Sweden2 – Finland 2:1 (after OT) | Switzerland – Russia 4:2 (end) | Germany2 – Czech Republic 2:1 (end)
final/OT
Sweden2
2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 0:1 - 1:0)
Finland
Wednesday 04.01.2012, 15:00 • U18 Women’s World Championship
     
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    Finland dominated only in the third period of this game and that was not enough. Swedish girls seem to have more strenghts in overtime their win is well-deserved.
     
    Best players of the game: Johanna Koivisto (FIN) - Sara Besseling (SWE).
     
    67:27
    Match finish.
     
    67:27
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    Sweden advances to semifinal thanks to shot taken by MATILDAH ANDERSSON from the right circle.Assisted by Linnea Hedin, Linn Peterson.
     
    65:00
    Kjellbin missed the net only by inches.
     
    64:25
    Sweden is more active in overtime. Finnish girls have hardly crossed the red line in last minutes.
     
    62:19
    Both teams are playing very carefuly. We don't see many shots.
     
    60:38
    Tulus had a good chance standing near the right post.
     
    60:27
    Sweden in full strength.
     
    60:37
    Finland is still playing power-play.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Shots on target in the third period: Sweden 7 - Finland 10.
     
    We are going to see overtime.
     
    60:00
    Third period finished.
     
    59:22
    Kiloponen hit Besselings left pad.
     
    58:27
    Hedin (SWE) gets minor penalty for hooking.
     
    57:30
    Johansson's shot stopped by Portnoj's hand.
     
    55:52
    Suokko was standing alone in front of Swedish goalie but the puck did not reach her.
     
    54:04
    Swedish girls occupy their offensive zone. But they are being pushed to the corners.
    Commentary by

    Michal Slavík

    CZ@slavikmichal

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 22. Peterson (Lindberg), 68. Andersson (Hedin, Peterson) - 44. Nuutinen (Rantanen)

    Sweden2: Besseling (Hjorth) - Kjellbin, Hedin, Lillback, Backlin, Ekstrom, Fridh, Markstrom, Alasalmi - Andersson, Lowenhielm, Carlsson - Peterson, Lindberg, Yucel - Johansson, Lennartsson, Kuller - Eidenstein, Palm, Wong
    Finland: Portnoj (Ranne) - Koivisto, Kilponen, Valkjärvi, Vitasuo, Lindholm, Meriläinen, Tuovinen, Uppgard – Kotkaslahti, Ollikainen, Rantanen – Tulus, Nuutinen, Suokko – Alanko, Tanskanen, Valkama - Ritari, Vainionpää, Maamäki
    Referees: Allen (USA) - Connolly (USA), Fuchsel (DEN)