Sweden2 – Russia 2:0 (end) | Czech Republic – Finland 2:6 (end) | Switzerland – Germany2 2:6 (end)
USA – Canada2 5:3 (end)
final
Switzerland
2:6 (0:4, 0:1, 2:1)
Germany2
Tuesday 17.04.2012, 20:00 • Znojmo Arena • U18 World Championship
     
    Team Germany deserved to win tonight. 6-2 win over Team Switzerland is fair and thanks to it Germans advance to quater-finals. (22:03:37)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:24
    Icing Team Switzerland.
     
    58:16
    Goal for Team Switzerland! The goal was scored after the end of powerplay by DARIO SIMION. Unfortunately, Swiss players started scoring to late to get some points from this game. Assisted by Alessandro Lanzarotti and Xeno Busser.
     
    57:20
    Kreis´ shot from the blue line was blocked...
     
    57:09
    Team Switzerland with no shot on goal so far.
     
    56:23
    Bender gets two minutes penalty for tripping. A chance for Swiss skaters to score again.
     
    55:01
    A big turnover is possibly being started by Team Switzerland!
     
    53:22
    Goal for Team Switzerland! Goal scored by FABRICE HERZOG. It´s 6-1. Assisted by Lukas Balmelli
     
    50:29
    Goal for Team Germany!
    Goal was scored by TIM BENDER. Assisted by Marcel Kurth and Lennard Palausch.
     
    50:09
    Penalty for Julian Schmutz (2+10)
     
    48:00
    5 on 3 advantage and we´ve seen no direct shot on German net. I wonder why...
     
    47:32
    Raphael Kaeffer two minutes for high sticking.
     
    46:25
    Denis Shevyrin gets minor penalty for charging.
     
    46:25
    A wraparound by Sandro Zangger ended up in Klein´s glove. Team Switzerland with no goal so far.
     
    45:01
    Frederik Tiffeles on a breakaway wanted to put the puck between Schlegel´s pads but Swiss goalie made a good save.
     
    43:13
    Swiss skaters are now more active on the ice even though it´s 0-5.
     
    42:02
    Ramon Diem´s breakaway was only stopped by great pad-save from Klein.
     
    41:20
    Home team team at full strength.
     
    41:00
    Tim Bender´s shot from the blue line was blocked by one of the Team Germany´s defensmen.
     
    40:40
    Team Germany continues their powerplay.
     
    40:01
    Third period began.
     
    We watched very interesting game in the second period. Both teams were equal but Team Germany managed to score the fifth goal....
     
    40:00
    Second period finished.
     
    39:20
    Thomas Studer gets two minutes for holding the opponent.
     
    38:23
    Goal for Team Germany!
    SVEN ZIEGLER scores the fifth goal for TEAM GERMANY after hole in the Swiss defense. Assisted by Leon Draisaitl.
     
    38:02
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    37:00
    Team Switzerland harmless in their powerplay.
     
    36:03
    Ziegler gets two-minutes penalty for high sticking.
     
    36:02
    A nice combination by Team Switzerland by Nico Dunner.
     
    35:45
    Marcel Kurth with a breakway shot to the pad of Schlegel who made a good save.
     
    34:20
    A solo breakaway by Nicola Brandi unsucessful.
     
    33:30
    Game is situated in the neutral zone again.
     
    32:06
    Lanzarotti´s shot from the blue line was caught easily by Klein.
     
    30:30
    Thomas Schmid gets minor penalty for high-sticking.
     
    31:22
    Nico Dunner shot from slot but missed the net.
     
    29:01
    Game now takes place mainly in the neutral zone.
     
    27:44
    Zangger in semi-breakaway didn´t succeed in passing the pack to Diem in good chance.
     
    26:09
    Home team timeout.
     
    25:24
    Small fight in front of Team Germany´s net .
     
    25:06
    Home team team at full strength.
     
    25:44
    Lanzarotti´s slap shot from the blue line was not strong enough to get through the goalie.
     
    25:01
    Shot from the left wing made by Studer.
     
    23:06
    Benjamin Zjentek gets minor penalty tripping.
     
    21:20
    Team Germany still with pressure on Schlegel´s net.
     
    20:01
    Second period began.
     
    Team Switzerland was better during the first minutes but they didn´t convert their pressure into tonigt´s leading goal. So Team Germany took breath and scored four goals after quick surprising moments.
     
    20:00
    First period finished.
     
    18:37
    Nyffeler was substituted by Schlegel.
     
    18:37
    Goal for Team Germany!
    BENJAMIN ZIENTEK took the 4-0 lead for team Germany after well-aimed shot from the blue line. Assisted by Eric Stephan.
     
    17:56
    Goal for Team Germany!
    Antoher one for LEON DRAISAITL whose one-timer was impossible to catch. Assisted by Dominik Kohun.
     
    16:25
    Two minutes for holding the opponent for Sartori.
     
    16:00
    Glove save made by Klein on Zangger´s shot.
     
    15:47
    Team Germany icing.
     
    14:21
    Goal for Team Germany!
    And German players have just taken two goal lead when LEON DRAISAITL could capitalize on solo breakaway. Assisted by Markus Eisenschmid.
     
    13:20
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    11:20
    Schwarz gets minor penalty for tripping.
     
    10:52
    Goal for Team Germany!
    The score was opened by MARKUS EISENSCHMID after shot from the right wing. Assisted by Domink Kahun.
     
    09:12
    The hockey is not much attractive in the moment at Znojmo Arena.
     
    08:26
    Icing Team Switzerland.
     
    06:24
    Team Switzerland is active at the moment. Tomas Studer´s shot from the left wing went wide...
     
    05:11
    Nyfeller made several good saves , the most serios one against Tiffels´ shot from the blue line.
     
    03:54
    Team Germany has a solid defense. We don´t expect many goals in this game...
     
    02:01
    Shot right after the face-off from Herzog saved by Klein.
     
    01:11
    Team Germany more active at the start of this game.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Switzerland: Nyffeler (Schlegel) – Rouiller, Kreis (C), Baltisberger, Sartori, Lanzarotti, Busser, Zuber – Balmelli, Simion, Herzog – Studer, Sieber, Dunner – Brandi, Zangger, Diem – Schmutz F., Schmutz J., Kummer – Herzog.

    Germany: Klein (Cupper) – Quinlan, Schmid, Koberger, Schwarz, Bender, Moser, Tiffels, Stephan – Herpich (C), Ziegler, Kaefer – Zientek, Shevyrin, Klopper – Kurth, Palausch, Tiffels – Kahun, Draisaitl, Eisenschmid.

    Referees: Dumas (USA), Gofman (RUS) – Lederer (CZE), Vikman (FIN).
     
    Welcome. Match will begin in 20:00.
    Commentary by

    Valerián Lukačko

    CZ@vlukacko

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 54. Herzog (Balmelli), 59. Simion (Lanzarotti, Busser) - 11. Einschmid (Kahun), 15. Draisaitl (Eisenschmid), 18. Draisaitl (Kohun), 19. Zientek (Stephan), 39. Ziegler (Draisaitl), 51. Bender (Kurth, Palausch)

    Switzerland: Nyffeler (19. Schlegel) – Rouiller, Kreis (C), Baltisberger, Sartori, Lanzarotti, Busser, Zuber – Balmelli, Simion, Herzog – Studer, Sieber, Dunner – Brandi, Zangger, Diem – Schmutz F., Schmutz J., Kummer – Herzog.
    Germany2: Klein (Cupper) – Quinlan, Schmid, Koberger, Schwarz, Bender, Moser, Tiffels, Stephan – Herpich (C), Ziegler, Kaefer – Zientek, Shevyrin, Klopper – Kurth, Palausch, Tiffels – Kahun, Draisaitl, Eisenschmid.
    Referees: Dumas (USA), Gofman (RUS) – Lederer (CZE), Vikman (FIN)