Sweden - Slovenia quick facts

Do you know:

1. Sweden and Slovenia have never met at an Olympic Winter Games

2. Slovenia is making its debut in the competition. Sweden has participated in all but two of the 23 Olympic men's ice hockey tournaments

3. The last NOC that reached the top four in its debut in this competition was Russia, when it finished fourth in 1994.

4. In their last six participations in Olympic men's ice hockey, Sweden has finished either fifth or won an Olympic gold medal

5. Sweden has won its first three matches in this tournament: 4-2 against Czech Republic, 1-0 against Switzerland and 5-3 against Latvia

6. Slovenia has two wins and two defeats in this competition. It started off with a 5-2 defeat against Russia, before seeing off Slovakia 3-1. It then lost 5-1 against United States, before overwhelming Austria 4-0

7. On Slovenia's original roster for this tournament, there was one player from an NHL team, Anze Kopitar. On Sweden's original roster, all but one of the 25 players represents a NHL team.

8. Sweden has lost three of its last four Olympic quarterfinal matches in men's ice hockey.

Quote of the game:

Sabahudin Kovacevic (Slovenia): "We would have been happy with one point before the end of the tournament, but right now we're going for the gold medal."

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