The Americans defeated the Finnish team in the semifinals, the Swedes defeated the Czech team.
TASS, January 5. Team USA defeated Team Finland 3:2 in the semifinal match of the 2019 World Junior Hockey Championship. The competition takes place in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The winners included Jimmy Snuggerud (33rd minute), Will Smith (37) and Cutter Gauthier (57). Tommi Männistö (2) and Rasmus Kumpulainen (13) scored for the losers. In the final, the US team will play against the Swedish team, which defeated the Czechs in the semifinals (5:2). The gold medal match will take place on January 5th. The losers in the semi-finals will play for the bronze medals of the tournament on the same day.
The Americans and Swedes will play each other in the final for the second time in the history of the tournament. In 2013, in Ufa, the US team defeated its opponent with a score of 3:1. In 2023, the teams met in the match for third place; the Americans won (8:7 after overtime).
The Russian national team is missing the third world championship in a row – the International Hockey Federation has suspended Russian teams from tournaments under its auspices due to the situation in Ukraine.
2024-01-05 08:17:35
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