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Courchevel ladies' GS cancelled due to strong winds The skies were blue and the fans jubilant, but the winds were unfortunately too strong in Courchevel, France, on Tuesday to hold the ladies' giant slalom race to completion. After the first 19 skiers descended from the start, the race was postponed. A jury decision revealed that the race would restart at 12:15 from the reserve position, approximately 70 meters further down the slope, beginning again with bib 1. At the time, Sofia Goggia of Italy held a 0.02-second advantage over her teammate, Federica Brignone. Athletes had inspected the reserve start as a possibility in the morning, so they returned to the top to begin the race anew. But the restart never took place, as winds at the top of the mountain remained consistently strong into the afternoon. The race was officially cancelled just after 12:20 CET. Information about a replacement location and time for the ladies' GS will be communicated as soon as it is available. The ladies now enjoy a holiday break until competition resumes in Semmering, Austria, with a GS on 28 December.

Todays race definitely cancelled. some rumors saying the GS will be rescheduled for tomorrow,but nothing is confirmed yet...more info to come later

2 minutes to go SVK was leading 3-2 but we lost 3-4, with the fourth goal scored with only 13 seconds left so close of a great win against very strong Sweden since the match wasn´t streamed and televised in 2016 can´t find any of slovak goals, but does not looking promising to see a team lost two times a 2 goals lead. 2-0 after 1st period and 3-1 advantage during the last frame I Found only Sweden goals

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/tennis-kvitova-attacked-by-knife-wielding-burglar/3381844.html

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-holmlund-idUKKBN1482ET

ROAD TO U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Friendly Matches Canada Under 20 5 - 0 Finland Under 20 (4-0, 0-0, 1-0) 19th. December 2016, h. 19:00 (GMT -6) Slovakia Under 20 3 - 4 Sweden Under 20 (2-0, 1-1, 0-3) 19th. December 2016, h. 19:00 (GMT -6)

lol, apparently we will send a team composed of players from our league for 2 unofficial friendly matches 8th and 12th January in UAE against sweden National team also composed of local league players and one official match against Uganda preparing for the African Nations Cup It will be as our 265th official international match in our history but ONLY our 5th match against African National team. we played once in Algiers against a friendly game 27th february 2001 (1-1) once in UAE against 4th february 1994 we lost 0-1 and at same tournament 2 days later against we lost 1-2. the last one is the most recent a friendly game during the preparations for the 2010 world cup in Austria against 29th May 2010 (1-1)

Rookie sensation tops field in Alta Badia PGS The stars at night were big and bright deep in the heart of the Dolomites as the Audi FIS World Cup Parallel Giant Slalom gave fans in Alta Badia (ITA) a night of excitement with the top 32 men’s alpine racers battling for the win. And in a field filled with the biggest names on tour, it was relative unknown racer Cyprien Sarrazin (FRA) who earned his first-ever World Cup victory. It was just his seventh start in a World Cup event and 22 year-old's previous best World Cup finish was 24th place, but tonight he was in the zone as dispatched some of the biggest names in his quest for victory, topping racers like Justin Murisier (SUI), Leif Kristian Haugen (NOR) and Carlo Janka (SUI) en route to the win. Janka settled for second place after closing 0.10 seconds behind the Frenchman in the big final. The small final, with third place on the line, was an affair of bragging rights as Norwegian countrymen Kjetil Jansrud and Haugen dueled it out for the final podium place. In the end, last year’s PGS champion in Alta Badia, Jansrud, topped Haugen by 0.23 seconds, to earn his second podium in as many years at the nighttime race. The stands were once again packed in Alta Badia for the night race as fans were treated to several upsets. Going out in the first round were big names such as Marcel Hirscher (AUT) and Felix Neureuther (GER), but it added to the excitement for the fans as the course proved to be challenging for much of the field creating many upsets and surprises. It was the second year that FIS has staged the nighttime Parallel Giant Slalom and it is quickly becoming a fan favorite with its knockout format and head-to-head format. The World Cup will continue its tour of Italy as the technical racers move onto Madonna di Campiglio for a night slalom. That will be the last race before the Holiday break, which is quite short before the speed racers return to action in Santa Caternia for a packed program with a super-G, a downhill and an Alpine Combined starting on December 26th. Full Results Here

Arosa awaits Norway Hosts through to Final Olympic Qualification Norwegian forward Millie Sirum scores the 2-1 goal on Slovak netminder Romana Kiapesova. Norway keeps their Olympic dreams alive as they roll on to the Final Olympic Qualification where a place for PyeongChang 2018 is up for grabs. Winning the Women's Olympic Qualification Preliminary Round 3 Group F on home ice in Stavanger, the hosts sealed their progress after beating Slovakia 6-2 during the final day. Norway, who earlier had seen off Hungary (4-0) and Kazakhstan (5-0), was never shaken nor stirred as they racked up three victories in as many days. Hungary grabbed second spot followed by Slovakia and Kazakhstan. The win means that Norway will now travel to Arosa, Switzerland, for the final round of the Olympic Qualification where Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Denmark await between 9th and 12th February 2017. The other group of the Final Olympic Qualification includes Japan, Germany, Austria and France. Mathea Fischer led the way offensively for Norway with two goals and an assist during their final day win against Slovakia, while at the other end, netminder Ena Nystrom made 19 saves in a team-effort which bodes well for the future. “Our girls stayed confident all the time, we had a few penalty kills too many, but everyone worked together and stayed positive and that's what I expect from them,” said Norway head coach Laura Rollins. In their deciding game against Slovakia, Norway got themselves in front at 13:36 when Helene Martinsen broke the deadlock, before getting into trouble with Madelene Haug-Hansen being the culprit of a misconduct penalty call with 70 seconds left before the first intermission. Having one more player for five minutes, Slovakia capitalised 45 seconds into the second frame when Tatiana Istocyova tied the game after her shot found its way past Nystrom in Norway's net, who conceded her first goal of the tournament after more than 140 minutes of play. Buoyed by their goal, the Central Europeans looked for more goals while still on the power play, but spurned opportunities proved to be costly in the end. “Our efficiency in front of the net was bad today and playing five minutes power play and managing only one goal is not enough, especially with the pressure being on us to win this game,” said Slovakia's head coach Andrej Schober on one of the key moments of the deciding encounter which soon again titled over in Norway's favour. Being on a two-player advantage saw Fischer become the instigator which saw Millie Sirum, who only last month turned 16, put Norway back in the driving seat with her 2-1 goal at 5:41 of the middle frame. Just over two-and-half minutes later, the home crowd was on their feet once again. After Slovakia's captain Livia Lucova had spurned a good opportunity to tie the game, moments later Andrea Dalen combined with Fischer at the other end to stretch Norway's lead to 3-1. An alert Viktoria Ihnatova reacted quickest as Iveta Klimasova's slapshot rebounded off the boards to pounce in front of Nystrom in Norway's net to reduce the arrears to one goal at just after the midway mark of the second period. But come the third period, Norway began to dominate proceedings. The hosts came out storming out in the final frame, won the shots 15-6 and went ahead 4-2 at 1:06 thanks to a low shot by influential blueliner Lene Tendenes. “Before the third period we made an adjustment on the forecheck, that Slovakia didn't adjust to,” said Rollins. “Once we got our two-goal lead back, our girls settled down a bit and it was a bit easier to keep the puck deep in the zone and play for the win,” she continued. Fischer charged down in front of the net from the right side to score her second of the evening at 8:15, before with 4:58 left of the contest and on a two-player advantage Silje Holos put the final nail in the coffin with her 6-2 goal which closed the scoring. Hungary finished the tournament in second place. Following a tepid display against Norway during the opener, they responded the following day by battling display to down neighbours Slovakia 2-0 before two strong periods was enough to see off Kazakhstan 5-2 in their final game. “We were a bit afraid in our first game when the Norwegian team put big pressure on us and we could not handle it,” said Hungary's head coach Tibor Marton. “We were really down mentally after the first game, but I am proud of my team and the way we managed to improve for the next two games.” Kazakhstan, who had arrived to Norway well ahead of time on 9th December, suffered three straight defeats but has plenty to look forward to during what is a very busy season for them with Winter Universiade, the Asian Winter Games and the Women’s World Championship looming in 2017. “We had hoped for better performances from our players during this tournament and I am especially disappointed with how we lost the third period in all of our matches,” said Kazakhstan head coach Alexander Maltsev. Having failed at the final hurdle for the previous three Winter Olympics, Norway is relishing the challenge of locking horns against higher-ranked nations that await in February. “Obviously it's going to be a step up for us. Teams that we hope to play against in the top division one day. Our goal is still to move up to the primary pool with the top countries of the world. This will be a good test for us and I think we can bring a pretty good battle against some of those teams,” said Rollins.

Last Day of the 2nd International break Euro Hockey Tour, Today ended the 2nd stage of the EHT the Channel One Cup in Moscow, Czech Republic won against Sweden 4-1 and Russia against Finland 4-3. Final Standing of the tournament. Sweden won the Channel One Cup with 6 points and better H2H match against Russia, the home team ended 2nd also with 6 points, better overall score but lost the head to head match with the "tre kronor", 3rd is Finalnd and 4th Czech Republic both with 3 points but Finalnd won the H2H match against the Czechs. In Overall Standing after 2 stages (Karjala Cup, Channel One Cup) Russia still leading with 15 points, 2nd Czech Republic has 9 points, 3rd Finland and 4th Sweden both with 6 points. The Europeans big 4 will now move during the February international break for the 3rd stage, this time in Sweden for the traditional "Swedes Hockey Games". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Friendly Matches Men´s Austria U16 - Italy U16 3-4 after GWS Slovakia U17 - Russia U17 3-2 !!! probably first time ever we won against Russia in the youth category !!! wow what a achievemnt, this generation looks very good Finland U16 - Sweden U16 2-0 Switzerland U17 - USA U17 4-3 Women´s Germany - Finland 0-4 Sweden - Russia 3-1

French and Spanish teams victorious at Team SBX Montafon France's top women pair Nelly Moenne Loccoz and Chloe Trespeuch as well as Spanish racers Laro Herrero and Lucas Eguibar have clinched the win at this season's first team snowboard cross event staged at Montafon, Austria. Facing superb weather conditions on a once again perfectly prepared boarder cross course, last year's winners of FRA1, who had both appeared in the single race final two days ago going home with a respective fourth and second rank, dominated the women's final in style and bringing home back-to-back wins in Montafon after Moenne Loccoz had successfully gunned for the hole shot and her teammate Trespeuch kept full control of the chasing pack. It was the perfect redemption for Moenne Loccoz who had just missed out the women's podium last Friday as unlucky fourth: “I'm really happy to win the team event. I was really disappointed after I finished fourth here two days ago. It's good to be back on the podium. We won here last year, and now we did it again. I guess nobody can catch us when racing together [smiles],” she said before adding: “Seriously, I like the team event. You are more relaxed, and he pressure is on two not on you all alone.” In a tight duel for second, Raffaella Brutto and Michaela Moioli prevented a French 1-2 punch as the two members of ITA1 just crossed the finish line ahead of FRA2 consisting of up-and-coming talents Manon Petit and Charlotte Bankes. Spanish riders with historic triumph In the men's competition, Spanish athletes of ESP1 Laro Herrero and Lucas Eguibar secured the first team sbx win for their home country in a nail-biting final with plenty of passing and changes of the lead. Eguibar made the decisive move on Emanuel Perathoner (ITA) and Markus Schairer (AUT) who were battling for the first spot in a super close heat - which was the best proof why this thrilling format will be part of the 2017 wold championships in Spain for the first time next March - taking the inside line between turn three and four. “I'm super happy. We have been working a lot during summer. On Friday, I was very unlucky crashing out in the eight finals. So today was the day for me,” described Eguibar who made his teammate Herrero very happy: “It's amazing. It's my first World Cup win. Have this first place is just incredible. We knew we would be fast as we saw this in the qualification for the individual competition. I'm good at the start, and Lucas is really good when he is chasing the others. So it's a perfect match.” In the end, Perathoner and his ITA1 teammate Omar Visintin, yesterday's runner-up, secured the second rank ahead of USA2 with Alex Deibold and Nick Baumgartner who capitalised on a crash of Schairer (team AUT1) on the last metres of the home stretch. The snowboard cross World Cup tour will now take a break over the festive season returning for its second stop in Solitude (USA), the host of the 2019 sbx world championships races, where one single and one team event will be staged from January 19 till 22, 2017. Full Results Women and Men

Going up on home ice U20 Div I B : Hungary earns promotion to Division IA The Hungarian players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group B on home ice in Budapest. After coming up just short against Poland in a heroic comeback on Day 4, the Hungarian national team was given one last chance during an exciting final day to win the gold medal on home ice. And it used it. Poland had to settle for silver, tournament favourites Slovenia and Italy finished in third and fourth place respectively while Ukraine avoiding relegation in the final game of the tournament with a 3-1 win over Great Britain. This 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group B was filled with excitement from start to finish as by the second match it was clear that nothing was going to be according to the paper rankings. Poland beat Ukraine 4-2 in the opening game of the championships, host nation Hungary upset Italy, who was relegated last year from the Division I Group A. Poland coach Torbjorn Johansson had the following to say after the Polish win: “The first game is always the hardest. I think we played well we had a number of scoring chances but did not score on them at the start. Ukraine is a hard opponent as they never give up, our third and fourth goals were nice. The Slovenia game will be a different game.” The real surprise of the opening day was Great Britain forcing overtime and stealing a point from heavily favoured Slovenia. Great Britain held a late one-goal lead until Kristof Potocnik scored a power-play goal to tie the game up at 3-3. Blaz Tomazevic scored the game winner. Ukraine defeated Italy in overtime as both teams picked up their first points in the tournament. Hungary followed up their five-goal performance on the opening day by putting five into the British net as well. Martin Sagi finished with two goals as the line of Sagi, Revesz and Peter started to come together. The closing game on Day 2 showed that if the favourites still wanted to have a chance at promotion they needed to do some math as Poland took on Slovenia. The Polish team came out strong as Alan Lyszczarczyk scored an early power-play goal with Patryk Krezolek doubling the lead in the second period. A quick goal by Potocnik had Slovenia back within one, however, a third Polish goal meant that Slovenia needed to do some work in the third period. But in the final 20 minutes every time Slovenia closed the gap to one goal. Poland managed to go back up by two, Slovenia scored in the early part of the third period to go up 3-2. Back-to-back penalties gave Poland a two-man advantage which they capitalized. Jan Drozg made it 4-3 but Poland scored an empty-net goal for the 5-3 win thus taking control of their tournament fate. After Slovenia cruised past Italy with a 7-0 shutout win and Hungary rode the Sagi-Revesz-Peter line to a 3-1 win over Ukraine it looked as if the third game of the tournament would follow the paper form but the day’s closing game brought more excitement. The Hungarian win over Ukraine was the first one that might not have been the smoothest according to head coach Chernomaz: “In the last ten minutes of the first period we got outplayed and after the first seven period of hockey the guys found themselves in a tied game. We had some shock therapy in the locker room and the guys reacted well, we started to battle harder and stuck to the game plan.” In the third game of the day a Glenn Billing power-play goal in the first period and Liam Kirk score in the second period had Great Britian up 2-0 and Poland back on their heels. Head Coach Johansson and the Polish team turned to what was their bread and butter all tournament and Lyszczarczyk scored a power-play goal to get Poland back within one goal. In the final period Poland turned up the heat and scored with just under ten minutes left as a Mateusz Goscinski shot squeezed through the pads of Remy Marr to tie the game up at 2-2. It was clear in overtime that Great Britain was hoping to get the game to a shootout, which they did. Mateusz Studzinski stood tall in net as he stopped all three British shooters. On the other end Kamil Wrobel as the first Polish shooter converted his chance and Poland picked up two points and setting up a potential gold-medal match against Hungary on the second-to-last day of the championship. Slovenia opened Day 4 knowing that they would need to take care of business on their end as well as get some help if they wanted to get promoted. They took a 2-1 lead after the first period against Ukraine and scored twice in the second to pick up the 4-1 win thanks to Zan Jezovsek, who scored twice for Slovenia. The two remaining undefeated teams, Hungary and Poland, faced off against each other. With a win Hungary could capture the gold medal. The game started out with a five-minute major penalty against Hungary and as Poland did throughout the tournament they converted on the power play. The proficient special teams unit scored three times in the span of five minutes to open up a 3-0 lead. They followed this up with an equal strength goal to make it 4-0. At this time Hungarian coach Rich Chernomaz made the goalie change as David Kovacs, who played every minute of the tournament before, was replaced by Bence Kiss in the net. In the second period Poland found the back of the net again as they opened up what looked as an insurmountable 5-0. In the third period Hungary came out ready to prove that they game was not over as less than a minute into the period Peter scored from close range. Ten minutes later Hungary scored two quick goals to make it a two-goal game as Revesz and Sagi both scored to join their linemate on the score sheet. In the closing minutes of the game Hungary kept up the pressure on the Polish net. Wwith less than a minute to go and the goalie pulled, Bence Stipsicz sent a shot on net from the blueline that was redirected by Kevin Szabad, went off the post and into the net. Hungary was unable to complete the comeback as Poland picked up the win and knew that with a win against Italy on the last day they would be champions. Sometimes you need luck and according to coach Johansson, luck was on the Polish side. “We were very satisfied with our first period, in the second period we were expecting them to be coming, they had some good chances but we were lucky. In the third period suddenly they started to score goals and they were coming. We won’t change anything for our last game. We have been playing well. We just need to concentrate in the final,” he said. The Italians closed out the day with a win over Great Britain 4-1 to avoid relegation. On the final day all Poland had to do was beat an Italian team that had nothing on the line. Regardless of what happened, Italy would finish in fourth place. The Italians took a 1-0 lead in the game but Poland tied it up on a Bartlomiej Jeziorski power-play goal. Italy scored twice before the period was over, the second one on the power play to take a 3-1 lead into the locker room. The two teams exchanged goals in the second period as Italy held onto the two-goal lead going into the third period. Poland made it 4-3 on a goal by Wrobel, but the Azzurri answered to go back to a two-goal cushion. Poland pulled their goalie and Lyszczarczyk scored to make it 5-4, however, Poland ran out of time. With the loss this meant that the Hungarians controlled their own destiny and Poland needed help from Slovenia. With a second chance at capturing the gold, Hungary was determined not to miss out on it. Like throughout the tournament the forward line of Peter, Revesz and Sagi was on the ice for the opening goal. Revesz won the faceoff and Peter one-timed it past the goalie. In the second period Slovenia flipped the score on goals by Zorko and Maver. In the second intermission coach Chernomaz fired up his team for a comeback attempt in the third period, and this time they did it. 101 seconds into the third frame Revesz banged home a goal to make it a one goal-game with team captain Stipsicz scoring from the right face-off circle on the ensuing shift to tie the game at three. Minutes later Sagi put his stick on a bouncing puck in front of the goal and slapped it in for the Hungarian lead. Stipsicz summed up the past week for his team: “It is huge that this team stuck together the way it did. I don’t think I have ever been a part of a team like this that came back so many times and in so many games in such hard circumstances. We had cohesion and team spirit. Tt was amazing how this team came together. This is what helped us prevail in all the games throughout the tournament.” With the win Hungary won the gold medals, earned promotion to the Division I Group A and is ranked 17th overall in the U20 program – the highest ranking since reaching the same place in 2008. Like last year Poland finished in second place and Slovenia was third. In the closing match of the day Ukraine beat Great Britain 3-1 in a battle to avoid relegation. Result Thread

Konichiwa, la France! Blue team remains in Olympic contention The French players celebrate one of their goals in the final win against Latvia. The French women’s national team remains in contention for a ticket to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics. The team in blue completed its undefeated streak in its preliminary-round group on home ice in Cergy-Pontoise near Paris with a XXXX win against Latvia and will travel to Tomakomai, Japan, for the Final Olympic Qualification. The French finish the tournament in first place ahead of Italy, Latvia and China. They’ll travel to Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido in February for Group D of the Final Olympic Qualification where they will play Japan, Germany and Austria for a ticket to the Olympics. The other Group C will take place in the mountain resort of Arosa with host Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Denmark and Norway, which won the other tournament this weekend on home ice in Stavanger. Both tournaments will be played from 9th to 12th February. The winners will join the top-5 nations of the Women’s World Ranking – USA, Canada, Finland, Russia and Sweden – and host Korea in the 2018 Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament. Emmanuelle Passard led the way offensively with two goals and an assist in the first period. The 24-year-old is one of four players from the national team who moved to study and play at the Universite de Montreal in Canada. For France it was the fifth consecutive win against Latvia, which was looking to beat the French for the first time since hosting the 2004 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I in Ventspils where it edged out the French 3-2 to win bronze. It was too big a task and the Latvians even needed to win with a margin of at least two goals to reach first place due to their opening-day loss to Italy. The hopes to do so faded already early in the game. At 1:46 Soline Fohrer opened the scoring with a solo. She got the puck at the offensive blueline, skated her way through and lifted the puck above goaltender Kristiana Apsite. Apsite continued to be in the centre of attention as the French created the better scoring chances and played a strong puck-possession game. The Latvian goalie had several saves until the French doubled the lead at 5:48 when Emmanuelle Passard deflected a Lea Parment shot forcing the Latvians to take an early time-out. The time-out was to little avail though. At 8:06 the team in blue hit the back of the net again on a two-on-one. This time Passard had the assist after a horizontal pass in front of the crease to Chloe Aurard, who shot the puck just under the crossbar. At 11:12 Passard scored her second goal of the night on a rebound after a blocked Marion Allemoz shot. Only after the 4-0 goal did the Latvians have their first real scoring chances but the teams went to their dressing rooms with a four-goal gap reminding of the game players two seasons ago not far from Cergy-Pontoise in Rouen where the French blanked Latvia 7-0 at the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group A. The French continued to romp in the second period. At 3:25 Lara Escudero made it a 5-0 lead when skating on the right side of the net to let go a shot from an acute angle. And 27 seconds later Betty Jouanny scored the sixth goal for the Frenchwomen. The pace only slowed down once the French took penalties. Once the French had their first power play on their own, they converted it after just 18 seconds with a goal from Fohrer at 14:55 of the second period. In the third period the Latvians had the better start and Agnese Apsite brought her team onto the scoreboard at 2:57. French captain Allemoz restored the seven-goal lead at 12:47 with a long shot to make sure the French converted their second power play of the game as well for the final score of 8-1. Italy finished the event in second place in its strongest showing in many years. The lowest-seeded Italians beat Latvia 3-2 on the opening day but lost 3-1 to France. They confirmed their form with a 3-0 blanking of China on the last day. Latvia had to settle for third place while China went winless.

So end of dream for our girls..well, the truth is that it´s nothing unexpected, since the Vancouver 2010 generation retired our womens hockey just can´t stop to fall down, now after our relegation last year we will play the Division I B this year...what more to say ? but in other hand there a slim hope for bright future, our actual youngers women NT categories are showing very perspective things and many interesting results, so lets hope in Beijing 2022 we will have again both our hockey teams competing under the 5 rings. So for now congrats to France and Norway acceding to the last qualifying round. good luck to them in the final battles.

3rd PRELIMINARY QUALIFICATION ROUND Tournament 1 Cergy-Pontoise (FRA) - 15.12.2016 - 18.12.2016 Round-Robin 4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st Nation will Qualify to the Final Olympic Quailfication Round Day 3 Results Italy 3 - 0 China (Score by Period: 0-0, 1-0, 2-0) 18th December 2016, h. 16:00 (GMT +1), Cergy Pontoise Aren´Ice, Cergy-Pontoise France 8 - 1 Latvia (Score by Period: 4-0, 3-0, 1-1) 18th December 2016, h. 19:30 (GMT +1), Cergy Pontoise Aren´Ice, Cergy-Pontoise Round-Robin Final Standing RANK NATION GAME WINS W(OT) L(OT) LOSE SCORE POINTS 1 France 3 3 0 0 0 14:2 9 2 Italy 3 2 0 0 1 7:5 6 3 Latvia 3 1 0 0 2 7:13 3 4 China 3 0 0 0 3 2:10 0 Following Nation Have Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Round France

3rd PRELIMINARY QUALIFICATION ROUND Tournament 2 Stavanger (NOR) - 16.12.2016 - 18.12.2016 Round-Robin 4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st Nation will Qualify to the Final Olympic Quailfication Round Day 3 Results Kazakhstan 2 - 5 Hungary (Score by Period: 0-0, 1-3, 1-2) 18th December 2016, h. 14:30 (GMT +1), DNB Arena, Stavanger Norway 6 - 2 Slovakia (Score by Period: 1-0, 2-2, 3-0) 18th December 2016, h. 18:00 (GMT +1), DNB Arena, Stavanger Round-Robin Final Standing RANK NATION GAME WINS W(OT) L(OT) LOSE SCORE POINTS 1 Norway 3 3 0 0 0 15:2 9 2 Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 7:6 6 3 Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 5:8 3 4 Kazakhstan 3 0 0 0 3 2:13 0 Following Nation Have Qualified to Final Olympic Qualifying Round Norway

Russia tops the podium in aerials team event at Beida Lake The first - and only - aerials team event of the season closed out the 2016/17 aerials World Cup season-opening weekend in Beida Lake (CHN) on Sunday, with the young Russian squad of Liubov Nikitina, Maxim Burov, and Alexandra Orlova - just 17, 18, and 19 years old, respectively - besting all comers in the combined-score competition. Russia limped into the finals in fifth place, with the strong Chinese team (featuring Saturday's ladies' competition winner Xu Mengtao and Sunday's top men's qualifier Qi Guangpu) leading the way, followed by teams Australia, USA, and Belarus (featuring Saturday's men's winner Anton Kushnir), with Canada and Kazakstan rounding out the seven-team final round one. In the first final round, however, things got largely flipped upside-down, with Russia moving into the three-team second final in top spot before repeating that performance once again there, with Orlova back full, full, Nikitina's back double full, full, and Burov's back full, double full, full, earning them a combined score of 255.81 and a decisive victory over the second place Canadians and third place Australians. "We've tried our best today," Burov commented on Russia's win in the team event, "There is a good chemistry in our team and we can rely on each other. Everyone was very focused today and we've manged to take the first place what of course feels amazing. We're very happy." "I think we've got us to this position with years of hard work," said Canadians Travis Gerrits on his team's second place result, "Water ramping this summer is just one of the example how we prepare for the season. Determination and pushing through little injuries resulted in podium spot today. It's a very satisfying feeling." As is protocol with any aerials team event, the qualification seeding round held earlier in the morning was where the World Cup points for the evening would come from, essentially creating the atmosphere of a double-header competition day as athletes strove not just to improve their team's standing, but also to battle for their place on the World Cup leaderboard. This meant that in ladies' competition, top qualifier Danielle Scott (AUS) would take 100 points away from the competition, with her double full, full in qualification earning her a score of 93.76 to best Xu's score of 92.35 earned for performing the same jump. Third in qualifications went to Scott's teammate Samantha Wells. After Saturday's second-place performance, Sunday's qualification win moved Scott up into a lead with Xu atop the ladies aerials Word Cup leaderboard. "I'm extremely happy today," Scott said after her performance, "Going into the New Year wearing the yellow bib and sharing it with Mengtao feels very good." On the men's side, Qi was able to improve upon his second-place result in Saturday's World Cup and lock down top spot on Sunday, landing a massive double full, full, full that earned him a score of 122.17 and a nearly 10-point advantage over his teammate Liu Zhongqin. Maxim Gustik of Belarus and Xindi Wang from China, in a rare tie, would round out the men's top three. Qi was able to take the lead in the aerials World Cup standing an his performance, along with that of his teammates like Xu and Liu, has helped make an early argument that the Chinese team is back and ready to dominate in 2016/17 after two below-par season on the aerials World Cup. Full Results Women and Men and Mixed Team Event

Martinod and Rolland on top at Copper's halfpipe World Cup French duo of Marie Martinod and Kevin Rolland have claimed big wins in the 2016/17 season's first halpipe World Cup event staged at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix tour stop in Copper Mountain, CO. In the ladies' competition Marie Martinod finished on top of the pack with the day's high score of 88.60 points. Martinod's winning run included her trademark back-to-back flairs followed by an impressive 900 on her last hit. The 33 years old skier from France looked very confident and strong as she skied for the victory and 100 precious points in the World Cup ranking. "I tried to execute my run the best I could, going as high as possible and holding my grabs all the way through" Martinod explained, "The conditions were pretty difficult today, but the shapers did an amazing job clearing the pipe after the snowfall. The summer training paid off and I was able to land my tricks. Now the pressure is off and I'm super excited.” Representing the host nation, the USA's Annalisa Drew finished the day just behind Martinod with a score of 85.80. While Drew struggled in her first two runs, she was able to collect herself and put it together to stomp back-to-back 900s as well as the left-side 1080 to finish of her third and final run. “I just went up top and talked to my coaches to discuss what I needed to do better,” Drew said. “I kept my spirits up and just put it down, which I’m excited about.” Third place went to the last year's FIS Freestyle overall World Cup winner Devin Logan (USA) as she threw down a nice combination of right-side and left-side spins to earn her 83.20 points and a spot on the podium. On the men's side it was a close battle between the French riders Ben Valentin and Kevin Rolland. While Valentin started Saturday's competition strong, taking an early lead with 92.40 points, at the end of the day it was his teammate who stepped it up in his final run and boosted his score up to 94.20 points. Rolland went huge and stomped an amazing run which included switch left dub 1080 safety, right dub 1260 mute, left dub 1260 mute and right 900 tail. "I'm really stoked," said satisfied Rolland "I didn't go super high on the first run, keeping it rather safe. Then I crashed on my second run so all the pressure was on my last run and I went as huge as I could and it worked our pretty good so I'm very happy now." With one more chance to come back on top of the ranking, Valentin went all in but couldn't quite stick the run, finally finishing the event in the runner-up position. His second place run was nevertheless pretty impressive, as he locked in switch left 1080 tail, alley oop left flair 540 japan, left 900 tail, right dub 1260 safety and left dub 1260 tail. "I feel good, the second place is always good," Valentin said, "I wish I could do better than Kevin, but again he was unstoppable. He can always put down a really good last run and so he did today. Now I have to work hard and try to beat him next time". Aaron Blunck (USA) rounded up the men's podium with 87.00 points for his final run consisting of right 720 tail, switch left double 900 safety, switch right 720 tail, left 900 tail and right double 1260 tail. The Halfpipe World Cup is now taking a holiday break and comes back with the next competition in Mammoth on February, 1-2, 2017. Full Results Women and Men

Domen Prevc jumps to his next victory 17-year-old Slovene Domen Prevc won the second competition in Engelberg (SUI) and is now the top favorite for the 65th 4-Hills-Tournament starting in Oberstdorf on December 29th. The youngest of the three Prevc brothers took a clear win with jumps of 144 m and 141.5 m (305.9 points). With Poland's Kamil Stoch (143.5 m and 141.5 m; 293.8 points) in second and Stefan Kraft of Austria (138.5 m and 138 m; 283.1 points) in third, two other 4-Hills favorites were on the podium in Engelberg. Domen Prevc already had a clear lead after the first jump and left no doubts about his currently outstanding position. "Unlike yesterday I had two good jumps today and I'm very satisfied with my performance and the result. I don't feel any pressure when it comes to the 4-Hills-Tournament, my team is great and they give me all the support I need. I saw how it was when my brother was winning one competition after the other, so this is not totally new for me", Domen Prevc explained after the competition. He is in an oustanding form right now and will probably be hard to beat in the upcoming events. To the joy of the many Polish fans, double Olympic champion Kamil Stoch came in second. For Stoch this second place also means that he can be considered the main challenger of Domen Prevc at the upcoming 4-Hills-Tournament. "Today all my jumps were good and very consistent, of course I'm very satisfied with today's result. The competitions this weekend were on a very high level. I really liked the old hill here in Engelberg, the profile suited me well. I also like the new hill, but it's more difficult to jump here now", said Stoch. Stefan Kraft, 4-Hills-Tournament winner 2014/15, came in third and took the third podium finish this weekend for Austria after Michael Hayboeck and Andreas Kofler were first and third yesterday. "The gap to the best two is huge, but I made the first step today. For the first time I was able to show two great jumps. I'm also super satisfied with my podium finish and I'm in a great position right now. Yesterday I was extremely happy about the podium results for my roommate Michael Hayboeck and Andreas Kofler, we had a lot of fun in our room yesterday. The pressure at the 4-Hills-Tournament is positive, you have to deal with it. I usually do well under this pressure and I'm already looking forward to the hype at the 4-Hills-Tournament", said Stefan Kraft. Daniel Andre Tande: bad luck and an involuntary show Norway's Daniel Andre Tande could not finish on the podium also in the second competition in Engelberg. After the first round he was very good position in second, then the 25-year-old had an awesome jump on 144.5 m in the final, but his hands touched the snow after the landing. Tande was able to avoid a crash with a lot of luck and enormous artistic skills but due to the low judges' marks he finished only 11th. Eisenbichler very strong again Once again Markus Eisenbichler was the best German and once again he showed a convincing performance. The 25-year-old Bavarian of the club TSV Siegsdorf, is jumping extremely consistent and can be considered an insider tip for the 4-Hills-Tournament. A good start in Oberstdorf and the impossible might become possible for Eisenbichler. With Richard Freitag in seventh, Severin Freund in ninth and Andreas Wellinger in 13th, the Germans showed a good performance today. Stephan Leyhe was 26th. Once again the Austrians were the strongest team today. Besides Stefan Kraft, also Manuel Fettner (4th) and Michael Hayboeck (6th), who won Saturday's competition, were in the Top 6 today. Prevc extends lead With his win in Engelberg, Domen Prevc further extended his lead in the overall World Cup. The Slovene now scored 540 points and leads clearly ahead of Daniel Andre Tande (382 points) and Stefan Kraft (331 points). Next stop for the ski jumpers is the opening event of the 4-Hills-Tournament in Oberstdorf (GER) on December 30th (qualification on Dec. 29th). Full results Here

Frenzel leads next German podium sweep in Ramsau The incredible German success streak continues also on the second day in Ramsau am Dachstein. Again, Team Germany took all the available podium positions with Eric Frenzel claiming his third victory, Fabian Rießle finishing 0.8 seconds later on his 26th birthday and youngster Vinzenz Geiger claimed his career-first podium 23.4 seconds after Frenzel. Ramsau proved to be a good place for local hero Mario Seidl. After sensationally winning the jumping round at this World Cup debut here in 2012, the 24-year-old repeated the feat today with a jump of 97 metres and 129.5 points. German youngster Vinzenz Geiger keeps getting better and better and captured the second intermediate position today after showing 95.5 metres (127.1 p.). Eric Frenzel did not have the über-jump from yesterday’s competition but still ranked third with 93 metres and 125.2 points. For the cross-country race, this meant a 10-second head start for Mario Seidl on Geiger and 17 seconds on Eric Frenzel. Fabian Rießle lurked on an intermediate fourth position and had only 23 seconds to make up to the head of the field, making him into the big favourite for the race. But today, Norway’s Olympic Champion Jørgen Graabak was within striking distance with a time disadvantage of 41 seconds after jumping 92 metres. Yesterday’s winner Johannes Rydzek had 55 second to make up and was starting from position 16. The race and the fight for the top results was an affair of six athletes: Frenzel, Rießle, Geiger, Akito Watabe, Mario Seidl and Espen Andersen formed a group and worked together for long stretches of the race, with especially Frenzel and Rießle exchanging the leading work. This strategy paid off for the six and the fast pursuers Graabak and Rydzek were not able to come closer than 30 seconds. Going into the last lap, Frenzel and Rießle had managed to tear a gap to the other four athletes of the leading group and so it was clear that the top two results would be going to Germany again. Frenzel used all his experience and adapted his strategy from yesterday to stay more with the group and save some energy which helped him to beat excellent finisher Fabian Rießle on the finish straight. The birthday boy was not disappointed for too long, though, and went home with two second places under his belt. Team youngster Vinzenz Geiger is in stellar shape at the moment and beat local hero Mario Seidl in a finish line sprint, making the German glory day complete for the second time this weekend and the third time this season. Akito Watabe claimed rank five and Espen Andersen did not have enough energy left to fight off Johannes Rydzek and Jørgen Graabak in the end but claimed another Top Ten result with rank eight. Full Results Here

Norway dominated ladies' relay in La Clusaz The ladies' relay team from Norway dominated the event from start to finish. Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg left the rest of the field on the first lap and the Norwegian team never looked back after that. Sweden's Stina Nilsson brought her team back into contention on the second leg as she joined the lead group chasing Norway. On the third leg Sweden and Finland moved ahead for the battle for the final two podium positions while Russia, Switzerland and Germany spread out for the final spots in the top six. In the end it was Laura Mononen that captured the second place spot for Finland, +18 seconds ahead of Sweden in third. A very strong final leg by Nicole Fessel brought Germany from 6th to 5th. Russia took the 4th position. Full Results Here

Krogh sprints home again for Norwegian relay win Finn Haagen Krogh sprint to victory again for the second day in a row in La Clusaz, France. This time it was in the as the anchor skier of the Norwegian men's relay team. Krogh held off a hard charging Sergey Ustiugov of Russia to lead Norway to a 0.2 second win. Perhaps some revenge for Krogh as Ustiugov out sprinted him last weekend in the sprint in Davos. In third was the home team France. It was their first World Cup relay podium since December 2008 which was also in La Clusaz. Full Results Here

Hirscher stays king of Alta Badia GS Austrian Marcel Hirscher continued his dominance in Alta Badia (ITA) as the defending World Cup Overall winner, took home his fourth straight giant slalom victory on the Gran Risa course. It was the first victory for Hirscher this season in the giant slalom, although he had two second place finishes in the young 2016-17 season. Hirscher was the man to beat the entire day as his consistent skiing gave him the fastest time on both the first and second runs. He started the second run with a 0.21 second advantage over Mathieu Faivre (FRA) and in the end added another half second to the margin as he won by 0.71 seconds. Faivre ended the race in second place, in another strong showing for the Frenchman, who celebrated his first career World Cup victory two weeks ago in Val d’Isere. Much to the delight of the packed crowd, the Italian team placed a racer in the top three after Florian Eisath took home third place. Zan Kranjec (SLO) was a surprise fourth-place finisher, his run today matched his previous best career World Cup finish, when he also took fourth this season in Soelden. There were surprises in the DNF column as well as Ted Ligety (USA) didn’t make it far on his first run. Other notable DNF’s from the first run included Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (NOR), Carlo Janka (SUI) and Philipp Schoerghofer (AUT). Also Alexis Pinturault (FRA) came away with no World Cup points after he suffered a crash in his second run, but fortunately looked to be uninjured. It was Hirscher’s 41st career World Cup win, which now moves him up to fourth on the all-time victory list. Hirscher will look to add to his victory total tomorrow when anything is possible for the nighttime parallel giant slalom. Last year, speed ace Kjetil Jansrud (NOR) took home the crown, so this year the technical racers are sure to be hungry for the victory. Full Results Here Marcel Hirscher 1st Run Marcel Hirscher 2nd Run

Retribution podium for the ladies in Val d'Isere super-G All three athletes who hit the super-G podium at Val d'Isere on Sunday had something to prove before leaving the French resort. After two DNFs in a row, Lara Gut of Switzerland had the most to leave on the slope and did so with an impressive – although imperfect – run to seal the retribution victory 0.13 seconds ahead of Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather. Italian Elena Curtoni matched her career-best result with third place, at 1.21 seconds off the win. “I felt good on the slope and the difference in the end was just that I realized in the last days how many amazing people I have around me. They give me so much energy, and it just made me believe that in the end it doesn’t have to be perfect. I just have to take what I have and try to give my best," said Gut. "So today I just went to the start and knew that a few things could get better. When you go out twice, it’s not the best condition to try to win a race. But I was like, that’s me, I’m just going to give the slope everything I have, and we will see.” Weirather was equally seeking retribution on the O.K. slope. “You could totally tell from just seeing the times today who was really frustrated – Lara and definitely had something open with this slope and really wanted to do well and had some anger in us, and we were able to put it in the snow," said Weirather. “Today it was a tricky course because there were really straight gates and then one really cranking turn once in a while so you had to know where they were and then really go straight for the straight ones and round for the round ones. You didn’t really feel that you had a rhythm at all because it was changing so fast, and that was the secret to success.” After posting a bow and arrow analogy on her social media accounts, Curtoni explained that sometimes people have to face setbacks to move forward. “That’s my season so far, and that’s my life so far. I think from a down moment you always come up, and it’s just to trust it and to put your heart in it," said Curtoni. “It is really hard. I was crying like a baby yesterday, so I can’t believe I was able to put my heart and my soul into the slope today. But I think it’s the right way to get back on the track.” The ladies' tour will contest one more race before the December holiday, a giant slalom at Courchevel, France, scheduled for Tuesday. Full Results Here Lara Gut

Belarus to Buffalo U20 Div I A: Wins Division IA ahead of host Germany The Belarusians celebrate with the trophy and gold medals after winning the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group A. Timely goals, a clear cut mission, and a boatload of routine ultimately proved to be simply too much for the rest of the competition at the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group A this past week in Bremerhaven, Germany, as these proved to be the ingredients that allowed Belarus to slip by the competition on its way to promotion. Ten seconds before the siren rang to complete Belarus‘ 4-0 victory over Austria, ensuring a move back up into the world‘s top U20 group, the arena was flooded with the sound of emphatic cheers and the clapping of sticks coming from Belarus‘ player bench. Not long thereafter, all those sticks were scattered across the ice along with helmets and gloves as the team hurriedly piled itself on top of its goalie Alexander Osipkov, who had just pitched his first shutout of the event, beating Austria 4-0 to claim first place overall in the tournament. “I am so happy right now,” shouted team captain Ilya Sushko. “I am happy for this magic end to the tournament. I’m happy for my teammates and the coaching staff. I’m so relieved, because no-one gave us this tournament as a present. All of the teams were good. Every game was difficult. We had to battle for everything. I am so proud of our accomplishments.” The path to promotion was anything but easy for a program that just about looked to be in shambles after being dominated by Switzerland in the relegation round of last winter’s World Juniors in Helsinki, Finland. After a clear 6-3 victory over France to get the tournament started, the team needed three third-period goals against Norway to ensure a 4-2 win. A 4-3 overtime loss to host Germany was followed by a hard-fought 3-1 win over Kazakhstan. The elation head coach Yuri Faikov felt couldn’t be masked. “I simply can’t find the words to describe how good this feels. We worked so hard for this. I am very proud of everyone involved.” Today’s conclusive 4-0 victory was once again made possible thanks to the offensive contributions of the tournament’s top goal scorer Alexander Belevich (6 goals), later named the tournament’s top forward, and the point production of linemate Ruslan Vasilchuk, who concluded the game tied for the tournament lead with 10 points, having contribute three to this decisive victory. “I can’t tell you how great this feeling is right now,” explained an excited Vasilchuk. “All these opponents were so strong and demanded so much of us to achieve this promotion. If I’m around the top of the scoring list here, it’s only been made possible by my teammates, who I’d like to thank for their play and sacrifice in making this experience possible.” The chemistry between him and Belevich ended up playing a crucial role for the team’s success. And it isn’t something that just showed up out of nowhere. “It’s hard to say what the key to this is. We played together at other tournaments before and things clicked. The coaching staff put us together here as well and it worked out again. We first really met last year as part of the U20 team, but it feels like we’ve known each other for a long, long time now.” Of course, Belevich isn’t one to claim he was here in Bremerhaven looking to be the tournament’s top sniper. “I didn’t come here with any such expectations. I just wanted us to show up as a team and hit the ice with a purpose. It’s just a coincidence that I ended up scoring a good amount of goals. It is thanks to my partners and teammates that this was possible whatsoever.” The year has now been a real big one of Belarussian hockey, which not only gained promotion here in Bremerhaven, but had also done so domestically in Minsk last spring at the U18 World Championship. A very common denominator there was head coach Yuri Faikov, who has manned the bench for both teams. “It’s been such a huge year moving up at both the U18 and U20 levels,” said Faikov. “The team we have here now is a completely different team from the team that played in Finland. We as a program have unified our system from the men’s national team to the U20 to the U18. It’s been a lot of hard work and we’ve faced fierce competition in both tournaments. But yes, we’ve decided to go a different route and can now look forward to a new challenge and new results next year at this time.” “I can’t thank the coaching staff enough for all the time and effort they put into us. I am so happy to see that all our hard work and preparation this year has led to this success, and it couldn’t be done without them,” explains Vasilchuk, speaking for the team in showing his appreciation of all Faikov and his staff have invested into these achievements. Forward Maxim Sushko, currently playing in Canada’s Ontario Hockey League, could only concur, seeing as how he should be a big part of the team next winter in Buffalo. “I want to say thanks to the staff and all the guys born in 1997 and 1998. They’ve given us younger guys an excellent opportunity to present ourselves at the highest level of hockey and even more to a whole world of NHL scouts and media. It’s so amazing to know we’ll be part of it all next winner.” The presentation in Bremerhaven has shown that Belarus is ready to take on 2017 with all it’s got to offer. Norwegian relegation For Norway, the tournament ended in the worst way imaginable, namely relegation. Despite a pre-tournament 5-3 victory over Germany, the team kicked off things with a 6-3 loss to Austria followed by a 4-2 loss to Belarus, before squeaking by France with a tight 3-2 victory. With things looking like the Scandinavian nation was back on track, Norway couldn‘t muster a goal in a very tight 2-0 loss to Germany, a game that remained goalless until Bremerhaven‘s own Christoph Korner first popped in a power play goal in the 52nd minute of play. The goal drought continued in a do-or-die match with Kazakhstan, in which the Norwegians remainder scoreless until the third period. Two late goals in the third period made things interesting, but it proved to be too little too late as Kazakhstan heartily celebrated their class retention. In U20 history Norway only twice was not part of the top-16 hockey nations, in 1998 and in 2007. 2011 and 2014 the country even played in the top-division World Juniors. “The feeling is tough right now. It’s brutal. It’s tough knowing the games are over and we’re heading down. We’ve been close to this point before and we have to improve the situation with Norwegian hockey,” explained head coach Tor Erik Nilsen. “We need to invest our money more wisely. We need better coaching. We need our kids to have a better sense for the game. This relegation is definitely a heads up for Norwegian hockey. If we don’t do anything, it’s going to be like this.” For Kazakhstan, which enjoyed a very convincing 6-3 win over Austria along the way, the victory was of decisive importance. “Winning is always important, but this victory was vital for us,” said captain Kirill Panyukov. “This was big not only for the team, but for the entire country, because by retaining the class, we now have a strong opportunity to hold the tournament in Kazakhstan next year.” Things are getting closer If anything, this tournament proved more than ever that the competition continues to get closer and more even. Every team won at least one game and every team experienced at least one loss by two or less goals. Austria, for example, began with two very decisive victories, including a 3-0 shutout of host Germany, before proceeding to lose three games in a row, started by an unexpected 6-3 loss to Kazakhstan. “Most certainly. When you see the results here, it’s clear things are getting tighter,” states Norwegian coach Nilsen. “If we had won the close game against Germany, we could have played for promotion today. Instead we played for relegation. Last year we beat Italy 10-1. This year, there was no Italy. Every game was tight. And that’s great. It’s great for hockey, but also for the players. Every game matters and that’s how you get better.” Host Germany entered the tournament with high expectations, especially in light of a roster chock full of kids playing their last tournament as a member of the nation’s junior program. Consistency proved a bit of a problem, as the team experienced a number of swoons in momentum throughout the tournament, even if the only loss of points was to Austria and an overtime point to Belarus. “I kept mentioning before the tournament that every team could win on any given day,” elaborated German Head Coach Christian Kunast. “If we have a good tournament, we can move up. If we have a bad tournament, we’ll be moving down. Hey, we had a close game against Norway the other night. We knew that if we lose, we’d be playing today to avoid relegation. We ended up second despite only one loss. It’s so close in this group and it’s not going to get any easier. But this is a top flight tournament for our boys and there’s a lot they can take from this type of competition. It’s so incredibly difficult to move up another level when there’s this level of level of competition.” These sentiments were only reiterated by his Belarussian colleague Faikov: “The level of play was very high from all of the competitors, much like we saw at the U18 in Minsk last spring. You had to be ready for every team. Any team could surprise at any time. You could never afford to take a day off. In fact, when you see how good the teams are getting here in the Division I Group A, it’s my personal opinion that the top group should consider expanding to include more teams.” As things stand now, the Belarusians can simply watch and enjoy the 2017 World Juniors in Montreal and Toronto, fully aware that their ticket is punched for the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, New York. “I fully believe we belong amongst the elite teams in the world at the U20 level. I have no doubt of that,” claims confident sniper Belevich. “We are on the right path and we’ll be ready to show that to everyone next winter in Buffalo.” Results Thread