Below are the next scheduled major international hockey tournaments, where the best in the world will compete for Gold and glory, but more importantly, the International Hockey Lineal Championship!

Teams in parentheses denotes whether teams have been promoted (⬆️) or demoted (⬇️) to their current Championship division.

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UPCOMING MEN’S TOURNAMENTS
2026 Winter Olympic Games (schedule)
11-22 February 2026 @ Milan 🇮🇹 (12 teams)
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇷 FRA (⬆️), 🇨🇭 SUI
Group B: 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇮🇹 ITA, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE
Group C: 🇩🇰 DEN (⬆️), 🇩🇪 GER, 🇱🇻 LAT (⬆️), 🇺🇸 USA

2026 IIHF World Championship – Division IIB
06-12 April 2026 @ Sofia 🇧🇬 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division IIIA in 2027
🇧🇬 BUL, 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇮🇱 ISR (⬇️), 🇰🇬 KGZ (⬆️), 🇳🇿 NZL, 🇹🇼 TPE

2026 IIHF World Championship – Division IV
12-18 April 2026 @ Kuwait City 🇰🇼 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIB in 2027
Group A: 🇮🇩 INA, 🇮🇷 IRI, 🇸🇬 SGP (⬇️)
Group B: 🇦🇲 ARM, 🇰🇼 KUW, 🇲🇾 MAS

2026 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIA
13-19 April 2026 @ Cape Town 🇿🇦 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2027
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇲🇽 MEX (⬆️), 🇿🇦 RSA, 🇹🇭 THA (⬇️), 🇹🇲 TKM, 🇹🇷 TUR

2026 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIB
13-19 April 2026 @ Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIA, bottom team relegated to Division IV in 2027
🇭🇰 HKG, 🇱🇺 LUX (⬇️), 🇲🇳 MGL, 🇵🇭 PHI, 🇰🇵 PRK, 🇺🇿 UZB (⬆️)

2026 IIHF World Championship – Division IIA
20-26 April 2026 @ Al Ain 🇦🇪 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2027
Group A: 🇦🇺 AUS, 🇧🇪 BEL, 🇭🇷 CRO (⬇️)
Group B: 🇬🇪 GEO (⬆️), 🇷🇸 SRB, 🇦🇪 UAE

2026 IIHF World Championship – Division IB
29 April – 05 May 2026 @ Shenzhen 🇨🇳 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2027
🇨🇳 CHN, 🇪🇸 ESP, 🇪🇪 EST, 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇳🇱 NED (⬆️), 🇷🇴 ROU (⬇️)

2026 Czech Hockey Games
30 April – 03 May 2026 @ TBC 🇨🇿 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇪 SWE

2026 IIHF World Championship – Division IA
02-08 May 2026 @ Sosnowiec 🇵🇱 (6 teams)
top two teams promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2027
🇫🇷 FRA (⬇️), 🇯🇵 JPN, 🇰🇿 KAZ (⬇️), 🇱🇹 LTU (⬆️), 🇵🇱 POL, 🇺🇦 UKR

2026 Beijer Hockey Games
07-10 May 2026 @ Ängelholm 🇸🇪 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇪 SWE

2026 IIHF World Championship – Top Division (schedule)
15-31 May 2025 @ Fribourg / Zürich 🇨🇭 (16 teams)
bottom team in each group relegated to Division IA in 2026
Group A: 🇦🇹 AUT, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇬🇧 GBR (⬆️), 🇩🇪 GER,  🇭🇺 HUN, 🇱🇻 LAT,  🇨🇭 SUI, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇮🇹 ITA (⬆️), 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇸🇮 SLO, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE

Future Tournaments
2027 IIHF World Championship, Top Division: 14-30 May 2027 @ Düsseldorf / Mannheim 🇩🇪
2028 IIHF World Championship, Top Division: 12-28 May 2028 @ Lyon / Paris 🇫🇷
2029 IIHF World Championship, Top Division: 11-27 May 2029 @ Bratislava / Košice 🇸🇰
2030 Winter Olympic Games: 01-17 February 2030 @ Nice 🇫🇷
2034 Winter Olympic Games: 10-26 February 2034 @ Provo / Salt Lake City 🇺🇸

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UPCOMING WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTS
2026 Winter Olympic Games (schedule)
05-19 February 2026 @ Milan 🇮🇹 (10 teams)
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇫🇷 FRA (⬆️), 🇩🇪 GER (⬆️), 🇮🇹 ITA, 🇯🇵 JPN (⬆️), 🇸🇪 SWE (⬆️)

2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIIB
28 February – 06 March 2026 @ Kohtla-Järve 🇪🇪 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIA in 2027
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇪🇪 EST, 🇮🇱 ISR, 🇵🇭 PHI, 🇿🇦 RSA (⬇️), 🇸🇬 SGP

2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIIA
23 February – 01 March 2026 @ Zagreb 🇭🇷 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2027
🇧🇬 BUL (⬆️), 🇭🇷 CRO, 🇷🇴 ROU, 🇷🇸 SRB, 🇹🇭 THA, 🇹🇷 TUR (⬇️)

2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIB
30 March – 05 April 2026 @ Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2027
🇧🇪 BEL, 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇱🇹 LTU (⬆️), 🇲🇽 MEX (⬇️), 🇳🇿 NZL, 🇺🇦 UKR

2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IA
12-18 April 2026 @ Budapest 🇭🇺 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2027
🇨🇳 CHN, 🇫🇷 FRA, 🇭🇺 HUN (⬇️), 🇮🇹 ITA (⬆️), 🇳🇴 NOR (⬇️), 🇸🇰 SVK

2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IB
12-18 April 2026 @ Puigcerdà 🇪🇸 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2027
🇪🇸 ESP (⬆️), 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇳🇱 NED (⬇️)

2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIA
13-19 April 2026 @ Bled 🇸🇮 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2027
🇦🇺 AUS (⬆️), 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇵🇱 POL, 🇰🇵 PRK, 🇸🇮 SLO (⬇️), 🇹🇼 TPE

2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Top Division
06-16 November 2026 @ Esbjerg / Herning 🇩🇰 (10 teams)
bottom team relegated to Division IA in 2027
Group A: 🇦🇹 AUT (⬆️), 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇩🇰 DEN (⬆️), 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇯🇵 JPN, 🇸🇪 SWE

Future Tournaments
2027 IIHF Women’s World Championship, Top Division: 08-18 April 2027 @ Québec 🇨🇦
2030 Winter Olympic Games: 01-17 February 2030 @ Nice 🇫🇷
2034 Winter Olympic Games: 10-26 February 2034 @ Provo / Salt Lake City 🇺🇸

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UPCOMING JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS
2026 IIHF World Junior Championship – Top Division (schedule)
26 December 2025 – 05 January 2026 @ Minneapolis / Saint Paul 🇺🇸 (10 teams)
bottom team relegated to Division IA in 2027
Group A: 🇩🇪 GER, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN (⬆️), 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇱🇻 LAT

2026 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIA
04-10 January 2026 @ Bucharest 🇷🇴 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2027
🇨🇳 CHN, 🇭🇷 CRO, 🇪🇸 ESP (⬆️), 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇰🇷 KOR (⬇️), 🇷🇴 ROU

2025 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIB
18-24 January 2026 @ Belgrade 🇷🇸 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2027
🇦🇺 AUS, 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇮🇱 ISR, 🇳🇱 NED (⬇️), 🇳🇿 NZL (⬆️), 🇷🇸 SRB

2026 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIIB
18-24 January 2026 @ Bishkek 🇰🇬 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB in 2027
🇭🇰 HKG, 🇮🇷 IRI, 🇰🇬 KGZ, 🇱🇺 LUX, 🇲🇽 MEX (⬇️), 🇿🇦 RSA

2026 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIIA
19-25 January 2026 @ Sofia 🇧🇬 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2027
🇧🇪 BEL (⬇️), 🇧🇦 BIH, 🇧🇬 BUL, 🇹🇭 THA (⬆️), 🇹🇼 TPE, 🇹🇷 TUR

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IA
December 2026 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2028
🇦🇹 AUT, 🇩🇰 DEN (⬇️), 🇭🇺 HUN (⬆️), 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇸🇮 SLO, 🇺🇦 UKR

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IB
December 2026 @ TBC (6 teams, 5 qualified)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2028
🇪🇪 EST, 🇫🇷 FRA (⬇️), 🇯🇵 JPN, 🇱🇹 LTU, 🇵🇱 POL

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Top Division
26 December 2026 – 05 January 2027 @ Edmonton / Red Deer 🇨🇦 (10 teams)
bottom team relegated to Division IA in 2028
Group A: 🇩🇪 GER, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇳🇴 NOR (⬆️), 🇨🇭 SUI
TBC: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇸🇪 SWE

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIA
January 2027 @ TBC (6 teams, 1 qualified)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2028
🇮🇹 ITA (⬇️)

Future Tournaments
2028 IIHF World Junior Championship, Top Division: 26 Dec 2027 – 05 Jan 2028 @ Tampere / Turku 🇫🇮
2029 IIHF World Junior Championship, Top Division: 26 Dec 2028 – 05 Jan 2029 @ Québec / Trois-Rivières 🇨🇦