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Within the night match of Group A, Norway, which had only one victory, and Nice Britain, which suffered 5 defeats in whole, have been explaining the connection. The Scandinavians gained 5:2 (3:0, 1:1, 1:1) and buried the British desires of staying within the Elite division. A yr later Nice Britain returns to Division IA,
The Norwegians already scored three unanswered targets within the first half, and led 4-0 within the fourth. Then the British responded with one purpose, however they have been unable to develop their success additional.
Lastly, within the third quarter, the groups exchanged targets, however after the ultimate siren it grew to become clear that Nice Britain wouldn’t rise from the final place of the match within the remaining two matches.
As a result of they will acquire 3 factors at greatest, whereas Norwegians and Danes have already got 6 factors every. The British additionally misplaced to the Danes 3:4.
Within the subsequent match of the group, Finland managed to defeat the Danes 3:1 (0:0, 0:0, 3:1) and gained the tenth level and rose to the fourth place within the group. The Finns is not going to advance to the third even after the final spherical, as a result of the Swiss have already got 14 factors.
In the meantime, Sweden, who had gained all 5 of their matches thus far, and France, who had one win and a loss after additional time, competed in Group B.
In a really hard-fought match, targets fell solely within the second half inside two minutes, and ultimately the Swedes celebrated their victory 3:1 (0:0, 1:1, 3:0).
Within the third quarter, the Swedes used their quantitative benefit and Eric Karlsson scored his fourth purpose within the championship.
The French tried to no less than equalize the rating, they changed the goalkeeper with the sixth participant, however on the final second the Swedes scored a purpose into an empty web.
This victory for the Swedes implies that the crew has 18 factors with one spherical of group matches left, and isn’t any additional than the second-placed Canadians, who’ve 13 factors.
Poland will fall from group B to the IA determination, which misplaced to Kazakhstan 1:3 (1:1, 0:0, 2:0) in a vital match for survival within the Elite.
For the second yr in a row, Russia and Belarus have been disqualified from all IIHF competitions resulting from their struggle in opposition to Ukraine. The bans are legitimate till March 2025, however could also be prolonged.
Due to this fact, 16 nationwide groups compete on this championship, divided into two teams – A and B.
Groups from Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Austria and Nice Britain are competing in group A, and in group B – groups from USA, Germany, Sweden, Slovakia, Latvia, France, Kazakhstan and Poland.
The worst groups in every group shall be relegated to Group A of Division I.
The groups that took the primary 4 locations within the teams will battle for the medals and can compete within the quarterfinals.
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