TAMMERFORS. The last team match opens to wild speculation.
In the event of a tie at the end, Finland can take out the goalkeeper to score or concede a goal.
At the same time, the Czech Republic may want to avoid putting the disc in an empty box.
With three points, Finland won the group and will face Slovakia in the quarter-finals.
By two or one point, Finland finished second in the group after Sweden and had to face Canada, something Finland might want to avoid.
Then it might be better to get zero points and finish third to face Germany in the quarter-finals, and it looks like Finland is still in Tampere rather than moving to Helsinki.
Anything but two or one point could be useful for Finland in the last match.
There can be, to say the least, weird scenes on the ice at the end if the team tries to control the outcome.
sexy pose
The only clear quarter-finalists are Switzerland and the United States. Germany comes in second as well, and it would also be a miracle in Canada – France if Canada didn’t take third and Slovakia in fourth.
three crowns He could finish first or second in the group and could face Slovakia or Canada in the quarter-finals.
At the very least, an interesting situation that we Swedes can only follow from the side tonight. With the team’s efforts so far and the victory over Latvia today, we know we will be staying here in Tampere in the quarter-finals. No matter who we meet, these qualifiers are all about winning no matter who we meet, says Anders Larsson, president of the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation.
The match observer in Finland – Czech Republic is Luc Hardif, President of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF, and he has the task of observing so that there is no second leg match.
The four quarter-final matches will be played on Thursday.