[Body Road Special News]Regarding the incident of the wrong national anthem being broadcast at the World Ice Hockey Championships,The Hong Kong Federation and Olympic Committee recently launched the process of suspending the membership of the Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association. Although the ice hockey association may be punished by cutting funds, only the female players of the Hong Kong team are still fighting overseas. The Hong Kong women’s ice hockey team is currently playing in Romania in the third level of the “IIHF Women’s World Women’s Ice Hockey Championship 2023”. The Hong Kong team defeated Bulgaria and Ukraine successively. Three consecutive victories, but Lithuania is slightly behind in terms of gains and losses.
The match started on the 3rd of this month. The 30th-ranked Hong Kong team faced Bulgaria on the opening day. On the next day, the Hong Kong team met Ukraine, which is ranked 8th in the world. One goal, but the Hong Kong team still defeated their opponents 2:1 and won two consecutive victories.
On the night of Thursday (6th) local time, the Hong Kong team once again played against the host Romania. The former opened the scoring with a goal from Tracy Wong in the second quarter, and Estelle Ip broke through the net in the third quarter to expand the lead. Duan was caught up by the opponent who seized the opportunity to score. The Hong Kong team had Iris Li “buried” before the end of the game. In the end, the Hong Kong team defeated the opponent 3:1 and won three consecutive victories.
At present, the Hong Kong team has won all three games and is on the same score as Lithuania in the same group, but the latter has a slight advantage in points and losses, and the Hong Kong team temporarily ranks second in the group. The Hong Kong team will make another appearance at 4:30 pm local time today (7th) and stage a battle with Lithuania for the top spot.
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