FINAL STANDING
9
Norway
10
Hungary
The following Nations have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship 2026
Canada
Czechia
Finland
Germany
Japan
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
The following Nations has been relegated to the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship 2026
Hungary
Norway
Spring Nationals, Day #3
Sara Curtis MVP of day 3 of the Italian Spring Nationals!
after improving her PB in the women's 100m freestyle already in the morning heats, in the afternoon final she destroyed not only her previous limit, but also the 9-year old National Record, previously held by our swimming icon Federica Pellegrini
53.01 is the new record
in the same race, Emma Virginia Menicucci was 2nd in 54.14 (big new PB for her) and Chiara Tarantino was 3rd in 54.28
given that Tarantino has a sub-54 PB and also Sofia Morini (here completely out of shape) is a sub-54 swimmer at her best, now the Italian women's 4*100m free relay begins to look like a good one (sure, USA and AUS are out of reach, but the rest of the world is not so far away anymore
more on Today's Finals:
men's 800m Free: 1.Davide Marchello, 7.53.32
women's 200m IM: 1.Sara Franceschi, 2.10.95; 2.Anita Gastaldi, 2.10.97 (PB), both World qualifying times
men's 200m IM: 1.Alberto Razzetti, 1.58.05 (again definitely below the expectations, something's not good with him this week ); 2.Christian Mantegazza, 1.58.95 (big PB, class of 2005)
men's 100m Free: 1.Manuel Frigo, 48.34; 2.Carlos D'Ambrosio, 48.60 (very disappointed with him...he should have swum 1 second faster); 3.Lorenzo Zazzeri, 48.62; 4.Alessandro Miressi, 48.74
even if we can add Ceccon and maybe Deplano (if he convince himself he can swim fast also the 100m and not only the 50m), the 4*100m relay's perspective is really depressing
women's 1500m Free: 1.Simona Quadarella, 16.03.77
in the club relays (the 4*100m medley relays), among the women, Sara Curtis swam "only" 1.01 in the backstroke leg, Bottazzo had a good 1.05.40 in the breastroke leg, confirming his win over the individual distance wasn't a fluke and Tarantino (53.68) and Menicucci (54.11) confirmed the value of their clockings from the individual race also with the flying start
among the men, Bacico swam even better than the individual race winning effort (53.42) in the backstroke leg, Martinenghi edged out Viberti in the breastroke leg (58.70 to 58.99), Burdisso swam a decent 50.8 in the fly leg and finally Manuel Frigo confirmed himself the best 100m free specialist of the moment with an impressive 47.2 stint
Tuesday April 15th, 2025
Preliminary Round Last Day Results
Group A
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)
United States 5 - 0 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 1-0, 1-0
April 15th 2025, h. 19:00, Arena České Budějovice, České Budějovice
Group A Final Standing
Nation
P
W(OTW)
L(OTL)
GF
GA
+/-
Pt.
United States
4
4(0)
0(0)
18
2
+16
12
Canada
4
3(0)
1(0)
17
3
+14
9
Finland
4
2(0)
2(0)
7
15
-8
6
Czechia
4
1(0)
3(0)
6
15
-9
3
Switzerland
4
0(0)
4(0)
1
14
-13
0
Group B
Central European Summer Time (GMT +2)
Norway 0 - 8 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 0-3, 0-3
April 15th 2025, h. 11:00, Arena České Budějovice, České Budějovice
Germany 0 - 1 Japan
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-1, 0-0
April 15th 2025, h. 15:00, Arena České Budějovice, České Budějovice
Group B Final Standing
+
Nation
P
W(OTW)
L(OTL)
GF
GA
+/-
Pt.
Sweden
4
4(0)
0(0)
17
2
+15
12
Japan
3
3(0)
1(0)
8
4
+4
9
Germany
3
2(0)
2(0)
11
9
+2
6
Norway
4
1(0)
3(0)
7
18
-11
3
Hungary
4
0(0)
4(0)
1
11
-10
0
Nations Qualified for the Quarterfinals
Canada
Czechia
Finland
Germany
Japan
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
The following Nations have qualified for the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship 2026
Canada
Czechia
Finland
Germany
Japan
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
The following Nations has been relegated to the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship 2026
Hungary
Norway