After a thrilling, overtime match Russia earned the win against team Sweden, who played a great match but lacked the killer instinct in the extra-time, and probably some gas too as this was their second 4-period match in two consecutive days.

The Swedes had the upper hand in the first half of the initial period, constantly putting pressure over the Russians with Wallin scoring the go-ahead goal. After a good chance for Ilya Kovalchuk, Bykov's team changed the gear and equalled the score thanks to a powerplay goal by Ilya Nikulin and then took the lead after a shot by Oleg Saprykin was misplayed by Holmqvist. In the first period's last minutes Sweden completed their first rally of the match by scoring the tying goal with a great wristshot by defenseman Anton Stralman after a very smart pass by Linus Omark.

In the second period the game was a little bit quieter as both teams traded goals in the first few minutes, from Persson and Kalinin. Not much else materialized even though the pace was very good and both teams weren't short of chances. Swedish goalie Holmqvist had to leave the ice because of an injury at the seven minute mark of the 2nd period. He was replaced by Farjestad's sensation Jonas Gustavsson.

The third period was the most interesting and entertaining , despite the quality of the match lowering a little bit because of the players' tiredness, both teams exchanged a pair of goals. Huselius started to goal parade at the sixth minute, after missing an easy goal, with a great shot from the right circle after a nice move on Kovalchuk. Russia replied immediately with an excellent wrister by Atlant's Sergei Mozyakin, at the first match of the tournament. A late penalty against Magnus Johanssson resulted in Sergei Proshkin's goal for team Russia. At this point many thought that this was going to be the last goal of the match, but in a last minute scramble, after pulling their goalie, the Swedes put a lot of pressure in the Russian zone with Kristian Huselius capitalizing to send the match to the overtime.

In the extra time Sweden had the biggest number of chances, but Russia scored the sole goal securing the win when Dmitri Kalinin, at his second of the match, deflected in a rebound allowed by Gustavsson after a big blue line slapshot by Metallurg's Vitaly Atyushov.

It was probably the tournament's most entertaining game so far, both teams deserved to win, but at the end the strongest survived.