Host Italy suffered a bitter 11-0 defeat against Finland. Germany narrowly lost to Latvia and the USA had problems, but still defeated Denmark. Slovakia wins the group despite losing to Sweden.
Slovakia pulled off a surprise at the Olympics, winning Group B despite a 5-3 defeat to Sweden. The decisive factor was the better goal difference in the internal table, which meant that the Slovaks secured first place ahead of Finland and Sweden and a guaranteed place in the quarter-finals. With a clear 11-0 win against hosts Italy, Finland kept its chance of advancing directly as the best runner-up in the group, while Sweden has to go into the qualifying round.
In Group C, world champions USA celebrated a 6-3 win against Denmark and took a big step towards winning the group. Germany, on the other hand, disappointed in the 3-4 defeat against Latvia and is under pressure before the final duel with the USA.
Women’s tournament already in the finals
Two semi-finalists have already been determined in the women’s tournament: defending champion Canada beat Germany 5-1, while Switzerland narrowly defeated Finland 1-0. The two teams will now meet in the semi-finals. The USA and Sweden will contest the second semi-final.
Olympic tournament
Germany – Latvia 3:4 (2:1|0:1|0:2)
Goals: 1:0 Reichel (3rd), 1:1 Locmelis (16th), 2:1 Kälble (17th), 2:2 Locmelis (29th), 2:3 Tralmaks (49th), 2:4 Krastenbergs (52nd), 3:4 Stützle (58th)
Sweden-Slovakia 5:3 (1:1|2:1|2:1)
Goals: 1:0 Erikson Ek (8th), 1:1 Slafkovsky (9th), 2:1 Kempe (2nd), 2:2 Gernat (30th), 3:2 Pettersson (35th), 4:2 Pettersson (48th), 5:2 Raymond (52nd), 5:3 Dvorsky (60th)
Finland – Italy 11:0 (3:0|3:0|5:0)
Goals: 1:0 Aho (7th), 2:0 Granlund (10th/PP), 3:0 Kakko (11th), 4:0 Kiviranta (26th), 5:0 Kakko (28th), 6:0 Granlund (38th), 7:0 Heiskanen (42nd/PP), 8:0 Lehkonen (42nd), 9:0 Aho (44th), 10:0 Armia (54th), 11:0 Kiviranta (58th)
USA – Denmark 6:3 (1:2|3:1|2:0)
Goals: 0:1 Olesen (2nd), 1:1 Boldy (4th), 1:2 Jensen (12th), 2:2 Tkachuk (30th), 3:2 Eichel (31st), 4:2 Hanifin (38th), 4:3 Bruggisser (40th), 5:3 Guentzel (48th), 6:3 Hughes (55th)
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