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
2022 Final Olympic Qualification
26-29 Aug 2021 @ Bratislava 🇸🇰, Rīga 🇱🇻 and Oslo 🇳🇴 (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 (⬆️)
2021 Karjala Cup
04-07 Nov 2021 @ TBC 🇫🇮 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇸🇪 SWE
2021 Deutschland Cup
11-14 Nov 2021 @ Krefeld 🇩🇪 (4 teams)
🇩🇪 GER, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK
2021 Channel One Cup
16-19 Dec 2021 @ TBC 🇷🇺 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇸🇪 SWE
2022 Winter Olympic Games
04-20 Feb 2022 @ Beijing 🇨🇳 (12 teams, 9 qualified)
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇳 CHN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇷🇺 ROC, 🇨🇭 SUI
Group C: 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇸🇪 SWE
2022 IIHF World Championship – Division IIA
Apr 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2023
🇦🇺 AUS, 🇨🇳 CHN, 🇭🇷 CRO, 🇪🇸 ESP, 🇮🇱 ISR (⬆️), 🇳🇱 NED (⬇️)
2022 IIHF World Championship – Division IIB
Apr 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division IIIA in 2023
🇧🇪 BEL (⬇️), 🇧🇬 BUL (⬆️), 🇬🇪 GEO, 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇳🇿 NZL
2022 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIA
Apr 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2023
🇱🇺 LUX, 🇰🇵 PRK (⬇️), 🇹🇲 TKM, 🇹🇼 TPE, 🇹🇷 TUR, 🇦🇪 UAE (⬆️)
2022 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIB
Apr 2022 @ TBC (4 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIA, bottom team relegated to Division IV in 2023
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇿🇦 RSA (⬇️), 🇹🇭 THA
2022 IIHF World Championship – Division IV
Apr 2022 @ Bishkek 🇰🇬 (5 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIB in 2023
🇰🇬 KGZ (⬇️), 🇰🇼 KUW (⬇️), 🇲🇾 MAS, 🇵🇭 PHI, 🇸🇬 SGP
2022 IIHF World Championship – Division IB
25 Apr – 01 May 2022 @ Katowice 🇵🇱 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2023
🇪🇪 EST, 🇯🇵 JPN, 🇱🇹 LTU (⬇️), 🇵🇱 POL, 🇷🇸 SRB (⬆️), 🇺🇦 UKR
2022 IIHF World Championship – Division IA
02-08 May 2022 @ Ljubljana 🇸🇮 (6 teams)
top two teams promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2023
🇦🇹 AUT (⬇️), 🇫🇷 FRA (⬇️), 🇭🇺 HUN, 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇷🇴 ROU (⬆️), 🇸🇮 SLO
2022 IIHF World Championship – Top Division
13-29 May 2022 @ Helsinki / Tampere 🇫🇮 (16 teams)
bottom team in each group relegated to Division IA in 2023
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇮🇹 ITA, 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇷🇺 ROC, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK
Group B: 🇧🇾 BLR, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇸🇪 SWE, 🇺🇸 USA
Future Tournaments
2023 World Championship: 05-21 May 2023 @ Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
2026 Winter Olympic Games: 06-22 Feb 2026 @ Milan 🇮🇹
UPCOMING WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTS
2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Top Division (schedule)
20-31 Aug 2021 @ Calgary 🇨🇦 (10 teams)
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 ROC, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN (⬆️), 🇩🇪 GER, 🇭🇺 HUN (⬆️), 🇯🇵 JPN
2022 Olympic Qualification, Round 1
26-29 Aug 2021 @ Reykjavík 🇮🇸 (4 teams)
top team qualifies for Olympic Qualification Round 2
🇧🇬 BUL, 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇱🇹 LTU
2022 Olympic Qualification, Round 2
7-10 Oct 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
2022 Final Olympic Qualification
11-14 Nov 2021 @ Chomutov 🇨🇿, Füssen 🇩🇪 and Luleå 🇸🇪 (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, 🇷🇺 ROC, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇳 CHN, 🇯🇵 JPN
2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IB
08-14 Apr 2022 @ Katowice 🇵🇱 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2023
🇨🇳 CHN, 🇮🇹 ITA (⬇️), 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇵🇱 POL, 🇸🇮 SLO (⬆️)
2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IA
24-30 Apr 2022 @ Angers 🇫🇷 (6 teams)
top two teams promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2023
🇦🇹 AUT, 🇫🇷 FRA (⬇️), 🇳🇱 NED (⬆️), 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE (⬇️)
2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIA
Apr 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom two teams relegated to Division IIB in 2023
🇪🇸 ESP, 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇱🇻 LAT (⬇️), 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇰🇵 PRK, 🇹🇼 TPE (⬆️)
2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIB
Apr 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2023
🇦🇺 AUS (⬇️), 🇭🇷 CRO, 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇳🇿 NZL, 🇿🇦 RSA (⬆️), 🇹🇷 TUR
2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division III
Apr 2022 @ TBC (8 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB in 2023
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇧🇪 BEL, 🇧🇬 BUL, 🇪🇪 EST, 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇱🇹 LTU, 🇷🇴 ROU, 🇺🇦 UKR (⬇️)
Future Tournaments
2026 Winter Olympic Games: 06-22 Feb 2026 @ Milan 🇮🇹
UPCOMING JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS
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
Group A: 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇦🇹 AUT, 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇩🇪 GER
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 – 06 Jan 2023 @ Novosibirsk and Omsk 🇷🇺
2024 World Junior Championship: 26 Dec 2023 – 05 Jan 2024 @ Gothenburg 🇸🇪
