Denmark lead the way in Sveti Ivan Zelina at the men’s EuroHockey Indoor Championship II-A after two wins to begin the competition.
They head up the five-team table ahead of Croatia and Slovakia who both won their only game with Hungary and Bulgaria awaiting their first points.
The Danes began with a comprehensive 14-1 success against Bulgaria with eight different goalscorers with Oliver Sørensen getting a hat trick.
Slovakia were next to run up a big score as they defeated Hungary 8-0, scoring four from four penalty corners in Q2. Two goals each came from Daniel Petráš , Adrian Augustinič and Juraj Bogar.
Game three was the closest of the day with Denmark edging out Hungary 4-2. It looked to be plain sailing in the first quarter when they ran up a 3-0 lead through Oscar Birch-Hald, Rasmus Westrup and Jesper Jonasson.
But a double from Sebastian Leber cut the gap to 3-2 with seven minutes left and the tie was only settled by Sørensen in the dying moments.
Pictures: Dragan Lučić
Hosts Croatia closed out the day with the big win of the day, sweeping to a 22-1 win over Bulgaria; Mario Mucić scored seven; Mario Ilinović got six and Matthias Bachmann netted five.
Saturday sees Hungary face Bulgaria with both looking for their first points before Slovakia and Croatia put their 100% records to the test.
The evening games sees Bulgaria meeting Slovakia and Denmark taking on Croatia.
Friday results
| Time | Teams | Title | Scoreline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | DEN – BUL | Pool A | 14 – 1 |
| 13:30 | SVK – HUN | Pool A | 8 – 0 |
| 17:30 | DEN – HUN | Pool A | 4 – 2 |
| 19:00 | CRO – BUL | Pool A | 22 – 1 |
Day one table
| Rank | Team | Pl | W | D | L | Goal Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| 2 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -10 | 0 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -34 | 0 |
Saturday schedule
