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Final Standing 1. Slovenia 13 --------------------------- 2. Poland 10 3. Hungary 10 4. Italy 6 5. Ukraine 5 --------------------------- 6. Japan 1 Slovenia is promoted to Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2020 Japan has been relegated to Under 20 Division II Group A World Championship 2020

Friday December 14th, 2018 - Round-Robin Last Day Results (GMT +1) 13:00 Slovenia 4 - 1 Ukraine 16:30 Hungary 2 - 4 Poland 20:00 Italy OT4 - 3 Japan

Austrian Alpine skier and Olympic Bronze medalist Katharina Gallhuber has hardly injured her knee during training and will miss the rest of the season. .

Stil not sure it´s mine

24th December, buddy, is Christmas in Slovakia.

Saturday December 15th, 2018 - Round-Robin Last Day Schedule (GMT +1) 13:00 Austria vs Norway 16:30 Germany vs France 20:00 Belarus vs Latvia *Germany and Belarus are fighting for the promotion. Austria, France and Latvia to avoid the relegation. **Germany - is in the best position, the host country will qualify for the U20 top Division next year if they does not lose their match to France in Regular Time. any other result will qualify them. Even a defeat in regular time may be enough if BLR does not win over Latvia in Regular Time. ***Belarus - will qualify only if they win against Latvia in Regular Time and Germany lose to France also in Regular Time, any other result will qualify Germany.

Friday December 14th, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 6 Results (GMT +1) 13:00 Latvia 2 - 4 Norway 16:30 France 2 - 4 Austria Provisional Standing After Day 6: 1. Germany 11 ------------------ 2. Belarus 9 3. Norway 6 4. Austria 4 5. France 3 ----------------- 6. Latvia 3

This is becomming to be hilariously insane !!! Slovakia the true real Penalty Killing mastas We played 4 minutes in a row 3 vs 5 and still haven´t received any goal, and this is not even our top team. Seriously, if there something we are among the top nations in the world in this sport, it is definitely our play during opponents power plays.

This new "Delaying the game" rule after two faults in the face-offs is the most stupid thing that have been invented in hockey ever !!! Just saw it for the first time in my life. what exactly happened ? our player was send to the penalty box, Power play for Austria, logically face-off in our defensive zone, but the Austrian center committed a faul, the ref gave hime first warning, so the face-off has been replayed but the Austrian guy (the same) committed again a fault getting his stick to the ice too early and the result, the referee send him to the penalty box for 2 min minor penalty for delaying the game...so 2 minutes 4 on 4, the guy was watching like WTF is happening, he clearly had no idea about this new rule

[hide] Knockout Round December 10th - December 16th, 2018 12 Nations, Quarterfinal Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +5:30) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 15th 2018, h. 16:00 England 2 Belgium December 15th 2018, h. 18:30 Australia 1 Netherlands [/hide]

Stage 9 in Val Gardena/Groeden (ITA) Men´s Super-G: 1. Aksel Lund Svindal 1:28.65 2. Christof Innehofer 1:28.70 3. Kjetil Jansrud 1:28.92  Full Final Result HERE

Group D Spartak Trnava - Fenerbahce Istanbul (TUR) 1-0 Final Group Standing: 1. Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 14 Q 2. Fenerbahce Istanbul (TUR) 8 Q ------------------------------------------- 3. Spartak Trnava 7 4. RSC Anderlecht (BEL) 3

Friday December 14th, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 6 Schedule (GMT +1) 13:00 Latvia vs Norway 16:30 France vs Austria

Friday December 14th, 2018 - Round-Robin Last Day Schedule (GMT +1) 13:00 Slovenia vs Ukraine 16:30 Hungary vs Poland 20:00 Italy vs Japan  LIVESTREAM *Slovenia, Hungary and Poland are still in the battle for promotion. **Slovenia - has everything in its own hands, a win in Regular Time against UKR tomorrow will officially qualify them for the next years U20 Div I A tournament. A win after OT/PSO can be enough if Hungary does not win over Poland in Regular Time. A lose after OT/PSO will be enough if Hungary does not beat Poland. A lose in Regular Time will be enough if Poland defeat Hungary in Regular Time by not more than 2 goals. ***Hungary - will qualify only if they win against Poland in Regular Time and Slovenia doesn´t beat Ukraine in Regular Time. or if they beat Poland after OT/GWS and Ukraine will defeat Slovenia. Even a lose after OT/PSO can qualify them but Ukraine must win over Slovenia in Regular Time. ****Poland - can qualify only if they beat Hungary by more than 2 goals and Ukraine will defeat Slovenia in Regular Time. *****Italy and Ukraine are assured to stay in this category also for the next year. ******Japan - is already the relegated team for next years U20 Div II A World Championship tournament.

Thursday December 13th, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 5 Results (GMT +1) 20:00 Germany 5 - 1 Belarus Provisional Standing After Day 5: 1. Germany 11 ------------------ 2. Belarus 9 3. Norway 3* 4. Latvia 3* 5. France 3* ----------------- 6. Austria 1*

December 2018 International Break Friday 14.12.2018 - SCHEDULE Lucerne Cup - 4 Nations, Knock-Out Tournament, Semifinals, winners will qualify for the Gold Medal Match, losers for the Bronze Medal Match Bronze Medal Match 16:15 Austria - Slovakia Gold Medal Match 20:15 Switzerland - Russia "B" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorenskog (Norway) Challenger (MECA Games) - 4 Nations Round-Robin Tournament Day 2 16:00 France - Belarus 20:00 Hungary - Norway

December 2018 International Break Thursday 13.12.2018 - RESULTS EURO HOCKEY TOUR (STAGE 2/4 - ONE CHANNEL CUP ) - 4 Nations Round-Robin Tournament Day 1 18:30 Finland - Czech Republic 3-4 After Penalty Shoot-Out (*Tampere, FIN) 18:45 Sweden - Russia 2-3 After Penalty Shoot-Out Provisional Standing After Day 1: 1. CZE 2, 2. RUS 2, 3. FIN 1, 4. SWE 1 EURO HOCKEY TOUR 2018/19 Cumulative Standing after Games 4/12: 1. RUS 8, 2. FIN 7, 3. CZE 5, 4. SWE 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucerne Cup - 4 Nations, Knock-Out Tournament, Semifinals, winners will qualify for the Gold Medal Match, losers for the Bronze Medal Match Semifinals 16:15 Russia "B" - Slovakia 2-1 20:15 Switzerland - Austria 3-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lorenskog (Norway) Challenger (MECA Games) - 4 Nations Round-Robin Tournament Day 1 16:00 France - Hungary 3-0 20:00 Norway - Belarus 6-1 Provisional Standing After Day 1: 1. NOR 3, 2. FRA 3, 3. HUN 0, 4. BLR 0

Sure, it´s not the strongest Russian squad ever, but I don´t think this team is so modest, almost the same roster won the Deutschland Cup last month, it´s still a team formed by young KHL players and potential Russian A team for next years. But I do agree, that the match was quite boring, all our matches may looks like this now, this is the game play under Craig Ramsey. We focus more on the well organized defense, if you take a look on our matches since Ramsey became the coach, you´ll hardly find a game when our opponent scored against us more than 2-3 goals. also his biggest mark is our penalty killing. Last WCh for example SVK was the best team in PK stats, if I remember correctly we received only 1 goal during opponents power plays. the same in the Deutschland Cup, I was just amazed by our play during opponents PPs. Today (even if not in so impressive way I must admit) it was still again a 100% PK efficiency for us against Russia "B" even if they played, like you noticed, quite a lot of PPs. looks any team we send to a international tournament, this is a thing they trains the most now, The problem is really the offensive part. It´s very bad, we need a lot of chances to score a goal. We really need to finally find some real top scorers..this task will be the biggest challenge for Ramsey before the WCh.

Miserable shooting efficiency once again...This season it´s clearly our biggest issue. At least 3 clear goal chances missed, one to a half empty net from some 2 meters, but we still managed to shoot wide, then a Rssian attack a couple of seconds later ofc finished by their winning goal even in the last minute empty netter power play we threw away one huge chance...obviously this roster is far from the team that will play the WCh...but the lack of strikers we noticed in the Deutschland Cup team and in todays game is quite worrying for the future

[hide] Knockout Round December 14th - December 16th, 2018 4 Nations, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 14th 2018, h. 17:30 Russia 4 Romania December 14th 2018, h. 21:00 France 2 Netherlands [/hide]

2 Girls in top 10, 3 qualified for the pursuit, not bad one would say...but that shooting !!! Nastya and her whole careers nemesis..that prone shooting..frustrating as heck Paja again with a pleasant performance, this really can be the finally that soooo waited season, we all expected from her for couples of last seasons Ivona also with a decent skiing and amazing first half of the race...then as always only disappointing second part Poliaková once again by far our best shooter but her skiing is just ultimate misery

Stage 5 in Carezza (ITA) Men´s Parallel Giant Slalom: 1. Tim Mastnak 2. Benjamin Karl 3. Sebastian Kislinger Full Final Result HERE

Stage 5 in Carezza (ITA) Women´s Parallel Giant Slalom: 1. Nadya Ochner 2. Ester Ledecka 3. Ramna Theresia Hofmeister Full Final Result HERE

Wednesday December 12th, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +1) 13:00 Ukraine PSO2 - 1 Italy 16:30 Poland 7 - 4 Japan 20:00 Slovenia PSO5 - 4 Hungary Provisional Standing After Day 4: 1. Slovenia 10 ------------------ 2. Hungary 10 3. Poland 7 4. Ukraine 5 5. Italy 4 ----------------- 6. Japan 0 *Japan is already officially relegated to the next years U20 Division II Group A World Championships

Thursday December 13th, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 5 Schedule (GMT +1) 20:00 Germany vs Belarus *Only 1 match scheduled tomorrow, but can be also the decisive one, Only Belarus and Germany are still in the Tournament win battle. **If Belarus will win in Regular Time, Belarus will win the tournament and qualify for the next years U20 Top Division World Championships, Any other result will not officially qualify anyone before the last round on Saturday.