The national women’s hockey team wins the first victory against Italy at the world championship tournament in Riga / Article

Agnese Apsīte, Krista Jipčakas and Karina Šilajāne scored for the Latvian national team.

After two games, Slovakia has six points, Great Britain – four, Slovenia and Latvia have scored three each, Poland has two points, and Italy has no points.

In this match, the teams did not score a goal for more than 38 minutes, until the puck from the Italian hockey player went into the net after Apsite’s shot. The home team led for only 46 seconds, as Aurora Abatangelo tied the score in the penultimate minute of the second period.

Latvia returned to the lead less than seven minutes before the end of regular time, when Jipčakas outplayed the opponent in the attack zone and sent the puck into the goal. Three minutes before the final signal, the Italians changed the goalkeeper for the sixth player and in the 58th minute of the game Šilajane threw the puck into the empty net.

The opponents continued to play without a goalkeeper and 48 seconds before the final whistle, Grēta Nikolai reduced the advantage of the Latvian national team.

Earlier on Monday, Poland beat Great Britain 3-2 in extra time, while Slovakia beat Slovenia 4-0.

On Sunday, in the first match of the championship, the Latvians lost to Slovakia with the result 1:7. In the first games on Sunday, Great Britain beat Italy 1-0 and Slovenia beat Poland 4-1.

The Latvian national team will meet Slovenia on April 3, Poland on April 5 and Great Britain on April 6.

In preparation for this tournament, Latvian ice hockey players played a test match against Poland on Friday and won 3:0.

A year ago, the Latvian national team won in Mexico City in Group A of the second division of the World Championship and advanced to Group B of the first division. Slovakia, on the other hand, played in Group A of the first division last year, but finished the tournament without a win and slipped to Group B.

The world championship in the B group of the first division, which is the third in the world championships for women, will be held in the “Volvo” hall from March 31 to April 6.

The team that won the first place will play in the A group of the first division next season, while the team that will remain last will play in the A group of the second division in 2025.

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