The Russian team won the second victory at the World Hockey Championship with the ball

The Russian national team won the second victory at the group stage of the World Hockey Championship in Sweden, having outplayed the 6: 2 National team of Finland.

As part of the winners, the goals were scored by Alan Dzhusoev (25 '), Evgeny Ivanushkin (28'), Yuri Shardakov (46 ', 77'), Almaz Mirgazov (50 ') and Maxim Ishkeldin (89').

At the start of the championship, the Russian team defeated the team of Kazakhstan (9: 2), and the next match of group A will be held on February 1 against the owners of the competition - Swedes.

The quartet B is represented by Norway, USA, Germany, Belarus. All four teams from each group will play the quarterfinals, which will play crosswise in the playoffs.

The favorites of the championship of the planet for hockey with the ball are traditionally the national teams of Russia and Sweden, which, with rare exceptions, constantly make up the final pair. Sometimes the Finns intervened in their dispute. The Russian team is a ten -time and current world champion.