Preparation before the World Championship: The first match of Slovaks under Országh did not work out, Switzerland forced an extension

Switzerland – Slovakia 4:3 PP (0:1, 2:1, 1:1 – 1:0)

Goals: 25. Marchon (Karrer, Moy), 37. Senteler (Karrer), 48. Simion (Senteler), 63. Rohrbach (Moy, Chanton) – 4. Kašlík (Lantos), 31.

Referees: Hürlimann, Hungerbühler – Urfer, Humair (all Swiss) excluded: 2: 0 for 2 min., Power play: 0: 1, weakening: 0: 0, 2056 spectators

Essentials:

Switzerland: Genoni – Dionicio, Geisser, Karrer, Berni, Baragano, Chanton, Wüthrich, Johnson – Simion, Senteler, Lehmann – Rohrbach, Moy, Marchon – Fazzini, Bader, Biasca – Miranda, Taibel, Ritzmann

Slovakia: Rybár – pupil, Ivan, Laurencik, Hlavac, Romaňák, Petrovický, Královič, Golian – Lantoši, Krištof, Krišlík – Čajkovič, Minárik, Nemec – Faško -Rudáš, Roman, Hrehorčák – Kukuča, Petrovský, Krajčovič