Austria's ice hockey team aims at sensation against Switzerland!

Austria's ice hockey team aims at sensation against Switzerland!

On May 21, 2025, Austria's national ice hockey team took a significant step in the IIHF World Championship by successfully securing the relegation and reaching the World Cup quarter-finals. Austria will meet Switzerland on Thursday at 4:20 p.m. in Herning, the Vice World Champion. Team boss Roger Bader, who has been the office since 2016 and has also acted as sports director since 2017, has a special attachment to Switzerland, which increases his expectations of the upcoming game.

"We want to win," said Bader, who goes into the game. Player Peter Schneider emphasizes that concentration on the game is extremely important and regeneration also plays a central role in order to be optimally prepared in the quarter -finals.

European duel in the quarter -finals

Switzerland is in fifth place on the IIHF world rankings, while Austria is in 13th place. Five players from the NHL and the record player Andres Ambühl, who played 148 World Cup games, are represented by the Swiss players. Interestingly, the focus is not only on the sporting competition: Captain Nico Hischier misses the game due to injury, but remains with the team.

top scorer of the World Cup is Swiss Sven Andrighetto, who has already scored seven goals. For Austria, the memories of the last duel against Switzerland, which was lost 5: 6 last year, still live in the memory. Dominic Zwerger, who scored two goals in this game, emphasized that the team must now be ready to master the challenge.

quarterfinal overview and other encounters

A total of four matches take place in the quarter-finals of the ice hockey World Cup. In addition to the game Switzerland against Austria, the following pairings are also set:

A look at the groups and the performance of the teams

The preliminary round of the 2025 ice hockey World Cup was completed on May 20, and the various groups provided exciting results. In group A, a team with 19 points leads, followed by another team with 18 points. In group B, the competition is also strong, with two teams, each of which was able to collect 17 points. A detailed overview of the group results can be found on the official IIHF website.

Austria has the chance to meet the best remaining nation in the semi -finals in the event of a victory against Switzerland, including Canada, Sweden, the USA or Finland in this role. All semi -final games and the final are played in the Avicii Arena in Stockholm.

The pressure is high, but the Austrian team is determined to accept the challenge and to continue in the ladder of the Ice Hockey World Championship.