The Russian national team won its first victory at the World Hockey Championship

The Russian national ice hockey team won the first victory at the home world championship. In the match, which took place on May 8, Russian hockey players beat the Kazakhstan national team with a score of 6:4 (3:3, 1:0, 2:1).

The meeting with Kazakhstan was the second match of the Russian team at the 2016 World Cup. Their first match in the tournament - a meeting with the Czech Republic on May 6 - Russian hockey players lost with a score of 0:3.

In Group A, Russia is in third place with 3 points. In first place is the Czech Republic with 5 points.

The Russian national team will play the next match on May 9 with the Latvian team. Beginning at 16:15 Moscow time.

• The Ice Hockey World Championship in Russia takes place in Moscow and St. Petersburg from 6 to 22 May.