BRATISLAVA – Last year’s medallists Sweden, Finland and Germany all lost their games today at the 2008 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship. Germany and Finland are still winless after two games. In Division I action, Canada stayed undefeated in its comeback to InLine hockey, blanking Hungary 14-0. Australia, Great Britain and Japan also won their Division I games.

Top Division, Group A, Sweden vs. Slovenia 3-7 (0-1, 0-2, 2-3, 1-1)

Defending champion Sweden suffered its first defeat, falling 7-3 against Slovenia. Despite outshooting Slovenia, the Swedes lost the game after a slow start. Jure Stopar opened the scoring with a power play goal at 10:11 while Dejan Zemva and Tadej Nabergoj made it 3-0 for Slovenia with two goals 25 seconds apart. Rok Bavdaz, Matic Kralj and Nabergoj scored three more goals in the third period to extend the lead to 6-0. The Swedish reaction came too late as they put in three goals in the third quarter. Slovenia goalie Gasper Kroselj was kept busy, making 60 saves.