The Ostravar Arena during the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
photo: Richard Wolowicz / HHOF-IIHF Images
The IIHF World Junior Championship is returning to the Czech Republic and, for the second time in its history, will be played in the Moravian-Silesian Region, where it first took place in 1994. At that time it was played in Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek. Ostrava can look forward to hosting the junior tournament again, this time with Trinec. In which arenas will be played?
Ostravar Arena, named after a well-known local brewery, will be home to the group that includes the Czech national team. It opened in 1986 and underwent major renovations in 2003 and 2004 to be able to host the men’s senior IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
After 2004, the arena hosted the senior World Championship together with Prague again in 2015. The European Figure Skating Championship and many other prestigious events have also taken place there, including the above-mentioned World Junior Championship in 1994. Ostravar Arena boasts a capacity of 10,004 seats.
The arena, previously known as the Palace of Culture and Sport, is home to the HC Vitkovice Ridera hockey club, which has been a long-time member of the Czech Republic’s top league. Large hockey figures such as Frantisek Cernik, Miroslav Frycer and David Moravec all hail from the city, and Rostislav Olesz is still a member of the Vitkovice team.
Werk Arena: Hockey jewel of Trinec
The second group of the World Junior Championship will be played at Werk Arena, located in Trinec, a small town near Ostrava. In Trinec, players and fans will be treated to all the modern comforts in a multi-purpose facility that opened in 2014.
Werk Arena holds 5,400 spectators. In addition to hockey, concerts, exhibitions and other major social and sporting events are often held there, such as the quarter-finals of the 2016 Davis Cup between the Czech Republic and France. Werk Arena is home to HC Ocelari Trinec, an ambitious and proud club from Silesia which won the Czech Extraliga title in 2011.
Several great players have suited up for the Trinec team, including goaltender Roman Cechmanek, defenceman Michal Rozsival and forwards Martin Havlat, Radek Bonk and Vaclav Varada, who is currently the head coach of both Ocelari Trinec and the Czech national junior team.
Ostravar Arena, named after a well-known local brewery, will be home to the group that includes the Czech national team. It opened in 1986 and underwent major renovations in 2003 and 2004 to be able to host the men’s senior IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
After 2004, the arena hosted the senior World Championship together with Prague again in 2015. The European Figure Skating Championship and many other prestigious events have also taken place there, including the above-mentioned World Junior Championship in 1994. Ostravar Arena boasts a capacity of 10,004 seats.
The arena, previously known as the Palace of Culture and Sport, is home to the HC Vitkovice Ridera hockey club, which has been a long-time member of the Czech Republic’s top league. Large hockey figures such as Frantisek Cernik, Miroslav Frycer and David Moravec all hail from the city, and Rostislav Olesz is still a member of the Vitkovice team.
Werk Arena: Hockey jewel of Trinec
The second group of the World Junior Championship will be played at Werk Arena, located in Trinec, a small town near Ostrava. In Trinec, players and fans will be treated to all the modern comforts in a multi-purpose facility that opened in 2014.
Werk Arena holds 5,400 spectators. In addition to hockey, concerts, exhibitions and other major social and sporting events are often held there, such as the quarter-finals of the 2016 Davis Cup between the Czech Republic and France. Werk Arena is home to HC Ocelari Trinec, an ambitious and proud club from Silesia which won the Czech Extraliga title in 2011.
Several great players have suited up for the Trinec team, including goaltender Roman Cechmanek, defenceman Michal Rozsival and forwards Martin Havlat, Radek Bonk and Vaclav Varada, who is currently the head coach of both Ocelari Trinec and the Czech national junior team.