Switzerland suffers its first World Cup defeat

In the new edition of last year's final, Tre Kronor beat Switzerland 4:3 (1:1, 2:1, 1:1) in Group B in Bratislava. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (52nd) scored the decisive goal. Sweden (12 points) improved to second place and pushed Switzerland into third place - two games before the end of the group phase, both teams are a comfortable six points ahead of their pursuers Latvia (6).

Olympic champion Russia has already qualified for the quarter-finals and is the only team still undefeated. The record world champion led by NHL superstar Alexander Ovechkin celebrated a 3-1 (0-1, 3-0, 0-0) win against Latvia. Norway had no trouble winning 7:1 (1:0, 0:0, 6:1) against newly promoted Italy, who scored their first goal of the tournament, and secured early relegation ( SportNews berichtete ).

In Group A, hosts Slovakia are threatened with elimination from the preliminary round despite a comfortable 7:1 (3:1, 3:0, 1:0) against newly promoted Great Britain. The Slovaks are fifth with nine points, two points behind the USA (11). The Americans, who easily defeated Denmark 7-1 (4-0, 2-1, 1-0), still have one more game in hand.

Group B Latvia – Russia 1:3 Goals: 1:0 Cibulskis (10.28), 1:1 Orlov (20.27), 1:2 Gusev (23.50), 1:3 Kucherov (32.40) Italy – Norway 1:6 Goals: 0:1 Reichenberger (15.23), 0:2 Mathias Trettenes (41.47), 1:2 Miceli (42.03), 1:3 Haga (43.55), 1:4 Lindstrom (47.45), 1:5 Sondre Olden (49.06 ), 1:6 Martin Roymark (51.39), 1:7 Stefan Espeland (59.08) Sweden – Switzerland 4:3 Goals: 0:1 Andrighetto (4.09), 1:1 Wennberg (18.44), 2:1 Nylander (25.20), 2:2 Genazzi (27.58), 3:2 Gustafsson (28.28), 3:3 Haas (50.27), 4:3 Ekman-Larsson (51.47)

Pos Name Games Points 1. Russia 5 15 2. Sweden 5 12 3. Switzerland 5 12 4. Czechia 5 12 5. Latvia 5 6 6. Norway 6 6 7. Austria 5 0 8. Italy 6 0 Group A Denmark – USA 1:7 Goals: 0:1 Vatrano (10.34), 0:2 DeBrincat (11.03), 0:3 Keller (14.24), 0:4 Kreider (19.49), 1:4 Olesen (24.50), 1:5 DeBrincat (11.55), 1:6 Larkin (33.17), 1:7 Eichel (11.19) Canada – Germany 1:8 Goals: 1:0 Chabot (72.), 2:0 Stone (16.43), 3:0 Stone (26.02), 3:1 Ehliz (38.01), 4:1 Stone (38.49), 5:1 Mantha (43.01) , 6:1 Mantha (44.55), 7:1 Reinhart (45.28), 8:1 Cirelli (53.10) Great Britain 1-7 Slovakia Goals: 0:1 Sekera (2.04), 0:2 Tatar (2.25), 0:3 Marincin (9.02), 1:3 Hammond (17.44), 1:4 Cajkovsky (24.33), 1:5 Studenic (29.09), 1:6 Sukel (35.11), 1:7 Bondra (58.00) Pos Name Games Points 1. Finland 5 13 2. Canada 5 12 3. Germany 5 12 4. USA 5 11 5. Slovakia 5 6 6. Denmark 5 5 7. France 5 1 8. Great Britain 5 0

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Switzerland suffers its first World Cup defeat

Defending champion Sweden has a very good chance of reaching the quarter-finals thanks to their fourth win in the fifth game at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Slovakia.

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