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It will be the match between Switzerland and Russia to kick off'' s eighty-third edition of the World Championships in ice hockey that will snap tomorrow afternoon at 16.45 (15:45 Italian) from the Minsk Arena located in the capital of Belarus.
Thursday 8 May 2014 3 minutes reading time
The defending champion Sweden likely will again this year,'' the nation concerned that the tournament will be defected from the main Star engaged with their respective NHL clubs in'' turned on combating Stanley Cup
'' Even this year the race format provides a breakdown of the 16 national belonging'' s elite world into two groups of 8 teams.
The top four nations in each group will qualify for the playoffs starting from the quarter-finals, while the last of the two groups classified recede in the First Division.
Besides the already cited Sweden, as usual, will be to keep an eye on'' Russia eager for revenge after the great disappointment suffered at the Olympics in Sochi, the winner of Finland'' Euro Hockey Tour and the Czech Republic'' s eternal Jaromir Jagr.
Canada and the United States while providing a great tradition in this discipline, will start a step below expectations compared to the national figure just mentioned that fall on the ice with the second lines.
Italy'' s return to compete in the World Top Division after two years. The national team coached by Tom Pokel U.S. entered in Group A, will point to stay in the top division rainbow. The Azzurri will be called'' s business as the challenges with the Czech Republic, Canada, Slovakia and Sweden seem to have a destiny already marked, and then the Italian hopes of salvation will be restricted only to the games against France and Denmark.
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