28 tournaments confirmed
28 tournaments confirmed
U18 in Switzerland, Div. IA in Ukraine
The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation announced the venues for the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. The event will be played in April in central Switzerland in the cities of Zug and Lucerne.
The worlds’ best U20 teams will go to the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship in Toronto and Montreal, Canada, as it was known before. The 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship will be played in Malmo, Sweden, while the women’s U18 category will be played in the United States in a city to be announced soon.
Due to the big interest in hosting IIHF events, several tournaments had more than one applicant and a vote among the participating teams and the IIHF Council was required.
The 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A with the best nations outside the top-16 will be hosted by Donetsk. The Ukrainian bid won the vote against the Polish with Krakow. The Division I Group B will be played in Eindhoven, Netherlands, after Tallinn, Estonia, had pulled out.
The 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Program:
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
In Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic, 1-17 May 2015
Participants (groups and final seeding TBA): Sweden, Finland, Canada, Russia, Czech Republic, USA, Switzerland, Slovakia, Latvia, Norway, Germany, Slovenia, Austria, France, Belarus, Denmark.
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A
In Donetsk, Ukraine, 18-24 April 2015
Participants: Italy, Kazakhstan, Japan, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B
In Eindhoven, Netherlands, 13-19 April 2015
Participants: Korea, Croatia, Lithuania, Great Britain, Netherlands, Estonia
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group A
In Reykjavik, Iceland, 13-19 April 2015
Participants: Romania, Iceland, Serbia, Australia, Belgium, Spain
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B
In Cape Town, South Africa, 13-19 April 2015
Participants: Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, China, South Africa, Bulgaria
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III
In Izmir, Turkey, 5-14 April 2015
Participants: Turkey, DPR Korea, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015 IIHF World Junior Championship
In Toronto and Montreal, 26 December 2014 to 5 January 2015
Group A: Finland, Canada, USA, Slovakia, Germany
Group B: Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Denmark
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group A
In Asiago, Italy, 14-20 December 2014
Participants: Norway, Latvia, Belarus, Austria, Slovenia, Italy
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group B
In Dunaujvaros, Hungary, 14-20 December 2014
Participants: Poland, Kazakhstan, France, Ukraine, Japan, Hungary
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A
In Tallinn, Estonia, 7-13 December 2014
Participants: Great Britain, Lithuania, Netherlands, Estonia, Romania, Korea
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B
In Granada, Spain, 13-19 December 2014
Participants: Croatia, Spain, Serbia, Australia, Iceland, Belgium
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III
In Dunedin, New Zealand, 19-25 January 2015
Participants: China, New Zealand, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa, Bulgaria
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
In Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland, 16-26 April 2015
Group A: USA, Sweden, Russia, Slovakia, Germany
Group B: Czech Republic, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Latvia
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A
In Debrecen, Hungary, 12-18 April 2015
Participants: Denmark, Norway, Kazakhstan, Belarus, France, Hungary
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group B
In Maribor, Slovenia, 12-18 April 2015
Participants: Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Japan, Ukraine, Lithuania
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group A
In Tallinn, Estonia, 22-28 March 2015
Participants: Poland, Korea, Croatia, Netherlands, Great Britain, Estonia
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group B
In Belgrade or Novi Sad, Serbia, 15-23 March 2015
Participants: Romania, Spain, Serbia, Belgium, China, Australia
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group A
In Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, 22-28 March 2015
Participants: Iceland, Israel, Chinese Taipei, Bulgaria, Mexico, South Africa
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group B
In Auckland, New Zealand, 22-24 March 2015
Participants: New Zealand, Turkey, Hong Kong
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship
In Malmo, Sweden, 28 March - 4 April 2015
Group A: USA, Canada, Russia, Finland
Group B: Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, CZE/JPN*
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group A
In Rouen, France, 12-18 April 2015
Participants: CZE/JPN*, Norway, Denmark, France, Austria, Latvia
*Qualification Series to be played in autumn 2014
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group B
In Beijing, China, 6-12 April 2015
Participants: Slovakia, China, Hungary, Netherlands, DPR Korea, Italy
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group A
In Dumfries, Great Britain, 30 March - 5 April 2015
Participants: Kazakhstan, Great Britain, Korea, Poland, New Zealand, Croatia
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group B
In Jaca or Logrono, Spain, 11-17 March 2015
Participants: Australia, Slovenia, Spain, Iceland, Belgium, Mexico
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group B Qualification
In Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 18-21 February 2015
Participants: Turkey, South Africa, Bulgaria, Hong Kong
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship
In the USA, city TBA, 5-12 January 2015
Group A: Canada, USA, Czech Republic, Russia
Group B: Finland, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I
In Vaujany, France, 4-10 January 2015
Participants: Hungary, France, Germany, Norway, Slovakia, Austria
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Qualification
Host TBD
Participants: Great Britain, Poland, China, Italy, Kazakhstan, Denmark
Back to Overview