Croatia – Latvia 6:3 (end) | Germany2 – Finland 2:5 (end) | Slovenia2 – Australia 8:5 (end)
Sweden2 – Canada2 5:4 (end) | Austria – Hungary 5:6 (end) | Czech Republic – xxx 7:1 (end)
Japan2 – Brazil 4:3 (end) | USA – Slovakia2 6:0 (end)
final
Czech Republic
7:1 (3:0, 3:1, 1:0, 0:0)
xxx
Tuesday 03.06.2014, 18:00 • ČEZ Arena, Pardubice, Czech Republic • IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 18:00.
     
    The Czechs and Great Britain meet to end the preliminary round in a game that will determine the final seeding for the next round. Czech Republic won the opening game against Slovakia, but then lost a close one to the Americans who beat Great Britain 10-3 in the opener. Then, Great Britain also lost to Team Slovakia so it's not a good-looking tournament so far for the newcomer to the elite division.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Czech Republic: Salfický (Brabec) – Strýček, Šebek, Vozdecký, Šimo – Kameš, Zámorský, Hemský, Brož – Šenkeřík, Čáp, Buchtele, Kubica – Cik, Bernard, Hrazdíra, Loskot.

    Great Britain: Tanner (Birch) – Jones, Pearman, Walsh, Lowe – Viney, Archer, Silliote, Hutchinson – Hamer, Shelton, Niamatali, Finney – Clarkson.

    Referees: Morrison (USA), Fridrich (SVK)..
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    00:14
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!
    What a quick start for the Czechs as they open scoring in the first minute of the first period. On the first chance of the game, just fourteen seconds in, MARTIN VOZDECKÝ receives a pass from Šimo and finds the top corner to get his team on the scoreboard. Assisted by Michal Šimo and Patrik Šebek.
     
    01:38
    More shots in the British end, but none of them finds the target.
     
    02:27
    Great Britain able to calm things down a little now.
     
    03:11
    Offside called against the Czechs.
     
    03:34
    Niamatali with a shot headed for the five hole, Salfický makes the save.
     
    03:56
    Salfický facing more and more shots, but nothing he wouldn't handle.
     
    04:50
    Hemský on the puck and he was looking to set up an offensive, but none of his teammates came to help him.
     
    05:57
    Another Czech shot goes wide and goalkeeper Tanner hasn't had as much work as we'd expect after the quick start.
     
    06:29
    Vozdecký with a chance in front after a couple of great moves, but he's denied by Tanner looking for the five-hole.
     
    07:12
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!
    It's two-nothing for the Czechs midway through the first period. Amazing pass by Strýček right on the tape of MICHAL ŠIMO who made a move to make Tanner go down on the ground and then found the back of the wide-open net. Assisted by Pavel Strýček.
     
    08:34
    Again Great Britain is able to calm things down after allowing a goal.
     
    09:37
    A counter-attack by Great Britain halted in the last second by the Czech defense.
     
    09:58
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!
    Another simple Czech attack makes it three-zip for the hosting country. MARTIN VOZDECKÝ was in front at the right time and he jumped on the rebound to beat Tanner for his second goal of the game. Assisted by Pavel Strýček and Patrik Šebek.
     
    11:19
    Czechs have the puck in their own zone.
     
    12:00
    1st period finished.
     
    12:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    12:25
    Hemský tried to get the puck on goal, but he couldn't get his shot to Tanner.
     
    13:52
    Kameš on a quick counter-attack and he fires one off the crossbar.
     
    14:50
    Great Britain looking to get in along the wing, but they can't and now an icing is called.
     
    15:44
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!
    The newest Czech player scores to give his team a huge four-goal lead as the British defense collapses again. PETR ZÁMORSKÝ with a great individual effort to get to the front of the net and then he just put it past Tanner and into the back of the net. Assisted by David Hrazdíra and David Bernard.
     
    17:33
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!
    The Czechs get an enormous 5-0 lead as JAN BUCHTELE fires one off the post and in. Assisted by Zdeněk Čáp.
     
    18:17
    Goal for Team Great Britain!
    The underdogs get on the board with this one as Salfický is finally beaten. The puck was dumped on goal by PHILIP HAMER and then it got deflected by a Czech player past the goalie and in. Assisted by Nathan Finney.
     
    19:43
    We got a stoppage of play which will give the defenses a chance to reorganize.
     
    20:12
    Zámorský left uncovered in front of the net, but he misses the wide-open part of it and the puck ends up in the netting.
     
    20:28
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!
    The crowd wants ten and the Czechs are past halfway to that achievement. Another shot gets past Tanner as a pass by Loskot gets to DAVID HRAZDÍRA and he fires it home for a big lead late in the second. Assisted by Marek Loskot.
     
    21:59
    Good shot by Hamer and Salfický had to make a huge save to keep it out.
     
    22:57
    Good pass for Hemský by Brož and the NHL forward is denied by Tanner.
     
    23:30
    Great Britain had possession in the offensive zone, but the chance is killed off by the Czechs.
     
    24:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    Both teams are changing their goalies going into the third period.
     
    24:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    24:45
    Good start by Great Britain, but Brabec gets to make a save.
     
    25:12
    The puck is dumped in by Šenkeřík.
     
    25:57
    It looks like the Czechs are just waiting for a British mistake.
     
    26:43
    Šebek looking to pass the puck, but it slides off his blade.
     
    27:45
    Rob Shelton with a great wrist shot on goal, Brabec makes a glove save.
     
    28:50
    Buchtele gets the puck in front of the wide-open net, but just misses.
     
    29:37
    Matt Viney was getting onto a breakaway, but the Czechs came back in time again.
     
    30:30
    Great Britain looks like they don't have control of their own zone, but the Czechs can't get it going either.
     
    30:47
    Birch had to make a save following a shot by Čáp.
     
    31:50
    Britain turns it over in their own zone, but the Czechs can't take advantage of it.
     
    31:54
    First powerplay of the night goes to the Czechs, Nathan Finney gets called for slashing.
     
    32:28
    The Czechs could use more motion now that they are settled in the offensive zone.
     
    33:29
    Strýček ends the powerplay with a shot, now Finney gets back out there.
     
    34:31
    Hemský gets around a couple of defensemen into a great position, but the shot wasn't as good as he needed.
     
    35:54
    Goal for Team Czech Republic!
    A buzzer beater to make it 7-1 with seven seconds left in the third! Huge shot by VLADIMÍR KAMEŠ and Birch had no chance at all to stop that one. Assisted by Aleš Hemský and Petr Zámorský.
     
    36:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    36:01
    Start of 4th period.
     
    36:52
    Looks like the Czechs will be putting more emphasis on the defense in the fourth period.
     
    37:12
    Šenkeřík fires one into the netting.
     
    38:03
    Good save by Brabec and another one on the rebound that was a bit lucky.
     
    38:59
    Hemský trying to entertain the crowd with some more beautiful moves, but Archer denied him the opportunity.
     
    39:36
    Jones with the puck behind his own net, but it looks like none of his teammates wants it.
     
    40:21
    The pace has slowed down noticeably and now the puck is behind the Czech net.
     
    41:38
    Brabec covers up and so the faceoff will be in the Czech zone.
     
    43:10
    Pearman all alone against Brabec and the goalie makes a big stop after the defense made a big mistake.
     
    44:02
    One-timer by Brož, pad save by Birch.
     
    45:05
    Offside is called against Team Czech Republic.
     
    46:12
    Hemský was the intended recipient of a good pass to the front, but his stick got locked by one of the British defending players.
     
    46:28
    David Bernard is going to the penalty box as the Czechs are penalized for too many men on the ice.
     
    47:06
    And the Czechs clear the puck.
     
    36:00
    Game over. (19:21:11)
    Commentary by

    Radoslav Vavřina

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 1. Vozdecký (Šimo, Šebek), 8. Šimo (Strýček), 10. Vozdecký (Strýček, Šebek), 16. Zámorský (Hrazdíra, Bernard), 18. Buchtele (Čáp), 21. Hrazdíra (Loskot), 36. Kameš (Hemský, Zámorský) – 19. Hamer (Finney)

    Czech Republic: Salfický (25. Brabec) – Strýček, Šebek, Vozdecký, Šimo – Kameš, Zámorský, Hemský, Brož – Šenkeřík, Čáp, Buchtele, Kubica – Cik, Bernard, Hrazdíra, Loskot.
    xxx: Tanner (25. Birch) – Jones, Pearman, Walsh, Lowe – Viney, Archer, Silliote, Hutchinson – Hamer, Shelton, Niamatali, Finney – Clarkson.
    Referees: Morrison (USA), Fridrich (SVK).