Tip 1: Who became the winner of the World Hockey Championship 2012
Tip 1: Who became the winner of the World Hockey Championship 2012
World Hockey Championship in 2012was held in Helsinki and Stockholm in the period from 4 to 20 May. In total, it was played 64 games, in which 16 teams took part. The first place in the championship was taken by the Russian Federation, the second - Slovakia, and the third - the Czech Republic.
Instructions
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Before the championship all 16 teams participating in itwere divided into two groups with conditional names H (from the name of the city Helsinki) and S (from the name of the city of Stockholm). The first of these groups included the national teams of Canada, Finland, the USA, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Republic of Belarus, France and Kazakhstan, and the second group included the Russian Federation, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Latvia, Denmark and Italy. The event involved two major sports complexes: in Helsinki - "Hartwall Arena", and in Stockholm - "Globen Arena".
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During the preliminary stage, 28games between the teams that are part of Group H and the same - between the national teams that are part of the group S. As a result, eight teams came to the quarterfinals: Canada, Slovakia, Sweden, the Czech Republic, the Russian Federation, Norway, the USA and Finland. The remaining eight teams in further competitions did not participate.
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In the quarterfinals Canada played with Slovakia3: 4, Sweden with the Czech Republic - with the same score, the Russian Federation with Norway - with a score of 5: 2, and the United States with Finland - with a score of 2: 3. After that, the national teams of Canada, Sweden, Norway and the USA withdrew from the championship.
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In the semi-finals the Slovak team defeated the Czech team with a score of 3: 1, and the Russian team defeated the Finnish with a score of 6: 2. As a result, Slovakia and the Russian Federation entered the finals.
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The final of the championship took place on May 20. On the Russian side, Aleksandr Valerievich Semin scored (at 09:57 and 35:22), Alexander Valerievich Peregozhin (26:10), Alexei Tereshchenko (33:31), Pavel Valeryevich Datsyuk (43:55) and Evgeny Vladimirovich Malkin (58:02). On the Slovak side, Zdeno Hara scored both goals (01:06 and 49:37). Thus, with a score of 6: 2, the Russian team became the winner of the tournament, and the Slovak national team took the second place. A few hours before that, a match for bronze was held in the same city. The teams of the Czech Republic and Finland took part in it. The first of them scored 3 goals, and the second - 2. As a result, the third place went to the Czech team.
Tip 2: When will the World Ice Hockey Championship
The World Hockey Championship is held every year,gathering in the stands of stadiums and at television screens millions of fans. To always be aware of the events of the championship, you need to know its rules and venue.
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Decision on the venue of the World Championshiphockey is taken a few years before it starts. The championship of 2012 was held in two countries, Sweden and Finland, the main hosts of the tournament being the Finns. The Games of the 2013 World Championships will be held again from May 3 to 19 in the same countries, but this time the main host will be Sweden, according to a decision taken on May 8, 2009 in Berne during the 2009 World Cup. In 2012, the Russian team won the world champion, having won all of its meetings.
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According to the current regulations, at the next world14 top European teams will take part in the hockey championship: teams from Austria, Belarus, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and two teams from North America - teams from Canada and the USA.
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All 16 teams are divided into two groups. One (group H) included teams from Russia, Finland, Slovakia, the USA, Germany, Latvia, France, Austria. In the second (Group S) teams from the Czech Republic, Sweden, Canada, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, Belarus, Slovenia were included. According to the initial seeding, the Russian team was supposed to perform in group S, and the Czech team in group N. However, by mutual agreement and with the permission of the International Ice Hockey Federation, they exchanged places. This was done for the convenience of fans from Russia, who can easily and quickly reach Finland, where the Russian national team will perform.
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Teams will hold one meeting in their groupswith each opponent, that is, seven matches. As a result of the next round (quarterfinal) will fall on four teams from each group, who scored the most points. At this stage, the knockout game begins (playoffs), the matches are again in groups. Two winning teams from the first group meet in the semi-final with two winners of the second group. The losing teams will play the match for third place, and the two winners will compete in the final for the title of the strongest hockey team in the world.
Tip 3: World Hockey Championship 2014: organization, time schedule, schedule
The World Hockey Championship 2014 is already the 78ththe account of the world tournament, which started in Minsk (Belarus) on May 9, and the final game for the title "World Champion" will be held on May 25. The games are held immediately on 2 ice arenas - "Chizhovka-Arena" and "Minsk-Arena".
Choose the venue
The decision to hold a world championship onhockey in 2014 in Minsk was taken in May 2009 in the city of Bern during the next congress of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The application for the adoption of the championship was also suppressed by Hungary, the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Latvia. Later, the Czech Republic withdrew its application, citing an unstable economic situation in the country due to the transition to the euro in 2014. Thus, the Czech Republic will host the next World Hockey Championship in 2015.
The participants
In the world tournament 16 nationalteams - 13 teams from Europe (Belarus, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Latvia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia), 2 from North America (USA, Canada) and 1 from Asia (Kazakhstan) . National teams of the same countries took part in the World Hockey Championship in 2012.
According to the regulations 16 teams were divided intotwo groups, in each of which there are 8 teams. Group A includes the following teams: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Canada, France, Norway, Italy, Denmark. Matches of the preliminary stage will take place in the ice palace "Chizhovka-Arena".
Group B includes the following nationalteams: USA, Finland, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Belarus. All games of this group will be held in the ice palace "Minsk-Arena".
Organization
Between April 25 and May 31, 2014,the territory of Belarus will operate visa-free regime, which applies to all participants of the championship and foreign fans, the basis for entry into the country without a visa will be an electronic or original ticket for the championship match.
The official talisman of the current World Hockey Championship was the bison Volat, playing hockey. The name Volat from the Belarusian language is translated as "hero".
During the World Tournament in Minskorganizers, participants of national teams and their officials will be able to move free on public transport, fans will fully pay for travel.
The cost of tickets for preliminary groupThe game ranges from 6 to 50 euros depending on the place on the rostrum and the match rating. The price of tickets for the quarterfinal games will be from 16 to 110 euros, for semifinal matches and the game for the bronze medal title - from 32 to 212 euros. Tickets for the final final match of the World Hockey Championship 2014 will be the most expensive - from 64 to 424 euros. Most tickets and subscriptions for the championship games were purchased by residents of Belarus, Latvia and fans from Russia.
Regulations
In competitive matches takes part 16teams representing different countries. They are divided into two equal groups of 8 teams. Within the group of each national team will play 7 preliminary matches. Thus, in each group there will be a total of 28 games.
For the victory in the mast team is awarded 3 points, if in the main time no team managed to get out into the leaders and it came to overtime, then both teams get 1 point.
Position of national teams in the standingsdepends, first of all, on the number of points scored. If several teams score the same number of points, then the outcome of the match between these teams is taken into account.
In the quarterfinals will fall only those teams,who will occupy 1 to 4 places in their group. Teams that took 1st place in their group will play with teams that are in the 4th position in the standings of the other group, and the second team will play against the third. The winners of these pairs will meet in the semifinal mast.
The winners of the semifinals will meet in the final match, where the world champion will be determined, and the teams that lost in the semifinal games will compete for the bronze medal title.
Schedule of matches with the participation of the Russian national team (Moscow time):
May 9 Switzerland - Russia at 17:45
May 11 Finland - Russia at 22:00
May 12 USA - Russia at 21:45
May 14 Kazakhstan - Russia at 21:45
May 17 Latvia - Russia at 13:45
May 18 Germany - Russia at 21:45
May 20 Belarus - Russia at 21:45
May 22 Quarterfinal matches
May, 24 Semifinal matches
May, 25 Match for bronze and final
Tip 4: How the career of hockey player Niklas Lindström
In the world of hockey Niklas Lindström is known asthe first European to receive the prize of a particularly valuable player in the NHL (National Hockey League). Born in Sweden, he built his entire sports career in the United States, playing for the Detroit Red Wings.
