Austria's ice hockey team: on a combat course against world champion Czech Republic!

Austria's ice hockey team: on a combat course against world champion Czech Republic!

Austria's national ice hockey team is intensively preparing for the 2025 World Cup in Stockholm. The preparation begins on April 1, 2025 with a first team camp in Vienna, in which players who are not in the semi -finals of the Win2day Ice Hockey League will take part. Team boss Roger Bader emphasizes the importance of strong opponents for optimal preparation. A total of nine test games against various teams are planned within five weeks, including Latvian, Hungarian, German and the World Championship record champion Czech Republic and a final game against Canada.

The test game series is held in several camps and cities. Loud laola1.at will start the first camp in Vienna, followed by a second camp in a second camp in Budapest, a third in Linz and a fourth in Zell am See. The preparation will then be completed again in Vienna.

preparation period at a glance

Here are the details of the test games at a glance:

• 1. Week in Vienna:
  • 04. April 2025: Austria - Latvia
  • 05. April 2025: Austria - Latvia
• 2. Week in Hungary:
  • 10. April 2025: Hungary - Austria
  • 11. April 2025: Hungary - Austria
• 3. Week in Linz:
  • 17. April 2025: Czech Republic - Austria
  • 19. April 2025: Austria - Czech Republic
• 4. Week in Zell am See:
  • 24. April 2025: Austria - Germany
  • 26. April 2025: Germany - Austria
• 5. Week in Vienna:
  • 04. May 2025: Austria - Canada

The head coach Roger Bader is confident and expresses that the quality of the opponents will be decisive for the preparation for the World Cup. In addition to the test games, the IIHF congressional context is also taken into account, in which important decisions for the future of ice hockey were made. It was decided to increase the proportion of women in the IIHF and to introduce 3 × 3 hockey as a possible Olympic discipline for the 2030 Winter Olympics, which is of great importance for the ice hockey community, such as Eishockey.at reported.

WM 2025 in Stockholm

The IIHF World Hockey Championship will take place from May 9 to 25, 2025 in Stockholm (Sweden) and Herning (Denmark). The Austrian team will play in Group A, together with strong opponents such as Canada, Finland, France, Latvia, Slovakia, Sweden and Slovenia

The game dates for Austria are as follows:

• 09. May 2025: Austria vs. Finland
• 10. May 2025: Sweden vs. Austria
• 12. May 2025: Austria vs. Slovakia
• 15. May 2025: Canada vs. Austria
• 16. May 2025: Austria vs. France
• 18. May 2025: Slovenia vs. Austria
• 20. May 2025: Latvia vs. Austria

tickets for the World Cup are available via the IIHF website. The ÖEHV President Klaus Hartmann is proud of the return of Canada to Vienna for the final test game and hopes for a sold-out Steffl Arena on May 4, 2025.