2023 Karjala Tournament
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Finland Sweden |
| Cities | Tampere Växjö |
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 9–12 November 2023 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Czech Republic (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Sweden |
| Third place | Finland |
| Fourth place | Switzerland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 35 (5.83 per game) |
| Attendance | 41,369 (6,895 per game) |
| Official website | |
| leijonat.com | |
The 2023 Karjala Tournament was played between 9 and 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 were played at the Nokia Arena, Tampere. 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 |
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| 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 Time – UTC+2) Växjö – (Central European Time – UTC+1) Source[3]
| 9 November 2025 18:30 | Switzerland | 0-4 (0-2, 0-0, 0-2) | Finland | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 7,875 |
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| Reto Berra | Goalies | Christian Heljanko | Referees: Jakub Sindel Mikael Holm Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Tommi Niittylä | |||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Shots | 25 | ||||||||||||
| 9 November 2025 19:00 | Sweden | 2-5 (0-4, 1-1, 1-0) | Czech Republic | VIDA Arena, Växjö Attendance: 5,750 |
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| Goalies | Jakub Malek | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 November 2025 12:00 | Sweden | 4-3 (2-0, 1-1, 1-2) | Switzerland | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 2,484 |
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| Carl Lindbom | Goalies | Referees: Jakub Sindel Mikko Kaukokari | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Shots | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 November 2025 16:00 | Finland | 3-7 (1-3, 2-2, 0-4) | Czech Republic | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,159 |
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| Roope Taponen | Goalies | Jakub Malek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Shots | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 November 2025 12:00 | Czech Republic | 1-0 (1-0, 0-0, 0-0) | Switzerland | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 2,459 |
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| Dominik Pavlát | Goalies | Joren van Pottelberghe | Referees: Mikael Holm Joonas Kova | ||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||
| 24 | Shots | 26 | |||
| 12 November 2025 16:00 | Finland | 2-4 (1-2, 0-2, 1-0) | Sweden | Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,642 |
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| Christian Heljanko | Goalies | Daniel Marmenlind | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Shots | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Karjala Cup 2023". flashscore.com. flashscore. 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
- ^ "Karjala 2023 Standings". eurohockey.com. eurohockey. 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
- ^ "Karjala 2023 Matches". eurohockey.com. eurohockey. 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2025-11-25.