The 2024 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by

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from 10 to 26 May 2024. This decision was made at the semi-annual

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(IIHF) congress. Officially, this was announced on 12 September 2020 by the IIHF, delayed due to the

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Venues

Participants

; Qualified as hosts * ; Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the

2023 IIHF World Championship The 2023 IIHF World Championship will be co-hosted by Tampere, Finland and Riga, Latvia. The tournament is scheduled to be held from 12 to 28 May 2023, and will be organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Host nation bid The ...

: * * * * * * * * * * * * * ; Qualified through winning promotion at the 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I: * *

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2023

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, as of the end of the

, using the

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while allowing the organizer, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups." ;Group A (Prague) * (1) * (2) * (7) * (8) * (11) * (12) * (15) * (20) ;Group B (Ostrava) * (4) * (5) * (6) * (9) * (10) * (13) * (14) * (22)

Preliminary round

The groups were announced on 28 May 2023, with the schedule being revealed on 15 August 2023.

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

References

External links

Official website
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