This achievement was signed by the Swiss hockey player Andres Ambühl, Idman.biz reports.
He holds the record for the number of tournaments and matches he has participated in at the world championships in ice hockey.
The forward of the Swiss national team played in the match against the Czech Republic (4:5) at the 2025 IIHF World Championship competition, which started in Sweden and Denmark.
The captain of the Davos club broke the record set in 2022 for the number of world championships he has participated in. The second place in this indicator is occupied by his compatriot Matthias Seger (16 tournaments). Ambühl first participated in the 2004 World Cup.
41-year-old hockey player is also the record holder for the number of games in world championships. The match against the Czechs was his 142nd match in the tournaments. In second place is German Udo Kiessling with 119 games.
The Swiss has 66 points (28+38) in the World Cups and silver medals in 2013 and 2024. He missed the 2018 tournament, where his team finished second, due to injury.
Ambühl had previously stated that the current season would be the last in his career.
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