The last preliminary group day of the Men’s Ice Hockey World Championships is in full swing. It started with Germany’s victory over France and Slovakia’s victory over Norway.
The final day of the preliminary groups is currently being played at the Men’s Ice Hockey World Championships. In the matches that started at 12:20, in Tampere’s A group, Germany beat France 5–0, and in Riga’s B group, Slovakia beat Norway 4–1.
Germany’s goals. In the 0–4 situation, France’s match took on even darker tones when the third period had been played at 7:08. French Loic Farnier received a five-minute penalty and a match penalty for a knee tackle. After that Justin Addamo took a 2+2-minute. Germany’s Maximilian Kastner hit the final numbers 5–0 with the superiority of two men.
Therefore, the situation in the A-group is as follows: USA and Sweden will decide the victory of the group in the game starting at 16:20, Finland will definitely be third in the group and Germany will definitely be fourth in the group. These teams to the quarterfinals.
If Germany had not beaten France, Denmark would also have had a chance for the quarterfinals.
Therefore, the bet on the match between Finland and Denmark, which will be played tonight at 8:20 p.m., was lost. Finland is third in its group and Denmark is fifth in the group.
In group B, the situation is open
Switzerland has secured the victory in Group B with 18 points.
The Czech Republic and Canada will play for the second place in the group in the match starting at 16:20. The winner of that match will therefore face Finland in the quarterfinals.
Before their last group match, the Czech Republic has 13 points, Canada has 12 points.
With its win, Slovakia moved up to fourth place in Group B with 11 points, which means it is tied for the last playoff spot. Latvia also has 11 points.
Latvia plays against Switzerland at 20:20. If Latvia takes even a point, it will advance past Slovakia to the playoffs.
On the other hand, with a win, Latvia can move up to group three, i.e. pass Canada or the Czech Republic. It can also happen that Canada, the Czech Republic and Latvia are all on 14 points. In that case, Canada would be second in the group with points from mutual matches.
SECTION A
Germany–France 5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)
3.31 1–0 Ehl (Stachowiak, Tuomie)
15.55 2–0 Tiffels (Peterka, Kahun)
22.07 3–0 Peterka
43.51 4–0 Fischbuch (Wissmann, Noebels)
53.34 5–0 Kastner (Noebels, Wissmann)
You fight
GER Niederberger 13/13
FRA Ylönen 33/38
BLOCK B
Slovakia–Norway 4–1 (3–0, 0–1, 1–0)
3.58 1–0 Hrivik (Panik, Regenda)
7.30 2–0 Cehlarik (Rosandic, Knazko)
15.43 3–0 Lantosi (Gajdos)
23.10 3–1 Vikingstad (Paulsen, Olsen)
58.41 4–1 Panic
You fight
SLO Skorvanek 24/25 (60.00)
NOR Haukeland 31/34 (57.55)
12:20 p.m. Germany–France (Tampere) 5–0
At 12.20 Slovakia–Norway (Riga) 4–1
16:20 Sweden–United States (Tampere)
16:20 Canada–Czech Republic (Riga)
20:20 Finland–Denmark (Tampere)
20:20 Switzerland–Latvia (Riga)
If two teams have the same score after the first group, the team that won the match between them will be ranked better in the standings.
When three or more teams are tied, the standings are settled as follows:
1. The number of points between these teams’ matches
2. The goal difference between these teams’ matches
3. Goals scored in matches between these teams
4. If the teams are still tied, the teams in the group are compared to the best team in the group by points, goal difference and goals scored
5. If the teams are still tied, the teams in the group are compared to the second best team in the same way as in point four
6. If the teams are still tied, the superiority of the teams is determined by the ranking position