Tickets for the 2020 IIHF World Championship have gone on sale ©Getty Images

Tickets for the knockout stage at the 2020 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship have gone on sale. 

The tournament is taking place from May 8 to 24 in Zurich and Lausanne. 

Tickets for the knockout stages, scheduled for May 21 to 24, are available to the general public. 

Two quarter-finals will be held at the Lausanne Arena, with the remaining two at Hallenstadion Zurich.

Two quarter-finals, the semis and final of the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships will take place at Hallenstadion Zurich ©Hallenstadion Zurich
Two quarter-finals, the semis and final of the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships will take place at Hallenstadion Zurich ©Hallenstadion Zurich

The semis and gold-medal match will take place in Zurich. 

Day tickets for the quarter finals are available in Lausanne for CHF98 (£75/$99/€89) and in Zurich from CHF138 (£106/$139/€126).

Sixteen teams are contesting the tournament in total, including hosts Switzerland. 

Finland go into the competition as the defending champions, having triumphed this year in Slovakia.