A nerve-jangling battle for survival in Tampere went to Austria. Great Britain led 2-0 and 3-1 in a game that it had to win in regulation, but the Austrians rallied to win it 5-3 and secure their place at this level for another season.

For the second time in two days, Finland produced a commanding performance to see off one of Group B’s outsiders. This time, Austria was the victim, outshot 39-19 on its way to a 3-0 loss.

Arturs Silovs stopped 29 of 32 shots in 65 minutes of hockey, then denied four of five Austrian shootout attempts to help Latvia win 4-3 and earn a very important extra point in a fierce battle.

Norway beat Austria 5-3, bringing a team coming off a historic win over Czechia just a day earlier back down to earth.

Austria claimed its first ever victory over Czechia after a tense shootout success in Tampere. Brian Lebler tied the game in the last minute of regulation time and Peter Schneider had the game-winning shot after the teams tied 1-1 through 65 minutes.

Defenceman Luke Hughes scored on a breakaway at 3:07 of overtime to give the United States a surprisingly difficult 3-2 come-from-behind victory over upstart Austria.

Sweden opened with victory in Tampere. Johan Garpenloev iced just three lines against Austria as the Swedes wait on possible further recruits from the NHL, but had enough to secure a 3-1 verdict.