It has already been reported that on Wednesday, in the Group A game, Great Britain surprised Belarus with the result 4: 3 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 2).
The British hockey players had not won the World Championship elite division in the regular time of the match since 1962, when they managed to beat Finland 7: 5.
In the previous World Championship, which took place in 2019, British hockey players won one game in seven games – 4: 3 overtime against France. That was enough to keep the place in the elite.
British hockey players had previously played in the elite division of the World Championship for the first time in 1994, which was the first participation since 1962.
Although hockey is not popular in Great Britain, in the first half of the last century the country succeeded in this sport – three medals at the World Championships (bronze in 1935, silver in 1937 and 1938) and two awards at the Olympic Games (bronze in 1924 and 1936 in 1936). gold in.
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