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I´m really sorry but this song is not allowed to compete for Moldova in the TISC. Can you please change your entry? if you´ll need more time to select another song, no problem, I´ll put Moldova 2 days more for eventual song changement. please let me know as soon as possible your response, Thanks

ok, so if it´s you who choose the song this time, I´ll remove your first entry, and the second on will be the official French entry.

Domi POMEEEE!!! yeah pretty good tournament for a 52nd world player and Jozef Kovalík won the Naples challenger. WTG SVK !!!

ok, but Bohemia is agree with this substitution? if not I can´t change your song.

oh no! Serbia! this one will hurt

why?

Welcome Ilqar, great to have you again in the contest. right at time

hey do you know that you can´t have 2 songs in the contest?

Danny is online right now

yes it would be great to have such atmospheres everywhere in the whole Ice hockey world hope your very good recent results will help to increse the interest for hockey in Serbia. But yes, well, thats our only sport with this kind of interest, you will find empty stadiums in practically all other sports, so it´s nothing amazing too for example we hardly have more than 400-500 peoples in basketball or handball, so we have what to envy you and I don´t speak about football, 1000 peoples is a maximum for a league match

6 Countries to go. hard challenge though Anyone have any info about olympicIRL? hope he´s fine, didn´t seen him loggin for while

A warm welcome for Bulgaria to enter the contest Hope you´ll ebjoy the show and pass a nice time.

HK Nitra qualified for the final in Slovak National Championships after 4-3 serie win against HKM Zvolen, Nitra won the 7th match yesterday 4-0, the atmosphere once again fantastic. here the 7 minutes video about the atmosphere in the stands In other hands, HC Košice will not maintain the national title, after a upset lost in the second semifinal with Banská Bystrica, great performances and deserved finla for the team coached by 2 our great players of previous years Vladimír Orszagh and Richard Zedník and lead by Michal Handzuš and a amazing american goalie Jason Bacashihua...anyway shameful season of HC Košice, just the epic end for a disastrous season

24 hours to go folks. do not want to make any pressure on you, but c´mon! this is the time, now or never also if there any new country to want enter the contest but still did not chose any song and will need some time more, I am opened to put 1-2 days more, but only if the country officially submit the registration in this thread on Sunday 10th April untill midnight CET. If any new nation will registrate, so in this case please consider the Sunday 10th April at midnight cet as the Entry window definitively closed.

Updated as of April 9th, 2016

Better than ever Polish women make it to Division I The Polish women’s national team sings the national anthem after landing a win on the last game en route to gold The 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group A in the picturesque Slovenian town of Bled was a tournament the Polish women’s national team will never forget. The Poles landed gold and earned promotion to the Division I for the first time ever in what has been the biggest success for Polish women’s hockey so far. The Polish women’s national team entered the program at the lowest level in 2011 with opponents such as Ireland and Turkey at the tournament in Bulgaria. They earned promotion twice in a row in 2011 and 2012 and now in their fourth year in the Division II Group A Poland won gold and qualified for the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group B. The tournament was far from easy for the fourth-seeded Poles. They started with a 9-2 win against Slovenia and a 9-4 victory against DPR Korea but then they met their opponents who would end up with them in a three-team tie each with a 4-1 record from the five games. First Poland edged Korea 2-1. After two scoreless periods with a 24-14 shot-on-goal advantage for the South Koreans it was team captain Katarzyna Frackowiak who broke the deadlock at 4:29 and scored a second marker at 13:00. Korea had to play the dying minutes of the game shorthanded but Ye Eeun Park managed to score on the box play with 32 seconds left. However, the Poles didn’t allow another goal and had the tournament win in their own hands when facing Great Britain on Day 4. The British had a strong tournament but suffered a 1-0 defeat to Korea on a power-play goal from Hye In Ko. Against Great Britain Frackowiak scored again the first goal of the game but the British reacted with a strong second period and markers from Christine Newman and Louise Adams. The 2-1 score stayed until the end of the game causing a three-team tie between Great Britain, Korea and Poland. In the head-to-head standings each team was 1-1 and had a neutral goal difference but Poland had a 3-3 goal record that became the tie-breaker and placed the red-and-white team ahead of the group. Korea and Poland both had a 2-2 goal record but Korea finished in second place thanks to the win in the head-to-head game. The tournament was not over though. On the last game day on Friday Poland had the start and needed three points to confirm its position. They easily got it in a 16-0 blanking of winless Croatia. Great Britain went up to 12 points as well by blanking DPR Korea, 7-0, and would have won the tournament if they were only tied with Poland. However, in the evening game Korea got a 3-0 win against host country Slovenia to secure silver while Poland won gold and Team GB bronze. The offensive stats were in the hand of Poland’s top forwards. Karolina Pozniewska was the scoring leader with 14 points (7+7) ahead of her teammates Magdalena Czaplik (3+8=11) and Katarzyna Frackowiak (8+2=10), who led the tournament in goal scoring and was named Best Forward of the tournament. Great Britain’s Nicole Jackson, who had an impressive 97.6 save percentage in five games, was named Best Goaltender and Kyou Sun Lee of Korea Best Defenceman. Top-seeded DPR Korea, which came down from Division I, had to settle for fourth place. The North Koreans had a rough start with a 4-1 loss in the neighbouring rivalry against their opponents from the south of the peninsula. It was the first time in Women’s Worlds history that Korea was placed ahead of their northern rivals. Host Slovenia, which was promoted to this group one year ago, finished the tournament in fifth place. The Slovenes beat neighbour Croatia 6-1 in front of 860 fans in Bled in what was their most important game for survival at this level thanks to a hat trick from Pia Pren, who plays for Linkoping in Sweden.

Better than ever Polish women make it to Division I The Polish women’s national team sings the national anthem after landing a win on the last game en route to gold The 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group A in the picturesque Slovenian town of Bled was a tournament the Polish women’s national team will never forget. The Poles landed gold and earned promotion to the Division I for the first time ever in what has been the biggest success for Polish women’s hockey so far. The Polish women’s national team entered the program at the lowest level in 2011 with opponents such as Ireland and Turkey at the tournament in Bulgaria. They earned promotion twice in a row in 2011 and 2012 and now in their fourth year in the Division II Group A Poland won gold and qualified for the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group B. The tournament was far from easy for the fourth-seeded Poles. They started with a 9-2 win against Slovenia and a 9-4 victory against DPR Korea but then they met their opponents who would end up with them in a three-team tie each with a 4-1 record from the five games. First Poland edged Korea 2-1. After two scoreless periods with a 24-14 shot-on-goal advantage for the South Koreans it was team captain Katarzyna Frackowiak who broke the deadlock at 4:29 and scored a second marker at 13:00. Korea had to play the dying minutes of the game shorthanded but Ye Eeun Park managed to score on the box play with 32 seconds left. However, the Poles didn’t allow another goal and had the tournament win in their own hands when facing Great Britain on Day 4. The British had a strong tournament but suffered a 1-0 defeat to Korea on a power-play goal from Hye In Ko. Against Great Britain Frackowiak scored again the first goal of the game but the British reacted with a strong second period and markers from Christine Newman and Louise Adams. The 2-1 score stayed until the end of the game causing a three-team tie between Great Britain, Korea and Poland. In the head-to-head standings each team was 1-1 and had a neutral goal difference but Poland had a 3-3 goal record that became the tie-breaker and placed the red-and-white team ahead of the group. Korea and Poland both had a 2-2 goal record but Korea finished in second place thanks to the win in the head-to-head game. The tournament was not over though. On the last game day on Friday Poland had the start and needed three points to confirm its position. They easily got it in a 16-0 blanking of winless Croatia. Great Britain went up to 12 points as well by blanking DPR Korea, 7-0, and would have won the tournament if they were only tied with Poland. However, in the evening game Korea got a 3-0 win against host country Slovenia to secure silver while Poland won gold and Team GB bronze. The offensive stats were in the hand of Poland’s top forwards. Karolina Pozniewska was the scoring leader with 14 points (7+7) ahead of her teammates Magdalena Czaplik (3+8=11) and Katarzyna Frackowiak (8+2=10), who led the tournament in goal scoring and was named Best Forward of the tournament. Great Britain’s Nicole Jackson, who had an impressive 97.6 save percentage in five games, was named Best Goaltender and Kyou Sun Lee of Korea Best Defenceman. Top-seeded DPR Korea, which came down from Division I, had to settle for fourth place. The North Koreans had a rough start with a 4-1 loss in the neighbouring rivalry against their opponents from the south of the peninsula. It was the first time in Women’s Worlds history that Korea was placed ahead of their northern rivals. Host Slovenia, which was promoted to this group one year ago, finished the tournament in fifth place. The Slovenes beat neighbour Croatia 6-1 in front of 860 fans in Bled in what was their most important game for survival at this level thanks to a hat trick from Pia Pren, who plays for Linkoping in Sweden.

Congrats !!!

Men's Final Olympic Qualification Tournament Trieste (ITA) - 03.04.2016 - 10.04.2016 Knock-Out Round 8 Nations, Knock-Out Phase, Quarterfinals, Placement Matches, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations will Qualify to Men´s Olympic Water Polo Tournament 7th Place Match Germany vs Romania (Score by Period : ) 10h April 2016, h. 11:00 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste 5th Place Match Netherlands vs Canada (Score by Period : ) 10h April 2016, h. 12:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Bronze Medal Match France vs Spain (Score by Period : ) 10h April 2016, h. 15:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Gold Medal Match Hungary vs Italy (Score by Period : ) 10h April 2016, h. 17:00 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste

Men's Final Olympic Qualification Tournament Trieste (ITA) - 03.04.2016 - 10.04.2016 Knock-Out Round 8 Nations, Knock-Out Phase, Quarterfinals, Placement Matches, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations will Qualify to Men´s Olympic Water Polo Tournament 5th-8th Places Semifinals Results Germany 7 - 8 Netherlands (Score by Period: 2-1, 3-0, 2-3, 0-4) 9h April 2016, h. 16:00 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Canada 14 - 7 Romania (Score by Period : 5-3, 4-0, 2-1, 3-3) 9h April 2016, h. 17:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Semifinals Results Hungary 15 - 9 France (Score by Period: 4-2, 4-4, 2-1, 5-2) 9h April 2016, h. 19:00 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Spain 5 - 6 Italy (Score by Period : 1-0, 0-1, 2-1, 2-4) 9h April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Following Nations Have Qualified for 7th Place Match Germany Romania Following Nations Have Qualified for 5th Place Match Canada Netherlands Following Nations Have Qualified for Bronze Medal Match France Spain Following Nations Have Qualified for Gold Medal Match Hungary Italy

Men's Final Olympic Qualification Tournament 3 Herning (DEN) - 08.04.2016 - 10.04.2016 Round-Robin 4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st and 2nd Nations will Qualify to the Men's Handball Olympic Tournament 2016 Day 2 Results Croatia 33 - 22 Bahrain (Half Time Score: 14-14) 9th April 2016, 18:00 (GMT +2), Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Denmark 25 - 25 Norway (Half Time Score: 12-13) 9th April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 2 RANK NATION GAME WINS DRAW LOSE SCORE POINTS 1 Norway 2 1 1 0 60:54 3 2 Denmark 2 1 1 0 53:49 3 3 Croatia 2 1 0 1 57:50 2 4 Bahrain 2 0 0 2 51:68 0

Men's Final Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 Malmo (SWE) - 08.04.2016 - 10.04.2016 Round-Robin 4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st and 2nd Nations will Qualify to the Men's Handball Olympic Tournament 2016 Day 2 Results Spain 37 - 23 Iran (Half Time Score: 18-12) 9th April 2016, h. 16:15 (GMT +2), Malmo Arena, Malmo Slovenia 23 - 24 Sweden (Half Time Score: 9-12) 9th April 2016, h. 18:30 (GMT +2), Malmo Arena, Malmo Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 2 RANK NATION GAME WINS DRAW LOSE SCORE POINTS 1 Sweden 2 2 0 0 58:42 4 2 Slovenia 2 1 0 1 47:45 2 3 Spain 2 1 0 1 58:47 2 4 Iran 2 0 0 2 42:71 0

Men's Final Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 Gdansk (POL) - 08.04.2016 - 10.04.2016 Round-Robin 4 Nations, Round-Robin Tournament, 1st and 2nd Nations will Qualify to the Men's Handball Olympic Tournament 2016 Day 2 Results Macedonia 26 - 32 Tunisia (Half Time Score: 10-17) 9th April 2016, h. 18:30 (GMT +2), Ergo Arena, Gdansk Poland 35 - 27 Chile (Half Time Score: 19-13) 9th April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Ergo Arena, Gdansk Round-Robin Provisional Standing After Day 2 RANK NATION GAME WINS DRAW LOSE SCORE POINTS 1 Poland 2 2 0 0 60:47 4 2 Tunisia 2 2 0 0 67:55 4 3 Macedonia 2 0 0 2 46:57 0 4 Chile 2 0 0 2 56:70 0 Following Nations Have Qualified to Men's Handball Olympic Tournament Poland Tunisia

yes, but almost half of the team are race walkers, so if we count only the track and field athletes, we will have one of the smallest delegation as usual oh yes, sure very sad, but never mind, the main goal of the year is Rio and our first historic athletics olympic medal! let´s hope..with a bit of luck...

TEAM SLOVAKIA Updated as of 09.04.2016 MEN´S Jozef REPČÍK (800m) (1:45.40 Lignano 07.07.2015) Matúš BUBENÍK (High Jump) (230 Banská Bystrica 04.02.2016) Marcel LOMNICKÝ (Hammer Throw) (77.63 Trnava 10.05.2015) Matej TÓTH (20km Race Walk, 50km Race Walk) (1:20:21 Murcia 17.05.2015/ 3:34:38 Dudince 21.03.2015) Anton KUČMÍN (20km Race Walk) (1:20:43 Podebrady 09.04.2016) Martin TIŠŤAN (50km Race Walk) (4:02:26 Murcia 17.05.2015) Dušan MAJDÁN (50km Race Walk) (3:58:57 Beijing 29.08.2015) WOMEN´S Iveta PUTALOVÁ (400m) (52.18 Gwangju 10.07.2015) Lucia HRIVNÁK-KLOCOVÁ (800m) (1:59.14 Beijing 27.08.2015) Katarína BEREŠOVÁ (Marathon) (2:36:20 Vienna 12.04.2015) Dana VELĎÁKOVÁ (Triple Jump) (14.27 Banská Bystrica 01.08.2015) Martina HRAŠNOVÁ (Hammer Throw) (74.27 Kawasaki 10.05.2015) Mária CZÁKOVÁ (20km Race Walk) (1:32:23 Poděbrady 11.04.2015) Mária GÁLIKOVÁ (20km Race Walk) (1:31:42 Dudince 21.03.2015)