Czech Republic got off with just a scareCzech Republic's 4-4 tie against secured them the first place in Group D of the first phase of the WFC. The afternoon game evolved into a thriller as Norway was able to come back after being three goals down but failed to score the winning goal. The result means it is Norway that is going to face mighty Sweden in the quarter-finals.

Ketil Kronberg had the best chance for a Norwegian winning goal as he lifted the ball just over the net after a good pass by goalie Tomas Näshölm. Not even pulling the goalie at 59.18 helped as Czech Republic was able to get their act together at the last moment.

DAY 3: 6.12. 2010

GAMES ON 7.12.

HARTWALL AREENA

09:30 LAT-POL

12:15 SUI-SIN

15:00 GER-SWE

17:45 RUS-FIN

ENERGIA AREENA

11:00 AUS-EST

14:00 CAN-DEN

standings

Group A

Finland 2 22-3 4

Russia 2 15-9 4

Denmark 2 4-14 0

Canada 2 8-23 0

Group B

Switzerland 2 18-4 4

Latvia 3 35-7 4

Poland 3 12-22 2

Singapore 2 5-37 0

Group C

Sweden 2 60-2 4

Estonia 2 7-24 2

Germany 2 15-9 2

Australia 2 4-51 0

Group D

Czech Rep. 3 45-1 5

Norway 3 34-7 5

Italy 3 5-29 2

Japan 3 3-46 0

AUS CAN CZE DAN EST FIN GER ITA

JAP LAT NOR POL RUS SIN SUI SWE

Pick ups from the day 3

Captains of Team Finland visited

a Children's Hospital

A team Finland delegation visited a Helsinki Children's hospital on Monday that was the Finnish Independence Day. According to Captain Mikael Järvi the team was more than happy about the visit.-We brought them nine Playstations, games, WFC2010 t-shirts, balls and player cards with our autographs on them. It's great to see how happy they were to have us here.

Team Finland was represented by Mikael Järvi, Tero Tiitu, Mika Kohonen, Harri Forsten (who'll soon graduate to be a doctor himself) and Timo Toivonen. The players enjoyed chatting to the little patients and right after the first Playstation was set up, Mika Kohonen waschallenged by 7-year old Valtteri in Lego Star Wars. Next door, Tero Tiitu lost in a board game to a little boy called Pyry.

Pick ups from the day 3The Hofbauer brothers unstoppable for Poland

The Hofbauer brothers proved too much for Poland as they were beaten 2-12 (0-3, 1-4, 1-5) by Switzerland. Matthias Hofbauer scored 3+1 and Christoph Hofbauer 1+3. Another two points gave the Swiss a good gripof a quarterfinal place. Within 19 seconds in the opening period, Matthias Hofbauer was left unchecked twice and fired two quick shots in the very same hole right of Poland's goalie Przemyslav Strazynski.

Photo: Mika Hilska/MagicalGames2010

Group D: ITALY-JAPAN: 3-106:59 0 - 1 KONDO Jan (TAJIMA Tatsuro) Japan 12:46 1 - 1 YV ILMER Thomas (PELLEGRINI Simone) Italy 30:52 2 - 1 VoM LUDOLINI Sandro (PELLEGRINI Boris) Italy 38:20 3 - 1 AV CASAGRANDE Diego (LUDOLINI Sandro) Italy Referees: GRAHN-GUSTAVSSON Håkan, RÅSBRINK JohanSpectators: 177

WFC 2010 GAMES 6.12.2010

Group B: SINGAPORE-LATVIA 12-200:55 0 - 1 JANSONS Janis (JUSKEVICS Ainars) Latvia 02:54 0 - 2 VoM JUSKEVICS Ainars (JANSONS Janis) Latvia 04:17 0 - 3 YV MALKAVS Andris (LAIVINS Ingus) Latvia 05:02 0 - 4 BLINDS Atis (MALKAVS Andris) Latvia 06:05 0 - 5 SILINS Gints (ABRAMOVS Aleksandrs) Latvia 07:32 0 - 6 ABRAMOVS Aleksandrs (SKUDRITIS Dailis) Latvia 07:49 0 - 7 BLINDS Atis (MALKAVS Andris) Latvia 08:28 0 - 8 LAIVINS Ingus (RAJECKIS Martins) Latvia 11:45 0 - 9 JEKABSONS Ivars (ABRAMOVS Aleksandrs) Latvia 13:20 0 - 10 JEKABSONS Ivars (SAVINS Artis) Latvia 16:08 0 - 11 JEKABSONS Ivars (ABRAMOVS Aleksandrs) Latvia 16:31 0 - 12 JUSKEVICS Ainars (BLINDS Atis) Latvia 17:34 0 - 13 RAJECKIS Janis (RAJECKIS Martins) Latvia 18:01 0 - 14 SKUDRITIS Dailis (SAVINS Artis) Latvia 19:56 0 - 15 RAITUMS Artis (RAJECKIS Janis) Latvia 21:36 0 - 16 YV RAITUMS Artis (KOSTUSEVS Mihails) Latvia 22:51 0 - 17 YV MALKAVS Andris (LAIVINS Ingus) Latvia 25:18 0 - 18 KOSTUSEVS Mihails (LAIVINS Ingus) Latvia 25:34 1 - 18 HAFEEZ Kassim Mohd (SYAZNI Muhammad Ramlee) Singapore 31:19 1 - 19 BLINDS Atis (LISOVSKIS Kristians) Latvia 39:59 1 - 20 LISOVSKIS Kristians (BLINDS Atis) Latvia 42:55 1 - 21 LISOVSKIS Kristians (JANSONS Janis) Latvia 45:08 1 - 22 LISOVSKIS Kristians (JANSONS Janis) Latvia 49:05 1 - 23 YV LISOVSKIS Kristians (RAITUMS Artis) Latvia 49:50 1 - 24 PREISS Ivo (KOSTUSEVS Mihails) Latvia 54:42 1 - 25 RAITUMS Artis (JANSONS Janis) Latvia 54:50 1 - 26 RAJECKIS Martins (JUSKEVICS Ainars) Latvia 56:35 1 - 27 RAITUMS Artis (JANSONS Janis) LatviaReferees: JÄRVENTAUSTA Tommi, MYLLYKANGAS MiikkaSpectators: 152

Group B:

POLAND-SWITZERLAND: 3-615:06 0 - 1 HOFBAUER Matthias (HOFBAUER Christoph) Switzerland 15:25 0 - 2 HOFBAUER Matthias (KRÄHENBÜHL Joel) Switzerland 19:00 0 - 3 VoM BICHSEL Simon (HOFBAUER Christoph) Switzerland 20:25 0 - 4 KRÄHENBÜHL Joel (HOFBAUER Matthias) Switzerland 28:29 0 - 5 YV GERBER Markus (ANTENER Emanuel) Switzerland 29:40 0 - 6 HOFBAUER Matthias (HOFBAUER Christoph) Switzerland 31:30 1 - 6 CHLEBDA Lukasz (HANTSCH Patryk) Poland 37:08 1 - 7 HOFBAUER Christoph (KRÄHENBÜHL Joel) Switzerland 47:20 1 - 8 STUCKI Simon (SCHNEEBERGER Jonas) Switzerland 50:50 1 - 9 ANTENER Emanuel (SCHNEEBERGER Jonas) Switzerland 51:58 1 - 10 MÜHLETHALER Marc (ZÜRCHER Michael) Switzerland 52:11 1 - 11 STUCKI Simon (ZIMMERMANN Adrian) Switzerland 53:31 2 - 11 GIRYS Daniel (KOSTELA Piotr) Poland 55:57 2 - 12 STUCKI Simon (ANTENER Emanuel) SwitzerlandReferees: BARTOSEK Daniel, BARTOSEK Michael Spectators: 423

Group D:

CZECH REPUBLIC-NORWAY 6-308:12 1 - 0 YV ZALESNY Ales (OSTRANSKY Martin) Czech Republic 18:01 2 - 0 ZALESNY Ales (SKALIK Vojtech) Czech Republic 39:06 2 - 1 STRAETE Thomas (SLETTEN Andreas) Norway 42:00 3 - 1 JELINEK Jan (TOMASIK Milan) Czech Republic 46:02 4 - 1 CHRAPEK Tomas Czech Republic 50:35 4 - 2 YV EVENSEN Raymond (FAUSKANGER Willy) Norway 51:08 4 - 3 STRAETE Thomas (ERIKSEN Fredrik Hoff) Norway 54:44 4 - 4 KRONBERG Ketil (NIELSEN Erik Viggo) NorwayReferees: ERHARD Thomas, RENZ PhilippeSpectators: 555

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