The extended 7th edition of the Skopje Ice Festival hockey tournament finally ended on wednesday night, with the game for the bronze medal between the two hosting teams Macedonia Juniors and HK Vardar Skopje.
Due to ice conditions (summer-like weather in Skopje...) the bronze medal game was postponed from sunday morning to monday, but was finally played wednesday night.
Torpedo Bucharest wins for the first time the ice festival
But already on sunday the final game of the Skopje Ice Festival 2019 was held. The two dominating teams of the preliminary round were facing for the trophy. The guests from Romania, ACS Torpedo Bucharest, took the trophy home with a solid 6:1 (2:0, 1:1, 3:0) win over Team International - an international and gender mixed team.
In a fast and attractive game the man of the match was Torpedo's goalkeeper, as he saved all five penalty shots for Team International (instead 2 minute minors, penalty shots were called).
For Torpedo it was the first success at the tournament, they won the trophy unbeaten. It was the third time in a row the hockey club from Romania visited Macedonia.
Also for the first time the organizers had the idea to form an international team for the tournament, so a public call was made and players from Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia and USA made the trip to Skopje for hockey and fun. For 'Team International' also appeared Macedonians with double citizenship, so this led to a new idea: why not to form for the next Skopje Ice Fest 2020 a team with Macedonians living outside Macedonia...stay tuned for 'Team Macedonian Diaspora'!
Results:
Game day 1, first round
Macedonia Juniors vs Team International 4:9
Vardar Skopje vs Torpedo Bucharest 3:7
Game day 2, second round
Torpedo Bucharest vs Macedonia Juniors 15 :5
Team International vs Vardar Skopje 6:3
Game day 2, third round
Team International vs Torpedo Bucharest 2:7
Vardar Skopje vs Macedonia Juniors 2:4
Game day 3
Gold medal game
Team International vs Torpedo Bucharest 1:6
Game day 4
Bronze medal game:
Vardar Skopje vs Macedonia Juniors 3:5
Placement:
- ACS Torpedo Bucharest (Romania)
- Team International
- Macedonia Juniors
- HK Vardar Skopje
History - placements and teams:
I. Skopje Ice Fest 2013
1. Team CCCP (Russia)
2. Bayern Rangers US Army Ice Hockey Team (USA/Germany)
3. Belkam Oil Stars (Russia)
4. Vardar Skopje
II. Skopje Ice Fest 2014
1. Metalurg Skopje
2. Spartak Subotica (Serbia)
3. Red Star Sofia (Bulgaria)
4. Iraklis Thessaloniki (Greece)
III. Skopje Ice Fest 2015
1. Slavija Ljubljana (Slovenia)
2. HK Bled (Slovenia)
3. Metalurg Skopje
4. Spartak Subotica (Serbia)
5. Slavia Sofia (Bulgaria)
6. Vukovi Sarajevo (Bosnia&Herzegowina)
7. Blejski Vitezi Bled (Slovenia)
8. Iraklis Thessaloniki (Greece)
9. Red Star Sofia (Bulgaria)
IV. Skopje Ice Fest 2016
1. Metalurg Skopje
2. Slavija Ljubljana (Slovenia)
3. Slavia Sofia (Bulgaria)
4. Spartak Subotica (Serbia)
V. Skopje Ice Fest 2017
1. Rainman All-Stars (Germany/Finland)
2. Metalurg Skopje
3. ACS Torpedo Bucharest (Romania)
VI. Skopje Ice Fest 2018
1. Spartak Subotica (Serbia)
2. Slavija Sofia (Bulgaria)
3. Metalurg Skopje
4. ACS Torpedo Bucharest (Romania)
VII. Skopje Ice Fest 2019
1. ACS Torpedo Bucharest (Romania)
2. Team International
3. Macedonia Juniors
4. HK Vardar Skopje
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