Budapest to be a Hockey Capital

2018.10.11. 16:08 |
Between November 7th through the 10th there will be three international tournaments in Budapest where Hungarian hockey fans will be able to see the men’s and women’s senior teams along with the men’s U20 team.

The Tüskecsarnok will play host to the November EIHC tournament in which Hungary will be hosting Kazakhstan, South Korea and Italy. This year the tournament will span four days starting from Wednesday through Saturday. Hungary will be playing the opening game of the tournament against Kazakhstan with a day off on Thursday and taking on South Korea on Friday. The last game day will be have Hungary taking on Italy in the afternoon.
In the first round those fans who are registered fans can by passes to all three games up until October 11th through the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation. Three game passes will cost 8990 HUF for sections A, B, H, I and J section P will be 7490 HUF. For kids under 14 it will be 4090 HUF, kids under 4 have free entrance. After the 11th the three game passes will be available to everyone.

The single game tickets go on sale on the 25th of October. The tickets will be in two prices, the more expensive tickets will cost 3390 HUF the cheaper ones will be 2990 HUF. Kids under 14 can get in for 1490. The none Hungarian games will be 990 HUF, I someone has a pass for the entire tournament the none Hungarian games will be free.

Program:
November 7, 16:00: HUNGARY-Kazakhstan
November 7, 19:30: Italy-South Korea

November 8, 19:30 South Korea-Kazakhstan

November 9, 16:00 Kazakhstan-Italy
November 9, 19:30 HUNGARY-South Korea

November 10, 16:00 HUNGARY-Italy

The Hungarian U20 team during this week will be also playing in Budapest, their tournament will be at the Pesterzsébet rink. Also taking part in the tournament will be France, Italy and Slovenia as Hungary is preparing for their World Championships that will be in Tychy, Poland in December. The admission to all the games are free.

Program
November 8, 15:30 France-Slovenia
November 8, 19:00 HUNGARY-Italy

November 9, 15:30 Italy-France
November 9, 19:00 HUNGARY-Slovenia

November 10, 12:00 Slovenia-Italy
November 10, 15:30 HUNGARY-France

The women’s national team will be playing at the Vasas Jégcentrum in a 6 Nations Tournament, against strong competition. During the four day tournament Hungary will take on China and Denmark with the third game being a placement game. The teams in the other group will be Norway, France and Slovakia.

Program
November 7, 15:30 France-Slovakia
November 7, 19:00 HUNGARY-China

November 8, 15:30 Norway-Slovakia
November 8, 19:00 Denmark-China

November 9, 12:30 Slovakia-China (the result does not count in this tournament)
November 9, 19:00 HUNGARY-Denmark

November 10, 12:00 A3-B3 for 5th place
November 10, 15:30 A2-B2 for 3rd place
November 10, 19:00 A1-B1 Finals