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
2023 IIHF World Championship – Division IIA
16-22 April 2023 @ Madrid 🇪🇸 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2024
🇦🇺 AUS, 🇭🇷 CRO, 🇪🇸 ESP, 🇬🇪 GEO (⬆️), 🇮🇸 ISL (⬆️), 🇮🇱 ISR

2023 IIHF World Championship – Division IIB
17-23 April 2023 @ Istanbul 🇹🇷 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division IIIA in 2024
🇧🇪 BEL, 🇧🇬 BUL, 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇳🇿 NZL, 🇹🇷 TUR (⬆️), 🇦🇪 UAE (⬆️)

2023 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIA
17-23 April 2023 @ Cape Town 🇿🇦 (5 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2024
🇱🇺 LUX, 🇿🇦 RSA (⬆️), 🇹🇭 THA (⬆️), 🇹🇲 TKM, 🇹🇼 TPE

2022 IIHF World Championship – Division IB
23-29 April 2023 @ Tallinn 🇪🇪 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2024
🇨🇳 CHN (⬆️), 🇪🇪 EST, 🇯🇵 JPN, 🇳🇱 NED (⬆️), 🇷🇸 SRB, 🇺🇦 UKR

2022 Czech Hockey Games
27-30 April 2023 @ TBC 🇨🇿 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇪 SWE

2023 IIHF World Championship – Division IA
29 April – 05 May 2023 @ Nottingham 🇬🇧 (6 teams)
top two teams promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2024
🇬🇧 GBR (⬇️), 🇮🇹 ITA (⬇️), 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇱🇹 LTU, 🇵🇱 POL (⬆️), 🇷🇴 ROU

2023 IIHF World Championship – Top Division (schedule)
12-28 May 2023 @ Rīga 🇱🇻 / Tampere 🇫🇮 (16 teams)
bottom team in each group relegated to Division IA in 2024
Group A: 🇦🇹 AUT, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇫🇷 FRA, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇭🇺 HUN (⬆️), 🇸🇪 SWE
Group B: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇸🇮 SLO (⬆️), 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇺🇸 USA

2024 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIA
April 2024 @ TBC (6 teams, 2 qualified)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2025
🇰🇬 KGZ (⬆️), 🇰🇵 PRK

2024 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIB
April 2024 @ TBC (6 teams, 5 qualified)
top team promoted to Division IIIA, bottom team relegated to Division IV in 2025
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇮🇷 IRI, 🇵🇭 PHI (⬆️), 🇸🇬 SGP

2024 IIHF World Championship – Division IV
April 2024 @ TBC (4 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIB in 2025
🇮🇩 INA, 🇰🇼 KUW, 🇲🇳 MGL, 🇲🇾 MAS (⬇️)

Future Tournaments
2024 IIHF World Championship, Top Division: 10-26 May 2024 @ Ostrava / Prague 🇨🇿
2025 IIHF World Championship, Top Division: 09-25 May 2025 @ Herning 🇩🇰 / Stockholm 🇸🇪
2026 Winter Olympic Games: 06-22 February 2026 @ Milan 🇮🇹
2026 IIHF World Championship, Top Division: 15-31 May 2026 @ Fribourg / Zürich 🇨🇭

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UPCOMING WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTS
2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIIB
26-31 March 2023 @ Tnuvot 🇮🇱 (3 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIA in 2024
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇮🇱 ISR, 🇷🇸 SRB

2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIA
01-07 April 2023 @ Ciudad de México 🇲🇽 (5 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2024
🇪🇸 ESP, 🇮🇸 ISL (⬆️), 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇲🇽 MEX (⬆️), 🇹🇼 TPE

2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIIA
03-09 April 2023 @ Brașov 🇷🇴 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2024
🇧🇬 BUL (⬆️), 🇪🇪 EST (⬆️), 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇱🇹 LTU, 🇷🇴 ROU, 🇺🇦 UKR

2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Top Division (schedule)
05-16 April 2023 @ Brampton 🇨🇦 (10 teams)
bottom team relegated to Division IA in 2024
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇯🇵 JPN, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇫🇷 FRA (⬆️), 🇩🇪 GER, 🇭🇺 HUN, 🇸🇪 SWE

2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IB
17-23 April 2023 @ Suwon 🇰🇷 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2024
🇬🇧 GBR (⬆️), 🇮🇹 ITA, 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇵🇱 POL, 🇸🇮 SLO (⬆️)

2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IA
20-26 August 2023 @ Shenzhen 🇨🇳 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2024
🇦🇹 AUT, 🇨🇳 CHN (⬆️), 🇩🇰 DEN (⬇️), 🇳🇱 NED (⬆️), 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇸🇰 SVK

2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIA
April 2024 @ TBC (6 teams, 2 qualified)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2025
🇧🇪 BEL (⬆️), 🇰🇵 PRK

2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIB
April 2024 @ TBC (6 teams, 4 qualified)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2025
🇦🇺 AUS, 🇳🇿 NZL, 🇿🇦 RSA, 🇹🇷 TUR

2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIIA
April 2024 @ TBC (6 teams, 2 qualified)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2025
🇭🇷 CRO (⬇️), 🇷🇸 SRB (⬆️)

2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIIB
April 2024 @ TBC (3 teams, 2 qualified)
top team promoted to Division IIIA in 2025
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇮🇱 ISR

Future Tournaments
2026 Winter Olympic Games: 06-22 February 2026 @ Milan 🇮🇹

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UPCOMING JUNIOR TOURNAMENT
2023 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division III
26 January – 02 February 2023 @ Istanbul 🇹🇷 (8 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB in 2024
Group A: 🇦🇺 AUS, 🇧🇦 BIH, 🇰🇬 KGZ, 🇳🇿 NZL
Group B: 🇧🇬 BUL, 🇮🇱 ISR, 🇿🇦 RSA, 🇹🇷 TUR

2024 IIHF World Junior Championship – Top Division (schedule)
26 December 2023 – 05 January 2024 @ Gothenburg 🇸🇪 (10 teams)
bottom team relegated to Division IA in 2025
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇸🇪 SWE
Group B: 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇳🇴 NOR (⬆️), 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇺🇸 USA

2024 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IA
December 2023 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2025
🇦🇹 AUT (⬇️), 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇫🇷 FRA, 🇭🇺 HUN, 🇯🇵 JPN (⬆️), 🇰🇿 KAZ

2024 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IB
December 2023 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2025
🇭🇷 CRO (⬆️), 🇪🇪 EST, 🇮🇹 ITA, 🇵🇱 POL, 🇸🇮 SLO (⬇️), 🇺🇦 UKR

2024 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIA
December 2023 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2025
🇨🇳 CHN (⬆️), 🇪🇸 ESP, 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇰🇷 KOR (⬇️), 🇱🇹 LTU, 🇳🇱 NED

2024 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIB
January 2024 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2025
🇦🇺 AUS (⬆️), 🇧🇪 BEL, 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇷🇴 ROU (⬇️), 🇷🇸 SRB, 🇹🇼 TPE

2024 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division III
January 2024 @ TBC (8 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB in 2025
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇧🇬 BUL, 🇮🇱 ISR, 🇰🇬 KGZ, 🇲🇽 MEX (⬇️), 🇳🇿 NZL, 🇿🇦 RSA, 🇹🇷 TUR