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Slovenia even took the lead with 2:1, but the Czech tied by before the first period was over and the score remained unchanged until Slovenia lost steam in the last ten minutes.

Despite the goals scored by Robert Sabolič (in the seventh minute) and by Rok Tičar (in the twelfth), Slovenia lost its fifth game at the Stockholm championship.

It remains at the bottom of Group A with only one point and two more matches to go and faces relegation to a lower division coming into the game against the home team Sweden on Saturday.