The Czech Republic ended in a draw in regular time of the group stage match of the 2022 Olympics in Beijing against Switzerland. This is reported by the correspondent of “Lenta.ru”.
In the meeting, which took place on Friday, February 11, the teams exchanged goals. The puck of the Czech Jiri Smeikal answered the Swiss Gaetan Has with an accurate throw.
This result allowed the Russian team to win Group A ahead of schedule. Now none of the teams in the quartet will be able to get ahead of the team of Alexei Zhamnov. On points, Denmark has a chance to catch up with the Russians, but they will be inferior to their opponent in personal meetings. The Russian team, as the winner of Group A, became the quarter-finalist of the tournament. The last match of the preliminary stage against the Czech Republic will take place on February 12 and will not have a tournament value for the Russians.
At the Beijing Olympics, the Russian team defeated Switzerland (1:0) and Denmark (2:0) and scored six points. The winners of the quartets and the best team from among those that will take second places will go directly from the three groups to the 1/4 finals. The rest will start the playoffs at the 1/8 final stage.
Source: Lenta
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