The Men's national team of the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund. V (DEB) is traveling to the 2024 IIHF World Championship in the Czech Republic this Tuesday. In the morning we head from Weißwasser to Ostrava, the World Cup venue in Group B. It starts next Friday, May 10, 2024 DEB-Selection into the World Cup tournament. The opponent at the start is Slovakia, the game starts at 16:20 p.m. Before that, an ice session is on the daily schedule on Wednesday and Thursday before things start.
National coach Harold Kreis has one for the World Cup 25-person squad nominated, which already played together in yesterday's Monday evening game against France. Three goalkeepers, eight defenders and 14 strikers are on board the team bus, which is expected in Ostrava this afternoon.
In addition, it also remains Coaching Staff unchanged compared to phase four of the World Cup preparation. The coaching team for the World Cup is made up of head coach Harold Kreis, assistants Serge Aubin, Alexander Sulzer, Harald Lange and goalkeeping coach Siniša Martinović. Lange and Martinović also take on video analysis tasks.
National coach Harold Kreis: “The intensive weeks of preparation have fully served their purpose. We gained a lot of insight during our time together and were able to make progress in every phase. The final two games against France were exactly the right mood for the World Cup, as both games were fast and physically challenging. Last night's success at the end of the preparation was important for our morale and mood in the team. We are very happy that we are now heading to the Czech Republic. It counts from Friday and that’s exactly what we want as a team now.”
DEB-Sports director Christian Künast traveled to Ostrava directly after yesterday's game in Weißwasser to welcome the German team upon arrival. "The team hotel and the changing room are ready for our national team. Today is all about a good arrival and settling in in Ostrava. After arriving, the team will certainly take a look at the changing room for the first time in the evening and prepare everything for our first training session on Wednesday morning. We are all really looking forward to the start of the tournament," said Künast.
The World Cup schedule of the national ice hockey team
May 10.05.2024, 16 | 20:XNUMX | Slovakia – Germany
May 11.05.2024, 20 | 20:XNUMX | UNITED STATES - Germany
13.05.2024/20/20 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany - Sweden
15.05.2024/16/20 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany – Latvia
17.05.2024/16/20 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany – Kazakhstan
18.05.2024/16/20 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany - Poland
May 21.05.2024, 12 | 20:XNUMX | France - Germany
For the World Cup schedule on the IIHF website: https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wm/schedule
The national team's World Cup games will be broadcast live MagentaSport, ProSieben and Sportdeutschland.tv transfer.