The last matches of the group stage took place during the Ice Hockey World Championship 2023, which takes place in Tampere and Riga.
The last participant of the playoffs was the national team Latvia who defeated Switzerland. The main time of the match ended with the score 3:3. The overtime victory was brought to the Latvians by a precise shot from Rudolfs Balzers.
With this result, Latvia with 13 points overtook the Czech Republic (13) and Slovakia (11) in the Group B standings, finishing in third place.
In a side game, Finland beat Denmark – 7:1. The Finns finished the group stage third in Group A with 16 points.
Following the results of the group stage, the quarter-final pairings have been determined, which are as follows: UNITED STATES — Czech , Sweden — Latvia, Finland — Canada , Germany — Swiss .
The teams of Hungary and Slovenia took the last places in the groups and lost their place in the elite division for the following season.
The 2023 Ice Hockey World Cup qualifiers will begin on May 25. Finland is the current winner of the tournament.
Watch live broadcasts of the matches of the Ice Hockey World Championship 2023 on the channel and on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV

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