The inside track to the fourth and final quarterfinal spot is on the line when Latvia and Slovakia play on Sunday at the 2025 IIHF World Championship. Slovakia currently has a one-point lead on Latvia, but needs to win to keep that advantage. Both teams have two wins in the tournament, but Slovakia has a loss in overtime, which gave it an extra point to put it in fourth place. It trails Finland by four points for third and would need to win both of its last two games and have Finland lose both to jump them. Slovakia has alternated wins and losses the whole tournament and is coming off a 7-0 loss to powerhouse Canada. Slovakia will have a tougher final game as it plays Finland to wrap up Group B play, so it needs to win on Sunday. A win on Sunday would eliminate Latvia from making the quarterfinals.
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Latvia, though, is looking to keep that from happening as it looks to snap a two-game losing streak at the tournament.
Latvia won two of its first three games, but has lost to Sweden and Finland in its last two games.
The Latvians gave Finland all they could handle, but came up just short, losing 2-1. They struggled against Sweden, though, as they lost the game 6-0.
In their two wins, the Latvians have scored nine combined goals, but in their three losses they have scored just two total.