The sport at Enviornment Ostrava will begin at 17.20 Latvian time and can be broadcast reside by LTV7.
In 4 hours, Slovakia and Poland will meet on this subgroup, and this recreation can be watched on LTV7. In subgroup A in Prague at 17.20 there can be a match between Denmark and the Czech Republic, and at 21.20 there can be a gathering between the Czech Republic and Nice Britain. All video games may be watched reside on the Latvian public media portal “lsm.lv/hokejs”.
In Group B, Sweden has 9 factors from three video games, Latvia has seven, Slovakia has 5, the USA and France have 4 every, Germany and Kazakhstan have three every, and Poland has one level.
In Group A, Switzerland and Canada have eight factors from three matches every, Finland has seven, and the Czech Republic has six. Norway have three factors from 4 matches and Denmark from three matches, Austria has one level from three matches, and Nice Britain has no factors from two matches.
The Latvian nationwide staff started the championship with two victories in additional time, with each successful targets scored by Kaspars Daugavins. On Saturday, the Latvians beat Poland with a rating of 5:4, and on Sunday they beat France with a rating of three:2. On Tuesday, Latvia beat Kazakhstan 2-0, reaching their first success in regulation time.
Germany defeated Slovakia 6-4 within the first recreation, however misplaced the subsequent two matches 1-6, conceding the prevalence of the USA and Sweden.
Latvia will face Sweden on Might 18, Slovakia on Might 19, and within the last group recreation on Might 21, the Latvians will face the USA, whom they beat final 12 months for the bronze medal.
The German nationwide staff consists of 4 Nationwide Hockey League gamers, in addition to 5 German champions. A lot of the gamers within the German nationwide staff come from golf equipment within the German Bundesliga.
Goalkeeper Elvis Merzlikins returned to the Latvian nationwide staff after lacking the earlier championship. Of these gamers who received bronze medals final 12 months, 17 stay within the squad, and this 12 months seven newcomers will make their debut within the championship – goalkeeper Erik Vitols, defender Markus Komuls, in addition to forwards Harald Egle, Raivis Ansons and Eduards Tralmax, Martin Lavins Felix Gavars.
The very best goalkeeper of the final world championship and probably the most worthwhile participant of the event, Artur Shilov, along with final season’s Stanley Cup winner Theodore Bluegers, proceed to struggle within the playoffs of the Nationwide Hockey League (NHL) within the ranks of the Vancouver “Canucks”. The roster additionally doesn’t embody Uvis Janis Balinskis, a defenseman for the Florida NHL membership Panthers, whose staff can be nonetheless combating for the Stanley Cup.
As a result of accidents, this 12 months’s staff didn’t embody forwards Rudolf Balzers, Ronald Kenins, Denis Smirnov, Andris Dzherins, who performed in final 12 months’s championship, in addition to Christian Rubin, who scored the successful purpose within the bronze recreation.
The event options 16 groups, divided into two teams of eight groups every, guaranteeing every staff seven video games. The highest 4 groups in every group will proceed to compete for medals within the quarter-finals, whereas the weaker groups in each teams will depart the stronger division to get replaced by Hungary and Slovenia subsequent 12 months.
Final 12 months, Canadians received the World Championships, beating Germany within the decisive match, and Latvia received bronze medals, defeating the US staff in additional time.
This 12 months the World Cup is going down within the Czech cities of Prague and Ostrava from Might 10 to 26.
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2024-05-15 05:09:48