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.
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
Canada
Finland
Switzerland
Czechia
Denmark
Norway
Austria
Great Britain
Group B – Ostrava
USA
Germany
Sweden
Slovakia
Latvia
France
Kazakhstan
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 and the second from 1,500 to 4,500 CZK. 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 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.
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.
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.
Ticket draw phases:
1st Phase – Registration of participants: via 2024.iihfworlds.com from 20 July 2023
2nd Phase – Choice of teams and specific games: until 15 September 2023
3rd Phase – Drawing and contacting the winners: second half of September 2023
4th Phase – Advance tickets sale for the winners: first half of October 2023
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