56 Games in Cologne, Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen

Munich, Germany, 21. Juli 2009 - Two hundred and ninety days before the 2010 IIHF World Championship in Germany, the Organising Committee of the event has released the game schedule. The Council of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has already given its approval.

A total of 56 games involving the world's best 16 hockey nations will be played in Germany between May 7 - 23, 2010. Of these, 29 games including the semi-finals as well as the gold and bronze medal finals will be played in Cologne, a further 26 games, including two quarter-finals, will take place in Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen will host the world record opening game with almost 76.000 spectators on May 7, 2010.

Those interested in tickets can already make their choice
With the second ticket sales stage running, preliminary round tickets for a certain group/team (starting at € 62,50) as well as qualification/relegation round tickets for a certain venue (starting at €125,50) and a first contingent of final round tickets (starting at € 189,50) are presently on offer. A total of nearly 90,000 tickets could already be sold. Naturally strongly requested are the games of group D, which includes the games of the German team, as well as the entire final round. However, tickets are currently still available in all categories. Some remaining tickets for the opening game can also still be purchased within various package offers.

The official game schedule is available for download on the official event website of the 2010 IIHF World Championship »

Tickets and further information are available under:

• Internet:
  www.iihfworlds2010.com »
  
  
• Ticket-Hotline:
  +49 621 18 19 0 333 (usual fees for calls into German landline network)
  
  
• On-site Ticket Shops:
  "LANXESS arena" (Cologne), "SAP ARENA" (Mannheim) and "VELTINS-Arena" (Gelsenkirchen)