MS in hockey 2025: Slovakia is fighting for the quarterfinals. What is the mathematics?

Stockholm. Slovak hockey players waits for MS in hockey 2025 On Sunday from 8 pm an important battle against Latvia. The result of the match will tell many of the quarterfinal ambitions of both teams.

About the seat between the eight of the best teams at the tournament competing in group a In Stockholm, besides them, Austria.

Slovaks will also be interested in the result of the afternoon duel between Austria and Slovenia.

In recent years, these two teams have set up balanced rescue matches or the elite, but this time the favorite is clear. The Austrians play very well in the tournament and they are also expected to work against the Slovenes.

Each result other than the Austrian victory for three points would theoretically play the cards to Slovaks.

Slovakia will reach the quarterfinals at the Hockey World Championships 2025 if:

1.) On Sunday evening, Slovakia will overcome Latvia for three points and Austria will not score more than four points from the last two matches against Slovenia and Latvia.

Slovaks will end the A -group on Tuesday at 16.20 against Finland, the match Latvia – Austria is played earlier.

If the Austrians conquered at least one of the pair Slovenia and Latvia for three points (and the other for two), the Slovaks would also need to score against the Finns even in the case of three points against Latvia. The match speaks in favor of Austria, so Slovakia must have a point more in the table.

2.) On Sunday evening, Slovakia will overcome Latvia for two points (after overtime or raids), it can have the procedure in the pocket before the match against the Finnish, but only if the Austrians do not call the Slovenes for three points and the next day they get at least a point against Latvia.

In this case, Slovakia should in the table of 9 points, Latvia 9 (but worse match than Slovakia) and Austria 8. Another scenario will force the Slovaks to score against Finland.

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Before the match against Finland, there may also be a situation where Slovakia, Austria and Latvia will have 9 points (if the Slovaks overcome Latvians for two points, the Austrians for three points of Slovenians and then Latvi for two points of the Austrians).

There will be a mini -table of their mutual matches, in which all 3 points and the same goal difference will have. The overall score speaks to the detriment of the Slovaks and again follows the need to score against the Finns.

3.) Slovakia will lose with Latvia on Sunday evening, but gets a point. In this case, the trip to the quarterfinals through the victory over Finland in the last match.

Slovaks can even skip not only one of Latvia/Austria, but also Finnish.

If the North people lose on Monday with Canada without winning the AV point, Tuesday will overcome them for three points Slovaks, in the table will be Slovakia and Finland after 11 points and Slovaks better match.