The German national ice hockey team has demonstrated its strength with the fantastic Olympic qualification for the Winter Games in PyeongChang 2018. She can now confirm or even top this performance at the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in Cologne and Paris (May 05th - 21.05.2016st, XNUMX). A World Cup in your own country is always a highlight in an athlete’s – and spectator’s – career.
The 16 best ice hockey nations in the world meet in Cologne and Paris. The Lanxess Arena, which has space for 18.500 spectators and is the largest multifunctional arena used for ice hockey in Europe, and the Palais-Omnisports (14.500 seats) are the two venues for the 64 games of the 81st World Cup. In the preliminary round everyone competes against everyone else in two groups of eight teams. One group will play its preliminary round games in Cologne, the other in Paris. Both cities are connected by the Thalys high-speed train in 3:14 hours.
A stay in the city of millions on the Rhine is not only worthwhile during the carnival season. Cologne has culture and many sights to offer. The distinctive art scene and the architectural monuments dating back over 2000 years are worth a visit, as are the many unusual museums for every taste such as the Chocolate Museum, the Roman-Germanic Museum and the German Sports and Olympic Museum.
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