before the 2013 iihf world championship, the swiss national hockey team scored two historic upsets at the 2006 winter olympics in turin, defeating the czech republic 3–2 and shutting out canada 2–0 two days later. they finally fell to sweden in the quarterfinals. at the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver, the swiss nearly stunned canada again in round-robin play, taking the heavily favored canadians to a shootout, which they lost 1–0 for a narrow 3–2 loss.