2027 IIHF World Championship

2027 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates13–30 May
Teams16

The 2027 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Düsseldorf and Mannheim, Germany, from 13 to 30 May 2027. Finland are the defending champions.

Host nation bid

The only bidders were Kazakhstan and Germany.[1] Norway withdrew its bid in January, four and a half months before the host selection.[2][3] Austria had also expressed interest.[4]

Bids
Votes
 Germany 102
 Kazakhstan 34
Total 136

In the end, on 26 May 2023, the IIHF Congress awarded Germany the rights to host the competition.[5]

Venues

The tournament will be mainly hosted in two venues - PSD Bank Dome in Düsseldorf and SAP Arena in Mannheim, with the latter hosting matches in the 2010 championship.[6] The opening game between Germany and Switzerland will be played in Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, which was the venue used for the opening game between Germany and USA in 2010.

Düsseldorf Gelsenkirchen Mannheim
PSD Bank Dome Veltins-Arena SAP Arena
Capacity: 14,282 Capacity: 61,574 Capacity: 13,600

Participants

Team Qualification method Appearance(s) Previous best performance[A] WR
Total[B] First[B] Last[B] Streak[B]
 Germany (H) Hosts 63rd 1930 2026 20 Runners-up (1930, 1953, 2023) 7
 Finland 1st in 2026 73rd 1939 67 Champions (1995, 2011, 2019, 2022, 2026) 4
  Switzerland 2nd in 2026 59th 1920 29 Runners-up (1935, 2013, 2018, 2024, 2025, 2026) 1
 Norway 3rd in 2026 42nd 1937 21 Third place (2026) 11
 Canada 4th in 2026 80th 1920 47 Champions (28 times)[C] 2
 Czechia 5th in 2026 34th 1993 34 Champions (1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2024) 6
 Latvia 6th in 2026 35th 1933 30 Third place (2023) 9
 Sweden 7th in 2026 85th 1920 77 Champions (11 times)[D] 5
 United States 8th in 2026 78th 1920 41 Champions (1933, 1960, 2025) 3
 Slovakia 9th in 2026 31st 1996 31 Champions (2002) 8
 Austria 11th in 2026 39th 1928 6 Third place (1931, 1947) 12
 Denmark 12th in 2026 25th 1949 24 Fourth place (2025) 10
 Slovenia 13th in 2026 13th 2002 3 Thirteenth place (2002, 2005, 2025, 2026) 13
 Hungary 14th in 2026 14th 1928 3 Fifth place (1937) 17
 Kazakhstan Top two in Division I 14th 1998 2025 1 Tenth place (2021) 14
 Ukraine 10th 1999 2007 1 Ninth place (2002) 19


Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round was based on the 2026 IIHF World Ranking, at the end of the 2026 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizers, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups",[7] which they used, because Slovakia was originally supposed to be in Group A and Germany in Group B.

Notes

  1. ↑ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
  2. 1 2 3 4 In top division. Results in tiers below are excluded.
  3. ↑ Canada have won in 1920, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2021 and 2023.
  4. ↑ Sweden have won in 1953, 1957, 1962, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2017 and 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Offiziell: DEB bewirbt sich um die Austragung der WM 2027, Konkurrenz aus Kasachstan und Norwegen". eishockeynews.de. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Norway withdraws bid". IIHF. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Norsk ishockey omfavner VM-planer, nå er første søkerby valgt". Hockey4You. 29 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "ÖEHV: Verband plant eine A-WM in Österreich – die Chancen stehen gut! – Hockey-News.info – Alle News über das nationale und internationale Eishockey". hockey-news.info. 21 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "And 2027 goes to …". iihf.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "2027 IIHF-Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft wird in Deutschland ausgetragen – Eishockey-Weltverband IIHF vergibt Recht zur Austragung an DEB". deb-online.de. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "IIHF World Championship Germany 2027™ announces Preliminary Round Groups". iihf.com. 8 June 2026.
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