As expected, Finland v Germany was an even game. You could say it was also a battle between two Finnish coach teams, for Germany's main coach was a Finn, too, Toni Söderholm. Plus, Germany had the legendary Ville Peltonen in their coach team.

GROUP A
Czech Republic - Great Britain 6 - 1
Russia - Switzerland 4 - 1
Slovakia - Denmark 2 - 0

GROUP B
Kazakhstan - Italy 11 - 3
USA - Norway 2 - 1
Finland - Germany 2 - 1