NORDICS AT THE FINAL!

Day 4 showed the finalists of the 7th World University Floorball Championship. The Women’s and Men’s final will put face to face Sweden and Finland.

What a men’s semi-finals we have assisted! They were fast and furious to assure the win. Finland came to kill! The Finns got their revenge of the defeat against Switzerland in the 3rd day of competition. The first 20min were crucial to Switzerland because the Finns scored 5 goals at the 1st period. The 2nd period was very different with the Swiss scoring 2 goals and getting closer to Finland, but the hope lasted just a few minutes, until Finland scored their 6th goal of the match. At the 3rd period both teams scored 1 goal each and Finland got their spot in the final.

At the other semifinal, Sweden began calm pointing 3 goals in the 1st period but they trembled when Czech Republic scored the first goal in the 2nd period (3-1). In a very aggressive game, where two sticks were broken, Sweden became stronger scoring more 3 goals at the 3rd period, assuring a spot at the final against Finland. The historical rivals will meet today at 8pm at University Stadium to find out which formation will be crowned the World University Champion.

At women’s semifinal between Finland and Switzerland, the Nordic team scored a total of 9 goals against only 2 of Switzerland. It was a competitive game on the beginning of the match, but Finland’s girls took over the game and ended up qualified for the WUC final. At the other semifinal, Sweden defeated Czech Republic. This was one of the most intense and spectacular women’s matches. Both teams fought and scored one after the other for the spot in the final of this WUC. The match was heated until the very end. The Swedish team took advantage of their aggressive attack to manage to get the upper hand in the last period of the game. The final score was 8 – 4. Therefore, the Women’s Final will be dispute at 4pm at University Stadium between Sweden and Finland.

The Day 4 started with the Men’s qualifying to semi-finals, where Czech Republic defeated Slovakia for 8-1. At the other men qualifying, Finland went to the match with only half of the team but that was enough to beat Spain that had lost their only goalkeeper at day 3. So, Spain will play against Slovakia to 5th and 6th place.

At 7th to 9th place games in Men’s tournament, Portugal met and won again to Republic of Korea. The home team is taking steps and with his aggressive defense showed again their development. The teams were always counter-attacking each other and it was a delight for the spectators. The final score was Portugal 6 – 3 Republic of Korea. With this result and thanks to the tie of Japan with Republic of Korea (3-3), Portugal assures the 8th place and tomorrow will fight with Japan to the 7th place.

At female competition, Poland, Spain and Japan fought for 5th, 6th and 7th places. Spain lost to the two opponents and ended this WUC at 7th place. The 5th and 6th place will be decided today between Japan and Poland at Faculty of Sports.