Deutscher Hockey Bund: German football legend Franz Beckenbauer has received the first VIP ticket for the men's BDO Hockey World Cup to be held in Monchengladbach later this year.
The ticket was presented in Frankfurt last Friday by Deutscher Hockey Bund General Secretary Uschi Schmitz, along with national men's coach Bernhard Peters, team captain Timo Wess and Joachim Huerter, President of the Hockey WC Organising Committee.
"It was our desire to present this first VIP ticket as a friendly gesture between the two World Championships, which will take place in Germany in 2006. We were very pleased that the FIFA Organising Committee took part enthusiastically," Uschi Schmitz said.
Beckenbauer was presented the first VIP ticket for the event which will be held from 6-17 September, 2006, in the Warsteiner Hockey Park in Monchengladbach. The tournament will be held at the recently finished first National Hockey Stadium.
