2004 IIHF Tournament thread (R)

[DoyleG]

Should've though about this around the time of the World Junior Championships. Anyways........

Men's Senior Division III (Reykjavik, Iceland)
1. Iceland (Promoted)
2. Turkey
3. Mexico
4. Ireland
5. Armenia

Senior Women's Division I (Ventspils, Latvia)
1. Kazakhstan (Promoted)
2. Czech Republic
3. Latvia
4. France
5. Norway (Relegated)
6. DPR Korea (Relegated)

Senior Women's Division II (Vipiteno-Sterzing, Italy)
1. Denmark (Promoted)
2. Italy
3. Slovakia
4. Netherlands
5. Australia (Relegated)
6. Great Britain (Relegated)

Men's U18 Div IIB (Kaunas & Elektrenai, Lithuania)
1. Great Britain (Promoted)
2. Estonia
3. Croatia
4. Lithuania
5. Serbia and Montenegro
6. Australia (Relegated)

Men's U18 Div III (Sofia, Bulgaria)
1. Mexico (Promoted)
2. South Africa (Promoted)
3. New Zealand
4. Bulgaria
5. Israel
6. Turkey
7. Bosnia and Herzgovina

[DoyleG]

Women's Elite Div. (Halifax/Dartmouth, Canada)
1. Canada
2. USA
3. Finland
4. Sweden
5. Russia
6. Germany
7. China
8. Switzerland
9. Japan (Relegated)

Men's U18 Div. IIA (Debrecen, Hungary)
1. Ukraine (Promoted)
2. Hungary
3. Netherlands
4. Spain
5. Iceland
6. Belgium (Relegated)

Men's U18 Div. IA (Amstetten, Austria)
1. Switzerland (Promoted)
2. Slovenia
3. Austria
4. Latvia
5. Poland
6. Romania (Relegated)

Men's U18 Div. IB (Asiago, Italy)
1. Germany (Promoted)
2. Japan
3. Italy
4. Kazakhstan
5. France
6. Korea (Relegated)

Following Tournaments take place from 12-18 April
Men's Div. IIA: Jaca, Spain
Croatia, China, Spain, Australia, Israel, Luxembourg

Men's Div. IIB: Elektrenai, Lithuania
Lithuania, Serbia & Montenegro, Bulgaria, DPR Korea, S. Africa, New Zealand

Men's Div. IA: Oslo, Norway
Belarus, Norway, Hungary, Netherlands, Great Britain, Belgium

Men's Div. IB: Gdansk, Poland
Slovenia , Poland, Estonia, Italy, Romania, Korea

Men's U18 Elite Div.: Minsk, Belarus (April 8-18)
Group A: Canada, USA, Sweden, Belarus, Denmark
Group B: Slovakia, Russia, Czech Rep., Finland, Norway

[DoyleG]

Men's U18 Elite Div. (Minsk, Belarus)
1. Russia
2. USA
3. Czech Republic
4. Canada
5. Sweden
6. Slovakia
7. Finland
8. Denmark
9. Belarus (Relegated)
10. Norway (Relegated)

Men's Div IA (Oslo, Norway)
1. Belarus (Promoted)
2. Norway
3. Netherlands
4. Hungary
5. Great Britain
6. Belgium (Relegated)

Men's Div IB (Gdansk, Poland)
1. Slovenia (Promoted)
2. Italy
3. Poland
4. Estonia
5. Romania
6. Korea (Relegated)

Men's Div IIA (Jaca, Spain)
1. China (Promoted)
2. Croatia
3. Australia
4. Spain
5. Israel
6. Luxembourg (Relegated)

Men's Div IIB (Elektrenai, Lithuania)
1. Lithuania (Promoted)
2. Serbia and Montenegro
3. DPR Korea
4. Bulgaria
5. New Zealand
6. South Africa (Relegated)

[Canadian_Supporter]

All of the Canadian games at the WC will be shown live on TSN.

Canada played a warm-up game against Hungary a few days ago and ended up winning 9-2. 10,000 people showed up in Budapest and the game was sold out for months.

Canada plays Austria on Sunday.

[SwissGCZ]

Forget about the party poopers:
http://live82.ihwc.net/english/article/expert/index.ihwc?&artId=1625

Official Site: www.ihwc.net

[DoyleG]

Scores from Day 1

Austria 6 France 0
Slovakia 2 Ukraine 0
Czech Rep. 3 Latvia 1
Sweden 5 Denmark 1
Germany 4 Kazakhstan 2
Finland 4 USA 2

Joe Quenneville is out as Canada's coach due to illness. Mike Babcock has taken over as coach.

[DoyleG]

Austria 2 Canada 2
Sweden 5 Japan 1
Switzerland 6 France 0
Russia 6 Denmark 2

[SwissGCZ]

Austria 2 Canada 2

Pretty embarrassing, especially considering the fact that you almost lost.

Please keep it up until we play you... :D

[SweetOwnGoal]

Pretty embarrassing, especially considering the fact that you almost lost.

Please keep it up until we play you... :D

With several players fresh off the plane following an 8 hour flight, no preparation time, and a new coach in the last 24hours, I'd say a two goal come back against a hot goaltender is just fine. It's not like Canada will fail to make it past the first round; there will be time to regroup and put forth a better effort.

That said, the world is a lot closer nowadays than it ever has been in the past....

[DoyleG]

Czech Republic 7 Kazakhstan 0
USA 3 Slovakia 3
Germany 1 Latvia 1
Finland 5 Ukraine 1

[SwissGCZ]

That said, the world is a lot closer nowadays than it ever has been in the past....
That is very true. I guess we'll see if the Austrians are for real today...

[dfb547490]

The Swiss could be a sleeper if they are able to hold out until the Avs get knocked out of the playoffs and Aebischer is able to join the team.

[DoyleG]

The Swiss could be a sleeper if they are able to hold out until the Avs get knocked out of the playoffs and Aebischer is able to join the team.

I think the rosters or the teams have been already filled out.

[SwissGCZ]

The Swiss could be a sleeper if they are able to hold out until the Avs get knocked out of the playoffs and Aebischer is able to join the team.
We already have Martin Gerber, no need for Aebischer.
I think the rosters or the teams have been already filled out.
I believe you can bring in players until the Qualifying Round.

[DoyleG]

Canada 3 France 0
Switzerland 4 Austria 4
Denmark 4 Japan 3
Latvia 3 Kazakhstan 1
Sweden 3 Russia 2

[SwissGCZ]

Switzerland 4 Austria 4

Looks like I have to eat some crow. The Austrians seem to be the big surprise in this year's tournament...

No upset today against Canada, although I will admit I had some hopes after Canada's less than impressive victory over France.

[Mefisto]

Denmark 4 Japan 3


What a wonderful own goal from Japan- that just looked too funny. the organisers fu-cked up bigtime by first playing the japanese anthem atfer the game- then playing the wrong danish anthem to the discontent of both danish fans and players- they were literally buuing !

[DoyleG]

USA 7 Ukraine 1
Canada 3 Switzerland 1
Russia 6 Japan 1
Czech Rep. 5 Germany 1
Slovakia 5 Finland 2

[Ceres]

For the 2nd time in a row Denmark qualify for the next round in this WC tournament... and perhaps some Americans remember the 5-2 defeat to Denmark in the last WC tournament ??... we also got a draw with Canada...

Thou we have some pretty talented players, I Personally think it's a bloody miracle that we are able to compeat at a WC tournament like this, in spite the fact that we only have 4,255 registered players and 14 rinks in Denmark... and not even one single NHL player ! ...

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[Mefisto]

well, in the second round we will get our asses kicked