The US national hockey team won the World Junior Championship by beating Sweden in the final match.
The match, which took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, ended with a score of 6:2.
Gabe Perrault, Ziv Buyum, Ryan Leonard, Rutger McGroarty and Isaac Howard, who scored a double, sealed the victory with accurate shots. Otto Stenberg and Yonatan Lekkerimäki scored for Sweden.
The USA has won the junior world championship six times. According to this indicator, they are behind Canada (20) and USSR/Russia (16). The Swedes went on to become world champions twice.
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.
Czech Republic previously scored four goals in 50 seconds and won He won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships.