Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:00:43 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czech-republic-beats-sweden-advance-semi-finals-ice-hockey-world-championship-8554235© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalIt was a dramatic game: a last-minute goal by Milan Michálek some 30 seconds before the end of the match against Sweden on Thursday brought the Czechs the victory they needed to advance to the semi-finals in this year’s Ice Hockey World Championship. The Czech 4:3 result also marks the first time in 12 years that Sweden will not be playing in the semifinals. In the next match, the Czech Republic faces its neighbor Slovakia. While this is the third time that the Czechs will be competing for a spot in the finals, this year’s solid performance of the Slovak team has come as a surprise. Ahead of the match, we spoke to daily Mladá fronta dnes hockey expert Karel Knap.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/cr_svedsko_2.jpg?timestamp=1591203643 https://english.radio.cz/czech-republic-beats-sweden-advance-semi-finals-ice-hockey-world-championship-8554235 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9