In other matches Saturday in Riga, Latvia beat Kazakhstan 7-0 and the Czech Republic beat Norway 2-0, while in Tampere the American team beat Denmark 3-0 and Sweden beat France 4-0.

Only the leaders of the group – the Swiss and the Americans – retain all their points.

This year’s World Championships were scheduled to take place in St. Petersburg, but after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the event was moved first to Ljubljana and Budapest, and after reported financial problems by the Hungarians, in Tampere and Riga. For the second time in a row, the teams of the aggressor countries – Russia and Belarus – do not participate.

During the first part of the tournament, 16 teams were divided into two groups. The top four teams will advance to the quarter-finals and the competition will continue in a direct elimination format. The weakest team in each group will advance to Division 1A.

Next year, for the first time since 2002, the World Championships will be held in the Czech Republic with the participation of the Polish national team, which participated with Great Britain in the tournament that ended in early May in Nottingham .

Results:
group A (Tampere)
United States – Denmark 3-0 (0-0, 0-0, 3-0)
Austria – Finland 1:3 (1:2, 0:0, 0:1)
Sweden – France 4-0 (4-0, 0-0, 0-0)
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MZP objective points
1. United States 5 5 0 21-5 15
2. Sweden 5 5 0 19-2 14
3. Finland 6 4 2 21-14 13
4. Denmark 5 3 2 17-15 8
5. Germany 5 2 3 15-14 6
6. France 5 1 4 10-17 4
7. Hungary 5 1 4 7-26 2
8. Austria 6 0 6 7-24 1
group B (Riga)
Norway – Czech Republic 0:2 (0:2, 0:0, 0:0)
Canada – Switzerland 2:3 (0:0, 1:2, 1:1)
Kazakhstan – Latvia 0:7 (0:2, 0:3, 0:2)
1. Switzerland 5 5 0 22-4 15
2. Czech Republic 5 4 1 19-9 13
3. Canada 5 4 1 20-7 11
4. Latvia 6 4 2 17-14 11
5. Slovakia 5 1 4 10-14 5
6. Norway 5 1 4 5-11 4
7.Kazakhstan 6 2 4 10-28 4
8. Slovenia 5 0 5 6-22 0

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/ empe, PAP