Russia – Finland 3:1 (end) | Switzerland – Canada2 0:6 (end) | Slovakia2 – USA 5:5 (end)
Czech Republic – Sweden2 3:5 (end)
final
Czech Republic
3:5 (3:2, 1:0, 2:0)
Sweden2
Wednesday 10.08.2011, 19:00 • AlcaPlast Arena, Břeclav • Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Pre-game odds
     
    Welcome. The match will begin at 19:00 CET.
     
    A moment of silence before the game for Oldřich Machač.
     
    00:01
    Match started.
     
    01:18
    Goal for Team Sweden!
    ERIK KARLSSON opens the scoring with a high wrist shot that beats Polivka.
     
    04:52
    Czech Dominik Simon takes the game's first penalty. Sweden is on the power play.
     
    07:14
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!
    EUVSTATHIO SOUMELIDIS ties the score.
     
    05:59
    Sweden's Kalin gets a minor for high sticking. It's now 4 on 4 for :53
     
    15:52
    Goal for Team Czech Republic! Scorer is TOMAS FRANEK.
     
    16:03
    Goal for Team Sweden!
    MALTE STROMWALL ties the game just 11 seconds later.
     
    16:32
    Goal for Team Czech Republic! RICHARD ZEHNAL scores the go-ahead goal on a goalmouth scramble.
     
    20:00
    First period finished.
     
    20:01
    Second period began.
     
    20:32
    Sweden's Jesper Pettersson is called for cross-checking Tomas Franek.
     
    23:34
    Power play for Sweden. Petr Sidlik gets called for high sticking.
     
    25:53
    Goal for Team Sweden!
    FILIP FORSBERG scores on the PP to tie the score.
     
    25:53
    The Czechs are making a goaltending change. Patrik Polivka is out and Marek Langhammer is in.
     
    27:55
    Sweden's Erik Karlsson hit the goalpost.
     
    29:34
    Sweden's Philip Sandberg is called for tripping.
     
    31:12
    Richard Zehnal is sprung on a breakaway, but Dansk makes a right pad save.
     
    31:29
    Sweden's Sebastian Collberg gets 2 penalties on 1 play, holding the stick and tripping. It'll be 5-on-3 for :05, then almost 4 mins of 5 on 4.
     
    31:29
    Timeout Sweden.
     
    35:24
    Petr Sidlik gets called for holding, which ends the lengthy Czech PP. 4-on-4 for :03, then Swedes to the PP.
     
    40:00
    Second period finished.
     
    40:01
    Third period began.
     
    41:42
    Sweden's Malte Stromwall gets called for hooking
     
    42:14
    A fight between Czech Dominik Volek and Swede Marcus Fornell. Punches thrown, helmets pop off.
     
    42:14
    fornell gets the extra 2 minutes.
     
    42:16
    2 seconds later, Petr Sidlik gets elbowing, 4-on-3 Sweden.
     
    43:14
    Goal for Team Sweden!
    FILIP FORSBERG scores his 2nd of the game on the PP to give Sweden the lead.
     
    45:50
    Czech Rep goes back to the PP. Sweden's Ludwig Bystrom is called for slashing.
     
    47:30
    A wild scramble in front of the Swedish goal, but the Czechs can't bury it on the PP.
     
    58:08
    And now it's Sweden's turn with the man advantage. Richard Zehnal gets hooking.
     
    48:24
    Goal for Team Sweden!
    ERIK KARLSSON scores an empty-net goal to secure the game for Sweden.
     
    59:45
    Tempers flaring, the Czechs are going to come out of this short handed, and angry fans are littering the ice with debris.
     
    60:00
    End of the game.
     
    Sweden wins Group A with 9 points, followed by Canada 6, Czech Rep 3, Switzerland 0. Group B is Russia 7, Finland 6, USA 3, Slovakia 1.
     
    Players of the Game: For Czech Rep, Tomas Franek. For Sweden, Sebastian Collberg.
     
    Friday's semifinals will be Russia-Canada in Piestany and Sweden-Finland in Breclav. Czech Republic and USA will play for 5th in Breclav, Slovakia and Switzerland for 7th in Piestany. (21:14:29)
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 8. Soumelidis (Nejezchleb), 16. Franek (Machač), 17. Zehnal (Slováček) - 2. Karlsson (Kalin, Pettersson), 17. Stromwall (Sandberg), 26. Forsberg, 44. Forsberg, 49. Karlsson

    Czech Republic: 1 Patrik Polívka (30 Marek Langhammer) - 4 Petr Šidlík, 10 Karel Plášil, 3 Michal Plutnar, 5 Jan Košťálek, 6 Jakub Houfek, 7 Ronald Knot, 8 Adam Hawlik - 20 Eustathio Soumelidis, 23 Richard Zehnal, 14 Martin Matějček, 22 Dominik Simon, 19 Dominik Volek, 16 Richard Nejezchleb, 9 Jan Schleiss, 11 Patrik Machač (C), 24 Jan Hudeček, 15 Ondřej Slováček, 29 Tomáš Franek, 12 Pavel Sedláček, 18 Matěj Zadražil.
    Sweden2: 1 Oscar Dansk (30 Marcus Högberg) - 2 Amil Krupic 3 Ludwig Byström, 4 Calle Andersson, 5 Linus Arnesson, 6 Jesper Pettersson, 7 Anton Cederholm, 8 Wilhelm Westlund - 9 Gustav Rydahl, 12 Filip Forsberg (C), 13 Marcus Fornell, 14 Mattias Kalin, 16 Malte Stromwall, 18 Jacob de la Rose, 19 Lucas Wallmark, 20 Henrik Nyberg, 21 Philip Sandberg, 22 Elias Lindholm, 23 Erik Karlsson, 24 André Burakowsky, 26 Sebastian Collberg.
    Referees: Fraňo, Jeřábek
    Attendance: 1402