BRATISLAVA, May 7 (Xinhua) -- In the final warmup for the upcoming ice-hockey world championship, Slovakia beat Norway 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday.

Slovakia had defeated Britain on Saturday.

The 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship will be open on Friday.

Hosts Slovakia will start the world championship against the United States, last year's bronze medalists. Norway will face five-time champions Russia.