Victory! The Polish national team won the tournament

The tournament in Sosnowiec is the beginning of preparations for the Division 1A World Championships in 2026
Poland won against Great Britain 1-0 thanks to a goal by Paweł Zygmunt
Poland took first place in the tournament with 7 points

On Thursday, the White and Reds defeated the Italians 4:2 (3:1, 1:0, 0:1) , and a day later they lost after extra time to the Slovenians 2:3 (2:1, 0:0, 0:1 - 0:1) .

In the earlier match on Saturday, Italy won against Slovenia 3-2 (1-0, 1-2, 1-0).

During the tournament in Sosnowiec, Finn Pekka Tirkkonen, who normally works for GKS Tychy, made his debut as Poland's coach. He replaced Robert Kalaber in early October. The Slovak had been with the national team for five years, his contract expiring at the end of June.

The European Nations Cup is a new series of competitions, the next ones will take place in December in Hungary and in February in Great Britain.

With the November tournament, the Poles began preparations for the Division 1A World Championships, which – also at the Sosnowiec ice rink – will be held from May 2-8, 2026. The Polish national team will compete for promotion to the elite group against France, Kazakhstan, who were relegated from the top group, Ukraine, Japan, and Lithuania, who advanced from a lower division.

All of Poland's rivals in the EPN tournament will play in the next Elite World Championships.

Poland - Great Britain 1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0).

Goal: Paweł Zygmunt (18).

Penalties: Poland – 2; Great Britain – 8 minutes.

Poland: Michał Kieler – Bartosz Ciura, Mateusz Bryk, Paweł Zygmunt, Dominik Paś, Sebastian Brynkus – Kamil Górny, Oliwier Kurnicki, Mateusz Michalski, Filip Komorski, Alan Łyszczarczyk – Mateusz Zieliński, Bartosz Florczak, Jakub Ślusarczyk, Szymon Kiełbicki, Jakub Lewandowski – Adrian Jaworski, Kacper Maciaś, Łukasz Krzemień, Mikołaj Syty, Adrian Gromadzki.

Final tournament table:

(matches, points, goals)

1. Poland 3 7 7-52. Italy 3 5 10-103. Slovenia 3 5 10-6

4. Great Britain 3 1 5-11