Terglav: Fighting Spirit and Team Spirit Made the Difference in the End

After the Lynx secured their place among the elite after 20 years, coach Edo Terglav did not hide his joy at the end of his second season on the Lynx bench.

Slovenian hockey players have succeeded. After 20 years of constantly jumping between divisions, they have managed to stay among the elite. Ed Terglav's charges won the last game of the world championship in the elite group, thus ensuring their stay among the best teams for next season, when they will play at the world championship, which will be hosted by Switzerland.

"Nobody believed in it, but the important thing is that we did it," captain Robert Sabolič said of the hockey players' success in Stockholm, which was also greatly contributed to by the "new Janez" Lukaš Horak, who saved the game in a very tense playoff match against France.

Slovenia has won the A-World Cup for the first time in 10 years. They won against France 3-1 – and secured a place in the World Cup next year.

The Slovenian national hockey team achieved a great success at the World Championship in Stockholm, which it had been waiting for since 2005. The rejuvenated Slovenians, led again by coach Edo Terglav after two absences, needed a victory over France to survive. The Lynx defeated the Gallic Roosters 3:1, Lukaš Horak once again shone in goal, and will play among the elite in Switzerland next year, while the French are moving to a lower tier of the…

Slovenia caused a huge upset in the World Cup by defeating France 3-1. This means that the French's stay at the highest level is over.