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First Last 16 Results: - 4-0 - 0-1

Well, that´s obvious, for every upset to happen, a very very bad match from the favorite is necessary/mandatory

So we know the Finalists. Paradise, Nevada vs Sunrise. Florida Yes, you are correct, you are on a ice hockey thread here Vegas Golden Knights Vs Florida Panthers

I missed that but Schmiedlová decided to dress in Ukrainian colors against Kudermetova. nice touch AKS Now I understand why she suddenly miraculously won a match (motivation is a real powerful mental weapon)

Vítězslav Mácha Greco-Roman Wrestling (75). Mostly known for his 1972 (-74kg class) Olympic Gold. Also was a two time world champion 1974 & 1975 and 5 times European Championship medalist (Gold in 1977, Silver in 1973 & 1974, Bronze in 1972 & 1975) RIP

Completely Forgot to mention the mighty team Team Slovakia Men: Miroslav Frgolec -68kg Women: Gabriela Briškárová -53kg ------------------------------------------------------------- Frgolec already competed yesterday. 1st Round: Frgolec - Konstantinos Chamalidis 0-2 Still Gabriela (our sole TKD this year European Games participant) to start, her class will be competed on sunday 4th. Do not expect anything obviously, just competing in this sport with less than zero medialisation or public attention in the country is already something noteworthy

MS 1st Round Alex Molčan - Hugo Gaston 6:1, 7:6 (4), 6:4 WS 1st Round Anna Karolína Schmiedlová - Veronika Kudermetova 6:3, 6:1 Kristína Kučová - Aliona Bolsova 2:6, 1:6 Viktória Hrunčáková - Elise Mertens 1:6, 4:6 ___________________________________________________________________________ MS 2nd Round Alex Molčan - Alexander Zverev WS 2nd Round Anna Karolína Schmiedlová - Aliona Bolsova

Congrats to medalists. well done guys and lady

2nd round yeah, I know, I know ...group with Fiji, but still

IIHF Men´s World Ranking 2023 is released. https://www.iihf.com/en/worldranking So Variant A ( & Eligible) Directly qualified for Milano/Cortina 2026 and host quota Final Olympic Qualifying Tournaments: in Slovakia: + lowest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round in Latvia + second highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round in Denmark + highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round Round 2 in Hungary + second highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round in Great Britain + highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round in South Korea Round 1 in Netherlands + second highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round in Serbia + highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round Pre-qualification Round depend on team which want to enter, usually there a lot of withdrawals, so we often have also teams from the last ranking positions playing here, should be 2 tournaments played already this fall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variant B ( & Banned) Directly qualified for Milano/Cortina 2026 and host quota Final Olympic Qualifying Tournaments: in Latvia: + lowest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round in Denmark + second highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round in Norway + highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round Round 2 in South Korea + second highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round in Poland + highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round in Romania Round 1 in Croatia + second highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round in Spain + highest WR23 seeded qualified from previous round Pre-qualification Round depend on team which want to enter, usually there a lot of withdrawals, so we often have also teams from the last ranking positions playing here, should be 2 tournaments played already this fall

So at the end, the organizing committee provided only one change. Canada and USA switched the groups. to Prague, USA to Ostrava Updated groups HERE

Team Rosters AUSTRIA CANADA CZECHIA DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREAT BRITAIN KAZAKHSTAN LATVIA NORWAY POLAND SLOVAKIA SWEDEN SWITZERLAND UNITED STATES

Qualified Nations Group A Austria Canada Czechia Denmark Finland Great Britain Norway Switzerland Group B France Germany Kazakhstan Latvia Poland Slovakia Sweden United States 2023 Championships Results Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2023 Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division I Group A World Championship 2023 Tournament Format The 16 teams are divided into two groups for the Preliminary Round played in a single round robin. The top-four ranked teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals that will be played cross-over. The first-place team in each preliminary-round group plays the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-place team plays the third-place team of the other group. 1A-4B, 2A-3B, 1B-4A, 2B-3A. The venues and time slots of the quarter-final games will officially be determined following the conclusion of the preliminary round. In the semi-finals the best-ranked team - criteria: 1) placement in the group, 2) points in the preliminary round, 3) goal difference in the preliminary round, 4) goals scored in the preliminary round, 5) seeding coming into the tournament - will play against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist. The 2nd-best ranked semi-finalist will play the 3rd-best ranked semi-finalist. Both semi-final games will be played in Prague. The time slots will officially be determined after the quarter-final games. The winning teams of the semi-final games advance to the gold medal game while the semi-final losing teams play for bronze. Relegation format The Last ranked Nations (8th) of both Preliminary Round Groups will be relegated to the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Round Schedule and Standing Link Knockout Round Schedule and Standing Link

Power Rankings 28th May 2023 It’s time for our final Power Rankings of the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, Finland – Latvia. Who can be surprised to find Canada atop the rankings? Coach Andre Tourigny’s determined team was full value for its 5-2 gold-medal win over Germany on Sunday night. The Germans nail down second place with an unexpected run to silver, marking their best finish since 1953 and evoking memories of their Olympic silver medal in Korea just five years ago. And – in a true surprise – Latvia joyfully takes third place after its historic, thrilling 4-3 overtime win over the Americans in the bronze medal game. We loved every minute of the action in Tampere and Riga, and we’re already counting down the days until the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Czechia (Prague and Ostrava). See you again soon! 1 CAN If it was here next year, we’d win platinum 2 GER Not quite as happy as Latvia 3 LAT Love hockey, love Latvia, love life! 4 USA Rocco you like a hurricane 5 SUI Easy fix: get the shutouts in the medal round 6 SWE Your best Swedes have to be your best Swedes 7 FIN So nice it hosted twice – kiitos, Tampere! 8 CZE Prague’s the perfect place for a puck party 9 SVK All the best tournaments are in Gothenburg 10 DEN Our goal is to have Switzerland’s problems 11 KAZ World’s greatest Kazakh-speaking hockey nation 12 FRA Nobody will beat us at the Paris Olympics 13 NOR Like the high note in “Take On Me,” hockey is hard 14 AUT As always, the solution is Red Bull 15 HUN Harry Potter shouts: “Expelliarmus!” 16 SLO In 2024, Poland will top the Polish Rankings Previous Editions: 11th May 2023 17th May 2023 18th May, 2023 21st May, 2023 23rd May 2023 25th May 2023 The Power Rankings are for the enjoyment of IIHF.com readers, and reflect the progress of teams during the IIHF Ice Hockey Men's World Championship. They are distinct from the official standings and IIHF Men's World Ranking. IIHF.com

2024 GROUPS A - Ostrava United States Sweden Germany Slovakia Latvia France Kazakhstan Poland B - Prague Canada Finland Switzerland Czechia Denmark Norway Austria Great Britain

GOLD MEDAL MATCH HIGHLIGHTS Canada 5 - 2 Germany Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-1, 3-0 May 28th 2023, h. 20:20, Nokia Arena, Tampere Goals: 11. Blais (Krebs, Neighbours) 1:1, 38. Crouse (Krebs, Weegar) 2:2, 45. Blais (Glass) 3:2, 52. Toffoli 4:2, 59. Laughton (Quinn, Crouse) 5:2 - 8. Peterka (Seider, M. Müller) 0:1, 34. Fischbuch (Kastner, Seider) 1:2 Officials: Björk (SWE), MacFarlane (USA) - Briganti (USA), Hynek (CZE), Penalties: 2:1 all for 2 min., Power Play Goals: 1:0, Shorthanded Goals: 0:0, Attendance: 10.470 Line-up CAN: Montembeault - Weegar, Middleton, Barron, Hunt, Myers, Joseph - Fantilli, Glass, Lucic - Quinn, Laughton, Crouse - Blais, Krebs, Neighbours - Toffoli, McBain, Carcone GER: Niederberger - Seider, M. Müller, Wissmann, J. Müller, Gawanke, Szuber, Wagner - Tiffels, Kahun, Peterka - Ehl, Sturm, Soramies - Fischbuch, Kastner, Noebels - Schütz, Stachowiak, Tuomie - Varejcka Canada 28th Title

AWARDS MVP Arturs ŠILOVS Directorate Awards Best Goalkeeper: Arturs ŠILOVS Best Defender: MacKenzie WEEGAR Best Forward: John-Jason PETERKA Media All-Star Team Goalkeeper: Arturs ŠILOVS Defender: MacKenzie WEEGAR Defender: Moritz SEIDER Forward: John-Jason PETERKA Forward: Rocco GRIMALDI Forward: Dominik KUBALÍK

BRONZE MEDAL MATCH HIGHLIGHTS United States 3 - 4OT Latvia Period-by-Period: 2-2, 0-0, 1-1, Overtime: 0-1 May 28th 2023, h. 15:20, Nokia Arena, Tampere Goals: 10. Grimaldi (Perunovich, Bjork) 1:1, 20. Grimaldi (Perunovich, Coronato) 2:2, 47. Coronato (Samberg, O'Connor) 3:2 - 8. Rob. Bukarts (Rih. Bukarts, Dzierkals) 0:1, 17. Jaks (Rih. Bukarts, Indrašis) 1:2, 55. Rubins (Ločmelis, Rih. Bukarts) 3:3, 62. Rubins (Daugavinš, Jaks) 3:4 OT Officials: Hribik (CZE), Sewell (GBR) - Hautamäki (FIN), Wyonzek (CAN), Penalties: 5:4 all for 2 min., Power Play Goals: 1:1, Shorthanded Goals: 0:0, Attendance: 11.033 Line-up USA: DeSmith - Perbix, Samberg, Perunovich, Kleven, Mackey, Thrun, Hutson - A. Tuch, Bonino, Grimaldi - Garland, O'Connor, Eyssimont - Gauthier, Tynan, Mazur - Coronato, Brown, Farrell - Bjork LAT: Šilovs - Balinskis, Zile, Rubins, Jaks, Čukste, Freibergs, Cibulskis - Daugavinš, Abols, Balcers - Dzierkals, Batna, Rob. Bukarts - Krastenbergs, Smirnovs, Andersons - Indrašis, Ločmelis, Rih. Bukarts - Keninš

Future Latvian president for life Arturs Šilovs has been named MVP of the Tournament

FINAL STANDING Canada Germany Latvia 4 United States 5 Switzerland 6 Sweden 7 Finland 8 Czechia 9 Slovakia 10 Denmark 11 Kazakhstan 12 France 13 Norway 14 Austria 15 Hungary 16 Slovenia The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2024 Austria Canada Czechia Denmark Finland France Germany Kazakhstan Latvia Norway Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States The following Nations have been relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division I Group A World Championship 2024 Hungary Slovenia

Sunday May 28th, 2023 Knockout Round Last Day Results (GMT +3) Knockout Round Bronze Medal Match Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3) United States 3 - 4OT Latvia Period-by-Period: 2-2, 0-0, 1-1, Overtime: 0-1 May 28th 2023, h. 15:20, Nokia Arena, Tampere Gold Medal Match Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3) Canada 5 - 2 Germany Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-1, 3-0 May 28th 2023, h. 20:20, Nokia Arena, Tampere

Man I was absolutely correct 3/3 Best goalie: Arturs Šilovs Best def: Mackenzie Weegar Best forward: J-J Peterka Damn ! I am really good

Final Score Gold Medal Match (Nokia Arena - TAMPERE) Canada - Germany : 5-2 (1-1, 1-1, 3-0) 07:44 John-Jason PETERKA (Seider, M. Muller) 0:1 10:47 Samuel BLAIS (Krebs, Neighbours) 1:1 33:47 Daniel FISCHBUCH (Kastner, Seider) 1:2 37:28 Lawson CROUSE (Krebs, Weegar) 2:2 44:51 Samuel BLAIS (Glass) 3:2 51:51 Tyler TOFFOLI (Unassisted) 4:2 58:06 Scott LAUGHTON (Quinn, Crouse) 5:2

Game over. 28th World title for Canada. Would never believe that a team with Milan Lucic can win the world champs Congrats

Empty-netter Scott Laughton, Time 58:06 Score 5-2 but I do not understand why the Germanys did not touch the puck after Seider passed it in the signaled offside ? They would stopped the play and deny the Canadian empt-netter.. what a dumb mistake from Germany here lol