IIHF World Championships - Division IIIB

[TomB]

This tournament has started today. Participants are:

North Korea
Iran
Singapore
Hong Kong
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Philippines

In the first match, North Korea defeated Hong Kong by a score of 10 - 8. Apparently defense and goaltending were optional.

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[FrHockeyFan]

Games are live on YouTube.

https://youtube.com/@hokejaskisavezbih

 

[Albatros]

DPRK has no business losing this, but they looked awful today. Like they haven't played much competitive hockey recently.

 

[Bijelo]

This tournament has started today. Participants are:

North Korea
Iran
Singapore
Hong Kong
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Philippines

In the first match, North Korea defeated Hong Kong by a score of 10 - 8. Apparently defense and goaltending were optional.

Bosnia are whole good also in hockey.

 

[FrHockeyFan]

That's some pretty bad streaming quality. For a moment I thought the zamboni broke down.

 

[Bijelo]

Which hockey countries in Division IIIA?

 

[TomB]

Which hockey countries in Division IIIA?

Mexico, Turkmenistan, South Africa, Thailand, Luxembourg, & Kyrgyzstan.

 

[Bijelo]

Mexico, Turkmenistan, South Africa, Thailand, Luxembourg, & Kyrgyzstan.

 

[PanniniClaus]

This tournament has started today. Participants are:

North Korea
Iran
Singapore
Hong Kong
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Philippines

In the first match, North Korea defeated Hong Kong by a score of 10 - 8. Apparently defense and goaltending were optional.

I am amazed by North Korea... go years without playing... have no infrastructure to speak of and then boom!!! They turn up to play and aren't awful.

 

[Pan]

I am amazed by North Korea... go years without playing... have no infrastructure to speak of and then boom!!! They turn up to play and aren't awful.

They have as many indoor rinks as Luxembourg has, more than in Singapore and just couple less than in Iran, Turkmenistan and some other countries. They had the unified female team with South Korea at the Olympics. Just because you have no idea does not mean it doesn't exist.

 

[PanniniClaus]

They have as many indoor rinks as Luxembourg has, more than in Singapore and just couple less than in Iran, Turkmenistan and some other countries. They had the unified female team with South Korea at the Olympics. Just because you have no idea does not mean it doesn't exist.

Thank you PAN.. It was actually a compliment but let me rephrase: With all this infrastructure they have, they should be doing a hell of a lot better than giving up 8 to a Hong Kong team that would lose to my over 35 beer league team. And we play in the B division of the league, not the top level.

 

[Albatros]

A short clip of their annual domestic tournament this year:

 

[TomB]

This Iranian team is getting absolutely caved by the Filipino powerplay.

 

[joestevens29]

Lol not even sure what to say

 

[SoundAndFury]

They have as many indoor rinks as Luxembourg has, more than in Singapore and just couple less than in Iran, Turkmenistan and some other countries. They had the unified female team with South Korea at the Olympics. Just because you have no idea does not mean it doesn't exist.

Rinks are cute when you have no sticks to play on them. The fact they had a joint Olympic women's team really says more about the state of women's hockey than anything else.

 

[Bijelo]

Rinks are cute when you have no sticks to play on them. The fact they had a joint Olympic women's team really says more about the state of women's hockey than anything else.

Women's hockey play in tv pucken level.

 

[kaiser matias]

Have to believe Philippines will get a boost from it's emigrant community. A cursory look at their roster on Eliteprospects suggests that's the case already, and I'm sure they can attract some more players to come and spend a few years playing there as word of the team gets out.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Have to believe Philippines will get a boost from it's emigrant community. A cursory look at their roster on Eliteprospects suggests that's the case already, and I'm sure they can attract some more players to come and spend a few years playing there as word of the team gets out.

If this was 25 years ago - i'd have done it..

 

[Albatros]

Nervous first minutes but Bosnia with an early lead.

 

[FrHockeyFan]

Hey. I was musing about how this event would have probably made more sense to be organised in Asia and remembered about the closed down (and now bulldozed, I believe) JCube in Singapore.

From what I gathered after a quick search is 1) Kallang Ice World, the only permanent rink left in the city-state, is too small (can't find the actual measurements though), 2) the local hockey community trains in Johor Bahru, right across the border with Malaysia and 3) there doesn't seem to be any new rink project at the moment.

So, if I got it right, I guess Singapore is on the verge of losing its WC status.

 

[Albatros]

Yes, that's the biggest rink in Singapore currently, better than nothing if available for training purposes, but evidently far below the IIHF minimum:

The Malaysian rink in Johor is almost wide enough, but too short to comply with IIHF regulations either:

 

[FrHockeyFan]

Well, unless we're in 1964, the rink in Johor wouldn't be much of help anyway to Singapore.

 

[Albatros]

Seems like we're getting a real final between DPRK and Bosnia on Thursday.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Seems like we're getting a real final between DPRK and Bosnia on Thursday.

Oh those North Koreans.. full of surprises. Philippines have no depth but did seemingly play Bosnia even other than the score.

 

[wetcoast]

This Iranian team is getting absolutely caved by the Filipino powerplay.

Now that's something most hockey fans thought they would never hear eh?