BBC to cover Great Britain games

All five of Great Britain’s games at the World Championship (Division 1B) tournament in Belfast will be on the BBC.

The games will be broadcast live with radio commentary on either BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra or the BBC Sports website.

GB begin the six-team tournament against Croatia on Sunday, before meeting Estonia, Lithuania, Netherlands and Japan.

Andy French, IHUK general secretary, said: “It is great news that we are linking up with the BBC again.

“They have covered GB for a long time now and it is fantastic they will be able to cover an historic moment in UK ice hockey.”

The BBC line-up is as follows:

Sunday, 23rd April: Croatia v GB (4.00pm) – BBC Sport Online website
Monday, 24th April: GB v Estonia (7.30pm) – BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Wednesday, 26th April: GB v Lithuania (7.30pm) – BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Friday, 28th April: GB v Netherlands (7.30pm) – BBC Sport Online website
Saturday, 29th April: Japan v GB (7.30pm) – BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

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