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.
UPCOMING MEN’S TOURNAMENTS
2020 Karjala Tournament
05-08 Nov 2020 @ Helsinki 🇫🇮 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇸🇪 SWE
2020 Deutschland Cup
05-08 Nov 2020 @ Krefeld 🇩🇪 (3 teams)
🇩🇪 GER, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK
2020 NaturEnergie Challenge
16-19 Dec 2020 @ Visp 🇨🇭 (3 teams)
🇱🇻 LAT, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK
2020 Channel One Cup
17-20 Dec 2020 @ TBC 🇷🇺 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇸🇪 SWE
2021 Beijer Hockey Games
11-14 Feb 2021 @ TBC 🇸🇪 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇸🇪 SWE
2021 IIHF World Championship – Division IV
08-14 Mar 2021 @ Bishkek 🇰🇬 (5 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIB in 2022
🇰🇬 KGZ (⬇️), 🇰🇼 KUW (⬇️), 🇲🇾 MAS, 🇵🇭 PHI, 🇸🇬 SGP
2021 Euro Hockey Challenge
Apr – May 2021 @ various (12 teams, 11 qualified)
🇧🇾 BLR, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE
2021 IIHF World Championship – Division IIA
10-16 Apr 2021 @ Beijing 🇨🇳 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2022
🇦🇺 AUS, 🇨🇳 CHN, 🇭🇷 CRO, 🇪🇸 ESP, 🇮🇱 ISR (⬆️), 🇳🇱 NED (⬇️)
2021 IIHF World Championship – Division IIB
18-24 Apr 2021 @ Reykjavík 🇮🇸 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2022
🇧🇪 BEL (⬇️), 🇧🇬 BUL (⬆️), 🇬🇪 GEO, 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇳🇿 NZL
2021 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIA
18-24 Apr 2021 @ Kockelscheuer 🇱🇺 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2022
🇱🇺 LUX, 🇰🇵 PRK (⬇️), 🇹🇲 TKM, 🇹🇼 TPE, 🇹🇷 TUR, 🇦🇪 UAE (⬆️)
2021 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIB
19-25 Apr 2021 @ Cape Town 🇿🇦 (4 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIA, bottom team relegated to Division IV in 2022
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇿🇦 RSA (⬇️), 🇹🇭 THA
2021 IIHF World Championship – Division IB
26 Apr – 02 May 2021 @ Katowice 🇵🇱 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2022
🇪🇪 EST, 🇯🇵 JPN, 🇱🇹 LTU (⬇️), 🇵🇱 POL, 🇷🇸 SRB (⬆️), 🇺🇦 UKR
2021 IIHF World Championship – Division IA
09-15 May 2021 @ Ljubljana 🇸🇮 (6 teams)
top two teams promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2022
🇦🇹 AUT (⬇️), 🇫🇷 FRA (⬇️), 🇭🇺 HUN, 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇷🇴 ROU (⬆️), 🇸🇮 SLO
2021 Carlson Hockey Games
13-16 May 2021 @ TBC 🇨🇿 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇸🇪 SWE
2021 IIHF World Championship – Top Division
21 May – 06 Jun 2020 @ Minsk 🇧🇾 / Rīga 🇱🇻 (16 teams)
bottom team in each group relegated to Division IA in 2022
Group A: 🇧🇾 BLR (⬆️), 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE
Group B: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇮🇹 ITA, 🇰🇿 KAZ (⬆️), 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇺🇸 USA
2022 Final Olympic Qualification
26-29 Aug 2021 @ Bratislava 🇸🇰, Rīga 🇱🇻 and TBC 🇳🇴 (12 teams)
top team from each group qualifies for 2022 Olympics
Group D: 🇦🇹 AUT, 🇧🇾 BLR, 🇵🇱 POL (⬆️), 🇸🇰 SVK
Group E: 🇫🇷 FRA, 🇭🇺 HUN (⬆️), 🇮🇹 ITA, 🇱🇻 LAT
Group F: 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇸🇮 SLO (⬆️)
2022 Winter Olympic Games
04-20 Feb 2022 @ Beijing 🇨🇳 (12 teams, 9 qualified)
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇳 CHN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇨🇭 SUI
Group C: 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇸🇪 SWE
Future Tournaments
2022 World Championship: 13-29 May @ Tampere / Helsinki 🇫🇮
2023 World Championship: 05-21 May @ Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
2026 Winter Olympic Games: 06-22 Feb @ Milan 🇮🇹
UPCOMING WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTS
2022 Olympic Qualification, Round 1
Jan 2021 @ Reykjavík 🇮🇸 (4 teams)
top team qualifies for Olympic Qualification Round 2
🇧🇬 BUL, 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇱🇹 LTU
2022 Olympic Qualification, Round 2
11-14 Feb 2021 @ Gangneung 🇰🇷, Torre Pellice 🇮🇹 and Gdańsk 🇵🇱 (12 teams, 11 qualified)
top team from each group qualifies for Final Olympic Qualification
Group F: 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇸🇮 SLO
Group G: 🇪🇸 ESP, 🇮🇹 ITA, 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇹🇼 TPE
Group H: 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇳🇱 NED, 🇵🇱 POL, 🇹🇷 TUR
2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIB
07-13 Mar 2021 @ Zagreb 🇭🇷 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2022
🇦🇺 AUS (⬇️), 🇭🇷 CRO, 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇳🇿 NZL, 🇿🇦 RSA (⬆️), 🇹🇷 TUR
2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division III
15-21 Mar 2021 @ Kaunas 🇱🇹 (8 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB in 2022
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇧🇪 BEL, 🇧🇬 BUL, 🇪🇪 EST, 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇱🇹 LTU, 🇷🇴 ROU, 🇺🇦 UKR (⬇️)
2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Top Division
07-17 Apr 2021 @ Halifax / Truro 🇨🇦 (10 teams)
bottom two teams in Group B relegated to Division IA in 2022
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN (⬆️), 🇩🇪 GER, 🇭🇺 HUN (⬆️), 🇯🇵 JPN
2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IB
08-14 Apr 2021 @ Beijing 🇨🇳 (6 teams)
top two teams promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2022
🇨🇳 CHN, 🇮🇹 ITA (⬇️), 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇵🇱 POL, 🇸🇮 SLO (⬆️)
2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIA
10-16 Apr 2021 @ Jaca 🇪🇸 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom two teams relegated to Division IIB in 2022
🇪🇸 ESP, 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇱🇻 LAT (⬇️), 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇰🇵 PRK, 🇹🇼 TPE (⬆️)
2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IA
18-24 Apr 2021 @ Angers 🇫🇷 (6 teams)
top two teams promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2022
🇦🇹 AUT, 🇫🇷 FRA (⬇️), 🇳🇱 NED (⬆️), 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE (⬇️)
2022 Final Olympic Qualification
26-29 Aug 2021 @ Příbram 🇨🇿, Füssen 🇩🇪 and TBC 🇸🇪 (12 teams, 9 qualified)
top team from each group qualifies for 2022 Olympics
Group D: 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇭🇺 HUN, 🇳🇴 NOR
Group E: 🇦🇹 AUT, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇩🇪 GER
Group F: 🇫🇷 FRA, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE
2022 Winter Olympic Games
04-20 Feb 2022 @ Beijing 🇨🇳 (10 teams, 7 qualified)
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇳 CHN, 🇯🇵 JPN
Future Tournaments
2026 Winter Olympic Games: 06-22 Feb @ Milan 🇮🇹
UPCOMING JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS
2021 IIHF World Junior Championship – Top Division
26 Dec 2020 – 05 Jan 2021 @ Edmonton 🇨🇦 (10 teams)
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK
Group B: 🇦🇹 AUT (⬆️), 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇸🇪 SWE, 🇺🇸 USA
2022 IIHF World Junior Championship – Top Division
26 Dec 2021 – 05 Jan 2022 @ Edmonton / Red Deer 🇨🇦 (10 teams)
bottom team relegated to Division IA in 2023
🇦🇹 AUT, 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE, 🇺🇸 USA
2022 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IA
Jan 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2023
🇧🇾 BLR, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇭🇺 HUN (⬆️), 🇰🇿 KAZ (⬇️), 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇳🇴 NOR
2022 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IB
Jan 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2023
🇪🇪 EST, 🇫🇷 FRA, 🇯🇵 JPN (⬆️), 🇵🇱 POL, 🇸🇮 SLO (⬇️), 🇺🇦 UKR
2022 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIA
Jan 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2023
🇪🇸 ESP, 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇮🇹 ITA (⬇️), 🇰🇷 KOR (⬆️), 🇱🇹 LTU, 🇷🇴 ROU
2022 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIB
Jan 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2023
🇧🇪 BEL, 🇨🇳 CHN, 🇭🇷 CRO, 🇮🇸 ISL (⬆️), 🇳🇱 NED, 🇷🇸 SRB (⬇️)
2022 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division III
Jan 2022 @ TBC (8 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB in 2023
🇦🇺 AUS, 🇧🇬 BUL, 🇮🇱 ISR (⬇️), 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇳🇿 NZL, 🇿🇦 RSA, 🇹🇼 TPE, 🇹🇷 TUR
Future Tournaments
2023 World Junior Championship: 26 Dec 2022 – 05 Jan 2023 @ Novosibirsk 🇷🇺
2022 World Junior Championship: 26 Dec 2023 – 05 Jan 2024 @ Gothenburg 🇸🇪
