Perfect Sweden come from behind to beat Finland and win Czech Hockey Games

[p]The tournament between the top four-ranked European sides was perfect preparation ahead of the 2026 IIHF World Championship later this month, as both [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/vBLjQRXp/"]Sweden[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/finland/rRWMzYQu/"]Finland[/a] were without players still involved in their domestic campaigns.[/p][p]Sweden had already thumped [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/switzerland/buO3jBAo/"]Switzerland[/a] 8-1 and beaten the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/czech-republic/OdY4GUuO/"]Czech Republic[/a] 4-2, while Finland had been beaten narrowly by the Czechs, 3-2, before winning 5-3 against Switzerland. That meant Finland needed a five-goal win to deny the Swedes and win the tournament themselves.[/p][p]They gave themselves a slim chance when they opened the scoring 16 minutes in through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/erholtz-eemil/Mc27uVEH/"]Eemil Erholtz[/a], but [b]the second period was dominant for Tre Kronor, who scored three unanswered goals courtesy of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ohgren-liam/8WQVnIuM/"]Liam Ohgren[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/petersson-andre/UVkjbfRc/"]Andre Petersson[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henriksson-karl/rPUSDbMo/"]Karl Henriksson[/a] to take control.[/b][/p][p]Leijonat hit back on the powerplay in the final minute when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hirvonen-roni/8dyov3Qt/"]Roni Hirvonen[/a] ensured Henriksson's tripping didn't go unpunished, but by that point the tournament win was already belonged to Sweden, [b]who held on in the final seconds to win [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/finland-rRWMzYQu/sweden-vBLjQRXp/?mid=rHqEhnNk"]3-2[/a] and take the maximum nine points.[/b][/p][embed guid="1261a2b5-18d7-4a97-955a-c2324bd8f3a6" url="https://x.com/Trekronorse/status/2050914533636485496" social-type="twitter" /][p]Switzerland beat Czech Republic after penalites in the day's other match, meaning the hosts finished second on four points, one clear of Finland, while the Swiss finished bottom on two.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/hockey/europe/czech-hockey-games/"]Review the 2026 Czech Hockey Games on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]