Ice Hockey World Championship preview: Great Britain
Organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Prague and Ostrava will hold this year's tournament - which will run until May 26th.
Team GB are one of eight teams in Group A of the Championship (top division), alongside hosts Czechia, as well as Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Austria.
The US are in Group B, alongside Germany, Sweden, Slovakia, Latvia, France, Kazakhstan and Poland.
Russia and Belarus were not allowed to enter following the invasion of Ukraine.
Key dates
Great Britain will begin their World Championship charge against title holders Canada on May 11th, before facing Finland 24 hours later.
Check out a complete list of key dates for Team GB below:
Great Britain v Canada - May 11th
Finland v Great Britain - May 12th
Switzerland v Great Britain - May 15th
Great Britain v Denmark - May 17th
Czechia v Great Britain - May 18th
Great Britain v Norway - May 20th
Austria v Great Britain - May 21st
Should Team GB finish inside the top four of their group's table, they will progress to the quarter-finals.
Whichever team finishes bottom will be relegated to Division I (Group A) for 2025.
In last year's World Championship, Great Britain finished top of Division I (Group A), winning all four of their matches, to return to the top level for 2024.
Team news
Check out the players who will represent Great Britain's men's team below:
Netminders: Ben Bowns, Lucas Brine, Jackson Whistle
Defence: Josh Batch, Nathanael Halbert, Sam Jones, Evan Mosey, Ben O'Connor, David Phillips, Mark Richardson, Sam Ruopp, Josh Tetlow
Forwards: Ollie Betteridge, Cam Critchlow, Johnny Curran, Ben Davies, Robert Dowd, Sam Duggan, Liam Kirk, Robert Lachowicz, Ben Lake, Cade Neilson, Sean Norris, Brett Perlini, Cole Shudra
