HOCKEY: ad Asiago il Mondiale Femminile 2014
Il Congresso annuale IIHF che si è tenuto oggi a Stoccolma ha deciso di assegnare all’Italia i Campionati del Mondo femminili Division II Gruppo A, che si terranno quindi ad Asiago dal 6 al 12 aprile 2014. Al torneo mondiale prenderanno parte, oltre alla rappresentativa Azzurra, le nazionali di Gran Bretagna, Australia, Nuova Zelanda, Polonia e Corea. Un altro prestigioso riconoscimento internazionale all’ottimo lavoro svolto da Asiago che, nel corso degli ultimi anni ha organizzato diversi appuntamenti iridati, ultimo dei quali il Mondiale Femminile Under 18 dello scorso aprile. Il Congresso ha inoltre assegnato altri 27 eventi mondiali che si terranno i 22 paesi differenti. Il Mondiale di Top Division 2017 è stato assegnato a Germania e Francia (Colonia e Parigi), che si divideranno quindi le sedici Nazioni partecipanti come avvenuto lo scorso anno e quest’anno per Svezia e Finlandia. Questi tutti gli eventi in programma nella stagione 2013/2014 così come pubblicati sul sito della Federazione Internazionale: Top Division, in Minsk, Belarus, 9-25 May 2014 Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, USA. (The seeding and the two groups will be known after the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.) Division I Group A, in Seoul, Korea, end of April 2014 (dates TBD) Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Ukraine Division I Group B, in Kaunas, Lithuania, 20-26 April 2014 Great Britain, Poland, Netherlands, Romania, Lithuania, Croatia Division II Group A, in Belgrade or Novi Sad, Serbia, 9-15 April 2014 Estonia, Belgium, Iceland, Australia, Serbia, Israel Division II Group B, in Jaca, Spain, 5-11 April 2014 Spain, New Zealand, Mexico, China, Turkey, South Africa Division III, in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 6-12 April 2014 Bulgaria, DPR Korea, Luxembourg, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championships World Junior Championship, in Malmö, Sweden, 26 December 2013 to 5 January 2014 Group A: USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany Group B: Sweden, Russia, Switzerland, Finland, Norway. Division I Group A, in Sanok, Poland, 15-21 December 2013 Latvia, Belarus, Denmark, Slovenia, Austria, Poland Division I Group B, in Dumfries, Great Britain, 9-15 December 2013 France, Kazakhstan, Italy, Ukraine, Great Britain, Japan Division II Group A, in Debrecen, Hungary, 15-21 December 2013 Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia Division II Group B, in Jaca, Spain, 11-17 January 2014 Spain, Korea, Serbia, Australia, Iceland, China Division III, in Izmir, Turkey, 12-18 January 2014 Belgium, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championships Top Division, in Lappeenranta and Imatra, Finland, 17-27 April 2014 Group A: Canada, Russia, Sweden, Germany, Slovakia Group B: USA, Finland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Denmark Division I Group A, in Nice, France, 13-19 April 2014 Latvia, Norway, Italy, Belarus, France, Kazakhstan Division I Group B, in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, 13-20 April 2014 Slovenia, Japan, Austria, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary Division II Group A, in Dumfries, Great Britain, 24-30 March 2014 Korea, Croatia, Romania, Great Britain, Lithuania, Netherlands Division II Group B, in Tallinn, Estonia, 13-19 April 2014 Estonia, Spain, Serbia, Belgium, Iceland, China Division III Group A, in Sofia, Bulgaria, 24-30 March 2014 Australia, New Zealand, Chinese Taipei, Bulgaria, Israel, Mexico Division III Group B, in Izmit, Turkey, 9-15 February 2014 South Africa, Turkey, Hong Kong 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championships Note: There is no stand-alone 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship in the top division in Olympic years. Division I Group A, in Prerov, Czech Republic, 6-12 April 2014 Czech Republic, Denmark, Slovakia, Austria, Norway, France Division I Group B, in Ventspils, Latvia, 14-22 April 2014 Latvia, Netherlands, DPR Korea, China, Kazakhstan, Hungary Division II Group A, in Asiago, Italy, 6-12 April 2014 Great Britain, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Korea Division II Group B, in Reykjavik, Iceland, 24-30 April 2014 Slovenia, Spain, Croatia, Iceland, Belgium, Turkey Division II Group B Qualification, in Mexico City, Mexico, 8-11 April 2014 South Africa, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, Mexico 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championships Top Division, venue and dates TBD in Sep./Oct. 2013 Group A: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Japan Group B: USA, Sweden, Hungary, Russia Division I, in Füssen, Germany, 29 March to 4 April 2014 Germany, Switzerland, France, Norway, Slovakia, Great Britain Division I Qualification, in Poland (city TBA), 17-23 March 2014 Austria, Italy, China, Kazakhstan, Poland 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, 7-23 February 2014 Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament Group A: Russia, Slovakia, USA, Slovenia Group B: Finland, Canada, Norway, Austria Group C: Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Latvia Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament Group A: Canada, USA, Finland, Switzerland Group B: Sweden, Russia, Germany, Japan
