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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
Loïc Finé
(G)
Valence HG
Wildcats Epinal
Matej Pekar
(F)
EHC Freiburg
HC Dynamo Pardubice
Tanner Dickinson
(F)
HC 21 Prešov
Toledo Walleye
Jake Willets
(D)
CSM Corona Brasov
Reading Royals
Yaroslav Yevdokimov
(F)
Macon Mayhem
Biloxi Breakers
Hank Crone
(F)
EHC Olten
Allen Americans
Douglas Andersson
(F)
American International College
Trine University
Czech Rep.:
Tipsport extraliga |
1.liga |
2.liga
Slovakia:
Tipsport Extraliga |
1.liga
Sweden:
SHL |
HockeyAllsvenskan
Other: EBEL | Belarus | Croatia | Denmark | Estonia | France | Great Britain | Iceland | Italy | Latvia | Lithuania | MOL-liga | Norway | Poland | Romania | Serbia | Slovenia | Spain | NHL | AHL |
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