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ZURICH (AP) — Latvia advanced to the quarterfinals at the ice hockey world championship by routing Hungary 8-1 on Tuesday.
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Latvia moved to third place in Group A in Zurich and secured a top-four finish.
The United States will join Latvia in the next stage if the defending champion beats Austria later Tuesday. Austria will advance with a win. In either case, Germany will drop from fourth to fifth and can’t advance.
Host Switzerland and Finland top the standings and face each other later to decide the group winner.
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Norway, which has already qualified for the last eight for the first time since 2012, needed overtime to down Denmark 4-3 in Group B action in Fribourg.
In the same group, Sweden faced a must-win game over Slovakia to advance, and group winner Canada played already qualified Czechia.
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The quarterfinals are scheduled for Thursday.
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