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The 83rd Ice Hockey World Championship 2019 kicks off very soon, where fans can watch their favorite teams battle for the title best country. The last competitions of the strongest teams have become unpredictable, and that's all, because in each team the level of play is almost the same. As a result, the final ending of the confrontations is unrealistic to predict, and the audience gets a large number of exciting fights on ice.

Ice Hockey World Championship 2019: where will it take place

The Ice Hockey World Championship 2019 will be held from 3 to 19 May in Slovakia in the cities of Kasice and Bratislava. Initially, beautiful Switzerland was the main contender for the event, but for some reason the officials withdrew the official application at the last moment. However, they have decided to hold the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2020. As a result, Slovakia was chosen thanks to a non-alternative system.

So, the games of the 2019 Ice Hockey World Championship will be held at the following stadiums:

Slovnaft Arena with a capacity of 10,060 people;
Steel Arena with a capacity of 8,050 people.

The final match and fights for bronze places will be played at the Slovnaft Arena. The stadium is equipped with the best infrastructure that can accommodate more than 10 thousand people and hold large-scale hockey games. We encourage all fans to come and support the pets.

Participants of the Ice Hockey World Cup 2019

Only the Slovakian national ice hockey team qualified for the tournament. The final list of squads that will continue to fight for the trophy will be found out at the championship in 2018. We can already safely assume that due to the high level of play, the following teams will get into the tournament:

Russia;
Finland;
Canada;
Czech Republic;
Sweden;
Switzerland;
Canada.

Other hockey teams most likely they will not get such a chance to play in a grand tournament. The rest of the squads better take care of their current position and not fall into a lower division. It is better to bypass the last line in the table so as not to fall into weak teams.

Ice Hockey World Cup 2019 Regulations

The format of the tournament, which will be played in two cities in Slovakia, will not receive drastic changes. As usual, 16 countries will be divided into two subgroups, where each team will play one match with the opponent. The first four countries enter the 1/4 stage (playoffs). All squad games will be played crosswise. This means that the first team from subgroup "A" needs to meet with squad number 4 from subgroup "B".

Interestingly, in knockout games, a ten-minute overtime is allowed. Why we noted this, but because the group stage provides for a 5-minute. If in final game the teams played a draw, then they need to play a 20-minute match or overtime.

It is noteworthy that Switzerland automatically remains even if it takes eighth place in standings. And all because of the fact that the 2020 Ice Hockey World Championship will be held in Switzerland. If the Swiss still take eighth place, then the seventh team from the subgroup will go to the lower league.

Now the question is where the championship will take place World Hockey Championship 2019 is completely exhausted. Only now there is one nuance for the audience, and which participants will get to the championship. Very soon, the first official statements, schedules of matches of the tournament will appear.

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Ice Hockey World Cup 2019: strong Russian team - strengthened rivals

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The 2019 World Cup in Slovakia will begin on May 10 - this is the latest start in the last ten years. Usually even May 5-6 was considered a belated start.

- The late start of the World Cup will allow our team to better prepare for the tournament , - says the president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR), Vladislav Tretyak. - Players will have time to recover from the KHL playoffs. From the NHL, where in the new season there will be about forty of our players, many guys will have time to free themselves.

Actually, this is the key difference between the upcoming World Cup and the previous ones. If earlier, by the time the playoffs started at the NHL World Championship, the second round of the Stanley Cup was ending and not everyone had the sense to rush to the national team, now two rounds in the overseas playoffs will finish by the time the 2019 World Cup starts. And during the tournament, hockey players whose NHL teams were eliminated in the semifinals of the Stanley Cup will have time to join him. So only the finalists of the overseas playoffs will remain behind the World Cup.

A similar alignment promises fans a scattering of hockey stars. Ilya Vorobyov can get at his disposal one of the best rebounds of hockey players in his career with Evgeni Malkin, Artemy Panarin, Alexander Ovechkin, Nikita Kucherov, Sergey Bobrovsky, etc. However, competitors will also become stronger, so for the first time in many years the level of the tournament will correspond to the name "world championship".

Moreover, it can become the main tournament of the national teams, since the Olympic future of hockey is in doubt. IIHF President Rene Fasel said that the NHL may once again not let its players go to the Olympics, as it was in Pyeongchang. Moreover, according to Fasel, tougher scenarios are not ruled out: the Beijing 2022 hockey tournament can become a youth tournament (under 23, as in football) or hockey in Olympic China won't be at all.

- This is, of course, the last option. Fasel explains. - First of all, we expect to find common ground with the NHL and hope to fill the hockey tournament in Beijing with the strongest players in the world - to make it the same as in the period from 1998 to 2014.

Against the backdrop of this uncertainty, the world championships will become the most significant in terms of international level. hockey tournaments. The Russian national team will open the nearest of them on May 10 with a game against the Norwegian team, and this meeting, by the way, will be the first for Ilya Vorobyov at the World Cup as a full-fledged head coach of the Russian national team.

It is curious that most of the rivals of the Russians in the group stage of the 2019 World Cup are the same as a year ago: the Austrians with the Czechs in the first half, the Swiss and the Swedes at the finish line. The national teams of Latvia, Italy and Norway made a variety, replacing Slovakia, France and Belarus in the list of opponents.

But Vorobyov's squad is unlikely to collide with the outlandish UK team. The representatives of the United Kingdom, who will return to the elite of world hockey after 25 years, were sent by the IIHF to group A. And there Canada, the USA, Finland and experienced Slovakia and Germany. In such a company, a 1/4 exit is unlikely for the British.

Oddly enough, Group A with the hosts of the tournament will not be based in the capital of Slovakia, but five hundred kilometers from it - the city of Kosice at the Steel Arena, which can accommodate 8340 spectators. While the Russians and other groups of group B are waiting for Bratislava and its 10,000th Ondrej Nepela Arena.

In the larger Vancouver, the youth team of Russia will also play, which got to the MFM-2019, which will be held in Canada, in group A. The maple leaf country hosts the MFM for the sixth time in the last ten years. The Russians will open the tournament on December 27 with a meeting with the Danes, on December 29 the Czechs are waiting for them, on the eve of the New Year, on December 31, the Swiss, and on New Year they will enter into a superbattle with the hosts of the tournament, Canada, which will start at 01.00 Moscow time.

Matches of the Russian national team at the 2019 World Cup

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As for the venue for the games of the Ice Hockey World Championship, two ice rinks were chosen as them: the capital's Slovnaft Arena and the Steel Arena in Kosice. Both sports complexes are quite spacious. The first is able to accommodate more than 10,000 spectators, the second is designed for 8,500 fans.

Fights for bronze awards, as well as the final meeting of the two strongest teams of the tournament will take place at the Slovnaft Arena, which has repeatedly become the central venue for world-class competitions. It hosted the 2011 Ice Hockey World Championship and the 2014 KHL All-Star Game.

Participants of the upcoming championship

Currently, participation in the 2019 World Cup is guaranteed to 16 teams. First of all, it is the national team of Slovakia. This privilege went to her by right of the host. The list of other teams that will perform at the upcoming tournament was determined based on the results of the 2018 championship. Thus, at the tournament in Slovakia, fans will see: Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Russia, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, Italy, France, Norway, Austria, Denmark, Germany and Great Britain.

Ice Hockey World Cup Regulations

According to IIHF officials, the usual format of the Ice Hockey World Championship will remain the same. Teams from the first division of the World Hockey Federation will take part in the tournament. All 16 national teams that will take part in the championship will be divided into two groups, within which they will play one match with each of their rivals. The teams that will take the first four lines in the standings will receive the right to participate in the playoff games (1/4 finals).

It is worth paying attention to the fact that in the knockout matches there is a 10-minute overtime, which will determine the winner in the event of a draw in the regular time of the match. To determine the strongest in the final confrontation, the teams are given a 20-minute overtime. If a draw was also recorded in extra time, the winner of the tournament is determined by a series of shootouts.

Championship calendar

Group round games of the 2019 Ice Hockey World Championship will be held daily from May 10 to May 21. The future schedule of matches will look like this:

1/4 finals fights: May 23rd;
1/2 finals: May 25th;
3rd place match and final: May 26th.

In total, 64 matches will be played within the framework of the championship, the live broadcast of which can be watched on the air of Russian sports channels or on their official websites on the Internet.

Group stage games

According to the results of the IIHF draw, the participants of both baskets of the upcoming championship became known. Group "A" will play: Canada, Finland, USA, Slovakia, Germany, Denmark, France and Great Britain. In group "B" the ticket to the playoffs will be challenged by: Russia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Norway, Austria, Italy, Latvia and the reigning hockey world champion - the national team of Sweden.

Bookmaker Predictions

According to sports analysts, the traditional favorites of the hockey championships have the highest chances of winning the 2019 world title. This list includes teams from Russia, Canada, the Czech Republic, the USA and Sweden. Pretty good chances of reaching the 1/4 finals of the World Cup have the national teams of Germany and Switzerland, which have demonstrated simply brilliant results in the previous three tournaments.

Separately, it is worth mentioning the team from Sweden, which are the current owners of the trophy. At the 2018 championship, which took place in Denmark, the wards of Rikard Grenborg proved to be a strong and formidable opponent. At the stage of group games, the Scandinavians did not suffer a single defeat from competitors. In the 1/4 finals, Latvia was defeated, and in semifinal match"yellow-blue" won confident victory over the Americans, defeating them with a score of 6:0. The final match turned out to be the most difficult test for the Swedes in the tournament, however, here they did not disappoint their fans, beating the Swiss in a series of post-match shootouts (3:2).

As for the Russian national team, the 82nd season of the World Cup for our hockey players was not very successful. Despite the fact that the “red car” held group fights on its usual the highest level, in the quarterfinals, the domestic team failed to overcome the resistance of the Canadians. As a result, the first match of the playoff stage was lost with a score of 4:5.

For millions of Russian fans, the departure of the national team at an early stage of the championship was real tragedy, however, they do not stop believing in the success of their heroes at the tournament in Slovakia.

Summarizing

Taking into account the mood and readiness of the Russian team to fight for the title of world champion in 2019, we can say with confidence that our hockey players will demonstrate their the best game and will do their best to please their fans with beautiful victories.

For those fans who still do not know in which country, when and in which cities the 83rd Ice Hockey World Cup will take place, we remind you that the championship matches will be held in Kosice and Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, from May 10 to May 26, 2019- year.

Where and when will the 2019 Ice Hockey World Championship be held?

On May 15, 2015, at the IIHF Congress, it was decided that the Ice Hockey World Championship - 2019 will be held in Slovakia, in the cities of Bratislava and Kosice. The dates for the tournament have been moved. If the 2018 World Cup was held from May 4 to 20, then the 2019 World Cup starts on May 10 and ends on May 26.

Slovakia competed with Switzerland for the right to host the World Cup, but before the final vote, the Swiss withdrew their application and will eventually host the 2020 World Cup, championat.com informs.

2019 Ice Hockey World Championship game calendar

2019 World Cup Arenas

Prior to that, Slovakia hosted the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2011. Then the matches were also held in Bratislava and Kosice. The main arena of the 2019 World Cup will be the Orange Arena in Bratislava, which can accommodate 10 thousand spectators and is home arena Slovan playing in the KHL. In Kosice, matches will be played at the Steel Arena (8300 spectators), which is the home ground of the Kosice club.

Group A (Kosice)

Canada
USA
Finland
Germany
Slovakia
Denmark
France
Great Britain

The first match in the group will be held on May 10, the teams of Canada and Finland will play in it, and in the evening the hosts, the Slovakian team, will play against the US team. The Canada vs USA match will take place on May 21st.

For the first time in 24 years, the UK team will play in the elite division of the World Cup. She will play her first match in the tournament against the German team on May 11.

Group B (Bratislava)

Sweden
Russia
Switzerland
Czech
Norway
Latvia
Austria
Italy

The Russian national team was in the same group with the finalists of the 2018 World Cup - the teams of Sweden and Switzerland. Compared with last championship world in Slovakia, the rivals of our team in group stage will mostly be the same - Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria. Only the teams from the “lower” half of the group have changed - instead of Belarus, France and Slovakia, we got Norway, Latvia and Italy.

On the first game day in Bratislava there will be two matches: Russia - Norway and the Czech Republic - Sweden.

The full schedule of matches of the Russian national team

May 10, Friday, 17:15 (Moscow time), Russia - Norway;
May 12, Sunday, 13:15, Austria - Russia;
May 13, Monday, 17:15, Russia - Czech Republic;
May 15, Wednesday, 21:15, Russia - Italy;
May 18, Saturday, 13:15, Latvia - Russia;
May 19, Sunday, 21:15, Switzerland - Russia;
May 21, Tuesday, 21:15, Sweden - Russia.

On May 15, 2015, at the IIHF Congress, it was decided that the Ice Hockey World Championship - 2019 will be held in Slovakia, in the cities of Bratislava and Kosice. The dates for the tournament have been moved. If the 2018 World Cup was held from May 4 to May 20, then it starts on May 10 and ends on May 26.

Slovakia competed with Switzerland for the right to host the World Cup, but before the final vote, the Swiss withdrew their application and eventually hosted the 2020 World Cup.

Arenas

Prior to that, Slovakia hosted the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2011. Then the matches were also held in Bratislava and Kosice. The main arena will be the Bratislava Orange Arena, which seats 10,000 spectators and is the home arena of Slovan playing in the KHL. In Kosice, matches will be played at the Steel Arena (8300 spectators), which is the home ground of the Kosice club.

"Orange Arena"

Steel Arena