Russian women's national team hardly became fifth at World Hockey Championship-2017 in USA

UFA, 7 April 2017. /Bashinform News Agency, Dmitry Slezin/. A match for the fifth place was held at the World Hockey Championship in the United States. The Russian national team, losing in the course of the match to the Swedes with a score of 0: 2, managed to reverse the course of the game and led 3-2. The Ufa hockey player Olga Sosina scored a goal, and her HC Agidel teammate Ekaterina Smolentseva made a scoring pass. But rivals made the score even - 3: 3.

Only in the shootouts the Russian hockey players won - 4:3.

In the semi-finals the United States defeated the German team - 11: 0, and Canada was stronger than Finland - 4: 0.

The predictable finals - the USA - Canada will give an answer to the question - whether the Americans will be able to defend their title at home.