Hi /r/theocho! I'm currently competing in the Underwater Hockey World Age Group Games. All the games are streamed free on YouTube with commentary, thought you guys might be interested.
Hey guys! I know some underwater hockey stuff has been posted here before, but as far as I know the actual international competitions have never been shared here. The competition right now (held in Hobart, Australia) has 34 teams in four divisions: U19 Men, U19 Women, U23 Men, and U23 Women. The world championship's been running for about a week now, and the knockout stages start today (the first U23 women's quarterfinal is starting now!). The games are streamed live and free (with commentary) here:
For anyone who's wondering what the hell underwater hockey is and why there's a world championship for it, here's a decent video about it that the US women's team made a while ago:
Here's a screenshot of today's draw (all times are in AEST, I'll put them up in other timezones soon. I'll also put up the rest of the draw in a nicer format ASAP):
You can also find the results of all the divisions so far here:
The results site is a bit clunky. In summary, the favourites right now are looking like:
U19 Mens: Great Britain, France, New Zealand U19 Women's: New Zealand, South Africa, Australia U23 Mens: Turkey, New Zealand U23 Women's: New Zealand, South Africa
Anything else you want to know just ask! I'll flesh out this post a bit more when I'm not on mobile. I hope you guys tune in to the stream and enjoy watching this great sport!
Posted Jul 20, 2017, 1:31 AM UTC
We're streaming this in my house right now. GBR vs FRA. House divided!