the Teams in the second group know that they are ready for the quarter-finals regardless of how it goes in the group stage, while the teams in our group, so to say, must play with the knife towards the throat right from the first match, she continues.
On Tuesday, presents the head coach Martinsen, who is making his first season in charge of the Indoor, the squad for the world CUP, which will be determined between the 4-14 april in Espoo, Finland.
for ladies are different from men’s since 2011.
In the women’s hockey world CUP play the top ranked teams in group A, and the lowest ranked teams in group B.
the Basis for the change was that after the OLYMPICS in Vancouver wanted to have more even matches in the group stage.
When you then chose to do about the OLYMPICS-the format, the decision was taken that all championships would be implemented in the same way.
Sweden is currently ranked sixth in the world and therefore play in group B in the upcoming world CUP.
in expanded the world CUP from eight to ten teams.
in turn, This has also led to changes in approach which means that Damkronornas conditions have become even tougher.
In previous world CUP tournaments have no team to begin celebrating to the B-world CUP directly after the group stage. Instead met the last two teams in group B in a nedflyttningsserie in the best-of-three matches. The one who lost was moved down in the B-world CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Now is nedflyttningsserien – and thus a second chance to save the place in the A-world CHAMPIONSHIPS – suspended, and the number of teams to be relegated has increased from one to two.
– It can in other words be very costly to lose on the ”wrong opponents” in the group stage, says Ylva Martinsen.
– at the same time, can’t we go to Finland and have to worry about it. Our ultimate goal is to play for a medal, and a stopover on the way is then of course the quarter-finals. So our focus must be to get among the best three in our group, ” says Ylva Martinsen.
the world CUP has been settled since the 1990s, and Sweden has always played in A world CUP. In 2013 they were forced, however, to save the site over the nedflyttningsserien where they won over the Czech republic.
took over a national team that had failed in the OLYMPICS, where Sweden finished seventh.
During the season, she has tried a large number of players.
– Large parts of the squad I had the right clear to me already for a couple of weeks ago, but there is always a few pieces of the puzzle that you want to consider a lap to on and, above all, discuss with the other coaches, ” says Ylva Martinsen before Tuesday’s presentation of the squad.
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