Ice Hockey Finland Germany

The 1985 ice hockey world championships took place in prague czechoslovakia from 17 april to 3 may.

Ice hockey finland germany. Playing a european style of hockey might have some stark differences from an american and canadian style of play but developmental hockey leagues in finland sweden switzerland russia germany. Germany men s national team made their international debut in 1910 while the women and junior teams made their debuts in 1988 1976. Germany has not won a medal in a major tournament since 1953. Ice hockey is one of the more popular sports in germany however it still ranks far behind football in spectator favour and meaning.

The four best teams then played each other once more with no results carrying over and the other four teams played each other again to determine ranking and relegation. It was created 1975 as the first domestic professional ice hockey league and replaced ssm sarja as the top national division. Many mestis teams are associated with liiga systems as farm teams. The german men s national ice hockey team first participated in serious international competition at the 1911 european hockey championship when germany was split after world war ii a separate east germany national ice hockey team existed until 1990.

The finnish men s national ice hockey team or leijonat lejonen as it is called in finland is governed by the finnish ice hockey association. By 1991 the east german teams and players were merged into the german ice hockey federation deutscher eishockey bund. Liiga called sm liiga until 2013 is the elite league for men s ice hockey in finland. Ice hockey spread to europe around the turn of the century and the first olympic games to include ice hockey for men were the 1920 antwerp summer games.

Ice hockey in germany is governed by the deutscher eishockey bund. Mestis is the second highest men s ice hockey league in finland. Ice hockey is organized today in germany by the deutsche eishockey liga the highest professional league and by the deutschen eishockey bund ice hockey federation which is the sport s federation in germany and a member of the international ice hockey federation. Finland is considered a member of the so called big six the unofficial group of the six strongest men s ice hockey nations along with canada united states the czech republic russia and sweden.

Hockey scores service at ice hockey 24 offers an ultimate ice hockey resource covering major leagues as well as lower divisions for most of popular hockey countries. Finland won the world championship title in 2019 which became their third after 1995 and 2011. Ice hockey live scores and results leagues cups and tournaments are also provided with goal scorers period results goal alerts and other hockey live score information. Six a side men s ice hockey has been on the programme of every edition of the winter games since 1924 in chamonix.

A pair of silver medals remain the country s best olympic.