China News Service, Beijing, April 15th. On the 15th, Beijing time, the last match of Group B of the 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships was played in Poland. The Chinese women's ice hockey team defeated the host Poland team 7:2, thus winning five The team won the world championship in this group with a complete victory record. This is the team's first world championship in 13 years. At the same time, it was able to successfully advance to the first-level group A.
The World Ice Hockey Championships are divided into groups based on the world rankings of each team.
There are 6 teams from China, Italy, South Korea, Slovenia, Kazakhstan and the host Poland in this World Championships Women's Division A Group B. The ranking will be determined by a single round-robin competition. Class A group.
The participating Chinese women's ice hockey team is based on the Beijing Winter Olympics lineup.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese women's ice hockey team performed well, with two wins and two losses, ranking 9th in the world and rising to 17th in the world.
Among the opponents in the World Championships, the world rankings of the Slovenia team and the Italian team are higher than that of the Chinese team.
In the first game, the Chinese team got off to a good start with a 5-0 victory over South Korea, followed by a 6-3 victory over the world-ranked Italy, a 14-2 victory over Slovenia in the third game, and a 14-2 victory in the fourth game. After beating Kazakhstan 6:2, the Chinese team played the last match against the host Poland, who also maintained an unbeaten record.
The momentum of the Chinese team was unabated that day. In just 2 minutes of the opening, Lin Qiqi used a stab shot and a lob shot to score two consecutive points for the Chinese team. Soon after, Liu Zhixin and Miller each scored goals, and the Chinese team led 4:0.
In the second half of the first quarter, the Chinese team played smooth cooperation. Zhang Xifang and Lin Ni scored twice, helping the Chinese team to end the first quarter 6:0.
In the second quarter, the number of fouls by the Chinese team increased.
The Polish team used the advantage of numbers to organize attacks many times and scored two goals. The second quarter ended 6:2.
In the last quarter, the Polish team committed more fouls. In the 51st minute, Yu Baiwei, the captain of the Chinese team, scored in more play and less time.
In the end, the Chinese team sealed the victory with a score of 7:2, thus successfully upgrading to the first-class group B champion.
This is the Chinese team's return to Group A of the World Championships after 11 years.
The Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China said in the congratulatory letter that after the successful conclusion of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games Summary and Commendation Conference, the national women's ice hockey team showed confidence with its five-game winning streak in the World Championships. Played the national prestige, played the spirit of Chinese ice and snow.
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