Austria is waiting for the Blue Team on Tuesday

Italy's national ice hockey team got off to a promising start to the tournament on Saturday with a win against Poland. On Sunday, Stefan Mair's team held up well against Slovenia, but in the end had to admit defeat to the small Alpine republic 1:3. Now Austria is waiting for the Blue Team.

ÖEHV team boss Daniel Ratushny's team didn't play well in the first two matches against South Korea (3:2 nP) and Japan (3:1). The Austrians, who alongside Slovenia are among the favorites to move up to the A group, put themselves in a good position with five points against their two Asian opponents.

“We're off to a good start, I'm happy with our development,” Ratushny is quoted as saying on the orf.at sports website. And if the team boss has his way, the third win will be on Tuesday against Italy from 16.30:XNUMX p.m. But the Blue Team also wants that.

“Against Austria it will be a battle until the end. We want to prove our abilities. In this tournament, all participating teams have to give their all,” said HCB striker Marco Insam. Italy's head coach Stefan Mair wants to set up his team so that “we try to play our game. The Austrians are in a phase of change and first have to find their true identity.”

Ice Hockey World Championships 1st Division, Group A in Katowice (Poland)

The games so far:

Saturday April 23th Poland – Italy 1:3 (0:1, 1:1, 0:1) Slovenia – Japan 1:7 (0:1, 0:4, 1:2) South Korea – Austria 2:3 nP (1:0, 1:0, 0:2, 0:0)

Sunday April 24th Slovenia - Italy 3:1 (1:0, 0:1, 2:0) Poland - South Korea 1:4 (0:0, 0:2, 1:2) Austria - Japan 3:1 (1:1, 0:0, 2:0)

The other games:

Tuesday April 26th South Korea - Japan (13.00 p.m.) Austria - Italy (16.30) Slovenia - Poland (20.00)

Wednesday April 27th Japan - Italy (13.00) Slovenia - South Korea (16.30) Poland - Austria (20.00)

Friday April 29th Italy - South Korea (13.00 p.m.) Austria - Slovenia (16.30) Poland - Japan (20.00)

The table:

1. Slovenia 6 points/2 games 2. Austria 5 3. South Korea 4 4. Italy 3 5. Poland 0 6. Japan 0

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Austria is waiting for the Blue Team on Tuesday

The Ice Hockey World Championships in the 1st Division, Group A in Katowice, Poland had a rest day on Monday. The tournament continues on Tuesday with the third match day. Italy then goes against its neighbor from Austria.

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