The AHM 2015 round-robin groups draw on March 19th

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11.3.2015

The Aleš Hřebeský Memorial 2015 round-robin groups draw will be held on March 19th at 7 pm CET. There will be 21 teams competing in the tournament representing 15 countries.

The Memorial wil host record number of countries this year. Unfortunatelly 2014 champions, Kahnawake Rapids are not coming back this year, but on the other hand we will welcome teams from Sweden and Turkey for the first time in the tournament. And there will be one more debut: Regina Heat will represent Canadian province of Saskatchewan for the first time.
Teams will be divided to seven round-robin groups of three. The first and second teams will qualify to 1/8 final, two teams from the third places with the highest number of points will complete top 16. Play-off system follows. Remaining five teams will struggle for final 17th to 21st place.
The round-robin groups draw will be held in LCC Sokol Radotín clubhouse on Thursday March 19 at 7 p. m. CET. It will be streamed live at www.net-tv.cz.
Teams were divided to three pools according to their results from previous tournaments and expected game level:

Pool 1
Green Gaels (CAN)
LC Custodes (CZE)
Megamen (USA)
Pioneers (CAN)
Vienna Monarchs (AUT)
SK Lacrosse Jižní Město (CZE)
Turku Titans (FIN)

Pool 2
Nova Scotia Privateers (CAN)
Goldstar Tel Aviv (ISR)
Riggers (IRL)
London Knights (ENG)
Bats Bratislava (SVK)
Regina Heat (CAN)
TJ Malešice (CZE)

Pool 3
Bundeswehr Lacrosse (GER)
Team Germany (GER)
Glasgow Clydesiders (SCO)
Polish Eagles (POL)
Team EuroLaxCo (FRA)
Helan Går Lacrosse (SWE)
Istanbul Sultans (TUR)

More detailed team introductions will be added soon.
Ondřej Mika

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