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 Aย (Prague) ๐ฆ๐น ๐จ๐ฆย ๐จ๐ฟย ๐ซ๐ทย ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฑ๐ป ๐ธ๐ชย ๐จ๐ญ |
GROUP Bย (Ostrava) ๐ง๐พย ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ฎย ๐ณ๐ด ๐ท๐บย ๐ธ๐ฐย ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ธ |
Friday, 01 May | |
๐จ๐ฆ Canada vs. Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
๐บ๐ธ United States vs. Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Norway ๐ณ๐ด |
Saturday, 02 May | |
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland vs. Austria ๐ฆ๐น ๐ซ๐ท France vs. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia vs. Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ |
๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia vs. Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ง๐พ Belarusย vs. Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ด Norway vs. United Statesย ๐บ๐ธ |
Sunday, 03 May | |
๐ฆ๐น Austria vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฆ Canada vs. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ซ๐ท France vs. Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ |
๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Slovenia ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ง๐พ Belarus vs. Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark vs. Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ |
Monday, 04 May | |
๐ฑ๐ป Latvia vs. Swedenย ๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฆ Canada vs. Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ |
๐ท๐บ Russia vs. United States ๐บ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ด Norway vs. Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ |
Tuesday, 05 May | |
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland vs. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฆ๐นย Austria vs. Franceย ๐ซ๐ท |
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark vs. Belarus ๐ง๐พ ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia vs. Sloveniaย ๐ธ๐ฎ |
Wednesday, 06 May | |
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland vs. Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป ๐ธ๐ช Sweden vs. Canada ๐จ๐ฆ |
๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia vs. Norway ๐ณ๐ด |
Thursday, 07 May | |
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. France ๐ซ๐ท ๐ธ๐ช Sweden vs. Germany ๐ฉ๐ช |
๐บ๐ธ United States vs. Belarus ๐ง๐พ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Sloveniaย ๐ธ๐ฎ |
Friday, 08 May | |
๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Austria ๐ฆ๐น ๐ฉ๐ช Germany vs. Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป |
๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia vs. Norway ๐ณ๐ด ๐บ๐ธ United States vs. Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
Saturday, 09 May | |
๐ซ๐ท France vs. Canada ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น Austria vs. Latvia ๐ฑ๐ป ๐ธ๐ช Sweden vs. Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ |
๐ง๐พย Belarus vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark vs. Norway ๐ณ๐ด |
Sunday, 10 May | |
๐ฉ๐ช Germany vs. Czechia ๐จ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland vs. Canada ๐จ๐ฆ |
๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia vs. United States ๐บ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia vs. Russiaย ๐ท๐บ |
Monday, 11 May | |
๐ฉ๐ช Germany vs. Austria ๐ฆ๐น ๐ธ๐ช Sweden vs. France ๐ซ๐ท |
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Belarus ๐ง๐พ ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia vs. Denmark ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
Tuesday, 12 May | |
๐จ๐ฆ Canada vs. Austria ๐ฆ๐น ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia vs. France ๐ซ๐ท ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Switzerland ๐จ๐ญ |
๐ณ๐ด Norway vs. Belarus ๐ง๐พ ๐บ๐ธ United States vs. Slovakia ๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
Thursday, 14 May | |
Quarterfinal: A1 vs. B4 Quarterfinal: B1ย vs.ย A4 |
Quarterfinal: A2ย vs. B3 Quarterfinal: B2ย vs.ย A3 |
Saturday, 16 May | |
Semifinal #1 | Semifinal #2 (Prague) |
Sunday, 17 May | |
Goldย 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?ย Only nine months until we find out for sure!
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