- Finland & Sweden to co-host the IIHF World Championships two years in a row
- 2012 Helsinki (Hartwall Arena) & Stockholm (Ericsson Globe)
- 2013 Stockholm (Ericsson Globe) & Helsinki (Hartwall Arena)
- Previous experience in hosting the World Championship
- Finland: 1965, 1974, 1982, 1991, 1997, 2003
- Sweden: 1949, 1954, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1989, 1995, 2002
GAMES & TEAMS - 64 games
- 16 teams, 2 groups
- Group S in Stockholm, Sweden, Canada, Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Belarus, Slovenia
- Group H in Helsinki, Russia, Finland, Slovakia, USA, Germany, Latvia, France, Austria
IN TELEVISION (figures from the 2009 & 2010 IIHF World Championships) - 2500 hours of TV broadcasting
- Signal received by 100 countries
- 180 TV stations world wide
- 735 million spectators
GENERAL (figures from the 2009 & 2010 IIHF World Championships) - 350 written press journalists, 100 photographers per arena
- 500 radio/TV staff members
- 10,000 accreditation cards
- 200 international delegates
- 500 sponsor guests
- 700 volunteers
- 25,000 litres of water (Switzerland 2009)
- 1,500 towels per day (Switzerland 2009)
- 300 litres of sports drink per day (Switzerland 2009)
- 4,000 sticks & 2,000 pucks
- consumption by the teams: 17,000 pieces of fruit
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