League

Kilkenny
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) In the 13th minute, Tobias Lindsten got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Svante Dahlquist struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Folke Haglund didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kilkenny. After a defensive mix-up in Haumen BK's zone, Svante Dahlquist stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Folke Haglund came out of the goal and Svante Dahlquist tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Folke Haglund made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Magnus Gustavsson in the 25th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Tobias Lindsten's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dan Skålberg was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Svante Dahlquist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Folke Haglund tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 44th minute Malte Henriksson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Skålberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 48th minute, Malte Henriksson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

In the 53rd minute, Svante Dahlquist made a precise shot to the right of Folke Haglund. Haumen BK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After having played for 61 minutes, Magnus Gustavsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kilkenny's supporters crossed their fingers, but Magnus Gustavsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Marc Stålberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dan Skålberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tobias Lindsten in the 69th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Haumen BK's zone, Svante Dahlquist stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Folke Haglund came out of the goal and Svante Dahlquist tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Folke Haglund didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Magnus Gustavsson went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Folke Haglund took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Svante Dahlquist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Svante Dahlquist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Folke Haglund having to interfere. Tobias Lindsten could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Dan Skålberg made a huge save. Svante Dahlquist fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Folke Haglund having to interfere. Folke Haglund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Svante Dahlquist in the 88th minute of the match. With a little luck, Kilkenny's Dan Skålberg got control of the ball when Tobias Lindsten tried to sneak it across the goal line. Kilkenny's Dan Skålberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Kilkenny from getting a goal against them. Malte Henriksson struck a weak shot in the 98th minute. Dan Skålberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Haumen BK. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Kilkenny had won after a very even match.