World championship in icehockey

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

Yes! It is time for the WC in ice hockey once again.

The thing is devided into four groups, with four counties is each group.

Group A          Group B

1. CZE           1. SVK

2. GER           2. FIN

3. KAZ           3. UKR

4. LAT            4. USA

Group C         Group D

1. SWE          1. CAN

2. RUS           2. SUI

3. DEN           3. AUT

4. JPN            4. FRA

What do you guys think?

http://www.mshokej2004.cz/

And just a reminder, last years WC topic was not locked, after the decision of a mod. And im sure that several BIS members are interested, especially as the tournament is held in Czech republic.

[EiZei 0]

Just one word:

5-6

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

That is not a word"!

Czech Republic? Good team but take into consideration that since 18 years no hosting country won the cup! Not even 16 czech NHL players are gonna change that!

[Tamme 0]

Finland is going to kick some United States ass tonite.

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

Quote[/b] ]Czech Republic? Good team but take into consideration that since 18 years no hosting country won the cup!   Not even 16 czech NHL players are gonna change that!

Exactly what i was thinking. They are in a relativly easy group though.

[EiZei 0]

Finland is going to kick some United States ass tonite.

Still standing beside your words?

EDIT: Damn you! DAMN YOU!

[iNeo 0]

Sweden 5 - 1 Denmark

[Black Knight 0]

Slovakia all the way ! They will win again! Czechs will be second, and third... I don't know (hopefully Canada   )

[denoir 0]

Sweden 5 - 1 Denmark

When Shakespeare wrote "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" in Hamlet, he was obviously talking about the Danish hockey team

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Not only!  ! Amongst the scandinavian countries my prefered ones are.

1. Norway

2. Sweden

3. Finland

20444. Denmark

(dont teach me on scandic countries please! I know I know, just kidding)

[Acro 0]

Finland - USA 4 - 2  

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

I wouldnt have expected that. NO WAY  

I watch boxing tonight!

[iNeo 0]

Amongst the scandinavian countries my prefered ones are.

1. Norway

2. Sweden

3. Finland

20444. Denmark

Finland isn't part of Scandinavia.

Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark.

Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland.

Quote[/b] ](dont teach me on scandic countries please! I know I know, just kidding)

Sorry, just had to

[Blake 0]

Delicious victory yesterday for Finland Hopefully the fighting spirit will not falter as the tournament proceeds.

[norsu 180]

I'm sure they don't want to repeat last year's catastrophy :P.

[iNeo 0]

Sweden 5 - 1 Japan

Russia up next, on Tuesday.

(Denmark 2 - 6 Russia)

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

Okay more updates!

Group A          Group B

1. CZE 4         1. FIN  4

2. GER 3         2. SVK  3

3. LAT 1          3. USA 1

4. KAZ 0          4. UKR  0

Group C         Group D

1. SWE 4         1. AUT 3

2. RUS  2         2. SUI  2

3. JPN   0          3. CAN 1

4. DEN  0          4. FRA  0

Games today:

CAN - FRA

SUI - AUT

KAZ - LAT

JPN - DEN

SWE - RUS

Sweden vs Russia should be a good game, and im a bit curious how good Russia is this year.

[SpongeBob 0]

The World Championships are nothing compared to the World Cup of Hockey (offical site) this September.  There, you will have 8 of the best countries representing, no Japan or France or other wanna-be hockey countries.

You will have games played in Europe and North America at the same time:

European Division (E):

Czech Republic (CZE)

Finland (FIN)

Germany (GER)

Sweden (SWE)

North American Division (NA):

Canada (CAN)

Russia (RUS)

Slovakia (SVK)

United States (USA)

Schedule

And the teams will have time to practice together, unlike now when some players just show up after they finish their time in the national hockey league.  For the WC, they will have time to gel during the summer, and the level of play will be vastly superior than what's being played now.

[iNeo 0]

And the teams will have time to practice together, unlike now when some players just show up after they finish their time in the national hockey league.

Good.

30th August through 14th September. Gonna be nice to watch

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

Yeah im really looking forward to the world cup as well. I might add that the difference in popularity between the world cup and world championship is bigger in north american then in Europe. One of the reasons could be because the European leagues end their seasons earlier.

[GoOB 0]

Just got back from watching Switzerland vs. Austria, good game but the Austrians really fouled up!

And did anyone catch the sequences from the Denmark vs. Japan game? Both the own goal by the Japanese, and the extraordinary mix up concerning the wrong national anthem playing at the end of the game. The Danes weren't happy at all

[Status_cz 0]

Today we will kick some DEUTCHE asses

But i was in Ostrava(Eh..I leave there:) ) on some Finland matches and their team is also very good but we have Vokoun

But as real fan i fan only to my country

[iNeo 0]

Sweden 3 - 2 Russia

[Blake 0]

Sweden-Russia game was very exciting with situations developing all the time. Sweden was ultimately better as Russian got a bit tired towards the end but nevertheless on the last minute were very close evening the score

Second best match so far (right after Finland-USA of course)  

[Warin 0]

At least Canada beat France after that HORRENDOUS game against Austria