The 2019-20 Euro Hockey Tour schedule has been revealed to follow a nearly identical cadence to the previous year, with Czechia, Russia, Finland and Sweden starting up this season’s tournament in November.

All four tournaments will return with the same structure as 2018-19, with nearly identical schedules in all four tournaments that act as the lead-up to the 2020 World Championship in Switzerland. As with last year, the Carlson Hockey Games will also act as the final leg of the 2020 Euro Hockey Challenge, with teams looking to gain valuable points to capture the Challenge title. Russia will look to repeat as Tour champions, while Czechia will look to repeat as Challenge champs, with both looking to challenge defending World Champions Finland.

UPDATE (21 March 2020): Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Carlson Hockey Games have been postponed until 27-30 August 2020.

The schedule for the 2019-20 Euro Hockey Tour is as follows:

This year’s Tour will Finland starting the tour with the International Hockey Lineal Championship, ensuring the title will carry through at least to the Beijer Hockey Games, before the incumbent would start April in the Euro Hockey Challenge against a non-Tour competitor. Whether the title will make the Carlson Hockey Games, and who will hold the title into the 2020 Worlds, still remains to be seen!

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