In the early morning of April 15, Beijing time, in the final match of The First Division B of the World Women's Ice Hockey Championship held in Katowice, Poland, the Chinese team defeated the Polish team 7-2 and won the world championship with a record of five wins, and the Polish team and the Italian team won the second and third places respectively. After being relegated from Group A to Group B in 2011, Chinese women's ice skaters have returned to Group A after 11 years.
The Chinese team won the championship
The International Ice Federation recorded the victory of the Chinese team on the homepage of its official website. The Winter Games Center of the General Administration of Sport also sent a congratulatory letter to the team, saying that after the victory of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Summary and Commendation Conference, the national women's ice hockey team played with confidence, played the national prestige, and played the spirit of China's ice and snow with the proud record of five consecutive victories in the World Championship!
Before the start of the match, the Chinese team and the Polish team won all four games, maintaining the suspense of competing for the only place in The First Division A group until the last moment of the World Championship.
However, only two minutes into the game, Lin Qiqi used stabbing and provoking shots to score two consecutive points for the Chinese team. Coupled with the icing on the cake of Liu Zhixin and Miller, just after 7 minutes of the first quarter, the Chinese team has taken a 4-0 lead. In the second half of the first quarter, the Chinese team showed a smooth cooperation, Zhang Xifang and Linni scored twice, helping the Chinese team to lay a huge advantage after the first quarter of the game with 6-0.
In the second quarter of the game, the number of fouls committed by the Chinese team increased, and the Polish team took advantage of the numerical advantage by Onechenko and Chirapec twice to narrow the point difference. Fortunately, the Chinese team made timely adjustments in the following time, and this section did not let the Polish team get more and less opportunities. The second quarter ended with China leading 6:2.
In the last quarter, the Polish team made frequent mistakes and fouls in the busy, and the Chinese team scored by captain Yu Baiwei in the 51st minute. And maintained the score of 7-2 until the end. Looking back on the victory battle, Yu Baiwei said after the game: "There are a lot of people here cheering for the Polish team, but we focused on ourselves, did our best, we had everything ready. We didn't do very well defensively in the second quarter of the game, but in the third quarter we regained control of the game. ”
In this World Championship, the Chinese team showed strong confidence from the first game, successively defeating South Korea 5-0, defeating Italy 6-3, defeating Slovenia 14-2, repelling Kazakhstan 6-2, and finally winning Poland with a huge advantage. The top five in the scoring list and the top four in the assists list are all won by Chinese players, and as the captain, Yu Baiwei believes that the team shows the confidence and style of Chinese women's ice in the game. Although the personnel of this World Championship are not complete, and some players stay in Russia to continue to participate in the playoffs of the united season, the team has overcome many difficulties, united as one, high morale, and has always maintained a tenacious fighting spirit. Looking forward to the future, Yu Baiwei said: "There are many new challenges, first of all, we will clarify the goal, prepare around the next Winter Olympic cycle, and then run to this goal to continuously break through every challenge, the nearest is next year's World Championships, we will play against some national teams that have not been encountered for a long time, and then we will also study the opponent's playing style, and will also continuously improve our overall technical and tactical level, and strive to achieve more victories in next year's World Championships, and we will continue to move forward for victory!" ”