The men's national team is among the nominees Athlete of the Year 2023. On Sunday, December 17, 2023, the celebratory gala will take place in the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden with the announcement of the title holders. The DEB-Selection is nominated as Ice Hockey Vice World Champion 2023 in the “Team of the Year” category.
Within the 77th election of athletes of the year is a DEB-Delegation among the 720 invited guests. In the run-up to the event was National coach Harold Kreis on Thursday in Baden-Baden as a guest at the press conference of the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK), which has organized the “Sportsman of the Year” election since 1947.
The national coach, who continues to experience an extremely positive response from the public due to his World Cup runner-up title, is looking forward to the honor on December 17th in Baden-Baden and announces: “Due to the game plan, not all players can take part but I can promise that we will be very well represented in Baden-Baden. Being invited to the athletes’ honor is a great recognition of our achievements.”
The gala will take place on Sunday evening from 22:15 p.m. to 23:45 p.m. as part of a special broadcast by the ZDF broadcast and is also available via live stream www.zdf.de The ZDF presenter team Lena Kesting and Sven Voss will lead the evening.