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How that ??? What exactly is not sufficient ? In the video the stadium looks more than fine to me , even in Slovakia I swear half of our top league clubs have much worse venues ...

What is the reason is not playing at home btw ? It is not like they don´t have eligible stadium, I remember many matches were played there with great atmosphere. (One our most famous youtuber made a trip there and was quite excited , I put the video in the spoiler) Is this because of Politics, or the venue was for some reason abandoned/dismantled ?

A quite bizarre stuff will occur in the next couple of days in 7 different countries will play there in the next week their "home" qualification games, quite funny is that Morocco is not even one of them As their first opponent withdrew from the competition and Morocco will thus not play. In other hand and will all play this week "at home" in Morocco

Ok, so a little over 24 hours to it... maybe a time to try and jinx the disatrous historical dissapointment and devastating home streak... How to start ?... This beautiful and in nature stunning piece of country cursed with horrible, Horrible ! ... really Horrible politicians, I live in, named Slovakia did qualify for a major competition (FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO) 3 times in its still relatively short 30 years new independence history. 1 of the 3 qualifications happened for the last EURO 2020, we did qualify for this all-over-the-continent Euro via Nations League Play-Offs defeating both Irelands, The Southern in Semifinal and the Northern in the Final, with both games played away... but it is not what I was aiming here. The only other 2 times we advanced to the Final Tournament, we experienced in both times the same emotional rollercoaster pattern, I hope we will not re-experience again this time. In both editions we had the chance to directly qualify during the penultimate matchround of the qualifiers, both times it was at home in front of full stadium and prepared celebrations and fireworks etc..etc.. but in both cases we mentally completelly failed and lost that game... yes, in both cases we managed to qualify, as in both cases we managed to win the last day matches, in both case away... so not in fromt of our sold out stadium and prepared celebrations... 1) For the World Cup 2010 (still the only WC we did qualify there... and we succeded to even progress to the Knock-out phase in this debut by beating the reigning world champions Italy to loss in the Round of 16 in Durban to the future finalist from the Netherlands by 1-2) We had the chance to qualify directly in the penultimate match of our qualification´s group. At home against Slovenia: A win would have bee enough to celebrate the very first historic qualification for a major tournament.. The prepared celebrations and fiesta ended totally ruined by our flop and defeat 0-2 to SLO... Enormous disaster and dissappointment... I remember being extremely sad after the match, one of the rarest times I was devastated by sport (maybe except the Vancouver 2010 Ice Hockey Bronze Medal Match...) However, thanks to all gods we somehow succeded to win in 4 days in the last game under the unforgettable Chorzow´s Blizzard That own goal of Severin Gancarczyk that nobody even saw because of the strong snow storm was the golden moment of Slovak football untill that year and one of the most WTF in our sport history as well. Sadly, not in front of our fans at home 2) For the EURO 2016 (the first Euro we did qualify, and eventually succeeded there by progressing to the Round of 16 as best 3rd ranked of the Group thanks the unforgettable 98 minutes 11 players parked bus against England in St. Etienne, when England played like 98.5 % of the game in our half... but eventually we still survived and got the 0-0 which qualified us to the next round) We had the chance to qualify directly in the penultimate match of our qualification´s group. At home ,You see the pattern, against Belarus a team which was dead bottom of the group, A win was again enough to qualify officially to La France 2026, but once again after 6 years the prepared celebrations and Fiesta ended ruined just like in the previous time in 2009 by our flop and defeat 0-1 Despite an absolute domination like around 30 shots on Target I swear, but we faced that night a BLR goalkeeper who somehow decided to stood on his head .. in other side Belarus with the single attack..scored the winning goal...Another extrem dissappointement and complete disaster.... you see the pattern ? However thanks to all gods we managed to win the next last match in Luxembourg mainly thanks a super inspired Marek Hamšík 2-4 and did qualify for our first EURO... Sadly, not in front of our fans at home 3) Tomorrow evening, we received another chance... people say, third time is the charm... We will hoist Iceland, and this time even a simple draw will officially qualify us to the EURO in Deutschland 2024... Once again everything is prepared, fireworks, stadium sold out, ... in one word Fiesta... let´s hope for everything on earth this time we will succeed and not have to pray and hope for success in 3 days during the next last game in Bosnia & Herzegovina again far of our fans (the match will be even behind closed doors as punishment for the local federation)

Deutschland Cup 2023 Germany - Slovakia 1-2 Highlights

November 2023 International Break Sunday 12th November, 2023 --------------------------------- EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2023/24 Stage 1 in Finland (Karjala Cup) Last Day - 1-0 - 2-4 Karjala Cup Final Standing: 1. CZE 9, 2. SWE 6, 3. FIN 3, 4. SUI 0 EURO-HOCKEY TOUR cumulative Standing After Day 3/12: 1. CZE 9, 2. SWE 6, 3. FIN 3, 4. SUI 0 -------------------------------------------------------- DEUTSCHLAND CUP 2023 Last Day - 6-1 - 1-2 Final Standing: 1. GER 6, 2. SVK 6, 3. DEN 6, 4. AUT 0

Stage 2 in Levi (FIN) Women´s Slalom: 1. Mikaela Shiffrin 1:51.68 2. Leona Popovic 1:51.86 3. Lena Duerr 1:51.98 Full Final Results HERE

Patrícia Tománková extended her winning streak to 27 consecutive matches by Ippon this year. Winning yesterday another EC Cadet tournament, this time in Gyor This girl is really a slowly growing well hided gem of our sport. Silently waiting for her turn in a couple of years. and a small mention about Márius Fízeľ battle for the Slovak Olympic Judo return. Added yesterday another very valuable points by winning the Australian GP in Perth, The level of competition was obviously very mediocre, but who care ? The most important are the points for the Olympics ranking, and our judokas missed the Five Rings Tatamis since London 2012 ffs !

The promising talent 16 years old last year EYOF double gold medalist Renáta Jamrichová experienced yesterday her debut in Fed Cup. And managed to beat in 2 sets the 78th WTA ranked Nadia Podoroska. Not entirely 100% sure, but I suspect this was her first careers match against a Top 100 ranked player. Great debut. Way to Go Renáta !

Deutschland Cup 2023 Slovakia - Denmark 3-4 Highlights

November 2023 International Break Saturday 11th November, 2023 --------------------------------- EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2023/24 Stage 1 in Finland (Karjala Cup) Day 2 - 4-3 - 3-7 Karjala Cup Provisional Standing: 1. CZE 6, 2. FIN 3, 3. SWE 3, 4. SUI 0 EURO-HOCKEY TOUR cumulative Standing After Day 2/12: 1. CZE 6, 2. FIN 3, 3. SWE 3, 4. SUI 0 -------------------------------------------------------- DEUTSCHLAND CUP 2023 Day 2 - 3-4 - 5-3 Provisional Standing: 1. GER 6, 2. DEN 3, 3. SVK 3, 4. AUT 0 -------------------------------------------------------- CHALLENGER TOURNAMENTS 2023/24 Stage 1 in Budapest (HUN) Last Day - 1-0 After PSO - 4-3 Final Standing: 1. ITA 7, 2. UKR 4, 3. HUN 4, 4. SLO 3 --------------- Stage 2 in Sosnowiec (POL) Last Day - "U20" 1-2 - 5-1 Final Standing: 1. POL 9, 2. LAT U20 6, 3. EST 3, 4. LTU 0

Petra and her 6th Reindeer. She baptized him Zuzana after her mother

Stage 2 in Levi (FIN) Women´s Slalom: 1. Petra Vlhova 1:50.59 2. Lena Duerr 1:52.00 3. Katharina Liensberger 1:52.14 Full Final Results HERE Petra Vlhová 68th careers WC Podium, 29th Win (29-20-19), Season 2023/24 WC 2nd Podium, 1st Win (1-0-1) 42nd Careers WC Slalom Podium, 20th Win (20-13-9), Season 2023/24 WC Slalom 1st Podium, 1st Won (1-0-0)

November 2023 International Break Friday 10th November, 2023 --------------------------------- CHALLENGER TOURNAMENTS 2023/24 Stage 1 in Budapest (HUN) Day 2 - 5-4 - 1-2 After PSO Provisional Standing: 1. ITA 5, 2. SLO 3, 3. UKR 3, 4. HUN 1 --------------- Stage 2 in Sosnowiec (POL) Day 2 - 2-5 - "U20" 5-1 Provisional Standing: 1. POL 6, 2. EST 3, 3. LAT U20 3, 4. LTU 0 --------------- Friendly Matches in Riga (LAT) Match 2 - 4-1

Deutschland Cup 2023 Austria - Slovakia 1-7 Highlights

November 2023 International Break Thursday 9th November, 2023 --------------------------------- EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2023/24 Stage 1 in Finland (Karjala Cup) Day 1 - 0-4 - 2-5 *played in Växjo (SWE) Karjala Cup Provisional Standing: 1. FIN 3, 2. CZE 3, 3. SWE 0, 4. SUI 0 EURO-HOCKEY TOUR cumulative Standing After Day 1/12: 1. FIN 3, 2. CZE 3, 3. SWE 0, 4. SUI 0 -------------------------------------------------------- DEUTSCHLAND CUP 2023 Day 1 - 1-7 - 4-1 Provisional Standing: 1. SVK 3, 2. GER 3, 3. DEN 0, 4. AUT 0 -------------------------------------------------------- CHALLENGER TOURNAMENTS 2023/24 Stage 1 in Budapest (HUN) Day 1 - 0-1 - 4-5 Provisional Standing: 1. UKR 3, 2. ITA 3, 3. HUN 0, 4. SLO 0 --------------- Stage 2 in Sosnowiec (POL) Day 1 - 7-3 "U20" - 6-4 Provisional Standing: 1. POL 3, 2. LAT U20 3, 3. LTU 0, 4. EST 0 --------------- Friendly Matches in Riga (LAT) Match 1 - 3-1

7 May 2024 - 11 May 2024 Yeah, Another edition which will by nicely boycotted by Slovakia

Men's Tournament Final Results Germany - Slovakia - Denmark - Rank Athletes Nation Result 4 Austria -

Round-Robin November 10th - November 13th, 2022 4 Nations, Round-Robin, the 1st Nation will be the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Deutschland Cup 2022 Champion Austria Denmark Germany Slovakia Round-Robin Austria 1 - 7 Slovakia Period-by-Period: 0-4, 1-2, 0-1 November 9th 2023, h. 12:30, Fanatec Arena, Landshut Germany 4 - 1 Denmark Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 3-0 November 9th 2023, h. 19:45, Fanatec Arena, Landshut Slovakia 3 - 4 Denmark Period-by-Period: 0-2, 1-1, 2-1 November 11th 2023, h. 11:00, Fanatec Arena, Landshut Germany 5 - 3 Austria Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-1, 4-1 November 11th 2023, h. 18:00, Fanatec Arena, Landshut Denmark 6 - 1 Austria Period-by-Period: 2-0, 2-0, 2-1 November 12th 2023, h. 11:00, Fanatec Arena, Landshut Germany 1 - 2 Slovakia Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-0, 1-1 November 12th 2023, h. 14:30, Fanatec Arena, Landshut a Round-Robin Final Standing a Nation P W(OTW) L(OTL) GF GA +/- Pt. Germany 3 2(0) 1(0) 10 6 +4 6 Slovakia 3 2(0) 1(0) 12 6 +6 6 Denmark 3 2(0) 1(0) 11 8 +3 6 Austria 3 0(0) 3(0) 5 18 -13 0

Qualification Format Registered Nations Qualified, Eliminated, In Progress Austria (Automatic Qualification) Denmark (Automatic Qualification) Germany (Automatic Qualification) Slovakia (Automatic Qualification)

Qualified Nations Austria Denmark Germany Slovakia Competition Format Round-Robin November 9th - November 12th, 2023 4 Nations, Round-Robin, the 1st Nation will be the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Deutschland Cup 2023 Champion

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Deutschland Cup 2023 Landshut (GER) - 9 November 2023 - 12 November 2023 Official Website Programme Results System Results Database Facebook Page Discussion Thread

Men's Tournament Final Results Czechia - Sweden - Finland - Rank Athletes Nation Result 4 Switzerland -