Darts World Cup, Four Hills Tournament, Boxing Day
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These sports highlights are waiting for you at the turn of the year
Dusseldorf At Christmas and between the years, the sporting world is anything but contemplative this year. Rather, the TV program has numerous sporting delicacies and highlights to offer. An overview.
While the Bundesliga is taking at least a three-week break this season, the ice hockey league is back to business on Christmas Day. In basketball, too, players have to be on the field between Christmas and New Year. In addition, the Four Hills Tournament is a season highlight for ski jumpers, as well as for darts players and cross-country skiers. On the other hand, it remains quiet in German professional sport on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Holidays for US sports fans
But in other leagues, games on the holidays are the event for many families. In US sports, the NBA plays on Christmas Eve and both Christmas days. the same applies to the NFL football league. The NHL ice hockey league will also play on December 24th.
Boxing Day in the Premier League
In Europe, the Premier League is particularly famous for its traditional Boxing Day on Boxing Day (December 26th). The pay TV broadcaster Sky broadcasts more than ten hours live in conferences and individual games. The day of the match will open at 1 p.m. with the game between Liverpool FC and Leeds United. At 3:30 p.m. Manchester City will play against Leicester City and Norwich City against Arsenal, among others. In the evening, Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford FC conclude Boxing Day. Before that, Aston Villa will play against Chelsea at 6.30 p.m. The pay station is offering Boxing Day to stream for 14.99 euros.
Basketball, handball and ice hockey at Christmas in Germany
In Germany, too, great sport takes place on Boxing Day. In addition to the ice hockey teams in the DEL, the basketball players also play. On the ice, the Krefeld penguins receive the Schwenninger Wild Wings at 2 p.m. The Düsseldorfer EG asks the Iserlohn Roosters in the dome at 7 p.m. for a NRW duel. In the BBL there are two games at 6 p.m. and two at 8.30 p.m. Including the game of Telekom Baskets Bonn against SyntainicsMBC, the majority of the games are shown in both leagues at MagentaSport. The handball players play their 18th matchday in the Bundesliga. You can see the games on Sky.
Every year again – Darts World Cup at the turn of the year
As early as December 15th, the best darts players will be playing for the world championship in London’s Alexandra Palace. While there is a break from competition on Christmas days, the third round will continue on Sunday, December 27th. The fourth round will start on December 30th. The final will take place on January 3rd, 2022. Sport 1 broadcasts every day. There are four German players: Gabriel Clemens, Martin Schindler, Florian Hempel and Fabian Schmutzler.
High season in winter sports
And then of course winter sports are back in high season after Christmas. The biathlon event at Schalke, which was planned for December 28, has to be canceled for the second year in a row due to the pandemic.
The highlight at the turn of the year should take place, even if in Germany without a spectator: the traditional Four Hills Tournament from December 28, 2021 to January 6, 2022. It starts on Tuesday, December 28, from 4.30 p.m. with the qualification for the opening competition in Es This is followed by the New Year’s competition (December 31st and January 1st from 2 p.m.). Then it goes over to Austria for the Bergisel jumping in Innsbruck (Austria) on January 3rd and 4th, 2022. The qualification takes place on Monday, January 3rd, 2022 from 1.30pm. The Bergisel jumping starts on Tuesday, January 4th at 1.30 p.m. (ZDF and Eurosport). The final of the Four Hills Tournament will take place in Bischofshofen on January 5th and 6th, 2022. The qualification starts at 5.15pm. The three kings jump, after which the Four Hills Tournament winner is determined, starts at 5.30 p.m. in a floodlit atmosphere, the finals will be broadcast by ARD and Eurosport.
For the first time, the ski jumpers will also get a tournament at the turn of the year this year. The New Year’s Eve tournament will be held in Slovenia, where on December 31st and January 1st, the usual knockout mode for the Four Hills Tournament will be held. It is not yet clear where the tournament will be broadcast.
The cross-country skiers carry out their Tour de Ski after Christmas. They run in Oberstdorf on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s. The bobsleigh riders also have to compete in the World Cup on these two days: in Sigulda / Latvia. The tobogganers are going to win the World Cup on New Year’s in Winterberg in the Sauerland.
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