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!
Teamsย in parentheses denotes whether teams have been promotedย (โฌ๏ธ) or demotedย (โฌ๏ธ) toย their current Championship division.
UPCOMING MENโS TOURNAMENTS
2022ย Kaufland Cup
15-17 December 2022 @ Bratislava ๐ธ๐ฐ (3 teams)
๐ฑ๐ป LAT, ๐ณ๐ด NOR, ๐ธ๐ฐ SVK
2022 Swiss Ice Hockey Games
15-18 December 2022 @ Fribourg ๐จ๐ญย (4 teams)
๐จ๐ฟ CZE, ๐ซ๐ฎ FIN, ๐จ๐ญ SUI, ๐ธ๐ช SWE
2022 Beijer Hockey Games
09-12 February 2023 @ Malmรถ ๐ธ๐ชย (4 teams)
๐จ๐ฟ CZE, ๐ซ๐ฎ FIN, ๐จ๐ญ SUI, ๐ธ๐ช SWE
2023 IIHF World Championship โ Division IIIB
27 February – 05 March 2023 @ Sarajevo ๐ง๐ฆ (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIA, bottom team relegated to Division IV in 2024
๐ง๐ฆ BIH, ๐ญ๐ฐ HKG, ๐ฎ๐ท IRI (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฐ๐ฌ KGZ (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฒ๐พย MAS (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ธ๐ฌ SGP (โฌ๏ธ)
2023ย IIHF World Championship โ Division IV
23-26 March 2023 @ Ulaanbaatar ๐ฒ๐ณ (3 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIB in 2024
๐ฎ๐ฉ INA, ๐ฐ๐ผ KUW, ๐ฒ๐ณ MGL, ๐ต๐ญ PHI
2023ย IIHF World Championship โ Division IIA
16-22 April 2023 @ Madrid ๐ช๐ธ (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2024
๐ฆ๐บ AUS, ๐ญ๐ทย CRO, ๐ช๐ธ ESP, ๐ฌ๐ช GEO (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฎ๐ธ ISL (โฌ๏ธ),ย ๐ฎ๐ฑ ISR
2023 IIHF World Championship โ Division IIB
17-23 April 2023 @ Istanbul ๐น๐ท (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division IIIA in 2024
๐ง๐ช BEL, ๐ง๐ฌ BUL, ๐ฒ๐ฝ MEX, ๐ณ๐ฟ NZL, ๐น๐ท TURย (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฆ๐ช UAEย (โฌ๏ธ)
2023 IIHF World Championship โ Division IIIA
17-23 April 2023 @ Cape Town ๐ฟ๐ฆ (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2024
๐ฑ๐บ LUX, ๐ฐ๐ต PRK, ๐ฟ๐ฆ RSAย (โฌ๏ธ), ๐น๐ญ THA (โฌ๏ธ), ๐น๐ฒ TKM, ๐น๐ผ TPE
2022 IIHF World Championship โ Division IB
23-29 April 2023 @ Tallinn ๐ช๐ช (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2024
๐จ๐ณ CHN (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ช๐ชย EST, ๐ฏ๐ต JPN, ๐ณ๐ฑ NED (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ท๐ธ SRB, ๐บ๐ฆย UKR
2022 Czech Hockey Games
27-30 April 2023 @ TBC ๐จ๐ฟย (4 teams)
๐จ๐ฟ CZE, ๐ซ๐ฎ FIN, ๐จ๐ญ SUI, ๐ธ๐ช SWE
2023 IIHF World Championship โ Division IA
29 April – 05 May 2023 @ Nottingham ๐ฌ๐ง (6 teams)
top two teams promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2024
๐ฌ๐ง GBRย (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฎ๐น ITAย (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฐ๐ท KOR, ๐ฑ๐น LTU, ๐ต๐ฑ POL (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ท๐ด ROU
2023 IIHF World Championship – Top Division (schedule)
12-28 May 2023 @ Rฤซga ๐ฑ๐ป / Tampere ๐ซ๐ฎ (16 teams)
bottom team in each group relegated to Division IA in 2024
Group A: ๐ฆ๐น AUT, ๐จ๐ฟ CZE, ๐ฉ๐ฐ DEN, ๐ซ๐ฎ FIN, ๐ซ๐ท FRA, ๐ฉ๐ช GER, ๐ญ๐บ HUN (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ธ๐ช SWE
Group B: ๐จ๐ฆ CAN, ๐ฐ๐ฟ KAZ, ๐ฑ๐ป LAT, ๐ณ๐ด NOR, ๐ธ๐ฎย SLO (โฌ๏ธ), ๐จ๐ญ SUI, ๐ธ๐ฐ SVK, ๐บ๐ธ USA
Future Tournaments
2024 IIHF World Championship, Top Division: 10-26 May 2024 @ Ostrava / Prague ๐จ๐ฟ
2025 IIHF World Championship, Top Division: 09-25 May 2025 @ Herning ๐ฉ๐ฐ / Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
2026 Winter Olympic Games: 06-22 February 2026 @ Milan ๐ฎ๐น
2026 IIHF World Championship, Top Division: 15-31 May 2026 @ Fribourg / Zรผrich ๐จ๐ญ
UPCOMING WOMENโS TOURNAMENTS
2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIB
20-26 February 2023 @ Cape Town ๐ฟ๐ฆย (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2024
๐ฆ๐บ AUS, ๐ง๐ช BEL (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ญ๐ท CRO (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ณ๐ฟ NZL, ๐ฟ๐ฆ RSA, ๐น๐ท TUR
2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIIB
27-30 March 2023 @ Metulla ๐ฎ๐ฑ (3 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIA in 2024
๐ง๐ฆ BIH, ๐ฎ๐ฑ ISR, ๐ท๐ธ SRB
2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Top Division
April 2023 @ TBC ๐จ๐ฆ (10 teams)
bottom team relegated to Division IA in 2024
Group A: ๐จ๐ฆ CAN, ๐จ๐ฟ CZE, ๐ฏ๐ต JPN, ๐จ๐ญ SUI, ๐บ๐ธ USA
Group B: ๐ซ๐ฎ FIN,ย ๐ซ๐ท FRAย (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฉ๐ช GER, ๐ญ๐บ HUN, ๐ธ๐ช SWE
2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIA
01-07 April 2023 @ Ciudad de Mรฉxico ๐ฒ๐ฝ (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom two teams relegated to Division IIB in 2024
๐ช๐ธ ESP, ๐ฎ๐ธ ISL (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฑ๐ป LAT, ๐ฒ๐ฝ MEX (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฐ๐ต PRK, ๐น๐ผ TPE
2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIIA
03-09 April 2023 @ Braศov ๐ท๐ด (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2024
๐ง๐ฌ BUL (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ช๐ช EST (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ญ๐ฐ HKG, ๐ฑ๐น LTU, ๐ท๐ด ROU, ๐บ๐ฆ UKR
2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IA
17-23 April 2023 @ Shenzhen ๐จ๐ณ (6 teams)
top team promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2024
๐ฆ๐น AUT, ๐จ๐ณ CHN (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฉ๐ฐ DENย (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ณ๐ฑ NED (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ณ๐ด NOR, ๐ธ๐ฐ SVK
2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IB
17-23 April 2023 @ Suwon ๐ฐ๐ท (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2024
๐ฌ๐ง GBRย (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฎ๐น ITA, ๐ฐ๐ฟ KAZ, ๐ฐ๐ท KOR,ย ๐ต๐ฑ POL, ๐ธ๐ฎ SLOย (โฌ๏ธ)
Future Tournaments
2026 Winter Olympic Games: 06-22 February 2026 @ Milan ๐ฎ๐น
UPCOMING JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS
2023ย IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IA
11-17 December 2022 @ Asker ๐ณ๐ด (6 teams)
top team promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2024
๐ฉ๐ฐ DEN, ๐ซ๐ท FRAย (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ญ๐บ HUNย (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฐ๐ฟ KAZ, ๐ณ๐ด NOR, ๐ธ๐ฎ SLOย (โฌ๏ธ)
2023 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IB
11-17 December 2022 @ Bytom ๐ต๐ฑ (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2024
๐ช๐ช EST, ๐ฎ๐น ITA (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ฏ๐ต JPN, ๐ฐ๐ท KOR (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ต๐ฑ POL (โฌ๏ธ), ๐บ๐ฆ UKR
2023 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIA
11-17 December 2022 @ Kaunas ๐ฑ๐น (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2024
๐ญ๐ท CRO (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ช๐ธย ESP,ย ๐ฌ๐ง GBR, ๐ฑ๐น LTU, ๐ณ๐ฑ NED (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ท๐ด ROU
2023ย IIHF World Junior Championship – Top Division (schedule)
26 December 2022 – 05 January 2023 @ Halifax / Moncton ๐จ๐ฆ (10 teams)
bottom team relegated to Division IA in 2024
Group A: ๐ฆ๐น AUT, ๐จ๐ฆ CAN, ๐จ๐ฟ CZE, ๐ฉ๐ช GER, ๐ธ๐ช SWE
Group B: ๐ซ๐ฎ FIN, ๐ฑ๐ป LAT, ๐จ๐ญ SUI, ๐ธ๐ฐ SVK, ๐บ๐ธ USA
2023 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division III
07-14 January 2023 @ Istanbul ๐น๐ท (8 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB in 2024
Group A: ๐ฆ๐บ AUS, ๐ง๐ฆ BIH, ๐ฐ๐ฌ KGZ, ๐ณ๐ฟ NZL
Group B: ๐ง๐ฌ BUL, ๐ฎ๐ฑ ISR, ๐ฟ๐ฆ RSA, ๐น๐ท TUR
2023 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIB
16-22 January 2023 @ Reykjavรญk ๐ฎ๐ธ (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2024
๐ง๐ช BEL, ๐จ๐ณ CHN, ๐ฎ๐ธ ISL, ๐ฒ๐ฝ MEX (โฌ๏ธ), ๐ท๐ธ SRB, ๐น๐ผ TPE (โฌ๏ธ)
2023 Four Nations Cup
06-12 February 2023 @ TBC ๐ธ๐ชย (4 teams)
๐จ๐ฟ CZE, ๐ซ๐ฎ FIN, ๐ธ๐ฐ SVK, ๐ธ๐ช SWE
Future Tournaments
2024 World Junior Championship: 26 December 2023 – 05 January 2024 @ Gothenburg ๐ธ๐ช
International Hockey Lineal Championship 