National coach Harold Kreis visited the Danish World Cup venue last Tuesday, 17 September 2024 Herning the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. The upcoming World Championship tournament will take place from Friday, May 9, 2025 to Sunday, May 25, 2025 at the venues Herning (DEN) and Stockholm (SWE). As part of the official site visit The national coach got an idea of the conditions on site for the German team.
The Jyske Bank Boxes, which is the venue for the 2018 World Cup, Kreis has been informed about the premises and technical equipment for the DEBselection. As in previous years, the German cabin area will be equipped with a DEB-Branding. Other stops on the on-site visit were the training hall and the team hotel, where the infrastructure was also inspected in order to be optimally prepared for the arrival of the German team next May. The national coach was accompanied by team manager Horst Fuchs.
National coach Harold Kreis on the site visit in Herning: "For me personally, it was an insightful visit, even though the national team was already a guest in Herning at the 2018 World Cup and not much has changed. Nevertheless, it is precisely the small details that are important for us in our day-to-day work on site during the World Cup. We were able to coordinate our wishes and ideas with the organizing committee, so that we will find ideal conditions when we arrive with our national team."
The DEBselection is already looking forward to strong support from the German Fans. For the German Fanblock, which the DEB-Fancommissioned together with the support of the DEB-Premium partner PENNY, around 6000 tickets booked. The official ticket sales for the 2025 Ice Hockey World Championship starts on Thursday, October 3, 2024.
2025 World Cup schedule of the German men’s national team (Group B):
10.05.2025/16/20 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany - Hungary
11.05.2025/16/20 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany – Kazakhstan
13.05.2025 | 16:20 | Norway – Germany
December 15.05.2025, 16 | 20:XNUMX | Switzerland - Germany
17.05.2025 | 12:20 | USA – Germany
19.05.2025/16/20 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany - Czech Republic
20.05.2025/20/20 | XNUMX:XNUMX | Germany - Denmark
Go to the World Cup schedule on the IIHF website: https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm/schedule