This year, International Ice Hockey championship (organized by IIHF Federation) will stand in Switzerland from Friday, April 24th to Sunday, May 10th, 2009.
Group B (Russia, Germany, Switzerland, France) and group C (USA, Sweden, Austria, Latvia) teams will play preliminary and qualifying rounds in Berne arena, whereas Group A (Canada, Slovakia, Belarus, Hungary) and group D (Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Denmark) teams will play these same rounds in Zurich arena.
While Russia is the current world champion, the American, Scandinavian and Eastern-Europe competitors won’t let their chance fly away this time... Let the show begin !!!