2023 Karjala Tournament

2023 Karjala Tournament (Euro Hockey Games)
Tournament details
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates9–12 November 2023
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Czech Republic (2nd title)
Runners-up  Sweden
Third place  Finland
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored35 (5.83 per game)
Attendance41,369 (6,895 per game)
Official website
leijonat.com

The 2023 Karjala Tournament was played between 9–12 November 2023. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total.[1] One game was played in VIDA Arena, Växjö, Sweden (Sweden vs Czechia) all the other games was played in Helsinki Halli, Helsinki. Czech Republic won the tournament. The tournament was part of 2023–24 Euro Hockey Tour.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 0 13 5 +8 9
2  Sweden 3 2 0 0 1 10 10 0 6
3  Finland 3 1 0 0 2 9 11 −2 3
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: eurohockey[2]

Games

All times are local. Helsinki – (Eastern European TimeUTC+2) Växjö – (Central European TimeUTC+1) Source[3]

9 November 2025
18:30
Switzerland 0-4
(0-2, 0-0, 0-2)
 FinlandNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 7,875
Game reference
Reto BerraGoaliesChristian HeljankoReferees:
Jakub Sindel
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
Tommi Niittylä
0-106:46 – Janne Kuokkanen (Kristian Vesalainen)
0-216:01 – Antti Suomela
0-347:15 – Antti Suomela (Ahti Oksanen)
0-455:58 – Antti Suomela (Ahti Oksanen) (EN)
2 minPenalties2 min
16Shots25
9 November 2025
19:00
Sweden 2-5
(0-4, 1-1, 1-0)
 Czech RepublicVIDA Arena, Växjö
Attendance: 5,750
Game reference
Carl Lindbom Linus SöderströmGoaliesJakub Malek
0-101:42 – Radan Lenc (David Tomášek)
0-204:28 – David Tomášek (Radan Lenc, Pavel Kousal)
0-310:42 – Jakub Flek (Libor Zábranský, Petr Kodýtek)
0-415:16 – Lukas Sedlak (Michal Repik)
28:26 – Tim Heed (Victor Ejdsell, Dennis Rasmussen)1-4
1-530:41 – Adam Kubík
48:58 – Victor Ejdsell (Joel Persson, Olle Alsing)2-5
4 minPenalties4 min
28Shots35
11 November 2025
12:00
Sweden 4-3
(2-0, 1-1, 1-2)
  SwitzerlandNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 2,484
Game reference
Carl LindbomGoaliesSandro Aeschlimann Joren van PottelbergheReferees:
Jakub Sindel
Mikko Kaukokari
17:59 – Mario Kempe (Marcus Sylvegård, Linus Johansson) (PP)1-0
19:04 – Max Friberg (Oscar Eklind)2-0
23:29 – Jesper Frödén (Joakim Nygård, Mario Kempe)3-0
3-137:27 – Calvin Thürkauf (Tanner Richard)
3-246:54 – Sven Andrighetto (Dean Kukan, Lino Martschini) (PP)
49:13 – Oscar Lindberg (Victor Ejdsell, Marcus Sylvegård)4-2
4-354:28 – Tanner Richard (Lino Martschini, Dominik Egli) (PP)
8 minPenalties4 min
23Shots30
11 November 2025
16:00
Finland 3-7
(1-3, 2-2, 0-4)
 Czech RepublicNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,159
Game reference
Roope TaponenGoaliesJakub Malek
0-103:55 – Daniel Voženílek (Tomáš Filippi, Petr Zamorsky) (PP)
0-210:42 – Matej Stransky (Lukas Sedlak, Ondřej Kovařčík)
0-312:45 – Daniel Voženílek (Jakub Galvas, Martin Jandus)
13:34 – Niko Huuhtanen (Hannes Björninen)1-3
25:10 – Antti Suomela (Sebastian Repo, Ahti Oksanen)2-3
27:15 – Eemil Erholtz (Juha Jääskä, Jesper Mattila)3-3
3-436:34 – David Tomášek (Tomáš Filippi, Daniel Voženílek) (PP)
3-537:38 – Matej Stransky (Ondřej Kovařčík)
3-651:03 – David Tomášek (Pavel Kousal, Radan Lenc)
3-754:43 – Radan Lenc (EN)
4 minPenalties8 min
15Shots27
12 November 2025
12:00
Czech Republic 1-0
(1-0, 0-0, 0-0)
  SwitzerlandNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 2,459
Game reference
Dominik PavlátGoaliesJoren van PottelbergheReferees:
Mikael Holm
Joonas Kova
17:14 – Radan Lenc (Michael Spacek, Matej Stransky) (PP)1-0
6 minPenalties6 min
24Shots26
12 November 2025
16:00
Finland 2-4
(1-2, 0-2, 1-0)
 SwedenNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 11,642
Game reference
Christian HeljankoGoaliesDaniel Marmenlind
03:52 – Henrik Borgström (Eemil Erholtz, Veli-Matti Vittasmäki)1-0
1-110:58 – Mario Kempe (Anton Bengtsson, Olle Alsing)
1-218:31 – Oscar Lindberg (Tim Heed, Jesper Frödén) (PP)
1-327:46 – Mario Kempe (Niklas Hansson, Linus Johansson) (PP)
1-429:48 – Marcus Sylvegård (Victor Ejdsell, Marcus Hardegård)
58:00 – Juha Jääskä (Niko Huuhtanen, Juuso Riikola)2-4
6 minPenalties12 min
25Shots21

References

  1. ^ "Karjala Cup 2023". flashscore.com. flashscore. 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
  2. ^ "Karjala 2023 Standings". eurohockey.com. eurohockey. 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  3. ^ "Karjala 2023 Matches". eurohockey.com. eurohockey. 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2025-11-25.