Ice Hockey World Championship Great Britain

Gb needed just one point from their final.

Ice hockey world championship great britain. A founding member of the international ice hockey federation iihf in 1908 the team is controlled by ice hockey uk. The schedule for the 2020 competition was released by iihf with pete russell s side heading to lausanne for their group a campaign. The ice hockey world championships are an annual international men s ice hockey tournament organized by the international ice hockey federation iihf. Great britain 2019 iihf ice hockey world championship.

In 1936 team gb won the world championship in germany. The iihf was created in 1908 while the european championships the precursor to the world championships were first held in 1910. The great britain men s national ice hockey team also known as team gb is the national ice hockey team that represents the united kingdom. The team was strong at the beginning of the 20th century.

It was fancy dress day for the british fans and those were more than pleased with the effort they saw from their team today falling by a very respectable 6 3 score against team usa. Sih contines to follows government advice as new covid 19 guidelines announced october 30 2020. Ihuk make submission to government on behalf of ice hockey in the uk october 21 2020. Great britain will begin their world championship campaign in switzerland with another tough meeting with germany.

Slovakia scored twice in 21 seconds in the early stages in kosice and. Great britain celebrate their survival in the top flight great britain secured their place in the top tier of the ice hockey world championship with a 4 3 overtime win against france in kosice. Nihl holding return to play pilot games next month october 28 2020. Great britain is currently ranked 19th in the world by the iihf as of the 2020 iihf world ranking their highest iihf ranking ever.

Slovakia who hosted this year s competition will be next up with games to come against denmark czech republic canada sweden and belarus who were promoted into the top group this year. It won the first european championship in 1910 took third place at the 1924 winter olympics and became the olympic champion in 1936. Ice hockey great britain s men have missed out on winning gold and promotion to the world s second tier at the world championships division 1b in zagreb. Great britain suffered their sixth successive defeat at the world championship as hosts slovakia recorded a resounding 7 1 win.

Eiha updated plans for 2020 21 season october 29 2020. Team gb has been a member of the iihf since its foundation in 1908.