The World Hockey Championship is here! The Czechs enter the championship in a match with Russia on Friday in Riga, Latvia. Against the choir, he will try to build on the successful general from Saturday’s duel at the Czech Games. In Prague, the charges of coach Filip Pešán won 4: 0, the Russian team defeated the fourth attempt of the season for the first time this season. Friday’s duel starts at 15:15 CEST, live broadcast by ČT sport. You can watch the match in a detailed online report on Sport.cz
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From left: Dominik Kubalík from the Czech Republic, Arťom Zub from Russia (back) and Arťom Švec-Rogovoj from Russia in the opening match of the World Championships in Riga.
Vít Šimánek, ČTK
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The Czechs come to the match with Šimon Hrubec in goal, seven defenders and thirteen attackers. It is a surprise that coach Pešán and his assistants Straka and Špaček decided not to put Lenc, M. Špaček and M. Stránský into attack, which was so successful a week ago at the Czech Hockey Games in Prague.
The Czech hockey players played nine matches in the final preparation for the championship and won in all of them. The Czechs will repay Russia with defeats from the last fights at a large international event. At the World Championships in Bratislava in 2019, he lost the selection of the then coach Miloš Říha to Russia in the basic group 0: 3 and in a duel for bronze 2: 3 after separate raids.
Hockey World Championship 2021
The World Hockey Championship is in progress from May 21 to June 6 in Latvia. All group matches and play off hosts Riga. The Czech national team plays in group A. Zlato from 2019 defends the selection of Finland, the Czechs will try to improve the fourth place.
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From 15:15, a duel between Germany and Italy is also played in Group B.
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