Schedule of semi-final matches of the World Hockey Championship. About sports facilities

Greetings to all sports fans, especially hockey fans. In this review you can learn about 2017 IIHF World Championship match schedule, where the strongest teams, sports professionals, coaches will gather to show and prove which is the strongest team in the world. The presented fight will be incredibly cool and enchanting, any viewer will be glued to the screen. You will be able to observe a decent battle and transparency of the fight in every match already in 2017. As for the results before the groups, it is quite difficult to predict the champion, because every hockey country deserves to become a winner.

Before we move on to the schedule of championship games, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with regulations of the 2017 IIHF World Championship.

Ice Hockey World Championship 2017 standings

Ice Hockey World Championship Regulations

Traditionally, the World Cup represents 16 worthy teams, which are always divided into two subgroups of eight teams. The hosts of the long-awaited tournament were Germany and France. Each national team will play one game in a group of opponents from the subgroup. The eight best countries that will take the first fourth places in the subgroup have the right to form the quarter-final table, where the best winners will be able to compete in the 1/2 finals.

The losing teams will play semi-final games for bronze places in the tournament. But they won, and will fight in the triumphant competition of the best hockey team in the world.

2017 Ice Hockey World Championship table

World Hockey Championship 2017 schedule of matches of the Russian national team

I think many will be interested Find out the date of the Russian national team's games at the World Hockey Championship in 2017. As for the Russian national hockey team, our hockey players are now going through a difficult time. as there is a change of generations and a new composition. Even though recently Russian national hockey team shows performances that are not quite familiar to the audience, but fans hope that coach Oleg Znarok will try to play and work out the key moments for the international tournament. The main rivals in this confrontation will be teams from the USA, Finland, Canada, and Sweden. Therefore, let's look at the rivals of our fighting force.

2017 Ice Hockey World Championship final part – dates of national team games

Thus, compiled table of matches of the 2017 World Hockey Championship. Now everyone will be aware of the ice battles for the champion title. Each team will try to field the best fighting force for the battles. Fans will only benefit from such a tournament, since a huge dose of sporting emotions is guaranteed. The best moments, the struggle and the abundance of the tournament are guaranteed to you in 2017.

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On Friday, May 5, the 81st Ice Hockey World Championship 2017 starts. Russia, as a leading hockey power, will traditionally fight only for the gold trophy.

Where and when will the 2017 World Hockey Championship take place?

The IIHF World Championship will be held from May 5 to May 21, 2017. The tournament will be hosted by two countries at once - France (Paris) and Germany (Cologne).

Russian national team composition

Head coach of the Russian national team Oleg Znarok named the composition of our ice team at the World Hockey Championship. Refusing to comment on the decision Alexandra Radulova not to participate in the championship, Znarok said that the captain of the Russian team will be Sergey Mozyakin. The captain's assistants will be Vadim Shipachev And Anton Belov. The initial application included 23 athletes, the coach of our team clarified.

The gates of the Russian team will be defended by Andrey Vasilevsky, Igor Shesterkin And Ilya Sorokin.

Responsible for defense: Viktor Antipin, Anton Belov, Alexey Bereglazov, Vladislav Gavrikov, Artem Zub, Bogdan Kiselevich, Andrey Mironov, Mikhail Naumenkov, Ivan Provorov.

Our team will play in attack: Sergey Andronov, Alexander Barabanov, Nikita Gusev, Evgeny Dadonov, Kirill Kaprizov, Nikita Kucherov, Roman Lyubimov, Sergey Mozyakin, Vladislav Namestnikov, Valery Nichushkin, Sergey Plotnikov, Andrey Svetlakov, Ivan Telegin, Vladimir Tkachev, Artemy Panarin, Vadim Shipachev.

Which band does Russia play in?

Team Russia plays in a band A together with teams from Germany, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Slovakia, USA and Sweden.

All Group A games in the group stage, as well as two quarter-finals, both semi-finals, the third place match and the final will be held in Cologne (34 matches in total).

In Group B Belarus, Canada, Norway, Slovenia, Finland, France, the Czech Republic and Switzerland will compete for the main hockey trophy. All Group B matches, as well as the two quarter-finals (30 games in total), will be played in Paris.

Schedule of group stage matches with the participation of Russia

Where to watch the World Hockey Championship games

All games of the 2017 Ice Hockey World Championship will be shown on the Match TV channel. The first match with the participation of Russia, as well as the semi-finals, finals and decisive games with the participation of the Russian team will be shown on the main federal channels. Online broadcasts of hockey matches will also be available on the Internet.

The first game with the participation of the Russian national team will be shown by Channel One; in the broadcast schedule the announcement looks like this: “17.15. Russia - Sweden. Preliminary stage. Group A in Cologne (Germany). Live Stream".

A detailed schedule of television broadcasts of the World Hockey Championship can be viewed.

The 81st IIHF World Championship will be held in 2019. Its duration is from May 5 to May 21, 2019. For the third time it is held by two countries - France. France will organize matches in Paris, Germany in Cologne.

The last time Paris hosted the World Hockey Championship was a long time ago - 65 years ago. In 1968, at the 1930 World Hockey Championship in France, all matches were played except the last three. They were held in Austria and Germany. Germany has hosted seven Ice Hockey World Cups, most recently in 2010.

Choosing a venue for the 2019 Ice Hockey World Championship

Initially, four countries submitted an application to host the World Hockey Championship in 2019, and they teamed up in pairs. These are Latvia with Denmark and Germany with France. before this, the Germans and French applied separately and competed with each other. Then they came to an agreement, apparently calculated all the pros and cons and put forward a joint application. In this case, Latvia and Denmark were unable to provide worthy competition and dropped out of the competition. It was decided to give away the right to host the 2019 World Hockey Championship at a meeting of the International Hockey Federation on May 17, 2013 in Stockholm.

Who is participating in the 2019 IIHF World Championship

The countries France and Germany participate in the World Cup in any case; they are the hosts of the tournament. They already qualified for the championship, taking into account the results of the 2019 World Cup. The teams of Italy and Slovenia in the first division of the 2016 World Cup were in the first two places, they are also participating. These four are added to the 12 teams that qualified for the 2019 World Cup. This makes 16 teams.

Eurasia

North America

The 2019 Ice Hockey World Championship will be hosted by two sports facilities. Lanxess Arena in Cologne (Germany) and Accor Hotels Arena in Paris

Rules for the 2019 Ice Hockey World Championship

All 16 teams are divided by 8 into two groups. The group stage of the tournament, as always, takes place at the World Cup in a round-robin format. The teams that take the first four places in the group advance to the playoffs of the competition. The team that took the last 8th place in each group is relegated to the 1st division of the 2018 World Cup.

It is interesting that the national team from Denmark, having taken eighth place in the group, will not be demoted in qualification to the 1st division at the 2018 World Cup. It is the country that organizes the 2018 World Hockey Championship. The team that takes penultimate seventh place in the group will be relegated from the top division.

Mascot at the 2019 IIHF World Championship

The official mascot of the 2017 World Hockey Championship was chosen to depict characters from European films and comics. These are the Gauls Asterix and Obelix, they are known all over the world. IIHF - The International Hockey Federation has approved this mascot.

The organizers of the 2017 World Cup in the German hockey federation consider the choice of the mascot to be very successful. These characters are popular, especially in Germany and France. Souvenirs with their image should be snapped up. Obelix and Asterix should further attract attention to the competition.

Video: presentation of the mascot of the 2019 World Hockey Championship

The 81st Ice Hockey World Championship 2017 will take place in Germany and France. The tournament starts on May 5 and ends on the 21st with the final in Cologne. This tournament will be the third to be held simultaneously in two countries. The world championship games will take place in Paris and Cologne. We will tell you in more detail which arenas and where the 2017 World Hockey Championship will be held.

Why in two countries

Initially, France and Germany submitted a separate bid to host the 2017 Hockey World Championship. However, in 2012 it was decided to join forces and hold a common tournament. This joint application from France and Germany was able to outstrip the double application from Latvia and Denmark with a clear advantage. The advantage of Germany and France was the existing infrastructure, while in Latvia and Denmark it was necessary to urgently reconstruct the ice arenas.

Germany has already hosted the world hockey championships seven times. The last time Germany became the host of the championship was in 2010. France has hosted major tournaments four times, but the last time the championship was held was in 1968. All games are scheduled to be held in Cologne at the Lanxess Arena and in Paris at the AccorHotels Arena. The capacity of these modern hockey stadiums is 18.5 and 17 thousand respectively. Initially, it was planned to hold the games in the Parisian Bercy Arena, which has a capacity of 15 thousand spectators. However, it was subsequently decided to move the games to the AccorHotels Arena.

The organizers note that more than half of the tickets have already been sold, so there are guaranteed to be no problems with filling the stands. Taking into account the capacity of the ice arenas, it can be argued that the 2017 championship will be a record for the number of fans attending the championship games. According to the organizers of the tournament, holding it in France will significantly increase interest in hockey in this country.

Championship regulations

In accordance with the tournament regulations, 16 teams will take part in it, which will be divided into 2 groups. Games will be played in a round-robin manner, after which the first four teams will advance to the playoffs. The distribution of teams in the playoffs is standard - the winner of group A plays with the fourth team of group B. The teams that take the last eighth place in their groups are directly relegated to the first division. Let us only note that the championship is scheduled to be held in Denmark in 2018, so if the national team of this country takes last place in the group, then the team from 7th place in this group will be relegated to the lower division.

In Cologne, in accordance with the approved schedule of the 2017 Ice Hockey World Championship, 34 games will take place. The city will host Group A matches, two quarter-finals and semi-finals, as well as the final and third place game. Paris will host 30 games, including two quarter-finals. The organizers promise to stagger the start of the games in two cities, which will significantly increase the television audience of the championship. Distribution into groups is carried out taking into account the current IIHF ranking.

In 2016, the championship was held in Russia in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Canada confidently won the world championship, beating Finland in the final match. Third place went to the Russian team, which beat the USA in the consolation final. At the 2017 championship, the main contenders for the title will also be Canadians and the Finnish team. The strongest teams can be fielded by the Czechs, Slovaks, Russians and Americans.

Games calendar

Playoffs