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in other note, our only participant in the men´s MD Lukáš Lacko won first round. Well done Luki meanwhile among womens a total failure with only 1 of the 6 entries qualified for the second round. Well done Magda.

I think the team is pretty well balanced between experienced players and young talents. This should be a good mixing. Martin Erát who is going to his 4th careers Olympics will be the Captain of the team

Here the Schedule of the last final Day of the Division II Group B Tournament. It is really promising to be a exiting finish of the tournament, since 3 teams are still on the battle for the promotion !!! and 3 teams are still in the fight for the maintain ! 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B In Belgrade, , 10-16 January 2018 Tuesday January 16th, 2018 - Round-Robin Final Day Schedule (GMT +1) 13:00 Croatia vs Spain 16:30 Belgium vs Mexico 20:00 Serbia vs Turkey *Spain, Serbia and Croatia are all still in the Gold medal and promotion fight. Spain having everything on their own hands. **ESP will qualify if they win (Doesn´t matter if in Regular Time or after OT/GWS) against Croatia. Or if they lose to Croatia after Overtime/GWS and Serbia will not beat Turkey in Regular Time. ***SRB will qualify if they win against Turkey in Regular Time and Spain will lose to Croatia (Doesn´t matter if in regular time or after OT/GWS). Or if they win against Turkey after overtime/GWS and Spain will lose to Croatia in Regular Time. ****CRO will qualify only if they win against Spain in Regular Time and Serbia will lose to Turkey (Doesn´t matter if in Regular Time or after OT/GWS). *In the opposite side of the standing, Belgium, Turkey and Mexico are all fighting to avoid the last place menacing to send them to the lower U20 Division III 2019. **MEX will be relegated if they lose to Belgium (Doesn´t matter if in regular Time or after OT/GWS) ***TUR will be relegated if they lose to Serbia in Regular Time and Mexico win against Belgium in Regular Time. ****BEL will be relegated if they lose to Mexico and Turkey will not lose in regular time to Serbia. Or if they lose to Mexico by more than 7 goals if Turkey lose to Serbia in Regular Time. LIVESTREAM CRO vs ESP BEL vs MEX SRB vs TUR

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B In Belgrade, , 10-16 January 2018 Monday January 15th, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +1) 13:00 Belgium 3 - 9 Spain 16:30 Turkey 1 - 4 Croatia 20:00 Mexico 1 - 3 Serbia Provisional Standing After Day 4 1. Spain 11 pts, 2. Serbia 10 pts, 3. Croatia 9 pts, 4. Belgium 3 pts, 5. Turkey 3 pts, 6. Mexico 0 pts.

TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC Goaltenders: Patrik Bartošák (HC Vítkovice Steel) Pavel Francouz (Traktor Chelyabinsk, KHL, ) Dominik Furch (Avangard Omsk, KHL, ) Defencers: Michal Jordán (Amur Khabarovsk, KHL, ) Jan Kolář (Amur Khabarovsk, KHL, ) Ondřej Němec (Kometa Brno) Tomáš Kundrátek (Torpedo Nizhniy Novgorod, KHL, ) Vojtěch Mozík (Vityaz Podolsk, KHL, ) Jakub Nakládal (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, KHL, ) Adam Polášek (HK Sochi, KHL, ) Ondřej Vitásek (Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk, KHL, ) Forwards: Milan Gulaš (HC Škoda Plzeň) Tomáš Mertl (HC Škoda Plzeň) Michal Birner (Fribourg-Gottéron, ) Roman Červenka (Fribourg-Gottéron, ) Martin Erat (Kometa Brno) Petr Koukal (HK Mountfield Hradec Králové) Michal Vondrka (Piráti Chomutov) Roman Horák (Vityaz Podolsk, KHL, ) Jan Kovář (Metallurg Magnitogorsk, KHL, ) Dominik Kubalík (Ambri-Piotta, ) Lukáš Radil (Spartak Moscow, KHL, ) Michal Řepík (Slovan Bratislava, KHL, ) Jiří Sekáč (AK Bars Kazan, KHL, ) Tomáš Zohorna (Amur Khabarovsk, KHL, )

Let´s hope you´re right Hvala

WOMEN´S UNDER 18 DIVISION I GROUP A 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan WW18 back on top Promoted to highest level for sixth time The Japanese women’s under-18 team capped a dominant week in Asiago, Italy, by defeating Slovakia in the decisive game by a 3-0 score. The win gives Japan a perfect 5-0 record at the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Group A and earns the nation promotion to the top level for 2019. This marks the sixth time the Japanese ladies have made it to the top, and they did so in impressive fashion. Not only did they win every game, they surrendered but one goal in five games, that to Hungary. They never trailed, scored 21 goals in total, and played poised hockey all week. “We’re really happy with the way we played,” said defenceman Akane Shiga. “It was important for us to earn the promotion this year. But we must continue to work hard so that we stay up after next year. It’s very important for our program because we are a small nation for women’s hockey.” “Our coach gave us a good system to work with, and we communicated very well,” Shiga continued. “We played like a team, which is really important.” Indeed, the Japanese played a virtually perfect tournament. They allowed a mere 51 shots over the course of ALL five games, didn’t allow a power-play goal, recorded four shutouts, led the tournament with eight power-play goals of their own, and were the least penalized team. Slovakia had also won its four previous games but with a bit more trouble. It beat Italy, 5-4, in overtime on Friday, and with today’s loss maintains its position in Division I-A for next year. The Slovaks have played WW18 since 2009 and have never been promoted or demoted. Today, the Japanese made sure to put the game out of reach quickly. Airi Sato made a beautiful deflection off a point shot just 4:29 into the game to give Japan the early lead, putting Slovakia in a hole right off the bat. Less than a minute later it was 2-0 when Remi Koyama’s shot dribbled through the pads of goalie Andrea Risianova. Yuuki Ito made it 3-0 late in the period when she banged home her own rebound. That was all the scoring the team needed. Japan moved the puck with authority, skated freely, and were in possession of the puck for much of the game. In all, shots were 34-8 for the winners as Slovakia simply couldn’t get the puck near Reika Sasaki’s goal with any danger. Even late in the game, after Japan took its first penalty, coach Peter Kudelka pulled Risianova to make it a six-on-four, but Slovakia still couldn’t generate any decent scoring chances. Captain Diana Vargova, who led the tournament with nine points, was held in tight check by the Japanese tonight and didn’t record a single shot. Italy rallied in the third period in the final game of the tournament to defeat Austria, 6-4, and leapfrog the Austrians in the standings. The hosts finished in third place and 11th overall in the program – the best placing ever of an Italian women’s hockey team in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship program. Austria finished fourth and Hungary fifth. Despite beating Hungary earlier today, 3-2, in an exciting shootout, Norway finished in last place and will go down to Division I-B next year. @Gianlu33 this one is for you. Gold and Bronze medalists posing together after the tournament´s last match Results Thread

yeah, I´m more worrying about this than about the NOC´s deal

Jesus Christ... this is what I call LUCK http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42671157

the IOC Olympic charter s so, if the Czechs will waive the period and let the guy (Radek Matoušek) to compete for us and fulfill his (and all other guys from the 4 bob crew) Olympic dream, it shouldn´t be a problem IMO, you know CZE and SVK are in general famous for generous and highly friendly relationship..but yes, you know, stranger things happened..

you are apparently right about the heartbreaking... just found it in our Olympic site: translation: To put things on right side: our 4 man bob participation in Korea is still uncertain ! The team achieved the standards and is qualified for the Games, BUT the pilot of our bobs is not eligible to compete in PC 2018, since he 2 years ago represented another country (CZE) which is in contradiction of the IOC rules ! more info to come soon...

Here the Schedule of the penultimate Day 4 of the Division II Group B Tournament 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B In Belgrade, , 10-16 January 2018 Monday January 15th, 2018 - Round-Robin Day 4 Schedule (GMT +1) 13:00 Belgium vs Spain 16:30 Turkey vs Croatia 20:00 Mexico vs Serbia LIVESTREAM BEL vs ESP TUR vs CRO MEX vs SRB

and we just lost to Luxembourg still not so good as our Basketball team losing to Albania but they really are starting to challenging them in the fight for the our most futile sport..

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group A In Asiago, , 8-14 January 2018 Sunday January 14th, 2018 - Round-Robin Final Day Results (GMT +1) 13:30 Norway GWS3 - 2 Hungary 17:00 Japan 3 - 0 Slovakia 20:30 Austria 4 - 6 Italy Final Standing 1. Japan 15 Qualified for the Women´s Under 18 World Championships 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Slovakia 11 (for the 2nd consecutive year our girls finished in 2nd place and missing the top division by 1 lose ) 3. Italy 7 4. Austria 6 5. Hungary 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Norway 2 Relegated for the Women´s Under 18 Division I Group B 2019

The one for 2018 is not decided yet, probably we can expect it as usual at the end of the January... Here the one from 2017, I don´t expect to many changes

Stage 20 in Idre Fjäll (SWE) January 14th, 2018 Ski Cross Mens (7/11) 1. Jean Frederic Chapuis , 2. Alex Fiva and 3. Jonas Devouassoux Full Results HERE Video Highlights Ski Cross Womens (7/11) 1. Sandra Naeslund , 2. Fanny Smith and 3. Heidi Zacher Results counted from Qualification Full Results HERE

IIHF Continental Cup 2017/18 Final Round in Minsk (BLR) Final Day Results (14th January 2018) GMT +3 15:00 Sheffield Steelers 2 - 0 Ritten Sport 19:00 Yunost Minsk 5 - 2 Nomad Astana Final-Four Final Standing: 1. Yunost Minsk 9 pts, 2. Nomad Astana 5 pts, 3. Sheffield Steelers 3 pts, 4. Ritten Sport 1 pt.

Stage 21 in Wengen (SUI) January 14th, 2018 Slalom Mens (7/12) 1. Marcel Hirscher 1:45.45, 2. Henrik Kristoffersen 1:46:38 and 3. Andre Myhrer 1:47.17 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

This quota is a true miracle, if you consider that we use a old bob that was hidden nearly 2 years in the garage and the guys started to think about competing in this sport only this September and had their first training run only few weeks later. Some of them never sat in a sled before !

Stage 5 in Val di Fiemme (ITA) January 14th, 2018 Individual Gundersen Large Hill (10km) Men´s (6/15) 1. Jan Schmid 26:19.9, 2. Lukas Klapfer 26:27.9 and 3. Fabian Riessle 26:28.2 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

I thought that I heard somewhere, this rule is not used anymore this season ? but probably I was wrong. Anyway this is a very weird system, I never really get why just not count all points, it´s a standing for the whole world cup season

Second Ski Flying event on the Kulm canceled The second Ski Flying competition of the weekend on the Kulm-hill in Bad Mitterndorf (AUT) became a victim of the strong wind on Sunday. The qualification at noon was first postponed and later canceled already and Ski Flying was then also not possible at the planned starting time at 2:15 pm CET. After some more delays, the jury decided to cancel this season's second Ski Flying competition at 2:40 pm CET. "We had a situation with side wind that made it impossible to let an athlete jump today at any time. We wanted to wait and see if there is a chance later, but the daylight also became an issue because due to the cancellation of the qualification we would have had 57 athletes in the competition. That's why we had to make this decision now", said FIS Race Director Walter Hofer. On Saturday, Norway's Andras Stjernen celebrated the first World Cup win of his career on the Kulm. He won ahead of his teammate Daniel Andre Tande and Simon Ammann of Switzerland. The ski jumpers can now only enjoy a few days of rest before the official training and the qualification for the Ski Flying World Championships in Oberstdorf (GER) will be held on Thursday.