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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Tag Archives: Romania
🇮🇹 🇬🇧 Italy, Great Britain Promoted To 2026 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Sfântu 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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🇬🇧 🇵🇱 Great Britain, Poland Sent Back Down From 2024 World Championship
A day before the group round came to a close at the 2024 World Championship, both relegation spots to Division IA in 2024 were confirmed, with Great Britain and Poland, who both gained promotion to Czechia just last year, will head back down to Division IA next season.
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🇸🇮 🇭🇺 Slovenia, Hungary Promoted To 2025 World Championship
IIHF Hall Of Fame Announces 2024 Inductees
The IIHF has announced the Hall Of Fame Class of 2024, to be inducted at May’s World Championships in Prague, with five different nationalities highlighting the class, including a trio of native Czechoslovak legends heading the class.
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🇸🇮 🇭🇺 Slovenia, Hungary Relegated From 2023 World Championship
A day before the group round came to a close at the 2023 World Championship, both relegation spots to Division IA in 2023 were confirmed, with Hungary and Slovenia gaining the dubious distinction of being sent down after both gained promotion in 2022, with Slovenia finishing winless while Hungary was eliminated in a sudden-death shootout to Austria.
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🇵🇱 🇬🇧 Poland, Great Britain Promoted To 2024 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Nottingham, England saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2024 World Championship in Ostrava and Prague, Czechia locked up on the final day of competition, with hosts Great Britain and Poland both clinching their returns to the Top Division.
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🇸🇮 🇭🇺 Slovenia, Hungary Promoted To 2023 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament in Ljubljana saw the top two spots for promotion to the 2023 World Championship locked up a day before the tournament wrapped, with hosts Slovenia and Hungary both locking up returns to the Top Division.
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🇫🇷 🇦🇹 France, Austria Relegated From World Championship
Both relegation games at the 2019 World Championship came down to thrilling and surprising finishes, with Great Britain and Italy, both promoted from Division IA in 2018, upsetting France and Austria respectively to send them down to Division IA in 2020, while each punching their ticket back to the Top Division in Switzerland.
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🇰🇿 🇧🇾 Kazakhstan, Belarus Promoted To 2020 World Championship
The Division IA World Championship tournament saw the return of two powerhouses to the Top Division in 2020, with Belarus and hosts Kazakhstan clinching spots for next year in Switzerland at the 2019 tournament in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
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IHLC Team Profiles – 🇷🇴 Romania
🇷🇴 ROMANIA (ROU) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1931-)
Romania first competed for the IHLC in 1934, one of only three games in which they played for the IHLC. This match was also their closest attempt, as they went on to be crushed by Britain in 1937, and by Czechoslovakia in their third and most recent game, forty years later in 1977. The Tricolori have failed to qualify for the World Championship’s top pool since 1977, working to claw their way out of Division IB in the last few years.
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IHLC Results – 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia 13-1 Romania 🇷🇴 – 24 Apr 1977
🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia 13-1 Romania 🇷🇴
World Championship Preliminary Round
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna 🇦🇹
Sunday, 24 April 1977
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:02 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Pouzar (P. Šťastný)
07:26 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – J. Novák (Martinec)
10:05 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Ebermann
15:03 – 🇷🇴 PEN – Costea
15:16 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Holík (J. Novák, Martinec)
18:17 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – E. Novák (Nový, Pospíšil)
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