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[hide] Preliminary Round January 14th - January 25th, 2017 16 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 14th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Gabon 2 0 Guinea-Bissau January 14th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Burkina Faso 1 1 Cameroon January 18th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Gabon 1 0 Burkina Faso January 18th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Cameroon 3 0 Guinea-Bissau January 22nd 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Cameroon 1 1 Gabon January 22nd 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Guinea-Bissau 1 3 Burkina Faso Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 15th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Algeria 2 1 Zimbabwe January 15th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Tunisia 0 0 Senegal January 19th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Algeria 1 0 Tunisia January 19th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Senegal 2 0 Zimbabwe January 23rd 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Franceville, Franceville Senegal 1 3 Algeria January 23rd 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville Zimbabwe 0 2 Tunisia Group C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 16th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem Côte d'Ivoire 3 0 Togo January 16th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem DR Congo 1 1 Morocco January 20th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem Côte d'Ivoire 2 1 DR Congo January 20th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem Morocco 2 2 Togo January 24th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem Morocco 0 3 Côte d'Ivoire January 24th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Togo 0 0 DR Congo Group D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 17th 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Ghana 3 0 Uganda January 17th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Mali 1 1 Egypt January 21st 2017, h. 17:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Ghana 1 1 Mali January 21st 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Egypt 1 0 Uganda January 25th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil Egypt 1 2 Ghana January 25th 2017, h. 20:00, Stade d'Oyem, Oyem Uganda 0 1 Mali [/hide]

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nah, you never know, everything can happen...and I´ll not be calm untill this qualification will be over and hopefully succesfull for us ...and it´s still better to be in top 17 because of the number of entries for next years world cup race, first 17 countries can start each race with 4 biathletes..so also this battle is interesting and intriguing for us and me

12th place. what a pitty, we were so close to top 10, in fact during almost the whole race we were in, but one unlucky moment with the rifle of Paulína Fialková during our last prone where she lost 25 seconds between her 5th and 6th shoot, cost us probably the dreamed top 10. In other hand it´s really quite a while we didn´t see such decent race from our team. thank this we moved again back one place in the 17th rank of the Nations Cup infront of the Japanese, but still it´s far from the calm and tranquille places we want to find ourselves during the olympic qualification. also special mention to Nastya Kuzmina, once again she was just perfect.

[hide] Preliminary Round January 11th - January 20th, 2017 24 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nation from each Group will qualify for Round of 16. Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 11th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris France X X Brazil January 12th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Russia 7 Japan January 12th 2017, h. 20:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Norway 2 Poland January 13th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Japan 15 France January 14th 2017, h. 14:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Brazil 5 Poland January 14th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Norway 2 Russia January 15th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes France 7 Norway January 15th 2017, h. 20:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Brazil 3 Japan January 16th 2017, h. 20:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Poland 2 Russia January 17th 2017, h. 14:00, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Norway 2 Brazil January 17th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Poland 8 Japan January 17th 2017, h. 20:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Russia 3 France January 19th 2017, h. 14:00, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Russia 7 Brazil January 19th 2017, h. 17:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes France 5 Poland January 19th 2017, h. 20:45, Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Japan 5 Norway Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 12th 2016, h. 14:00, Arena de Metz, Metz Slovenia 6 Angola January 12th 2016, h. 17:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Macedonia 3 Tunisia January 12th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Spain 3 Iceland January 14th 2016, h. 14:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Iceland 0 Slovenia January 14th 2016, h. 17:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Tunisia 5 Spain January 14th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Angola 3 Macedonia January 15th 2016, h. 14:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Iceland 3 Tunisia January 16th 2016, h. 17:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Slovenia 1 Macedonia January 16th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Spain 7 Angola January 17th 2016, h. 17:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Slovenia 3 Tunisia January 17th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Angola 5 Iceland January 18th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Macedonia 2 Spain January 19th 2016, h. 14:00, Arena de Metz, Metz Tunisia 3 Angola January 19th 2016, h. 17:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Macedonia 3 Iceland January 19th 2016, h. 20:45, Arena de Metz, Metz Spain 2 Slovenia Group C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 13th 2016, h. 14:00, Kindarena, Rouen Belarus 4 Chile January 13th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Germany 0 Hungary January 13th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Croatia 12 Saudi Arabia January 14th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Hungary 5 Croatia January 15th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Chile 8 Germany January 15th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Saudi Arabia 9 Belarus January 16th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Hungary 5 Chile January 16th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Croatia 4 Belarus January 17th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Germany 13 Saudi Arabia January 18th 2016, h. 14:00, Kindarena, Rouen Saudi Arabia 9 Hungary January 18th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Belarus 6 Germany January 18th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Croatia 10 Chile January 20th 2016, h. 14:00, Kindarena, Rouen Saudi Arabia 4 Chile January 20th 2016, h. 17:45, Kindarena, Rouen Germany 2 Croatia January 20th 2016, h. 20:45, Kindarena, Rouen Belarus 3 Hungary Group D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 January 13th 2017, h. 14:00, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Qatar 3 Egypt January 13th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Sweden 3 Bahrain January 13th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Denmark 11 Argentina January 14th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Denmark 6 Egypt January 15th 2017, h. 14:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Argentina 4 Sweden January 15th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Bahrain 2 Qatar January 16th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Egypt 2 Bahrain January 16th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Denmark 3 Sweden January 17th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Qatar 6 Argentina January 18th 2017, h. 14:00, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Argentina 1 Egypt January 18th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Denmark 3 Bahrain January 18th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Sweden 2 Qatar January 20th 2017, h. 14:00, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Bahrain 5 Argentina January 20th 2017, h. 17:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Sweden 3 Egypt January 20th 2017, h. 20:45, AccorHotels Arena, Paris Qatar 4 Denmark [/hide]

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Relegation Round 1 Switzerland - Japan 5-2 Ruedi scores 3 vs Japan Swiss win Game 1 of relegation series 5-2 Lisa Ruedi and Noemi Ryhner led Switzerland offensively with three goals and two assists, respectively, and goalie Saskia Maurer was great again in a 5-2 win. Yesterday these teams tested each other out in a full dress rehearsal, with Switzerland winning a tight 2-1 game. This time they had a little more breathing room on the scoreboard, but it still wasn't easy. The teams traded goals in an evenly played first period, on two nice shots. At the 11-minute mark, Ruedi scored her first goal streaking down the left wing and firing a shot over Ayu Tonosaki's glove. Just over three minutes later, the Japanese evened the score when Remi Koyama picked the top corner on Maurer. Otherwise Maurer was great in the game, though. The Swiss goalie has played in all four of the team's games so far and has been a standout in all of them. In the second period, Japan out-shot Switzerland 12-6, but the Swiss scored the only two goals. In fact, Ruedi scored the only two goals 1:35 apart, completing her hat-trick. Shannon Sigrist and Sydney Berta added goals in the third period to give Switzerland a commanding 5-1 lead, before Miyuri Ogawa got one late one back for Japan to make the final score a bit more respectable. After a day off, the teams will be back at it again on Friday. Japan must win to avoid relegation, whereas Switzerland will look to secure its place in the top division next year.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quarterfinals Sweden - Finland 2-1 Olsson leads Swedes to semis Captain scores, assists in 2-1 win over Finland Hanna Olsson scored in the first, assisted on a goal in the second, and was a dominant presence all night. Finland rallied in the third but fell short. The result was a 2-1 win from Damkronor and a re-match with Canada in the semi-finals on Friday in Zlin. The United States travels to Prerov to play Russia, while today’s losers, Finland and Czech Republic, also play Friday to decide 5th place. Anna Amholt was solid when need be in goal for the Swedes, stopping 15 of 16 shots, but Jenna Silvonen was far busier, facing 36 Swedish shots. Tonight’s game, however, hinged on Olsson’s play as her team scored two goals for the first time in this tournament. The Swedes opened the scoring on a power play at 13:39. After moving the puck around nicely, it fell on the stick of captain Hanna Olsson. She waited patiently for traffic in front and then snapped a high shot through a screen. Goalie Jenna Silvonen didn’t have a chance. Finland had two power-play chances of its own later but couldn’t generate any decent scoring chances as the Swedish defence collapsed nicely around Amholt and pressured the puck carrier effectively. The best chance for Finland that period came accidentally, when a drifting shot by Jenniina Nylund floated off the top of the net. Finland had a great chance to tie the game early in the second, but Kiti Seikkula's close-in shot was blocked by Amholt. Sweden then had a two-man advantage for 61 seconds but failed to increase its lead. No matter, though, as Olsson helped drive a play that led to the second goal at 10:53. Her shot was blocked in front by bodies from both sides, but the loose puck came to Matilda Af Bjur, and she smacked it in. That proved to the be backbreaker for Finland. The Finns got the only goal of the third, on a power play, when Krista Parkkonen smacked a rebound through Amholt's pads, but Sweden weathered the storm and played solidly the rest of the way.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quarterfinals Russia - Czech Republic 2-0 Russia wins physical contest Merkusheva shutout backstops Russians to semis A pair of second-period goals and a 33-save shutout by Valeria Merkusheva paced Team Russia to a 2-0 quarter-final victory over the Czech Republic. Speaking about her shutout, Merkusheva said: “I was thinking about it right from the start of the game. The most difficult part was the last five minutes when they had the power play and the fans were throwing things onto the ice. That was unusual and made it difficult to concentrate, but I managed.” Indeed, it was a wild game with more game misconducts than goals between two traditional hockey powers who added another emotional chapter to their long-standing rivalry. The Czechs gave it a great effort in front of another supportive home crowd. They were all over the Russians in the first period but couldn't get that key opening goal. Two Russian goals in the second period put them in a deep hole, and then tempers boiled over in the third. “We knew that Russia had a tough game yesterday,” said Czech coach Jan Fidrmuc. “We wanted to get ahead of them in the first period, and we had the pressure, we outshot them, but unfortunately we weren’t able to score.” The Czechs out-shot the Russians 14-7 in the opening 20 minutes and had the best chances to score. They almost opened the scoring in the dying seconds of the period on the power play, but Merkusheva was able to keep the puck out amid a wild goalmouth scramble. “That was also a key moment, but I was comfortable,” the Russian goalie commented. “It was still 0-0 but I was confident that my team would score.” The Russians started to come on in the second period and, just after killing off a penalty midway through, they pinned the Czechs in their own zone. After defensive coverage broke down, Oxana Bratisheva skated unobstructed to the front of the net and took a pass, which Kristyna Blahova was unable to save despite desperately diving across. As the middle frame wore on, the play became increasingly physical, as the two teams stretched the legal limits of body-checking in the women's game, which foreshadowed what was to come. Swedish Referee Katarina Timglas let a lot of it go, which provided the fans with some entertaining moments, but eventually penalties had to be called. The Czechs had an opportunity to tie the game with a lengthy 4-on-3 power play but were unable to convert. A couple of quick Czech penalties later, it was the Russians up 5-on-3 late in the period and they made no mistake. They worked the puck around quickly to break down the triangle and Yelena Provorova received it at the top of the slot and quickly snapped it over Blahova's right shoulder to make it 2-0 with just 50 seconds left in the period. “In the second period we had a 10-minute stretch where we didn’t play well, and it cost us the game,” Fidrmuc figured. “We didn’t do anything on our power play, then we gave up a goal right away on theirs. That second goal at the end of the period was a real killer.” With a two-goal lead, the Russians were in the driver's seat to start the third period and played defensively, not allowing the increasingly desperate Czechs from generating anything. But that would change. As the time on the clock wound down, frustration set in and bodies flew. After a violent collision near the Russian blueline with four minutes to play, Czech captain Klara Hymlarova had to be helped off the ice and Bratisheva – Russia's first goal scorer – was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct for throwing the greatest on-ice head-butt by a Russian teenager since Vladimir Konstantinov. Then in the last two minutes, a multi-player altercation broke out, leading to the expulsions of Eliska Vozdecka of the Czech Republic and captain Nina Perogova of Russia for fighting. Despite some great chances, however, the shutout remained and the extracurricular activities had no effect on the outcome. After a day off, both teams are back in action on Friday. The Czechs will play the loser of Sweden-Finland for fifth place, while the Russians are off to the semi-finals against the United States. Looking ahead, Merkusheva said: “I expect a very high-level game, and I think we will show our character and show that we can play against the Americans.”

Tomorrow is last rest day before the final games at mens U20 div II B and womens U18 top division competitions, but the program will continue for the womens U18 divisions I A and I B with their 4th respective day schedules. Womens Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships in Budapest (HUN) Day 4 Schedule (12th January 2017) GMT +1 12:00 Germany vs Austria 15:30 Slovakia vs France 19:00 Norway vs Hungary Livestreams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships in Katowice (POL) Day 4 Schedule (12th January 2017) GMT +1 13:00 Kazakhstan vs Denmark 16:30 Great Britain vs China 20:00 Italy vs Poland Livestreams

Mens Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships in Logroňo (ESP) Day 4 (11th January 2017) 13:00 Australia vs Serbia 0-6 16:30 Mexico vs South Korea 0-12 20:00 Belgium vs Spain 3-6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Top Division World Championships in Czech Republic Day 4 (11th January 2017) Quarterfinal in Zlín 20:15 4A-1B Sweden vs Finland 2-1 Quarterfinal in Přerov 16:15 3A-2B Russia vs Czech Republic 2-0 Relegation Round in Přerov Match 1 20:15 3B-4B Switzerland vs Japan 5-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships in Budapest (HUN) Day 3 (11th January 2017) 12:00 Germany vs Slovakia 2-0 15:30 Austria vs Norway 3-2 19:00 France vs Hungary 1-3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships in Katowice (POL) Day 3 (11th January 2017) 13:00 Denmark vs China 1-0 16:30 Italy vs Kazakhstan 5-0 20:00 Poland vs Great Britain 2-1

Ulbing and Karl triumph in season's first parallel slalom team event Team AUT1 with Daniela Ulbing and Benjamin Karl have claimed victory in this season's first parallel slalom team event staged under a blue bird sky in Bad Gastein today therefore wrapping up the home soil World Cup stop for Snowboard Austria in style. Just like last year when Sabine Schoeffmann and Alex Payer celebrated the win for Austria, it was a team representing red-white-red to come out victorious of this texciting race format which features national mixed teams compete against each other in thrilling head-to-head duels. In the end, it was once again Daniela Ulbing who seems to be in love with the 270 metres long Bucheben slope as yesterday's triumphant racer laid the base for a safe win with her focused racing. The 18-year-old celebrated a back-to-back win in front of a stellar home crowd alongside teammate Benjamin Karl who just had to defend the lead entering the slope as second ride to secure his third podium finish in the fourth World Cup race of the 2016-17 season. However, this win was even more important for Karl than someone would have expected. "I made a mistake yesterday, and you know how it is with mistakes. They make you think too much so you end up thinking if you are still in shape in the new year. I tried to stop this, and I was able to enjoy racing today which finally led to the win. I had a great team partner which made it easy for me to race. Today was a good redemption,” the four-time world champion, who had finished in a disappointing 23rd position yesterday, said. His congenial parter Ulbing stated: “What happens right now is so cool. I tried to open the door for Benjamin [Karl] today in our heats, and that worked out fine. However, I never thought to drive home from Bad Gastein with two World Cup wins under my belt.” SUI2 consisting of Olympic champion Patrizia Kummer and 2014 Sochi silver medallist Nevin Galmarini who won the event two years ago came in second making Galmarini extremely happy: “The race was very cool. I like it here anyway. There are always a lot of people watching, and it is a great atmosphere. Two years ago we were able to win here, today we got second. And as I placed fourth yesterday it has been two perfect days for me.” Local favourites of AUT3 Claudia Riegler and Andreas Prommegger, the oldest pair competing today, rounded out the podium as third with Swiss duo Julie Zogg and Dario Caviezel missing the podium as fourth. In the team event, the second racer starts as soon as the first one has crossed the finish line. While the snowboard World Cup tour continues with this season's first slopestyle competition on January 13 and 14 at Kreischberg (AUT) already, the raceboard specialists will get back to business at the parallel giant slalom race in Rogla (SLO) on January 28. Full Results Here

Slovak mens relay 14th in last relay in Pokljuka started today with BIB 14 and finished 14th...they didn´t impressed but also didn´t disappointed...well, maybe 14 is actually the real place of our mens biathlon relay. In fact all guys surprisingly showed satisfying shooting but still their skiing form are very very weak... the bad thing is that we dropped one place in the Nations Cup and are 15th now, in the direct battle with our main rivals we defeated Slovenia and Belarus but unfortunately lost to USA and Kazakhstan. Starting order of our womens relay for tomorrow race: Jana Gereková Anastasiya Kuzmina Terézia Poliaková Paulína Fialková all fingers crossed, we strongly need a good result, our situation in the Nation Cup standing is very very bad

why cancelled? the race just finished. Team Austria I (Claudia Rieber/Benjamin Karl) won. 2nd SUI II, 3rd AUT III. your team with yesterdays winner Christoph Mick lost surprisingly with Japan in 1st round.

no ofc no....as each year..the same.... our girls will never qualify for the top division, never, each year the same, one extremely unlucky game will destroy everything....so unfair, we will probably stay in this division for eternity congrats Germany. can´t say that it was deserved but certainly it was very well played tactically and very well defended win,

Ulbing and Mick triumph in Bad Gastein to take over World Cup lead Daniela Ulbing (AUT) and Christoph Mick (ITA) have claimed victory at the 2016-17 alpine snowboard World Cup season's second parallel slalom which was staged today under the lights on the Bucheben slope. Right in the heart of Bad Gastein, at the foot of the Stubnerkogel Mountain, both racers were also able to take over the lead in the race for the PSL World Cup title. And a change of the lead in the World Cup ranking did just suit this classic of the snowboard World Cup tour which has been part of the show for 17 consecutive years now. In fact, Bad Gastein did host its 55th snowboard World Cup competition today. And as if that would not have been enough, the parallel slalom staged in direct knock out rounds marked also the 150th ever FIS World Cup event in the Salzburg countryside. As a result, the stellar crowd featured the likes of Kathrin Gutensohn and 1968 Olympic champion Olga Pall who had won the very first FIS World Cup race in Bad Gastein staged back on January 17, 1968. Career's first for up-and-coming talent Both former Austrian ski stars witnessed some thrilling head-to-head duels with best qualifier Daniela Ulbing bringing home the win in the women's competition. It was her career's first after the 18-year-old shooting star had placed on the podium only once in her 10 World Cup starts before (2nd in Cortina Dec 2016). “I don't really know what to say. I'm a little bit speechless. I'm super happy about my first win. It's nice as all of my friends are here and able to celebrate this one with me,” Ulbing said. “I just tried to do what I can, and tried to stay calm, especially when I was behind. I tried to take it easy. I hope I can tie on to this in the next races and will try to keep the momentum.” Dutch athlete Michelle Dekker secured her first ever World Cup podium celebrating a surprising second rank finish with Sabine Schoeffmann (AUT) rounding out the women's podium in third. “It was a good race. I'm really happy about my first ever podium. Now, I'm excited to race the next World Cup race in Rogla end of the month. I hope I can do the same thing there,” explained Dekker who will miss out tomorrow's team event. Mick does it again On the men's side of things, Mick, a 28-year-old racer from Bolzano, celebrated his career's second beating Swiss racer Kaspar Fluetsch in a heartbeat final of the men's competition which saw local hero Andreas Prommegger rounding out the podium as third. “I'm feeling great. I had some ups and downs in the qualification but managed to stay focused in the finals. I'm happy about my career's second win,” Mick stated. And while the South Tyrolean celebrated his win on the shoulders oh his team mates, Kaspar Fluetsch was also pleased – although beaten by 0.09 seconds: “It was a perfect day, a perfect event. I never thought to get that far as I had to qualify with start number 31. I'm very happy with this performance. This is a great start into the new year.” The alpine snowboard World Cup tour continues tomorrow with this season's first parallel slalom team event slated to take place on the Bucheben slope at 1:30 PM CET. Full Results Men and Women

Hansdotter named Snow Space Princess at Flachau slalom with crowded podium Audi FIS Alpine World Cup 2016 slalom title winner Frida Hansdotter started the night slalom in Flachau, Austria, with the same lucky number as she had when she last won Snow Space Princess race in 2015 and her last World Cup victory in Lienz: bib 6. The Swede laid down a head-turning first run that shocked those in attendance if only for the fact that she just claimed her first podium of the season two days earlier after an otherwise up-and-down winter. “No, actually [I didn’t know it was] that fast, but for sure I felt I had a good run. But I got a little bit scared when in the banana [delay gate] because I hooked a little bit the skis. I was like ‘Oh no!’ I didn’t get that speed over the last roller. But it was really good, so I’m satisfied,” Hansdotter said after finishing the turny first-run course set with a nearly one-second advantage over Wendy Holdener. “Actually, I’m better when it’s a little bit straighter because I get more speed in, but I for sure saw it in inspection that you really need to work it every gate. So that was my only goal, so maybe that’s the secret.” Attacking Viking Nina Loeseth sat third after the first run at 1.08 seconds off Hansdotter. Despite not making any major mistakes, Mikaela Shiffrin was 1.38 seconds back in fifth, which she said was the result of turning too much in the first run. “I really overskied it. Just I went way too far. I mean my coach set first run and I thought he set a spectacular course. It looked just so fun to ski and I got a little too excited about turning and I just kept going. I just kept turning. When I got to the finish and I felt my legs, they were really tired and that’s never a good sign. It means that you’re not being efficient, so that was sort of part of the issue,” Shiffrin said. In the second run, Shiffrin charged hard to make up a fair chunk of the deficit, but she ultimately finished third for the night tied with Holdener, who had an impressive run, at 0.78 seconds from the lead. Loeseth also took her best shot at Hansdotter, but nobody could pass the Swede who was simply on point all night long. Hansdotter took the win 0.58 seconds ahead of the Norwegian in second. “It’s really exciting because a lot of girls can stand on the podium and it makes it hard for us because you have to push and go to see the green light in the finish,” said Holdener, who now has collected six podiums this season in slalom but has yet to win. “I hope you will [see my best skiing] because I have a little better skiing in my bag, so hopefully I can show it.” Shiffrin, meanwhile, was pleased with her effort to push for the podium and also congratulated the winner on the night. “It felt a lot better the second run. For sure, I was disappointed with my first run, but to be honest, I try to learn from it. I really, really enjoyed watching Frida ski today. It was incredible and it looked like she had fun, and I’m really happy for her.” Loeseth collected her second podium of the season and first in slalom for the year. “I kind of thought, ‘It’s all or nothing. It’s kill or be killed here,’ because it was pretty easy course, and I felt pretty strong. I didn’t have any big mistakes. But I watched Zuzu on top from her start up there, and I was just thinking ‘Oh my god.’ So it was pretty intimidating. The strong girls that were starting behind me or before me in the second run, so that’s why I probably was super excited when I saw that green light,” said Loeseth. “I feel it’s kind of been a build up in slalom because it’s been pretty stable the whole season. And then after Maribor, I was a bit like ‘OK, it’s time to go now, to push a little harder.’ My GS has been a little difficult lately, but I’m going to find it pretty soon, just in time for Kronplatz and St. Mortiz. It’s good, it feels really good to be on the podium.” But the true star of the night, all agreed, was Hansdotter who built on her Maribor podium and turned in a lights out performance at Flachau. “It’s the night atmosphere. I think night slalom is so fun. And the crowd, you can see it from the start. It’s so much fun for racing,” she said. “Actually, I had number six when I was young playing football, so it’s been following me my whole life and also Lienz I had number six when I won, so six is my lucky number.” As for what’s suddenly started working for her again in slalom, she admitted, “I can be more relaxed and now I know I’m skiing fast, so it’s just go with the flow.” With 175,000 EUR up for grabs in prize money divided among the top 30 finishers, Flachau remains the highest paying race on the ladies’ World Cup circuit again this season, to the delight of the podium and other second-run finishers. The World Cup ladies’ tour moves on to nearby Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, for downhill and alpine combined races this coming weekend. Full results Here Frida Hansdotter 1st Run Frida Hansdotter 2nd Run

Another Big World Championships day to come tomorrow, 4 different tournaments will have their daymatch. Mens Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships in Logroňo (ESP) Day 4 Schedule (11th January 2017) GMT +1 13:00 Australia vs Serbia 16:30 Mexico vs South Korea 20:00 Belgium vs Spain Livestreams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Top Division World Championships in Czech Republic Day 4 Schedule (11th January 2017) GMT +1 Quarterfinal in Zlín 20:15 4A-1B Sweden vs Finland Quarterfinal in Přerov 16:15 3A-2B Russia vs Czech Republic Relegation Round in Přerov Match 1 20:15 3B-4B Switzerland vs Japan Livestreams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Division I Group A World Championships in Budapest (HUN) Day 3 Schedule (11th January 2017) GMT +1 12:00 Germany vs Slovakia 15:30 Austria vs Norway 19:00 France vs Hungary Livestreams ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships in Katowice (POL) Day 3 Schedule (11th January 2017) GMT +1 13:00 Denmark vs China 16:30 Italy vs Kazakhstan 20:00 Poland vs Great Britain Livestreams

Today was also Champions League day, we had both semifinals 1st leg matches scheduled, Frolunda (SWE) won against Fribourg-Gotteron (SUI) 5-1 and is really close to the Grand final, in the second semifinal another swedens team Osters Växjo lost to the czech team Sparta Prague 1-2. second leg matches which will determinate this seasons European Champions League finalists in Fribourg and Prague are scheduled already for next Tuesday 17th January.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japan - Switzerland 1-2 Tight win for Switzerland Swiss edge Japanese in Relegation preview In what turned out to be a preview of the relegation series, Switzerland edged Japan 2-1 to take third place in Group B. Less than two hours before they were set to face off, these two teams found out this would be the first of three – and possibly four – straight games. The only difference is, this one wouldn't count in their relegation series, other than determine who would be the home team for the first and third games. “This is the third year in a row that we have ended up in the relegation series because of the game right before us,” sighed Swiss coach Andrea Kroni, after watching the Czech Republic's overtime win over Finland dash her team's quarter-final hopes. “It's disappointing for all of our players, but we had to put it aside because we had a hockey game to play. They did the job, they won, so I'm proud of them for that.” After a scoreless first period, the teams traded goals in the second, and then Noemi Ryhner scored a power-play goal in the first minute of the third period, and that proved to be the game-winner. “I think we played pretty good today, but not enough goals,” assessed Japanese head coach Yoshifumi Fujisawa, echoing the problem his team had against the Czech Republic and Finland. Like they have all tournament, the Japanese played their opponents tough. And as she has been all tournament, Saskia Maurer was excellent in the Swiss goal, although in this game she was a lot less busy than against Finland or the Czech Republic, facing only 18 shots in the game. Both second-period goals were scored in the first six minutes. Lara Zimmermann struck first for Switzerland, beating two Japanese players to the puck near the Swiss blue line getting a breakaway, beating Mei Sato high to the blocker side. Then four minutes later, Moeka Tsutsumi whacked in a rebound to tie the score for Japan. A Japanese penalty late in the second period carried over into the third, and just 26 seconds in, Ryhner's big slapper from the point went through everybody and in. After that, Switzerland put the game on lockdown, allowing only five Japanese shots the rest of the way. “Today we were playing for pride, for Japan hockey,” Fujusawa continued, “but tomorrow will be more important.” Assessing the opponent he will be well familiar with over the next few days, Fujisawa said, “Switzerland is a good team. They have a good goalie and they're big, so it's going to be tough.” As for the Japanese, Kroni said, “They are a difficult team to play against because they are very disciplined and they never quit. “We wanted to show the Japanese that we can beat them. Now we have to go out tomorrow and the next game and do it.” These two teams now go at it for real starting tomorrow, with the second game on Friday and the third, if necessary on Saturday. The winner of the best-of-three series stays in the top division, while the loser goes down to Division I, Group A.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russia - Sweden 2-1 after GWS Russia wins in a shootout 2-1 loss means Sweden will face Finland in quarters Oxana Bratisheva scored the only goal of the penalty-shot shootout, giving Russia a quarter-finals date with the Czech Republic after defeating Sweden, 2-1. Bratisheva scored on the fourth Russian shot with a nice deke, and Felizia Wikner Zienkiewicz was stopped by Valeria Merkusheva on the final chance for Sweden to secure the win. "I thought she was going to shoot," said Sweden's goalie, Sophia Reiderborn, who was sensational again in stopping 39 of 41 shots in the game. "That's why I looked a little off balance. Things happen. It sucks." With the loss, Sweden will face Finland in the other quarter-finals while Canada and the United States await their semi-finals opponents. The Swedes have managed only two goals in three games while surrendering eleven. Sweden thought it had scored the winning goal with only 2:45 remianing in the third period off a wrist shot from Sofie Lundin, breaking a scoreless tie. But just 55 seconds later the Russians tied it when Nina Pirogova banged in a loose puck from in close. "This was a very tough game," admitted Russian forward Polina Bolgareva. "But we worked and worked and managed to score. We were happy." "The Czechs are a difficult opponent for us," Bolgareva continued. "They have defeated us in the past, but tomorrow we will win. That's my feeling." Indeed, Bolgareva, in her record-tying fourth WW18, has a long memory. The Czechs beat Russia, 1-0, to claim bronze at the 2014 WW18. Tonight's three-on-three overtime produced few scoring chances, forcing the shootout. Despite the importance of the game the Swedes came out a little flat, and the Russians skated well with the puck to create some good scoring chances. But Reideborn, coming into her own in Zlin, was letter perfect to keep the game scoreless. The second period featured no fewer than seven penalties, and although there were more good chances as a result, there were no goals. Pernilla Forsgren lost the puck at the Russia blue line, allowing a two-on-one for Russia with Maria Nadezhdina and Bolgareva. Bolgarvea missed the open side on a hard pass across, though. A short while later Celine Tedenby walked in alone on goal but Merkusheva was there to make a nice save. Another bobble at the Russian line, this by Maja Nylen Persson, allowed a clean break for Viktoria Kulishova, but she was stopped by Reideborn. Later in the period, during another power play, the Swedes had two quick chances from Lina Ljungblom and captain Hanna Olsson, but Merkusheva was that much better. The Sweden-Finland game will take place in Zlin tomorrow night while the Russia-Czech game will be earlier in the day in Prerov. First on the agenda tomorrow, though, is game one of a best-of-three relegation-round series between the Swiss and Japanese.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Czech Republic - Finland 3-2 after Overtime Overtime magic in Prerov Erbenova's OT PP goal puts Czechs in quarters A shot from the point by Magdalena Erbenova on a 5-on-3 power play in overtime found the back of the net, and sent the host Czechs into the quarter-finals. “I guess I'm lucky, maybe I know how to score, I don't know,” an elated Erbenova said after scoring her second game-winning goal of the tournament. “I changed my stick – it was cracked in two places and broke, so I exchanged it and told myself that I'd score. So I did it.” Erbenova also had an assist in the game, and her three goals and four points are both tied for the tournament lead among not only defenders, but all players, with the USA's Cayla Barnes. The Czechs entered the game knowing that two points would see them through, whereas the Finns already knew they were in the next round. For two periods, that's how it looked, a the Czechs out-shot Finland 24-13, but led only 1-0. When asked if the fact that the game was more important to the Czechs than the Finns was a factor in the game, Finnish defender Heli Allinen answered, “Maybe a bit, but not as much as I was expecting. “Emotion or motivation wasn't the problem. We just didn't play our game,” continued Allinen, who was chosen her team's best player and assisted on the go-ahead goal. “We need to pass better, skate more, and be more patient.” In the third period the Finns pushed back and scored twice, putting the Czechs in trouble. A loss would mean nervously watching the group's last game, and being big fans of Japan. A goal by Kristyna Kaltounkova with 2:34 left tied it, setting up Erbenova's overtime heroics. The first period was played rather defensively, although there were some funny bounces at each end which saw the puck bounce dangerously close to the net. Each team had a couple of power plays, but the best scoring chance of the period came shorthanded, when Natalie Mlynkova won a race for a loose puck in the neutral zone, made a nice move to beat a Finnish defender, but then couldn't fool Finnish goalie Sanni Ahola, who denied her with the left pad. The game became chippy in the second period and referee Yana Zueva was busy, doling out 12 minor penalties. The first two of them went to Finland, giving the Czechs a 5-on-3 advantage for 1:09. It took just 23 seconds to capitalize, with Mlynkova deflecting Klara Hymlarkova's shot from the point. “The Czechs are a good team. They've got speed and they get lots of shots, and they've got a dangerous power play, as we saw,” said Allinen. “But the biggest problem was ourselves. We could have beaten them if we had played three good periods instead of one.” Things calmed down in the third as both teams focused on the task at hand. And what a third period it turned into. After two lacklustre periods, the Finns woke up. They fired 13 shots on Kristyna Blahova – half of their total for the game. They tied it with under 14 minutes to play when the Czechs were unable to clear the zone and captain Petra Nieminen fed Kiia Nousianen, who fired a shot from just below the top of the circle over Blahova's blocker. Four minutes later they tied it on the power play, and it was a great individual effort from Jenniina Nylund, who carried the puck over the blueline, cut into the middle, and fired a shot over Blahova's glove. “We knew the Finns would be the toughest opponent of the group, and we were waiting for them,” Eerbenova explained. “They're a great skating team and they can capitalize when they get chances, but we believed that we could beat them with our team play, and we did.” With their situation now desperate, the Czechs started pressing. Ahola made a couple of nice saves, but she couldn't stop Kaltounkova, who carried the puck down the left wing boards, then drove to the net from a sharp angle and somehow managed to find some room through the Finnish goalie to tie the game, setting off a big celebration on the ice and in the stands. “After the 2-2 goal I was jumping for joy, and maybe burst into tears of joy,” said Erbenova, who earned an assist. “I'm really happy that we scored that goal and went into overtime.” The teams started overtime 3-on-3 as usual, but each had a player in the penalty box. With 35 seconds to play, Iina Tohila was called for tripping, putting the Czechs a player up. Another 10 seconds later, they went two up when Noemi Neuenbauerova returned to the ice, setting the stage for the team's second 5-on-3 goal of the game. The win means that both teams are in the quarter-finals, but with the Czechs staying in Prerov, the Finns are headed to Zlin. One will play Russia, the other Sweden, still to be determined. “It doesn't matter who we play,” Allinen dutifully answered.

WOMEN'S UNDER 18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USA - Canada 0-1 after Overtime Canada's Bell fires OT winner Canada-U.S. decided by 1-0 score Captain Ashton Bell scored the only goal of the game at 1:57 of 3-on-3 overtime to give Canada first place in Group A. Bell gathered a loose puck at the U.S. blue line to create a three-on-one but didn't hesitate in firing a shot over the glove of Alex Gulstene. "It was a great play by my teammates to get the puck free," Bell recounted. "I happened to be there and was thinking shot all the way." "I was just watching the puck trying to read what she was going to do," Gulstene described, "She got a quick release off and beat me clean." Danika Ranger was excellent in stopping all 23 shots she faced for the shutout, while Gulstene stopped 29 of 30, many tough saves as well. "We wanted to shut them down, and I think as a team we did that," said Ranger. "I tried to stay in front of the puck and communicate with my defence, so they'd know when to push players out of the way. They were great." "We came out a little slow in the first but got some momentum as the game went on," Gulstene added. "In the third and overtime we kept the puck in their end. All in all, the team played really well." Players on both sides blocked shots with impunity, and both sides had their share of puck possession. In the end, it was one moment, one shot that was the difference. In some ways the game had little meaning in that both teams had already earned byes to the semi-finals, but a Canada-United States is never meaningless. Regardless of the score, the result set up what is expected to be a gold-medal final between the same teams on Saturday night in Zlin. The scoreless first period offered five power plays, three to the U.S., but the two best scoring chances came short-handed to Canada. Midway through the period Gabrielle David stole the puck at her blue line and dashed the length of the rink only to be stoned by Gulstene on a deke. Later it was Audrey-Anne Veillette with a quick steal right in front of the American goal, but her low shot was again stopped by Gulstene. The best stop by Ranger in the Canadian goal came off a nice play by Grace Zumwinkle, who walked out of the corner and snapped a hard shot to the short side which the goalie blocked aside. The shot Ranger remembers best, though, was one early on which to the casual eye might have seemed ordinary but was anything but for her. "I remember making a nice gove save on their first shot, and that was important because it really got me into the game with some momentum." The second period was also scoreless but not without plenty of end-to-end action. The Americans came out flying and had good pressure in the Canadian end, but no pucks got by Ranger. After killing an early penalty, Canada then took over for a long stretch—but still no goals. The best chance came when Audrey-Anne Veillette set up Sarah Fillier in front, but Filler’s shot rang off the post behind Gulstene. Later, on a Canada power play, American Taylor Heise stripped Brooke Hobson of the puck at the blue line and went in alone, only to blast a shot high. The third was more cautious, but the U.S. had by far the better of play. Cayla Barnes nearly had the game winner late in the third but Ranger, from the seat of her pants, kicked out her left pad to make a sensational save. And so, Canada has fired the opening salvo, and if the teams meet again for gold, it promises to be another North American gem. "We're faster than they are," Gulstene said. "They get a lot of energy, and then they kind of settle down a bit. We have to attack their weaknesses when they're down. We're both great teams, but we have to bring our A game if we meet in the finals."

Mens Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships in Logroňo (ESP) Day 3 (10th January 2017) 13:00 South Korea vs Australia 4-1 16:30 Serbia vs Belgium 6-1 20:00 Spain vs Mexico 10-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Womens Under 18 Top Division World Championships in Czech Republic Day 3 (10th January 2017) Preliminary Round last day Group A in Zlín 15:30 USA vs Canada 0-1 after Overtime 19:30 Russia vs Sweden 2-1 after GWS *Canada won the group A with 8 points, USA finished second with 7 points, both teams advance automatically to the semifinals, 3rd Russia with 2 points and 4th Sweden with 1 point go to the quarterfinals. Group B in Přerov 16:15 Czech Republic vs Finland 3-2 after Overtime 20:15 Japan - Switzerland 1-2 *Finland won the group with 7 points, Czech republic finished second with 6 points, both teams qualify for the quarterfinals (Finland will face Sweden and the Czech Republic will meet Russia), 3rd Switzerland 5 points and 4th Japan 0 points will play together again in the relegation round serie (best of 3 matches).

the moment whe you realize that it was the worst slalom of the season for us...in other hand finally a break for Veronika to rest a bit and fully recover from ths flu she got at the worst moment