Opening game against hosts Denmark
The schedule for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark (May 04-20.05.2018, 4) has been finalized. The German national team will face hosts Denmark in the opening game of the World Championship on May 20.15th at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. in the Jyske Bank Boxen Arena in Herning.
Challenging middle section with Norway, USA and newcomer Korea
After a day's break she has to DEB-Selection around national coach Marco Sturm then went double. First up in the preliminary round of Group B on May 6th is Norway, followed a day later by last year's fifth-placed team, the USA. The supposedly easiest opponent awaits the German national team on May 5th. Like Austria, Korea made it into the top 9 nations in the world last season. The top division is new territory for the Asians, but the South Koreans should definitely not be underestimated. At the latest at the Winter Olympics in February 16 in their own country, they will have the opportunity to compete against world-class teams before they compete in Group B at the World Cup in May 2018.
Latvia, Finland and Canada to conclude
After the game against the World Cup newcomers and before the final sprint of the preliminary round, Sturm's team has some time to breathe. Two days off can be used for regeneration before the game against Latvia on May 12th. Last year the... DEBselection won the all-important match for a place in the quarter-finals with 4:3 against the Latvians. Shooting star Frederik Tiffels decided the match in May in front of 18.797 spectators in the LANXESS arena in Cologne in a penalty shootout. Just one day after the Latvia match, the Germans will face the Finns. Finland lost 2017:3 to Russia in the bronze medal match in Cologne in 5, but will again be among the medal contenders in 2018. Just like the last German preliminary round opponent, Canada. Last year, it was the world number one who won the bronze medal. DEBselection in Cologne in the quarter-finals and ended the German dream of reaching the semi-finals again. Germany finished the home World Cup in 8th place, Canada lost 1:2 to Sweden in the final and ultimately had to settle for silver.