The World Hockey Championship will be known for finalists / day
Sweden with the US will meet at the Avicii Arena at Stockholm at 3:20 pm and Switzerland with Denmark four hours later. The World Championship matches are broadcast live on LTV7 and on the Latvian Public Media website « lsm.lv ».
Sweden was second in Group A with 18 points, while in the US group B ranked second with 17 points.
In the quarterfinals, Sweden beat the Czech Republic with a 5: 2 win, while the US beat Finland with the same result.
Sweden won last year’s World Cup tournament with 5: 2.
Switzerland, who started the championship with a 4: 5 loss to the Czech Republic with 19 points in Group B, while Denmark won the quarter -finals in the final match, beating Germany in a 2: 1 lead.
In the quarterfinals, Denmark suffered a sensation in Herning, beating the Canadians by 2: 1, while Switzerland played Austria with 6: 0.
The teams have already met in this championship, winning the Swiss with 5: 2.
A was the first place with 19 points, Canada scored 18 points and Finland 16. With ten points in seven games, Austria entered the quarterfinals in the final group, for the first time since 1994. With nine points, Latvia finished the championship, Seven points for Slovakia, four points for Slovenia and one point for France.
In Group B, Switzerland scored 19 points in seven games, the US and the Czech Republic with 17 points, Denmark 11 and Germany ten points. Norway scored four points, but three points in Hungary and Kazakhstan, who had to leave the elite group.
It has already been reported that the Latvian team in Group A beat France by 4: 1, lost to Canada by 1: 7, won Slovenia by 5: 2, defeated Sweden with a 0: 6 team with a 1: 2 win over Finland with a 5: 1 defeat to Slovakia, but lost to Austria in the decisive game to qualify for Austria 1: 6.
16 teams were divided into two groups, eight teams each, with a round tournament. The top four teams in each group will continue their fight for medals in the quarterfinals, while the weakest teams in both groups will leave Kazakhstan and France the strongest division, and will be replaced by Britain and Italy next year.
The World Cup, with teams to the semi -finals in Herning, Denmark, in Stockholm, Sweden’s capital, will end on Sunday. Group B games and two quarter -final matches were played in Herning, but Stockholm also hosts two quarter -finals, semi -final games and medals.
Last year, the Czechs triumphed in the World Championships in their field, beating Switzerland in a decisive match with a 2-0 win, while Sweden won the bronze medals with a 4: 2 win over the Canadian national team. The Latvian national team ranked ninth, although he won four wins in the sub -group.
