Ice Hockey World Championship 2010

Opening game in Gelsenkirchen

In 2010, the international ice hockey association IIHF organized ice hockey world championships for the 74th time .

The tournaments at a glance

Men's World Cup

The 74th Men's Ice Hockey World Championship took place from May 7 to 23, 2010 in Cologne , Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen in Germany . The opening match between Germany and the United States of America took place in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen in front of 77,803 spectators, which was a new world record in ice hockey.

The other tournaments were held in the following locations:

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 19-25 , 2010 in Tilburg , the Netherlands
  • Group B: April 17-23, 2010 in Ljubljana , Slovenia
• Division II
  • Group A: April 11-17, 2010 in Mexico City , Mexico
  • Group B: April 10-16, 2010 in Narva , Estonia
• Division III
  • Group A: April 14-17, 2010 in Luxembourg , Luxembourg
  • Group B: April 14-18, 2010 in Yerevan , Armenia

Women

Due to the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver ( Canada ), no women's tournament was held.

Juniors (U20)

The 34th Junior World Championships (U20) took place from December 26th, 2009 to January 5th, 2010 in Saskatoon and Regina , Canada . The other tournaments were held in the following locations:

• Division I.
  • Group A: December 14-20 , 2009 in Megève and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains , France
  • Group B: December 14-20, 2009 in Gdansk , Poland
• Division II
  • Group A: December 13-19, 2009 in Debrecen , Hungary
  • Group B: December 12-18, 2009 in Narva , Estonia
• Division III: January 4-10, 2010 in Istanbul , Turkey

Juniors (U18)

The 12th Junior World Championship (U18) was held from April 13 to 23, 2010 in Minsk and Babrujsk in Belarus . The other tournaments took place in the following locations:

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 12-18, 2010 in Herning , Denmark
  • Group B: April 11-17, 2010 in Krynica-Zdrój , Poland
• Division II
  • Group A: March 13-19, 2010 in Narva , Estonia
  • Group B: March 22-28 , 2010 in Brovary , Ukraine
• Division III
  • Group A: March 8-14, 2010 in Erzurum , Turkey
  • Group B: March 14-20 , 2010 in Monterrey , Mexico

Juniors (U18)

The 3rd Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 women took place from March 27 to April 3, 2010 in Chicago , United States . The Division I tournament was held from April 3 to April 9, 2010 in Piešťany , Slovakia .

Web links

Commons : Ice Hockey World Championship 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the IIHF