IIHF World Championships

Ice Hockey
Licensing & Merchandising

Swiss ice hockey products supplier Ochsner Hockey has re-established its connection with the Ice Hockey World Championships after agreeing a deal with the Infront agency to jointly deliver all International…
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

North American sports drink brand BioSteel has signed a three-year sponsorship of the IIHF World Championship in an agreement running until 2024
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

Mobile phone brand Nokia and kitchen fittings company Puustelli have signed as Official Partners of the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship to be staged in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland, next month
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

Swiss watchmaker Tissot has renewed its sponsorship of ice hockey’s IIHF World Championship in a new agreement negotiated by the Infront agency.
Ice Hockey
Events

The International Ice Hockey Federation has confirmed a new venue in Helsinki for its forthcoming 2022 World Championship, with the original venue connected to Russians on the international sanctions list…
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

Telecommunications company Nokia has acquired naming rights to a new multi-purpose arena in the Finnish city of Tampere after the venue recently terminated a deal with previous sponsor, technology company…
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

The board of directors of the multi-purpose arena in the city of Tampere in Finland, the venue for the 2022 IIHF World Championships, has decided to terminate the arena's naming rights agreement with technology…
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

Germany-based workwear supplier Engelbert Strauss has been unveiled as a sponsor of this year’s International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship in a deal brokered by the Infront agency.
Ice Hockey
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights to show ice hockey's IIHF World Championship for the first time in Portugal
Ice Hockey
Events

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has confirmed that the Latvian capital of Riga will be the sole host of its upcoming World Championship, while Russian betting company Liga Stavok has signed…
Handball
Media

Broadcasters in both Denmark and Sweden pulled in strong audiences for Sunday’s IHF World Men’s Handball Championship final between the two Nordic countries.
Ice Hockey
Events

Lithuanian officials have announced the country would be open to co-hosting ice hockey’s 2021 IIHF World Championship alongside Latvia after Belarus was stripped of its hosting rights for the tournament e…
Ice Hockey
Events

Belarus has been stripped of its hosting rights to ice hockey’s 2021 IIHF World Championship following increasing opposition – notably from sponsors – to the staging of the event in the Eastern European count…
Ice Hockey
Events

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) president René Fasel has maintained the organisation remains committed to Belarus co-hosting its 2021 World Championship, but admitted that the government needs …
Handball
Media

Broadcast rights to the 2021 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship, which begins today (Wednesday) in Egypt, have been distributed widely by the Sportfive agency in handball markets worldwide, with the e…
Ice Hockey
Events

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) will put together an Expert Group to conduct a full review into the status of its 2021 World Championship after Latvia expressed an unwillingness to co-host…
Ice Hockey
Events

The International Ice Hockey Federation has reiterated its determination to co-host the 2021 men’s Ice Hockey World Hockey Championship in Latvia and Belarus, in spite of political unrest in the latter c…
Ice Hockey
Events

Latvian prime minister Krišjānis Kariņš has questioned the country’s co-hosting of the 2021 Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship with Belarus in light of widespread political protests and allegations of huma…