The 2026 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships will be the 28th such
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hosted by the
International Ice Hockey Federation
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. Teams will participate at several levels of competition based on their
2025 results. The competition will also serve as qualifications for division placements in the
2027 edition.
As in
2025
So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
, teams from
Russia
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and
Belarus
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will not be allowed to enter, as they remain suspended by the IIHF due to the countries'
invasion of Ukraine.
Championship (Top Division)
The tournament will be held in April 2026 in a location yet to be determined.
For the first time since
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
, Group A will not be seeded higher than Group B.
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Division I
Group A
The tournament will be held in
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
, Hungary from 12 to 18 April 2026.
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Group B
The tournament will be held in
Puigcerdà
Puigcerdà (; , ) is the capital city, capital of the Catalan ''comarques of Catalonia, comarca'' of Cerdanya (comarca), Cerdanya, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, northern Spain, near the Segre River and on the border with France (it abuts ...
, Spain from 12 to 18 April 2026.
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Division II
Group A
The tournament will be held in
Bled
Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan regio ...
, Slovenia from 13 to 19 April 2026.
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Group B
The tournament will be held in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
from 30 March to 5 April 2026.
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Division III
Group A
The tournament will be held in
Zagreb
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, Croatia from 23 February to 1 March 2026.
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Group B
The tournament will be held in
Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve () is a city and Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of ...
, Estonia from 28 February to 5 March 2026.
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References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, 2026
World Ice Hockey Championships – Women's
IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship