The German national ice hockey team will play its last preparatory game before the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Mannheim's SAP Arena. On Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at 19.00 p.m., national coach Marco Sturm's team will face the USA. So it stands Fans A top-class game is coming up from the city of squares just four days before the start of the World Cup. The German national ice hockey team is visiting Mannheim for the 22nd time in international match history.
Marco Sturm, national coach: “We already enjoyed the atmosphere at the Euro Hockey Challenge in the SAP Arena last year. We are now looking forward to returning to Mannheim and being able to compete against such an attractive opponent shortly before the World Cup. It will be our dress rehearsal before we travel to Slovakia.”
“We are very pleased DEB-Selection to be welcomed back to Mannheim. The silver medal at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang was a milestone for German ice hockey and has sustainably increased interest in our great sport. With Team USA, a great ice hockey nation will meet Marco Sturm’s team,” said Daniel Hopp, Managing Director of the SAP Arena and Vice President DEB.
The German team's last success against the USA was just a year ago: Back then, national coach Marco Sturm's team won Deutschland Cup in Augsburg with 5:1. In the last duel, the Americans had the better end: At the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark, they won the group phase 3-0. In a total of 102 games, the German team secured 31 successes and lost 62 times. Another nine games ended in a draw and three games were decided in a shootout.
Tickets for all price categories are on www.deb-online.de/tickets or by telephone on 01806 – 99 22 01 (0,20 euros/call incl. VAT from the German landline network, max. 0,60 euros/call incl. VAT from the German mobile network). Tickets for the international match on May 7, 2019 in Mannheim are also available in the SAP Arena ticket shop, online at www.saparena.de, on the ticket hotline 0621 – 18 190 333 and at all known ticket offices. Groups of 20 or more receive a 20 percent discount on the total purchase value.