The tournament will be kickstarted by the game between HC Ocelári Trinec and Metallurg Magnitogorsk at 3.10 pm. HC Davos and Team Canada will play each other at 8.15 pm. The finnish participant Kalpa Kuopio (against Trinec or Magnitogorsk) and the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers from Germany (against Davos or Canada) are going to hit the ice on Day 2.