Secure your tickets now for the final game of World Championship preparation!
Recent years have brought incredible highlights that remain etched in our minds to this day and have been burned into our memories forever. The comeback against Canada, the last-second win against Finland in 2024 and, of course, reaching the quarter-finals in 2025 are just the most notable events of recent World Championship years. In Zurich (SUI), the aim is to add the next chapter to this success story. Perfect preparation is essential. Austria has already faced Latvia, Italy, Czechia and Germany in preparation, and will conclude this week against Slovenia.
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PREPARATION
Austria vs. Klagenfurt
Sat, 09 May, 16:20, Heidi Horten Arena, Klagenfurt
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Matches already played
Latvia vs. Austria 3:4 (0:1, 3:3, 0:0)
Wed, 8 April 2026, 18:30, Riga (LAT)
Austria scorers: Maximilian Rebernig (at 9), Benjamin Nissner (at 21), Luca Erne (at 29), Lucas Thaler (at 39/PP)
Latvia scorers: Karlis Ozolins (at 30), Glebs Prohorenkovs (at 33/PP), Deniss Smirnovs (at 36)
Game Sheet
Latvia vs. Austria 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Thu, 9 April 2026, 18:30, Riga (LAT)
Latvia scorer: Oskars Lapinski (at 51)
Game Sheet
Austria vs. Italy 3:2 (0:0, 2:1, 0:1, 1:0)
Thu, 16 April 2026, 19:00, Dornbirn
Austria scorers: Benjamin Nissner (at 27, at 29/PP), Peter Schneider (at 65)
Italy scorers: Bryce Misley (at 30), Tommaso De Luca (at 55)
Game Sheet
Austria vs. Czechia 1:5 (0:2, 1:1, 0:2)
Thu, 23 April 2026, 19:00, Steffl Arena Vienna
Austria scorer: Leon Kolarik (at 32)
Czechia scorers: Michael Spacek (at 5), Dominik Kubalik (at 8), Daniel Tomasek (at 31), Filip Kral (at 43), Daniel Vozelinek (at 56)
Game Sheet
Czechia vs. Austria 4:0 (1:0, 1:0, 2:0)
Fri, 24 April 2026, 17:30, Jihlava (CZE)
Czechia scorers: David Tomasek (at 18), Michael Spacek (at 28, at 46/PP), Marcel Marcel (at 57)
Austria vs. Germany 3:4 (0:1, 1:1, 2:2)
Thu, 30 April 2026, 19:00, Zell am See
Austria scorers: Patrick Söllinger (at 26), Mario Huber (at 41), Thimo Nickl (at 47/PP)
Germany scorers: Stefan Loibl (at 5, at 55), Alexander Blank (at 37), Daniel Fischbuch (at 48)
Game Sheet
Germany vs. Austria 5:2 (2:0, 1:0, 2:2)
Sat, 2 May 2026, 17:00, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER)
Germany scorers: Maximilian Kastner (at 8), Alexander Blank (at 13), Alexander Karachun (at 40), Daniel Fischbuch (at 56/PP), Tim Brunnhuber (at 60/EN)
Austria scorers: Lucas Thaler (at 44), Mario Huber (at 48/PP)
Game Sheet
2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
15 May 2026 - 31 May 2026, Zurich and Fribourg (SUI)
Defending champions: USA
Group A, Zurich: USA, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Austria, Hungary, Great Britain
Group B, Fribourg: Canada, Sweden, Czechia, Denmark, Slovakia, Norway, Slovenia, Italy
Schedule
Great Britain vs. Austria
Sat, 16 May 2026, 12:20, Swiss Life Arena
Austria vs. Hungary
Sun, 17 May 2026, 16:20, Swiss Life Arena
Latvia vs. Austria
Tue, 19 May 2026, 16:20, Swiss Life Arena
Austria vs. Switzerland
Wed, 20 May 2026, 16:20, Swiss Life Arena
Austria vs. Germany
Sat, 23 May 2026, 20:20, Swiss Life Arena
Finland vs. Austria
Sun, 24 May 2026, 20:20, Swiss Life Arena
USA vs. Austria
Tue, 26 May 2026, 16:20, Swiss Life Arena
Information on World Championship ticket sales at 2026.iihfworlds.com!
Link to World Championship tickets for Zurich and Fribourg (Ticketcorner.ch)
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