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1. I'd say a 6 2. Surprises: - Nina Christen not performing, but two other shooters stepping in her shoes to defend her medals from Tokyo. Especially Chiara Leone who only qualified at the last moment by winning the European Championships after forgetting her shooting equipment at home and her parents had to drive 14 hours to Croatia to deliver it to her. - Julie Derron getting a perfect day to continue our amazing performances in the triathlon. - The Men's gymnastics team reaching the finals again and even individually performing really well. Heartbreaks: - Zero medals in Mountain Bike only for the second olympics since it's introduction. - All the fourth places. We had 9 (10 if you count losing the Judo bronze match), which is more than we got medals total. Especially the three fourth places in athletics hurt, since it's been so long since we've won a medal in athletics. - The Equestrian jumping team missing out on the finals, while being named as one of the favourites. At least Steve Guerdat redeemed himself in the individual event. - Hüberli/Brunner missing out on the Beachvolleyball finals after haven a match ball. - Morgane Métraux absolutely failing in the last day of golf, after being in first place at the end of days 2 and 3. 3. Our olympic committee set a goal of 7 medals, which was achieved. I just wished it would have been one or two more golds instead of all the bronze. 4. Not sure. Possibly shooting and maybe Modern Pentathlon, since we finally had two competitors again, after many olympics without one. 5. I'm not knowledgable enough to answer this

Calvin Thürkauf (HC Lugano) is also in the team. He was forgotten in the first tweet by the SIHF, but they corrected themselves since then. Sadly Josi decided against coming, because his wife is heavily pregnant. Completely understandable, of course, but man, it could have been such a good team with him. It still is a good team without him, but I do feel like the defence is a bit lacking. Really looking forward seeing this team play and maybe Fiala will also come later

Mujinga Kambundji (Athletics) & Max Heinzer (Fencing)

116 (115?) Athletes Badminton 1 - Beach Volleyball 6 - Fencing 3 - Golf 1 - Judo 2 - Canoe 3 - Karate 1 - Gymnastics Artistic 5 - Athletics 30 - Mountainbike 6 - Cycling Track 5 - Cycling BMX 4 - Cycling Road 5 - Equestrian 8 - Wrestling 1 - Rowing 9 - Swimming 7 - Sailing 6 - Sports Climbing 1 - Shooting 2 - Tennis 3 - Table Tennis 1 - Triathlon 4 - Diving 1 https://www.srf.ch/sport/tokyo-2020/letzte-selektionen-gesprochen-116-athletinnen-und-athleten-fuer-tokio-aufgeboten They say 116, but calculating them all together I only get 115.

The new location of the U18 Division II B Tournament has been decided to be Sofia, Bulgaria. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/17821/bulgaria-to-host-u18-tournament

Kazakhstan hasn't really been that great at this level. Last year was a bit of a better year for them, but two years ago they lost to Spain and Mexico.

There are efforts to protecting it, and I think there are even some schools or at least kindergartens that are only in Romansh at the beginning. Graubünden is the largest canton by area. It's also the only canton with three languages (German, Italian and Romansh). Since it's almost entiery in the Alps, it's mostly famous for it's ski resorts. St. Mortitz, Arosa and Davos are some of the most famous ones. And yes, they did hold a vote on the Olympic bid, however the people voted against it.

Romansh is a romance language influenced by Swiss-German dialects. There are not a lot of Romansh speakers and it is only used in the canton (= state) of Graubünden. There are still some TV and radio stations that use it, but it is a dying language as in that region German or Italian and in the world English is a lot more useful.

No, I'm not doing anything there. Lausanne is a bit far away for me (and I know how ridiculous that sounds for an American ) I might watch some of the ice hockey event, if they get broadcasted somewhere.

Swiss Sports Awards Male Athlete of the year: Christian Stucki (Schwingen) Female Athlete of the year: Mujinga Kambunji (Athletics) Team of the year: women's 4x100m relay [Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambunji, Salomé Kora] (Athletics) Paralympic athlete of the year: Manuela Schär (Para-Athletics) Coach of the year: Adrian Rothenbühler (Athletics) Best Talent: Sina Frei (Mountainbike) Most Valuable Player: Roman Josi (Ice hockey)

LOL. winning 15:3 against but then losing 0:3 to ? What's going on?

Now that was a really crazy semi-final. But really happy that managed to get into the finals at home. Let's hope they can upset the Swedes aswell. Though rather unlikely

Grats to . Didn't think they would amount to anything this year after their 11:4 defeat against in the first round. And coming back to secure the 4th silver medal in a row. The three previous years they've always been denied promotion by a newcomer/comebacker. ( , , ) Was kinda hoping would continue that trend, but alas, it wasn't meant to be. :D

Actually has gotten silver in this division back in 2014 and since then, they've always gotten bronze. So, while it's definitely a really good performance this year, they weren't the worst team before either.

has promotion in their own hands now. However, if and manage to get 3 points against and respectively, we could have a four way tie. That would be fun.

Woohoo, we won Was genuinley concerned, after they lost to Russia, that Germany would overtake them. It's good to see, that even this very young and inexperienced team could be succesful. It's gonna be interesting to see who of this team'll manage to get to the final WC team. Looking forward to it very much. :D

as expected still not on the same level as the others. Surprised by though. Looks like they've made some progress. Even the game against was pretty close. Wonder if is weakened by the ongiong protests, though. vs is also a lot closer than last year. Maybe didn't really care last year, as they already had the promotion for sure. But this looks to be a pretty close group. Unless is still a lot stronger than the others. I don't expect much from , but who knows.

Will be interesting to see, how good Kyrgyzstan is. This year at the World Championships they destroyed the UAE even without that inelegible player, that got them all the other games lost. But can they beat Luxembourg? Group 2 should be between Taiwan and Hong Kong. Don't know if Team Hong Kong is weakend by the unrest. I just hope the tournament goes over smoothly with Taiwan and Hong Kong playing in China.

Well, looks like has also become a new member. In 2018/early 2019 China has also played a bunch of friendlies against 3rd-7th tier Swiss clubs. They've only won 6 of the 27 games they played. Here's the results: https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.5/44c.cc0.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/China-Men-Unofficial-Results-1.pdf I do think it was a mistake to allow China a free quota at the next Winter Olympics.

https://twitter.com/NTofIceHockey/status/1176810068928540673?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^embeddedtimeline|twterm^profile%3ANTofIceHockey|twcon^timelinechrome&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalteamsoficehockey.com%2F Apparently are now IIHF members. Always happy to see more countries embrace ice hockey.

[hide] Knockout Round September 10th - September 15th, 2019 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 15th 2019, h. 16:00 France 8 Australia Gold Medal Match Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 15th 2019, h. 20:00 Argentina 6 Spain [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round September 10th - September 15th, 2019 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 13th 2019, h. 20:00 Argentina 7 France September 13th 2019, h. 16:00 Spain 6 Australia [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Round September 10th - September 15th, 2019 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 10th 2019, h. 19:00 Argentina 4 Serbia September 10th 2019, h. 21:00 Spain 6 Poland September 11th 2019, h. 19:00 United States 7 France September 11th 2019, h. 21:00 Australia 2 Czech Republic [/hide]

[hide] Second Round September 6th - September 9th, 2019 16 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group I Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 6th 2019, h. TBD Poland 3 Russia September 6th 2019, h. TBD Argentina 11 Venezuela September 8th 2019, h. TBD Poland 4 Argentina September 8th 2019, h. TBD Venezuela 3 Russia Group J Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 6th 2019, h. TBD Spain 6 Italy September 6th 2019, h. TBD Serbia 12 Puerto Rico September 8th 2019, h. TBD Spain 9 Serbia September 8th 2019, h. TBD Puerto Rico 1 Italy Group K Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 7th 2019, h. TBD United States 10 Greece September 7th 2019, h. TBD Brazil 8 Czech Republic September 9th 2019, h. TBD United States 13 Brazil September 9th 2019, h. TBD Czech Republic 2 Greece Group L Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 7th 2019, h. TBD France 6 Lithuania September 7th 2019, h. TBD Australia 4 Dominican Republic September 7th 2019, h. TBD France 7 Australia September 7th 2019, h. TBD Dominican Republic 3 Lithuania [/hide]

[hide] First Round August 31st - September 5th, 2019 32 Nations, 8 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Second Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 31st 2019, h. 16:00 Poland 5 Venezuela August 31st 2019, h. 20:00 Ivory Coast 21 China September 2nd 2019, h. 16:00 Venezuela 10 Ivory Coast September 2nd 2019, h. 20:00 China 13 Poland September 4th 2019, h. 16:00 Ivory Coast 12 Poland September 4th 2019, h. 20:00 Venezuela 9 China Group B Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 31st 2019, h. 16:30 Russia 20 Nigeria August 31st 2019, h. 20:30 Argentina 3 South Korea September 2nd 2019, h. 16:30 Nigeria 5 Argentina September 2nd 2019, h. 20:30 South Korea 11 Russia September 4th 2019, h. 16:30 South Korea 7 Nigeria September 4th 2019, h. 20:30 Russia 15 Argentina Group C Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 31st 2019, h. 16:30 Iran 15 Puerto Rico August 31st 2019, h. 20:30 Spain 19 Tunisia September 2nd 2019, h. 16:30 Tunisia 10 Iran September 2nd 2019, h. 20:30 Puerto Rico 14 Spain September 4th 2019, h. 16:30 Puerto Rico 8 Tunisia September 4th 2019, h. 20:30 Spain 5 Iran Group D Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 August 31st 2019, h. 15:30 Angola 25 Serbia August 31st 2019, h. 19:30 Philippines 8 Italy September 2nd 2019, h. 15:30 Italy 9 Angola September 2nd 2019, h. 19:30 Serbia 14 Philippines September 4th 2019, h. 15:30 Angola 8 Philippines September 4th 2019, h. 19:30 Italy 13 Serbia Group E Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 1st 2019, h. 16:30 Turkey 2 Japan September 1st 2019, h. 20:30 Czech Republic 19 United States September 3rd 2019, h. 16:30 Japan 9 Czech Republic September 3rd 2019, h. 20:30 United States 14 Turkey September 5th 2019, h. 16:30 Turkey 15 Czech Republic September 5th 2019, h. 20:30 United States 9 Japan Group F Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 1st 2019, h. 16:00 New Zealand 11 Brazil September 1st 2019, h. 20:00 Greece 14 Montenegro September 3rd 2019, h. 16:00 Montenegro 19 New Zealand September 3rd 2019, h. 20:00 Brazil 7 Greece September 5th 2019, h. 16:00 Brazil 13 Montenegro September 5th 2019, h. 20:00 Greece 11 New Zealand Group G Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 1st 2019, h. 16:30 Dominican Republic 18 Jordan September 1st 2019, h. 20:30 France 6 Germany September 3rd 2019, h. 16:30 Germany 5 Dominican Republic September 3rd 2019, h. 20:30 Jordan 26 France September 5th 2019, h. 16:30 Germany 20 Jordan September 5th 2019, h. 20:30 Dominican Republic 9 France Group H Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 September 1st 2019, h. 15:30 Canada 1 Australia September 1st 2019, h. 19:30 Senegal 22 Lithuania September 3rd 2019, h. 15:30 Australia 16 Senegal September 3rd 2019, h. 19:30 Lithuania 18 Canada September 5th 2019, h. 15:30 Canada 7 Senegal September 5th 2019, h. 19:30 Lithuania 11 Australia [/hide]