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2027 IIHF World Championship

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2027 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates14–30 May
Teams16
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The 2027 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Düsseldorf and Mannheim, Germany, from 14 to 30 May 2027.

Host nation bid

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

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Two venues will be used.[6] There is potential that Germany's opening game will be at the football stadium, similar to 2010.[7]

Düsseldorf Mannheim
PSD Bank Dome SAP Arena
Capacity: 14,282 Capacity: 13,600

Participants

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Qualified as hosts
Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2026 IIHF World Championship
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Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2026 IIHF World Championship Division I
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References

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  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. ^ "Deutschland richtet Eishockey-WM 2027 aus". Der Spiegel (in German). 26 May 2023.