The US hockey women won the “eternal” World Cup final against arch-rival Canada and won their eleventh title.
The Americans prevailed in the middle of the political tensions of the two neighboring countries on Easter Sunday in the turbulent final of the record tournament in the Czech Budweis with 3: 2 (0: 0, 2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0) after extra time.
The United States initially took the lead in the middle third with a double strike, but then the Canadians in turn struck back with two quick goals. 2:16 minutes were only between the first and fourth gate. In the final section, the United States was ahead again, but the defending champion found the right answer again. In the extension, Tessa Janecke then shot the United States to the title after more than 17 minutes.
It was the 23rd final in a total of 24 World Cups by the United States and Canada together – in 2019 the United States prevailed against Finland. The USA, which Germany had eliminated in the quarter -finals (3-0), are now “only” missing two titles to equalize with record world champion Canada (13).
The World Cup in the Czech Republic was also characterized by a record record. 122,331 fans visited the games in the Budvar Arena, which offers a total of 5870 people.
The previous record dates from 2007 when a total of 119,211 people looked at the World Cup games in the arenas in Winnipeg and Selkirk (both Canada).