Portugal – India 4:3 (end) | Lebanon – Bermuda 3:2 (end) | USA – Switzerland 6:3 (end)
Cayman Islands – Armenia 3:6 (end) | Canada – Greece 5:0 (end) | Hong Kong – Great Britain 3:0 (end)
France – Haiti 4:1 (end) | Slovakia – Czech Republic 1:0 (3:2 after SO)
final
Hong Kong
3:0 (0:0, 2:0, 1:0)
Great Britain
Friday 09.06.2017, 17:30 • small hall, Pardubice • World Cup (men) • For 13.-14. place
     
    Best player of the game:

    GB: Brian Marchetti
    Hong Kong: Lokki Kwan (18:57:21)
     
    Great achievement for team Hong Kong. They have never won any medal so far and now they have gold. They played very well tonight, especially their goaltender Mattew Lui had a really good game. With two goals in second and one in third period, Hong Kong is the winner!
     
    It's over! Hong Kong is celebrating gold medal of B pool!
     
    Game over.
     
    44:18
    Porubsky's shot from long range goes wide.
     
    44:07
    Good glove save by Lui after Ferrington's shot from the blue line.
     
    43:48
    GB plays with empty net!
     
    42:48
    Penalty for Hong Kong (Lokki Kwan – 2 min., High Sticking + 2 min., High Sticking).
     
    42:21
    First time shot by Hong Kong's defender Derrick Wong followed by great save by Brian Marchetti.
     
    41:20
    Good glove save by Lui after shot by Vojtech Kristof.
     
    40:23
    Shot by Son Pham did not find the target. Marchetti could stay calm.
     
    39:12
    GB is overplaying their opponents, but can't find the back of the net.
     
    38:04
    Shot by Johny Tulip blocked by the Hong Kong's defence.
     
    37:54
    Icing by Hong Kong.
     
    37:06
    Hong Kong at full strength.
     
    36:45
    Mattew Lui covered the shot from the blue line.
     
    35:06
    Penalty for Hong Kong (Colin Wong – 2 min. , Holding an Opponent).
     
    34:54
    Goal for Team Hong Kong!
    Another goal for Hong Kong, now only 10 minutes from historical gold medal from B pool. Brian Marchetti wasn't able to catch shot fired by forward ANDREW GRAHAM. Assisted by Brandon Sullivan.
     
    33:55
    GB is more often on the ball, Hong Kong plays more defensively now.
     
    32:14
    Miracle save made by Mattew Lui. Chrissy Morrison fired from between of the circles, but due to Lui's great save, he couldn't find the back of the net.
     
    31:44
    Icing by Hong Kong.
     
    31:24
    Offside by Hong Kong.
     
    30:19
    Hard shot by Derrick Wong saved by Brian Marchetti.
     
    30:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Third period begins at 18:32.
     
    After two periods, Hong Kong is very close to winning the B pool final. First, they scored a shorthanded goal, then they scored in power play. GB has to recover quickly if they want gold medal.
     
    30:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    28:26
    Both defensives are doing well, either team can't find a room for shot.
     
    26:48
    Scott Ellard fired from the edge of the right circle, Lui made a good save again.
     
    26:09
    Shot by Darren Winia goes wide of the net.
     
    25:35
    Ball is in the netting, bully will be set in the GB's attacking zone.
     
    25:10
    Lui saves shot by Chris Slack with his glove.
     
    22:52
    Goal for Team Hong Kong!
    Hong Kong showed GB, how to play in power play. Sloped shot by COLIN WONG from the blue line ends up in the back of the net. Assisted by Derrick Wong, Justin Ried.
     
    22:23
    Penalty for Great Brion (Cooke – 2 min., Holding an Opponent).
     
    21:57
    GB clears the ball and Hong Kong has to go out of the attacking zone.
     
    21:03
    Icing by Great Briton.
     
    20:12
    Hong Kong at full strength.
     
    19:30
    Shot by Porubsky from the blue line was taped in front of Lui, but went wide.
     
    18:55
    Important save by Mattew Lui! He keeps his clean sheet.
     
    18:12
    Penalty for Hong Kong (Derrick Wong – 2 min., High Sticking).
     
    17:06
    Goal for Team Hong Kong!
    Shorthanded goal by Hong Kong! Great individual work by SON PHAM. He went from his defensive zone, went around two defenders and after that also around the goaltender Marchetti. Then, he had an empty net in front of him. Assisted by Trung Pham, Hung Nguyen.
     
    16:17
    Great save by Lui with his glove of the shot from short range.
     
    15:41
    Penalty for Hong Kong (Monaco – 2 min., Hooking).
     
    15:15
    GB defence blocks Hong Kong's shot from left side.
     
    15:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Next period begins at 18:00.
     
    First period is over, either team did not score a goal. Hong Kong had more from the play, but couldn't score from their chances. Both goaltenders made some good saves.
     
    15:00
    1st period finished.
     
    14:40
    Shot by Der goes wide of the net.
     
    13:55
    Goaltender Lui saves Porubsky's shot with his pad.
     
    13:35
    First power play for Great Briton in this game.
     
    12:59
    Penalty for Hong Kong (Lam – 2 min., Slashing).
     
    12:59
    Ball is out of the play, game is stopped.
     
    11:57
    GB at full strength.
     
    11:35
    Monaco fired from blue line, but ball went wide.
     
    10:35
    Clayton Chia's sloped shot misses the target.
     
    09:57
    Penalty for Great Britain (Wilson – 2 min., Slashing).
     
    09:36
    Fans of both team are supporting their team very loudly.
     
    08:02
    Chrissy Morrison had the ball in the attacking zone, but didn't have any support and lose it.
     
    07:01
    Derrick Wong fired from the half line, Marchetti made an easy save.
     
    06:23
    Brian Marchetti saves the shot by Sean Lam.
     
    06:02
    Hongkong goaltender Mattew Lui has the ball under his glove and stops the game.
     
    05:18
    Hard shot by Lokki Kwan ends up in the netting.
     
    04:26
    Shot by Vojtech Kristof from left side was blocked.
     
    03:58
    Team Hong Kong is better side in this match so far.
     
    02:58
    Clayton Chia finished two on one situation with shot from left circle, but couldn't find the target.
     
    02:01
    Justin Ried sands the ball in front of the net, but nobody was there.
     
    01:08
    Marchetti saves the shot from big angle.
     
    00:44
    Icing by Hong Kong.
     
    00:22
    Justin Reid fired from left circle, but missed the target.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Player are ready, match will start soon.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Hong Kong: Lui (Bahn) – Dang, Jackson, Monaco, Nguyen, Pham, Winia, Colin Wong, Darren Wong – Der, Graham, Chang, Chia, Chung, Kwan, Lam, Lee, Pham, Pon, Reid, Sullivan, Yueh

    Great Britain: Marchetti (Pearce) – Adamec, Cooke, Gaunt, Graham, Hirst, Johnson, Tulip, Wilson, Wright – Brown, Bull, Cole, Ellard, Ferrington, Hagg, Kristof, Morrison, Mort, Porubsky, Slack

    Referees: Koskuba, Sulo.
     
    Great Britain
    Team Great Britain was in B1 group on the second postion, but after B3 group it was the last team. On Thursday the GB beat Team Armenia 4-2.

    Games in Pardubice
    Velká Británie
    01.06.2017 France x Great Britain 4:3 (B1)
    02.06.2017 Great Britain x Lebanon 2:1 (B1)
    04.06.2017 Great Britain x Bermudes 5:3 (B1)
    05.06.2017 Haiti x Great Britain 4:1 (B3)
    06.06.2017 Cayman Islands x Great Britain 4:2 (B3)
    09.06.2017 Great Britain x Armenia 4:2 (semifinal B)
     
    Hong Kong
    Team Hong Kong placed on 4th position in group B2, but after two games in group B4 it achieved second place. In semifinal of B-pool Hong Kong beat Cayman Islands 3-2.

    Games in Pardubice
    01.06.2017 Armenia x Hong Kong 4:3SO (B2)
    03.06.2017 Hong Kong x Cayman Islands 3:4SO (B2)
    04.06.2017 Haiti x Hong Kong 6:2 (B2)
    05.06.2017 Bermuda x Hong Kong 0:3 (B4)
    06.06.2017 Hong Kong x Lebanon 5:0 (B4)
    09.06.2017 Cayman Islands x Hong Kong 2:3 (semifinal B)
     
    Welcome from Pardubice! Today is the 8th Day of the Ball Hockey World Championship, so the program is very busy. In final of B-pool will play Team Hong Kong against Team Great Britain.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.
    Commentary by

    Petr Sumbal

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 18. Pham (Phan, Nguyen), 23. Colin Wong (Derrick Wong, Ried), 35. Graham (Sullivan)

    Hong Kong: Lui (Bahn) – Dang, Jackson, Monaco, Nguyen, Pham, Winia, Colin Wong, Darren Wong – Der, Graham, Chang, Chia, Chung, Kwan, Lam, Lee, Pham, Pon, Reid, Sullivan, Yueh
    Great Britain: Marchetti (Pearce) – Adamec, Cooke, Gaunt, Graham, Hirst, Johnson, Tulip, Wilson, Wright – Brown, Bull, Cole, Ellard, Ferrington, Hagg, Kristof, Morrison, Mort, Porubsky, Slack
    Referees: Koskuba, Sulo