Croatia – Japan2 5:2 (end) | Sweden2 – Slovakia2 12:1 (end) | Hungary – Australia 1:3 (end)
USA – Germany2 4:1 (end) | Slovenia2 – Brazil 7:1 (end) | Czech Republic – Canada2 5:6 (1:2 after SO)
Austria – Latvia 3:4 (1:2 after SO) | Finland – xxx 7:2 (end)
final
Croatia
5:2 (2:0, 0:1, 2:0, 1:1)
Japan2
Thursday 05.06.2014, 13:00 • Small hall, Pardubice, Czech Republic • IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 13:00.
     
    Hello everybody. We will see nice quarterfinal. Team Croatia was second in the Group C. Croatia won two matches and lost only one. Team Japan was third in Group D. Japan won only one match and lost one too. Third match was tied.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Croatia: Tomljenovic (Filipec) – Skretic, Polasek, Kopajtic, Milicic – Tadic, Trstenjak, Cunko, Siseta – Skrapec, Silovic, Novotny, Jankovic.

    Japan: K. Osawa (K. Tschuchimoto) – Nishinaga, G. Tschuchimoto, Ohto, Kawaguchi – Kobayashi, Suzuki, T. Osawa, Kohda – Kuribayashi, Ushijima, Asanuma, Yoneyama – Aoki.

    Referees: Wurtherle (CZE), Scott (AUS).
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    00:22
    Nishinaga had a first chance in the game but he took a shot wide.
     
    01:57
    Tadic took a shot to the Osawa. Japanese goalkeeper caught puck in the catching glaw.
     
    04:08
    Novotny took a shot to the Osawa's shoulder.
     
    05:57
    Cunko arrived in frotnt of Osawa and he hit only Osawa's body.
     
    07:14
    Goal for Team Croatia!
    Team Croatia scored first goal in the game! MARKO TADIC got a pass on the left circle and he took a shot under the bar – 1:0. Assisted by Tomislav Cunko and Niks Trstenjak.
     
    08:04
    Goal for Team Croatia!
    Quickly second goal! IVAN JANKOVIC redirected a puck in the net – 2:0. Assisted by Jan Novotny.
     
    09:27
    Kopajtic – minor penalty for hooking.
     
    11:00
    Team Japan didn't take shot to the net in powerplay.
     
    11:42
    Tadic took a shot on Japanese net, but defensman of Team Japan redirected a puck to the protective net.
     
    12:00
    1st period finished.
     
    12:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    13:00
    The game is playing by Japanese net.
     
    14:30
    Team Croatia is controling the game now.
     
    14:48
    Silovic – minor penalty for slashing.
     
    15:18
    Goal for Team Japan!
    GENTARO TSCHUCHIMOTO redirected Kawaguchi's shot to the net – 2:1. Assisted by Hikaru Kawaguchi and Kentaro Nishinaga.
     
    17:26
    Silovic – 10 penalty minutes for unsports man like contact.
     
    18:47
    Kohda – minor penalty for tripping.
     
    19:15
    Siseta took a shot in a goalmouth, but Osawa was on the floor.
     
    22:10
    Nishinaga cought a pass from Croatia and he went to the offensive immediately.
     
    24:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    Team Croatia won first half of the game. Players of Japan are determined and they will want the match win.
     
    24:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    24:43
    Kopajtic took a shot wide a net from middle of cirles.
     
    26:29
    We could see a play up or down.
     
    28:47
    Kobayashi took a shot from middle of circles, but Tomljenovic caught the chance.
     
    32:35
    Milicic took a shot to the post.
     
    30:00
    Goal for Team Croatia!
    FRAN SRKETIC took a shot in front of goalmouth and he hit a puck under the bar – 3:1. Assisted by Tomislav Cunko, Lovro Siseta.
     
    31:59
    Goal for Team Croatia!
    Boma Silovic gave a pass to the JAN NOVOTNY and he took a shot to the empty net – 4:1. Assisted by Boma Silovic, Ivan Jankovic.
     
    33:58
    Nishinaga got a pass from Ohto and he hit only Tomljenovic.
     
    35:55
    Tadic hit a post from middle of circles.
     
    36:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    36:01
    Start of 4th period.
     
    37:05
    Nishinaga took a shot wide of the net from right circle.
     
    40:17
    Ohto – minor penalty for body-checking.
     
    41:22
    Goal for Team Croatia!
    Perfect combination! NIKSA TRSTENJAK got a very nice pass and he scored to the empty net – 5:1. Assisted by Tomislav Cunko and Matija Kopajtic.
     
    45:00
    Goal for Team Japan!
    Second goal for Team Japan scored SHOHSUKE YONEYAMA. He took a very nice shot – 5:2. Assisted by Kentaro Nishinaga.
     
    47:03
    Cunko – minor penalty for slashing.
     
    47:03
    Team Japan timeout.
     
    47:13
    Ofside for Team Japan.
     
    47:35
    Team Japan is having a big pressure.
     
    48:00
    Game over.
     
    The best player of Team Japan is Gentaro Tschuchimoto.

    The best player of Team Croatian is Marko Tadic. (14:20:36)
    Commentary by

    Daniel Horažďovský

    CZ@@DanielHorazdovs

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 8. Tadic (Cunko, Trstenjak), 9. Jankovic (Novotny), 30. Skretic (Cunko, Siseta), 32. Novotny (Silovic, Jankovic), 42. Trstenjak (Cunko, Kopajtic) – 16. G. Tschuchimoto (Kawaguchi, Nishinaga), 45. Yoneyama (Nishinaga)

    Croatia: Tomljenovic (Filipec) – Skretic, Polasek, Kopajtic, Milicic – Tadic, Trstenjak, Cunko, Siseta – Skrapec, Silovic, Novotny, Jankovic.
    Japan2: K. Osawa (K. Tschuchimoto) – Nishinaga, G. Tschuchimoto, Ohto, Kawaguchi – Kobayashi, Suzuki, T. Osawa, Kohda – Kuribayashi, Ushijima, Asanuma, Yoneyama – Aoki.
    Referees: Wurtherle (CZE), Scott (AUS).