Welcome to the official website of the 2009 IIHF World Championship. Our aim – to make ice hockey Switzerland bubble up from April 24 to May 10, 2009! Join in the excitement when the world's best ice hockey nations play for the world championship title in Berne and Zurich-Kloten.

Ticket sales for the 2009 IIHF World Championship games open on 08.09.08 at 08:09 a.m. From then on, a first portion of the tickets will be available for purchase at www.iihfworlds2009.com and at the 1,400 sales points of the exclusive distribution partner, Ticketcorner.

Exactly one year before the 2009 IIHF World Championship begins in Berne and Zurich-Kloten, the official mascot has got its name – Cooly. More than 3’200 ice hockey fans participated in the name contest.

We are delighted that 600 volunteers have applied to date! We are in the process of determining our exact requirements and are thus prolonging the applications deadline until further notice. In the short term, there are volunteer openings for the IIHF Semi-Annual Congress in Montreux from September 19 to 28, 2008.

Berne and Zurich-Kloten are the two 2009 IIHF World Championship venues. Both the Swiss capital and the global metropolis by the Limmat River are favourite travel destinations – so you'll find plenty to do before and after the games.

For Switzerland, the 73rd IIHF World Championship in Berne and Zurich-Kloten will be the biggest sports event of the year 2009. Over 500,000 spectators are expected to attend – and another 600 million will be watching on TV. Find out everything about the tournament here.