#Vejen2016: Day 1
News
Canada win opening game
Canada had a comprehensive 10-0 win over hosts Denmark in the opening game of the 2016 World Championship Qualification Tournament. Canada had 6 different scorers with a hat-rick from 17 year old captain Samuel Charron being the catalyst for this win.
Canada lost the very influential Jamie Ackinclose to a serious injury early in the second half which may mean the end of his tournament. However coach Drew Ferguson will be happy his young charges started off the tournament in such a positive note.
For Denmark today's defeat will be a steep learning curve and they will hope to do much better in a group that also features Japan and Finland
Japan beat Finland
Japan beat Finland
A young Japan team got the better of Finland in the opening round of this group D contest. The result means Japan join Canada at the top of the group.First half goals from Tetsuya Toda and Tatsuhiro Ura set Japan on their way.
Janne Helander gave Finland brief hope with an early second half goal but almost immediately Simo Mykkanen deflected the ball into his own net. Finland pushed hard at Japan to get back in the game but Japanese captain Inoue made sure of the win a goal 2 minutes from time.
Both teams are in action tomorrow with Japan facing the hosts Denmark and Finland taking on group favorites Canada.