I was hoping that the first few games of the European Championships would have been posted by now, but there is no news from Belgium.

Results from the pools, and the original seedings within the pools were:

Pool "A"

(1) Belgium 5-0
(2) Sweden 3-2
(3) Switzerland 2-3
(4) Finland 1-4
(5) Denmark 4-1
(6) Norway 0-5

Pool "B"

(1) Great Britain 5-0
(2) Germany 4-1
(3) The Netherlands 3-2
(4) Austria 2-3
(5) Poland 1-4
(6) Ireland 0-5

Teams which won their crossover games included GBR, BEL, SWE, NED, FIN, and POL.  The Poles won the pre-world championships tournament last year, which was held for countries which had not qualified for Worlds.

That's all for me for a little while, as I am doing a sport demo at the local Sugarbush Festival from 11:00 - 17:00 today.  Mmmmm... maple syrup, eh!  It's nice to have a cabin-à-sucre only 500 metres from where you live.  Maple syrup should be served on tap.