The “Azzurri” are relegated to the 1st Division - All results

After the Danes' 2-0 win, Italy were under pressure against the undefeated leaders of Group B in the evening. Italy, which played with Thomas Tragust in goal and had to do without the injured Christian Borgatello and Armin Helfer, was able to keep up well with the “Sbornaja” for a third.

It was only a matter of time before the record world champions took the lead, as the Russians stormed the goal guarded by Thomas Tragust from the start (15 shots in the first third). Pavel Datsyuk then gave Russia the lead after 10.35:XNUMX minutes with a shot from close range. The assist was provided by Yevgeni Kuznetsov, who served Datsyuk perfectly from behind the goal.

Previously, head coach Rick Cornacchia's team had survived an outnumbered situation unscathed against the 25-time world champion. Manuel De Toni had to go to the penalty box in the sixth minute of the game.

Ninth defeat for Italy in their tenth World Cup game against Russia

In the second half of the game, Russia's head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov made a change in goal. Semyon Varlamov made way between the posts for Mikhail Biryukov, who also kept a clean sheet. To do this, Thomas Tragust had to reach behind him twice. First, Yevgeni Kuznetsov made it 25-2 in the 0th minute, before Yevgeni Biryukov increased it to 3-0 less than four minutes later with a “cracker” from the blue line (28.07). With the third goal from the Russians, the game was as good as decided.

Alexander Popov delivered the final coup de grace to the azure selection. The parade line striker made it 54-4 in the 0th minute with a shot from the right position. It was Italy's ninth defeat in their tenth meeting with Russia at a World Cup. In 1993 there was a sensational 2-2 draw at the World Cup in Germany.

The “Sbornaja” without defeat in the quarter-finals – “Azzurri” return home Thomas Tragust blocked 36 of 40 shots on goal on Monday evening (90 percent), while the goalkeeper duo Varlamov/Biryukov saved 29 shots. As far as time penalties go, Italy had Manuel De Toni and Pat Iannone in the icebox, while Russia had Yevgeni Kuznetsov off the ice for two minutes.

For Russia, which won seven preliminary round games, the World Cup continues with the quarter-finals on Thursday - the “Azzurri” will leave Stockholm on Tuesday and return to Italy.

Along with Italy, Kazakhstan is relegated from the "Helsinki Group" from the elite group of international ice hockey. These two teams will fight for a return to Group A at the 2013 World Cup in Division 1 along with Hungary, Great Britain, Japan and South Korea. The 2014 World Cup will take place in Belarus, and then the Azzurri can be part of the game again.

PRELIMINARY ROUND “A” HELSINKI 1th matchday USA - France 7:2 (1:1, 3:1, 3:0) Canada - Slovakia 3:2 (1:0, 2:1, 0:1) Belarus - Finland 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0) Switzerland - Kazakhstan 5:1 (2:0, 3:1 0.0)

2th matchday Canada - USA 4:5 aet(1:1, 1:1, 2:2, 0:1) France - Kazakhstan 6:3 (3:1, 1:1, 2:1) Finland - Slovakia 1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0) Switzerland - Belarus 3:2 (2:1, 0:1, 1:0)

3th matchday France - Canada 2:7 (1:4, 1:1, 0:2) USA - Slovakia 2:4 (1:3, 1:0, 0:1) Belarus - Kazakhstan 3:2 (0:1, 3:1, 0:0) Finland - Switzerland 5:2 (1:0, 2:2, 2:0)

4st match day: Slovakia - Kazakhstan 4:2 (1:1, 1:0, 2:1) Canada - Switzerland 3:2 (0:1, 1:0, 2:1) USA - Belarus 5:3 (2:1, 1:1, 2:1) France - Finland 1:7 (0:1, 0:4, 1:2)

5st match day: Kazakhstan - USA 2:3 aet (0:0, 1:1, 1:1, 0:1) Finland - Canada 3:5 (2:0, 1:3, 0:2) Slovakia - Belarus 5:1 (1:0, 4:1, 0:0) Switzerland - France 2:4 (0:1, 2:1, 0:2)

6st match day: Kazakhstan - Canada 0:8 (0:1, 0:2, 0:5) Finland - USA 0:5 (0:1, 0:2, 0:2) Switzerland - Slovakia 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0) Belarus - France 1:2 (1:0, 0:1, 0:1)

7st match day: Kazakhstan - Finland 1:4 (0:0, 0:3, 1:1) 0:1 Jokinen (24.02), 0:2 Maenpaa (31.38), 0:3 Filppula (37.43), 0:4 Filppula (41.15), 1:4 Pushkaryov (49.03)

Canada - Belarus 5:1 (1:1, 3:0, 1:0) 1:0 Reilly (2.16), 1:1 Kostitsyn (14.25), 2:1 Perry (29.10), 3:1 Getzlaf (32.46), 4:1 Nugent-Hopkins (34.11), 5:1 Reilly (48.16)

Slovakia - France 5:4 (2:2, 1:1, 2:1) 1:0 Bartovic (2.36), 2:0 Kopecky (6.50), 2:1 Treille (7.11), 2:2 da Costa (15.00), 3:2 Handzus (35.26), 3:3 Fleury (39.21), 4 :3 Radivojevic (40.39), 4:4 Roussel (45.17), 5:4 Radivojevic (50.27)

USA - Switzerland 5:2 (0:0, 2:1, 3:1) 0:1 Ruthemann (20.21), 1:1 Ryqan (22.39), 2:1 Fowler (36.52), 3:1 Stastny (45.22), 4:1 Gologoski (46.04), 4:2 Trachsler (54.43), 5: 2 Patry (54.59)

Table after the preliminary round

1. Canada 19 points (35:15) 2. USA 16 (32:17) 3. Finland 15 (21:14) 4. Slovakia 15 (21:13) 5. France 9 (21:32) 6. Switzerland 6 (16:21) 7. Belarus 3 (11:23) 8. Kazakhstan 1 (11:33)

PRELIMINARY ROUND “B” STOCKHOLM

1th matchday Germany - Italy 3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0) Czech Republic - Denmark 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1.0) Sweden - Norway 3:1 (1:0, 1:1, 1:0) Latvia - Russia 2:5 (1:0, 0:2, 1:3)

2th matchday Sweden - Czech Republic 4:1 (1:0, 1:0, 2:1) Denmark – Italy 3:4 aet (0:2, 3:1, 0:0, 0:1) Russia - Norway 4:2 (0:0, 3:2, 1:0) Germany - Latvia 2:3 (0:1, 2:1, 0:1)

3th matchday Czech Republic - Norway 4:3 nP (1:1, 1:1, 1:1, 0:0) Denmark - Sweden 4:6 (1:4, 1:2, 2:0) Latvia - Italy 5:0 (1:0, 2:0, 2:0) Russia - Germany 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0)

4th matchday Norway - Italy 6:2 (2:1, 2:1, 2:0) Sweden - Germany 5:2 (1:1, 2:1, 2:0) Denmark - Russia 1:3 (1:2, 0:1, 0:0) Czech Republic - Latvia 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 2:0)

5th matchday Italy - Czech Republic 0:6 (0:2, 0:3, 0:1) Russia - Sweden 7:3 (1:2, 2:1, 4:0) Norway - Latvia 3:0 (1:0, 2:0, 0:0) Germany - Denmark 2:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:0)

6th matchday Italy - Sweden 0:4 (0:2, 0:1, 0:1) Russia - Czech Republic 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0) Germany - Norway 4:12 (0:3, 1:6, 3:3) Latvia - Denmark 0:2 (0:0, 0:2, 0:0)

7st match day: Italy - Russia 0:4 (0:1, 02. 0:1) 0:1 Datsyuk (10.35), 0:2 Kuznetsov (24.28), 0:3 Biryukov (28.07), 0:4 Popov (53.38)

Norway - Denmark 6:2 (0:0, 5:0, 1:2) 1:0 Spets (26.12), 2:0 Ask (27.29), 3:0 Skroder (36.35), 4:0 Holos (37.53), 5:0 Thoresen (39.39), 5:1 Madsen (43.03), 5: 2 Poulsen (47.50), 6:2 Trygg (55.39)

Czech Republic - Germany 8:1 (3:1, 3:0, 2:0) 1:0 Hemsky (1.58), 1:1 Greilinger (7.36), 2:1 Krajicek (10.34), 3:1 Erat (16.05), 4:1 Koukal (25.01), 5:1 Krejci (29.55), 6: 1 Novotny (34.22), 7:1 Koukal (44.34), 8:1 Blatak (46.42)

Sweden . Latvia 4:0 (2:0, 1:0, 1:0) 1:0 Eriksson (4.39), 2:0 Silfverberg (14.40), 3:0 Zetterberg (33.45), 4:0 Franzen (52.18)

Table after the preliminary round 1. Russia 21 points (27:8) 2. Sweden 18 (29:15) 3. Czech Republic 14 (24:11) 4. Norway 13 (33:19) 5. Latvia 6 (11:19) 6. Germany 6 (14:31) 7. Denmark 4 (13:23) 8. Italy 2 (6:31)

Quarterfinal pairings (on Thursday) Canada - Slovakia Russia - Norway USA - Finland Sweden - Czech Republic

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The “Azzurri” are relegated to the 1st Division - All results

It's been fixed since Monday evening. Because Denmark beat Latvia 2-0 in the afternoon and Italy lost 0-4 to Russia in the evening game, the Cornacchia team was relegated from the A group to the 1st division after just one year.

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