Thursday, 23. May 2024 |
Austria's national team finishes the World Championships in 10th placeBenjamin Nissner: “The tournament was sensational” // IIHF World ChampionshipThe Austrian national team finished in 10th place at the IIHF World Championship in Prague and delivered a strong performance against top nations such as Switzerland, Canada and Finland. 
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Impressions of the World Championship
It is the best placing in 23 years: The last time the Austrians achieved a 10th place in the concert of the greats was at the 2003 World Championships in Finland. On the way there, team boss Roger Bader's team caused a great deal of excitement. This included a 5-goal comeback and a point win against world champions Canada, a 3:2 victory against Olympic champions Finland and a narrow 5:6 defeat against Switzerland, who finished the group games in second place behind Canada.
The only downer: the final defeat against England prevented a possible quarter-final appearance. But that doesn't diminish the Austrians' overall strong performance, said Benjamin Nissner after the initial disappointment: “The tournament was incredible, the team was great. I really wanted the team to progress. But let's forget it, the tournament was sensational, the team has grown together so much!”
Austria will therefore also play at the World Championships in Stockholm (Sweden) and Herning (Denmark) in 2025 and has now been in the top flight for six years. Austria's last long series of tournaments in the world's top 16 was from 1998 to 2005.
Österreichs bester WM-Torschütze: Peter Schneider
Salzburg's Peter Schneider was Austria's top scorer at the World Cup with 4 goals. He was followed by Mario Huber and Benjamin Baumgartner with 3 goals each. Austria's top scorer was Dominic Zwerger with 8 points. Peter Schneider, Mario Huber, Lukas Haudum and Marco Rossi each contributed 6 points to the team's success.
The other Salzburg players David Kickert, who played four strong games, Thomas Raffl, Ali Wukovits, Paul Stapelfeldt, Lucas Thaler, Benjamin Nissner and Paul Huber, who will now play for the Graz99ers, also played their part in the Austrian team's overall success.
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