Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland - Full Information at a Glance

BERN, Switzerland - The swissinfo.ch internet platform is reporting on the Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland with a special web page. The dossier contains information on the matches, looks behind the scenes and presents background reports on the competition. Briefings on the 2009 IIHF World Championships in Switzerland are available in English, German, French, Italian and Russian.

The multilingual swissinfo.ch internet platform is making a particular feature of the Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland. The dossier on the 2009 IIHF World Championships provides up-to-date match reports, score summaries, background, videos, audio and picture galleries.

swissinfo.ch profiles players and trainers, and gauges the mood of the fans with on-site reports. What’s more, there are also features on the host cities of Bern and Zurich, as well as on the new stadia. Coverage is rounded out by pieces on the organisation and financing of the Ice Hockey World Championships.

Online quiz on Slava Bykov

Hockey fans can also test their knowledge about the legendary Russian ice hockey player Slava Bykov in an online quiz. In an astounding coup in 1990, Swiss club HC Freiburg-Gottéron brought the then world champion, Olympic champion and captain of the Russian national team to Switzerland. Slava Bykov now trains the Russian national ice hockey team, and his son Andrej plays for HC Freiburg-Gottéron as his father once did.

Full news from the Ice Hockey World Championships and information on Switzerland:

www.swissinfo.ch/icehockey

Contact: Renat Küenzi, Project Manager Phone : +41-31-350-95-04 E-Mail : Renat.Kuenzi@swissinfo.ch Monika Gysin, interim Head of Marketing & Communications Phone: +41-31-350-95-48 E-Mail: Monika.Gysin@swissinfo.ch

Source: swissinfo

Contact: Renat Küenzi, Project Manager, Phone : +41-31-350-95-04, E-Mail : Renat.Kuenzi at swissinfo.ch; Monika Gysin, interim Head of Marketing & Communications, Phone: +41-31-350-95-48, E-Mail: Monika.Gysin at swissinfo.ch