Ice Hockey Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[hckošice 16,618]

1 hour ago, stockblock said:

Do you have any thoughts on the final qualifying round ?

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If banned then I bet on one of   or . They should have better overall goal difference because of easier opponents than CHN, FRA pairing in the first group

 

Women's Ice Hockey Final Olympic Qualification

6 - 9 February 2025
 

Group G	Group H	Group I
(in Tomakomai/JPN)	(in Gavle/SWE)	(in Bremerhaven/GER)
Japan *	Sweden *	Germany *
China	Denmark	Hungary
France	Norway	Austria
Poland	Netherlands	Slovakia

[hckošice 16,618]

57 minutes ago, Bailer said:

I'm not an expert like he is, but personally, I'm a bit sceptical. Sure, it's incredible that we've made it to the final qualifying round (and avoided Sweden), but the girls played against Germany and Austria some time ago, and you could see the difference. They played well, no doubt, but it was obvious. That said, it’s been done before, so why not hope for a surprise and aim to have 50 athletes from Slovakia qualified with a year still to go?

We made it to Vancouver thanks to Zuzana Tomčíková between the pipes. She stood on her head during the final qualifiers. I am afraid this time we do not have similar goaltender. We may steal a point or two to Austria, maybe make life unpleasant to Hungarian girls, but I doubt the overall quality will be enough for more than this.

[hckošice 16,618]

IIHF hall of Fame 2025 Class announced

 

The IIHF Hall of Fame is pleased to announce its Class of inductees for 2025. The seven new members include one Builder, Kai Hietarinta (FIN), and six Players. Two had sensational careers in the women’s game, Kim Martin-Hasson (SWE) and Vicky Sunohara (CAN). They will be joined by four equally accomplished men—Zdeno Chara (SVK), Henrik Lundqvist (SWE), Frans Nielsen (DEN), and David Vyborny (CZE).
 
The IIHF Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on medal day at the 2025 Men’s World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden, 25 May 2025.

[Josh 13,499]

Toronto Sceptres took on Montreal Victorie in Vancouver for the PWHL Takeover Tour, Marie Philip-Poulin’s first time back since the 2010 Olympics, and scored two goals including this ridiculous superman style goal 

 

 

 

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[Topicmaster1010 6,593]

The Canadian site, CBC, put up an article today about the junior phenom  Nela Lopusanova 

 

@hckošice

 

[hckošice 16,618]

It looks will host the 2029 World Champs by default, since no one else actually officially entered the bid.

 

who wanted to host the tournament in their supermodern new arena in Budapest alongside Czech city of Brno for some reason forgot to send the required necessary documents in time and officially announced they abandon the project during the previous christmas period

There som rumours is/was considering to bid but never officially announced anything and IIHF did not inform about any their bid interest...

 

So it looks Bratislava and Košice will host the WCh for the third time in last 18 years

Edited February 2, 2025 by hckošice

[NearPup 4,180]

The IIHF has extented the suspension of and through the end of the 2025-2026 season. Unless the IOC intervenes this means will not be competing at the next Winter Olympics.

[hckošice 16,618]

WOMEN´S TOURNAMENT

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FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND

 

Round-Robin
February 6th - February 9th, 2025
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026

 

Group G

Japan Standard Time (GMT +9)

 

China   PSO3 - 2  Poland
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-0, 1-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
February 6th 2025, h. 12:00, Nepia Ice Arena, Tomakomai

 

Japan   7 - 1  France
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 2-1, 2-0
February 6th 2025, h. 15:30, Nepia Ice Arena, Tomakomai

 

China   1 - 4  France
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-1, 1-3
February 8th 2025, h. 12:00, Nepia Ice Arena, Tomakomai

 

Poland   0 - 6  Japan
Period-by-Period: 0-6, 0-0, 0-0
February 8th 2025, h. 15:30, Nepia Ice Arena, Tomakomai

 

France   9 - 0  Poland
Period-by-Period: 6-0, 1-0, 2-0
February 9th 2025, h. 12:00, Nepia Ice Arena, Tomakomai

 

Japan   4 - 1  China
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-1, 1-0
February 9th 2025, h. 15:30, Nepia Ice Arena, Tomakomai

 

Group G Final Standing

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Japan	3	3(0)	0(0)	17	2	+15	9
France	3	2(0)	1(0)	14	8	+6	6
China	3	1(1)	2(0)	5	10	-5	2
Poland	3	0(0)	3(1)	2	18	-16	1

 

 

The following Nation have qualified for the Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026

 

• Japan

 

Edited February 9, 2025 by hckošice

[hckošice 16,618]

WOMEN´S TOURNAMENT

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FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND

 

Round-Robin
February 6th - February 9th, 2025
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026

 

Group H

Central European Time (GMT +1)

 

Denmark   3 - 1  Netherlands
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-1, 1-0
February 6th 2025, h. 14:00, Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle

 

Sweden   3 - 0  Norway
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 1-0
February 6th 2025, h. 18:00, Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle

 

Denmark   3 - 1  Norway
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 2-0
February 7th 2025, h. 14:00, Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle

 

Netherlands   0 - 8  Sweden
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 0-4, 0-2
February 7th 2025, h. 18:00, Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle

 

Norway   OT4 - 3  Netherlands
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 1-0, 2-1, Overtime: 1-0
February 9th 2025, h. 12:00, Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle

 

Sweden   5 - 0  Denmark
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-0, 2-0
February 9th 2025, h. 16:00, Monitor ERP Arena, Gävle

 

Group H Final Standing

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Sweden	3	3(0)	0(0)	16	0	+16	9
Denmark	3	2(0)	1(0)	6	7	-1	6
Norway	3	1(1)	2(0)	5	9	-4	2
Netherlands	3	0(0)	3(1)	4	15	-11	1

 

The following Nation have qualified for the Women´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2026

 

• Sweden

Edited February 9, 2025 by hckošice