Sunday morning in Trencin started with a clash between Russia and Germany. The winner of that match would get the direct ticket to Neuchatel, in case of a tie, both made it to Switzerland. However, the potential loser, who would…
WFCQ 2019: Finland – Austria 37:0 (12:0, 10:0, 15:0)
Austria had the tough task in their final match to learn against Finland and maybe gain some experience towards the next WFC Qualification campaign. They even had the opportunity to upset the whole European Qualification WIldcard Race, but that would…
WFCQ 2019: Hungary – Netherlands 4:1 (1:1, 1:0, 2:0)
On the road to Neuchatel, Hungary and Netherlands had quite bad positions, but at least the advantage that they knew the exact result to take the trip to Switzerland. However, the task was tough after Norway surprisingly beat Denmark in…
WFCQ 2019: Slovakia vs. Latvia 5:3 (2:1, 3:2, 0:0)
Slovakia and Latvia were both already qualified for Neuchatel when they competed in the second last match of the Trencin tournament. The winner would finish Group 4 as winner. Here is just a quick look to the match with a…
WFCQ 2019: Netherlands – Latvia 2:11 (1:5, 0:2, 1:4)
After the Netherlands showed a good fight against Slovakia, they had to compete against likely the strongest team in their group, Latvia, on Saturday. For the Latvians, it was about to strengthen their position after the strong performance against Hungary…
WFCQ 2019: Slovakia – Hungary 12:1 (3:0, 5:1, 4:0)
After Slovakia had quite some trouble with the Netherlands the day before, the neighborhood battle between the hosts and the Hungarians felt to have some potential for a good match. The winner would more or less safely travel to Switzerland…
WFCQ 2019: Russia – Finland 1:18 (1:2, 0:13, 0:3)
In the third match of Saturday, there was absolutely no discussion about the roles: Finland was the absolute favorite against the Russians. The underdog was expected to try to keep a tight goal difference – with a very close score,…
WFCQ 2019: Austria – Spain 5:5 (2:0, 3:2, 0:3)
While the match between Austria and Spain was majorly the battle against the last place in European Group 2, it was even quite decisive for the situation of the two wildcard spots in the complex qualifying system. The key “stakeholder”…