Battle for qualification into the Division B final – that was the encounter between Hungary and Russia.

Only a few spectators stayed in the hall to see the last game of the day between Finland and Norway. The Finns started the match with a pressure and after 7 minutes they were two goals up. The Norwegians were under pressure and only rarely got into breakaways, which ended in the corners, though. The third Finnish goal was scored by Rantanen after a fixed situation, and the goalie did not have any chance at all.

We asked the first Czech attacking line, who contributed to the Czech success in the game against Poland, for an interview. The trio includes Tereza Urbánková, Gabriela Žůrková and Adéla Bočanová.

The long-awaited battle between Poland and the Czech Republic started slowly. The nervousness was apparent in the players, and hence they did not rush at all. But the Czechs quickly gained some confidence and after six minutes they led by 4:0, after two goals by Urbánková and one goal by Hašová and Bočanová. Especially the second goal is worth mentioning. Bočanová wanted to shoot from behind the opponent, but her shot was deflected behind the goal. The Polish goalie went to grab the ball, which, however, passed under her body when she was changing her position. The loose ball was scooped up by unmarked Urbánková, who found the empty net. After the fourth goal, Poland took a time-out and the coach tried to calm his players down. A while later Poland played a power play, but it remained unconverted and the Poles almost conceded from a shot by Hašová. Poland did not give up and the Czech clean sheet was in danger when Burdová and Skopková had to trap a lob over the entire court. Then the Czechs had two power plays, which remained unconverted despite their big pressure. 15 seconds before the end of the period Němečková made a mistake, passed the ball from behind the goal right to Witak's floorball stick and the Poles reduced the gap to 1:4.

The first Division B game of the second World Championship day brought the encounter of two German-speaking countries. Both teams were without a single point; Germany lost to Hungary, and Austria, the new team in Division A, suffered a crushing defeat 0:13 by the Russians.

Sweden vs Latvia a.k.a. game of cat and mouse The game was perfectly refereed by the Finnish duo Tuija Heiskanen and Heli Saario. The fans could see power plays, penalty killing, penalty shots – simply everything floorball has to offer. The Latvians got to the ball only when they played a power play, or when their goalie saved a Swedish shot. Goals were coming from the very beginning, and the first period ended with the score 9:0 for the Swedes. They did not seem to be completely satisfied with their performance. Their main aim was to score as many goals as possible because the goal difference will be the decisive tie-breaking procedure.

The second preliminary group games started under the supervision of the Czech refereeing duo Nováček – Vašíček. Before the beginning of the match we were asking ourselves a question: Will the game be tight? Will the game be a piece of cake for Switzerland? Based on the results of both the yesterday's games (POL x SUI - 1:9 and SVK x CZE - 2:6) the former option was more likely. But surprises occur from time to time.

Interview with the Swiss coach Bernhard Nussbaum

We have asked the Slovak forward, Denisa Ferenčíková, a few questions…

There are three players from TPS Turku in the Finnish national team for the World Championship – the goalie and two players in the field. And also a large group of about twenty fans.