Seat selection when purchasing tickets now has a 360° panoramic view - tickets are now also available via Facebook
Since the group classification of the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Cologne and Paris was announced, international interest in tickets for the tournament, which takes place from May 5th to May 21st next year, has been increasing.
Buying tickets for both venues is now even more convenient. For the first time ever, it is possible for spectators to view their desired seats online in advance at an IIHF World Championship. This is done using a 360-degree panoramic view that shows the exact positions and perspectives of the different places - and thus makes the selection easier.
Attractive ticket packages have been available since February that contain between four and 34 individual encounters. Season tickets are available for the LANXESS arena in Cologne and the Paris Arena in Bercy, preliminary round packages for both cities as well as final round and weekend season tickets.
On the official World Cup homepage www.iihfworlds2017.com You can access the respective offers using the “Tickets” button. This is also new: World Cup tickets can also be booked online directly via the so-called ticket app on the official IIHF Facebook page (www.facebook.com/iihfhockey). The world ice hockey association has more than 242.000 Facebook followersFans.
World Cup Group A in Cologne includes Russia, number two in the world rankings, the USA, Sweden, Slovakia, hosts Germany, Latvia, Denmark and Italy. World number one and defending champion Canada leads Group B in Paris, where Finland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Belarus, Norway, hosts France and Slovenia also play their group matches.
A total of 2017 games will take place in Cologne, the main venue for the 34 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships; In addition to the games in Group A, this includes two quarter-finals and two semi-finals, the bronze medal game and the final. There are 30 matches in Paris, apart from the Group B games there are two quarter-final games. Cologne and Paris are connected by the Thalys high-speed train. You can get from city center to city center in just over three hours.
The World Cup schedule will be published at a later date. Day tickets will go on sale in the next few months, single tickets in spring 2017.
World Cup tickets can be purchased online in the packages mentioned with a price advantage of up to 20 percent compared to later individual tickets www.iihfworlds2017.com or booked www.facebook.com/iihfhockey but also by telephone Phone: 01806 2017 01 (€0,20/call including VAT from landline networks, max. €0,60/call including VAT from mobile networks // Monday-Friday 10.00 a.m. to 19.00 p.m. and Saturday from 12.00 p.m. to 19.00 p.m.).