Austria close out preliminary round with first win

ByReuters

Published 16/02/2014 at 11:02 GMT

Austria beat Norway 3-1 to claim their first win of the Olympic men's ice hockey competition as the preliminary round reached its final stage on Sunday.

Austria's ice hockey goalie Bernhard Starkbaum makes a save

Image credit: Imago

All 12 teams in the men's tournament will advance out of the round-robin but Sunday's games will determine the matchups for the first knockout phase.

Michael Grabner scored twice for Austria, bringing his tournament total to five, while Per-Age Skroder had Norway's goal.

The top finishers in each of the three groups and the team with the best second place record advance directly to the quarter-finals.

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The remaining eight teams will play off with the four winners advancing.

Finland and Canada, both with 2-0 records, play later on Sunday to determine top spot in Group B while Austria (1-2) will finish third and winless Norway (0-3) fourth.

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