- Woman: Canada cantors Sweden. As expected, the US also reached the semi-finals.
- Men: Finland beat Latvia. Sweden also celebrates its second victory in the group stage.
Women’s quarterfinals: Canada 11-0 Sweden
Canada’s record Olympic champion advanced to the semi-finals in Beijing with a big exclamation mark and is aiming firmly for his 5th gold medal. The world champions next showed an impressive performance in the quarter-finals against Sweden and won by 11:00. Brian Jenner and Sarah Fillier scored three goals each for Canada, who went through an unbeaten group stage.
Men’s Group C: Latvia 1-3 Finland
Finland fought against Latvia for a long time, but the three-time world champions won 3–1 and successfully defended their lead in Group C. The Finns had to wait until the second third before Valtteri Camillainen (38th) took the lead. Leo Komarov (55th) and Marco Antilla (59th) corrected the victory after Rodrigo Aboles (44th) tied the Latvian.
Women’s Quarterfinals: USA – Czech Republic 4:1
The favorite Americans won against the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals, but a 0–1 draw from Michaela Pezlová (25th) required a wake-up call. Just 48 seconds later, Hillary Knight equalized. In the final third, Lee Steklin, Savannah Harmon and Kendall Coyne Schofield made it all clear on the power play.
Men’s Group C: Sweden 4-1 Slovakia
After a trembling victory against Latvia the day before, Sweden fared better against Slovakia. Joachim Nordström, Lukas Wallmark and Max Freiberg took a three-goal lead from the first break, which Sweden managed to manage this time. It was already the third goal in the second game for Wallmark. Zug’s Karl Klingberg scored 4-0 in the 58th minute before 17-year-old super talent Juraj Slafkowski spoiled Swedish keeper Magnus Helberg’s shutout with his third tournament goal.
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