Sweden stands in the quarter-finals at the ice hockey World Cup in Finland thanks to the Czech shooting aid. The eleven -time world champion lost to the USA in Group B in Tampere after extra time (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1), but through the 4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) The Czechs over Norway loosened the ticket for the knockout round on Saturday evening.

Olympic champion Finland, who had already secured the progress on Friday through a 6-0 against relegation candidate Great Britain, also celebrated the fifth win in Tampere 3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0).

In group A, defending champion Canada and Switzerland had reached the quarter -finals prematurely before they meet through the 3-0 victory in Denmark against France – as well as Germany. In a high -class and fast -paced game, the strong Swiss defeated the record world champion 6: 3 (3: 3, 1: 0, 2: 0) and sat down to the top of the table in the fifth game in the fifth game.

The Swiss Andres Ambühl replaced the German record national player Udo Kießling in his 120th World Cup game as a record player. For the 38-year-old, it is the 17th World Cup participation in the 85th title fights in Helsinki and Tampere. He also stood on the ice five times at the Winter Olympics for the Confederates.

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The Slovakia Olympic 3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1) maintained its quarter -final chances against Italy.