Latvia's national team faces its first test against Switzerland today, which has already defeated the Americans

Today, Saturday, May 16, matches will take place in Group A: Great Britain vs. Austria, Hungary vs. Finland, and Switzerland vs. Latvia (broadcast on LTV7 at 21:00 Latvian time).

In Group B, Slovakia will play Norway, Italy will face Canada, and Slovenia will compete against the Czech Republic.

Yesterday, the first games of the group stage of the Ice Hockey World Championship took place. Here are the results: Finland vs. Germany (3:1), Canada vs. Sweden (5:3), USA vs. Switzerland (1:3), and Czech Republic vs. Denmark (4:1).