Slovenská hokejová reprezentácia sa na majstrovstvách sveta 2026 vo Švajčiarsku neprebojovala do vyraďovacej časti a v konečnom účtovaní obsadila 9. miesto. Zverenci trénera Vladimíra Országha v základnej B-skupine vo Fribourgu v utorok popoludní v „zápase o všetko“ prehrali s výberom Švédska 2:4. Na prienik do štvrťfinále pritom Slováci potrebovali získať aspoň bod.
Slovakia’s Mislav Rosandic, front, and Sweden’s Jack Berglund in action as Slovakia’s goaltender Samuel Hlavaj looks on during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia’s Martin Chromiak scores past Sweden’s goaltender Magnus Hellberg during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia’s Martin Chromiak, left, celebrates scoring with teammates Adam Sykora, 2nd left, Patrik Koch and Andrej Kollar, right, during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Sweden’s Jakob Silfverberg, center, celebrates scoring with Carl Grundstrom, left, and Rasmus Asplund during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia’s Martin Chromiak scores during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
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Slovakia’s Marek Hrivik, lower left, scores past Sweden’s goaltender Magnus Hellberg, center, during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
Sweden’s Erik Brannstrom, left, and Slovakia’s Martin Chromiak in action during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Sweden’s Jacob de la Rose, left, and Jakob Silfverberg, right, in action against Slovakia’s Marek Hrivik, center rear, and Martin Fasko-Rudas during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Sweden’s Jakob Silfverberg, front, and Slovakia’s Filip Mesar in action during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Sweden’s Jakob Silfverberg, right, scores past Slovakia’s Samuel Knazko during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia’s goaltender Samuel Hlavaj, left, and Luka Radivojevic challenge Sweden’s Simon Holmstrom during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia’s Adam Liska, left, and Sweden’s goaltender Magnus Hellberg in action during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Sweden’s Ivar Stenberg, front, and Slovakia’s goaltender Samuel Hlavaj, right, during the 2026 IIHF Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship preliminary round group B match between Sweden and Slovakia in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
Sweden’s Viggo Bjorck, left, and Slovakia’s Adam Sykora in action during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia’s Martin Chromiak celebrates scoring during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Sweden’s Erik Brannstrom, left, and Slovakia’s Patrik Koch in action during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia players celebrate a goal in front of Sweden’s goaltender Magnus Hellberg, right, during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia’s Oliver Okuliar, left, and Sweden’s Oskar Sundqvist in action during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia’s Martin Chromiak scores during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia’s Marek Hrivik, center, celebrates scoring with teammate Filip Mesar during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
Slovakia’s Frantisek Gajdos and Sweden’s Ivar Stenberg, right, in action during a preliminary round game between Sweden and Slovakia at the men’s ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Tuesday May 26, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Šampionát slovenskí hokejisti ukončili s troma prehrami v riadnom hracom čase štyrmi víťazstvami, z toho jedno dosiahli po samostatných nájazdoch. Nazbierali dovedna 11 bodov a druhýkrát po sebe opúšťajú MS už po základnej skupine.
Hrozivo vyznieva bilancia, že hokejisti SR na majstrovstvách sveta nezdolali Švédov už dlhých 20 rokov, zatiaľ naposledy sa im to podarilo v Rige 2006. Vtedy ich v štvrťfinálovej skupine zdolali 5:2, no „tri korunky“ si potom dokráčali za zlatom.
Dôležité stretnutie začali Slováci výborne. Súpera tlačili a dostávali sa do šancí. Jednu z nich síce nevyužil kapitán Marek Hrivík, no v 5. minúte sa spomedzi kruhov nemýlil Martin Chromiak. Švédskemu tímu nepomohla ani trénerská výzva, súperovi sa nepozdávalo prechod tímu SR do útočného pásma. Rozhodcovia však pri videorozbore neodhalili pochybenie hráčov spod Tatier. Nasledovali dve nevyužité presilovky slovenského družstva, v druhej polovici I. tretiny „ožili“ aj Švédi. A vyplatilo sa im to v 17. minúte, keď brankára Samuela Hlavaja prekonal Anton Frondell strelou z uhla po prihrávke Joela Perssona, ťo všetko pri avizovanom vylúčení pre slovenský tím.
V druhej dvadsaťminútovke boli aktívnejšie „tri korunky“. V 23. minúte pridal ich druhý gól Jakob Silfverberg a neskôr v 31. minúte Ivar Stenberg upravil už na 3:1 pre súpera. Slovenskému tímu pomohla presilovka pri vylúčení obrancu Erika Brännströma, ktorú zužitkoval kapitán Hrivík, ležiaceho gólmana Magnusa Hellberga prekonal pokusom ponad jeho betón. Ešte pred druhou sirénou mohol vyrovnať Martin Pospíšil, no na jeho šikovný teč veľmi dobre reagoval Hellberg a skóre sa nemenilo.
„Musíme viac strieľať na bránku a ísť za dorážkmi. Musíme byť aktívni. Pokúsime sa streliť ďalší gól, no nesmieme zabúdať ani na obranu,“ hovoril Adam Liška po druhej tretine v prenose TV JOJ.
Snaha slovenského tímu o vytúžené vyrovnanie nepriniesla úspech. Súper sa viac sústredil na „kazenie hry“ a šlo mu to dobre. Šancí bolo veľmi málo a slovenský výber musel v závere siahnuť k hre bez brankára. Pri nej vo veľkej šanci nepochodili bratia Pospíšilovci, prišiel tak trest. Šance Slovenska na štvrťfinále definitívne „pochoval“ kapitán Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
