Beijing, February 13 The Russian men's ice hockey team will meet in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament in Beijing with the winner of the match Denmark — Latvia. 12 teams take part in the Olympic tournament, which were divided into three groups. The winners of the quartets and the strongest team from the runners-up went directly to the 1/4 finals, the rest of the teams will take part in the playoff round. The Russian team got into the lower half of the bracket, where the Finnish team is also located, which will meet the winner of the match between the Czech Republic and Switzerland. In the upper half, the Americans expect the strongest in the Slovakia-Germany pair, the Swedes will get the winner of the Canada-China match. The Russians are the current winners of the Olympic tournament. At the group stage of the current tournament, the Russian team defeated the Swiss (1:0) and the Danes (2:0) and lost to the Czechs in overtime (5:6).
