Denmark conjures up sensation: Canada flies out of the World Cup!

Denmark conjures up sensation: Canada flies out of the World Cup!

Herning, Dänemark - On May 22, 2025, the ice hockey world championship experienced a spectacular quarter-finals that will go into the history books for Denmark in Herning. Denmark defeated the record world champion Canada 2-1 and thus secured the move into the semi -finals. Thanks to an impressive performance, the Danes were able to turn the game after a deficit. Canada initially took the lead through a goal from Travis Sanheim in the 46th minute, but had to give up in the last few minutes.

The two goals for Denmark scored Nikolaj Ehlers (58th) and Nick Oleses (59.). Despite a total of 30 shots, Canada was not able to score another goal and thus eliminates the tournament. Canada was one of the top favorites and had played heavily in the group phase, but could not call up the performance that would have been necessary for another victory.

other quarter -final results

In the other quarter -finals, Sweden prevailed 5-2 against the Czech Republic. Sweden dominated the game and scored three goals in the first third. Leo Carlsson and Lucas Raymond each contributed two goals, while Filip Forsberg scored the last goal for Sweden in the empty goal. With two goals from Roman Cervenka and Michael Spacek, the Czech Republic was only able to operate cosmetics of results.

Switzerland meanwhile celebrated a clear 6-0 win against Austria and also moves into the semi-finals. This is particularly noteworthy because Austria was in the quarter -finals for the first time in 31 years. Christoph Bertschy, Timo Meier, Ken Jäger, Kevin Fiala, Sandro Schmid and Simon Knak announced their intention to win a medal.

The way to the semi -finals

With yesterday's victory, Denmark now has a semi -final game against Switzerland in front of him, which has the dream of the first gold medal. Sweden meets the United States in the other semi -finals. This managed to turn around 1: 2 against Finland and finally win 4: 2. Finland, the Olympic champion and defending champion, has to go home after the third time in a row in a row.

The games of the World Cup that take place in Denmark and Sweden started on May 9th and go until the grand finale on May 25th. In a total of 64 games, 16 nations fight for the title - an exciting challenge that not only keeps the players, but also the audience in suspense.

The continued world championship shows how highly competitive the ice hockey can be. While some of the favorites have already left, other teams such as Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden and the USA have proven that they are ready to fight the title. The semi -finals are coming up on May 24, 2025, and the tension could not be greater.

For further details and results of the ongoing ice hockey world championship, the reports from krone.at , ran.de and watson.ch