The 2027 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen and Mannheim, Germany, from 13 to 30 May 2027.
Finland are the defending champions.
Host nation bid The only bidders were Kazakhstan and Germany. Norway withdrew its bid in January, four and a half months before the host selection. Austria had also expressed interest.
Bids Votes 102 34 Total 136
In the end, on 26 May 2023, the IIHF Congress awarded Germany the rights to host the competition.
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. 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.
DüsseldorfGelsenkirchenMannheimPSD Bank DomeVeltins-ArenaSAP ArenaCapacity: 14,282Capacity: 61,574Capacity: 13,600
Participants TeamQualification methodAppearance(s)Previous best performanceWR (H)Hosts63rd1930202620 7 1st in 2026 73rd193967 4 2nd in 202659th192029 1 3rd in 2026 42nd193721 11 4th in 2026 80th192047 2 5th in 202634th199334 6 6th in 2026 35th1933309 7th in 2026 85th192077 5 8th in 2026 78th192041 3 9th in 202631st1996 31 8 11th in 2026 39th19286 12 12th in 2026 25th 1949 24 10 13th in 2026 13th20023 13 14th in 2026 14th19283 17 Top two in Division I 14th199820251 14 10th1999 2007 1 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", which they used, because Slovakia was originally supposed to be in Group A and Germany in Group B.
Group A (Mannheim) (1) (4) (5) (7) (9) (12) (13) (19)
Group B (Düsseldorf) (2) (3) (6) (8) (10) (11) (14) (17)
Preliminary round The groups were announced on 8 June 2026, with the schedule being revealed on 7 September 2026.
Group A
13 May 2027 v 14 May 2027 v v 15 May 2027 v v 16 May 2027 v v v 17 May 2027 v v 18 May 2027 v v 19 May 2027 v v 20 May 2027 v v 21 May 2027 v v 22 May 2027 v v v 23 May 2027 v v 24 May 2027 v v 25 May 2027 v v v
Group B
14 May 2027 v v 15 May 2027 v v v 16 May 2027 v v v 17 May 2027 v v 18 May 2027 v v 19 May 2027 v v 20 May 2027 v v 21 May 2027 v v 22 May 2027 v v v 23 May 2027 v v 24 May 2027 v v 25 May 2027 v v v
Playoff round
Teams will be reseeded after the quarterfinals.
Final
Final standings Teams finishing fifth in the preliminary round will be ranked ninth and tenth, teams finishing sixth were ranked 11th and 12th, and so on.
Notes
References
External links Official website