We Have semi-finalists!

We already have the semi-finalists of this WUC Floorball 2016. At female competition and male competition the same countries will dispute the semi-finals.

Sweden will face Czech Republic, and Finland will play against Switzerland.

The Women semi-finals will happen at 2:30pm and the Men semi-finals will be at 8pm, in both facilities of this championship.

Yesterday, at the last game of Women’s group A, Finland defeated Switzerland finishing with a result of 6-4. In the Women’s group B Czech Republic assured a place at the semi-final winning by 21-0 to Spain. At the other game of group B Poland faced Japan. Poland came back stronger from the time break. High pressure and impressive moves were the keys to score four goals in a row and polish girls end the game winning by 1-5.

At Men’s competition we find yesterday two semi-finalists, Sweden and Switzerland. Finland got the 3rd place of Men’s group A and dispute the qualifying with Spain that took the 2nd place of group B. Spain assured its place at qualifying to semi-finals winning to Japan for 5-2. At the same group (B) Slovakia assured the 1st place defeating Spain by 13-3. In this final round, Slovaks assured their place in the other men qualifying.

The games of Men’s group A put face to face Sweden and Czech Republic. The current Champions showed their will to defend the title and were able to control the team of Czech Republic. The loser team seems to be disappointed with the score (2-5) since this result leaves them at the end of the table of this group.
On the other game of this group, Switzerland overcame Finland by 6-3 in a crucial and exciting game that defined the other men semi-finalist.

The group B was full of surprises! Especially for the home team! Portugal won the first game of the competition against Korea by 6-5. When the Portuguese team scored their first goal, the crowd went wild. But the team of Korea fought till the end. The third period started with a tie (4-4), but at the last minute of the match Portugal scored and got their first victory.

We are about to find the world university championship medallists! Good luck to all!