2024-05-11 20:27:16
Defending champions Canada played their first match. In the debut match of the tournament in Group A, the Canadians managed to beat Great Britain 4:2 (1:1, 3:0, 0:1).
18-year-old Conor Bedard scored two goals for the Canadians in a 4-minute period.
In the next match of this group, the Danes did not spare the Austrian team and defeated it 5:1 (2:1, 1:0, 2:0).
Joachim Blichfeld scored two goals for the Danes. He scored the point in the match in 58 minutes. The Austrians hit only 17 times, while the Danes had as many as 34.
In group B, the teams of Kazakhstan and France made their first appearance in the championship. The victory was won by the Kazakhs, who beat their opponents 3:1 (2:1, 1:0, 0:0).
Although the French shot 29 times and the Kazakhs only 24, their shots were more accurate.
An extremely tough fight took place between Latvians and Poles, the bronze medalists of the previous championship.
Latvians had to chase Poland until the score became 3:3. Richard Bukartis then put Latvia ahead in the 54th minute, but two minutes later Mateuzs Brykas equalized the score at 4:4.
Therefore, the teams had to play overtime and it was already 63 minutes. Latvian Kasparas Daugavinis scored the winning goal. Latvia won 5:4 (0:1, 1:1, 3:2, 1:0) and recorded the first two points.
The organizers of the competition announced that on the first day of the competition, as many as 52 thousand people visited the matches held in Ostrava and Prague. fans.
Most of them were in the duel between Finland and the host Czechs – as many as 17,413 thousand. spectators, although the Prague Arena has 17,383 thousand. places
The second place in terms of attendance was the match between the Norwegians and the Swiss – the match was watched by 16,618 thousand. fans.
2024-05-11 20:27:16