• Both Latvia and Norway lost to Finland (respectively 1:3, 0:7) and the USA (1:7, 2:8), but Latvia beat Slovakia, currently in last place, 5:3, with whom Norway will meet tomorrow in the decisive match .
• In order not to have to wait for tomorrow’s result, any victory for Latvia today will guarantee the third place in the group, but a ticket to the quarter-finals will be guaranteed even by a loss with a one-goal difference – in case of a bigger loss, you will have to wait for the outcome of the rival match.
• Markus Sieradzkis, Maksims Haritoncevs and Daniels Serkins scored 1+2 for Latvia, only Elias Streum-Vatne, who plays in the Swedish junior league, has more points for Norway.
• Latvia has already sent all three goalkeepers to the field, Mikus Vecvanags started two of the three games, but different goalkeepers started both matches for the Norwegians.
• Last year, Latvia won 1:0 in the match for the quarter-finals and sent Norway to the playoffs, where the Norwegians beat the Germans 6:1, 3:2.
• Latvia also won in 2018, when it was superior at home with 3:0 in the fight for the first place in the 1st division. However, Norway won the first four matches in the world championships (1st division) – in 2000 with 5:2, in 2005 with 2:1, in 2008 in Riga with 1:0 (the fight for first place, Latvia also had Miks Indrašis, Ronalds Ķeniņš, Roberts Bukarts, Ralfs Freibergs) and in 2014 with 4:2 (Latvia had already guaranteed 1st place at that time).
• Today there will be only one game in both groups. The Czech Republic, which has already reached the quarter-finals in Group B, at At 15.00 they will meet with Kazakhstan. At the moment, four quarter-finalists are known – USA, Finland in group A, Canada, Czech Republic in group B.
Overall rating
| Group A | S | U | UP | ZP | Z | Gate | P | Group B | S | U | UP | ZP | Z | Gate | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:3 | 9 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:4 | 9 | ||
| Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:1 | 9 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6:8 | 5 | ||
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7:13 a.m | 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:10 p.m | 4 | ||
| Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2:15 a.m | 0 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6:13 a.m | 3 | ||
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3:18 a.m | 0 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3:12 a.m | 0 |
Latvian game calendar
| The date | Opponent | Res. |
|---|---|---|
| 25.04. | Finland | 1:3 |
| 26.04. | Slovakia | 5:3 |
| 28.04. | United States | 1:7 |
| 29.04. | Norway | 17.30 |
Latvian U18 national team
| Player | Pos. | Born | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikus Veczvanags | V | 17.01.2006 | HS RIGA |
| Nils Roberts Mauriņš | V | 06.09.2006 | SÖDERTÄLJE SK (SWEDEN) |
| Dylan Birkan | V | 13.06.2006 | ODENSE (DENMARK) |
| Christ the Rare | A | 04.07.2006 | HS RIGA |
| Oskar Nils Briedis | A | 10.06.2006 | HS RIGA |
| Krisjānis Sārts | A | 18.01.2007 | HS RIGA |
| Harry Cjunsky | A | 30.04.2006 | HC LUGANO (SWITZERLAND) |
| Roland Naglis | A | 10.02.2007 | BERN (SWITZERLAND) |
| Darrell Uljanski | A | 25.08.2006 | AIK (SWEDEN) |
| Bruno Petrovich | A | 27.04.2006 | ALBERTA ACADEMY (CANADA) |
| Anton Macijewski | U | 28.02.2006 | HS RIGA |
| Edvins Berzins | U | 09.08.2006 | HS RIGA |
| Maksims Pumpiņš | U | 11.05.2006 | HS RIGA |
| Alexander Zaprivoda | U | 16.04.2006 | HS RIGA |
| Dmitry Dilevka | U | 13.10.2006 | HS RIGA |
| Oliver Mūrnieks | U | 31.07.2008 | MOGO/LSPA |
| Bruno Osmanis | U | 16.12.2006 | IF BJÖRKLÖVEN (SWEDEN) |
| Nils Vaags | U | 19.02.2006 | IF BJÖRKLÖVEN (SWEDEN) |
| Marcus Christian Sieradzki | U | 22.05.2006 | MORA IK (SWEDEN) |
| Maksim Kharitontsev | U | 27.07.2006 | MORA IK (SWEDEN) |
| Karl Flugin | U | 11.11.2007 | IK OSKARSHAMN (SWEDEN) |
| Daniel Serkin | U | 24.07.2007 | THURGAU (SWITZERLAND) |
| Martins Klaucans | U | 08.07.2008 | NEW JERSEY ROCKETS (USA) |
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