Although not all of the games were sold out, organizers of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship are delighted with the attendance figures. Still organizers are delighted with the overall ticket sales for the 2017 world championship, which was split between the German city of Cologne and the French capital, Paris. Overall the 685,000 spectators who turned out to the 81st world hockey championship made it the second-best attended of all time, after the one played in the Czech Republic in 2015. The bump that German hockey officials had hoped for after the country hosted the 2010 tournament, never materialized. Although the numbers aren’t final yet, the DEB has earned an estimated two million euros in profit from the tournament.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 23, 2017 11:37 UTC