The Czech national team defeated the Finnish national team in the third place match at the World Junior Championship held in Sweden. The meeting ended with a score of 8:5.
Rasmus Kumpulainen, Jani Nyman, Konsta Helenius and Lenny Hämeenaho (twice) scored for the Finnish team. Winners included Jiri Kulich (twice), Jakub Štanzl, Ondřej Becher (three times), Tomas Gamara and Dominik Rymon.
The Czechs scored four goals (two into an empty goal) in the 59th minute and managed to do it in 50 seconds. Hockey players of the Czech national team won bronze medals at the World Junior Championship for the second time in their history.
The final match between Sweden and the USA will be played on January 5.
In the spring of 2022, the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) decided to prevent Russian hockey players from participating in international tournaments, even with neutral status, and the organization also stripped Russia of the right to host the youth world championship at home in 2023. .
In March 2023, the IIHF extended the suspension for the 2023/24 season. Tardif also said that the organizational council will return to the issue of accepting the Russian and Belarusian national teams in March 2024.
Previously recognizedOn which the return of the Russian to IIHF tournaments depends.