IIHF World Championship: Czechs claim gold as Sweden snatch bronze
World Championship final
Switzerland 0 Czech Republic 2
The Czech Republic claimed the gold medal at the 2024 IIHF World Championship on home ice in Prague after winning a tense final 2-0 against Switzerland.
In front of a packed and raucous home crowd, Boston Bruins star David Pastrnak scored the go-ahead goal in the third period before David Kampf added an empty-netter late on to send the fans into dreamland.
Third-place playoff
Sweden 4 Canada 2
Sweden won the bronze medal at the tournament after defeating Canada 4-2 in the third-place playoff in Prague, played before the final on Sunday. Two goals were scored by forward Carl Grundstrom.
With the win, the Swedes claimed their first medal since the 2018 World Championship in Denmark, where they defended their title. They have not reached the semi-finals since then, and three years ago they did not even make the playoffs.
The Swedes, who were undefeated until Saturday's semi-final loss to the Czech Republic, took the lead in the match through Grundstrom but the Canadians turned the tide with goals from Dylan Cozens and Pierre-Luc Dubois.
However, the latter stages belonged to the Swedes entirely. Erik Karlsson tied the game, Grundstrom scored the winning goal in the 54th minute and Marcus Johansson closed the match out with a late empty netter.
