In the bronze match, the key players in Finland were Sanni Vanhanen, who scored three goals, and Emilia Kyrkkö, who rejected the draw.
STT Sports,
Jonne Niemeläinen
14.6. 05: 59 • Updated June 14. 8:09
Finland won bronze at the Women’s World Championships under 18 years of age. The girl lions won the bronze match in Sweden 3–0. The bronze medal was Finland’s third in World Championship history.
The Finnish hero was in the match Sanni Vanhanen, who scored the hat trick. In addition, the Finnish goalkeeper Emilia Kyrkkö played the zero game. Kyrkkö fought 35 times.
Kyrkkö was chosen as the best goalkeeper in the World Cup tournament. Kyrko’s turnout of 95.86 was the best in the tournament. He played for Finland in four of the five tournament matches. Vanhanen, who did a helmet trick in a bronze match, was also chosen for the star field of the tournament.
The Swedish goal was abandoned
The opening round of the match was goalless, but the second round began to take place. Vanhanen managed to pass the Swedish goalkeeper for the first time With the superiority of Lisa Jönsson, when the match was played 35.04. The old man’s hit was initialized Adalmiina Makkonen and Tilli Keränen.
Vanhanen scored two more goals in the third set. At 46.36, Vanhanen made a 2-0 hit Ada Erosen from the feed. Final scores 3–0 Vanhanen finished less than nine minutes before the end of the match Pauliina Salonen and Keränen’s inputs.
Sweden managed to overtake Kyrkö in the final round, but the match was dismissed by the referees after a video check.
– The team performed very well today. The whole team played well for 60 minutes. The players react very well to the loose discs that spun in front of the goal. In the last five minutes, Sweden tried to roll over, but we really defended, Finland’s head coach Mira Kuisma praised.
– We now know that we have opportunities anywhere. Before the next dawn, however, it’s summer vacation time, Kuisma decided.
The striker played for the Finnish team Julia Schalinwho was in the Finnish national football team under the age of 17 in the European Championship final tournament in Bosnia-Herzegovina in May.
This year’s Under-18 World Hockey Tournament was played in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The tournament was originally supposed to be played in Sweden, but was first canceled due to a coronavirus pandemic. Since then, the International Hockey Federation has decided that the tournament will still be played in the United States.
In the final, Canada defeated the US 3–2.