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
2021 Carlson Hockey Games
12-15 May 2021 @ Prague 🇨🇿 (4 teams)
🇨🇿 CZE, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 RUS, 🇸🇪 SWE

Beat COVID-19 International Ice Hockey Tournament
15-21 May 2021 @ Ljubljana 🇸🇮 (6 teams)
🇦🇹 AUT, 🇫🇷 FRA, 🇵🇱 POL, 🇷🇴 ROU, 🇸🇮 SLO, 🇺🇦 UKR

2021 IIHF World Championship – Top Division (schedule)
21 May – 06 Jun 2021 @ Rīga 🇱🇻 (16 teams)
Group A: 🇧🇾 BLR (⬆️), 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇷🇺 ROC, 🇨🇭 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, 🇷🇺 ROC, 🇨🇭 SUI
Group C: 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇸🇪 SWE

2022 IIHF World Championship – Division IA
Apr 2022 @ TBC (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 – Division IB
Apr 2022 @ TBC (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 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 III in 2023
🇧🇪 BEL (⬇️), 🇧🇬 BUL (⬆️), 🇬🇪 GEO, 🇮🇸 ISL, 🇲🇽 MEX, 🇳🇿 NZL

2022 IIHF World Championship – Division IIIA
Apr 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIA, 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 @ TBC (5 teams)
top team promoted to Division IIIB in 2023
🇰🇬 KGZ (⬇️), 🇰🇼 KUW (⬇️), 🇲🇾 MAS, 🇵🇭 PHI, 🇸🇬 SGP

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
🇧🇾 BLR, 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇬🇧 GBR, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇮🇹 ITA, 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇱🇻 LAT, 🇳🇴 NOR, 🇷🇺 ROC, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇸🇰 SVK, 🇸🇪 SWE, 🇺🇸 USA

Future Tournaments
2023 World Championship: 05-21 May 2023 @ Saint Petersburg 🇷🇺
2026 Winter Olympic Games: 06-22 Feb 2026 @ Milan 🇮🇹

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UPCOMING WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTS
2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Top Division
20-31 Aug 2021 @ TBC 🇨🇦 (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 @ 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, 🇷🇺 ROC, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇳 CHN, 🇯🇵 JPN

2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Top Division
Apr 2022 @ TBC (10 teams)
bottom two teams in Group B relegated to Division IA in 2023
Group A: 🇨🇦 CAN, 🇫🇮 FIN, 🇷🇺 ROC, 🇨🇭 SUI, 🇺🇸 USA
Group B: 🇨🇿 CZE, 🇩🇰 DEN, 🇩🇪 GER, 🇭🇺 HUN, 🇯🇵 JPN

2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship – Division IA
Apr 2022 @ TBC 🇫🇷 (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 IB
Apr 2022 @ TBC (6 teams)
top two teams promoted to Top Division, bottom team relegated to Division IB in 2023
🇨🇳 CHN, 🇮🇹 ITA (⬇️), 🇰🇿 KAZ, 🇰🇷 KOR, 🇵🇱 POL, 🇸🇮 SLO (⬆️)

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 IIB, 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 🇮🇹

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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 🇸🇪