Italy skated to an easy 11-0 victory over Romania which is essentially playing with a B-team in this tournament. The victories of the two other contenders for promotion, Ukraine and Poland, came less easy. Great Britain fought hard against the aging Ukrainian team but lost narrowly thanks to Sergei Varlamov's  and Vitaly Lytvynenko goals late in the game. The day rang in with the host nation beating the Netherlands 3-1.

GREAT BRITAIN - UKRAINE 2-4 (0-0, 1-1, 1-3)
1-0 28:43 David Clarke 1 (G. Chambers)
1-1 38:46 Oleg Shaferenko 1 (Y. Dyachenko, D. Tsyrul)
1-2 47:51 Vitaly Lytvynenko 1 (V. Shakhraychuk, A: Sriubko) SH1
2-2 47:41 Danny Meyers 1 (C. Shields, R. Dowd) PP1
2-3 56:33 Sergei Varlamov 1 (O. Matvichuk, A. Mikhnov)
2-4 57:49 Vitaly Lytvynenko 2 (R. Salnikov, V. Shakhraychuk)
GBR 7x2, UKR 5x2 + 1x10, SOG 26:57 (10:14, 8:26, 8:17), Att: 508

GBR: J. Lehman (53/57) (Clarke 48:17-48:41/ 0:0), D: Phillips (2), J. Weaver, D. Clarke, G. Owen, G. Chambers - S. Johnson, D. Meyers (2), R. Dowd, A. Tait (2), D. Longstaff - M. Thomas, M. Myers (4), M. Richardson, R. Cowley, C. Shields - T. Watkins, G. Walton, B. O'Connor, J. Hewitt, P. Hill)
UKR: K. Simchuk; S. Klymentiev, Y. Navarenko, A. Mikhnov, S. Varlamov (10), O. Matvichuk - A. Sriubko, V. Lyutkevych, V. Shakhraychuk, V. Lytvynenko, R. Salnikov (2), O. Blagoi, O. Pobiedonostsev (2), O. Shafarenko, Y. Dyachenko, D. Tsyrul; Y. Genko, S. Kharchenko, A. Gnidenko.

ROMANIA - ITALY 0-11 (0-5, 0-4, 0-2)
0-1 02:05 John Parco 1 (P. Iannone, T. Johnson) PP1
0-2 09:12 Luca Ansoldi 1 (N. Fontanive) PP1
0-3 09:48 G de Bettin 1 (M. Souza)
0-4 11:23 Stefano Margoni 1 (D. Iori)
0-5 11:56 Roland Ramoser 1 (L. Ansoldi)
0-6 27:44 Stefan Zisser 1 (T. Johnson, P. Iannone)
0-7 30:51 Pat Iannone 1 (L. Ansoldi, R. Ramoser) PP1
0-8 37:20 Roland Ramoser 2 (N. Fontanive, L. Ansoldi)
0-9 38:15 Stefan Zisser 2 (S. Marchetti) PP1
0-10 47:44 John Parco 2 (P. Iannone, S. Zisser)
0-11 49:59 M Souza 1 (L. Felicetti, G. de Bettin)
ROM 10x2 + 1x10, ITA 2x2 + 1x10, SOG 20:47 (7:15, 7:22, 6:10), Att: 403

ROM: S. Molnar (split 5/10) (11:56: I Cergo split 31/37), I. Sprencz, I. Antal, L. Zsok, E. Modovan, S. Szocs - E. Kosa (4), S. Papp, C. Geru (4), M. Georgescu, S. Tanko, E. Kosa, S. Papp; S. Molnar, C. Nagy, T. Becze, C. Virag (14), Z. Molnar (8) - A. David, C. Tapu, L. Pascaru, A. Imecs.
ITA: T. Tragust; C. Borgatello (2), M. Strazzabosco, R. Ramoser, L. Ansoldi, N. Fontanive - A. Hofer, A. Helfer, G. de Bettin, L. Felicetti, M. Souza - T. Johnson, S. Gallace, S. Zisser, J. Parco, P. Iannone - S. Marchetti, D. Iori (12), T. Pichler, S. Margoni, M. de Toni.

NETHERLANDS - POLAND 1-3 (0-1, 1-1, 0-1)
0-1 03:07 Maciej Urbanowicz 1 (G. Piekarski, S. Kowalowka) PP1
1-1 30:46 Aki Ramoul 1 (B. Willemse, I. van den Heuvel) PP1
1-2 37:56 Tomasz Malasinski 1 (L. Laszkiewicz, S. Kowalowka)
1-3 42:28 Mikolaj Lopuski 1 (T. Proszkiewicz)
NED 13x2, POL 10x2 + 1x5+2 (Jakubik), SOG 23:41 (11:13, 7.13, 5:159, Att: 2,995

NED: P. Groeneveld; R: Staats (2), B. Willemse, I. van den Heuvel, P. van Biezen, B. Teunissen - N. de Jong (4), J. van Oorschot, M. Korthuis (2), A. Ramoul (4), M. Postma - N. Verbruggen, E. Tummers; D. Hagemeijer, A. Demelinne, M. Bruijsten - C. Euverman, L. Houkes, C. van Schagen (2), M. Kars (2), J. Schaafsma.
POL: R. Radziszewski; P. Noworyta, G. Piekarski, M. Urbanowicz (2), S. Kowalowka (4), T. Malasinski - A. Borzecki, J. Klys, D. Slabon, M. Kolusz, L. Laszkiewicz, S. Gonera (2), M. Rompkowski, K. Zapala, M. Lopuski, T. Proszkiewicz; A. Banaszczak (2), B. Salamon, M. Jakubik (27), K. Dziubinski, M. Damieluk.