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 Karjala Tournament
05-08 November 2026 @ Helsinki 🇫🇮 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇪 SWE

2026 Deutschland Cup
05-08 November 2026 @ Düsseldorf 🇩🇪 (4 teams)
🇦🇹 AUT, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇸🇰 SVK

2026 Swiss Ice Hockey Games
10-13 December 2026 @ TBC 🇨🇭 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇪 SWE

2027 IIHF World Championship – Division IIB
April 2027 @ Bishkek 🇰🇬 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division IIIA in 2028
Group A: 🇧🇬 BUL, 🇮🇱 ISR, 🇰🇬 KGZ
Group B: 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇳🇿 NZL, 🇹🇷 TUR (⬆️)

2027 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIB
April 2027 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIA, bottom team relegated to Division IV in 2028
Group A: 🇱🇺 LUX, 🇲🇳 MGL, 🇹🇲 TKM (⬇️)
Group B: 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇵🇭 PHI, 🇰🇵 PRK

2027 IIHF World Championship – Division IIA
19-25 April 2027 @ Al Ain 🇦🇪 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2028
Group A: 🇦🇺 AUS, 🇧🇪 BEL, 🇭🇷 CRO
Group B: 🇬🇪 GEO, 🇷🇸 SRB, 🇦🇪 UAE

2027 IIHF World Championship – Division IVB
19-25 April 2027 @ Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 (4 teams)
top team promoted to Division IVA in 2028
🇮🇳 IND, 🇮🇷 IRI, 🇲🇦 MAR, 🇲🇾 MAS

2027 IIHF World Championship – Division IVA
20-26 April 2027 @ Kuwait City 🇰🇼 (4 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIB, bottom team relegated to Division IVB in 2028
🇦🇲 ARM, 🇮🇩 INA, 🇰🇼 KUW, 🇸🇬 SGP

2027 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIA
25 April – 01 May 2027 @ Taichung 🇹🇼 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2028
Group A: 🇿🇦 RSA, 🇹🇭 THA, 🇹🇼 TPE (⬇️)
Group B: 🇧🇦 BIH, 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇺🇿 UZB (⬆️)

2027 IIHF World Championship – Division IB
May 2027 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2028
Group A: 🇪🇸 ESP, 🇯🇵 JPN (⬇️), 🇰🇷 KOR
Group B: 🇨🇳 CHN, 🇳🇱 NED, 🇷🇴 ROU

2027 IIHF World Championship – Division IA
01-07 May 2027 @ Tallinn 🇪🇪 (6 teams)
top two teams promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2028
Group A: 🇮🇹 ITA (⬇️), 🇱🇹 LTU, 🇵🇱 POL
Group B: 🇪🇪 EST (⬆️), 🇫🇷 FRA, 🇬🇧 GBR (⬇️)

2027 IIHF World Championship – Top Division
14-30 May 2027 @ Düsseldorf / Mannheim 🇩🇪 (16 teams)
bottom team in each group relegated to Division IA in 2028
Group A: 🇦🇹 AUT, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇸🇮 SLO, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇪 SWE, 🇺🇦 UKR (⬆️)
Group B: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇭🇺 HUN, 🇰🇿 KAZ (⬆️), 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇺🇸 USA

2028 World Cup Of Hockey
February 2028 @ Calgary 🇨🇦 / Edmonton 🇨🇦 / Prague 🇨🇿 (8 teams, 7 qualified)
🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇪 SWE, 🇺🇸 USA

Future Tournaments
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 IIHF World Championship, Top Division: 17 May – 02 June 2030 @ Helsinki 🇫🇮 / Rīga 🇱🇻
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 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

2027 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Top Division
November 2027 @ Québec 🇨🇦 (10 teams, 2 qualified)
bottom team relegated to Division IA in 2028
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN
Group B: 🇫🇷 FRA (⬆️)

2027 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IA
November 2027 @ Milan 🇮🇹 (6 teams, 5 qualified)
top team promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2028
Group A: 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇸🇰 SVK
Group B: 🇭🇺 HUN, 🇮🇹 ITA, 🇳🇱 NED (⬆️)

2027 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IV
November 2027 @ TBC (4 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIB in 2028
🇧🇾 BLR, 🇮🇳 IND, 🇮🇷 IRI, 🇸🇬 SGP

2027 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IB
01-07 November 2027 @ Suwon 🇰🇷 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2028
Group A: 🇨🇳 CHN (⬇️), 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇱🇻 LAT
Group B: 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇵🇱 POL (⬆️)

2027 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIA
07-13 November 2027 @ Taipei 🇹🇼 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2028
Group A: 🇦🇺 AUS, 🇪🇸 ESP (⬇️), 🇰🇵 PRK
Group B: 🇭🇰 HKG (⬆️), 🇸🇮 SLO, 🇹🇼 TPE

2027 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIB
08-14 November 2027 @ Elektrėnai 🇱🇹 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2028
Group A: 🇮🇸 ISL (⬇️), 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇳🇿 NZL
Group B: 🇱🇹 LTU, 🇷🇴 ROU (⬆️), 🇺🇦 UKR

2027 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIIB
08-14 November 2027 @ Sofia 🇧🇬 (5 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIA, bottom team relegated to Division IV in 2028
🇧🇦 BIH, 🇧🇬 BUL (⬇️), 🇮🇱 ISR, 🇵🇭 PHI, 🇿🇦 RSA

2027 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IIIA
22-28 November 2027 @ Istanbul 🇹🇷 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2028
Group A: 🇧🇪 BEL (⬇️), 🇭🇷 CRO, 🇷🇸 SRB
Group B: 🇪🇪 EST (⬆️), 🇹🇭 THA, 🇹🇷 TUR

Future Tournaments
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 World Junior Summer Showcase
29 July – 01 August 2026 @ Windsor 🇨🇦 (4 teams)
🇨🇦 CAN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇸🇪 SWE, 🇺🇸 USA

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IB
05-11 December 2026 @ Krynica-Zdrój 🇵🇱 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IA, bottom team relegated to Division IIA in 2028
Group A: 🇫🇷 FRA (⬇️), 🇯🇵 JPN, 🇵🇱 POL
Group B: 🇪🇪 EST, 🇰🇷 KOR (⬆️), 🇱🇹 LTU

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IA
06-12 December 2026 @ Budapest 🇭🇺 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2028
Group A: 🇩🇰 DEN (⬇️), 🇸🇮 SLO, 🇺🇦 UKR
Group B: 🇦🇹 AUT, 🇭🇺 HUN (⬆️), 🇰🇿 KAZ

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: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇳🇴 NOR (⬆️), 🇨🇭 SUI
Group B: 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE, 🇺🇸 USA

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIA
January 2027 @ Sisak 🇭🇷 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IB, bottom team relegated to Division IIB in 2028
Group A: 🇨🇳 CHN, 🇮🇹 ITA (⬇️), 🇷🇴 ROU
Group B: 🇭🇷 CRO, 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇳🇱 NED (⬆️)

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIIB
10-16 January 2027 @ Tbilisi 🇬🇪 (4 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIB in 2028
🇬🇪 GEO, 🇮🇳 IND, 🇮🇷 IRI (⬇️), 🇹🇲 TKM

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIB
17-23 January 2027 @ Belgrade 🇷🇸 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, bottom team relegated to Division III in 2028
Group A: 🇪🇸 ESP (⬇️), 🇳🇿 NZL, 🇷🇸 SRB
Group B: 🇦🇺 AUS, 🇮🇱 ISR, 🇹🇼 TPE (⬆️)

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIIA
18-24 January 2027 @ İstanbul 🇹🇷 (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIB, bottom team relegated to Division IIIB in 2028
Group A: 🇮🇸 ISL (⬇️), 🇹🇭 THA, 🇹🇷 TUR
Group B: 🇧🇪 BEL, 🇧🇬 BUL, 🇰🇬 KGZ (⬆️)

2027 IIHF World Junior Championship – Division IIIB
03-09 February 2027 @ Sarajevo 🇧🇦 (5 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIA, bottom team relegated to Division IV in 2028
🇧🇦 BIH (⬇️), 🇭🇰 HKG, 🇱🇺 LUX, 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇿🇦 RSA

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 🇨🇦
2030 IIHF World Junior Championship, Top Division: 26 Dec 2029 – 05 Jan 2030 @ Brno / Jihlava 🇨🇿