The Deutschland Cup gets a new home. After three years of extremely successful sporting and organizational success in the Curt Frenzel Stadium in Augsburg, the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund eV (DEB) and will be holding the traditional tournament in the KönigPALAST in Krefeld from 2018.
With that he returns DEB in the 55th year of its existence back to the place where it was founded. The partnership between the association and Seidenweberhaus GmbH, the operating company of the KönigPALASTES, which also includes the DEL club Krefeld Pinguine plays its home games, is initially planned for three years. The penguins, like the Krefeld EV 81 and the city of Krefeld, will be on site with the DEB cooperate.
“Krefeld is one of the most traditional locations in German ice hockey and, like its predecessor Augsburg, has a large catchment area with many enthusiastic ice hockey fans,” says DEBPresident Franz Reindl. "The conditions in and around the KönigPALAST are also ideal for hosting this tournament with its great international reputation, which has a beacon character for German ice hockey."
To Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hamburg, Hessen and Niedersachsen will the Deutschland Cup thus for the first time Nordrhein-Westfalen take place. The Rhineland and the ice hockey cities in the Ruhr area have often been the venue for some World Cup tournaments and high-profile international matches, but for the next three years the ice hockey enthusiasts can look forward to it Fans now finally also on the traditional ones Deutschland Cup be happy. "The Fans in the region have always given us great support at the big tournaments and especially at the home World Cup in Cologne last year and deserve that the national team plays there more often. The tournament takes this into account and is always very important to our team," says national coach Marco Sturm.
“Ice sports are part of Krefeld’s DNA: for more than 80 years, it has played a major role in our city as a competitive and popular sport. Deutschland-Cup gives us the chance to put Krefeld even more on the map nationally and internationally over the next three years. We want to show what we can do in terms of organization and atmosphere - and we will be good hosts," said Krefeld's mayor Frank Meyer.
“We have been in constant contact with him since the first international match at KönigPALAST in 1 DEB and we are particularly pleased that we have now succeeded Deutschland Cup to Krefeld for the next three years. We are very proud that we are able to organize the top-class 4-nation tournament as hosts. This sporting event is a flagship event for the Krefeld ice hockey location and we will work together with the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund Krefeld Pinguinen and the city of Krefeld are taking advantage of this great opportunity to further consolidate Krefeld’s good reputation as a sports city and an important ice hockey location,” promises Paul Keusch, Managing Director of Seidenweberhaus GmbH.
Achim Staudt, 1st chairman of the Krefelder EV81 and Vice President of the EHV-NRW is pleased: “For us in Krefeld, after the 1955 World Cup games, it is a highlight to be able to host such a top-class international tournament again. For the still young North Rhine-Westphalia Ice Hockey Association, it is a special event after the 2017 World Cup in Cologne and Paris to have an international tournament in our association area again.”
The final game plan Deutschland Cup will be released after the Olympics. Tickets will then be available from March.