With the World Cup splitter we will inform you daily about the 2020 IIHF U20 Ice Hockey World Championship in the Czech Republic. Find out the latest news about the German U20 national team. Have fun while reading!
Sonntag, 23. Dezember 2019
Test in the live stream: The last preparatory game against the USA will also be streamed live. The Germans Fans can play the game via https://youtu.be/ZYL6Ql5eUB4 . see
Personnel information: Tobias Ancicka gets a break in goal today. Hendrik Hane starts the game – Philipp Maurer is his backup. Maximilian Glötzl is also not in the Havirov squad.
World Cup squad: After the game against the USA, U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter will announce his final squad. Two players will have to leave the German U20 national team after the game.
Move: The World Cup is approaching and the German U20 national team is moving accordingly. To date, the team had been training in the ice rink in Ostrava-Poruba - now the official move to the Ostravar Arena World Cup stadium follows. The carers have already loaded the first items into a transporter. After the last World Cup preparation game, the U20 national team's ice hockey equipment will also follow.
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Saturday, 21th December 2019
First defeat of the World Cup preparation: In Brno, U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter's team lost 1:6 (0:3, 0:2, 1:1) to the reigning world champions from Finland.
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Friday, 20th December 2019
Third World Cup preparation game against Finland: Tomorrow's game against Finland will take place in Brno, 170 km away. After a warm-up in Ostrava-Poruba the DEB-Set off to the second largest city in the Czech Republic. According to the current status (December 20th/20.12:11 a.m.), the entire squad is available to U30 national coach Tobias Abstreiter, but not all players will be used. The game starts at 17.00 p.m. Unfortunately, a live stream is not offered - but it provides information DEB about the game via your own social media channels.
Personnel information: Philipp Maurer and Philipp Mass will not be playing today. The captain against Finland is Leon Hüttl, the starting goalie will be Tobias Ancicka.
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Thursday, 19th December 2019
First ice unit: The U20 national team on the ice for the first time in Ostrava-Poruba on Thursday! The team of U20 national coach Tobias Abstreiter trained in the Zimní stadium.
Training partner: ParaThe Kazakh team also completed their training in the adjacent hall. The team will compete in Group A in Trinec from December 26th with Finland, Sweden, Slovakia and Switzerland.
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Wednesday, 18th December 2019
Arrival: The U20 national team reached the World Cup location in Ostrava after a 12-hour bus journey. On Wednesday evening at 19:15 p.m DEB-Select your hotel rooms.
Room neighbors: The US U20 national team and the hosts, the Czech Republic, are in the same hotel as the German team.