Zurich/Freiburg – Austria’s national ice hockey team has a playoff for a quarter-final ticket against the USA at the World Cup in Switzerland. Roger Bader’s team failed to secure promotion on Sunday evening in Zurich with a 2:5 (0:1,0:3,2:1) against Finland as well as the previous evening with 2:6 against Germany. The Scandinavians were expectedly superior. The Group A match against Olympic champions and defending champions USA is scheduled for Tuesday (4:20 p.m.).
