Ice Hockey World Cup 2011 Tickets

Slovak Republic becomes the Hockey Republic! This is what every ice hockey fan is chanting these days. The wait is over for all the hockey fans as the biggest, the grandest and the most mighty ice hockey tournament is here, the Ice Hockey World Cup 2011..The ice hockey world cup is nothing like the ice hockey games fans has been attending all year and Ice Hockey World Cup 2011 tickets the most precious sports commodity. The previous world cup champions of the Czech team will be the defenders this time. With Slovakia as the first time world championship holding country, the thrill and the excitement is one level up.  International Ice Hockey Federation brings the Ice Hockey World Cup every year and this year the hosting country is Slovakia, making it the 75^th Ice Hockey World cup. Canada was the earliest winning team of the World Cup while Switzerland, Great Britain, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and United States have also enjoyed similar dominant positions. The 2010 Ice Hockey World Cup was as exciting as any which was hosted by Germany and produced Czech Republic as the champions, making it their 6^th championship. The World Cup will be held at the Orange Arena in Bratislava which is also called Samsung Arena and has the name of Orange Arena only until the World Cup. The games will also be held at Steel Arena in Kosice. Although Slovakia is holding the world championship for the first time, Bratislava has remained the co-host of the World Championships in 1959 and 1992. From Europe, four nations placed a bid for the 2011 World Cup including Slovakia, Sweden, Hungary and Finland. Of these countries, Finland withdrew the bid and other countries decided upon holding the World Cup in later years. The official mascot of the World Cup is a grey wolf named Goooly as the wolf is a typical Slovak animal. Out of the 16 nations which will be a part of the Ice Hockey World Cup 2011, 14 teams are from Europe and only two from North America. Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and United States are the teams taking part in the World Cup 2011. Based on the 2010 IIHF World Ranking, the teams has been seeded in four groups. The roster which the teams submitted to the IIHF consists of forwards and defencemen players consisting of 15 skaters at the least and 2 goaltenders.  Group A includes Russia, Slovakia, Germany and Slovenia; Group B includes Canada, Switzerland, Belarus and France; Group C includes Sweden, United States, Norway and Austria while Group D includes Finland, Czech Republic, Latvia and Denmark. The notable referees who will be a part of the World Cup include Vyacheslav Bulanov, Danny Kurmann, Peter Orszag, Brent Reiber and Jyri Ronn.  It is a spectacle like no other when all the world famous champions and the talented teams come together for one mighty event, among the cheering of the crowds of fans. With such a famous event, Ice Hockey World Cup 2011 tickets will be selling out with the speed of light. 16 amazing ice hockey teams coming forward to compete in an event that will decide their destiny and fortune, the anticipation is but very high. The teams will enter the rinks singing “Life is a Game”, the official song of the World Cup, sung by the Slovakian singer Kristina. The team of US and Canada needs all the support of its fans as it will go to play in the World Cup. Although the World Cup will be broadcasted on television channels and also on YouTube, but there is no such experience as to attend the games in person, live and exclusive! Book your Ice Hockey World Cup 2011 tickets well in advance to watch the thrilling games to see teams working in the rink to be the champions and the experience will be worth it!