The street hockey world championships are entering their decisive phase. With a home crowd behind them, the two Swiss teams want to create an exploit.
Switzerland has never reached the semi-finals of a modern street hockey world championship. At the home world championships, the Swiss men’s team will have the opportunity to make history. “We approach the quarter-final against Greece with confidence and are hungry for victory”, declares defender Mermoud. For their part, the Swiss ladies experienced an increase in power during the tournament. After the bitter 0:2 defeat against an efficient Great Britain, the ambitious final 5th place remains within reach in the classification matches.
The Swiss matches will take place as follows (free entry):
Men : Switzerland-Greece, June 27, 6 p.m., Lonza-Arena Visp.
Women : Switzerland-“United Nations”, June 27, 10:30, Raiffeisen-Arena Raron.
During the 6th day of the preliminary round of the men’s draw, the last decisions fell. Haiti won 3-0 against the winner of Pool B, Lebanon, and meets the favorite, the Czech Republic, in the quarter-final. Finland clearly beat Portugal 8:0 and now face reigning world champions Canada. The United States’ opponent in the quarterfinals is serial world champion Slovakia. All these high-level matches take place in the Lonza Arena.
The favourites compete for the title
In the women’s draw, the Czech Republic beat Slovakia 9:0 at the end of the preliminary round and won the group stage in a sovereign manner. The favorites also came out on top in the USA’s 7:1 victory over the United Nations team. Thursday morning’s semi-final will be a North American classic between world champion Canada and the United States. The Czech Republic will face Slovakia. These matches will take place at the Lonza-Arena in Visp.
