In the third game of the women's ice hockey group stage today, the Chinese women's ice team won two consecutive victories by beating Japan 2-1 through penalty shootouts. After the game, perhaps too emotional, CCTV commentary said that The Chinese women's ice has locked the top 8 seats, and various media have also released the news.
The victory is gratifying, but in essence, "Chinese women's ice locks in the top eight" is an uncompromising oolong, and the next game against Sweden is still a life-and-death battle.
According to the promotion rules of women's ice hockey at the Winter Olympics, the 5 strongest teams in Group A will directly advance to the top 8, while the 5 teams in Group B will take the top three to advance. In the group stage, 3 points are awarded for winning in regular time, 2 points are added for winning in overtime or penalty shootout, 1 point is added for losing overtime or penalty shootout, and 0 points are awarded for losing in regular time.
Currently in Group B, Japan, which has won 2 and lost 1, has 7 points, the Czech Republic, which has won 2 games, has 6 points, while China, which has won 2 and lost 1, has 5 points for a penalty win, and the other two teams, Sweden and Denmark, currently have 0 points for losing all 2 games. But in fact, the last game of the Group Stage of the Chinese team will directly meet Sweden, once the regular time is lost, the Chinese team's points will be locked at 5 points, and the Swedish team will rise to 3 points, and the last round of Sweden will meet the weakest Denmark in the group, the victory is a high probability event, then the score will come to 6 points more than the top three of the Chinese team ranking group.
Therefore, the Chinese team not only did not lock in the top 8 in advance, the next game against Sweden can not be lost, once the regular time loses, it can only hope that a miracle will happen.
I hope the girls will continue to work hard!
Author: Guo Chaohao
Editor: Guo Chaohao
Editor-in-charge: Zhao Zhengnan
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