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Serbia won, rather easily. I am really surprised.
Great performace alltogether, 15:0 in scores. 

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND   LAST DAY SCHEDULE Round-Robin
December 14th - December 17th, 2023
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round   Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT )   South Africa   vs  Bulgaria
Period-by-Period:
December 17th 2023, h. 13:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
  Estonia   vs  Iceland
Period-by-Period:
December 17th 2023, h. 17:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik   Group L Central European Time (GMT +1)   Netherlands   vs  Spain
Period-by-Period:
December 17th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg
  Georgia   vs  Thailand
Period-by-Period:
December 17th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg   Group M Central European Time (GMT +1)   Turkiye   vs  Chinese Taipei
Period-by-Period:
December 17th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
  Serbia   vs  Croatia Period-by-Period:
December 17th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade

The end of the Bulgaria vs Iceland game was horrible.   Of course a Bulgarian win likely would give  Estonia the winner of the group even before the Iceland/Estonia game was played.   Bulgaria was up 3-2 when Iceland pulled its goalie with about 2 minutes left.  With about 30 seconds left a Iceland player takes down a Bulgarian player from behind. The player looked seriously hurt not moving at all. Looked like a dead body. Refs don't stop play. So its 6 Iceland players against 4.  Because of the injury Iceland scores with 17 seconds left.  The player would remain not moving while staff came out.  Suddenly Refs huddle with Bulgarian and Iceland players.  Looks like the goal might not be allowed. Then suddenly they declare goal counts plus say Iceland also scored with 1:23 to play ! Suddenly scoreboard changes from 3-2 Bulgaria to 4-3 Iceland.  Never have a seen a team get credit for two goals as the same time.  There was no stoppage of play for a goal at 1:23 nor any indication on the ice that a questionable decision even existed.  
 
I wish all 12 teams the best wishes in Round Two but that result smells.  I hope Estonia wins on Sunday because they deserve it not Iceland

The end of the Bulgaria vs Iceland game was horrible.   Of course a Bulgarian win likely would give  Estonia the winner of the group even before the Iceland/Estonia game was played.   Bulgaria was up 3-2 when Iceland pulled its goalie with about 2 minutes left.  With about 30 seconds left a Iceland player takes down a Bulgarian player from behind. The player looked seriously hurt not moving at all. Looked like a dead body. Refs don't stop play. So its 6 Iceland players against 4.  Because of the injury Iceland scores with 17 seconds left.  The player would remain not moving while staff came out.  Suddenly Refs huddle with Bulgarian and Iceland players.  Looks like the goal might not be allowed. Then suddenly they declare goal counts plus say Iceland also scored with 1:23 to play ! Suddenly scoreboard changes from 3-2 Bulgaria to 4-3 Iceland.  Never have a seen a team get credit for two goals as the same time.  There was no stoppage of play for a goal at 1:23 nor any indication on the ice that a questionable decision even existed.  
 
I wish all 12 teams the best wishes in Round Two but that result smells.  I hope Estonia wins on Sunday because they deserve it not Iceland

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND   DAY 3 SCHEDULE Round-Robin
December 14th - December 17th, 2023
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round   Group L Central European Time (GMT +1)  
Thailand   vs  Netherlands
Period-by-Period:
December 16th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg   Spain   vs  Georgia
Period-by-Period:
December 16th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND   DAY 2 RESULTS Round-Robin
December 14th - December 17th, 2023
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round   Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT )  
Estonia   9 - 2  South Africa
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 5-1, 3-0
December 15th 2023, h. 15:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik   Iceland   4 - 3  Bulgaria
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 2-1
December 15th 2023, h. 19:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik   Group K Provisional Standing After Day 2   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Estonia 2 2(0) 0(0) 30 2 +28 6 Iceland 2 2(0) 0(0) 13 3 +10 6 South Africa 2 0(0) 2(0) 2 18 -16 0 Bulgaria 2 0(0) 2(0) 3 25 -22 0   Group L Central European Time (GMT +1)  
Spain   15 - 2  Thailand
Period-by-Period: 6-0, 6-2, 3-0
December 15th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg  
Netherlands   8 - 2  Georgia
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 2-1, 4-0
December 15th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg   Group L Provisional Standing After Day 1   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Spain 1 1(0) 0(0) 15 2 +13 3 Netherlands 1 1(0) 0(0) 8 2 +6 3 Georgia 1 0(0) 1(0) 2 8 -6 0 Thailand 1 0(0) 1(0) 2 15 -13 0   Group M Central European Time (GMT +1)  
Croatia   6 - 2  Turkiye
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 3-1, 3-0
December 15th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade   Chinese Taipei   0 - 6  Serbia
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-1, 0-2
December 15th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade     Group M Provisional Standing After Day 2   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Serbia 2 2(0) 0(0) 11 0 +11 6 Croatia 2 2(0) 0(0) 12 3 +9 6 Turkiye 2 0(0) 2(0) 2 11 -9 0 Chinese Taipei 2 0(0) 2(0) 1 12 -11 0

I give credit to Chinese Taipei and Turkiye who were big underdogs for playing tough for at least 2 periods.  However in Iceland Bulgaria & South Africa were just bombed.  Totally outclassed.

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND   DAY 2 SCHEDULE Round-Robin
December 14th - December 17th, 2023
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round   Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT )  
Estonia   vs  South Africa
Period-by-Period:
December 15th 2023, h. 15:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik   Iceland   vs  Bulgaria
Period-by-Period:
December 15th 2023, h. 19:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik   Group L Central European Time (GMT +1)  
Spain   vs  Thailand
Period-by-Period:
December 15th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg  
Netherlands   vs  Georgia
Period-by-Period:
December 15th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg   Group M Central European Time (GMT +1)  
Croatia   vs  Turkiye
Period-by-Period:
December 15th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade   Chinese Taipei   vs  Serbia
Period-by-Period:
December 15th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade  

Finally its here !   I will be able to watch the 2 games from Iceland,  Sadly the ones from Serbia i will just have to follow the scores.
 
 

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND   DAY 1 SCHEDULE Round-Robin
December 14th - December 17th, 2023
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round  
Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT )  
Bulgaria   vs  Estonia
Period-by-Period:
December 14th 2023, h. 15:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik  
Iceland   vs  South Africa
Period-by-Period:
December 14th 2023, h. 19:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik   Group M Central European Time (GMT +1)  
Croatia   vs  Chinese Taipei
Period-by-Period:
December 14th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade  
Serbia   vs  Turkiye
Period-by-Period:
December 14th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND   Round-Robin
December 14th - December 17th, 2023
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round
 
Group M Central European Time (GMT +1)  
Croatia   6 - 1  Chinese Taipei
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-0, 3-1
December 14th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade  
Serbia   5 - 0  Turkiye
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-0, 3-0
December 14th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade  
Croatia   6 - 2  Turkiye
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 3-1, 3-0
December 15th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade   Chinese Taipei   0 - 6  Serbia
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-1, 0-2
December 15th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade  
Turkiye   1 - 3  Chinese Taipei
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 0-0
December 17th 2023, h. 15:30, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
  Serbia   4 - 0  Croatia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 3-0
December 17th 2023, h. 19:00, Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade   Group M Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Serbia 3 3(0) 0(0) 15 0 +15 9 Croatia 3 2(0) 1(0) 12 7 +5 6 Chinese Taipei 3 1(0) 2(0) 4 13 -9 3 Turkiye 3 0(0) 3(0) 3 14 -11 0

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND   Round-Robin
December 15th - December 17th, 2023
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round
 
Group L Central European Time (GMT +1)  
Spain   15 - 2  Thailand
Period-by-Period: 6-0, 6-2, 3-0
December 15th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg  
Netherlands   8 - 2  Georgia
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 2-1, 4-0
December 15th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg  
Thailand   1 - 23  Netherlands
Period-by-Period: 1-6, 0-7, 0-10
December 16th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg   Spain   5 - 1  Georgia
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 3-1, 1-0
December 16th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg  
Netherlands   3 - 4  Spain
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-3, 0-1
December 17th 2023, h. 16:30, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg
  Georgia   10 - 0  Thailand
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 4-0, 3-0
December 17th 2023, h. 20:00, Ijssportscentrum, Tilburg   Group L Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Spain 3 3(0) 0(0) 24 6 +18 9 Netherlands 3 2(0) 1(0) 34 7 +27 6 Georgia 3 1(0) 2(0) 13 13 0 3 Thailand 3 0(0) 3(0) 3 48 -45 0

2nd QUALIFYING ROUND   Round-Robin
December 14th - December 17th, 2023
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the 3rd Qualifying Round  

 
Group K Greenwich Mean Time (GMT )  
Bulgaria   0 - 21  Estonia
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-8, 0-10
December 14th 2023, h. 15:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik  
Iceland   9 - 0  South Africa
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 3-0, 3-0
December 14th 2023, h. 19:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik  
Estonia   9 - 2  South Africa
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 5-1, 3-0
December 15th 2023, h. 15:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik   Iceland   4 - 3  Bulgaria
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 2-1
December 15th 2023, h. 19:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik  
South Africa   4 - 1  Bulgaria
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 3-1
December 17th 2023, h. 13:30, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
  Estonia   6 - 0  Iceland
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 2-0, 1-0
December 17th 2023, h. 17:00, Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik   Group K Final Standing   Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Estonia 3 3(0) 0(0) 36 2 +34 9 Iceland 3 2(0) 1(0) 13 9 +4 6 South Africa 3 1(0) 2(0) 6 19 -13 3 Bulgaria 3 0(0) 3(0) 4 29 -25 0    

It's just another example of sport struggling, post-Covid/inflation. Before sport federations would join tournaments without securing funding expecting to get the money needed (either through investors, government or the players). Now they are finding out those sources are less likely to fund their trip, especially for Division III/IV teams which have no chance at qualifying to the Olympics.

THis is getting crazy... Very Weird compared to other years.  Now Mexico drops out of Group L.... REPLACEMENT IS Georgia !!!!!

Another change to Round Two                                                                                                                                 
 
 
South Africa to Round 2   replacing Kyrgyzstan who earlier replaced UAE       
 
 
 
Group K
 
Estonia, Iceland, Bulgaria, South Africa
 
Group L
Netherlands, Spain, Mexico,  Thailand
 
Group M
Serbia, Croatia, Turkey, Chinese Taipei

Think your right.  If by hope they do give  both the boot then i suspect the top two ranked that did not win in Round 3 would get a 2nd chance.

The placement of in this round means only one thing, that IIHF is counting with Russia & Belarus return...
 
Hungary is 19th in the ranking. We know that teams ranked up to 17th plays the Final Qualifying Round ( is 14th) so as such if BLR was not eligible to play another nation would have taken its place, and since the next one is (18th) which is obviously automatically qualified to the games as Host country, the next one to move up to the Final Qualifiying round would have been Hungary, so no need to be a nuclear physicist to understand IIHF is already counting with to qualify directly to the Olympics and to play the FInal Qualifying Round which would be played in Slovakia...
 
Simple maths
 
Final Qualifying Round is likely going to be
 
D- SVK, BLR, KAZ, 3rd Qualifier
E- LAT, FRA, AUT, 2nd Qualifier
F- DEN, NOR, SLO, 1st Qualifier
 
Still, hope dies last...people use to say... so, still we (I) hope this scenario will not occur at the end and Slovakia will qualify directly

Yeah, IIHF is famous for many things, but definitely not for this one

I guess i  hoped against hope above.  I received confirmation from my source no effort is being made to save round one.  It is cancelled period.
 
I am appalled by the decision.  What sports governing body would receive requests from 8 nations to attempt to qualify for the Olympics.  Determine one nation would not be allowed  because they already had a two  5 team groups for Round One and felt it would be unfair to make one group 6. Then would approve 7 other national teams but one month later advise those 7 sorry come back in 4 years because we can't find a hockey rink for you to play in. The IIHF is supposed to be promoting ice hockey.  The treatment of the 8 nations and their players is pathetic. They should have played these games even in Switzerland the home base of the IIHF if necessary.   I can't think of another governing body of a team sport that would treat member teams in this fashion.  Some of these teams were already in training camp ! 

both hosted multi-sports games with ice hockey on the program in the last four years.  just hosted a tournament, no?
 
It seems wild that the reason for cancellation would be a lack of hosts. Then again, if no one wants to host, I guess none of those programs are too committed to Olympic qualification anyway 

Agree this is a total mess.  First us Hockey fans have to search google to find out that Hong Kong posted about a round one qualification tournament.  Then later searching google you can find Thailand posting about another first round tournament. Then UAE posts about having to play in a 1st round tournament.  Then South Africa posts a letter from the IIHF welcoming them as the first African country to qualify to play in a 1st round tournament in Thailand.  All of that had to be searched thru the likes of google because the IIHF posted nothing. Then suddenly the IIHF advances 3 of the 10 teams to 2nd round qualifications in the events page with a small comment cancelled round 1.  No word why.  No indication why the other 7 nations were just tossed.  I KNOW FOR A FACT South Africa had already selected their team and fund raised for support yet suddenly are dropped without a notice.  This is a real mess.  Almost wish FIBA ran Ice Hockey.  At least we as fans would get information without having to do intensive searching.

I just sent a message to the team that told me about the First Round Group O tournament,  Asked them if it was cancelled.  Will post their response when i receive it.

Interesting change to 1st round Ice Hockey qualification. Both group N (uae, Kyrgyzstan, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Georgia) and Group O ( Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Bosnia, South Africa, Iran) . THREE Teams will qualify for next round ( Bth group winners plus the best second place team.. Never recall ever seeing a 2nd place team advancing in Olympic Ice Hockey qualifications

There is a group o includes Thailand. Chinese Taipia, Bosnia, South Africa, and Iran.  South Africa and Irsn are first timers