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Sweden crushed their opponents in both finals. The only real intrigue came in the women's bronze medal game, where the USA scored the first goal in the 66th minute and the second in the 90th. Sweden won the men's World Championship for the 15th time and the women's World Championship for the 13th time. SUNDAY 18 JANUARY Men Bronze game USA – Norway 3-8 (1-4) Final Finland – Sweden 1-9 (0-3) FINAL PLACEMENTS 1. Sweden 2. Finland 3. Norway 4. USA 5. Netherlands 6. Hungary Women Bronze game Finland – USA 0-3 (0-0) Final Sweden – Norway 9-1 (3-0) FINAL PLACEMENTS 1. Sweden 2. Norway 3. USA 4. Finland

There were no surprises on Saturday. The Netherlands finished fifth, their best ever result. SATURDAY 17 JANUARY Men Game for place 5 Netherlands – Hungary 3-1 (2-0) Semifinal 1 Sweden – Norway 8-2 (6-2) Semifinal 2 Finland – USA 10-1 (5-1) Women Semifinal 1 Sweden – Finland 9-0 (3-0) Semifinal 2 Norway – USA 5-1 (4-1)

The final day of the preliminary rounds featured several interesting games. The Netherlands played a tense match against the United States for the last semifinal spot. The score was tied 5-5 until the 84th minute. Finland scored the winning goal in the 86th minute against Sweden. FRIDAY 16 JANUARY Men Netherlands-USA 5-7 (3-4) Hungary-Norway 0-13 (0-5) Finland-Sweden 4-3 (2-2) Women Finland-USA 0-3 (0-1) Sweden-Norway 10-1 (5-0)

The smallest goal difference in a single game in the men's tournament is +6 now. For women's it's still +3. THURSDAY 15 JANUARY Men USA-Sweden 2-17 (1-11) Hungary-Netherlands 3-9 (2-5) Norway-Finland 0-7 (0-6) Women USA-Sweden 1-8 (1-4) Norway-Finland 5-0 (3-0)

The men's tournament still hasn't had a single game without a goal difference of 10 or more in favor of the winner. The women's tournament has also started. WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY Men Netherlands-Finland 0-16 (0-7) Norway-Sweden 1-12 (0-6) USA-Hungary 10-0 (4-0) Women Finland-Sweden 0-8 (0-5) Norway-USA 4-1 (1-1)

Only 63 goals in the second day. TUESDAY 13 JANUARY Men Sweden-Netherlands 28-0 (16-0) Finland-Hungary 19-0 (7-0) Norway-USA 13-3 (7-2)

70 goals in the first day of the tournament. MONDAY 12 JANUARY Men Netherlands-Norway 0-21 (0-12) Sweden-Hungary 34-0 (17-0) Finland-USA 14-1 (7-1)

2026 World championships for men and women in the Divisions A will take place next week in Pori, Finland. Men Women PRELIMINARY ROUNDS MONDAY 12 JANUARY Men Netherlands-Norway Sweden-Hungary Finland-USA TUESDAY 13 JANUARY Men Sweden-Netherlands Finland-Hungary Norway-USA WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY Men Netherlands-Finland Norway-Sweden USA-Hungary Women Finland-Sweden Norway-USA THURSDAY 15 JANUARY Men USA-Sweden Hungary-Netherlands Norway-Finland Women USA-Sweden Norway-Finland FRIDAY 16 JANUARY Men Netherlands-USA Hungary-Norway Finland-Sweden Women Finland-USA Sweden-Norway PLAY OFFS SATURDAY 17 JANUARY Men GAME FOR PLACE 5 Team 5-Team 6 SEMIFINAL 1 Team 1-Team 4 SEMIFINAL 2 Team 2-Team 3 Women SEMIFINAL 1 Team 1-Team 4 SEMIFINAL 2 Team 2-Team 3 SUNDAY 18 JANUARY Men BRONZE GAME Losers Semi 1-2 FINAL GAME Winners Semi 1-2 Women BRONZE GANE Losers Semi 1-Semi 2 FINAL GAME Winners Semi 1-Semi 2

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SUNDAY 30 MARCH Men Bronze game – Norway-USA 12-1 Final game – Sweden-Finland 5-3 Women Bronze game – USA – Finland 7-2 Final game – Sweden – Norway 8-1 Without surprises in the medal games but Finland in the men's final rivalled good vs Sweden.

SATURDAY 29 MARCH Men Semifinal – Finland-Norway 5-2 Semifinal – Sweden-USA 22-0 Women Qual. for Bronze game – Finland-Netherlands 8-0

FRIDAY 28 MARCH Men USA-Norway 1-14 Sweden-Finland 8-3 TABLE M W D L G P 1. Sweden 4 4 0 0 60-8 8 2. Finland 4 3 0 1 34-8 6 3. Norway 4 2 0 2 37-14 4 4. USA 4 1 0 3 7-39 2 5. Hungary 4 0 0 4 3-72 0 Women Pool B – Germany-Ukraine 1-2 Pool B – Switzerland-Netherlands 1-10 TABLES POOL A M W D L G P 1. Sweden 3 3 0 0 35-4 6 2. USA 3 2 0 1 11-13 4 3. Norway 3 1 0 2 11-18 2 4. Finland 3 0 0 3 2-24 0 POOL B M W D L G P 1. Netherlands 3 3 0 0 26-1 6 2. Ukraine 3 2 0 1 4-1 4 3. Germany 3 0 1 2 3-11 1 4. Switzerland 3 0 1 2 4-14 1 Semifinal USA-Norway 1-5

THURSDAY 27 MARCH Men USA-Finland 0-11 Hungary-Norway 1-20 So Hungary lose all 4 games and finished 5th. Women Pool B – Switzerland-Ukraine 1-2 Pool B – Netherlands-Germany 8-0 Pool A – Norway-USA 3-5 Pool A – Sweden-Finland 13-1

Team Canada (men) played at the world championships 16 times in 1991-2019 (not every tournament). Usually it was one of the favourite teams in Division B. It was based in Winnipeg. I don't know what is with it now. I think it's the money problem. Women played 7 times in 2006-2016 and they were very close to the bronze medals many times.

WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH Men Finland-Hungary 17-0 Sweden-USA 12-2 Women Pool B – Germany-Switzerland 2-2, penalty 3-2 Pool B – Ukraine-Netherlands 0-8 Pool A – Sweden-USA 9-2 Pool A – Norway-Finland 7-0