Tommy Purdeller & Co. are in action in Fribourg. © APA/afp / JULIEN DE ROSA

Watch the Ice Hockey World Championship live here

Sporteurope.TV celebrates its premiere in Italy and broadcasts the World Championship in Switzerland live and exclusively for the first time.

14 May 2026

By: pr

The men's ice hockey world championship begins in Switzerland on Friday. Those who can't be there in person in Zurich or Fribourg, where Italy's national team will be playing their games, can watch all 64 matches on the pan-European streaming platform. Sporteurope.TV, which will broadcast the World Cup live and exclusively in Italy for the first time, directly on the internet.

Sporteurope.TV The channel provides comprehensive and close-up coverage of the "Azzurri's" return to the top tier of Italian football. All of the newly promoted team's matches will be commentated in both Italian (Luca Tommasini and Thomas Laconi) and German. Sporteurope.TV broadcasts via live stream on its website and offers two purchase options for the World Cup: A single match costs 6 euros, while the World Cup pass, which includes each of the 64 matches of the tournament, is available for 15 euros.

Sporteurope.tv is broadcasting live.

To celebrate its market entry in Italy, it offers Sporteurope.TV All new users have a special welcome offer: Until May 14th, the World Cup Pass is available at the introductory price of €12 instead of €15. This offer is exclusively for Italian fans and is valid until the day before the first match. To receive the 20% discount, the code "ITALIA20" must be entered during the purchase process. Fans pay only once and receive access to all matches, live and on demand.

“The launch in Italy is an important milestone for us. We are bringing a globally significant ice hockey event to a new market and offering fans a model that is simple, fair, and flexible,” says Björn Beinhauer, Managing Director of DOSB New Media GmbH. “Especially with the promotion of the Italian national team, interest is high, and we want to offer the perfect home for Italian fans at precisely this moment.”

Sporteurope.TV is already present in Italy through the broadcast of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL), in which HCB Südtirol Alperia and HC Falkensteiner Pustertal also participate. The Ice Hockey World Championship now marks the next major step in the Italian market. Furthermore, all ice hockey fans in Italy can look forward to the upcoming Champions Hockey League season. The "premier league" will be broadcast live in its entirety and represents the next milestone in internationalization.