The Canadian national team lost to the Danish national team in the quarterfinals of the World Cup and was eliminated from the tournament.

In the quarterfinals of the World Hockey Championship match, the Danish national team beat the Canadian national team 2-1. The meeting took place on May 22 in the Danish city of Herning.

Nikolay Ehlers (58th minute) and Nick Olesen (60th minute) scored for the winners. Travis Sanheim scored the goal for the visiting team (46).

The Canadian national team, which has won the World Cup 28 times, played at the current tournament, in particular, three-time Stanley Cup winner and two-time Olympic champion Sidney Crosby, who was elected the most valuable player of the last National Hockey League (NHL) championship. The losing team was also represented by the 2022 Stanley Cup winner Nathan MacKinnon and the first number of the 2024 draft, McLean Celebrini.

Canadian hockey players have not won medals at the second World Cup in a row — last year they lost 2-4 to the Swedish national team in the match for third place.

Now, in the semifinals, the Danish team will play with the Swedes, who beat the Czechs with a score of 5 on May 22 in Stockholm.:2. The Swedish national team took revenge — in the semifinals of last year's World Cup, the Czech national team beat the Swedes with a score of 7:3.

Leo Karlsson (13, 35), Lucas Raymond (17, 20) and Filip Forsberg (56) scored goals for the winners. Roman Chervenka (24) and Michal Szpacek (49) scored for the losers.

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All the quarterfinal pairs of the Hockey World Cup playoffs became known on May 21. The pairs were formed as follows: Canada – Denmark; Sweden – Czech Republic; USA – Finland; Switzerland – Austria. It was noted that the first place will play with the fourth, and the second — with the third.