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Do you have any thoughts on the final qualifying round ?

We can certainly put Slovakia in the Final Qualification tournament ! Just need to determine the other two to advance

Question for anybody here. I see the women are having a prelim round in December then final Olympic Qualification in Feb. 2025. Does anyone here follow the women's tournaments ? I never have but think i will watch for the first time. Anybody have thoughts on the 21 teams trying for the 3 spots ?

If Russia is out they reorganize the groups so USA would have Germany, Latvia, Denmark in their group rather then the current setup of Russia, Slovakia, and Latvia.

Sadly no more qualifications till 2027 except for the ladies with two rounds in December and Feb.

I have to give a ton of credit to Japan. They played tough against Norway and Denmark... I doubt anyone expected that.

Here is a connection to the link. Just scroll down to the group you wish to see. All 6 games are their for each of the 3 groups https://www.iihf.com/en/news/62113/2026_olympic_final_qualification_preview

Great efforts by Japan & Great Britain...

Also on IIHF.com. I watched all 6 games there

Less then 24 hours away. I can't wait... I do see they switched the streaming to IIHF.com instead of You Tube

Only 3 days away from starting to determine 3 more qualifiers for 2026... Plus lets remember a provisional 4th qualifier The best 2nd place finisher will actually stay alive till next May when they make a decision on Russia

i am a crazy enough nut that i will watch all 18 games ! This is great news... Months ago i watched all 18 in round two when Turkey and Taipei were in it. So if i did it then i sure will now.

We have quite a few different people on this thread from different countries so it would be interesting to get your different thoughts. Which lower ranked team has the best chance to spring a upset on opening day ? I put the lower ranked teams on the left Hungary vs Kazakhstan Austria vs Slovakia Ukraine vs France Slovenia vs Latvia Japan vs Norway Great Britain vs Denmark I think Ukraine has the best shot. How about you ?

Belfast defeats Great Britain 4-1.... Now only one tuneup left if USA news has it right. Denmark vs Latvia on Monday.