2015 World Championship Groups Announced

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Some more details on the 2015 Worlds in Prague and Ostrava have been released – the all-important groupings! The teams break down as follows (current IIHF rankings in parentheses):
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2014 Four Nations Cup Schedule Announced

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As reported by Hockey Canada, the schedule for the 2014 Four Nations Cup at the Interior Savings Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia has been announced. Canada will be looking to defend not only its Gold from the 2013 tournament in Lake Placid, New York, but also the IHLC that they captured from the United States at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇸🇪 Sweden (Women’s)

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🇸🇪 SWEDEN (SWE) Women’s National Ice Hockey Team (1987-)
10 wins, 4 reigns, 10 games with IHLC – ranked 3rd
IHLC last held 03 September 2011

Emerging as one of the “big four” women’s hockey nations since the Women’s World Tournament in 1987, Sweden is also one of the only five nations to win the IHLC, winning their first title in dramatic fashion from the U.S. to qualify for the 2006 Olympic Gold Medal Game, giving the Damkronorna the distinction of being the only other team besides Canada and the U.S. to play for Olympic Gold. Sweden will be looking to improve their number of IHLC wins, and be the first European team to capture World Championship or Olympic Gold.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇸🇪 Sweden (Junior)


🇸🇪 SWEDEN (SWE) Men’s Junior National Ice Hockey Team (1973-)
119 wins, 42 reigns, 127 games with IHLC – ranked 3rd
IHLC last held 07 February 2026

The Juniorkronorna, who has taken part in every World Junior Championship since its inception, is consistently a medal threat, but has surprisingly only won Gold three times, winning nearly twenty additional Silver and Bronze medals. However, they have made the medal finals in every tournament since 2007, and with the ever-improving quality of players coming out of Sweden each year, look for Sweden to improve on their lowly Gold count in the coming years.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇸🇪 Sweden (Men’s)

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🇸🇪 SWEDEN (SWE) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1920-)
226 wins, 87 reigns, 242
games with IHLC – ranked 3rd
IHLC last held 20 May 2025

Ever since Sweden’s first international game at the 1920 Olympics, and their first IHLC game three days later, Tre Kronor has become a dominant force on the international hockey circuit, producing some of the top talent in the past 40 years in the NHL, and winning ten World Championship and two Olympic Gold titlesSweden also holds the record for the most IHLC reigns, winning the title over 70 times since their first victory in 1931, and recently tipping over 200 total IHLC victories. Sweden is one of the few teams to never be relegated at the World Championship, and is a constant threat to retake the crown.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 18 May 2014

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🇨🇦 Canada 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Championship Preliminary Round
Chyzhouka-Arena, Minsk 🇧🇾
Sunday, 18 May 2014

In a tight showdown for first place in Group A, defenceman Ryan Ellis scored the overtime winner as Canada beat Sweden 3-2 on Sunday at Chizhovka Arena.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇦 Canada 3-0 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 23 Feb 2014

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🇨🇦 Canada 3-0 Sweden 🇸🇪
Olympic Gold Medal Game
Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi 🇷🇺
Sunday, 23 February 2014

Toews repeats Vancouver; Crosby scores beauty; Weber-Keith sensational on the blue line. Canada had it all, and Sweden had no response to relentless pressure.

There was no last-minute blown lead, no golden goal, no host nation heroics, no high drama.

Tonight, Canada played a perfect game of hockey and skated to a thoroughly deserved 3-0 win over Sweden at the Bolshoy Ice Dome, closing the 2014 Olympics with an efficiency Sweden could not match.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT) – 05 Jan 2014


🇫🇮 Finland 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Sunday, 05 January 2014

Rasmus Ristolainen scored at 9:42 of overtime to lift Finland to an unforgettable 3-2 win over host Sweden in the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship on Sunday.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺 – 04 Jan 2014


🇸🇪 Sweden 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Saturday, 04 January 2014

Hanging on for a 2-1 win over Russia at an ecstatic Malmö Arena, Sweden advanced to Sunday’s Gold medal game. Oskar Sundqvist scored the third-period winner.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 6-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰 – 02 Jan 2014


🇸🇪 Sweden 6-0 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Thursday, 02 January 2014

Let the good times roll. Sweden topped Slovakia 6-0 on Thursday, making the semi-finals versus Russia. Filip Forsberg and Elias Lindholm had four points apiece.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Russia 🇷🇺 – 31 Dec 2013


🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Russia 🇷🇺
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Jacob de la Rose’s late goal gave Sweden a 3-2 win over Russia. The host nation, first in Group B, will face Slovakia in Thursday’s quarter-finals in Malmö.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 10-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 29 Dec 2013


🇸🇪 Sweden 10-0 Norway 🇳🇴
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Sunday, 29 December 2013

André Burakovsky scored a hat trick as Sweden thrashed Norway 10-0. The Swedes remain perfect heading into their New Year’s Eve showdown with Russia.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮 – 28 Dec 2013


🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Saturday, 28 December 2013

A packed Malmö Arena witnessed a hard-fought Saturday afternoon clash as host Sweden downed the Finns 4-2. Jacob de la Rose got the winner in the second period.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 26 Dec 2013


🇸🇪 Sweden 5-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Malmö Arena, Malmö 🇸🇪
Thursday, 26 December 2013

Captain Filip Forsberg thrilled local fans with two great plays in the first period as Sweden fought back to defeat Switzerland 5-3.
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IHLC Results – 🇫🇮 Finland 4-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 22 Dec 2013

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🇫🇮 Finland 4-2 Sweden 🇸🇪
Channel One Cup

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi 🇷🇺
Sunday, 22 December 2013

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:24 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lundqvist, hooking
09:12 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Hersley, tripping
15:37 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Ericsson, roughing
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 United States 🇺🇸 – 20 Dec 2013

🇸🇪 Sweden 4-2 United States 🇺🇸
Exhibition Game
Lindab Arena, Ängelholm 🇸🇪
Friday, 20 December 2013

BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:41 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Kerdiles, hooking
06:54 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Johnsson (Wennberg, Collberg)
08:53 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Barber, slashing
10:55 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Johnsson, illegal equipment
17:09 – 🇸🇪 PEN – team, too many players
19:39 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Wennberg (Johnsson)
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IHLC Results – 🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪 – 19 Dec 2013

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🇷🇺 Russia 3-2 Sweden 🇸🇪
Channel One Cup

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi 🇷🇺
Thursday, 19 December 2013

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:34 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Chudinov, high sticking
06:18 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Johansson, tripping
09:57 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kokarev, high sticking double minor
13:27 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Wandell (Kronwall, Klingberg)
15:37 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Radulov, hooking
16:38 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Thuresson, interference
17:24 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Chudinov (Popov)
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