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VENUES Slovnaft Arena - Bratislava (Ondrej Nepela Stadium) Multi-use Indoor Arena in Bratislava, primarily used for Ice Hockey, is the home of the Slovak KHL club Slovan Bratislava. The Stadium is named in honour of Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and he is the 1972 Winter Olympics figure skating winner. Opened in 1940 and held 8,350 people until its full reconstruction started in 2009. The reconstructed arena opened in spring 2011 It has increased capacity to 10,055 spectators. Steel Arena - Košice (Ladislav Troják Stadium) ****TISC Host**** Multi-use Indoor Arena in Košice, in Ice Hockey used as the home of the local club HC Košice. Steel Arena opened on February 24, 2006. Its capacity is 8,343 and was named in honour of the general sponsor of the club – the U. S. Steel Košice (a member of the United States Steel Corporation) and also in honour of Ladislav Troják, a Košice-born hockey player who was the first Slovak to win the World Championship with the Czechoslovakian national team. Steel Aréna was already one of the venues for the 2011 IIHF World Championship, which was hosted by Bratislava and Košice.

TEAM ROSTERS Austria Canada Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Italy Latvia Norway Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2019 Bratislava/Košice (SVK) - 10 May 2019 - 26 May 2019 Official Website

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 CATEGORY CALENDAR 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship In Obihiro, , 6-13 January 2019 Group A: Canada, Russia, Sweden, United States Group B: Czech Republic, Finland, Japan, Switzerland 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group A In Radenthein, , 7-13 January 2019 Participants: Austria, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group B In Dumfries, , 6-12 January 2019 Participants: China, France, Great Britain, Netherlands, Norway, Poland 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group B Qualification In Jaca, , 12-18 January 2019 Participants: Australia, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, Turkey

Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2019 Obihiro (JPN) - 6 January 2019 - 13 January 2019 Official Website

WOMEN'S CATEGORY CALENDAR 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship In Espoo, , 4-14 April 2019 Group A: Canada, Finland, Russia, Switzerland, United States Group B: Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I Group A In Budapest, , 7-13 April 2019 Participants: Austria, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Slovakia 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division I Group B In Beijing, , 6-12 April 2019 Participants: China, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group A In Dumfries, , 2-8 April 2019 Participants: Australia, Great Britain, Mexico, North Korea, Slovenia, Spain 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B In Miercurea Ciurc, , 11-17 March 2019 Participants: Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Iceland, New Zealand, Romania, Turkey 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II Group B Qualification In Cape Town, , 16-23 January 2019 Participants: Belgium, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, South Africa, Ukraine

Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2019 Espoo (FIN) - 4 April 2019 - 14 April 2019 Official Website

MEN'S UNDER 18 CATEGORY CALENDAR 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship In Ornskoldsvik & Umea , 18-28 April 2019 Group A: Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland Group B: Latvia, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, United States 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A In Grenoble, , 14-20 April 2019 Participants: Denmark, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Norway, Ukraine 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group B In Szekesfehervar, , 14-20 April 2019 Participants: Austria, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Slovenia 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group A In Elektrenai, , 7-13 April 2019 Participants: Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Spain 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group B In Belgrade, , 25-31 March 2019 Participants: Australia, Belgium, China, Croatia, Netherlands, Serbia 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group A In Sofia, , 25-31 March 2019 Participants: Bulgaria, Iceland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Turkey 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group B In Cape Town, , 8-14 April 2019 Participants: Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, South Africa

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2019 Örnsköldsvik/Umeå (SWE) - 18 April 2019 - 28 April 2019 Official Website

MEN'S UNDER 20 CATEGORY CALENDAR 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship In Vancouver & Victoria, , 26 December 2018 to 5 January 2019 Group A: Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Russia, Switzerland Group B: Finland, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Sweden, United States 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group A In Fussen, , 9-15 December 2018 Participants: Austria, Belarus, France, Germany, Latvia, Norway 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group B In Tychy, , 8-14 December 2018 Participants: Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A In Tallinn, , 13-19 January 2019 Paricipants: Estonia, Great Britain, Lithuania, Romania, South Korea, Spain 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B In Zagreb, , 14-20 January 2019 Participants: Belgium, Croatia, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Serbia 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III In Reykjavik, , 14-20 January 2019 Participants: Australia, Bulgaria, China, Chinese Taipei, Iceland, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2019 Vancouver/Victoria (CAN) - 26 December 2018 - 5 January 2019 Official Website

MEN'S CATEGORY CALENDAR 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A In Astana, , 29 April 2019 - 5 May 2019 Participants: Belarus, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Slovenia, South Korea 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B In Tallinn, , TBD 2019 Participants: Estonia, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group A In Belgrade, , 8-14 April 2019 Participants: Australia, Belgium, China, Croatia, Serbia, Spain 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B In Queretaro, , 14-20 April 2019 Participants: Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, North Korea 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III In Sofia, , 22-28 April 2019 Participants: Bulgaria, Chinese Taipei, Luxembourg, South Africa, Turkey, Turkmenistan 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III Qualification In Abu Dhabi, , 31 March - 6 April 2019 Participants: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Qualification World Championship 2019 Abu Dhabi (UAE) - 31 March 2019 - 6 April 2019 Official Website

Slovak 2 times Olympian 2012 and 2016 Katarína Listopadová (Swimming) at only 25 decided yesterday to retire. Her biggest success remains the bronze medal at the Summer Universiade in Korea.

[hide] Knockout Round May 17th - May 20th, 2018 Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 19th 2018, h. 15:15 Sweden 1 United States May 19th 2018, h. 19:15 Switzerland 2 Canada [/hide]

The 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A will take place in Astana. It will be the strongest international ice hockey tournament to be held in Kazakhstan for many years. Astana is known as the youngest modern capital city in the world and became Kazakhstan’s capital in 1997. Slovenia withdrew its bid for Ljubljana. The dates will be 29 April to 5 May 2019 and the teams playing for promotion will be , , , , and The top-two teams of the event will be promoted to the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Switzerland. The Barys Arena was built in 2015 and with 12,000 seats became the first arena of that size in the country. It has 14 dressing rooms and an additional practice rink. The palace for Kazakhstan is home to KHL team Barys Astana. Visitors from 60 countries including all participating countries do not need a visa for Kazakhstan for a stay of up to 30 days. For details on visa-free entry check with the embassy of Kazakhstan responsible for your country. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One tier below the Division I Group B with , , , , and will be played in the Estonian capital of Tallinn in the 7,700-seat Tondiraba Ice Hall. The tournament will start in late April with the exact dates to be announced soon. The arena opened in 2014, recently hosted the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group A as well as games of the Russian-based KHL and the Finnish Liiga in the past two seasons.

Power Ranking FIN, SVK, KOR

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knock-Out Round Quarterfinals Finland 2 - 3 Switzerland Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-3, 1-0 May 17th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knock-Out Round Quarterfinals Sweden 3 - 2 Latvia Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 2-1 May 17th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knock-Out Round Quarterfinals United States 3 - 2 Czech Republic Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-2, 1-0 May 17th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knock-Out Round Quarterfinals Russia 4 - 5OT Canada Period-by-Period: 0-1, 2-1, 2-2, Overtime: 0-1 May 17th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen HIGHLIGHTS

MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knock-Out Round QUARTERFINALS RECAP Quarterfinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Sweden 3 - 2 Latvia Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 2-1 May 17th 2018, h. 20:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen I United States 3 - 2 Czech Republic Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-2, 1-0 May 17th 2018, h. 16:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning I I Finland 2 - 3 Switzerland Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-3, 1-0 May 17th 2018, h. 20:15, Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning I Russia 4 - 5OT Canada Period-by-Period: 0-1, 2-1, 2-2, Overtime: 0-1 May 17th 2018, h. 16:15, Royal Arena, Copenhagen

Semifinals pairing Sweden vs United States Switzerland vs Canada Final Ranking 5th-16th 5. Finland 6. Russia 7. Czech Republic 8. Latvia -------------------- 9. Slovakia 10. Denmark 11. Germany 12. France 13. Norway 14. Austria -------------------- 15. Belarus (Relegated) 16. South Korea (Relegated)

Final Results Quarterfinal 1A-4B in Copenhagen Sweden - Latvia 3-2 (0-0, 1-1, 2-1) 26:36 Filip Forsberg (Kempe / Ekman-Larsson) 1-0 31:59 Teodors Blugers (Rihards Bukarts) 1-1 41:49 Viktor Arvidsson (Ekholm) 2-1 46:27 Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Kempe / Rakell) 3-1 50:21 Rudolfs Balcers (Keninš) 3-2 Quarterfinal 1B-4A in Herning Finland - Switzerland 2-3 (1-0, 0-3, 1-0) 07:01 Markus Nutivaara (Koivisto / Rantanen) 1-0 29:13 Enzo Corvi (Fiala / Niederreiter) 1-1 32:32 Joel Vermin (Unassisted) 1-2 33:08 Gregory Hofmann (S. Moser) 1-3 48:20 Mikko Rantanen (Savinainen / Aho) 2-3