At the conclusion of the Women’s World Championship Division IA tournament in Klagenfurt, Austria today, it was Norway and Hungary that finally scooped up the last promotion spots to the Top Division in 2025, to be hosted in České Budějovice, Czechia.
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🇨🇳 🇩🇰 China, Denmark Relegated From 2024 Women’s Worlds
In the final day of competition at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship, the final game on the calendar dictated which teams would be relegated to Division IA in 2025, with China and Denmark drawing the unfortunate distinction.
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🇳🇴 Norway Relegated From World Junior Championship
For the first time in history, the World Junior Championship relegation round came down to a single game, with Germany defeating Norway 5-4 in overtime to send Norway back down to Division IA in 2025, after just one year in the Top Division.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Junior
The story of the world junior calendar year of 2023 came down really to two countries, with Canada dominating the top of the calendar, while it was American dominance nearly a full calendar year later setting the stage for a thrilling finish to the 2024 World Junior Championship.
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IHLC 2023 In Review – Men’s
The 2023 international men’s hockey calendar was one full of surprises, with the emergence of competing Cinderella stories at the 2023 World Championship that captivating the hockey world, before a familiar face emerged as world champions once again.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 11-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭 – 28 Dec 2023
🇺🇸 United States 11-3 Switzerland 🇨🇭
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Frölundaborg, Gothenburg 🇸🇪
Thursday, 28 December 2023
Jimmy Snuggerud scored a hat trick in the first period as the U.S. trounced Switzerland 11-3 on Thursday at Frölundaborg. It was a showcase of the skill and speed that the USA Hockey National Team Development Program preaches in Plymouth, Michigan.
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IHLC Results – 🇺🇸 United States 4-1 Norway 🇳🇴 – 26 Dec 2023
🇺🇸 United States 4-1 Norway 🇳🇴
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Frölundaborg, Gothenburg 🇸🇪
Tuesday, 26 December 2023
Newly promoted Norway surprisingly kept it scoreless with the stacked Americans until Jimmy Snuggerud scored at the midway mark. That sparked the U.S. to a 4-1 win on Day One of the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship in Gothenburg.
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IHLC Preview – 2024 World Junior Championship
With the season upon us, this means the inevitable return of the IIHF World Junior Championship, which will return to Europe for the first time since January 2020, with Gothenburg, Sweden hosting the world’s top under-20 teams starting on 26 December.
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An IHLC Lineage Correction – 1992 Olympics
As part of our continuous improvement to always refine the International Hockey Lineal Championship, we came across an improper lineage in the 1992 season that has now been corrected, impacting in particular lineage during the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France.
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🇨🇳 🇩🇰 China, Denmark Promoted To 2024 Women’s World Championship
At the conclusion of the delayed Women’s World Championship Division IA tournament in Shenzhen, China today, it was hosts China and Denmark that finally scooped up the last promotion spots to the Top Division in 2024, solidifying for good the 2023-24 international hockey calendar.
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🇨🇿 2024 World Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2024 IIHF World Championship was today announced for the tournament taking place in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, the first tournament set to play at its intended host cities and arenas since 2019, following concerns over COVID-19, political unrest in Belarus, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 14 May 2023
🇨🇭 Switzerland 3-0 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Sunday, 14 May 2023
For the first time since 1939, Switzerland has opened the IIHF World Championship with back-to-back shutouts following a 3-0 win over Norway.
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IHLC Preview – 2023 World Championship
The top teams in international hockey will converge on Tampere, Finland and Rīga, Latvia starting this Friday, 12 May, kicking off the premiere event of the global hockey calendar, the 2023 IIHF World Championship.
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🇸🇪 Sweden Victory Clinches 2022-23 Euro Hockey Tour Title
By virtue of their 3-0 victory over Switzerland to kick off the 2023 Czech Hockey Games in Gothenburg, Sweden, Tre Kronor officially clinched their sixth Euro Hockey Tour title, and second straight, by moving eight points ahead of Finland and Czechia in the tournament table with just two games to go.
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 5-0 Norway 🇳🇴 – 20 Apr 2023
🇸🇪 Sweden 5-0 Norway 🇳🇴
Euro Hockey Challenge
Östersund Arena, Östersund 🇸🇪
Thursday, 20 April 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:17 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Johannesson (Sörensen, de la Rose)
19:45 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindholm, interference
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IHLC Results – 🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Norway 🇳🇴 (OT) – 19 Apr 2023
🇸🇪 Sweden 4-3 Norway 🇳🇴 (OT)
Euro Hockey Challenge
Östersund Arena, Östersund 🇸🇪
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:35 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Johannesson (Sylvegård)
14:30 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Steen, hooking
14:33 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Everberg, tripping
15:47 – 🇳🇴 GOAL – Olimb (Krogdahl, Øby-Olsen)
16:20 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Brännström (Lang)
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🇭🇺 🇫🇷 Hungary, France Relegated From 2023 Women’s Worlds
In the final day of competition at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championship, the final two Group B matchups dictated which teams would be relegated to Division IA in 2024, with Hungary and France drawing the unfortunate distinction.
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🇸🇪 2024 World Junior Championship Schedule Released
The schedule for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship has been released, with the tournament set to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, with Sweden hosting for the first time in a decade, Gothenburg hosting the World Juniors for the first time ever, and marking the first post-pandemic tournament to be held outside of Canada.
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🇦🇹 Austria Relegated From World Junior Championship
After consecutive losses of 5-2 and 4-2 in their relegation series against Latvia, Austria was today relegated to the World Junior Division IA in 2024, returning to the lower division for the first time since 2020.
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IHLC 2022 In Review – Men’s
The international hockey season saw a relative return to normal 2022, with both the Olympics and World Championships taking place amidst a pandemic, political turmoil, and a number of major swings in the balance of global hockey power.
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