Belarus had lost four straight and surrendered 22 goals in three final-round games while Sweden was the only unbeaten and untied team in the field.

The United States will try to reach the men's hockey semifinals for the first time since winning a fabled gold medal in Lake Placid 22 years ago.

Awaiting coach Herb Brooks' team is Germany, which lost all three games in the final round. While Germany is coming off a 7-1 loss to Sweden, it showed it can play with hockey's big boys during a 3-2 defeat to Canada.

But the U.S. had two wins and a tie in the final round and has not lost an Olympic hockey game on its home turf since the 1932 Games, an 18-0-3 streak.

Canada faces surprising Finland in another quarterfinal. The triumph over Germany was Canada's only win in the final round and the team has come under severe criticism back home.

Russia takes on the Czechs in a rematch of the 1998 gold medal game. Neither team played its best hockey in the final round, going 1-1-1.