The IIHF has released a new microsite for the 2015 World Championship in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, iihfworlds2015.com, and with it released the full schedule for the World Championship in May.
Russia opens its World Championship Gold defence against Norway in Ostrava on opening night, with the hopes this game will also be for the International Hockey Lineal Championship as well.
With the IHLC now on the Euro Hockey Tour, pending a change during a Euro Hockey Challenge or Exhibition game, the title will either enter the Worlds in the possession of Russia, Finland (who faces the United States on 1 May in Ostrava), or either Sweden or the Czechs, who face each other in Prague on opening night.
| GROUP A (Prague) 🇦🇹 🇨🇦 🇨🇿 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇱🇻 🇸🇪 🇨🇭 |
GROUP B (Ostrava) 🇧🇾 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇷🇺 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇺🇸 |
| Friday, 01 May | |
| 🇨🇦 Canada vs. Latvia 🇱🇻 🇨🇿 Czechia vs. Sweden 🇸🇪 |
🇺🇸 United States vs. Finland 🇫🇮 🇷🇺 Russia vs. Norway 🇳🇴 |
| Saturday, 02 May | |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland vs. Austria 🇦🇹 🇫🇷 France vs. Germany 🇩🇪 🇱🇻 Latvia vs. Czechia 🇨🇿 |
🇸🇰 Slovakia vs. Denmark 🇩🇰 🇧🇾 Belarus vs. Slovenia 🇸🇮 🇳🇴 Norway vs. United States 🇺🇸 |
| Sunday, 03 May | |
| 🇦🇹 Austria vs. Sweden 🇸🇪 🇨🇦 Canada vs. Germany 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 France vs. Switzerland 🇨🇭 |
🇷🇺 Russia vs. Slovenia 🇸🇮 🇧🇾 Belarus vs. Slovakia 🇸🇰 🇩🇰 Denmark vs. Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Monday, 04 May | |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia vs. Sweden 🇸🇪 🇨🇦 Canada vs. Czechia 🇨🇿 |
🇷🇺 Russia vs. United States 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 Norway vs. Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Tuesday, 05 May | |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland vs. Germany 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 Austria vs. France 🇫🇷 |
🇩🇰 Denmark vs. Belarus 🇧🇾 🇸🇰 Slovakia vs. Slovenia 🇸🇮 |
| Wednesday, 06 May | |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland vs. Latvia 🇱🇻 🇸🇪 Sweden vs. Canada 🇨🇦 |
🇷🇺 Russia vs. Denmark 🇩🇰 🇸🇰 Slovakia vs. Norway 🇳🇴 |
| Thursday, 07 May | |
| 🇨🇿 Czechia vs. France 🇫🇷 🇸🇪 Sweden vs. Germany 🇩🇪 |
🇺🇸 United States vs. Belarus 🇧🇾 🇫🇮 Finland vs. Slovenia 🇸🇮 |
| Friday, 08 May | |
| 🇨🇿 Czechia vs. Austria 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 Germany vs. Latvia 🇱🇻 |
🇸🇮 Slovenia vs. Norway 🇳🇴 🇺🇸 United States vs. Denmark 🇩🇰 |
| Saturday, 09 May | |
| 🇫🇷 France vs. Canada 🇨🇦 🇦🇹 Austria vs. Latvia 🇱🇻 🇸🇪 Sweden vs. Switzerland 🇨🇭 |
🇧🇾 Belarus vs. Russia 🇷🇺 🇫🇮 Finland vs. Slovakia 🇸🇰 🇩🇰 Denmark vs. Norway 🇳🇴 |
| Sunday, 10 May | |
| 🇩🇪 Germany vs. Czechia 🇨🇿 🇨🇭 Switzerland vs. Canada 🇨🇦 |
🇸🇮 Slovenia vs. United States 🇺🇸 🇸🇰 Slovakia vs. Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Monday, 11 May | |
| 🇩🇪 Germany vs. Austria 🇦🇹 🇸🇪 Sweden vs. France 🇫🇷 |
🇫🇮 Finland vs. Belarus 🇧🇾 🇸🇮 Slovenia vs. Denmark 🇩🇰 |
| Tuesday, 12 May | |
| 🇨🇦 Canada vs. Austria 🇦🇹 🇱🇻 Latvia vs. France 🇫🇷 🇨🇿 Czechia vs. Switzerland 🇨🇭 |
🇳🇴 Norway vs. Belarus 🇧🇾 🇺🇸 United States vs. Slovakia 🇸🇰 🇫🇮 Finland vs. Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Thursday, 14 May | |
| Quarterfinal: A1 vs. B4 Quarterfinal: B1 vs. A4 |
Quarterfinal: A2 vs. B3 Quarterfinal: B2 vs. A3 |
| Saturday, 16 May | |
| Semifinal #1 | Semifinal #2 (Prague) |
| Sunday, 17 May | |
| Gold Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game (Prague) |
Will the IHLC start the World Championship in Prague or Ostrava? Who will enter with the title, who will leave with the title, and will the IHLC make it to the medal rounds and unify with Gold, or see its first Preliminary Round exit since 2010? Only nine months until we find out for sure!
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