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 Preliminary Round 
May 4th - May 15th, 2018 
16 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 8th Nation from each Group will be Relegated to Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division I Group A World Championship 2019  
Group A 
 
  Austria  Belarus  Czech Republic  France  Russia  Slovakia  Sweden  Switzerland 
  
 
Group B 
 
  Canada  Denmark  Finland  Germany  Latvia  Norway  South Korea  United States 
  
 
Group A 
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)  
Russia   7 - 0   France
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 1-0, 3-0 
May 4th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Sweden   5 - 0   Belarus
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 2-0, 1-0 
May 4th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Switzerland   OT3 - 2   Austria
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-1, 0-1, Overtime: 1-0 
May 5th 2018, h. 12:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
France   6 - 2   Belarus
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 1-0, 3-1 
May 5th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Czech Republic   OT3 - 2   Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-1, 1-0, Overtime: 1-0 
May 5th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Austria   0 - 7   Russia
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-3, 0-1 
May 6th 2018, h. 12:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Sweden   3 - 2   Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-1, 1-1 
May 6th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Slovakia   0 - 2   Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-1, 0-0 
May 6th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Belarus   0 - 6   Russia
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-3, 0-2 
May 7th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Sweden   4 - 0   France
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 1-0 
May 7th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Austria   2 - 4   Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-2, 1-1 
May 8th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Czech Republic   PSO5 - 4   Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 3-3, 0-0, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0 
May 8th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Switzerland   5 - 2   Belarus
Period-by-Period: 2-2, 1-0, 2-0 
May 9th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Sweden   7 - 0   Austria
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 3-0, 2-0 
May 9th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Slovakia   3 - 1   France
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-1, 1-0 
May 10th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Czech Republic   OT4 - 3   Russia
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 1-2, 0-0, Overtime: 1-0 
May 10th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
France   5 - 2   Austria
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 2-1, 1-0 
May 11th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Belarus   0 - 3   Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-0, 0-0 
May 11th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Slovakia   3 - 4OT   Sweden
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 1-1, 1-0, Overtime: 0-1 
May 12th 2018, h. 12:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Austria   4 - 0   Belarus
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 3-0, 0-0 
May 12th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Russia   4 - 3   Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-1, 1-2 
May 12th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
France   0 - 6   Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-2, 0-1 
May 13th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Switzerland   3 - 5   Sweden
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 1-1, 2-2 
May 13th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Russia   4 - 0   Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-0, 2-0 
May 14th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Czech Republic   4 - 3   Austria
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 1-0, 1-2 
May 14th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Switzerland   5 - 1   France
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 2-1 
May 15th 2018, h. 12:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Belarus   4 - 7   Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 2-0, 2-5 
May 15th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Russia   1 - 3   Sweden
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-2, 0-1 
May 15th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen  
Group A Final Standing  
| Nation | P  | W(OTW)  | L(OTL)  | GF  | GA  | +/-  | Pt.  |    Sweden | 7  | 7(1)  | 0(0)  | 31  | 9  | +22  | 20  |    Russia | 7  | 5(0)  | 2(1)  | 32  | 10  | +22  | 16  |    Czech Republic | 7  | 6(3)  | 1(0)  | 27  | 15  | +12  | 15  |    Switzerland | 7  | 4(1)  | 3(1)  | 25  | 19  | +6  | 12  |    Slovakia | 7  | 3(0)  | 4(2)  | 19  | 20  | -1  | 11  |    France | 7  | 2(0)  | 5(0)  | 13  | 29  | -16  | 6  |    Austria | 7  | 1(0)  | 6(1)  | 13  | 30  | -17  | 4  |    Belarus | 7  | 0(0)  | 7(0)  | 8  | 36  | -28  | 0  |  
  
 
Group B 
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)  
United States   PSO5 - 4   Canada
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 2-1, 1-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0 
May 4th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Germany   2 - 3PSO   Denmark
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-2, 1-0, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 0-1 
May 4th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Norway   2 - 3OT   Latvia
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-1, 0-1, Overtime: 0-1 
May 5th 2018, h. 12:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Finland   8 - 1   South Korea
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 3-1, 3-0 
May 5th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Denmark   0 - 4   United States
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-2, 0-1 
May 5th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
South Korea   0 - 10   Canada
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 0-6, 0-2 
May 6th 2018, h. 12:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Germany   4 - 5PSO   Norway
Period-by-Period: 2-2, 1-1, 1-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 0-1 
May 6th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Latvia   1 - 8   Finland
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-2, 1-3 
May 6th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
United States   3 - 0   Germany
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-0, 1-0 
May 7th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Canada   7 - 1   Denmark
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 3-0, 2-1 
May 7th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
South Korea   0 - 5   Latvia
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 0-1, 0-2 
May 8th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Finland   7 - 0   Norway
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 4-0, 1-0 
May 8th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Germany   6 - 1   South Korea
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 3-0, 2-1 
May 9th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Finland   2 - 3   Denmark
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-2, 1-1 
May 9th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
United States   OT3 - 2   Latvia
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-1, 0-0, Overtime: 1-0 
May 10th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Norway   0 - 5   Canada
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-1, 0-1 
May 10th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Denmark   3 - 0   Norway
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-0, 0-0 
May 11th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
United States   13 - 1   South Korea
Period-by-Period: 4-1, 4-0, 5-0 
May 11th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Latvia   3 - 1   Germany
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 2-1 
May 12th 2018, h. 12:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Denmark   3 - 1   South Korea
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-1, 1-0 
May 12th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Canada   1 - 5   Finland
Period-by-Period: 1-3, 0-0, 0-2 
May 12th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Norway   3 - 9   United States
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 1-4, 2-2 
May 13th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Germany   OT3 - 2   Finland
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 2-0, 0-1, Overtime: 1-0 
May 13th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
South Korea   0 - 3   Norway
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-0, 0-2 
May 14th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Canada   OT2 - 1   Latvia
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 0-1, Overtime: 1-0 
May 14th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Finland   6 - 2   United States
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 3-2 
May 15th 2018, h. 12:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Canada   3 - 0   Germany
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 1-0 
May 15th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Latvia   1 - 0   Denmark
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 0-0 
May 15th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning  
Group B Final Standing  
| Nation | P  | W(OTW)  | L(OTL)  | GF  | GA  | +/-  | Pt.  |    Finland | 7  | 5(0)  | 2(1)  | 38  | 11  | +27  | 16  |    United States | 7  | 6(2)  | 1(0)  | 39  | 16  | +23  | 16  |    Canada | 7  | 5(1)  | 2(1)  | 32  | 12  | +20  | 15  |    Latvia | 7  | 4(1)  | 3(2)  | 16  | 16  | 0  | 13  |    Denmark | 7  | 4(1)  | 3(0)  | 13  | 17  | -4  | 11  |    Germany | 7  | 2(1)  | 5(2)  | 16  | 20  | -4  | 7  |    Norway | 7  | 2(1)  | 5(1)  | 13  | 31  | -18  | 6  |    South Korea | 7  | 0(0)  | 7(0)  | 4  | 48  | -44  | 0  |  
  
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