Germany handed Hungary a fourth straight loss at the women’s hockey world championship, winning 4-1 on Monday to ensure its opponent will be relegated back to the lower division.
Nicola Hadraschek scored twice, Laura Kluge had a goal and two assists and Katarina Jobst-Smith also scored to give Germany a second win in Group B in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Emma Kreisz scored Hungary’s first goal of the tournament.
Germany will play its final group stage game against Japan on Tuesday.
At 1 p.m. ET Monday, defending champion Canada hopes to recover from a 2-1 loss to the United States in a Group A game against the hosts and Finland plays Switzerland.
Canada dropped a 2-1 decision on Sunday to the Americans, who improved their record to 3-0 and secured top spot in Pool A.
The tournament’s top five seeds in Pool A and the top three in Pool B advance to Thursday’s quarterfinals.
The U.S. will meet the third seed in Pool B. Should Canada prevail over the Czechs, it would face Pool B’s second seed.
The women’s championship will revert to “snake seeding” of its pools in 2026 to match the men’s under-20 and men’s and women’s under-18 championships.
Canada seeks its 14th world title.
WATCH | Americans defeat Canada on Sunday in Czech Republic:
Megan Keller’s second period goal proved to be the game winner as the Americans defeated Canada 2-1 at the women’s world championships in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.