Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2024

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Final composition of groups confirmed. Draw for tickets in the first phase

 

 

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Host Organizing Committee have released the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship groups.
 
 Composition of groups confirmed
 
The groups for Prague and Ostrava are based on the World Ranking taking into consideration organizational wishes by the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Organizing Committee. “Thanks to the fact that the Czechs and Slovaks were already in different groups, we were able to address another group change wish " Jan Černý, General Secretary of the Czech Ice Hockey Association and Sport Director of the 2024 IIHF WM praises the composition of the groups.
 
Host Czechia will play Canada - the defending champion, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Austria and Great Britain in Group A in Prague.
 
Ostrava will host Group B that includes the USA, Germany, Sweden, Slovakia, Latvia, France, Kazakhstan and Poland. Poland is returning to the elite after 22 years: "Poles are big sports enthusiasts so we believe that they will not miss this historic event for Polish ice hockey," says Jan Černý.
 
Group A – Prague

1. Canada
2. Finland
3. Switzerland
4. Czechia
5. Denmark
6. Norway
7. Austria
8. Great Britain

Group B – Ostrava

1. USA
2. Germany
3. Sweden
4. Slovakia
5. Latvia
6. France
7. Kazakhstan
8. Poland

 
Ticket sales will start in autumn 
 
The 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship tickets will go on sale in October.
As in the past, only daily ticket packages for two or three games on the particular game day in Prague or Ostrava will be available from the beginning. "We are currently working intensively on the final pricing policy, but it is already possible to say that the daily packages of the first category will range from 2,000 to 5,000 CZK (approx. 85 to 215 EUR) and the second from 1,500 to 4,500 CZK (approx. 65 to 190 EUR). The first category corresponds to the 1st floor of the Prague Arena and all sectors of the Ostrava Arena except for the corners A1, A5, B1 and B5, which fall into the second category. In Prague Arena, a fourth floor is planned as part of the second price category. In both venues, we will also offer a third price category in the range of CZK 1,000 to 3,000 (approx. 40 to 125 EUR) which will correspond to the highest rows in the arenas," Petr Bříza, President of the Organizing Committee of the Czech Ice Hockey Association for the 2024 IIHF WM, presented the ticket price frameworks.
  
Draw for priority purchase of tickets
  
Interest in tickets to the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship held in Czechia is traditionally enormous, as evidenced by the high attendances in 2004 and 2015. The organizers therefore came up with a novelty this year which will offer fans the opportunity to secure tickets in advance, with a draw for the priority right to purchase tickets, which will take place in the autumn. "We were inspired by the Olympic Games, the Rugby World Cup or the last IIHF Ice Hockey Championship in Tampere and Riga. The goal of the draw is to provide the ice hockey audience with an equal opportunity to get tickets. This will apply not only to Czech fans, but also to foreign fans. The winner will be able to buy one to six tickets according to their preference in the first and second price categories. With the draw, we also want to dilute the great interest that we expect at the beginning of the sale," Petr Bříza explains the form of the competition and its goals.
 
In the first phase, all interested fans will first register on (2024.iihfworlds.com), which will be active from 20 July. Participants can only register once using their email address and phone number. In the second phase, the participants will be invited via email to select up to three preferred teams and respective game days.
 
In the second half of September, a lottery will take place, on the basis of which the participants will find out whether they have obtained the possibility of priority purchase. "The winners will have a total of five days to buy tickets. We expect to open the priority purchase of tickets in the first half of October. Winners cannot reserve the tickets; they need to be paid after selection using the selected payment method. Of course, it is up to everyone whether and to what extent they would like to benefit from the successful draw. Approximately 20% of the sales capacity of the arena will be allocated to the draw on each game day of the preliminary round. After that, as part of the traditional sale, we will release another wave of tickets. In case that luck does not smile on someone in the competition, they will have the opportunity to purchase tickets also in the subsequent public sale. We would like to present a complete price overview of all types of tickets at the end of the summer, when we will already know the game schedule," explains Petr Bříza.
  
Official ticket sales will begin after the end of the ticket draw, i.e. in the first half of October. "We believe that this form, which is currently widely used, will also be attractive to our fans. We would like to meet the attendance of 2015. Fans from all over the world associate Prague and Ostrava with packed arenas and an unforgettable atmosphere and, we would like to confirm that next year," concludes Petr Bříza.
 
Ticket draw phases: 
1^st Phase – Registration of participants: via 2024.iihfworlds.com from 20 July 2023
2^nd Phase – Choice of teams and specific games: until 15 September 2023
3^rd Phase – Drawing and contacting the winners: second half of September 2023 
4^th Phase – Advance tickets sale for the winners: first half of October 2023 

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On 5/29/2023 at 4:13 PM, stepansevs said:

Based on wish, Czechia decided to change Canada for USA to Prague. Based on agreement, there is chance that some Canadian stars will come to WCH and to Prague Is better chance that they will come 

Yay, i guess. Czechia just gave us Canada to fight against in the round robin lol

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Road to World Championship International Test Matches

 

Thursday 4th April, 2024

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-   3-2 After PSO

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Road to World Championship International Test Matches

 

Friday 5th April, 2024

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-   3-2 After PSO

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Road to World Championship International Test Matches

 

Wednesday 10th April, 2024

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-   2-3 After OT

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Road to World Championship International Test Matches

 

Thursday 11th April, 2024

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-   3-0

-   3-0

-   2-3

-   3-1

(Div. I.A.) -   5-2

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-   3-0  Highlights

 

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federation officially announced a couple of minutes ago that just like last year this time again no slovak KHL player/coach will be invited to the team for the upcoming world championships

 

https://sport.aktuality.sk/hokej/clanok/hraci-z-khl-nebudu-reprezentovat-slovensko-na-ms-v-hokeji-2024-2024041211181804601

 

 

We have currently 9 players in the KHL (yep, so many... ) so none of this list will be in May in Ostrava (and hopefully also in Prague )

 

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Road to World Championship International Test Matches

 

Friday 12th April, 2024

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-   5-3

-  (Div. I.A.)  5-2

-  (Div. I.A.)  0-6

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Road to World Championship International Test Matches

 

Saturday 13th April, 2024

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-   2-3

-  (Div. I.A.)  6-2

-   4-2

- (Div. I.A.)  4-2