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Schneider: “We have achieved incredible things”

Schneider: “We have achieved incredible things”

If someone had predicted Austria’s ice hockey coach Roger Bader that his team would score seven points at the World Cup in Finland, the Swiss would have signed it immediately. The red-white-red team managed to stay up in the league for the second time in the past 18 years.

The group final against Great Britain (5:3 after a 1:3 deficit) was not for the faint of heart. The sword of Damocles of relegation hung menacingly over Austria until the 52nd minute, when Benjamin Nissner scored the redeeming 3:3. “The fear of playing such a good World Cup and then possibly not making it was omnipresent,” said Bader, who expressed a fundamental interest in continuing to work with the association. President Klaus Hartmann would like to continue working with the Swiss, he announced that he would increase the non-relegation bonus of 1500 euros per capita.

The players were extremely relieved after the final siren. “We always believed in ourselves, I’m so proud of the boys. We’ve achieved incredible things,” emphasized striker Peter Schneider. In the end, the team with 14 World Cup debutants finished in the top 12 – it’s the best World Cup ranking since 2004 (11th).

Source: Nachrichten

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