Ice hockey world championship group standings

Minsk, May 20 (IANS) The group standings of World Ice Hockey Championships after Monday's matches were as follows, according to Xinhua.

The Standings (tabulated under matches played, won, overtime won, overtime lost, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Group A

Sweden 7 5 1 1 0 21 10 18

Canada 6 4 1 1 0 25 11 15

France 6 2 2 0 2 21 15 10

Czech Rep. 6 2 1 2 1 15 14 10

Slovakia 6 2 0 1 3 16 18 7

Norway 6 2 0 1 3 14 16 7

Denmark 6 1 1 0 4 14 23 5

Italy 7 1 0 0 6 6 25 3

Group B

Russia 6 6 0 0 0 29 6 18

Belarus 6 4 0 0 2 17 15 12

United States 6 3 1 0 2 22 19 11

Finland 7 3 1 0 3 18 15 11

Latvia 6 3 0 0 3 18 21 9

Switzerland 6 2 0 1 3 16 19 7

Germany 6 1 1 0 4 9 18 5

Kazakhstan 7 0 0 2 5 16 32 2