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14 Apr 2019, 10:26 | Hungary and Denmark up, Sweden and France down

Hungary and Denmark finished first and second of the World Women's Championship Division IA to promote to the top division. Sweden and France are relegated from the highest level of international women's hockey.

13 Apr 2019, 13:52 | Luciano Basile leaves Gap

After communicating the renewal of the contract for the next season, Gap Rapaces announces that Luciano Basile will no longer be the coach for 2019-20. In a short press release the club cites "numerous disagreements and internal conflicts" and reports that former assistant Eric Blais will be the new headcoach.
Italo-Canadian Basile left the club after 5 seasons, with two titles of Ligue Magnus and a League Cup won. He was named French League Coach of the Year in 2008-09, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2014-15

06 Apr 2019, 19:17 | Kyrgyzstan forfeited four games at World Championship Qualification in Abu Dhabi

The long awaited debut of Kyrgyzstan at the World Championship has gone from so hot to so not: after winning the first four games against Kuwait, Thailand, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hong Kong at the Division III Qualification tournament, currently held in Abu Dhabi, the Central Asian team had to play with the UAE for the first place, but all the wins were voided due to an ineligible player: forward Aleksandr Titov, scored 5 goals in the tournament so far, was disqualified resulting in their team forfeiting their first four games

03 Apr 2019, 14:34 | Cape Town Kings win South African Super League

The title of South African Super League lands in Cape Town for the first time, after the first three editions were won by teams from Johannesburg. The Cape Town Kings take the crown of national champion with a perfect record of eight victories, ahead of Pretoria Capitals and the winner of first two editions Kempton Park Wildcats. Kings forward Uthman Samaai finished as Top Scorer with 32 points (19+13)

The South African Super League is the only national competition in South African icehockey. The provinces of Gauteng and Cape Town each have their own league

01 Apr 2019, 09:25 | Bulgaria U18 promoted

Bulgaria won all five games to promote from the World U18 Championship Div 3A in Sofia.

01 Apr 2019, 09:19 | Serbia wins in Belgrade

The Serbian U18 team won promotion from the World U18 Championship Div. 2B on home ground in Belgrade. The Netherlands were on top of the standings before the last day but lost to China 3-2 to finish third. Belgium were relegated after losing all five games.

23 Mar 2019, 21:29 | Dukla Michalovce promoted in Extraliga

For the first time since the creation of the club in 1974, Dukla Michalovce will play in 2019-2020 season in Slovak Extraliga, after winning 2-1 a dramatic game #7 in promotion/relagation series against MsHK Garmin Zilina. Czech forward Jakub Linet, scoring the two goals, and goalie Adam Trencan, stopping 55 shoots, are the hero of a night to remember for Dukla fans

17 Mar 2019, 23:31 | Kuwait Warriors win first title

The Kuwait Warriors win for the first time the title of Kuwait Ice Hockey League, 9 points ahead of last season champion Kuwait Stars.
Serbian Bojan Zidarevic, from champions Warriors, was the top scorer with 17 points (11+6) in 22 games

Check all the stats from Kuwait League on eurohockey!

24 Feb 2019, 12:31 | Racers claim Scottish National League title

In their first season in the league Murrayfield Racers claimed the title with their 12th win of the season, the other two results being ties means they are unbeaten thus far with only two games to go. Their closest rivals Kirkcaldy Kestrels slipped up at Aberdeen Lynx which meant they could not mathematically take the title.

14 Feb 2019, 12:18 | India celebrates national champions

In the last weeks the Indian Championships of icehockey were held at the newly constructed Ice Hockey Rink at Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre, Leh. In front of a big crowd, playing with the boards for the first time, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police won the male championship for the third consecutive years by beating the Ladakh Scouts 6-5. J&K was crowded women champion and Ladakh Scouts won the 4th Junior National Championship (U-20) by defeating 5-1 Jammu & Kashmir Team

29 Jan 2019, 17:35 | Renon confirms domination in Italy

SV Renon/Ritten won the fourth consecutive Italian title (the fifth in last six years) by beating Asiago in a dramatic overtime. After eliminating Wipptal Broncos in the semifinals, Renon won 4-3 finals' game #1 in Asiago, losing 6-2 after the regular time at home game #2. Having won a game each, the teams played a decisive overtime, decided by a goal of Latvian forward Olegs Sislannikovs after 77 minutes.
The Italian League is played by the eight teams competing in the Alps Hockey League with the Alps League games between Italian teams until the end of December using as a qualification round. The fourth best placed teams played and home/away semifinals and finals.
For the second consecutive season Renon realizes the domestic double, having won Supercoppa Italiana and the domestic title

21 Jan 2019, 18:26 | Macquarie Ice Rink demolition paused

The demolition of Macquarie Ice Rink in Sydney, scheduled for 2020, has been paused after the community reaction. There will be talks with stakeholders and the two clubs using the rink as home, the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs, before coming to a final decision. Neither club has announced what a new rink would be.

13 Jan 2019, 17:02 | Slovakia to the Elite level for the first time

Slovakia beat Germany 5-1 to win the U18 Women's Division 1 Group A and promote to the elite division for the first time.

The home team Austria is relegated to Division 1B.

13 Jan 2019, 06:56 | French girls promoted

France won the U18 Womens World Championship Division 1 Group B one point ahead of Norway to win promotion to Division 1A. Netherlands are relegated after five losses.

Poland's Wiktoria Sikorska won the scoring title with 10 points.

01 Jan 2019, 09:52 | World Juniors Quarter finals

The quarter final match-ups of the World Junior Championship in Canada is decided after the end of the Preliminary Round:
Sweden - Switzerland
Canada - Finland
USA - Czech Republic
Russia - Slovakia