IHLC Preview – 2026 Women’s World Championship


The IIHF Women’s World Championship is returning to Denmark for the second time in four years, as the debut November edition of the tournament sees the reigning Olympic and World champion Americans looking to defend their crownin the 25th edition of the tournament from 06-16 November, with games in Herning and Esbjerg.
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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ 2026 Women’s World Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2026 IIHF Women’s World Championship has been released, with the Danish cities of Herning and Esbjerg set to host for the first time since 2022, with Team USA looking to repeat as World Champions, along with doubling up on their 2026 Olympic Gold medal.
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy Becomes First New Womenโ€™s IHLC Contender Since 2022


On the biggest stage in international hockey, the host nation that nobody expected to make a splash has done just that, with Italy officially locking up their spot in the Quarterfinals, and becoming the first nation since Hungary and Czechia, both in 2022, to contend for the International Hockey Lineal Championship.
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IHLC 2025 In Review – Men’s


The 2025 international hockey men’s calendar saw the title competed over in six different countries over two continents in five tournaments, with seven different countries capturing the International Hockey Lineal Championship in only a three month-span of competition.
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IIHF Confirms Women’s World Championships Moving To November As Of 2026


At today’s IIHF Semi-Annual Congress in Nice, France, it was confirmed that the 2026 Women’s World Championships would be hosted by Denmark, but more consequentially would be held in November, confirmed to be a permanent shift in moving the typical spring tournament to early November going forward, just prior to the start of the Professional Women’s Hockey League pro seasons.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Sven Andrighetto Named 2025 IIHF Male Player Of The Year


Swiss forward Sven Andrighetto, who captured the Swiss National League title, Champions League title and a World Championship Silver medal to cap his 2024-25 season, was today awarded the IIHF’s Male Player Of The Year Award.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 2-1 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 22 May 2025


๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 2-1 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
World Championship Quarterfinal
Jyske Bank BOXEN, Herning ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Thursday, 22 May 2025

Denmark wrote hockey history with a sensational victory over Canada in the quarterfinals of the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.
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๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ France, Kazakhstan Relegated For 2026 IIHF World Championship


On the final day of group round action at the 2025 World Championship, both relegation spots to Division IA in 2025 were confirmed, with France and Kazakhstan, set to head back down to Division IA next season, missing out on the 2026 Worlds in Switzerland.
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IHLC Preview – 2025 World Championship


The top teams in international hockey will converge on Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark starting this Friday 09 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2025 IIHF World Championship.
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Italy, Great Britain Promoted To 2026 World Championship


The Division IA World Championship tournament in Sfรขntu Gheorghe, Romania saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2026 World Championship in Switzerland locked up on the final day of competition, with Italy and Great Britain both clinching their returns to the Top Division for the first time since 2022 and 2024, respectively.
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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช 2025 World Championship Schedule Released


The schedule for the 2025 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark, with both hosts looking to repeat the luck of 2024’s hosts Czechia by capturing World Championship Gold on home ice.
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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Slovenia, Hungary Promoted To 2025 World Championship


The Division IA World Championship tournament in Bolzano, Italy saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2025 World Championship in Sweden and Denmark locked up on the final day of competition, with Slovenia and Hungary both clinching their returns to the Top Division.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Women’s


After a relative return to normalcy in the international hockey calendar, the women’s circuit saw two major tournaments in the same year for the first time ever, with the IHLC contended at both the Olympics and Women’s World Championship, and twenty one games total over the course of 2022.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 2-1 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ – 04 Sep 2022


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 2-1 United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Womenโ€™s World Championship Gold Medal Game
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Sunday, 04 September 2022

Brianne Jenner scored both of Canada’s goals and Ann-Renรฉe Desbiens saved the Gold in the dying seconds, giving Canada their third straight major Gold with a 2-1 victory over the United States. It comes after the 2021 Women’s Worlds last August and Olympic Gold in Beijing this past February.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 10-1 Czechia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ – 03 Sep 2022


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 10-1 Czechia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
Womenโ€™s World Championship Semifinal
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Saturday, 03 September 2022

Team USA scored six goals in the first period to put the game out of reach with speed and seeming ease, defeating Czechia by a 10-1 count and advancing to the Gold medal game tomorrow night. They will face the winner of tonightโ€™s Canada–Switzerland tilt.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia Becomes Newest Women’s IHLC Contender


Just two days after Hungary became the first women’s hockey team to compete for the IHLC in a dozen years, today history was made once again at the 2022 Women’s World Championship, with Czechia stunning Finland in overtime of the quarterfinals, setting up a semifinal (and IHLC) matchup against the United States.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 12-1 Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ – 01 Sep 2022


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 12-1 Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ
Womenโ€™s World Championship Quarterfinal
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Thursday, 01 September 2022

Itโ€™s not often that a team wins a playoff game to advance to the semi-finals of a tournament that that is of secondary importance, but that was the case this afternoon.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 5-2 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 30 Aug 2022


๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States 5-2 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Womenโ€™s World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Tuesday, 30 August 2022

Canada opened a 2-0 lead in the first period, but the United States stormed back to claim a 5-2 win in the finale of the preliminary round of Group A.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 9-0 Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต – 28 Aug 2022


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 9-0 Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Womenโ€™s World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Sunday, 28 August 2022

Japan knew life in Group A of the Womenโ€™s Worlds would be radically different from Group B, and today they got a reminder of just how different. Canada stormed their goal for 60 minutes and skated to a 9-0 win this afternoon to re-join the United States at the top of the Group A standings.
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 4-1 Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ – 27 Aug 2022


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 4-1 Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ
Womenโ€™s World Championship Preliminary Round
KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Saturday, 27 August 2022

Sarah Fillier, the โ€œNext Oneโ€ whose time appears to be now, scored her first two goals of the tournament to lead Canada to a 4-1 win over Switzerland in Group A action in Herning tonight.
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