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Yesterday was completed the first phase of the World Championships Top Division ice hockey underway in Minsk, Belarus.
Wednesday 21 May 2014 5 minutes reading time
In group A, with Sweden, Canada, France and the Czech Republic already qualified for the quarter-finals, the only uncertainty was related to'''' ranking order. Canada while fielding a much more training weaker than the Olympic champion, beat measurement Norway (3-2) going up to 18 points and winning their group accordingly, by virtue the success in the match against Sweden.
'' In another important challenge in group A, which starred the France great revelation of the tournament, against the Czech Republic'' s eternal Jaromir Jagr, it was Closed'' s overtime in favor of the Czechs. With this victory, the Czech Republic just climbs over France in third place in the group A and the quarter-finals if the will against the United States.
Quest'' last, beating 5 to 4 in Germany you are guaranteed second place in group B by closing the preliminary round with 14 points the result of 5 wins and 2 losses. In the same group, the seventh consecutive victory for Russia, probably the best team strong'' s entire event, in which the'' last day has passed 2 to 1 Belarus hostess. In the quarterfinals against the Russians will see the amazing France, in a match that seems already marked for the Alps.
The Belarusians, however, close third in the first phase and Thursday Sweden will face in what appears to be one of the quarter-finals of the most uncertain'' s entire event.
'' The last available place for the playoffs if'' is Finland has won the thank Switzerland. The Swiss even though they no longer had velleity Access to the quarter-final they faced hard-nosed Latvia (who was in the middle of the fight for fourth place), surpassing the formation Baltic by a score of 3 to 2. The Finns in the next round will clash against the formidable Canada, a challenge that given the results so far accrued pose the North American'' definitely favorites for the semi-finals.
In the quest'' last day they met also Denmark and Slovakia in a game that saw the two teams already off prejudice and without a chance for the next round. The Slovaks have exceeded the Scandinavians to 5 to 4, but can not win last quest'' certainly enough to ensure the blue-white star led by Miroslav Satan as the non-inclusion of one of the country being part of the so-called "seven sisters"'' s hockey world is a disappointment.
Tomorrow starting at 16.00 local time (15.00 Italian) will snap the quarter-finals on the following pairs:
United States-Czech Republic
Russia-France
Canada-Finland
Sweden-Belarus
The final classifications of days but these are the following:
Group A
1) Canada 18, 2) Sweden 18, 3) Czech Republic 12, 4) France 11, 5), Slovakia 10, 6) Norway 7, 7) Denmark 5, 8) Italy 3.
Group B
1) Russia 21, 2) United States 14, 3) Belarus 12, 4) Finland 11, 5) Switzerland 10, 6) Latvia 9, 7) Germany 5, 8) Kazakhstan 2
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