The Ice Hockey World Championship in Riga is becoming more and more a tournament of wonder.

Eleven-time world champion Sweden accepted their second embarrassing bankruptcy against an outsider a day after 3: 4 against Denmark with 0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) against Belarus. German Nestro (41st) led the newcomer to a first World Cup victory against Trey Kroner.

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Defending champions Finland also embarrassed themselves in the German Group B on Sunday with a 1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) after a penalty shootout against newly promoted Kazakhstan . Nikita Michaelis converted the deciding penalty.

Canada with defeat against USA

The 26-time title holder Canada goes into the game against Germany’s leaders on Monday without a single point (Live from 7.10 pm Game 1) After 0: 2 against host Latvia, the world number one player suffered a 1: 5 (0: 1, 0: 3, 1: 1) defeat to USA. Like Group Sweden, twelve-time world champion Czech Republic started with two defeats.

Norway celebrated their first win a day after a 1: 5 defeat against the German national team. The team around Dell players Mathis and Ken Andre Olimb won against Italy 4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1). Former Krefeld Mathis Tretanus was the match winner with three goals.

In Group A, Switzerland posted their second threesome and remained the front-runner on Russia’s heels. After 5: 2 against the Czech Republic, the Swiss defeated Denmark by a third goal of NHL striker Timo Maier 1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0).

Slovakia also have six points to account, beating Belarus 5: 2 to 2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0) to beat Great Britain against the outsiders. The winning goal was achieved by Robert Lantosi (25th).

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