Here’s what happened during the first day of the playoffs, Day 5!
The fifth day of the WFC is over! All playoffs have been played and tomorrow and Friday, the tournament heads into the quarterfinals already!
We’ll have a look at all games that have been played today:
Thailand – Japan (13-16th place game)
Latvia – Norway (playoff game)
Germany – Singapore (playoff game)
Estonia – USA (13-16h place game)
Slovakia – Denmark (playoff game)
Poland – Australia (playoff game)
Thailand – Japan 3-6
After Thailand’s big win against USA and Japan’s excellent performance against Norway (a narrow 1-2 loss) many expected this to an even match. Japan boldly took the lead in the first period, however, putting pressure on the Thai defense, at times overwhelming them. By the end of the first period, Japan led with 4-1. Thanks to good defending in the second period, Thailand was never allowed back into the game and the 3-6 score was the result of this.
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Latvia – Norway 6-4
Latvia became the first team that won one of the playoff matches. By beating Norway 6-4, the team moves up to the quarterfinals, in which it meets Switzerland.
Latvia lost all of its group games, while Norway won all of them. Due to the game structure, the teams now met in the playoffs. Latvia took the lead, but before the first period was even over, Norway had turned around the score to 1-2 in their favor. In the second part, Latvia equalized, but then scored an own goal which gave Norway the lead again – but for the last time. Two quick goals put Latvia in a 4-3 lead and in the final period, the team increased its lead to 6-3, after which the final score became 6-4.
Read the full match report here.
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Germany – Singapore 7-6
Singapore was on the edge of becoming the first Asian country EVER to reach the quarterfinals, it wasn’t meant to be. Germany was in the lead most parts of the game, but Singapore really put pressure on the team.
After two periods, Singapore got back from 5-3 to 5-5 and in the last period, the team took the lead for the first (and only) time in this game. At 51:57, Germany tied the score to 6-6 and with only 59 seconds left, Anna-Lena Best brought Germany to the quarterfinals by scored 7-6 with her backhand.
Read the full match report here.
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Estonia – USA 4-3 (ot)
The USA took a 2-0 lead and only in the final period, Estonia managed to find the net. They equalized through goals from Kati Kütisaar and Merli Suvari, but Marie Haggström put the USA back in the lead.
Estonia took out its goalkeeper and – with 7 seconds left – equalized through Kütisaar. She was Estonia’s hero already and by scoring 4-3 in overtime, she made herself a legend with 3+1 points. Estonia moves on to the battle for 13th place against Japan, while the USA fights Thailand in the hunt for 15th place.
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Slovakia – Denmark 6-3
The playoff game between Slovakia and Denmark started off in a great way, with four goals in the first seven minutes already. Slovakia took a 2-0 lead through Kristina Hudakova and Denisa Ferencikova, but Klara Fjorder scored Denmark’s opening goal directly after. Alzbeta Durikova increased Slovakia’s lead to 3-1, but after that, the crowd had to wait a bit for more goals.
55 seconds into the second period, Slovakia found the net for its fourth goal already. However, it were the Danes who would win this period as Cecilia Di Nardo and Lina Voldby found the net and put the score at 4-3. Was there a possibility the team would surprise Slovakia and move on to the quarterfinal? Well… no, as two goals from Slovakia set the final score at 6-3.
Slovakia meets Finland in the quarterfinal, while Denmark meets Singapore in the battle for 12-16th place.
Read the full match report here.
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Poland – Australia 10-3
Poland, third in their group met Australia, second in theirs, to play for a ticket to the quarterfinals. And the teams offered the audience true value for money. The Australian fans, who traveled half the world to watch this crucial playoff match witnessed a truly spectacular match in which Australia gave everything they had, right from the start. This meant a lot of 2-minute penalties for Poland, who were visibly struggling with the energy Australia put into the game. In the end, however, it was the higher-ranked Poland to take the win.
Read the full match report here.
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