As the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (DEB) announced today at a press conference, this year's Deutschland Cup will take place for the first time in Landshut from November 8th to 12th, 2023.
The 34th edition of the tournament in Landshut FanBut atec Arena has another premiere to offer. For the first time, women's and men's national teams will play their tournaments in parallel in one stadium. Together with the city of Landshut, the EV Landshut eV and EVL Spielbetrieb-GmbH, he is pleased DEB to the task of being able to hold two competitions with eight teams at the same time.
After the successful last season, the vice world champion and the World Cup quarter-finalists will be part of the Deutschland Cup In 2023, they will each play their first international matches in front of their home crowd.
Opponents of the German women's national team at the 4-nation tournament:
- Finland
- Czechia
- tbd
The DEB-Vice world champions compete at Deutschland Cup against the following teams:
- Denmark
- Austria
- Slovakia
All games are broadcast live and free of charge on MagentaSport.
The start of ticket presales is planned for the beginning of August 2023. According to the double tournament, there will be special ticket packages (tournament ticket, weekend ticket, day ticket, etc.) that will allow the Fans make it easy to follow both women's and men's ice hockey at the top international level within one day.
DEB-Vice President Andreas Niederberger: “Two senior national teams holding their respective tournaments at the same time at one location is a world first. Women's ice hockey has... DEB is very important, so we are really looking forward to the joint tournament. The Lower Bavaria ice hockey region is ideally suited for this. We are very grateful to the Landshut location for taking on the challenge of hosting an international tournament with four women's and four men's teams together with us."
DEB-Sports director Christian Künast: “We are looking forward to our home tournament and would like to thank everyone responsible in Landshut for their support in hosting it Deutschland Cup 2023. We are very proud of this year's premiere of hosting the tournament together with four women's teams. It is a real highlight for every ice hockey fan to be able to experience the vice world champions and our women's national team live at one location."
National player Celina Haider: “We are of course very happy to have a tournament parallel to Deutschland Cup to play, especially in an ice hockey town like Landshut. For me personally it is a highlight anyway, as friends and family live in the area and can therefore support me live on site. It's a big step in the right direction as we have the opportunity to present ourselves in front of a large backdrop with a hopefully unique atmosphere. We want to show people that women's ice hockey is an attractive sport that deserves attention. Of course, we would also like to win over a few ice hockey enthusiasts and hope that a tournament of this kind will take place again in the near future.”
National player Fabio Wagner: “I think that a traditional ice hockey town like Landshut is a very good venue for the tournament, as was demonstrated in the international match against Austria in April and at the U18 World Cup last year. For me personally, as a native of Landshut, it would be a great honor Deutschland Cup To be able to play in my hometown in 2023. It will definitely be good preparation for the upcoming 2024 World Cup and together we want to continue to maintain the euphoria after the success in Tampere. I'm sure everyone is Fans can look forward to great tournament days with the women's and men's national teams."
Mayor of the city of Landshut Alexander Putz: “It is a great honor for the sports city of Landshut to be chosen by the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund to host the Deutschland-Cups 2023 for men and for the first time also for women. I see this election as a special signal of appreciation for the Landshut location and the traditional EVL club, which continues to enjoy the highest recognition nationwide, not least because of its outstanding young talent work. After the World Championship for U18 juniors in spring 2022 and the international match between Germany and Austria in April of this year, the municipal ice sports center on Gutenbergweg with its state-of-the-art Fanatec Arena, the stage for top international ice hockey for the third time in 18 months. The fact that we are able to welcome the German men's national team as the reigning vice world champions to our city is of course a very special highlight."