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so, that's all, folks! all the main domestic leagues outside North america are over and here the new champions have been celebrated see you at the beginning of the next season...bye!

NLA Playoffs Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #7, Tuesday, April 30th, 8 p.m. CET, ZSC Lions Zürich vs Lausanne HC 2-0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0) ZSC Lions Zürich win Series 4-3 and are the 2023/2024 NLA Champions!

even if they do it

il fioretto maschile azzurro perde Daniele Garozzo https://www.oasport.it/2024/04/scherma-daniele-garozzo-si-ritira-il-mio-cuore-si-e-infortunato-vinse-loro-nel-fioretto-alle-olimpiadi-2016/ onore a una grande carriera ma in vista di Parigi non è poi così una cattiva notizia

Olympic Champion, multiple World and European medallist Daniele Garozzo has suddenly decided to retire he's talking about heart problems, with no further details https://www.oasport.it/2024/04/scherma-daniele-garozzo-si-ritira-il-mio-cuore-si-e-infortunato-vinse-loro-nel-fioretto-alle-olimpiadi-2016/

so, all the criteria previously indicated were bullshit it's just about this tournament (as it should be), the winner is AFC1 and so on no 2020 nor other dirty moves...

SHL Playoffs Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #5: Monday, April 29th, 7.30 p.m. CET, Skellefteå vs Rögle 2-0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0) Skellefteå AIK win Series 4-1 and are 2023/2024 SHL Champions!

with and already qualified to the Gold Medal Game, now we also have a clear picture of the Olympic Tournament winner of GMM between and will be "AFC 1" and will play in Group D with and loser of the GMM is "AFC 2" and will play in Group C with and whoever wins the 3rd place match in Doha will be "AFC 3" and will play in Group B with and , meanwhile the loser of that match will play the AFC vs CAN playoff match vs (and the winner of that match will play in group A with and )

not the day #1 matchups I would have liked

and with the Extraliga ending in dramatic fashion, we're almost done for this year... only the NLA and the SHL have some games left among the main European domestic leagues

Extraliga Playoffs Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #7, Sunday, April 28th, 7 p.m. CET, HC Dynamo Pardubice vs HC Ocelàři Třinec 1-2 2OT (0-0, 1-0, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1) HC Ocelàři Třinec win Series 4-3 and after the most amazing playoffs ride of the last few years are 2023/2024 Extraliga Champions!

in Pardubice and Třinec are going to the 2nd OT in game #7 of the Extraliga Finals they're tied 1-1 after 80 minutes of play

I couldn't resist...I already checked that, and yes, last time I completely missed him he's 98th, so he will certainly get a spot

if I didn't miss him (which is absolutely possible), just one month ago (when I redacted that list), he wasn't in the top 250 of the WR I'll check again tomorrow

yes! we trashed out! what a powerful exhibition! hockey masterclass!

missed that wouldn't be the 1st time (not talking of fencing specifically, just in general) still, they're the 2 with the best ranking among the eligible Nations...it should count somehow as it's written at the top of it, my list is only about fencers from eligible Nations ranked 250 or better doesn't have any that said, I know that a few other Countries might get a spot because of politics, even if their representatives are really, really weak at the same time, personally, I hope for the good of the Olympic Fencing tournaments, that the smallest number of those Tripartite Places will be awarded and the the most possible good fencers from the AOR get the spots, instead

not necessarily, if they are not qualified in a given weapon, they're still eligible for one of those spots

Liiga Playoffs Finals (Best-of-7 Series) Game #5, Sunday, April 28th, 4 p.m. CET, Tappara vs Pelicans 3-0 (0-0, 1-0, 2-0) Tappara win Series 4-1 and are the 2023/2024 Liiga Champions for the 13th time (3rd in a row)

Ceccon went 1.57 in the 200m back, 52.9 in the 100m back and 52.3 in the 100m fly (and he's not in good shape at all, as he had to recover from a bad injury, broken finger in in his hand) youngster Sara Curtis went close (1/10 of a sec) to his NR in the 50m Free, swimming 24.66 and she also swam a decent (for her) 28.2 in the 50m back

up I think (women's Epee), X2 (men's Epee and Foil), (men's Epee), (women's Foil), (men's Foil), (men's Sabre) and (women's Sabre) will get all the 8 tripartite places, no room for the AOR guys

Mixed Team Event Gold Medal Match b. 4-0 Bronze Medal Matches b. 4-1 b. 4-2

well, that's not what the most important italian website reported however, it doesn't change much...just say De Grasse instead of Bromell, in any case what really matters is that Jacobs was second, just a fraction (3/1000) behind the eventual winner

men's Skeet Gold: Marcus Svensson Silver: Peeter Juerisson Bronze: Eduard Yechshenko Olympic Quota Places (to the NOC, NOT to the Athlete): & Full Results and Ranking https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=19567

so far, we have 12 teams already qualified to the Mixed Skeet Olympic competition, which means that there are still max 6 spots left (if a Country wants to add through some switches) X2 X2 (using both M + W Host Nations Quota Places)

women's Skeet Gold: Francisca Crovetto Chadid Silver: Maheshwari Chauhan Bronze: Jiang Yiting Olympic Quota Places (to the NOC, NOT to the Athlete): & Full Results and Ranking https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=19566