The Men's national team of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund. V (DEB) starts next week in the first phase Preparation for the 2024 IIHF World Championship in the Czech Republic (May 10 to 26, 2024). This will meet on Monday, April 8, 2024 DEB-Team in Nuremberg to start the journey to Carlsbad (CZE). The first two international matches of the World Cup preparations are scheduled there, the opponent is the World Cup hosts Czech Republic (Thursday, April 11, 2024 and Saturday, April 13, 2024, games start at 17:10 p.m. each time). Both games will be broadcast live and free of charge MagentaSport ütransferred.
National coach Harold Kreis has nominated a 24-strong squad for phase one. There are three goalkeepers, eight defenders and 13 strikers DEB- Squad of the first joint preparation week. In addition to the national coach, Marián Bažány, Harry Lange (both assistant coaches) and Siniša Martinović (goalkeeping coach) form the coaching staff for the first week of World Cup preparations. DEB-Assistant coach Alexander Sulzer is in the PENNY DEL playoff semi-finals with Bremerhaven and will join the team at a later date.
Next Monday afternoon the DEB-Selection on the way to Karlsbad, on Tuesday and Wednesday the first ice units of the World Cup preparation are on the daily schedule. The two international matches against the Czech Republic team follow on Thursday and Saturday. Immediately after the game on Saturday, the national team will travel home to Germany. Phase two of the World Cup preparations will take place in Augsburg from Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
The Demand for tickets The five preparatory home games in Kaufbeuren (April 18.4th), Augsburg (April 20.4th), Garmisch-Partenkirchen (April 25.4th) and Wolfsburg (May 4.5th) are still big, the international match in Weißwasser (May 6.5th) is already sold out. For the DEB-Ticket shop: https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/deb/
National coach Harold Kreis: “We are expecting two challenging international matches at the start against the World Cup hosts from the Czech Republic, who of course want to present their best side in front of their home crowd. Both the Czechs and we have many players in the squad who want to prove themselves in the early stages of preparation and fight for a place in the final World Cup squad. In this respect, we expect an intensive opening week in Karlsbad. We feel the drive and anticipation among everyone involved and are happy that things are finally getting started.”
DEB-Sports director Christian Künast: “The next few weeks will be about putting together the optimal squad for the upcoming World Cup in the Czech Republic. We have eight international matches ahead of us during the World Cup preparation and are looking forward to the energy of our team Fans in the five games we have before our own Fans will contest in Germany. There is great interest in the national team, which is clearly shown by ticket sales so far. In this respect, we are looking forward to the different stations in the four preparation phases, which offer us a good variety. We will ensure optimal conditions on site so that our national team can prepare for the World Cup in the best possible way.”
An overview of the men's national team's World Cup preparations
April 11.04.2024, 17 | 10:XNUMX | Czech Republic – Germany in Karlovy Vary (CZE)
April 13.04.2024, 17 | 10:XNUMX | Czech Republic – Germany in Karlovy Vary (CZE)
April 18.04.2024, 19 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Slovakia in Kaufbeuren
April 20.04.2024, 17 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Slovakia in Augsburg
April 25.04.2024, 19 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Austria in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
April 27.04.2024, 16 | 15:XNUMX | Austria – Germany in Zell am See (AUT)
May 04.05.2024, 14 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – France in Wolfsburg
May 06.05.2024, 19 | 30:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – France in Weißwasser
Tickets are available in DEB-Ticket portal (https://www.ticket-onlineshop.com/ols/deb/).
All preparatory games of the German national team will be live and free of charge from April 11, 2024 MagentaSport be visible: http://www.magentasport.de/aktion/deb-live.