2017 World Championship Program

MEN’S CATEGORY

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
In Cologne, Germany & Paris, France, 5-21 May 2017
Participants: 14 teams from the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship (including the two co-hosts) and the two promoted teams, Slovenia & Italy.

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A 
Applicant: Austria, 22-28 April 2017
Applicant: Kyiv, Ukraine, 22-28 April 2017 
Participants: Kazakhstan, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Korea, Ukraine 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B
Applicant: Tallinn, Estonia, 16-22 April 2017
Applicant: Belfast, Great Britain, 15-21 April 2017
Participants: Japan, Great Britain, Lithuania, Croatia, Estonia, Netherlands 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group A
Applicant: Reykjavik, Iceland, 3-9 April 2017
Applicant: Belgrade or Novi Sad, Serbia, 3-9 April 2017
Applicant: Galati, Romania, 3-9 April 2017
Participants: Romania, Spain, Belgium, Serbia, Iceland, Australia 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B
Applicant: Auckland, New Zealand, dates TBA
Applicant: Ankara, Turkey, 14-20 April 2017 
Participants: China, Mexico, Israel, New Zealand, DPR Korea, Turkey 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III
Applicant: Sofia, Bulgaria, 3-9 April 2017
Participants: Bulgaria, Georgia, South Africa, Luxembourg, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hong Kong

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III Qualification
Applicant: Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, April 2017
Participants: United Arab Emirates, Chinese Taipei 

MEN’S U20 CATEGORY

2017 IIHF World Junior Championship
In Montreal & Toronto, Canada, 26 December 2016 – 5 January 2017
Group A: Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark, Switzerland 
Group B: Russia, USA, Canada, Slovakia, Latvia 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group A
Applicant: Almaty, Kazakhstan, 12-18 December 2016
Applicant: Bremerhaven, Germany, 11-17 December 2016
Participants: Belarus, Austria, Kazakhstan, Norway, Germany, France 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group B
Applicant: Budapest, Hungary, 11-17 December 2016
Applicant: Bled, Slovenia, 10-16 December 2016
Applicant: Dumfries, Great Britain, 11-17 December 2016
Applicant: Warsaw, Poland, 9-16 December 2016
Applicant: Asiago, Italy, dates TBA
Participants: Italy, Poland, Great Britain, Ukraine, Slovenia, Hungary 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A
Applicant: Tallinn, Estonia, 11-17 December 2016
Applicant: Brasov, Romania, 12-18 December 2016
Participants: Japan, Lithuania, Estonia, Croatia, Netherlands, Romania 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B
Applicant: Logrono, Jaca or Valdemoro, Spain, 7-13 January 2017
Applicant: Mexico City, Mexico, 7-13 January 2017
Applicant: Belgrade or Novi Sad, Serbia, 16-22 January 2017
Participants: Korea, Spain, Serbia, Belgium, Australia, Mexico 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III
Applicant: Reykjavik, Iceland, dates TBA 
Applicant: Dunedin, New Zealand, 16-22 January 2017
Applicant: Istanbul, Turkey, 13-19 January 2017
Applicant: Sofia, Bulgaria, 9-15 January 2017
Participants: China, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Israel, Iceland, Turkey

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III Qualification
Applicant: Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, January 2017
Participants: South Africa, Chinese Taipei 

MEN’S U18 CATEGORY

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
In Poprad & Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia, 13-23 April 2017
Group A: Finland, Canada, Slovakia, Switzerland, Latvia 
Group B: Sweden, USA, Russia, Czech Republic, Belarus 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A
Participants: Denmark, Germany, Kazakhstan, France, Norway, Hungary 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group B
Applicant: Bled, Slovenia, 15-21 April 2017
Applicant: Poznan, Poland, 3-9 April 2017
Applicant: Asiago, Italy, dates TBA
Participants: Austria, Japan, Ukraine, Slovenia, Italy, Poland 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group A
Applicant: Gangneung, Korea, 2-8 April 2017
Applicant: Elektrenai, Lithuania, 9-15 April 2017 
Applicant: Tallinn, Estonia, 19-25 March 2017
Applicant: Dumfries, Great Britain, 20-26 March 2017
Applicant: Zagreb, Croatia, 23-29 March 2017
Participants: Korea, Romania, Lithuania, Great Britain, Croatia, Estonia 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group B
Applicant: Belgrade or Novi Sad, Serbia, 13-19 March 2017
Participants: Netherlands, Spain, Serbia, Iceland, Belgium, Australia 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group A
Applicant: Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, 13-19 March 2017
Applicant: Erzurum, Turkey, 24-30 March 2017
Applicant: Sofia, Bulgaria, 20-26 March 2017
Participants: China, Turkey, Bulgaria, Israel, Chinese Taipei, New Zealand 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group B
Applicant: Mexico City, Mexico, March 2017
Participants: Mexico, South Africa, Hong Kong

WOMEN’S CATEGORY

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship
In Plymouth, USA, 1-8 April 2017
Group A: USA, Canada, Russia, Finland 
Group B: Sweden, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group A
Applicant: Austria, dates TBA 
Participants: Japan, France, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Hungary 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division I Group B
Applicant: Gdansk, Poland, 8-14 April 2017
Applicant: Asiago, Italy, dates TBA 
Participants: Slovakia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Italy, China, Poland 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group A
Applicant: Gangneung, Korea, 2-8 April 2017
Applicant: Netherlands, dates TBA
Applicant: Bled, Slovenia, 15-21 April 2017
Participants: Netherlands, Korea, Great Britain, DPR Korea, Slovenia, Australia 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group B
Applicant: Mexico City, Mexico, 4-10 March 2017
Applicant: Auckland, New Zealand, dates TBA
Participants: Spain, Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, Romania, Turkey 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division II Group B Qualification
Applicant: Taipei City, Chinese Taipei, 19-25 December 2016
Applicant: Izmir, Turkey, December 2016
Applicant: Sofia, Bulgaria, 12-18 December 2016
Participants: Hong Kong, South Africa, Bulgaria, Belgium, Chinese Taipei 

WOMEN’S U18 CATEGORY

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship
Applicant: Prerov & Zlin, Czech Republic, 7-14 January 2017
Group A: USA, Canada, Sweden, Russia
Group B: Czech Republic, Finland, Switzerland, Japan

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Group A
Applicant: Budapest, Hungary, 8-14 January 2017
Participants: France, Germany, Slovakia, Norway, Hungary, Austria 

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Group B 
Applicant: Jastrzebie, Poland, 7-14 January 2017
Participants: Denmark, Italy, Kazakhstan, Great Britain, China, Poland

2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Group B Qualification

Applicant: Mexico City, Mexico, January 2017
Applicant: Logrono, Jaca or Valdemoro, Spain, January 2017
Participants: Australia, Romania, Mexico, Spain

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