First overtime and victories for the leaders: results and standings of the second day of the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

The 2026 World Ice Hockey Championship continued with six matches on the second day of competition.

According to the results of the first day, the interim leaders in Group A were Finland and Switzerland, and in Group B – Canada and the Czech Republic, who won their debut matches in the world championship.

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How was the second day of the 2026 World Cup?

• After defeating Sweden in the first round, the Canadian team faced off against the newcomers of the elite division, Italy. In the end, the Canadians won a crushing 6:0 victory.
• Switzerland and Finland also managed to win their second World Cup, defeating Latvia and Hungary respectively. The winners scored four goals in both matches.
• For the first time at this year's World Cup, the fate of a match was decided by overtime. In the match between the national teams of Slovenia and the Czech Republic, the regular time ended with the score 2:2, and the Slovenian national team eventually won.

All results from the second day of the 2026 World Cup

• Great Britain — Austria 2:5 (2:3, 0:2, 0:0)
• Slovakia — Norway 2:1 (1:0, 0:1, 1:0)
• Italy — Canada 0:6 (0:3, 0:3, 0:0)
• Hungary — Finland 1:4 (0:0, 1:3, 0:1)
• Slovenia — Czech Republic 3:2 OT (1:0, 0:2, 1:0, 1:0)
• Switzerland — Latvia 4:2 (0:0, 2:1, 2:1)

Standings

Group A

1. Finland — 6 points (2 matches), 7:2 (goal difference)
2. Switzerland — 6 points (2), 7:3
3. Austria — 3 points (1), 5:2
4. Germany — 0 points (1), 1:3
5. Latvia — 0 points (1), 1:3
6. USA — 0 points (1), 1:3
7. Great Britain — 0 points (1), 2:5
8. Hungary — 0 points (1), 1:4

Group B

1. Canada — 6 points (2 matches), 11:3 (goal difference)
2. Czech Republic — 4 points (2), 6:4
3. Slovakia — 3 points (1), 2:1
4. Slovenia — 2 points (1), 3:2
5. Norway — 0 points (1), 1:2
6. Sweden — 0 points (1), 3:5
7. Denmark — 0 points (1), 1:4
8. Italy — 0 points (1), 0:6

The 2026 World Cup will continue on Sunday, May 17. Six matches will be played on the third day of play.