Bronze

Sweden won the bronze game in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship today. It was the first time since the gold in 2018 that Sweden has won medals, so it was about time. Sweden is one of the foremost nations in ice hockey throughout history, being one of the ”big four” together with Canada, Czechia (formerly Czechoslovakia), and Russia (formerly the Soviet Union). 

Sweden played very well in this tournament except for the semi final, where the team lost to Czechia. It is not very bad to lose to Czechia, but the loss was 3-7, which is too much. It is, however, good to beat Canada in the bronze game. 

We believe Czechia will win the final against Switzerland. Czechia is the higher ranked team and has home turf. Switzerland won against Canada in the semi final, has become better and better over the last decades, and it cannot be ruled out that Switzerland may win.