The Italian women’s national team moves to the Final Olympic Qualification for the first time. The “Azzurre” finished the Olympic Pre-Qualification tournament on home ice in Torre Pellice with three wins in three games, the latest coming in a tough battle with Kazakhstan, 2-1.

In their first-ever meeting the Spanish women’s national team scored an upset win against Kazakhstan. The Spaniards won 3-2 in shootout. Alba Gonzalo was heroic in the Spanish net with 36 saves.

With their own chances of advancing gone, Norway was motivated to play the role of spoiler in its last game of the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship and came up with a 3-1 win over a Kazakhstan team that could have secured its first ever quarter-final berth with a win.

Kazakhstan was given a bit of a scare by Italy in the first half of the game but eventually broke it open and prevailed 11-3.

Desperately needing three points to keep their quarter-final hopes alive, Canada delivered a 4-2 win over Kazakhstan on Friday at Arena Riga.

Using every weapon in its arsenal, underdog Kazakhstan ended Germany's winning streak at three games with a 3-2 victory on Wednesday in Riga.

The Americans continued to point the ship in the right direction with a solid 3-0 win over Kazakhstan today. The win gives the U.S. six points in the Group B standings, good for 3rd place.

Nikita Mikhailis got the decisive shootout goal to lift Kazakhstan to a 2-1 upset over defending champion Finland.