Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2019: Great Britain schedule, results & BBC coverage
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Great Britain celebrate their survival in the top flight
Great Britain secured their place in the top tier of the Ice Hockey World Championship with a 4-3 overtime win against France in Kosice, Slovakia.
GB and France finished level on two points in Group A, with the British side avoiding relegation courtesy of their better head-to-head record.
Their dramatic victory, after coming back from 3-0 down to force overtime, means Great Britain will participate at the highest level in successive years for the first time since 1951.
They were promoted to the top-flight after winning their group in Hungary at last year's Division One World Championship.
The top four teams in Groups A and B will go through to the knockout phase, with the final taking place in Bratislava on Sunday.
World Championship Group A (Kosice)
Final standings | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | F | A | Pts |
Canada | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 17 |
Finland | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 16 |
Germany | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
United States | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 14 |
Slovakia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 11 |
Denmark | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 6 |
Great Britain | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 2 |
France | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 2 |
Results
Sunday, 26 May
Final
Finland 3-1 Canada
Third-place play-off
Russia 3-2 Czech Republic (OT)
Saturday, 25 May
Semi-finals
Russia 0-1 Finland
Canada 5-1 Czech Republic
Quarter-finals
Canada 3-2 Switzerland (OT)
Russia 4-3 United States
Finland 5-4 Sweden (OT)
Czech Republic 5-1 Germany
Group A preliminary stages
Tuesday, 21 May
Finland 2-4 Germany
Slovakia 2-1 Denmark
Canada 3-0 United States
Monday, 20 May
Canada 5-0 Denmark
Sunday, 19 May
Germany 1-3 United States
France 0-3 Finland
Saturday, 18 May
Denmark 1-7 United States
Canada 8-1 Germany
Friday, 17 May
France 3-6 Slovakia
Thursday, 16 May
Canada 5-2 France
Finland 3-1 Denmark
Wednesday, 15 May
Great Britain 3-6 United States
Germany 3-2 Slovakia
Tuesday, 14 May
Germany 4-1 France
Monday, 13 May
United States 3-2 Finland (OT)
Slovakia 5-6 Canada
Sunday, 12 May
United States 7-1 France
Denmark 1-2 Germany
Saturday, 11 May
Denmark 5-4 France (OT)
Slovakia 2-4 Finland
Friday, 10 May
Finland 3-1 Canada
United States 1-4 Slovakia
Great Britain squad
Netminders: Ben Bowns (Cardiff), Thomas Murdy (Cardiff), Jackson Whistle (Sheffield).
Defencemen: Tim Billingsley (Nottingham), Dallas Ehrhardt (Manchester), Steve Lee (Nottingham), Evan Mosey (Cardiff), Ben O'Connor (Sheffield), David Phillips (Sheffield), Mark Richardson (Cardiff), Paul Swindlehurst (Belfast).
Forwards: Ollie Betteridge (Nottingham), Ben Davies (Guildford), Robert Dowd (Sheffield), Robert Farmer (Nottingham), Luke Ferrara (Coventry), Mike Hammond (Manchester), Liam Kirk (Peterborough), Robert Lachowicz (Nottingham), Ben Lake (Coventry), Joey Lewis (Kaufbeuren, Ger), Matthew Myers (Cardiff), Brett Perlini (Nottingham), Jonathan Phillips (Sheffield), Colin Shields (Belfast).
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