Since May 12, 2023 the Ice Hockey World Championship will take place in Finland and Latvia. After strong performances, the German national team narrowly lost the first three games to Sweden 1-0, Finland 3-4 and the USA 2-3.
All dates and the opponents of the national team can be found in this schedule as well as in our data center with all live tickers, results and tables for the Ice Hockey World Championship 2023.
Groups of the Ice Hockey World Championship
- Group A in Tampere: Finland, Sweden, USA, GermanyDenmark, France, Austria, Hungary
- Group B in Riga: Latvia, Canada, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Norway, Kazakhstan
Games of the German national team
The German national ice hockey team has a difficult starting position after the three opening defeats against Sweden, Finland and the USA. However, the national team goes into the games as favorites against the other teams in the group. In order to reach the quarterfinals, the team of national coach Harold Kreis at least group fourth become.
- Friday, May 12, 7:20 p.m.: Sweden – Germany 1:0
- Saturday, May 13, 7:20 p.m.: Germany – Finland 3:4
- Monday, May 15, 3:20 p.m.: Germany – U.S. 2-3
- Thursday, May 18, 7:20 p.m.: Denmark – Germany
- Friday, May 19, 7:20 p.m.: Austria – Germany
- Sunday, May 21, 3:20 p.m.: Germany – Hungary
- Tuesday, May 23, 11:20 am: Germany – France
Schedule of the Ice Hockey World Championship 2023
To the group tables the Ice Hockey World Championship 2023.
Ice Hockey World Championship on TV
Broadcast on free TV sports1 all games of the German national team. In addition, the station shows other selected games as well as the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. All other games can be seen on the pay channel Sport1+.
Also the paid streaming offer MagentaSport has the ice hockey world championship in the program. All German games, other selected games and the complete knockout phase are running there.
Squad of the German national team
Goal: Mathias Niederberger (EHC Red Bull Munich), Maximilian Franzreb (Fischtown Pinguins), Dustin Strahlmeier (Grizzlys Wolfsburg)
defense: Leon Gawanke (Manitoba Moose), Leon Hüttl (ERC Ingolstadt), Moritz Müller (Kölner Haie), Jonas Müller (Eisbären Berlin), Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings), Maksymilian Szuber (EHC Red Bull Munich), Fabio Wagner (ERC Ingolstadt), Kai Wissmann (Providence Bruins)
attack: Alexander Ehl (Düsseldorfer EG), Daniel Fischbuch (Düsseldorfer EG), Dominik Kahun (SC Bern), Maximilian Kastner (EHC Red Bull Munich), Marcel Noebels (Eisbären Berlin), John-Jason Peterka (Buffalo Sabers), Justin Schütz ( EHC Red Bull Munich), Samuel Soramies (Augsburger Panther), Wojciech Stachowiak (ERC Ingolstadt), Nico Sturm (San Jose Sharks), Frederik Tiffels (EHC Red Bull Munich), Parker Tuomie (Straubing Tigers), Filip Varejcka (EHC Red Bull Munich), Manuel Wiederer (Eisbären Berlin)
Venues of the Ice Hockey World Championship
The 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship was originally supposed to take place in St. Petersburg. But due to the war of aggression against Ukraine, the World Federation IIHF withdrew the World Championship from Russia on April 26, 2022.
The game is now played in the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland (capacity: 13,500 spectators) and in the Arena Riga in the Latvian capital of Riga (Capacity: 10 300 spectators). The quarter-finals will still take place with two games each in both cities, semi-finals and finals will then only be played in Tampere.