one to lose a point in the tournament, but it still has no lead in the A-group. In addition, he needs to get at least a point in the evening hitch against maple leaves.
The Canadians are thus in an interesting situation, as they can advance to the quarterfinals as the winner of the group, from the second and third place. Despite the unexpected hesitation against Finland, they have it in their hands.
The Slovaks have already lost their chance to advance and, given the development of the group in Herning, they can occupy 9 to 11th place at the World Championship. Out of the Top 10, they finished last in 2017, when several players boycotted participation in the championship.
Czechs do not solve the calculations
Even more entangled is the situation in the B-group, where three teams have a chance to first place and is also not a well-known descending team from the elite category.
This will be decided in the first duels in Jyske Bank Boxen, where the Kazakhs will start against the Swiss. Helvéti are in the position of a clear favorite and will very much keep their fingers crossed for Hungarians, Although they got ten goals from them.
If the Kazakhs want to save, they must score. On the contrary, if the Swiss want to think of victory in the group, they have to win – preferably for three points.
The result of this match will also be interested in Czechs, who are in a similar situation to Canada. Everything is in their hands, but they can still end up the third.
If the Swiss scores the expected three points against Kazakh, the Czechs will need to win over the US to win the group, even after overtime. On the contrary, the loss after 60 minutes would move them to the 3rd place.
The team led by Radim Rulík could significantly complicate the way to defend the title or win the valuable metal. In the quarterfinals he would be threatened with the biggest favorites of the tournament – Canadians, respectively the Swedes.
« We are not really interested in these calculations, not a word about it.
We do not underestimate anyone, but we also do not make anyone the gods. We will only focus on our game, « said the leader of the Czech team David Pastrňák.
Danes can’t play with the Swedes
He will definitely decide on whom the Czechs and other teams will start in the evening. There is still one unoccupied place in the quarterfinals in Herning, which the Danes and the Germans are fighting for in the duo.
Both teams have nine points in the table, so the winner takes everything. If the Germans succeed, they will come against the winner of the group A. However, if the Danes win, there may be a situation that occurs only exceptionally.
Both host countries have the right to play quarterfinals on home ice, so Denmark will certainly not meet Sweden, even if the « three crowns » have dominated their group and the Danes would end up in the B « .
In this case, the quarterfinal format would have to be changed. Fights first with the fourth and the second with the third would stay, but not « to the cross », but within groups.
« I didn’t have any idea about anything like this. I hear it for the first time. It’s exciting and if it happens, the whole system will change. It would be a big change for the tournament, » said striker Alexander Wennberg for the Swedish media.
The quarterfinals are on the program on Thursday in both countries, but since the semifinals the tournament has been moving to Stockholm, where it will culminate on Sunday 25 May.
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