The Slovakian and Latvian competitors, as well as the Canadians, also won third place at the World Hockey Championship in Riga.
The Slovaks won 3-1 the gold medal for the Russians from Russia at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyongyang.
The host Latvia defeated the Italian team 3-0, and both teams will be rivals for the Hungarian team, who will also play the French career, also in the August Olympic qualifiers in Riga.
For the Canadians who have won the gold medal 26 times, the historic achievement was that they became the host and lost to the Americans, who had never started the world championship with two defeats in the past.
Results, for groups, 3 roles:
the group:
Czechs – Fehrorosorgy 3-2 (0-0, 2-1, 0-1, 1-0) – overtime
Slovakia-Russia 3-1 (0-0, 1-1, 2-0)
the lls: 1. Slovakia 3 scores / 9 points, 2. Russia 3/6, 3. Switzerland 2/6, 4. Belarus 3/4, 5. Dunya 2/3, 6. Czech Republic 3/2, 7. Sweden 2/ 0, 8. Great Britain 2/0
Group B:
Namturchang – Canada 3-1 (2-1, 0-0, 1-0)
Latvia-Italy 3-0 (0-0, 1-0, 2-0)
the lls: 1. Germany 3 points / 9 points, 2 Latvia 3/7, 3. Kazakhstan 2/4, 4. Finland 2/4, 5. United States 2/3, 6. Norway 2/3, 7. Canada 3/0 8. Italy 3/0
