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Today started also the superfinal of the second most valuable continental european club competition. The 20th edition of the Continental Cup. The superfinal is played in a round robin format in Ritten Italy with the host team Ritten Sports, Beibarys Atyrau from Kazakhstan, Nottingham Panthers from Great Britain and Odense Bulldogs from Denmark. Today Nottingham defeated Odense 2-0 and Ritten won against Beibarys 3-2 after GWS. After day 1. Nottingham leading the superfinal with 3 points, Ritten is second with 2 points, Beibarys Atyrau 3rd with 1 point and Odense 4th without points. Tomorrow the day 2 will schedule Nottingham vs Beibarys at 15:00 and Ritten vs Odense at 19:00 GMT +1.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Relegation Round 2 Japan - Switzerland 1-2 after GWS Switzerland stays up Japan loses relegation series but shows promise Rahel Enzler scored the decisive goal in an 18-shot shootout to give Switzerland a 2-1 win and a sweep of the best-of-three, relegation-round series. Her second goal on her third shot of the shootout came on a nice deke of goalie Mei Sato. Enzler also scored in the 7th round of the shotoout with a high wrist shot over Sato's glove, but on the next shot, under pressure, Airi Sato beat Saskia Maurer between the pads to extend the game. "My first attempt wasn't a goal, so I decided to shoot," Enzler explained. "Then the last time, I thought the goalie would be guessing shot, so I should make a move.” Japan played effective and desperate hockey, outshooting the Swiss in regulation and 10 minutes of overtime by a 30-19 count, but they couldn't generate the necessary offence. Overall, they lost all five games here in the Czech Republic by a cumulative score of 14-6. The loss demotes the Japanese women back to Division I-A, whence they came last year, and the Swiss stay up in the top pool of the event for 2018. "We're happy to stay in the top division because next year most of the team can come back," Enzler enthused, "so we think next year we will be better and be able to make the quarter-finals.” “I'm optimistic about the future,” said Japan’s coach, Yoshifumi Fujisawa. “We need to develop our younger players. We have to go down now to the lower division next year, and I think we can win that. Then we can come back up in two years with a more experienced team, and hopefully stay up.” The Swiss got off to the start they’d hoped for, grabbing the quick lead at 3:14. Nina Capelli’s long shot fooled Sato. It was Capelli’s first goal in ten career WW18 games, and teammate Noemi Ryhner asked the referee for the puck. The Swiss had a fairly easy period, moving freely out of their own end, and Japan was rarely able to penetrate to create any effective scoring chances from close range. The game was choppy, marked by frequent whistles, but Japan needed to play with more desperation. They did just that to start the second, and dominated a period which was crucial to their future. They were much stronger inside their own blue line and penetrated to Swiss end with speed and determined forechecking. But just when it seemed they were in control, they took too successive penalties. Rather than lose momentum, though, they killed off the manpower shortage effectively and refused to allow the Swiss a second goal. Soon enough, they were rewarded. Yuuki Ito claimed a loose puck in centre ice, made a nice move around a defenceman, and skated in alone on goal. Ito made a nice deke on Saskia Maurer and deposited the puck in the far side at 16:56 to tie the game and shock the Swiss. The third was mostly cautiously played, but Japan definitely had the edge in play. In the overtime, the Swiss had a late power play but couldn't capiltaize, forcing the dramatic penalty-shot shootout. “Our main goal was to stay in the elite division which we managed to achieve," said Swiss coach Andrea Kroni. "We only just missed the quarter-finals, but we had a really young team here. We're satisfied with the results, and we'll see what next year brings.”

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th Place Match Finland - Czech Republic 2-0 Finns win defensive battle Silvonen shuts out Czechs to finish 5th Finland avenged their group stage defeat to the Czechs with a 2-0 victory in the game for fifth place. Jenna Silvonen made 25 saves for the shutout. The biggest test to Silvonen's shutout came with 3:38 remaining in the third period, when Noemi Neubanuerova was hauled down on a shorthanded breakaway and was awarded a penalty shot. The Czech forward tried to make a move, but Silvonen stayed with her and kept it out. “She went to the left and then tried to shoot up,” Silvonen recalled, before confidently stating that she wasn't worried. “I knew I could handle it.” It was Silvonen's second shutout of the tournament, and she only allowed three goals in the four games she played. At the other end, Denisa Jandova's shutout lasted only 25 seconds – that's when defenceman Camille Kahra's long-range slapper along the ice found its way through traffic and into the net. Otherwise the Czech goalie played quite well. In the second period Jandova had to be sharp as she stopped a couple shorthanded breakaways. The Finns got their second goal just past the midpoint of the period, when Linnea Melotinos managed to get in behind the Czech defence and take a pass. With Jandova at her mercy, Melotinos pulled the puck to her backhand and put it in the net. Overall, Jandova stopped 19 of 21 shots in her only appearance of the tournament. Otherwise, there weren't many offensive moments between two evenly matched teams. The fact that it was an evenly played game is hardly a surprise, after the meeting between the two teams during the group stage was won in overtime by the Czechs. After each lost their quarter-final games on Wednesday, they were matched up again in this game for fifth and sixth places, and the Finns got their revenge. “Yeah, it's nice to beat them. We thought we should have won the last time, so it wouldn't have been nice to lose again,” said Silvonen, who didn't play in the first meeting. As for finishing 5th, the Finnish goalie reasoned: “Of course, when we started we wanted to win a medal, but finishing the tournament with a win leaves us with a good feeling.”

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Semifinals USA - Russia 6-0 USA out-classes Russia 6-0 Zumwinkle hat-trick returns USA to final Grace Zumwinkle's first three goals of the tournament paced the USA to a 6-0 semi-final shutout win over Russia and a 10th straight berth in the final. In addition to Zumwinkle's hat-trick, Taylor Wente, Clair DeGeorge and captain Cayla Barnes also had multi-point games, while Lindsey Reed had a relatively easy six-save shutout. “I thought it was our best game of the tournament, “U.S. coach Joel Johnson assessed. “Everything from our defensive play to getting a variety of players involved in the offence was good. It was a really well-balanced game from us and I'm proud of our kids.” “Of course we were hoping to play better hockey and have a better result, but unfortunately we played a really bad game offensively,” Russian coach Yevgeni Bobariko. Regarding the absence of suspended players Oxana Bratisheva and captain Nina Pirogova, he said, “Of course it hurt us, but not so much. Overall we just didn't play well, which is disappointing.” Five of the shots Reed faced were in the first period, when the Russians came out with some jump. However, the two goals from Zumwinkle put the Americans in front, and they never looked back. “It hasn't really hit me yet, but honestly, my linemates made some awesome plays and contributed to my and the team's success,” Zumwinkle began. “We found each other throughout the game. We've had a few line changes, but I think that's helped us as a team find some more combinations that can score. So I think going into tomorrow it should help us.” In the second period it was all USA, out-shooting Russia 20-0. The Russians weren't even able to get a shot during a 40-second 5-on-3 advantage. After the Americans got two more goals early in the second period by Wente and Catherine Skaja, Russian starting goalie Valeria Merkusheva – who was brilliant in a quarter-final shutout of the Czech Republic – was mercifully pulled after allowing four goals on 17 shots, replaced by Diana Farkhutdinova. “Those couple of goals right at the start of the second period really helped us out the rest of the game,” said Skaja. About the team's offensive outburst after getting shut out the last time out, she said: “That was something we really wanted to work on – getting shots to the net and getting to rebounds.” After the goaltending change, the Americans added two power-play goals late in the middle frame to make it 6-0. Zumwinkle completed her hat-trick, and Natalie Heising scored the sixth goal for the Americans, who seemed to be toying with the Russians at this point. Both goals were set up by Barnes, who is now tied for the tournament scoring lead with six points. The third period was just about preserving the shutout, which the Americans did easily, allowing only one Russian shot on goal. They now meet Canada in the final of the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's Championship for the 10th straight year. “We certainly have a goal to win the gold medal – that's what we've set out to accomplish,” said Johnson, looking ahead. “But I'm proud of our players, whatever happens. It's two good teams and it's going to be lots of fun.” As for the Russians, they will meet Sweden in a battle for the bronze. “That's the next task we have in front of us,” said Bobariko. “Of course we're hoping for the best, but it's impossible to say what will happen.”

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Semifinals Canada - Sweden 6-2 Canada going for gold Flu-ridden Swedes put up brave fight in 6-2 loss Canada beat Sweden, 6-2, in Zlin at the same time the United States beat Russia, 6-0, in Prerov. Sarah Fillier and Sophie Shirley had two goals each for Canada. The results set up familiar medal matchups tomorrow as the North Americans will play in their tenth straight gold-medal game, in Zlin, while Sweden and Russia will fight for bronze, in Prerov. The Americans won last year, 3-2 in overtime, in St. Catharines, Ontario, while Sweden beat Russia, 2-1, for bronze last year. "We're pleased with the end result," said Canada's coach Troy Ryan, "but not necessarily the process to getting there. We've played better, and I know we can play better tomorrow. We came out a little flat. We took some penalties we shouldn't have. But we came here to play for a gold medal, and now we have that opportunity." But for Sweden the story today was one of terrible luck. Four players had to be scratched from the game because of the flu. Absent were Celine Tedenby, Ethel Wilhelmsson, Wilma Germundsson Wang, and Elin Olovsson. Add to that the injured Ida Press was unavilable, and eight minutes into the game Fia Larsson had to be taken to hospital after a heavy hit left her with a possible concussion. That left coach Ylva Lindberg with exactly nine forwards and six defencemen to play aginst an opponent it had never beaten. "They're at the hotel, sick," Lindberg said of her short bench. "We'll see tomorrow how many players we'll have for the bronze game. It's tough. We knew we'd need our best skating effort to win today, but we can only ask so much from the players who were able to play." "We were a little slow to start, but we picked it up, and that's the most important thing," said Shirley, one of the best skaters you'll ever see at the U18 level. The first period saw an exchange of power plays that favoured Sweden in number and Canada in execution. After killing off an early disadvantage, Canada connected with its own five-on-four. Brooke Hobson’s wrist shot from the high slot found the top corner over Sofia Reideborn’s shoulder. Sweden, however, failed to convert on a major penalty to Amy Potomak. She hit Fia Larsson hard into the boards in the Sweden end and was handed a charging major and game misconduct. Canada’s penalty killers, however, did a masterful job pressuring the Swedes and didn’t give up much in the way of a good scoring chance. Canada took control early in the second. Fillier came down the left wing and fired a quick shot to the short side that fooled Reideborn at 6:13. Just two and a half minutes later, Shirley scored to make it 3-0, and the undermanned Swedes looked as though they were out of it. "I didn't see the puck, but it went off my skate," Shirley said. "It's a pretty lucky one, but nice to get. It was my first one." Not so fast. Sweden got on the board at 9:59 on a bit of a lucky play of its own. A shot came out the back side of goalie Edith D’Astous-Moreau and the skittered through the crease. Defenceman Shelby Wood tried to clear it but ended up knocking it into her own goal. Josefin Bouveng got credit. Late in the period the Swedes made things interesting, scoring on the power play. Paula Bergstrom’s point shot found its way through traffic, deflecting and spinning until it finally dribbled in. All of a sudden it was a 3-2 game. "I'm very proud of the team," Lindberg said. "For two periods at least we were in the game and gave ourselves a chance. But we need to do more to beat Canada." Indeed, Canada got the backbreaker six minutes into the third when Shirley got her second of the night, this time knocking in a rebound on a power play. Canada added two empty-netters late in to make the score look a little worse for Sweden than it was. And now, Canada and the U.S. fight for gold...again. "It's a great rivalry, for sure," Shirley said. "We know we're going to have to take our game up another level from the last time we played [a 1-0 overtime win]." "It feels good to be playing for a medal tomorrow," Lindberg finished. "We can be happy with our accomplishments so far."

Mens Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships in Logroňo (ESP) Day 5 (13th January 2017) Final Day 13:00 Serbia vs Mexico 7-4 16:30 Belgium vs Australia 5-1 20:00 South Korea vs Spain 5-3 Final Standing South Korea won the Men´s Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships 2017 with 14 points and is qualified back to the Under 20 Division II Group A next year, so after only 1 year spend in lower division the South Koreans juniors returns back to div. II A. where they will replace Croatia relegated from this years U20 div. II A in Estonia. Silver medals for the host Spain with 12 points, Spain lost only 1 match in this tournament, unfortunately for them the most important tonight with S. Korea. Bronze Medals go to Serbia, thanks their 3rd place in the tournament with 10 points, Serbia after first 2 lost with S. Korea in the penalty shootout and host Spain, managed to win in regular time all 3 remaining matches. Belgium finished the tournament in 4th place with 6 points thanks 2 wins against Australia and Mexico. Mexico finished 5th wiith 2 points and managed to maintain themselves in this division, the crucial was the match against Australia, which Mexico won 6-5 after overtime, the 2 points from this game was finally enough for the maintain. 6th and last place is for Australia with only 1 point after a overtime lose with mexico. Australia will be relegated into lower Under 20 Division III World Championships 2018. They will be replaced by the winner of the U20 Div. III WCh which will be held next week in New Zealand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Top Division World Championships in Czech Republic Day 5 (13th January 2017) Semifinal in Zlín 16:00 1A-QF2 Canada vs Sweden 6-2 Semifinal in Přerov 16:00 2A-QF1 USA vs Russia 6-0 Relegation Round in Přerov Match 2 12:00 4B-3B Japan vs Switzerland 1-2 after GWS *Switzerland won the relegation round 2-0 and stay in top division also for next year, Japan is relegated into womens Under 18 Division I Group A 2018 World Championships. and will be replaced in top division by the winner of div. I A played simoultanously this week in Hungary. 5th Place Match in Přerov 20:00 Finland vs Czech Republic 2-0

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some Agatha Christie punk mood today

New website http://2018.iihfworlds.com/ and logo for next years World championships in Denmark launched you can already find some infos about the arenas in Copenhagen and Herning and playing format, but also much more to come as info about tickets, the sale is expected to start this May.

Biathlon Qualification Standing after Event 10/22 Mens 1 Germany 3453.0 2 Norway 3413.0 2 France 3413.0 4 Russia 3378.0 5 Austria 3128.0 6 Czech Republic 2957.0 7 Ukraine 2895.0 8 Switzerland 2605.0 9 Italy 2552.0 10 Sweden 2394.0 11 Bulgaria 2393.0 12 Canada 2230.0 13 USA 2144.0 14 Belarus 2128.0 15 Slovakia 1952.0 16 Kazakstan 1940.0 17 Slovenia 1924.0 18 Romania 1665.0 19 Latvia 1513.0 20 Estonia 1503.0 21 Lithuania 1437.0 22 Finland 1416.0 23 Poland 1316.0 24 Japan 1007.0 25 South Korea 631.0 26 Belgium 614.0 27 Croatia 335.0 28 United Kingdom 156.0 29 Greece 36.0 30 Serbia 34.0

Ok. Searching words to describe our todays results...disastrous, nightmare, awful, pitiable, deplorable...don´t know..this was just historic..not that any one of our 4 biathletes didn´t won points and dind´t even qualified for the pursuit...last time it happened some 5 years back. Ofc this remarkable achievement has also result in the Nations Cup, we are still 15th but Slovenia and Kazakhstan are just behind us only few points back....this olympic qualification is just incredibly stressful.. btw one intersting thing, Matej Kazár had today the fastest shooting time of all...pitty this is the only memorable thing

Eric Frenzel claims fifth individual victory of the season Eric Frenzel continues as the dominator of this season and delivered his next season win in a dominating fashion. Even with taking it slower on the last metres, he still finished 24.2 seconds ahead of teammate Johannes Rydzek, who battled his was on to the podium from position 25. Magnus Moan returns to the podium after an absence of over a year - his last triumph was in Ramsau am Dachstein in 2015. Moan finished 25.9 seconds behind the winner. Mario Seidl claimed a surprising jumping win as he beat dominator Eric Frenzel, who especially likes the hill in Predazzo, fair and square today. Both jumped from gate 16 and while Seidl had a fantastic, clean jump, which resulted in 132 metres, Frenzel had already landed at 126 metres. 133.1 points gave Seidl a 26-second advantage and the pole position for the race. Frenzel’s compatriot Terence Weber followed on rank three. He achieved 128.5 metres (121.9 p.), which meant 45 seconds to make up on the track. Local hero Samuel Costa did not disappoint. He jumped 121 metres in difficult conditions and conquered the fourth position at the intermediate point of the race. He started only one second behind Weber. Magnus Krog, who had won in Val di Fiemme last year, followed on rank five and with 48 seconds to catch up, he certainly was one of the contenders for the podium again, together with Japan’s superstar Akito Watabe. With a jump of 122 metres (118.9 p.), Watabe had 57 seconds to make up in the race. The dominators from Team Germany had to live with slightly worse starting positions today, as both Johannes Rydzek and Fabian Rießle did not have their best jumps. For them, times behind the leader of one minute and 45 seconds and two minutes and 36 seconds showed up on the result list. Rydzek was in the good company of Magnus Moan and Jørgen Graabak from Norway who both started at +1:43 and formed a fast group of pursuers. The race turned into a Frenzel gala performance quite quickly when the bearer of the yellow bib closed the gap to leader Seidl upon leaving the stadium on the second lap. As Seidl had just returned from a forced break due to sickness, he had no hopes of staying with the German. From this point on, Frenzel skied a lonely race at the top and kept his pursuers at a distance of about 40 seconds for the entire duration of the race. In the end, he simply enjoyed his „victory lap“ while the fight for the remaining podium positions raged in full force behind him. A group of ten pursuers had formed during the first lap and this group was joined by the fast train consisting of Rydzek, Moan and Graabak shortly after the halfway point of the race. The decision, however, was made on the final stretch. Going down into the stadium, Johannes Rydzek had the position in front of the group and was not to be beaten in a finish line sprint. Magnus Moan was overjoyed to celebrate his return to the podium with the third position after a very difficult start to the season 2016/17. His young teammate Espen Andersen claimed rank four, a career-best for the 23-year-old. Magnus Krog and Ilkka Herola decided ranks five and six in a finish line sprint and only the finish photo was able to declare Krog the winner of this duel. Local hero Samuel Costa collected another great result on rank seven, his third consecutive Top Ten position. Full Results Here

yes that Razzoli life race.. haha didn´t noticed that, cool streak well, this womens slalom is going to be very closely observed not only in CRO

Hintermann pulls off super surprise in Wengen It was a day of miracles in Wengen (SUI) today. Most had written off any chance of today’s Audi FIS World Cup alpine combined race to even be staged after a fierce winter storm unleashed its fury overnight and through much of the morning. Most generally don’t expect a racer with starting with Bib #51 to win at one of the most iconic stops on the tour, but ultimately, both miracles happened as unknown Swiss rookie Niels Hintermann took home his first-ever World Cup victory. The Organisers scrambled through the night, and a late change to the programme ultimately saved the day as the slalom was run before the downhill portion. Throughout the slalom, heavy snow continued to fall as the racers battled down the course. Justin Murisier (SUI) ultimately was the fastest man down the mountain in the slalom. A small window of opportunity gave the Organisers a chance to prepare the course for the downhill, but those that were strong in the slalom were the ones that were ultimately punished in a downhill as the snowfall steadily picked up giving the early starters the clear advantage. One racer that made the most of the opportunity was Hintermann, who was the seventh racer in the downhill, and claimed the fastest time that stood as some of the top names came down the Lauberhorn with not luck against the conditions. The entire podium was made up of racers who were among the first ten starters in the downhill. Maxence Muzaton (FRA) and Frederic Berthold (AUT) rounded out the unlikely podium. In fact, it was the first podium for all three of today’s top-three finishers. Tomorrow, the winter weather pattern is forecast to continue, but the Lauberhorn Organiser is hoping to pull off another miracle for the downhill, scheduled for a 12:30 CET start. With the results from the two trainings it could be another day of unexpected results. Full Results Here Men´s Alpine Combined 2016/17 Final Ranking Here Niels Hintermann 2nd Run

no PyeongChang ? oh dear one of those legends who won everything but finished their careers without olympic gold

I see, just read about the race, well to be fair Muzaton and Berthold are a bit more known names but the winner haha, what a lucky friday 13th it must be for him btw congrats for points. 2 guys on points not bad and yes baby, Ivica still can skiing

what ???? who the fucking hell is Hinterman ? Adam with points, but less than expected if the slalom would be the second run. Andreas 31st but no seriously c´mon, how?, what?, couldn´t watch the race...who is Hinterman ?

Tomorrow the Friday 13th, is scheduled the last day of the Men´s Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships, also the womens U18 top division will continue with both semifinals and second relegation game. Mens Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships in Logroňo (ESP) Day 5 Schedule (13th January 2017) GMT +1 Final Day 13:00 Serbia vs Mexico *Mexico playing for the maintain in this division, if they will win this match (doesn´t matter if in regular time or after OT/GWS) Mexico for sure will be saved also for next years edition, in case of lose they will hope for a Belgiums win in the next match against Australia. 16:30 Belgium vs Australia *Can be a direct match for the relegation, if Mexico will surprise Serbia and win in the previous match. Belgium then will just need a single point from this match to have the maintain certitude, Australia must win in regulation time. If Mexico will lose to Serbia, then Australia will just need a OT/GWS win to survive in this division otherwise they will be relegated. 20:00 South Korea vs Spain *Direct Match for the promotion between both undefeated teams, the winner of the game will qualify for the Under 20 division II group A WCh 2018 Livestreams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Top Division World Championships in Czech Republic Day 5 Schedule (13th January 2017) GMT +1 Semifinal in Zlín 16:00 1A-QF2 Canada vs Sweden Semifinal in Přerov 16:00 2A-QF1 USA vs Russia Relegation Round in Přerov Match 2 12:00 4B-3B Japan vs Switzerland *Switzerland leading the best of 3 serie 1-0, if Switzerland will win this match the relegation round will be over and Japan will be relegated to the U18 womens division I A 2018, If Japan will win this game and tie the serie, the 3rd decisive match will be necessary on Saturday. 5th Place Match in Přerov 20:00 Finland vs Czech Republic Livestreams

Womens Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships in Budapest (HUN) Day 4 (12th January 2017) 12:00 Germany vs Austria 7-0 15:30 Slovakia vs France 6-1 19:00 Norway vs Hungary 5-3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships in Katowice (POL) Day 4 (12th January 2017) 13:00 Kazakhstan vs Denmark 1-6 16:30 Great Britain vs China 2-1 after OT 20:00 Italy vs Poland 1-0

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Another impressive performance of our league players. Sweden and Slovakia team leagues match in UAE ended by a blow 6-0. Long live to our football national championship and our clubs full of megastars oh dear can´t stop laughing...and our officials still are considering to extend the number of participants clubs from nowadays 12 to 16 already now follow any match of this league is a indescribably painful tragedy... In other hand 2 players from our league are in the final rosters of the African Cup of Nations, both in Team Cameroon. Ernest Mabouka defencer of Žilina and Robert Ndip Tambe forward of Spartak Trnava.

Girl´s brawl or original fight club at womens U18 world championships !!! during yesterdays quarterfinal between Czech Republic and Russia 1 and half minute before the end of the match started a rell punch-up, some rivalries will never die Must see The fight is at 2:12:35

Great, hope she will reach it perhaps we are a small country, but dude, the distance are still relatively considerable and Osrblie isn´t so close of us. I was there only once with my parents many years ago. And our TV will broadcast all events live, so I´ll support them pasively from my PC at work and TV during the weekend

Great, hope they will have good and succesfull memories from the championships then

btw whats new about eventual Brazilian participation at juniors WCh in Slovakia ? Do you have any news ? just read today that almost everything is already prepared, just few small touches yet to finish for example magically find 720 beds for the already registred participants