Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2019

[ahjfcshfghb 296]

1 hour ago, chrischi08 said:

This competition format is a joke. It is nearly impossible to move up from Group B to Group A. The top 5 will surely remain the same for some time.

I wrote the IIHF about this and they basically said it's because the women's teams apparently WISHED for a strong and less strong group. (I'm sure the US and Canada have too much influence).

[ahjfcshfghb 296]

The good news is the Czechs should leapfrog Sweden and Japan next year. So then they'll be ranked 6th, and I wager that'll be enough for direct Olympics with 10 teams!

(They have to beat Japan, pretty much, by one position, and they've got it)

Edited April 14, 2019 by ahjfcshfghb

[NearPup 3,615]

1 hour ago, chrischi08 said:

This competition format is a joke. It is nearly impossible to move up from Group B to Group A. The top 5 will surely remain the same for some time.

The problem isn’t the groups. The problem is that there is no ranking round, so there is very little opportunity for group B reams to finish ahead of group A teams, short of beating one of the top 3 teams in group A...

 

This would actually be a really easy fix.

Edited April 14, 2019 by NearPup

[hckošice 15,811]

GOLD MEDAL MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

Gold Medal Match
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

 

United States    (PSO)2 - 1    Finland
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 0-0, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
April 14th 2019, h. 20:00, Metro Areena, Espoo

 

 

[hckošice 15,811]

WOMEN'S

IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

UNOFFICIAL FINAL STANDING

 

RANK	NATION	WCh2020
1	United States	A
2	Finland	A
3	Canada	A
4	Russia	A
5	Switzerland	A
6	Czech Republic	A
7	Germany	A
8	Japan	A
9	Sweden	I A
10	France	I A
11	Hungary	A
12	Denmark	A
13	Norway	I A
14	Austria	I A
15	Slovakia	I A
16	Italy	I B
17	Netherlands	I A
18	South Korea	I B
19	Poland	I B
20	China	I B
21	Kazakhstan	I B
22	Latvia	II A
23	Slovenia	I B
24	Great Britain	II A
25	Spain	II A
26	Mexico	II A
27	North Korea	II A
28	Australia	II B
29	Chinese Taipei	II A
30	New Zealand	II B
31	Iceland	II B
32	Turkey	II B
33	Croatia	II B
34	Romania	II B Q
35	Ukraine	II B
36	Belgium	II B Q
37	South Africa	II B Q
38	Hong Kong	II B Q
39	Bulgaria	II B Q

 

 

[Finnator123 299]

According to some finnish article, finnish ice hockey association should complain about the OT mess to CAS ( Court of Arbitration for Sport) 

[Swe26 3]

the goal was clear and everyone knows that the finnish team deserved the gold medal. i hope this complain is succesfull and they bring home the gold!