The Slovakian Bandy, starting their Campaign “storming” Latvia in the first game. Then in the next stage game they lost the night game against Mongolia, before finishing of the group stages with victories over Somalia and Japan. With a group second place they entering the quarter finals to play against Holland, who came back from the A-pool this time and was the clear favorite with its culture and record. The win over this Team is sensational.
“So far we have played over expectations, and the victories over favorites like Latvia and Japan has really surprised me – but to also beat the Holland team is also really over all expected expectations. However in sport things sometimes could happens. Now we need to swallow this, calm down and focus on the semifinal against Hungary, in my opinion the Best Bandy Team so for in this Tournament ” says Coach Per-Erik Holmström
