Published 23.05.2014 16:51 GMT+3 | Author Martin Merk

28 tournaments will be played next season in the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship program.

The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation announced the venues for the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. The event will be played in April in central Switzerland in the cities of Zug and Lucerne.

The worlds’ best U20 teams will go to the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship in Toronto and Montreal, Canada, as it was known before. The 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship will be played in Malmo, Sweden, while the women’s U18 category will be played in the United States in a city to be announced soon.

Due to the big interest in hosting IIHF events, several tournaments had more than one applicant and a vote among the participating teams and the IIHF Council was required.

The 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A with the best nations outside the top-16 will be hosted by Donetsk. The Ukrainian bid won the vote against the Polish with Krakow. The Division I Group B will be played in Eindhoven, Netherlands, after Tallinn, Estonia, had pulled out.

The 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Program:

2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

In Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic, 1-17 May 2015

Participants (groups and final seeding TBA): Sweden, Finland, Canada, Russia, Czech Republic, USA, Switzerland, Slovakia, Latvia, Norway, Germany, Slovenia, Austria, France, Belarus, Denmark.



2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A

In Donetsk, Ukraine, 18-24 April 2015

Participants: Italy, Kazakhstan, Japan, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland

2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B

In Eindhoven, Netherlands, 13-19 April 2015

Participants: Korea, Croatia, Lithuania, Great Britain, Netherlands, Estonia 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group A

In Reykjavik, Iceland, 13-19 April 2015

Participants: Romania, Iceland, Serbia, Australia, Belgium, Spain 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B

In Cape Town, South Africa, 13-19 April 2015

Participants: Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, China, South Africa, Bulgaria 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III

In Izmir, Turkey, 5-14 April 2015

Participants: Turkey, DPR Korea, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship

In Toronto and Montreal, 26 December 2014 to 5 January 2015

Group A: Finland, Canada, USA, Slovakia, Germany

Group B: Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Denmark 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group A

In Asiago, Italy, 14-20 December 2014

Participants: Norway, Latvia, Belarus, Austria, Slovenia, Italy 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group B

In Dunaujvaros, Hungary, 14-20 December 2014

Participants: Poland, Kazakhstan, France, Ukraine, Japan, Hungary 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A

In Tallinn, Estonia, 7-13 December 2014

Participants: Great Britain, Lithuania, Netherlands, Estonia, Romania, Korea 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B

In Granada, Spain, 13-19 December 2014

Participants: Croatia, Spain, Serbia, Australia, Iceland, Belgium 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III

In Dunedin, New Zealand, 19-25 January 2015

Participants: China, New Zealand, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa, Bulgaria 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship

In Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland, 16-26 April 2015

Group A: USA, Sweden, Russia, Slovakia, Germany

Group B: Czech Republic, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Latvia 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A

In Debrecen, Hungary, 12-18 April 2015

Participants: Denmark, Norway, Kazakhstan, Belarus, France, Hungary 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group B

In Maribor, Slovenia, 12-18 April 2015

Participants: Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Japan, Ukraine, Lithuania 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group A

In Tallinn, Estonia, 22-28 March 2015

Participants: Poland, Korea, Croatia, Netherlands, Great Britain, Estonia 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group B

In Belgrade or Novi Sad, Serbia, 15-23 March 2015

Participants: Romania, Spain, Serbia, Belgium, China, Australia 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group A

In Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, 22-28 March 2015

Participants: Iceland, Israel, Chinese Taipei, Bulgaria, Mexico, South Africa 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group B

In Auckland, New Zealand, 22-24 March 2015

Participants: New Zealand, Turkey, Hong Kong 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship

In Malmo, Sweden, 28 March - 4 April 2015

Group A: USA, Canada, Russia, Finland

Group B: Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, CZE/JPN* 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group A

In Rouen, France, 12-18 April 2015

Participants: CZE/JPN*, Norway, Denmark, France, Austria, Latvia

*Qualification Series to be played in autumn 2014 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group B

In Beijing, China, 6-12 April 2015

Participants: Slovakia, China, Hungary, Netherlands, DPR Korea, Italy 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group A

In Dumfries, Great Britain, 30 March - 5 April 2015

Participants: Kazakhstan, Great Britain, Korea, Poland, New Zealand, Croatia 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group B

In Jaca or Logrono, Spain, 11-17 March 2015

Participants: Australia, Slovenia, Spain, Iceland, Belgium, Mexico 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group B Qualification

In Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 18-21 February 2015

Participants: Turkey, South Africa, Bulgaria, Hong Kong 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship

In the USA, city TBA, 5-12 January 2015

Group A: Canada, USA, Czech Republic, Russia

Group B: Finland, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I

In Vaujany, France, 4-10 January 2015

Participants: Hungary, France, Germany, Norway, Slovakia, Austria 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Qualification

Host TBD

Participants: Great Britain, Poland, China, Italy, Kazakhstan, Denmark

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