Switzerland upset Canada at ice hockey worlds

BERLIN, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland scored a confident 4-1 win over Vancouver Olympic champions Canada in the world ice hockey championships Group B actions on Wednesday.

Thomas Deruns claimed a goal and two assists, while goalkeeper Tobias Stephan made an impressive 31 saves to secure the qualifying round for Switzerland.

In the early Group B match, Latvia outscored Italy 5-2 to proceed to the qualifying round, sending their rivals into the relegation group in the process.

In the Group D early match, hosts Germany battled back from a goal down to beat Denmark 3-1 to book their ticket to the qualifying round regardless of the later match's result in front of 18,623 home crowd.

The result forced Vancouver Olympics finalists the United States and 1995 world champions Finland to decide which side would continue playing in the relegation tournament in their head-to-head clash, with Finland prevailing 3-2.

Editor: Han Jingjing

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