Sweden, Russia win again and go to the quarterfinals

Svezia e Russia vincono ancora e vanno ai quarti di finale
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Sweden, Russia win again and go to the quarterfinals

Everything decided also in Group B of the tournament Olympic women's ice hockey: surpassing Germany and Japan respectively, Sweden and Russia in fact automatically qualify for the quarter-finals.

Sweden beats without much difficulty Germany for four to zero. It lasts just a minute the resistance of the German Nordi Emma then gives way to what appears to be a goleada, but in reality it becomes only the last period. Sweden is in fact no longer able to pierce the opponent's goal in the next forty minutes, rounding off the scoring in the third period and only in a matter of five minutes. A sign Cecilia Ostberg, Johanna Olofsson and Pernilla Wirnberg. Suffered the victory of Russia in the lead after eleven minutes with a goal by Tatyana Burina, the team landlady sees surprisingly reached early in the third period thanks to a goal by Ayaka Toko. He thinks Alexandra Vafina eight minutes from time to score the point of two to one that gives victory and qualification with a round to spare his team. With today's results in fact Sweden and Russia are automatically qualified for the playoffs in the quarterfinals. Direct confrontation Thursday will mark only those who will face Finland and Switzerland, in two games, however, prohibitive. Germany and Japan instead remain at zero and in the match will be played only the honor because, being still at zero points, are already mathematically eliminated from the tournament.
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